Lao Jun Above, the Heaven-Earth Crucible!

Fang Yi was a Daoist acolyte.

A Daoist acolyte who had lived in the Heavenly Human Inner City for many years, with a promising future ahead of him.

Because above a Daoist acolyte was a Daoist master.

When he had first come to the Heaven-Earth Furnace Hall, he had still been a green young lad, practically not even fully grown. Now, more than half his hair had fallen out.

Fang Yi still had not endured long enough to become a Daoist master, but he was glad that he was still enduring.

After all, many of his fellow senior brothers and sisters had, through carelessness, fallen into the elixir furnace. Some had been cast out by their masters for lacking enlightenment. Some had returned to the mortal world and begun the miserable lives of men who had married nine wives. Yet he was still here.

That could only mean his master valued him.

At times like this every day, just as Chang Ziru had described, getting a little closer to his master and being able to see her was itself a kind of happiness.

"Go up and put this ingredient in."

As usual, Fang Yi took the medicinal ingredients and headed up the elixir furnace.

The elixir furnace in the Heaven-Earth Furnace Hall truly deserved the four words "Heaven-Earth Crucible." The entire furnace was divided into three levels and stood a full eighteen zhang tall. One glance was enough to see that it was the work of Heavenly Humans.

Whenever he thought that his master was the greatest master of alchemy in Heavenly Human City, Fang Yi could not help puffing out his chest.

The pill ingredients being added this time had to be placed in the highest level, so Fang Yi could only keep climbing the stone stairs.

Every time