With this muffled shout from Elder Ge, his kind and gentle expression suddenly turned fierce, and his eyes turned to the three people behind him!
At the same time, a powerful aura erupted from Elder Ge's body. The surrounding branches, bushes, and tree trunks were blown about by the force of this Inner Breath energy, as if a howling tornado was sweeping through the foot of the mountain!
This time, only their Heaven and Earth Palace and the Six Great Families knew about the Yellow Rock Grass. The road below was rugged, and ordinary people would have a hard time even getting there, let alone finding it! Therefore, Elder Ge set his sights directly on the three people behind him!
All three were shocked; they never expected that the usually kind Elder Ge could be so terrifying when he got angry!
"Elder Ge, you suspect we did it?" Wei Fenghua composed himself, then exclaimed, "I want to know which bastard did it! If I catch him, I'll make him regret ever being born!!"
"Elder Ge, this couldn't have been done by us." Yin Binwen also said solemnly, "Think about it, from discovering the Yellow Rock Grass to later relying on the formation to absorb the essence of heaven and earth, we were always together."
Shi Che was also furious. They had spent a lot of resources on cultivating these Yellow Rock Grass seedlings, and now they had been plundered!
Shi Che coldly asked, "Then who do you think did it?"
In the Land of Heaven and Earth, although Heaven and Earth Palace does not participate in the conflicts, everyone knows that Heaven and Earth Palace is no weaker than their Six Great Families, especially since there is an old monster guarding Heaven and Earth Palace, and no one dares to offend him!
Wei Fenghua asked cautiously, "What use is the Yellow Rock Grass to us? Even if we're training the next generation of our family, we can just have them participate directly. Why make things so complicated? By the way, could it be the Gu Family? Their people left the earliest; maybe they just took it with them?"
Although the Six Great Families were equally famous, they also had many secret rivalries, so Wei Fenghua would not miss any opportunity to slander others.
But as soon as he said that, Yin Binwen interrupted him with a cold laugh, saying, "Which junior of the Gu Family is giving it to? The servants?"
Wei Fenghua smiled awkwardly. Yes, Yellow Rock Grass only works on martial artists below the Bone-Forge Realm. Fan Yingqiu, as the only junior in the neighboring corner, has long since reached the Grandmaster Realm.
It's no use for the Gu Family to take it!
Wei Fenghua coughed and said, "The Yellow Rock Grass is gone now. We should think about how to face those ancient martial arts families later. They're on the mountain, waiting for us to bring the Yellow Rock Grass up."
"Although we Six Great Families are not afraid, it's still difficult to explain..." Yin Binwen frowned.
"I know who did it!"
At this moment, Zhuge Wangyue, who had been silent all along, suddenly spoke! As he spoke, his face was extremely gloomy, as if it could drip water!
Everyone was taken aback, then looked at him.
"Three days ago, at the Starfall Cliff, I ordered Cao Wushuang to hunt down someone!" Zhuge Wangyue said coldly. "Later, I learned that he had jumped off the mountain and his fate was unknown, so I didn't take it to heart."
Zhuge Wangyue spoke, he suddenly stomped his foot on the muddy ground of the garden, his entire body radiating murderous intent. He said, "But I never expected that kid wouldn't die, and he even took all of our Yellow Rock Grass!"
Elder Ge knew about Zhuge Wangyue's punishment three days ago at the Starfall Cliff. He opened his mouth, "You mean..."
"It's him, Gu Chen!"
A surging killing intent, like a tidal wave, swept out from Zhuge Wangyue's body!
In a room of a five-star hotel in Cangzhou, the room was completely sealed off, so that not a single ray of sunlight could penetrate, even though the outside world was bathed in bright sunshine.
In the spacious living room, all the furniture had been piled up in a corner by Gu Chen. In the very center was a half-meter-tall alchemy furnace, from which wisps of purple smoke rose and alchemical energy surged.
In front of the alchemy furnace, Gu Chen sat cross-legged on the ground, with a pile of medicinal herbs placed to his right.
After making many preparations, Gu Chen has finally begun refining pills.
Cultivators cannot live without crafting weapons, refining pills, creating formations, and using talismans.
Alchemy is generally divided into two types: internal alchemy and external alchemy. Internal alchemy refers to the practice of cultivators who have reached the Foundation Establishment Stage using their physical body as a cauldron to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, thus nurturing a golden core in their dantian and reaching the legendary Golden Core Stage.
Of course, that level is too far away for Gu Chen. What we are talking about now is external alchemy, which is the traditional alchemy technique!
External alchemy, also known as elixirs, is called elixirs because it is different from golden elixirs; it possesses medicinal properties! Any top-grade elixir is a coveted prize for everyone on Heavenly Nether Star.
On Heavenly Nether Star, not every cultivator knows how to refine pills. During Gu Chen's time on Heavenly Nether Star, he heard many rumors about how some powerful figures destroyed a small sect in order to give their juniors a Killing Baleful Fall Pill.
This clearly demonstrates just how immense the allure of a superior elixir is!
Of course, even though Gu Chen is a Divine Emperor, he still can't refine something of such high quality.
Fortunately, Yellow Rock Pill wasn't a high-grade pill, so Gu Chen figured he shouldn't have any problem refining it.
In this room, Crimson Flame Fire rose beneath the cauldron. Gu Chen had been refining for a day and a night. From the initial failure to the later batch of ruined pills, and then to the semi-finished product, Gu Chen had already used up one-third of the Yellow Rock Grass.
"This batch can only succeed; failure is not an option!"
If this continues, Gu Chen estimates that he won't be able to complete even two batches. In fact, with his alchemy skills and the formulas in his mind, he shouldn't have had to go through so much trouble if he had enough materials. But one reason is that he hasn't refined this kind of pill in a long time, and the second is that this is Earth in the Dharma-ending Age.
On Earth, the success rate of any alchemy or weapon crafting technique would likely decrease by more than 30%.
More than an hour later, the alchemy furnace began to hum. Gu Chen was drenched in sweat. With one burst of energy, he gathered his True Essence Power in his hands, controlled the fire under the furnace, and cast an alchemy incantation.
Alchemy is divided into four steps: refining, gathering essence, shaping, and extracting the pill. Now the Yellow Rock Pill in the furnace has taken shape and become a pill embryo. The final step is to extract the pill.
Gu Chen dared not be negligent. After spending about fifteen minutes controlling the heat to a gentle simmer, he chose a suitable moment and abruptly stopped!
Elixir extracted!
The humming sound of the alchemy furnace stopped abruptly, as if it had been doused with cold water.
Gu Chen wiped the sweat from his forehead, stood up, opened the lid of the alchemy furnace, and looked inside with anticipation. Inside lay twelve pills, their color not particularly good, but each one was plump and exuded a rich aroma.
If it's not a black, unusable pill, then it's a success!
Gu Chen was overjoyed, but then a wry smile appeared on his face. On Heavenly Nether Star, he could refine such low-level pills with ease, but now he had to go through so much trouble to refine just one batch.
The success rate is much lower than that of the Luo Heaven Pill refined in Zhou City.
But he also knew that the less spiritual energy there was, the lower the success rate of high-level pills would be.
He took out a small bottle that he had prepared beforehand, placed all twelve pills inside, and carefully sealed it to prevent the medicinal effects from dissipating into the air.
After finishing all this, Gu Chen rested for a while before starting to mix the medicinal ingredients again. Now, having succeeded once, he was no longer tired and began to refine the next batch of pills with renewed vigor!