After cautiously examining the pill furnace, it took Huo Hai quite a while to confirm that it was truly excellent. Yet he had no idea who had left it behind.
If Inverted Old Devil had left it behind, that did not seem very realistic. Huo Hai did not know much about Inverted Old Devil, but he did know that Demon Spirit Masters rarely researched pill refinement or artifact forging. Even when they did refine something, they generally used wicked arts, such as refining with living people, souls, or blood. Those were not orthodox methods of refinement.
Such an orthodox pill furnace should not have been left behind by Inverted Old Devil. But it was equally unlikely that he had snatched it from someone else. Pill furnaces were exclusively used by alchemists and Elixir Spirit Masters, especially one of such a high grade.
A pill furnace of this level was not easy to seize. Even if an Elixir Spirit Master carried one on him, he would still take it out as a shield in a life-or-death crisis. Pill furnaces were used for refining pills, but their defensive capabilities were not low in the slightest.
The pill furnace before Huo Hai did not have a single scratch on it. Either Inverted Old Devil had ambushed and instantly killed its former owner, or he had repaired it after obtaining it. Moreover, the method of repair was surely something Huo Hai had never heard of. He had never even dared imagine a restoration method so perfect that it looked as though it had never been damaged.
Forget it. He should put it away first. The instant Huo Hai picked up the pill furnace, a familiar golden light appeared. He had not the slightest ability to resist before the golden light wrapped around him, and