Wu Shattered Star River

“A day and a half earlier!”

Jiang Han nodded secretly. Fortunately, he had delayed his departure by a few days. Otherwise, his speed in refining pills would have been much faster than the other two grandmasters of alchemy. If the news spread, it would likely attract the attention of many people.

After all, Marquis Tiandan and Alchemist He were two of the most elite alchemists in the Celestial Court.

Wang Nan delivered the pills to Immortal Yinghuo, who resided in an elegant manor. Her courtyard was not large, but the back garden was very spacious, filled with all kinds of small red flowers, creating a sea of blossoms at first glance.

Immortal Yinghuo and Lord Cang were in a pavilion in the backyard. Immortal Yinghuo was playing the zither, while Lord Cang was brewing tea.

“Greetings, Immortal, greetings, Lord Cang!”

After entering, Wang Nan placed the pills refined by Jiang Han on the table and stood respectfully to the side.

Immortal Yinghuo continued to play the zither. Lord Cang stood up and examined the pills refined by Jiang Han. She sensed them and said with some surprise, “Why is the medicinal power of Jiang Han's pills stronger than that of Marquis Tiandan and He Jin? Could it be that he added some other medicinal agents?”

Lord Cang produced several other jade boxes, each containing the same pill, and then she began to ingest them.

Before each pill was given to Immortal Yinghuo, she would personally test it to ensure that there were no poisons inside.

After refining many pills in succession, Lord Cang nodded and said, “The pills are fine. The medicinal power of Jiang Han's pills is indeed stronger. He has only been in the Upper Realm for a little over a year? And the pills he refines are even stronger than those of grandmasters of alchemy? A prodigy.”

Lord Cang and Immortal Yinghuo had taken pills refined by Jiang Han before. However, those were Dream Soul Pills and Soul Separation Pills, which only Jiang Han could refine, so there was no basis for comparison.

Now, the three alchemists were refining the same pills, and after a comparison, it was easy to sense the difference.

Immortal Yinghuo stopped playing the zither. Her autumn water-like eyes flickered, and the scene of Jiang Han refining pills in the Firefly Divine Mountain flashed in her mind. She murmured, “Could it be… because of that cauldron?”

“What cauldron?”

Lord Cang glanced over, and Immortal Yinghuo said, “Jiang Han has a precious cauldron. He should be using this cauldron in his alchemy. This cauldron… it looks somewhat familiar, but I can't remember where I've seen it before.”

“Oh!”

Lord Cang didn't pay much attention to it. All grandmasters of alchemy had their unique skills; otherwise, how could they become grandmasters of alchemy? The alchemy cauldrons were all similar, so it was normal for Immortal Yinghuo to find it somewhat familiar.

She took out the pills with some anticipation and said, “Miss, take the pills and see if they have any effect this time.”

Immortal Yinghuo didn't have much expectation, because she had taken too many pills since she was a child. Each time, she was full of hope, but in the end, she was always disappointed. She didn't dare to have too much hope, otherwise the disappointment would be even greater.

As expected…

After taking the five kinds of pills separately, none of them had any effect. Immortal Yinghuo had taken the pills from each alchemist.

After taking the last pill, she nodded and said, “Alchemist Jiang's pills are indeed much stronger in medicinal power and are very pure.”

“Arrange for the materials and refine the next five kinds of pills!”

Lord Cang waved her hand to Wang Nan, and Wang Nan went down to prepare the materials for the next five kinds of pills. As for the last three eighth-grade pills, the materials had not yet been fully collected.

Lord Cang glanced at Immortal Yinghuo and comforted her, “Miss, don't worry, there are still eight kinds of pills left.”

“Hehe!”

Immortal Yinghuo smiled. She didn't seem to be in the mood to play the zither anymore and walked alone into the garden, into the sea of flowers.

She was wearing a red dress, and the skirt fluttered, making her more beautiful than the flowers, but her back looked incomparably lonely and desolate.

On the other side, Wang Nan brought Jiang Han a hundred sets of raw materials, twenty sets for each type of pill. And he was only required to refine five of each type of pill.

Jiang Han received the raw materials and entered the room, easily refining them.

This time, he spent even longer inside, waiting a full eight days before coming out.

He handed the pills to Wang Nan. The other two alchemists had already refined them, two or three days earlier than Jiang Han.

Wang Nan sent the pills over, and Lord Cang examined them and nodded, “This Divine Alchemist Marquis is indeed skilled. All the pills he refines are stronger in medicinal power than those of Marquis Tiandan and Alchemist He, including the seventh-grade pills!”

“The medicinal power of the seventh-grade pills has also been enhanced?”

Immortal Yinghuo was somewhat surprised. Seventh-grade pills were pills that only grandmasters of alchemy could refine. Jiang Han's ability to refine seventh-grade pills had already surprised her, but she didn't expect that the medicinal power of the seventh-grade pills he refined would be even stronger than that of the two grandmasters of alchemy?

Lord Cang began to test the pills, and after confirming that there were no problems, she had Immortal Yinghuo take them.

Immortal Yinghuo first chose the pills refined by Jiang Han, refining them one by one, and then carefully sensing them.

It took half a day to refine all five kinds of pills. These five kinds of pills were all rare pills, but they had no effect on Immortal Yinghuo, not even as good as the Soul Separation Pill that Jiang Han had refined before.

“Sigh!”

Lord Cang sighed slightly, her gaze turned to the last three pills in the pill formula. She said, “There are only the Myriad Poison Pill, the Flying Soul Pill, and the Celestial Aperture Pill left. I hope these three will have some effect.”

All three were eighth-grade pills. The Myriad Poison Pill was said to be able to dissolve all poisons, the Flying Soul Pill was of great help to the soul, and the Celestial Aperture Pill was even more magical and mysterious.

Lord Cang looked at Wang Nan and said, “Have the raw materials for the three pills been purchased?”

Wang Nan replied, “The Myriad Poison Pill and the Flying Soul Pill have been successfully purchased. There is still one raw material for the Celestial Aperture Pill that has not been purchased. However, I have already asked the Heavenly Hidden Pavilion to find it, and I heard that they have already found it and are expediting the purchase and delivery.”

“Then refine the Myriad Poison Pill and the Flying Soul Pill first. Send the raw materials over!”

Lord Cang waved her hand. She added, “These three are rare pills. Don't require the three alchemists to have a high success rate. It doesn't matter if they fail in refining them. Please have them try their best.”

“Okay!”

Wang Nan nodded. She also knew this. Eighth-grade pills were the highest-level pills that grandmasters of alchemy could refine.

Only one person in the entire Celestial Court could refine ninth-grade pills. Even grandmasters of alchemy were not sure that they could refine eighth-grade pills with 100% certainty. The success rate was pitifully low.

Because the success rate was low, Wang Nan prepared many materials, thirty sets of materials for each type of pill.

When she sent them to Jiang Han, she said, “Divine Alchemist Marquis, these are the materials for the Myriad Poison Pill and the Flying Soul Pill. Lord Cang said that you should try your best to refine them. It doesn't matter if you fail, after all, they are eighth-grade pills.”

Wang Nan left. Immortal Lord Wuyun and Yu Xi discussed it and ultimately gave their advice.

If the two alchemists succeeded in refining them, Jiang Han should say that he didn't refine them. If the two alchemists failed, and Jiang Han could refine them, then he should hand over one or two pills each time.

Jiang Han thought their advice was good. After all, Immortal Yinghuo was the daughter of the Azure Emperor, and Jiang Henshui was the Azure Emperor's number one general. Immortal Yinghuo could be considered one of their own.

For both emotional and rational reasons, if he could help her cure her strange illness, Jiang Han couldn't stand idly by.