Chapter 1695: Chapter 1695: The Pill Refining Room

The tokens on the True Path were all given to Zen at random. Unfortunately, he still hadn't received the token he wanted.

The valley token to open the pill refining room was entirely useless for Zen. He had no use for such a thing. Disappointment was apparent in Zen's face.

He casually stuffed the valley token into his space ring and prepared himself to rush onto the True Path once more. Perseverance was seen in his expression as he didn't plan to give up until he got a heaven token.

Saul, who stood at the side, stopped Zen. “Since you have obtained a valley token, I think you can have a look in the pill refining room. This pill refining room has been closed for many years. The first master of the fairy palace must have left behind quite a few good things in that place.”

The challenge on the True Path would grow even more difficult with every step. Saul was worried about Zen's condition.

After he heard Saul's advice, Zen pondered for a moment. Ultimately, he took Saul's suggestion to enter the pill refining room.

Previously, when he opened the library or the weapon refining workshop, Zen had obtained a lot of treasures. The rare cultivation methods in the library and the unique materials in the weapon refining workshop of the fairy palace were the best among the various universes. Some of those rare treasures couldn't even be found in other universes. However, it was a pity that Zen could not make full use of them.

If he could find some top quality pills in the pill refining room, it might bring him quite a bit of benefit. Such a discovery would definitely be advantageous for him.

Thus, Zen headed straight to the fairy palace's middle courtyard with the valley token in his hand. Soon, he stepped into the pavilion. His eyes were filled with expectations.

The enormous pavilion had a total of six paths that headed towards different directions. The first path was the one where Zen entered the fairy palace through the front courtyard. The other five pathways led respectively to the library, weapon refining workshop, pill refining room, dungeon, and the training tower. The pavements towards each building were decorated with majestic flowers.

After he passed through the pavilion, Zen arrived in front of the pill refining room.

Compared to the other buildings in the fairy palace, the pill refining room was the smallest. It was a very regular structure, even similar to a shed. Nothing special could be seen in its outside appearance.

For the pill refining rooms of many sects, people could smell the faint fragrance of medicine from far away. The aroma would fill the noses of any visitors, even as they approached the building. However, Zen was already at the door of the pill refining room in the fairy palace, yet he didn't smell anything…

As he noticed the absence of smell, Zen did not hold much hope in the place. Perhaps the pill refining room only had some tools for refining pills.

There were restrictions everywhere within the fairy palace. Holy Bromley had set up those robust restrictions. With formidable seals, the restrictions were made to be almost impenetrable. Even True Gods would find it hard to break them.

After Zen took out the valley token, he poured a stream of chaotic energy into it. Immediately, a layer of faint luster appeared on the surface of the pill refining room. The luster gathered at the door and fluctuated before a sharp sound was heard. Suddenly, a small breeze of energy was felt. The restriction exerted at the entrance of the pill refining room was automatically removed.

“Creak!”

The door of the pill refining room, which had been sealed for countless years, opened from the middle. The hinges in the door screeched as the entrance widened.

Immediately after the pill refining room was opened, a vibrant medicinal fragrance wafted out from within. The therapeutic aroma rushed straight into Zen's nose. The moment he smelled it, he felt his entire body's blood energy surge and his body involuntarily tremble slightly…

“What smell is this?” As he suddenly stood still, Zen lost the sensation and control over his legs. He thought there was poison in the medicinal fragrance and wanted to escape, but his own body refused to budge. There was a strong instinct within his body that caused him to inhale the medicinal scent involuntarily.

The events were absolutely unbelievable. Zen's physical body actually went against the will of his soul. It was as if he was hypnotized!

Zen continued to breathe in the medicinal fragrance in massive quantities. As he continued to inhale the medicinal scent, the blood energy within his body began to churn even more violently…

“Pop! Pop! Pop!”

At the same time, the wounds on his body tore open one after another. Even the wounds inside his body began to open up. Horrible pain flowed to Zen's extremities.

Golden blood had started to bleed out from Zen's wounds.

After Zen's fleshly body had been strengthened, his body had already become extremely tough. But the blood energy in his body was unable to keep up with the development of his body. Although there was help from the warm currents, his rejuvenation was not as fast as before. Something must have affected his regeneration.

The dark golden blood was the blood clots that lingered in Zen's body. Even if warm currents were to clear the blood clots, it would still take a considerably long time. The coagulation of the dark golden blood was the reason Zen was unable to recover completely.

After the dark golden blood completely flowed out, Zen could feel a comfortable sensation throughout his body. The previously crazy and turbulent blood energy in his body also calmed down. Calmness and tranquility flowed inside him as if he was finally rejuvenated. Then, Zen slightly twisted his body, and all the wounds on his body closed up again. His regeneration had gotten faster at that time. ṚαNộ𝐁Εᶊ

“This is the fragrance of the Divine Blood Pill. The fragrance is very potent.” Saul appeared behind Zen. He was only a puppet, so he naturally wouldn't be affected by the fragrance.

“Divine Blood Pill! I see...”

Zen looked at the front door of the pill refining room. A faint brown color continuously lingered around the room. The previous aroma made Zen wonder how strong the medicinal fragrance in the room would be.

“Why not just go inside?” Saul said with a smile and a gentle expression. “This is what your master has left for you.”

Bromley had made some arrangements before he left the fairy palace. After he considered Zen's talents, Bromley expected Zen to be able to make it through the True Path and open the different places of the fairy palace.

Zen nodded his head as he decided to follow Saul's suggestion. The main door of the pill refining room was already open, so Zen walked through it with hopeful eyes.

The moment he stepped into the pill refining room, he instantly felt as if the brown fog around him was a real substance. The fog was so condensed and heavy that Zen felt like he was surrounded by water as he walked. There was even a slight resistance force in this fog that tried to push him out. Additionally, the medical fragrance he inhaled tasted bitter. Zen felt that his nostrils were filled with rich bitterness.

“What's this fog? I can't see anything!”

Due to the obstruction of the brown fog, Zen's vision was very clouded. Irritability began to invade his eyes. Soon, it began to hurt even to look. Pain enveloped his pupils and eyelids. He could only close his eyes and release his soul force to sense everything in the pill refining room.

However, the moment Zen released his senses, he was startled. He noticed that there was a strange face in front of him. The face looked extremely ferocious. Sharp teeth and a powerful jaw armed the face. It opened its mouth and was about to bite Zen.

Zen tilted to the side and dodged the bite. At the same, he tried to counterattack and threw a kick to the face.

“Waah!”

A loud scream echoed, and the face immediately disappeared into the brown fog.

The human face had finally disappeared. However, more human faces with their mouths wide open came out of the brown fog from different directions. Each of the faces tried fiercely to bite Zen. He even doubted that he had not entered a pill refining room, but ended up in some evil and wicked place…

“What the heck? This is what Holy Bromley left for me? What are his intentions?”

Zen immediately threw dozens of punches to the faces. With speed as fast as the wind. Zen's fists shattered the faces in front of him one by one.

He was not afraid of such weird things. Worse enemies were defeated by him before. However, just as Saul had said, the objects in this pill refining room were left behind by Holy Bromley. Who would have thought that such a bunch of weird faces would appear and attack him? Zen was entirely at a loss about his stressful situation.

Saul stood at the door and smiled. A mild voice came out of his mouth. “Actually, the more of these things, the better.”

“What do you mean?” Zen asked. There was confusion reflected in his eyes as he raised an eyebrow.

“These things are all pill souls, I thought that if there were two or three of them in the pill refining room, it would be excellent, but I didn't expect there to be so many.” Saul continued to explain with a calm voice, “The ranks of the medicinal pills in the divine land are decided by how many times they are refined. The worst ones are the one time refined pills, while the best are nine times refined pills. Only the seven times, eight times, and nine times refined pills will be able to form spirits. They are powerful yet harder to produce. After a long time, they would condense pill souls.”

Everything had a spirit. The mountains had the mountain spirit, the earth had the earth spirit, and as the golden pills were refined, they gathered the most intelligent spirits in the entire divine land. Therefore, the spirit of the pills was naturally something that the spirit of common things could not compare. The numerous souls that attacked Zen were evidence that the pills were of high quality.

Once a seven times refined pill was created, it would have a free spirit. The spirit would grow even stronger as time passed. Afterward, a soul of nature would be born from the spirit of the pill. The shapes of those pill souls were initially strange and amorphous. However, the pill souls around Zen all condensed into human faces. There must be some reasons behind it.

“Are seven times refined pills good?” A curious tone accompanied Zen's query.

Zen had rarely used any pills since he began his cultivation. As such, he had no idea about the ranks of the pills in the divine land.

“Haha.” Saul laughed but didn't answer. However, the message behind his chuckle was apparent to Zen. Presumably, pills that were ranked as seven times refined pills were no ordinary objects. They were extremely rare and exceptional, even in the divine land.

Under Zen's continuous strikes, the strange faces were all destroyed. Soon the brown fog that floated around the pill refining room also gradually dissipated. Although the fragrance of the medicine was still repugnant, its scent had begun to weaken.

When Zen had opened his eyes again, he could finally see everything in the pill refining room clearly…

Although the pill refining room was small, everything was arranged in an orderly manner. On three sides of the room, there were exquisite wooden cabinets. Within the shelves, there were little golden cauldrons that contained medicinal pills the size of eyeballs. The patterns on the surface of these medicinal pills were all different. Additionally, the color and smell of the pills were different too. As different kinds of fragrances gathered together, it formed the extremely strong scent that Zen had smelled before.

However, the most noticeable thing in the pill refining room was the round furnace in the center. On top of the furnace, there was a purplish-gold square lid. The lid constantly moved up and down as if something inside of it wanted to jump out and escape.