At that moment, as he looked at the members of the Demon Race below, Ye Xingchen's smile vanished, and an incomparably domineering air of authority radiated from him.
It instantly shocked every member of the Demon Race.
"Our Demon Race occupies the Endless Forest, with countless spirit herbs and immortal grasses, yet we have wasted so many resources because we lack a single alchemist.
"And you brothers have barely enough spirit stones to make ends meet. This has troubled the empress greatly, but from now on, you brothers will no longer need to worry about it!
"Watch carefully, brothers. I believe you have already memorized the three pill formulas. Next, all you need to do is follow your boss's method and place the medicinal ingredients in the Chaos Furnace."
The next moment, Ye Xingchen placed the Luo God Flower, ink gold fruit, and heavenly spirit fruit used to refine Profound Origin Pills into the Chaos Furnace together.
Then he turned to the crowd below and continued:
"Once all the medicinal ingredients are in the Chaos Furnace, you only need to feed in a trace of Immortal Spirit Qi and wait a moment."
As soon as he finished speaking, Ye Xingchen fed a trace of Immortal Spirit Qi into the Chaos Furnace.
The next moment, the Chaos Furnace blazed with radiance, divine rays streaming from its entire body. In mere moments, a faint medicinal fragrance entered everyone's nostrils.
Only after the divine rays faded did Ye Xingchen open the Chaos Furnace, releasing an even richer medicinal fragrance in all directions.
Dozens of dark gray pills lay inside the Chaos Furnace. From the descriptions in the True Explanation of Alchemy, Ye Xingchen knew they were precisely Profound Origin Pills.
Ye Xingchen took the dozens of Profound Origin Pills out of the Chaos Furnace and smiled faintly.
Meanwhile, Luo Qingshan came to Ye Xingchen's side, her face full of excitement. Seeing her excited expression, Ye Xingchen placed the Profound Origin Pills in her hands.
As she looked at the dozens of dark gray pills in her hands, each radiating rich Immortal Spirit Qi, Luo Qingshan's eyes grew moist. Her husband had succeeded. The Demon Race could finally refine pills of its own.
Although Luo Qingshan had always believed her husband would definitely refine the pills, she had still felt some worry. Now that he had finally refined them, her heart at last settled.
Seeing Luo Qingshan's excitement, Ye Xingchen gently took her hand and gave her a tender smile, drawing a chorus of jeers from the surrounding members of the Demon Race and making her pretty face flush slightly.
Next, Ye Xingchen repeated the process and refined dozens of Recovery Pills for treating injuries.
But what Ye Xingchen said next shocked countless members of the Demon Race. Even the Demon Race ancestors hidden in the void slowly revealed their faces and emerged in person.
"Xiong Wufa, follow the method your boss just used and refine the Poison-Dispelling Pills!"
Hearing his Emperor Lord boss's words, Xiong Wufa could hardly believe his ears.
"Emperor Lord Boss, you just said... you want me, Old Xiong, to refine pills?! I'm no alchemist! If the furnace explodes, don't make me pay for it."
At Xiong Wufa's words, Ye Xingchen gave him an exasperated kick in the backside, finally making the fellow behave himself.
Xiong Wufa copied Ye Xingchen's method, placing the ingredients for the Poison-Dispelling Pills in the Chaos Furnace before feeding a trace of Immortal Spirit Qi into it.
The next moment, the Chaos Furnace likewise blazed with radiance, emitting streams of divine light. Once the light faded, Xiong Wufa opened the Chaos Furnace with some excitement, revealing dozens of blue-green pills before everyone.
At that moment, everyone lost their composure, their faces filled with shock. Xiong Wufa had actually refined pills too. How was that possible???
Seeing the shocked faces of the countless members of the Demon Race below, Ye Xingchen smiled faintly and said loudly:
"Brothers, you should all know that pills are divided into nine grades. The first grade is the lowest, and the ninth is the highest. The ninth grade is also called divine grade.
"And the power of the Chaos Furnace lies in this: for all pills below the third grade, you only need to place the medicinal ingredients recorded in the formula inside and feed in Immortal Spirit Qi, and the Chaos Furnace can refine the pills on its own."
Hearing Ye Xingchen's words, everyone stood rooted in place with their mouths wide open. They had originally thought the Emperor Lord had pulled some trick to let Xiong Wufa refine the Poison-Dispelling Pills.
Only now, after hearing Ye Xingchen's words, did they discover to their astonishment that it was actually the Chaos Furnace's doing. This Chaos Furnace was far too powerful.
And Ye Xingchen had not told them everything. In fact, everyone on the Divine Desolation Continent only knew that ninth-grade pills were divine grade.
They did not know that above divine grade were Great Dao-grade pills. Ye Xingchen had not mentioned them because he did not want them thinking too much about it.
Hearing Ye Xingchen's words, Luo Qingshan was also filled with shock, her eyes brimming with excitement.
"Husband, you mean that as long as we have the formula and put in the medicinal ingredients it lists, the Chaos Furnace can refine any pill within the first three grades on its own?!"
Hearing the empress's voice, every member of the Demon Race around them turned to look at the calm-faced Emperor Lord.
Meeting the burning gazes of Luo Qingshan and the members of the Demon Race, Ye Xingchen smiled faintly and said:
"You're right, my wife. Although it can only refine third-grade pills, that is enough for our Demon Race to use. Moreover, these three pills—the Profound Origin Pill, Recovery Pill, and Poison-Dispelling Pill—are much more effective than pills of the same types refined by the Human Race."
Glancing at the thoroughly stunned crowd, Ye Xingchen continued:
"From now on, the Chaos Furnace will stay here on the platform. Whenever you brothers are short of pills for your training journeys, you can come here and refine these three commonly used pills yourselves."
Only upon hearing Ye Xingchen's words did everyone snap out of their daze. The Emperor Lord was simply leaving such a race-protecting divine artifact here on the platform, allowing Demon Race disciples to refine pills at will. How domineering was that!
But as the empress of the Demon Race, Luo Qingshan possessed a foresight no ordinary member of the Demon Race could match. Looking at the excited crowd below, she spoke in a commanding voice:
"Attend me. Assign guards to watch the Chaos Furnace day and night, and respectfully invite an ancestor to protect it in secret.
"Furthermore, since the Emperor Lord has said that any member of the Demon Race may come here to refine pills, I will not stop you.
"However, you may not sell them privately to earn spirit stones. Anyone discovered doing so will be suppressed immediately and expelled from the Demon Race!"
Hearing Luo Qingshan's words, Ye Xingchen merely smiled faintly. Looking at her commanding expression, he said gently:
"My wife, there's no need to be so stern. Although these three pills are much more effective than those refined by the Human Race, they are only suitable for our Demon Race. They have no effect if the Human Race takes them."
Ye Xingchen was telling the truth. With the True Explanation of Alchemy, he could easily combine various pills to form pills suitable for members of the Demon Race.
Seeing a trace of disappointment flash through Luo Qingshan's eyes, Ye Xingchen continued with a grin:
"But your husband has pill formulas suitable for the Human Race. I'll tell you in a moment, and you can assign people specifically to refine them. When the time comes, those pills will certainly be very popular among the Human Race, and the spirit stone problem troubling you will be perfectly resolved."
Hearing Ye Xingchen's words, Luo Qingshan's eyes lit up. Seeing her husband's grinning face, how could she fail to realize he was teasing her? Her pretty face flushed slightly, and she shot him a fierce glare.
Looking at Luo Qingshan's slightly flushed, exquisitely beautiful face, Ye Xingchen continued:
"As for assigning people to protect the Chaos Furnace, there's no need for that either! My wife, have you forgotten what your husband said at the beginning?"
"Other than my husband, no one can move the Chaos Furnace even a fraction, not even an Immortal Emperor ancestor!"
Hearing Ye Xingchen's words, Luo Qingshan spoke at once.
"Exactly. My wife, you can try it yourself, or have the ancestors try. Your husband isn't boasting. Forget Immortal Emperors-even if a Great Emperor came, they could forget about moving the Chaos Furnace a fraction!"
Hearing Ye Xingchen speak with such a serious expression, Luo Qingshan somehow found herself instinctively believing him.
Suddenly, an aged voice rang out, followed by a tall, imposing figure appearing on the arena platform. At the sight of this imposing figure, the two Xiong brothers, who were usually utterly lawless, actually trembled for once, showing just how much they feared him.
"Emperor Lord, let this old man try. After all, this Chaos Furnace is far too important. Although it belongs to you, it is crucial to the Demon Race. I wish to test whether it is truly as you say-that no one besides you can move it even a fraction!"
Luo Qingshan offered the imposing figure who had suddenly appeared a slight bow. The many members of the Demon Race below also bowed in salute, while the two Xiong brothers dropped straight to their knees, not daring to raise their heads to look at him.
Ye Xingchen looked at the imposing figure and found that he was actually an elder with graying hair and a resolute face, his entire body radiating a powerful presence.
It was an invincible presence.
Seeing everyone's reactions and the two Xiong brothers' unusual behavior, Ye Xingchen guessed that this elder radiating an invincible presence should be the Xiong family ancestor.
Ye Xingchen likewise bowed to the elder before saying:
"Please, Ancestor!"
The result was just as one might imagine. The Xiong family ancestor failed as well. Only after dozens of ancestors joined forces and still could not move the Chaos Furnace a fraction did they realize that the Emperor Lord before them truly had not been boasting. No one could move this Chaos Furnace even a fraction.
Since that was the case, whether they assigned guards to watch it was of no consequence.
The dozens of ancestors, particularly Luo Qingshan's blood-related ancestor, looked at Ye Xingchen with increasing satisfaction. He smiled at Ye Xingchen before disappearing with the other ancestors.
But Luo Qingshan's eyes held boundless tenderness as she looked at Ye Xingchen. Her husband had brought the Demon Race a rare opportunity, and had given both her and the Demon Race an enormous surprise.
For the time that followed, the members of the Demon Race all tried refining pills, and all successfully refined the pills they needed.
Now, every member of the Demon Race held deep respect for Ye Xingchen in their hearts, looking at him as though he were a god.
Seeing the deep affection in Luo Qingshan's eyes, Ye Xingchen approached her with a wicked grin and whispered something in her ear.
Luo Qingshan's pretty face instantly turned scarlet. She rolled her eyes at her husband with a beguiling look, then nodded, her face still bright red.
Seeing Luo Qingshan nod, Ye Xingchen leaped up in delight. His wish was finally about to come true.