The Extreme Alchemist of the Mighty Cauldron Chapter 971

Chapter 971: Chapter 971: The Last Pill Chapter 971: Chapter 971: The Last Pill A Pill Furnace that once originated from Pill Saint Palace, bearing the unique mark of the Palace, was certainly no ordinary object, even if it looked plain on the outside.

Fang Lin stood before the Pill Furnace, feeling the ancient aura emanating from it, his expression solemn as he reached out and touched the residual moon mark.

As Fang Lin's hand touched the residual moon mark, everything before his eyes seemed to change.

Scenes played out before Fang Lin's eyes, vivid yet hazy.

What Fang Lin saw were the moments of the Pill Furnace's former master refining pills with it, an old man, advanced in years, with only this ordinary Pill Furnace as his companion, who had crafted many pills within its chamber.

As the old man was about to pass away, he refined pills for the last time and produced a sixth-grade pill, leaving behind the pill's aura and traces within the Pill Furnace.

The vision abruptly ended, leaving Fang Lin's mind in a trance; the elder was indeed once a member of Pill Saint Palace, and Fang Lin had seen this elder in his past life.

In the days of old, Pill Saint Palace gathered many Pill Refiners, a place truly abounding with masters and teeming with geniuses.

Of course, where geniuses gathered, mediocrity was also found, and Pill Saint Palace was no exception.

Within the Pill Saint Palace, there were also those of modest talent and ordinary achievements, very inconspicuous.

And this elder was one such person.

Fang Lin still remembered that when he first saw this elder, the latter was merely in charge of taking care of a herb field, a Spirit Plant Husband, someone with little status within Pill Saint Palace.

Afterward, the elder slowly improved his Alchemy Tao cultivation while tending to the herb field, spending fifty years to progress from a Second Cauldron Pill Refiner to the realm of Three Cauldrons.

By that time, he was already over a hundred years old.

Reaching the realm of Three Cauldrons past the age of a hundred was undeniably considered mediocre within Pill Saint Palace.

So even though the elder had reached the realm of a Three Cauldrons Pill Refiner, he still remained in charge of caring for the garden.

But he had no complaints, diligently tending to his duties until, at the age of one hundred and fifty, he stepped into the realm of a Four Cauldrons Pill Refiner.

Having become a Four Cauldrons Pill Refiner, the elder finally left the garden, earning a modicum of status in Pill Saint Palace, but he still remained an unnoticeable character.

There were simply too many Pill Refiners in Pill Saint Palace, where a Four Cauldrons Pill Refiner was nothing exceptional, especially when one reached that realm at such an advanced age, destined for no remarkable accomplishments.

And Fang Lin, who had entered Pill Saint Palace when the elder reached the realm of a Four Cauldrons Pill Refiner, rose suddenly to prominence, dominating the scene forcefully. Before he turned thirty, he had already become a Pill Sovereign, commanding respect from heaven and earth, driving all pill refiners to madness.

Fang Lin had only seen this elder twice, with the latter asking for guidance on matters of Alchemy Tao in a junior's capacity. Fang Lin explained to him but did not remember the elder too vividly.

It was only later that Fang Lin discovered, quite by accident, that the elder had been using an extremely ordinary Pill Furnace to refine fourth-grade pills, which was somewhat surprising.

However, as Fang Lin had already begun preparing the Life and Death Reincarnation Pill at the time, he didn't pay much attention to these matters.

It was only when Fang Lin had just touched that residual moon mark and seen the images of days past that he learned the original owner of this Pill Furnace was indeed the once obscure elder from Pill Saint Palace.

“Who would have thought, after so many changes, I would still encounter an object belonging to an old acquaintance,” Feng Lin mused inwardly with a sigh. He was not close to the elder, having only met him twice, but upon seeing this Pill Furnace, Fang Lin felt a strong sense of nostalgia and emotion.

All the Masters of Pill were perplexed. What was Fang Lin doing? After touching the Pill Furnace, why did he just stand there motionless?

Master Wen also looked at Fang Lin, but there seemed to be nothing unusual about Fang Lin's demeanor, though he appeared somewhat solemn and complex.

“Could this young man recognize this Pill Furnace?” Master Wen speculated in his heart, but he immediately dismissed the idea.

The conjecture was too absurd. Even Master Wen himself had difficulty discerning the origin of the Pill Furnace. It was impossible for Fang Lin, even if he had read many ancient texts, to recognize this Pill Furnace.

Because this Pill Furnace was too ordinary, despite its ancient style, many ruins and old sites have such Pill Furnaces; it was completely impossible to trace the origins of this particular one.

Fang Lin concentrated for a long while before finally regaining his senses, sighing lightly. The memories of the past were still there, but the people from those times were gone; only the Pill Furnace with its marks and cracks remained to prove the events that it had experienced.

“May I know what Master Wen's question is? Is it related to this Pill Furnace?” Fang Lin asked, his composure restored.

Master Wen nodded slightly, “Whichever of you can determine what Pills were last refined in this Pill Furnace will have solved my problem.”

Upon hearing this, many of the Masters of Pill present furrowed their brows, including accomplished Masters of Pill like Master Zhong and Master Long.

It was merely a Pill Furnace and such an ancient one at that; no one knew how many years it had existed, so how could anyone determine what Pills had last been refined in it?

This was a little too difficult.

At least, in the eyes of these Masters of Pill, the problem seemed to be rather too challenging.

But difficult as it may have been, they still wanted to give it a try. Perhaps there were some marks or traces left inside the Pill Furnace that they could use to deduce the answer.

Upon hearing the question, Fang Lin's expression remained unchanged, as he already had an answer in mind.

The scenes he had witnessed after touching the residual moon mark, especially the last scene where the elder was refining the sixth-grade Pills, he saw them clearly.

At that moment, the gathering of Masters of Pill also crowded around the Pill Furnace, starting to examine it carefully.

Someone reached out, touching the inner wall of the Pill Furnace, trying to find some ash or residual substances, but the Pill Furnace had existed for so long that even if there were residues, they had long since dissipated.

Others brought out magical tools to probe the Pill Furnace, but sadly, they found nothing.

“It's no use. This Pill Furnace is too old; nothing has been left behind. Based solely on the residual qi within the furnace, it's impossible to determine what Pills were last refined in it.”

“The main issue is that these qi are too jumbled; it's difficult to discern anything.”

“Without even a hint of residue, what can we do?”

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Many Masters of Pill voiced their thoughts, feeling that the problem was too difficult to solve.

Masters like Zhong and Long, only a few in number, remained silent, still carefully investigating. Their abilities were extraordinary, and they were not ready to give up so easily.

Chapter end

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