Please bring your best friends to practice immortality

Chapter 425 Please Make an Alchemy

After the three of them finished eating, someone took away the dishes and chopsticks, and someone came to help them bathe and change clothes. The three of them ate and drank as usual, looking carefree. At night, Na Que Wu came over in person to invite them.
"Three of you, our Lord is inviting you three Taoist friends to a banquet tonight. Please come to the Emperor's Pavilion for a chat!"

The three of them accepted the invitation and left. The young man was very polite when he saw them. After he invited them to sit down, he asked Pu Yanlan,

"I was so busy with the forbidden area affairs that I didn't even ask for your names. How rude of me!"

Pu Yanlan stood up and introduced the three of them to the lord. The lord smiled and said,
"There are few foreign visitors to our island, so I feel a little bit neglectful..."

Then he kindly asked the three about their accommodation and food.

"...I wonder if the three Taoist friends feel that there are any shortcomings?"

While talking, all the words were directed at Pu Yanlan. Gu Shiyi pretended to be dumb and ate melons with Lao Ma. Pu Yanlan responded to the host's questions very politely.

"Your Excellency is so polite. The three of us have strayed into your place by mistake. We are flattered to receive your hospitality!"

This aura did not hide his aura. It seemed that he was in the late Yuanying stage. He treated the three people so politely because he saw that Pu Yanlan could make pills. Everyone knew this, but they were all pretending to be polite. So the whole atmosphere looked polite and friendly. After the hypocritical polite words were finished, the maids brought the dishes and the young man raised his glass to invite them. The three of them drank the wine to the bottom of the glass, which was quite generous. After three times, Gu Shiyi and Lao Ma did not change their expressions, but Pu Yanlan's face was flushed. She stood up and saluted to the host,
"Thank you for your hospitality, my lord. However, I am not very good at drinking and cannot drink any more!"

The Lord smiled and said,

"My fellow Daoist cannot drink much, so don't force me...eat some food!"

He saw that Pu Yanlan was a little unsteady holding the chopsticks after sitting down, so he smiled and said,
"It seems that you really can't drink much. The wine on our island is made by our tribesmen who go down to the deep sea and get algae growing on the seabed. It has a unique flavor and is quite strong. You will get used to it after drinking a few times!"

Pu Yanlan just smiled and didn't respond. The Lord changed the subject again.
"I have not yet asked you, where are you three from, where are you going, and why are you here on our island?"

Pu Yanlan said,

"The three of us were originally traveling together on the continent, but we were hunted down and fled to the ice field. Because there were powerful enemies guarding outside the ice field, we had no choice but to risk crossing the ice field and reaching this sea area. After that, we stayed on the island for a few months, but were swept to the precious land by a tornado..."

The Lord laughed when he heard this and said,

"It's a coincidence..."

He then explained to Pu Yanlan,
"We have lived in this Demon Eye Sea for a thousand years. When we moved to this sea from inland, we moved the forbidden area here as a whole. But the Demon Eye Sea couldn't stand the demonic energy in the forbidden area, so our elders sealed it in another space. The opened Eye will appear in this sea every five hundred years. At that time, we will look for and chase the Eye in order to enter the forbidden area. The tornado that swept you here was formed when our clan opened the fog barrier to chase the Eye. Usually, there are no outsiders in this sea except our clan. I didn't expect that you three would be invited here this time!"

Pu Yanlan smiled slightly after hearing this.
"In that case, what a coincidence!"

The Lord smiled and said,
"That's right, it seems we are destined to be together!"

After saying this, he gave Pu Yanlan a meaningful look, which made Pu Yanlan feel a chill down her spine.
"What does he mean by this?"

Then I heard the Lord say,
"During this trip to the forbidden land, Que Wu has already reported the three of you to me. I heard that Daoist Pu is willing to make pills for my people. I am very grateful. As long as Daoist Pu makes the pills that my people need, I will definitely reward him handsomely!"

Pu Yanlan said modestly,
"My Lord, I only know a little about alchemy, so I dare not answer your request rashly. But now that I have come to your precious place, I will naturally do my best. I will wait until I see the recipe before I decide!"

The Lord thought about it and smiled.

"Brother Pu is absolutely right. That's it. Let's enjoy the feast today. If there is anything else, we can talk about it tomorrow!"

When they invited people to drink again and again, Pu Yanlan pushed Gu Shiyi to the front to block the wine. Everyone was laughing and there was harmony in the atmosphere. The banquet that night was a great pleasure for both the hosts and the guests!
On the second day, after the three of them had breakfast, Que Wu came to invite them personally.

"Alchemy is a confidential matter, and we need to go to the island where the Lord is..."

Que Wu led the three people and flew out of the island they were on. When they were in the air, the three looked back and saw clearly that the island in front of them was a big island. The shape of the whole island was like a huge maple leaf. There were rows of houses on it and people coming and going on the streets. Que Wu said to the three people with a gloomy expression,
"In this Demon Eye Sea, there used to be more than ten islands like this. Now, only three of them are still inhabited by our clan members. The island for refining pills is on the island where the Lord is, not far from this island..." After the four of them flew for three hundred miles, they saw a smaller island. It was also lush and green, with the corners of a palace faintly visible in the middle. It must be where the Lord lived.

The four people landed on the island, and someone came up to meet them. They invited the three people to go to the palace and meet the young master. Perhaps because he had had a drink, the master's attitude was even more cordial than last night. He personally took the three people to the side hall and pointed to the huge furnace in the middle and said,
"This is the alchemy furnace commonly used by people in my clan!"

He pointed with his finger, and Pu Yanlan, Gu Shiyi and Lao Ma all looked over and were surprised. This cauldron was made of bronze. The pattern on the lid, the coiled dragons on the body, the feet at the bottom, this... how do you look at it... how do they... look so similar to the cauldron placed in the hall in their own secret realm?

Among the three, Pu Yanlan and Gu Shiyi were relatively good. They were shocked in their hearts but did not show it on their faces. Only Old Ma had just been a man for a short time and did not know how to manage facial expressions. He immediately opened his eyes and mouth wide, pointed at the furnace and shouted,
"Hey... this tripod... why..."

When he shouted, everyone in the side hall looked at this old and somewhat wretched old man. The master raised his eyebrows.
"How come...Fellow Daoist Ma...has you seen this furnace tripod of my clan?"

Old Ma understood and laughed foolishly, not knowing what to say. Gu Shiyi took over and said,

“Please don’t be surprised, my lord. My companion has just become a human being not long ago. He has never seen a magical weapon of the human race, let alone a magical weapon as huge as the one in your lord’s hall. So he is so surprised, which makes you laugh!”

The Lord's eyes flickered and he smiled.

"It's okay. Although our clan's alchemy furnace is not a top-level magical tool, it was passed down from our ancestors. It's probably rare in the outside world. It's not surprising that Fellow Daoist Ma is surprised!"

While the two were talking, Pu Yanlan had already stepped forward to inspect the bronze cauldron. When she got closer and took a closer look, she realized that this bronze cauldron was similar in shape to her own but lacked spirit. The coiled dragon on the cauldron was also carved lifelike, but its eyes were dull and without any spirit. It was far inferior to the dragon spirit in her own home that could drill in and out at any time and bring wind and rain from time to time!

Pu Yanlan smiled and nodded.
"This tripod is indeed quite good. Looking at the ancient patterns on its surface, it must be very old. I'm afraid it is a relic from the ancient times?"

The Lord smiled and said,

"This tripod was left by an immortal in the prehistoric times. The sect that this immortal came from was a weapon refining sect, and it refined many high-level magic weapons. It is said that three of these bronze tripods were cast at the beginning, and the other two have been lost. Only this one is collected by our clan, and it has been used until now..."

"Um……"

Pu Yanlan nodded in praise.
"Even if it was left by an immortal in the ancient times, it would be twice as effective with half the effort if used to make elixirs..."

Que Wu called over the servants in the hall.

"Come over here and greet Fellow Daoists Pu, Gu, and Long Daolong!"

The eight people in the hall had received instructions earlier. Seeing the three men coming over to greet them respectfully, Que Wu pointed at one of the old men and said,

"This is Que Kun, the person in charge of the Fire Dragon Palace. If Fellow Daoist Pu needs anything, just tell him to do it..."

The three of them smiled and bowed to greet the others. Pu Yanlan saw that among the eight people, the youngest one looked middle-aged, and the oldest one was not much different from Lao Ma. She raised her eyebrows and said nothing. Que Wu on the side noticed it and sighed.
"Fellow Daoist Pu has also seen that the talents in my clan are dwindling. Those who can make pills are all in this hall. They are all old, and there are only a few young people in the clan who can take over. If it weren't for this... I wouldn't have invited three fellow Daoists here!"

Pu Yanlan sighed,
"Fellow Daoist Que, regarding the matter of alchemy... I will definitely do my best!"

An alchemist!

She is a person who makes a living by her skills. When someone provides funds, venues, materials and assistants to help her, so that she can concentrate on refining a kind of elixir that she has never refined before, regardless of what the Juque clan is like, Pu Yanlan is really itching to try her hand at it!

At that moment, they went to see the natural treasures collected by the Juque tribe. The three of them were amazed. When the Juque tribe left the mainland, they took away all the good things they had accumulated over the years. They lived in the sea for a thousand years and got a lot of good things from the sea. They filled two halls with them. Gu Shiyi and the other two were dazzled and exclaimed repeatedly. Pu Yanlan's eyes sparkled.

"These natural treasures that I have never seen before, if used to refine pills, I don't know what kind of medicinal properties they will have!"

Although she was somewhat reluctant before, Pu Yanlan is now truly moved!