Chapter 67: The Spirit Elixir Hall

The ten elders of the Bearing Vessel Hall appeared and personally confirmed that the Tongzhou Hall had completed the task of forging one billion immortal artifacts. Ning Yan, Zhan Yi, and Wei Yue had no choice but to admit defeat.

Seeing the three admit their loss, the Fire Lord smiled before saying softly, “All three of you, when can I get my share of the Origin Stones?”
The wager required each of them to provide one billion Origin Stones.

A hint of anger appeared on Ning Yan’s face as she stared at the Fire Lord with her beautiful eyes, seemingly blaming him for not trusting her. Her expression then turned anxious, as if fearing he might doubt her ability to pay the one billion in stakes.

Zhan Yi and Wei Yue trembled visibly, clearly frightened.

At that moment, Hua Cheng’an spoke up again, smiling, “Fire Lord, these three represent the Three Forging Branches—Ancestral Fire Hall, Jinghua Hall, and Xinfurnace Hall. Therefore, the stakes should be paid by these three branches to you. Coincidentally, these three branches also have task points earned in our Bearing Vessel Hall. So, in accordance with the wager, we can simply allocate one billion Origin Stone equivalents from their task points to you.”

Upon hearing this, the Fire Lord immediately understood Hua Cheng’an’s intention. He was concerned that the three might not be able to make a decision quickly, leading the branches to back out of the wager and delay payment. Thus, he wanted to deduct the amount directly from their task points.

Of course, in this way, the one billion Origin Stones he promised to the ten elders could also be given to them right away.

“It’s that simple? Then transfer the Origin Stones to me now,” the Fire Lord said with a smile, handing his identity card to Hua Cheng’an.

Hua Cheng’an smiled and took the identity card, then gave a subtle signal to the other nine elders. The ten of them went to a points room on the first floor of the Bearing Vessel Hall and actually began transferring the points.

Seeing this, Ning Yan pouted and glared at the Fire Lord resentfully.

Zhan Yi and Wei Yue collapsed to the ground, realizing they would likely be impeached by Jinghua Hall and Xinfurnace Hall and possibly expelled from their positions as attendants. The forging branches also had the power to impeach attendants if they were dissatisfied with them.

Seeing that the Fire Lord continued to smile without even looking at her, Ning Yan rushed over to him, stretched out her delicate hand, and grabbed him.

“Ah… Ning Yan, what are you doing?” The Fire Lord looked at her in confusion, not understanding why she had grabbed him.

Ning Yan’s pretty face lit up with a smile as she said happily, “Fire Lord, four years ago, you were just a lower-ranked Human Soul Immortal. How did you advance to a mid-ranked one now?”
Fire Lord pushed Ning Yan’s hand away and stepped back before carefully saying, “I can’t disclose that.”
Ning Yan stepped closer again, revealing her beautiful teeth, and said softly, “Fire Lord, did you see that my cultivation has reached the level of Five-Star Earth Soul Immortal? Is that why you’re trying so hard to catch up to my level?”
At these words, sweat appeared on Fire Lord’s forehead.
Now, Fire Lord was pretty sure that Ning Yan wasn’t only infatuated with him but had even gone mad, thinking that his own cultivation advancement was solely to match hers so he could pursue her on equal terms.
“Beauty, you’re overthinking it,” Fire Lord said lightly.
With that, he immediately ran off to the Points Room, where the ten elders were.
Ning Yan’s eyes turned red in an instant as she watched Fire Lord run away in confusion.
Meanwhile, in the Points Room, Fire Lord had already retrieved his identity card. After scanning it with his immortal awareness, he found that his points had increased by 2 billion Origin Stones. As for the other 1 billion Origin Stones, they had been automatically allocated to the ten elders.
Fire Lord nodded at the ten elders with a smile. After receiving their approval, he left the room.
It could be said that in the future, whenever Tongzhou Hall took on tasks, these ten elders would definitely side with them, after all, the profit share Fire Lord offered was the most generous.
As soon as Fire Lord came out of the Points Room, he saw Hua Hai eagerly watching toward it, staring at him intently.
“Hua Hai, go to the second floor and reserve all the crafting tasks at the Two-Star Human Soul Immortal level,” Fire Lord said indifferently.
“Ah…” Hua Hai had originally wanted to ask if he had gotten any Origin Stones, but upon hearing Fire Lord’s words, he was so surprised he couldn’t speak.
Tongzhou Hall had just completed crafting tasks at the One-Star Human Soul Immortal level, and now they were supposed to take on all those at the Two-Star Human Soul Immortal level. Wasn’t Fire Lord being a bit crazy?
However, seeing Fire Lord’s determined gaze, Hua Hai didn’t dare to argue at all. He immediately flew to the second floor of the Crafting Hall and went to the registration desk to reserve all the tasks there.
Naturally, the ten elders, who had just reaped benefits, were only briefly surprised upon hearing that Tongzhou Hall had reserved all the Two-Star Human Soul Immortal level crafting tasks, before they all started smiling happily.

Tongzhou Hall once again successfully completed all the two-star Renpo Immortal-level alchemy tasks. Under everyone’s astonished gazes, Huozun and Hua Hai calmly left the Chengci Hall and headed to the teleportation hall at the alchemy institute’s headquarters, quickly returning to Tongzhou Hall’s main base.
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At Tongzhou Hall’s headquarters, as soon as Huozun and Hua Hai returned, the hall master Yun Zhouzi noticed them and immediately flew over.
“Deputy, Huozun, have you completed the tasks? Have you received the task points?” Yun Zhouzi asked eagerly.
Hua Hai took out his deputy badge and smiled, saying, “Hall master, one billion points are already with me. We’ll go share the profits in a moment.”
Upon hearing this, Yun Zhouzi’s expression immediately relaxed, and he smiled happily at Hua Hai and Huozun.
At that moment, Huozun’s expression froze briefly before he smiled and said, “Hall master, Deputy Hua Hai, since you two need to discuss something, I’ll leave first.”
With that, Huozun flew away under their puzzled looks.
Later, Huozun went to Chi Yu’s cultivation cave. Like the other five deputies, this cave also had the Spirit Devouring Bloodline extending into it, thus being filled with special spiritual energy imbued with the power of the Origin.
Chi Yu, from the Elixir Institute, was responsible for coordinating between Tongzhou Hall and the Elixir Institute.
As soon as Huozun arrived in front of the cave, Chi Yu noticed him and immediately dismissed the cave’s formation, allowing Huozun to enter easily.
“Huozun, why have you come to see me?” Chi Yu asked calmly.
Since Tongzhou Hall was an alchemy branch, as a deputy of the Elixir Institute, Chi Yu always thought he wouldn’t have much to do. Therefore, he was somewhat puzzled by Huozun coming to see him.
Huozun sat on the ground with a smile, looking straight at Chi Yu and saying, “Chi Yu, let’s go to the Elixir Institute. I want to see what elixirs they have now.”
It turned out that after Jinzun took the Dimension Ball to the Sect Affairs Office, he learned that the Elixir Institute of Youhan Sect was crafting a Ghostly Imperial Earth Elixir, an elixir that could greatly increase the chances of higher-ranked Soul Immortal cultivators breaking through to one-star Earth Soul Immortals.
Just now, Huozun had received Jinzun’s mental message, so he immediately parted ways with Hua Hai and came to see Chi Yu.
Upon hearing this, Chi Yu’s expression relaxed in understanding, and he smiled, saying, “Huozun, have you already won three billion Origin Stones, so you want to go to the Elixir Institute to buy elixirs to further boost your cultivation?”
Huozun could only nod.

With the Soul Devouring Bloodline, it was only a matter of time before the Fire Lord’s cultivation improved. Thus, he wasn’t in urgent need of pill help. However, at this moment, it wasn’t appropriate for the Fire Lord to tell Chi Yu that his companion intended to target the Spirit Pill Academy, so he could only go along with it and let Chi Yu think he was buying pills to accelerate his cultivation.

“Very well, let’s set off for the Spirit Pill Academy now,” Chi Yu said with a smile.

The Fire Lord nodded again.

After that, the two left their cave dwelling and arrived at the Teleportation Hall of the Tongzhou Hall.

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The Red Flame Continent, where the Spirit Pill Academy was located, was, like the Fire Phoenix Continent where the Tongzhou Hall was situated, also in the eastern hemisphere of Earthly Hidden Star.

At this time, the Fire Lord and Chi Yu arrived at the headquarters of the Spirit Pill Academy.

The headquarters was also an extremely vast city, filled with buildings and palaces all related to pills. In one courtyard, there might be a hundred-thousand-year-old spiritual herb; in one attic, there might be a pill that even the Earth Soul Immortal Eye desired; the owner of a certain shop might be a wealthy magnate; and in a certain restaurant, negotiations for a pill deal worth a huge fortune might be underway at any moment.

This place was a paradise for pills. Practitioners, factions, and merchant groups from across Earthly Hidden Star Cluster would all come here to purchase pills or conduct pill-related business.

On every main street of the city, flowers and plants with delicate scents lined both sides, giving people a sense of lightness and relaxation upon smelling them.

At this time, Chi Yu led the Fire Lord along the streets, continuously describing the situation at the headquarters of the Spirit Pill Academy.

Like the Weapon Refining Academy, the Spirit Pill Academy also had many pill-refining branches, a total of two hundred. Of course, their capabilities varied—some branches could only refine pills at the Human Soul Immortal level, some could refine several types of pills at the Human Soul Immortal level, while the top ten pill-refining branches could refine pills at the Earth Soul Immortal level, and even some at the lower Earth Soul Immortal level.

It could be said that almost all the most powerful pill-refining sects in Earthly Hidden Star Cluster had been invited to the Youhan Sect and incorporated into the Spirit Pill Academy. For example, the Danchen Pavilion in Zhu Yan Star, which was once as famous as the Tongzhou Hall, could only refine a few types of pills at the Human Soul Immortal level and thus wasn’t eligible to be invited by the Youhan Sect.

The Fire Lord listened as they walked until they reached a tall building called the “Pill Assembly Hall,” where they finally stopped.

“Chi Yu, this Pill Assembly Hall must be the place where the various branches of the Spirit Pill Academy schedule their pill-refining tasks. Let’s go in too. Although we can’t schedule tasks, I’m very curious about what pill-refining tasks the Spirit Pill Academy has taken on right now,” the Fire Lord said with a faint smile.

Hearing Fire Venerable’s words, Chi Yu did not argue either and went into the Danhui Hall first.