Revival Purple Pill

Seeing Qin Chen agree, Hai Bodong nodded with a smile and turned to instruct Mittel Tengshan beside him, "All right, Tengshan, go invite Fa Ma here at once."

"Yes." Mittel Tengshan cupped his hands in reply and turned to head for the Alchemist Guild.

"Hey, wait." Just as Mittel Tengshan was about to leave, Qin Chen called out to stop him.

"Is there anything else, little friend?" Mittel Tengshan asked with a frown.

"Hehe."

Qin Chen curled his lips into a smile. "Sorry for the trouble, Patriarch Tengshan. Make a trip to the palace and invite Jia Lao, the Imperial Family's guardian, as well."

"Why bring him here too?" Hai Bodong asked, clearly puzzled.

"Hai Lao, do you remember our deal?"

"Of course. In two months, I am to accompany you to the Misty Cloud Sect." Hai Bodong nodded.

Qin Chen chuckled. "The Misty Cloud Sect's former sect master, Yun Shan, has now broken through the Dou Emperor barrier and entered the Dou Zong realm."

"What I need you to do is hold him off for a while when he appears. But Hai Lao, it seems your strength alone may not be enough for that, so I want to find another expert to assist you."

"Dou Zong?" Hai Bodong's heart trembled at those two words.

He had thought Qin Chen was going to the Misty Cloud Sect for a transaction or some trivial matter. Even if negotiations fell through, the Misty Cloud Sect would not lightly offend a Tier 6 Alchemist. The trip should not have been particularly dangerous—after all, who would joke with their own life?

Yet to his complete surprise, Qin Chen intended to face Yun Shan directly.

Letting out a soft breath, Hai Bodong pondered, "If that is the case, then it would indeed be safer to bring that old monster along."

How could he forget his good brother Jia Xing Tian when there was a deal with high-grade pills as payment?

When he had first arrived in the Imperial Capital, that old demon had been downright enthusiastic, immediately asking to spar with him.

Hmph! He had obviously wanted to put him in his place!

As for whether Qin Chen could persuade that old monster...

Hehe, he would never doubt the influence of a Tier 6 Alchemist, especially one so young.

Having learned the full story, Hai Bodong chuckled. "Go on, Tengshan. Do as little friend instructed."

"Understood." Mittel Tengshan responded and left.

Watching Mittel Tengshan disappear through the doorway, Qin Chen laughed inwardly.

His true target was naturally not Fa Ma, nor was it Jia Xing Tian. It was the medicinal ingredients of the entire Jia Ma Empire.

"Brother Qin Chen, just now..." As Qin Chen was indulging in his thoughts, Hai Bodong hesitated, his tone full of probing.

"Hm?"

Qin Chen raised a brow, but the moment he saw Hai Bodong's "familiar" expression, he immediately guessed what he was thinking.

He smiled knowingly and asked, "Hai Lao, are you asking about that aura from earlier?"

"This... hehe..."

Hearing this, a trace of embarrassment appeared on Hai Bodong's aged face beneath his white beard and hair. He then leaned forward slightly and lowered his voice. "That's right. Although that aura only flashed by, it still made this old man feel a hint of dread. Could little brother perhaps clear up this old man's confusion?"

Medusa had been his nightmare for decades. He was incomparably familiar with her aura, and Qin Chen had been with Medusa the entire time before this.

Now that this brat had come to the Imperial Capital, could that terrifying woman have followed him here as well?

At that thought, Hai Bodong's heart rose to his throat. His gaze kept unconsciously sweeping the surroundings, as though he feared that terrifying figure would suddenly appear.

"Oh..."

Qin Chen deliberately dragged out the word, a teasing curve appearing on his lips. "It's like this..."

"This is a little fellow I adopted from the Snake-People Tribe. The aura you sensed earlier came from it. Hai Lao, what do you think of it?"

As he spoke, Qin Chen gently rolled up his sleeve, revealing the tiny seven-colored snake coiled around his wrist. He waved it before Hai Bodong as if showing it off.

"So that's what it was..." Hai Bodong let out a long breath, and the tension in his heart finally eased.

It was good that Medusa had not come. Now he could feel refreshed again!

His gaze fell upon the seven-colored little snake. Its body rose and fell as it slept, and a tiny snot bubble protruded from its nose.

Just from that sleeping posture alone, it was completely different from the suffocating pressure Medusa had left in his memories.

Hai Bodong stroked his beard and smiled. "The little fellow is quite adorable..."

Chapter 61: Revival Purple Pill

At the Mittel Family headquarters, inside an exceptionally spacious hall.

The hall was brightly lit. Exquisite, gleaming Moonlight Stones were embedded in the walls, illuminating the surroundings as brightly as day and clearly revealing three figures.

One was an old man dressed in a plain hemp robe. His face was stern, and his brows carried the authority of someone long accustomed to high status. He was Jia Xing Tian, guardian of the Jia Ma Imperial Family.

Beside him stood a mature, cool, and noble woman dressed in a luxurious brocade robe. She was Yao Ye, the future queen raised by the Imperial Family.

As for the old man wearing a medicine-cauldron-shaped hat and purple alchemist robes, he was naturally Fa Ma, president of the Alchemist Guild.

At this moment, all three wore solemn expressions as they stared unblinkingly at Qin Chen and Hai Bodong within the transparent energy screen before them.

Within the screen, Qin Chen sat cross-legged before a crimson medicinal cauldron burning with green flames, his eyes tightly shut as he carefully adjusted his condition. Hai Bodong, meanwhile, fully circulated his battle qi to maintain the stable operation of the formation.

The Imperial Capital was too close to the Misty Cloud Sect. Refining a Sixth-Grade Pill would trigger a heavenly phenomenon. If that alerted Protector Wu, that eerie cackling freak, all their efforts would be wasted. It was better to be cautious; there could not be the slightest mistake.

Qin Chen did not possess a high-grade medicinal cauldron capable of concealing heavenly phenomena, so he could only spend extra effort setting up a formation.

Once this is over, I need to hurry up and go farm Han Feng for gold coins. Qin Chen thought to himself.

This was a simple formation he had obtained from Jia Nan Academy. It could conceal the heavenly phenomena caused by refining a Sixth-Grade Pill.

It was also simple to maintain. Someone merely had to guard the formation core, and the power it could exert depended on the strength of the person stationed there.

With Hai Bodong's current strength, he was more than capable of using the formation to conceal the heavenly phenomenon triggered by a Sixth-Grade Pill.

Did you think Jia Nan Academy did not have something like this? Or were you wondering why other alchemists did not use such a formation?

Come on, Jia Nan Academy could even seal a Dou Zong-level Heavenly Flame. How could it not have something like this?

Why did other alchemists not use formations?

What a joke. If they could refine Sixth-Grade Pills, they would surely want everyone on the Battle Qi Continent to know. Wouldn't using such a formation be like walking at night in fine clothes?

After adjusting his breathing for a moment, Qin Chen's tightly shut eyes suddenly opened. With a sweep of his hand, stalk after stalk of medicinal ingredients drifted up from the jade plates beside him as though they possessed intelligence, accurately dropping into the medicinal cauldron.

Under his control, the temperature of the green flames shifted constantly as the essences of the medicinal ingredients were rapidly extracted.

A curling medicinal fragrance spread through the air, only to be tightly confined by the formation without leaking even a trace. It eventually formed a faint mist within the formation.

"Great-grandfather, this gentleman is extraordinary..."

Watching Qin Chen's smooth, flowing alchemy movements, a trace of amazement flashed through Yao Ye's beautiful eyes.

As the heir the empire had devoted all its resources to cultivating, Yao Ye had naturally witnessed many grand scenes, relatively speaking, and had observed quite a few alchemists refining pills.

However, compared to Qin Chen, their alchemy was practically child's play.

When other alchemists refined a pill, they would even divide the process of extracting medicinal ingredients into several stages. The reason was simple: their strength was insufficient, and they could not refine all the medicinal essence in a single pass as Qin Chen could.

"Indeed..."

Jia Xing Tian nodded in agreement, though he smiled bitterly inwardly.

When Mittel Tengshan had come looking for him, he had initially thought the man was joking.

At eighteen, he himself had only been a Dou Shi. And now someone was telling him that a person this age had already become a Dou Emperor?

And was also a Tier 6 Alchemist?

If Fa Ma had not been present at the time, he might not have come at all.

But now, it seemed...

Fortunately, he had come!

Jia Xing Tian rejoiced inwardly.

Fa Ma, standing not far from the two, made little movement. He resembled a silent statue, with only the small eyes hidden beneath his thick brows fixed intently on Qin Chen's every action.

Extraction, pill fusion, pill nurturing—everything was completed in one seamless flow.

Under the influence of Qin Chen's powerful soul strength, the Revival Purple Pill was successfully refined in less than three hours.

The instant the medicinal cauldron opened, a powerful burst of energy erupted, slamming fiercely into the energy barrier. After sending several ripples across it, the energy vanished without a trace.

Qin Chen raised his hand and beckoned. The fragrant pill spun through the air, then traced a graceful arc into the jade bottle in his palm.

The eyelids of all three people present twitched. Qin Chen's absurdly fast alchemy speed and the pill's quality had clearly shocked them deeply.

Fa Ma's clouded old eyes had long since widened. His withered arms trembled slightly. From Qin Chen's alchemy techniques just now, he had sensed something familiar.

"Catch, Hai Lao. This is the Revival Purple Pill I promised you."

Watching Hai Bodong rise from the formation core, Qin Chen chuckled and flicked his wrist. The jade bottle flew toward Hai Bodong as if it had eyes.

"Hahaha, thank you, little brother."

As he laughed, Hai Bodong did not forget to cast a glance at Jia Xing Tian. Judging by that smile alone, anyone unaware of the situation might have thought his strength had already recovered.

The corner of Jia Xing Tian's mouth twitched, though a trace of interest soon flashed through his eyes.

The formation dissipated. Qin Chen swept his gaze over the people with their varying expressions, then cupped his hands and said with a smile, "Today's alchemy is complete. I hope everyone will keep this matter strictly confidential and not reveal it."

"Please rest assured, sir." Everyone answered solemnly.

They did not know what Qin Chen intended to do, but such an astonishingly talented alchemist was not someone they could afford to offend lightly. Keeping the secret was the wisest choice at present.

Seeing them state their positions, Qin Chen nodded in satisfaction.

"Mr. Qin..."

At that moment, Fa Ma stepped forward and said in a slightly hoarse voice, "Mr. Qin's alchemy is truly astounding. This old man benefited greatly from watching just now."

"May I presumptuously ask a question?"

"Please go ahead, President Fa Ma." Qin Chen smiled warmly.

"May I ask who your master is?"

Who was his master?

Hearing this, Qin Chen raised a brow. If he remembered correctly, Fa Ma had received guidance from Yao Lao when he was young. Asking this question now, he was likely trying to inquire about his benefactor's whereabouts.