Xiao Ming walked out of the secret room and saw that there were several people above the Dou King realm looking at him curiously.
He frowned slightly, but immediately returned to normal.
These people must have been attracted by the commotion caused by his refinement.
Xiao Ming ignored these people for a moment and instead handed the jade bottle in his hand to Jia Xing Tian, who was waiting for him.
"Elder Jia, everything went as expected, this is the Zong Breaking Pill you need."
"Zong Breaking Pill!" The people beside Nalan Jie had surprised expressions on their faces when they heard the name of this pill, although they had long known that the pill Xiao Ming had refined was a peak sixth-tier pill, they still couldn't help but be shocked when they heard the name of this pill, after all, the name of the Zong Breaking Pill was too great.
A pill of this tier might not have any direct effect on a true Dou Ancestor, but it might attract some of the major powers to fight for it, after all, as long as they had this pill, they might have a chance to add another Dou Ancestor to their forces.
In the Jia Ma Empire, it was rare to find a Dou Emperor, let alone a Dou Ancestor.
And the fact that Xiao Ming had refined the Zong Breaking Pill for Jia Xing Tian also showed that Jia Xing Tian, who had not done much for a long time, had reached the strength of a nine-star Dou Emperor.
Jia Xing Tian was not worried about them knowing his strength, after all, for the imperial family, if they have strength, they must show it.
Jia Xing Tian could be seen with a surprised face accepting the jade vial, feeling the fluctuation of medicinal power coming from the pill, he smiled happily and said.
''Hahahaha, Master Xiao Ming's pill refining skills are really extraordinary, in just a few days, a pill of Zong Breaking Pill level can be obtained easily.''
'A couple of days to refine a Zong Breaking Pill? He really has a Heavenly Flame in his body'. Jia Xing Tian and Fa Ma looked at each other, both seeing the meaning in each other's eyes.
Although they could both see that Xiao Ming had a Heavenly Flame, both Jia Xing Tian and Fa Ma only felt a bit envious, but had no thoughts of snatching the Heavenly Flame.
"Elder Jia praised me, this time refining the Zong Breaking Pill has cost me a lot of effort." Xiao Ming smiled without much enthusiasm, then touched the storage ring between his fingers, took out another bottle of jade, and handed it to him.
"This is the other sixth-tier medicinal pill you entrusted me to refine. But to use it, you know, special techniques are required."
Jia Xing Tian smiled as he took the pill and said, "Then I will have to trouble Master Xiao Ming for the next few days."
Xiao Ming smiled and nodded when he suddenly noticed a white figure rushing towards him, clearly seeing that the person coming was Zi Yan, Xiao Ming did not dodge.
Now Zi Yan had also realized that her strength was a little too strong and knew that she should reduce her strength when rushing at Xiao Ming's arms, so this time Xiao Ming was not knocked down.
After easily catching Zi Yan, Xiao Ming rubbed her bobbing little head in his arms and asked in a soft voice.
"You haven't wandered off in the past few days, going to 'look for herbs', have you?"
Zi Yan's little head stopped moving and her big watery eyes looked at him as she said.
"I haven't wandered away, I've stayed here, Xiao Ming... I want us to go together to look for herbs."
"That's good." Xiao Ming said with satisfaction, he was really afraid that Zi Yan would steal someone else's treasure and they would search for it, he didn't have to worry too much about Zi Yan's safety, but there would be a lot of trouble.
He has also thought that after leaving the academy, the time he has spent searching for medicinal herbs with Zi Yan has been greatly reduced, although Zi Yan wanted to go out with him, it was not good to restrain her from searching for more medicinal herbs on her own, as her desire was to grow and medicinal herbs were necessary.
Therefore, Xiao Ming immediately said, "I cannot accompany you to look for medicinal herbs for now, but I will refine some medicinal herbs later for you as a reward for being obedient this time."
Xiao Ming had harvested dozens of rare medicinal herbs from his refining this time, and it didn't hurt him much to take some of them out.
A surprised look appeared on Zi Yan's face as she hugged Xiao Ming even tighter and said joyfully, "Really? Hehehe, thank you Xiao Ming!"
"Master Xiao Ming and his sister have such a good relationship." Looking at Xiao Ming and Zi Yan's interaction, although he was a bit puzzled in his heart, Mu Chen still smiled and wanted to strike up a conversation.
Still holding Zi Yan, Xiao Ming turned his gaze to Mu Chen who had just spoken.
"Sorry for being so rude earlier, I wonder who everyone is?".
Hearing Xiao Ming's question, Jia Xing Tian tapped his head and said apologetically, "Eh, it was my mistake, I was so happy to see the pills just now that I forgot to introduce them to Master Xiao Ming, hehe, I'm already old and my memory isn't that good anymore."
"Let me introduce you, this old man with a hat that resembles a ceramic pot on his head is the Chairman of the Alchemist Association, Fa Ma, and the one next to him is the famous Pill King, Gu He."
"The few elders beside him are the leaders of the three great clans of the imperial capital, Mu Chen, Miteer Tengshan, and Nalan Jie. Also present is a powerful man from the outer provinces, Lion King Yan Shi."
After introducing them to Xiao Ming, Jia Xing Tian introduced Xiao Ming to the others "This is Master Xiao Ming."
"So you are Master Fa Ma and Master Gu He, as well as each of you being part of Jia Ma Empire's Ten Strongest, I have heard a lot about all of you."
Speaking of which, it seemed that all the people present were part of the Jia Ma Empire's Ten Strongest ranking in this generation.
That was why Xiao Ming emphasized it during the greeting.
"Mu Chen has met Master Xiao Ming."
"Hahahaha, Master Xiao Ming is educated."
"Master Xiao Ming is too modest, what Ten Strongest? If Master Xiao Ming wanted to be on the list, I'm afraid it would be easy."
As one of the ten strongest people in the Jia Ma Empire, although this list is a little loose, but to be on the list among dozens of Dou Kings, he still had sharp senses.
According to Mu Chen's perception, Xiao Ming, who had just refined the pill, had a strong aura, much stronger than theirs.
In response, Xiao Ming merely smiled and said nothing.
After the two parties exchanged pleasantries and got to know each other, they did not stay long as Xiao Ming had just finished refining the pill, so they took their leave.
Before each person left, they offered an invitation to Xiao Ming.
In particular, Fa Ma, the Chairman of the Alchemist Association, even personally invited Xiao Ming to visit the Alchemist Association and exchange ideas about alchemy.
Thinking that there was something within the Alchemist Association that he needed.
Xiao Ming did not refuse Fa Ma's invitation but nodded his head in agreement.
One by one, these people took their leave.
In the room, apart from Xiao Ming and Zi Yan, soon only Jia Xing Tian remained.
Seeing the exhaustion that showed on Xiao Ming's face, Jia Xing Tian did not rush to tell Xiao Ming to treat the Serene Sea Scaly Beast's wounds.
Instead, he stood up and said, "Master Xiao Ming's alchemy consumes a lot of energy, so please have a good rest today, and I will ask Master Xiao Ming to choose the reward for pill refinement tomorrow."
Xiao Ming had no objection to his words.
...
Outside the imperial palace, the two of them, Nalan Jie and Gu He, who had just left, walked together.
Looking at Nalan Jie's sad expression, Gu He suddenly said, "Old Leader Nalan, are you thinking about Xiao Ming?"
"Unfortunately, yes. That Yanran girl ran to the Xiao family to annul her marriage a few days ago, and although Xiao Ming didn't say anything, I'm afraid..." Nalan Jie did not want to hide his thoughts, so he spoke them with a frown.
Gu He also didn't mean to ridicule him, the influence of a sixth-tier alchemist, he knew very well, after all, he himself was a sixth-tier alchemist.
A sixth-tier alchemist could easily destroy the three great clans in the imperial capital as long as one paid a certain price, and that was to destroy the three great clans together.
Nalan Clan was only one of the three great clans in the imperial capital, so naturally, they would be defenseless against Xiao Ming.
Gu He felt that Xiao Ming didn't even need to ask others to do anything, he could destroy the Nalan family with his own strength.
Especially now that Nalan Jie had been suffering from severe poison for many years and had lost most of his cultivation to suppress the poison.
Thinking about Nalan Jie's poison, Gu He suddenly stopped and said to Nalan Jie, "Old Leader Nalan doesn't need to worry about Yanran's matter, Xiao Ming has accomplished a lot despite his young age, I didn't see arrogance on his face, and I believe he is a person of good character. So, if he didn't say much when Yanran annulled the marriage, I guess he really didn't care much about that matter."
"If you're still worried, send someone to apologize tomorrow."
Nalan Jie thought about it, and it seemed plausible.
The bitterness on his face disappeared a lot.
But the next moment, Gu He's words made the bitterness on his face increase again.
"Regarding the severe poison in Old Leader Nalan's body, didn't I say before that you needed a Heavenly Flame for treatment? You can go to Xiao Ming and tell him to treat you."
"Are you saying that... he has a Heavenly Flame in him?"
Looking at Gu He who nodded slowly, Nalan Jie's face was complicated, he had been tortured by the severe poison in his body all these years, even Gu He had no way to treat him, and only suggested that he could be treated with a Heavenly Flame.
But Heavenly Flame was hard to find, and there had been little news over the years.
Now, suddenly, he heard of an alchemist with Heavenly Flame, which should have been good news.
But it happened that his granddaughter had offended a member of his clan.
This was...
Nalan Jie shook his head, feeling stifled, it could be said that it was good enough that Xiao Ming didn't come to bother them, and now he had to ask him to help him heal... this seemed very complicated.
Looking at Nalan Jie who had a complicated face, Gu He shook his head and walked away.
In his heart, he thought of the strange places he had yet to visit in the Jia Ma Empire over the years, and this time, when he encountered an Alchemist with a Heavenly Flame, the desire for the Heavenly Flame in his heart grew more and more.
Xiao Ming walked out of the secret room and saw that there were several people above the Dou King realm looking at him curiously.
He frowned slightly, but immediately returned to normal.
These people must have been attracted by the commotion caused by his refinement.
Xiao Ming ignored these people for a moment and instead handed the jade bottle in his hand to Jia Xing Tian, who was waiting for him.
"Elder Jia, everything went as expected, this is the Zong Breaking Pill you need."
"Zong Breaking Pill!" The people beside Nalan Jie had surprised expressions on their faces when they heard the name of this pill, although they had long known that the pill Xiao Ming had refined was a peak sixth-tier pill, they still couldn't help but be shocked when they heard the name of this pill, after all, the name of the Zong Breaking Pill was too great.
A pill of this tier might not have any direct effect on a true Dou Ancestor, but it might attract some of the major powers to fight for it, after all, as long as they had this pill, they might have a chance to add another Dou Ancestor to their forces.
In the Jia Ma Empire, it was rare to find a Dou Emperor, let alone a Dou Ancestor.
And the fact that Xiao Ming had refined the Zong Breaking Pill for Jia Xing Tian also showed that Jia Xing Tian, who had not done much for a long time, had reached the strength of a nine-star Dou Emperor.
Jia Xing Tian was not worried about them knowing his strength, after all, for the imperial family, if they have strength, they must show it.
Jia Xing Tian could be seen with a surprised face accepting the jade vial, feeling the fluctuation of medicinal power coming from the pill, he smiled happily and said.
''Hahahaha, Master Xiao Ming's pill refining skills are really extraordinary, in just a few days, a pill of Zong Breaking Pill level can be obtained easily.''
'A couple of days to refine a Zong Breaking Pill? He really has a Heavenly Flame in his body'. Jia Xing Tian and Fa Ma looked at each other, both seeing the meaning in each other's eyes.
Although they could both see that Xiao Ming had a Heavenly Flame, both Jia Xing Tian and Fa Ma only felt a bit envious, but had no thoughts of snatching the Heavenly Flame.
"Elder Jia praised me, this time refining the Zong Breaking Pill has cost me a lot of effort." Xiao Ming smiled without much enthusiasm, then touched the storage ring between his fingers, took out another bottle of jade, and handed it to him.
"This is the other sixth-tier medicinal pill you entrusted me to refine. But to use it, you know, special techniques are required."
Jia Xing Tian smiled as he took the pill and said, "Then I will have to trouble Master Xiao Ming for the next few days."
Xiao Ming smiled and nodded when he suddenly noticed a white figure rushing towards him, clearly seeing that the person coming was Zi Yan, Xiao Ming did not dodge.
Now Zi Yan had also realized that her strength was a little too strong and knew that she should reduce her strength when rushing at Xiao Ming's arms, so this time Xiao Ming was not knocked down.
After easily catching Zi Yan, Xiao Ming rubbed her bobbing little head in his arms and asked in a soft voice.
"You haven't wandered off in the past few days, going to 'look for herbs', have you?"
Zi Yan's little head stopped moving and her big watery eyes looked at him as she said.
"I haven't wandered away, I've stayed here, Xiao Ming... I want us to go together to look for herbs."
"That's good." Xiao Ming said with satisfaction, he was really afraid that Zi Yan would steal someone else's treasure and they would search for it, he didn't have to worry too much about Zi Yan's safety, but there would be a lot of trouble.
He has also thought that after leaving the academy, the time he has spent searching for medicinal herbs with Zi Yan has been greatly reduced, although Zi Yan wanted to go out with him, it was not good to restrain her from searching for more medicinal herbs on her own, as her desire was to grow and medicinal herbs were necessary.
Therefore, Xiao Ming immediately said, "I cannot accompany you to look for medicinal herbs for now, but I will refine some medicinal herbs later for you as a reward for being obedient this time."
Xiao Ming had harvested dozens of rare medicinal herbs from his refining this time, and it didn't hurt him much to take some of them out.
A surprised look appeared on Zi Yan's face as she hugged Xiao Ming even tighter and said joyfully, "Really? Hehehe, thank you Xiao Ming!"
"Master Xiao Ming and his sister have such a good relationship." Looking at Xiao Ming and Zi Yan's interaction, although he was a bit puzzled in his heart, Mu Chen still smiled and wanted to strike up a conversation.
Still holding Zi Yan, Xiao Ming turned his gaze to Mu Chen who had just spoken.
"Sorry for being so rude earlier, I wonder who everyone is?".
Hearing Xiao Ming's question, Jia Xing Tian tapped his head and said apologetically, "Eh, it was my mistake, I was so happy to see the pills just now that I forgot to introduce them to Master Xiao Ming, hehe, I'm already old and my memory isn't that good anymore."
"Let me introduce you, this old man with a hat that resembles a ceramic pot on his head is the Chairman of the Alchemist Association, Fa Ma, and the one next to him is the famous Pill King, Gu He."
"The few elders beside him are the leaders of the three great clans of the imperial capital, Mu Chen, Miteer Tengshan, and Nalan Jie. Also present is a powerful man from the outer provinces, Lion King Yan Shi."
After introducing them to Xiao Ming, Jia Xing Tian introduced Xiao Ming to the others "This is Master Xiao Ming."
"So you are Master Fa Ma and Master Gu He, as well as each of you being part of Jia Ma Empire's Ten Strongest, I have heard a lot about all of you."
Speaking of which, it seemed that all the people present were part of the Jia Ma Empire's Ten Strongest ranking in this generation.
That was why Xiao Ming emphasized it during the greeting.
"Mu Chen has met Master Xiao Ming."
"Hahahaha, Master Xiao Ming is educated."
"Master Xiao Ming is too modest, what Ten Strongest? If Master Xiao Ming wanted to be on the list, I'm afraid it would be easy."
As one of the ten strongest people in the Jia Ma Empire, although this list is a little loose, but to be on the list among dozens of Dou Kings, he still had sharp senses.
According to Mu Chen's perception, Xiao Ming, who had just refined the pill, had a strong aura, much stronger than theirs.
In response, Xiao Ming merely smiled and said nothing.
After the two parties exchanged pleasantries and got to know each other, they did not stay long as Xiao Ming had just finished refining the pill, so they took their leave.
Before each person left, they offered an invitation to Xiao Ming.
In particular, Fa Ma, the Chairman of the Alchemist Association, even personally invited Xiao Ming to visit the Alchemist Association and exchange ideas about alchemy.
Thinking that there was something within the Alchemist Association that he needed.
Xiao Ming did not refuse Fa Ma's invitation but nodded his head in agreement.
One by one, these people took their leave.
In the room, apart from Xiao Ming and Zi Yan, soon only Jia Xing Tian remained.
Seeing the exhaustion that showed on Xiao Ming's face, Jia Xing Tian did not rush to tell Xiao Ming to treat the Serene Sea Scaly Beast's wounds.
Instead, he stood up and said, "Master Xiao Ming's alchemy consumes a lot of energy, so please have a good rest today, and I will ask Master Xiao Ming to choose the reward for pill refinement tomorrow."
Xiao Ming had no objection to his words.
...
Outside the imperial palace, the two of them, Nalan Jie and Gu He, who had just left, walked together.
Looking at Nalan Jie's sad expression, Gu He suddenly said, "Old Leader Nalan, are you thinking about Xiao Ming?"
"Unfortunately, yes. That Yanran girl ran to the Xiao family to annul her marriage a few days ago, and although Xiao Ming didn't say anything, I'm afraid..." Nalan Jie did not want to hide his thoughts, so he spoke them with a frown.
Gu He also didn't mean to ridicule him, the influence of a sixth-tier alchemist, he knew very well, after all, he himself was a sixth-tier alchemist.
A sixth-tier alchemist could easily destroy the three great clans in the imperial capital as long as one paid a certain price, and that was to destroy the three great clans together.
Nalan Clan was only one of the three great clans in the imperial capital, so naturally, they would be defenseless against Xiao Ming.
Gu He felt that Xiao Ming didn't even need to ask others to do anything, he could destroy the Nalan family with his own strength.
Especially now that Nalan Jie had been suffering from severe poison for many years and had lost most of his cultivation to suppress the poison.
Thinking about Nalan Jie's poison, Gu He suddenly stopped and said to Nalan Jie, "Old Leader Nalan doesn't need to worry about Yanran's matter, Xiao Ming has accomplished a lot despite his young age, I didn't see arrogance on his face, and I believe he is a person of good character. So, if he didn't say much when Yanran annulled the marriage, I guess he really didn't care much about that matter."
"If you're still worried, send someone to apologize tomorrow."
Nalan Jie thought about it, and it seemed plausible.
The bitterness on his face disappeared a lot.
But the next moment, Gu He's words made the bitterness on his face increase again.
"Regarding the severe poison in Old Leader Nalan's body, didn't I say before that you needed a Heavenly Flame for treatment? You can go to Xiao Ming and tell him to treat you."
"Are you saying that... he has a Heavenly Flame in him?"
Looking at Gu He who nodded slowly, Nalan Jie's face was complicated, he had been tortured by the severe poison in his body all these years, even Gu He had no way to treat him, and only suggested that he could be treated with a Heavenly Flame.
But Heavenly Flame was hard to find, and there had been little news over the years.
Now, suddenly, he heard of an alchemist with Heavenly Flame, which should have been good news.
But it happened that his granddaughter had offended a member of his clan.
This was...
Nalan Jie shook his head, feeling stifled, it could be said that it was good enough that Xiao Ming didn't come to bother them, and now he had to ask him to help him heal... this seemed very complicated.
Looking at Nalan Jie who had a complicated face, Gu He shook his head and walked away.
In his heart, he thought of the strange places he had yet to visit in the Jia Ma Empire over the years, and this time, when he encountered an Alchemist with a Heavenly Flame, the desire for the Heavenly Flame in his heart grew more and more.
