Treasure Gathering Immortal Furnace

"Ancestor! This junior meant no harm, please forgive me!"

At this moment, Lu Fan was kneeling on the ground, trembling uncontrollably, wishing he could bury his head in the ground.

After all, there are many elders in the Dao Sect who are in seclusion, especially those elders who are nearing the end of their lifespan and seeking a breakthrough. They are all Grand Elders at the Golden Core stage or even the Nascent Soul stage.

If he were to offend an elder who was in seclusion and was breaking through to the next level, causing his lifespan to run out, it wouldn't be as simple as just dying for Lu Fan.

The other party might extract his soul and refine his corpse, subjecting him to all sorts of torture.

Lu Fan lay on the ground and observed for a while, and couldn't help but feel uneasy, since the old man was motionless and looked like he was dead.

"Could it be that he has passed away peacefully?" Lu Fan breathed a sigh of relief, but at this moment he also realized the problem.

Because the old man's clothing was not the Daoist Bagua robe, but a garment made of animal hide.

Moreover, judging from its age, it must be quite old.

"Could this senior not be an elder of the Dao Sect?" Lu Fan asked, stepping forward slowly.

After removing the storage bag from the old man's waist, as expected, the soul restriction on the old man's storage bag had already disappeared.

Lu Fan opened the storage bag and found only a cultivation manual, a jade talisman for concealing one's aura, and dozens of empty jade bottles, some of which contained three pills that had long since lost their medicinal properties.

This is all the legacy of this senior.

Based on Lu Fan's initial assessment, the old senior must have been in seclusion here trying to break through, but he exhausted the pills in the bottle and failed to make any further progress, eventually passing away here.

Moreover, Lu Fan could not determine the other party's cultivation level before death, but based on his years of experience collecting corpses, any cultivator who had reached the Golden Core stage could already prevent their body from decaying.

In other words, this senior was at least a Golden Core cultivator during his lifetime.

"Since he was a Golden Core cultivator, the cultivation technique he left behind must be very powerful," Lu Fan said, looking at the technique in his hand and flipping through a page.

He discovered that he didn't recognize any of the characters recorded in the book, suggesting that the old man lived in a time much earlier than he had imagined.

Lu Fan planted his divine soul imprint on the old senior's storage bag, stored the cultivation technique in the bag, and then carefully examined the alchemy furnace in front of him.

Lu Fan discovered that there were actually ten spirit stones inside the alchemy furnace.

After so many years, the spirit stone hadn't lost its spiritual energy, which piqued his interest.

However, the alchemy furnace was shaped like a large vat, and Lu Fan could only put half of his body inside to explore it.

This made Lu Fan very curious. The alchemy furnace is used to refine pills, so why throw spirit stones into it?

Clang!

Just as Lu Fan was wondering, he slipped and fell headfirst into the alchemy furnace.

"Hiss!" The impact of his head hitting the ground made Lu Fan grimace.

After getting up, Lu Fan rubbed his head, and then he felt something was wrong. The furnace was very warm, and he could feel a warm current flowing into his body.

Feeling the warmth emanating from his body, Lu Fan was filled with surprise before he hurriedly climbed out of the alchemy furnace.

Although Lu Fan had only been inside the alchemy furnace for a few seconds, the auspicious cloud pattern on the outer wall of the furnace had already dimmed somewhat.

"Strange, I don't feel any change in my physical cultivation. What's wrong with this alchemy furnace?" Lu Fan scratched his head, looking puzzled.

Just as Lu Fan walked around the alchemy furnace to observe it, his brain seemed to be electrified, and he suddenly had a flash of inspiration.

"Wait a minute! My leg, it's healed?" Lu Fan looked down at his left leg and was surprised to find that the congenital defect he had been born with was gone!

Lu Fan's eyes widened in disbelief as he stomped his foot. Sure enough, his left leg was no different from that of a normal person. This sudden surprise left Lu Fan dumbfounded for a while.

It's important to understand that this kind of congenital disability cannot be cured by taking any magic pills.

Lu Fan had also inquired and found that to heal his crippled leg, at least a Nascent Soul stage ancestor would need to expend their true essence to help him recover.

What is true essence? It is lifespan, something that is extremely difficult to recover once used. There is no way that a Nascent Soul stage ancestor would be kind enough to help Lu Fan heal his leg.

But now, he was completely unharmed after only a few seconds in the alchemy furnace?

Even a fool would know that this alchemy furnace is definitely a treasure!

"I never expected that this misfortune would turn out to be a blessing in disguise!" Lu Fan smiled helplessly.

Although he doesn't yet know what level of treasure this alchemy furnace is, its ability to repair his crippled leg is definitely comparable to a magic weapon.

Lu Fan then took out the ten spirit stones from the alchemy furnace and examined them carefully. He found that the surface of the spirit stones was as smooth as a mirror, which was obviously due to being held and polished by someone.

You should know that the spiritual energy inside a spirit stone is only available once it's been absorbed. But this spirit stone looks like it has been used repeatedly.

This made Lu Fan wonder if this alchemy furnace could also recharge spirit stones.

To verify his suspicions, Lu Fan casually drained a spirit stone and threw the now-empty stone back into the alchemy furnace.

"As expected!" Lu Fan was shocked when he saw the spirit stones in the alchemy furnace rapidly emitting light.

This reaffirmed his belief that this alchemy furnace was an extraordinary treasure!

This reminded Lu Fan of the three pills that had long lost their medicinal properties in the jade bottle. Since this alchemy furnace could repair his crippled leg and also restore spirit stones.

If I throw in a pill that has lost its medicinal properties, will it also be able to repair the damage?

"Let's give it a try," Lu Fan thought to himself, and then threw in the three pills that had lost their medicinal properties.

really.

In a short while, the three pills, which were originally gray, immediately emitted golden light! A strange fragrance of pills wafted out.

"What kind of pills are these?" Lu Fan wondered to himself before taking out three pills.

He recognized one of the pills; it was called the First-Grade Qi-Strengthening Pill, a necessary pill for Qi Refining disciples to advance to higher levels.

Don't underestimate this first-grade pill; its cost-effectiveness is outrageously high. It can accelerate cultivation speed and stabilize cultivation level.

Moreover, it also has certain effects of abstaining from grains and restoring spiritual energy, making it an essential item for cultivators below the Golden Core stage, and its value far exceeds that of a Grade One Qi Gathering Pill.

As for the remaining two pills, they had no pill patterns on them, so Lu Fan couldn't tell what grade they were.

However, judging from the quality of the pill and its rich aroma, it must be at least a grade three pill. After all, the pill refining methods of cultivators in the distant past may be different from those of cultivators today, so the grade cannot be determined by the pill patterns.

"This alchemy furnace can turn waste into treasure. With such a heaven-defying treasure, how could this old senior still pass away?" Lu Fan stroked his chin, clearly very surprised.

However, he couldn't care less about that at the moment. Since he couldn't go out right now, he might as well cultivate here. The only downside was that he only had one Qi-stabilizing pill.

If we could get a few more, maybe we could last a little longer.

Thinking of this, Lu Fan seemed to suddenly realize something. Since this alchemy furnace could even restore his lame leg, if he split the Qi-stabilizing pill in two and threw it in, would it restore it into two pills?