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Chapter 2501 The One Who Touches the Nine Dragon Cauldron Is Here

In the back hall of Anle Palace, a raging fire was burning in the Nine Dragon Cauldron.

To use this huge cauldron normally requires a very high level of cultivation. Each level of cultivation can push one more dragon, thereby condensing the power of fire-breathing and removing the dross from the elixir in the Nine Dragon Cauldron.

Medicinal materials suitable for refining are condensed layer by layer, and with the help of Nine Dragons' Fire Breathing, they eventually become the elixir needed by cultivators in the True Self Realm.

There were only a few people in the Han Dynasty who were capable of fully unleashing the power of the Nine Dragon Cauldron, and these people were not alchemists or medicine makers.

It looks like a top-level alchemy furnace, but few people would use the Nine Dragon Cauldron.

On the contrary, when great monks used the Nine Dragon Cauldron, they mostly relied on the auxiliary capabilities of the cauldron's traction and flame-spitting abilities to defeat their opponents.

"You shouldn't invite me. It would be better to invite Wang Zhi. She has been in the realm of true self in recent years without showing off. She can fully use this alchemy cauldron!"

Empress Dou stood under the huge alchemy cauldron.

Her face was a little flushed, and she was also a little unwilling, and she cast a dissatisfied look at Li Shaojun and Zhenyuan Shenjun who were wearing mourning clothes.

"Fellow Daoist Dou has warned me not to interfere in the internal disputes of the Han imperial family." Zhen Yuan Divine Lord waved his hand and said, "This matter cannot be blamed on me!"

"A forced melon is not sweet," Li Shaojun continued, "We can help you once, but what about the next time, and the next time? You are not strong enough to stand in the royal family, and you cannot take over from Dou Daoyou to control Anle Palace. If you force yourself to take over, you will suffer, and end up with a difficult end!"

“Is it that risky?”

Empress Dou showed a hint of surprise on her face.

She was full of confidence when she confirmed it with the Empress Dowager, but until the Empress Dowager used her magic power to restrain her until she could not move, and slapped her three times on both sides, Empress Dou did not receive any help.

Empress Dou had always regarded Zhenyuan God as her backer, but she had never expected that her backer was so unreliable. It was no surprise that she had some resentment in her heart.

After Li Shaojun entered Anle Palace, the two began to explain, and Empress Dou felt a little relieved.

"If Anle Palace is headed by you, how can you prevent the risk of Daojun coming?" said Zhenyuan Shenjun.

"The Taoist has not left his house for a long time and doesn't care about the affairs of the world. How can he come to Chang'an City?" Empress Dou retorted.

"What if he had been here?"

Li Shaojun interrupted, which made Empress Dou's eyelids jump, and she stopped being stubborn for a moment.

A great cultivator at the True Self Realm is not so strong that no one can stop him. Even if one's realm is lower, one can still fight against him. It is even possible to counterattack by combining bows and arrows, mechanisms, formations and other means.

In the final analysis, realm and actual combat are two different things. The higher the realm, the better the magic can be displayed, but a high realm does not mean that one can slaughter those at a lower realm.

Daojun is an extremely special case. Once his spell is cast, he will take someone's life without any mercy. Few people can survive his hands.

"Have you really been here?" Empress Dou asked in a low voice.

“Here we go, and then away again!”

Zhenyuan Shenjun nodded in acknowledgement, which made Li Shaojun, who was cooperating in the play, unable to figure out for a moment whether Daojun had really come or was pretending.

Li Shaojun felt that Daojun had never been here, but he had been in contact with Zhenyuan Shenjun for a period of time and knew that Zhenyuan Shenjun was not good at lying. If it was inconvenient to respond, he would choose to remain silent, but if he answered, 99% of the time he would tell the truth.

This made Li Shaojun's heart beat wildly, and he stopped talking.

"Let's not talk about Daojun. Let's start the furnace first, so as to avoid being in a mess when an expert comes," said Li Shaojun.

"With the Nine Dragon Cauldron, I can only barely resist the True Self Realm cultivators, but I can't stop the top masters." Empress Dou frowned and said, "Now it is Wang Zhi who wants to set the rules. I don't need to take the lead, right?"

“First, spray these dragon mouths on the furnace and add some fire,” Li Shaojun urged, “I’ll use the furnace to refine a few Explosive Explosion Pills, and I’ll have more confidence!”

"What is the Explosion Pill?"

Empress Dou was suspicious.

But when she heard that no one asked her to take the lead, Empress Dou did not resist this time.

She cast a spell, and the Nine Dragon Cauldron made a crackling sound, and the eyes of the nine dragon heads on the cauldron began to emit flames one by one, as if waiting to be infused with magic power to stir up a more violent flame. "The Explosion Pill can make the opponent suffer so much that he will regret coming to this world for the rest of his life!"

Li Shaojun opened the large wooden box beside him, and an iron box engraved with the imperial seal came into view.

When Li Shaojun removed the lock on an iron box, bright red cinnabar was revealed.

"I couldn't even pry open the armory. How did you get these things out?"

Empress Dou was suspicious.

The cinnabar is of extremely high quality, and one can roughly guess its source even without looking at the iron box it is packaged in. As Li Shaojun did not even change the packaging box, it is clearly irrefutable evidence that it came from the armory.

It’s not that Lady Dou couldn’t enter the armory, but that there was no reasonable and legal way to move the things in the armory away.

Suddenly seeing Li Shaojun scoop two scoops of cinnabar into the Nine Dragon Cauldron, she couldn't help but feel a little curious about what he had gained.

"Don't panic," Li Shaojun waved his hand and said, "When Daoist Dou and I met, he had already anticipated that there would be no peace after death, so he made some preparations that you don't know about. Although Daoist Zhenyuan is helping us now, we still have to do what we should do!"

"Why didn't you refine this Explosive Explosion Pill in advance?"

"This pill is only useful if it's fresh. It can't be refined in advance!"

Looking at the cinnabar that was gradually solidifying, Li Shaojun couldn't help but gesture and began to spread a layer of realgar on the cinnabar.

"I hope you, Mr. Dou, can activate the First Dragon," Li Shaojun invited.

"I don't know how to make pills and can't control the temperature. The nine dragons in this furnace are already lit. Just touch the dragon heads and transfer your magic power!"

Empress Dowager Dou waved her hands repeatedly.

It is fine to use the Nine Dragon Cauldron to attack the opponent, and the strength and intermittence of the flame are not a problem, but it is a big problem when making medicine.

Empress Dou indicated that she was not capable of doing so, and if Li Shaojun wanted to make the elixir, he had to do it himself.

"It's a pity that I'm so old and my cultivation hasn't fully recovered yet. I have to take the risk of refining this kind of elixir to help you. Sigh!"

Li Shaojun originally wanted to pressure Empress Dou to help him, but what Empress Dou said was also true, which forced him to do it himself.

Thinking about his rather embarrassing cultivation level, Li Shaojun felt distressed for a moment, wondering whether he could succeed in refining the elixir.

He gritted his teeth and stood in front of the Nine Dragon Cauldron, reaching out to touch the dragon's head.

A stream of magical power was infused, and the dragon's tail coiled in the cauldron suddenly spewed out a light blue flame. The realgar on the cinnabar began to fall into it, presenting a mottled and blended scene.

"I really envy those who make inner elixirs by just throwing some herbs into water and slowly boiling them!"

No water was added to the Nine Dragon Cauldron, and Li Shaojun's external alchemy method did not require water. He had no choice but to continuously infuse it with magic power and rely on the blue flame that spewed out of the dragon's mouth to blow back and forth continuously, so that the two materials could continue to mix.

When the third material was added, Li Shaojun had to concentrate on refining the elixir.

"Alchemy?"

In a normal combination, Zhenyuan Shenjun thought that it should be Zhuang Qingzhai who took Li Shaojun to patrol around in a swaggering manner, and then when they met a few blind people, he slapped them with his sleeves. This could be regarded as giving Li Shaojun a chance to show off.

But Zhenyuan Shenjun didn't expect that Li Shaojun rushed to Anle Palace and was anxious to borrow the Nine Dragon Cauldron. He didn't even call Zhuang Qingzhai and others in the main hall of Anle Palace to come to the back hall.

"Can refining pills make you famous?"

Zhen Yuan Shen Jun did not understand Li Shaojun's alchemy behavior at this time, and he had never heard of any exploding pills. However, he was paid to do things for others. At this time, he changed into a eunuch robe and wore mourning clothes. He no longer attracted attention and just cooperated.

What if he couldn't even defeat the sneak attack and couldn't fulfill Zhuang Qingzhai's request to flatter him? He would be helpless.

A dull sound of falling from the sky was heard, causing the glazed tiles on the roof of the rear hall of Anle Palace to shake slightly, and Zhenyuan Shenjun's heart trembled slightly.

If he guessed correctly, the Nine Spirits Saint who Daojun mentioned wanted to touch the Nine Dragon Cauldron might have arrived.