Wu Changjie

On New Year's Eve, the Promise Palace is brightly lit, with dances and music.Guests from all over the world gathered in the Zhengji Hall, which was the busiest time for the Zhengji Hall in the past hundred years.

However, the faces of the guests seldom show the joy of saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new—even if there is, it is just pretending.They are like a group of actors, using their usual attire to perform a harmonious drama specially for Zong Zixiao.

And how can the people watching the show not see their forced faces and laughter, but this is exactly where his pleasure lies.Although he sat on the lower side of the throne, everyone in the upper and lower seats felt like they were sitting on pins and needles.

When the banquet was halfway through, an accident happened, and there was a loud noise in the Wuji Palace. Along with the tremors in the Zhengji Palace, the power of the explosion was really not small.

Just based on the direction of the sound, many people immediately thought of a place.

Cai Chengyi stomped his feet: "Oops, the pill room exploded!"

Zong Zixiao and Zong Ziheng had already got up and rushed to the alchemy room, and all the guests left the table one after another and followed.

The alchemy room was originally a dangerous place. Sometimes the alchemy furnace exploded or caught fire. Usually, only the lowest new disciples in the sect would work in the alchemy room. Now that Zong's alchemy room is running day and night, accidents are more likely to happen.However, listening to this movement is not just one or two pill furnaces.

Everyone rushed to it one after another, and what they saw was the alchemy room, which was mostly destroyed by the bombing, and it was raging fire. A large number of monks from the Zong family had already rushed to set up an array to rain, and the palace people also carried buckets to put out the fire.

"Xing Wen, what are you doing!" an old voice suddenly called out.

"My pill is almost ready!" Ran Xingwen was about to rush into the fire without hesitation, but it was the old owner of Juling Villa who stopped him, dragging his sick and old body to see his son. daimyo.

"It was your alchemy furnace that exploded." Said a monk who was refining alchemy for Zong Zixiao together with him.

"No, this pill can't be discarded, it can't be discarded." Ran Xingwen's eyes reflected the crimson fire, he broke free from his father's pull, and was about to rush into the flames.

Zong Zixiao flicked his sleeve, and the spiritual pressure knocked Ran Xingwen to the ground.He looked down at Ran Xingwen, and said coldly: "I wasted so much good material and still got nothing, what a waste."

"No, it can be done this time, it should be done this time!" Ran Xingwen was irritated, and he said loudly dissatisfied, "There is no pill in the world that I, Ran, can't make. This time, it may be that there is too much gravel. , I will adjust the ratio again, and I will definitely be able to refine it..."

"What did you refine?" Zongzi Xiaohan said, "You have the face to say that you are the best alchemist in the world."

Ran Xingwen's face was flushed red. He was usually reticent and a bit dull, but when he was tempering, he would become fanatical, as if he was a different person.He clenched his fists and said excitedly: "To refine a peerless elixir, you need a rare base material. Let me use these ordinary things to make alchemy. Naturally, it will take time. If you can give me a unique..."

"Snapped!"

Old owner Ran slapped Ran Xingwen hard: "Bastard, what nonsense are you talking about!"

Ran Xingwen was almost knocked to the ground again, he froze for a while, obviously regaining consciousness.

Zong Ziheng stood beside him in shock.He should have thought earlier that the Ran family's intensive study of alchemy, it is impossible not to know the supreme human emperor, but they also know that they must not let Zong Zixiao get the supreme human emperor.

But Ran Xingwen has a strange temperament, and seems to only care about whether he can refine something that satisfies him. The ultimate base material is to an alchemist, just like the ultimate sword is to a swordsman. Refined by himself to create a top-notch Renhuang.

Zong Zixiao narrowed his eyes dangerously: "What did you want to say just now?"

Ran Xingwen muttered and did not speak.

The crowd of onlookers also looked at him, and everyone was curious about what followed after half of what he said.

"Peerless and rare base material, what kind of treasure?"

"..."

"Say!" Zong Zixiao sternly said.

Old Master Ran cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, the dog is obsessed with alchemy, ignorant of the world, and sometimes speaks nonsense. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."

Zong Zixiao glared at the Ran family father and son, murderous, "You just said that in order to refine the peerless elixir, you need a rare base material. The various sects have sent their treasures, but in your mouth, they are all" Vulgar thing', obviously you know what a rare treasure is!"

"I, I don't know." Ran Xingwen dodged Zong Zixiao's knife-like eyes, "Your Majesty, I saw that my pill was disabled again, so I got angry for a while and said some nonsense that I don't even remember."

"Father and son, you two are so brave, you dare to fool me?!" Zong Zixiao showed a ferocious expression on his face.

Zong Ziheng walked among them and said in a deep voice: "The fire in the alchemy room is still on, and today is New Year's Eve. If there is anything wrong, there is no need to raise a teacher here to inquire about the crime."

Zong Ziyun also came to smooth things over. Compared to his indifference and arrogance towards other people, Zong Zixiao was still polite to him: "Your Majesty, this is a Chinese New Year celebration, so why get so angry, it won't be too late after eating and drinking enough."

The faces of Ran's father and son were pale, and they didn't even dare to breathe hard, while the surrounding guests were whispering.

Zong Zixiao pondered for a moment, then said coldly: "I have given you countless treasures for several months, and you have been disappointing again and again. You'd better take this time to think about how to explain to this honor." He flicked his sleeves and go.

Zong Ziheng glanced at Old Manor Ran, and at the same time, Old Manor Ran raised his head and looked at Zong Ziheng.Just the exchange of eyes, they understood what the other was thinking.

Huang Daozi, who was hiding in the crowd, looked at Zong Zixiao's back, his eyes were heavy and elusive——

This accident caused the banquet in Zhengji Hall to end early.

Zong Ziheng was very anxious, he knew that Zong Zixiao would be able to force the Ran family father and son to reveal what the rare and precious base material was.He couldn't imagine how Zong Zixiao would treat him after he knew the truth.

And he didn't know how to stop Zong Zixiao.

The guests dispersed, and Zong Zixiao drank a lot of wine, but his footsteps did not appear vain at all. After he left the banquet, he planned to question the Ran family father and son. Obviously, they concealed a very important matter from him, and this matter is likely to be his The key to obtaining the peerless elixir.

"Where are you going?" Zong Ziheng asked.

Zong Zixiao turned his head and looked at him: "Brother, you are asking knowingly."

"Villa Master Ran is highly respected in the world of cultivating immortals, and Juling Villa has never participated in disputes between the rivers and lakes, so don't embarrass them."

"The matter of alchemy is so important, Ran Xingwen dares to hide something from me, do you think I will let them go easily?"

"You still need the Ran family to make alchemy for you."

"Indeed, but I don't need all the Ran family members."

"Zong Zixiao!" Zong Ziheng said in a deep voice, "Let's do less evil."

Zong Zixiao sneered: "It depends on whether they are willing to risk their lives."

Zong Ziheng looked at Zong Zixiao's back, his pupils were ashamed.

Zong Zixiao originally planned to immediately force out what Ran Xingwen had left to say, but was stopped by Huang Daozi halfway.

Huang Daozi said straight to the point: "Your Majesty, you don't need to ask the Ran family father and son, I know what the rare treasure that Young Master Ran is talking about."

Zong Zixiao looked Huang Daozi up and down: "You?"

Huang Daozi cupped his hands: "Don't dare to deceive Your Majesty, the little one really knows."

"What are you, how do you know? I want to hear the truth from Ran Xingwen, what do you know, you smelly fortune teller?!"

Zong Zixiao held back his anger.The things collected from the immortals were about to be exhausted, and the alchemy still failed again and again, and he was about to lose patience.

Huang Daozi said unhurriedly: "It is very difficult for your lord to get an answer from the Ran family and his son. They will keep this secret even if they die. Your lord may be able to pry their mouths open, but he will definitely go to war. If the young one will Tell Your Majesty the truth, and His Majesty will examine them personally, it will be much easier."

Zong Zixiao's eyes were fascinated, he felt that Huang Daozi would not dare to risk his life to deceive him, so, what does this person really know?He said: "If you knew it a long time ago but didn't say it, you would be hiding me like the father and son of the Ran family, and now you jump out of it for no reason. What is your purpose?"

Huang Daozi smiled wryly and said: "I don't say it because I'm afraid of death, but now I say it because Juling Villa has been kind to me and helped me when I was poor."

"Then you are not afraid of death now?"

"The small ones are still useful to your lord, I hope your lord will be merciful."

Zong Zixiao looked at Huang Daozi coldly: "Say, tell me everything you know."

Huang Daozi sighed: "Actually, the rare treasure that Young Master Ran mentioned is the golden elixir of human beings."

Zong Zixiao already had a similar guess in his mind, so he was not surprised: "That's it? What's so strange about Jindan."

"Jiangling Villa is a well-known and decent school, and it is absolutely impossible to refine the human pill. Moreover, they dare not say it, because it is almost impossible to obtain this golden pill."

Zong Zixiao was silent for a long time before he said, "Whose pill is it?"

He never bothered to eat human pills.When Lu Zhaofeng was about to die, he dug out his own pill and gave it to him, but he also crushed it with his foot. He despised the demon who stole the pill from the bottom of his heart.But now, if he had to rely on human pills to help him break through the ninth heaven, he really hesitated.

Huang Daozi took a deep breath: "My lord, the little one is actually... dare not say."

"Are you looking for death?" Zong Zixiao gave him a hard look, "Is there anyone in the world whose golden core I can't get?"

Huang Daozi's voice trembled slightly with fear: "It's... Dijun's."