Xu Taiping immediately replied through voice transmission:
"I was just picking spirit fruit. I'll be back at Cloud Pill Palace right away."
His words had barely fallen when another voice sounded from the jade slip:
"Daoist Taiping, do you have a method for controlling the Innate True Fire inside the Pill Furnace in Pill Fire Hall? With this True Fire, we could finish this batch of pills in a day at most."
Xu Taiping frowned at this.
He, too, knew nothing whatsoever about controlling the True Fire in the Pill Furnace in Pill Fire Hall.
So Xu Taiping turned his gaze toward Danmingzi before him.
Danmingzi smiled faintly and said:
"Come, I'll teach you all how to control the Pill Furnace."
Hearing this, Xu Taiping immediately felt reassured. He picked up the jade slip and sent a voice transmission to Qu Chao Ci and Xiahou You on the other end:
"I'll be right back, you two."
An incense stick later.
Inside the Dragon-Trapping Tower, which had been placed before Pill Fire Hall.
"All right. Those batches of pills you're refining should all be ready to come out of the furnaces in another eight to ten hours."
Danmingzi explained to Xu Taiping.
Xu Taiping immediately thanked him:
"Thank you for your guidance, Upper Immortal."
Danmingzi waved his hand, then glanced at the Pill Furnace Xu Taiping had placed inside the Dragon-Trapping Tower and said gravely:
"The trickiest part is actually this Seed Burning."
Xu Taiping drew a deep breath, then took out a wooden box containing the stems and leaves of the Earth Fruit Golden Lotus.
He had kept something this precious on his person all along.
Then Xu Taiping handed the wooden box to Danmingzi and said solemnly:
"Then I'm sorry for the trouble, Upper Immortal."
Danmingzi nodded and