Chapter 1503
鈥淩otten!鈥�
In the imperial study of the Great Wei palace, a Qianqiu Tianqing teacup worth a hundred pieces of gold was slammed onto the ground, instantly shattering along with the steaming tea.
Li Zili’s face turned ashen, making the atmosphere in the entire room extremely oppressive.
“All of you are a bunch of worms, worms of the country!鈥�
Since ascending the throne, Li Zili had gradually shed the rustic air about him. Blessed by the flourishing fortunes of the Great Wei, his character had become increasingly deep.
It was rare for him to lose his temper like this.
The imperial guard kneeling on the ground held his breath, not daring to look up at the furious monarch.
Fortunately, Li Zili did not lose his temper and vented his anger on the other person.
He took a deep breath and waved his hand to indicate that the imperial guard should leave.
The emperor of Great Wei said in a deep voice, 鈥淔ugui, I’ll leave this all to you. You must dig out all the vermin for me and exterminate them without exception!鈥�
A strong aura of murderous intent covered his face: 鈥淣o matter what their status is!鈥�
The old eunuch standing nearby immediately bowed and replied, 鈥淵es!鈥�
Li Zili calmed down and said, 鈥淕o.鈥�
The emperor of the Great Wei Dynasty himself never imagined that he would first just be looking for a medicinal herb in the palace treasury, only to discover that the ledger did not match the inventory.
According to the ledger, there should be three thousand-year-old ginsengs in the palace treasury.
However, when the old eunuch went to retrieve them with the ledger, he was shocked to discover that there were not three thousand-year-old ginsengs in stock.
There was only one left!
And no one, from the treasurer to the guards, could explain this matter clearly.
Li Zili was furious when he found out and ordered a full investigation of the inner treasury.
The more they investigated, the bigger the problem became. Many precious collections had disappeared without a trace, or had been erased directly from the ledgers.
Li Zili then realized that there was actually a nest of vermin hiding around him.
The Great Wei dynasty had only been established for how many years!
Li Zili repeatedly adjusted his internal energy before he could barely suppress his anger and shame.
Because the officials in charge of managing the imperial treasury were basically his and the empress’s relatives, he had thought that he could rely on his own family, but it turned out that it was these relatives who had committed the theft.
Having suppressed his anger, Li Zili’s murderous intent only increased!
In order to prevent his emotions from getting out of control again, he asked in a deep voice, 鈥淲hat has the Grand Master been doing these past two days?鈥�
After Wang Chen and his daughter met with Li Zili, they were arranged by the Great Wei Emperor to stay in the Baishang Garden in the palace.
An imperial guard standing nearby immediately replied, 鈥淵our Majesty, the Grand Master has been studying the Kyushu Cauldron.鈥�
Li Zili nodded, 鈥淚 understand.鈥�
The Kyushu Cauldron was discovered many years ago when he excavated an imperial tomb in order to raise funds for the military.
The large cauldron weighs 3,000 jin, has a simple shape and exquisite craftsmanship, and is cast with the two ancient seal characters 鈥淜yushu鈥� on its body. It was later identified as a cauldron for refining pills.
Although its origin is no longer traceable, Li Zili moved the Danding to the treasure vault after establishing the palace’s inner treasury, to serve as a treasure vault.
Wang Chen had previously mentioned the need for a Danding to refine the Zuiyan Dan, so Li Zili thought of the Danding, and then had it sent to the Hundred Flowers Garden for use by the Grand Master.
Speaking of the Rejuvenation Pill, Li Zili has also had a headache for the past two days.
After Wang Chen mentioned this matter during the banquet, the news quickly spread.
As a result, in addition to the empress and the three concubines, the other concubines also wanted a share, as well as numerous imperial princesses. Even several of his most trusted ministers and military commanders shamelessly came to beg for rewards.
As the saying goes, there are too many monks and not enough porridge. Wang Chen said that there would only be one batch of the elixir of youth, and he would give him three.
The current demand is not even enough for thirty!
Li Zili then realized that he had completely underestimated the allure of the elixir of youth for women鈥攕omething might go wrong!
After much thought, the emperor of Great Wei ultimately decided to leave the problem to Wang Chen to solve.
The terms were completely negotiable!
At this time, Wang Chen, as the imperial guard reported to Li Zili, was studying the Kyushu Tripod.
Wang Chen had seen precious tripods before. His Shengsheng Zao Hua Tripod, which was placed in the Haotian Realm, was a top-class refining tripod.
In theory, even if the Dan Tripod in the mundane world was very good, it would only be at the rank of a spiritual weapon at best. Moreover, under the special circumstances of the mundane world, it would show signs of degradation over time.
For Wang Chen, such a tripod was just a tool for temporary use.
However, this Kyushu Cauldron gave him a very unusual feeling.
Although the cauldron itself had no spiritual presence, meaning that it was not a spiritual or magical weapon,
there was a trace of strange power within it.
A power that even Wang Chen felt wary of!
He suspected that the Kyushu Cauldron was connected to the fortune of a country, although this cauldron had previously been sealed in a warehouse and had not been used for sacrifices or worship, causing this connection to be very weak.
But the Kyushu Cauldron was by no means an ordinary cauldron.
In order to uncover its secrets, Wang Chen opened the cauldron and made pills for three consecutive days.
Although Wang Chen was not a pill-maker and did not have much experience in making pills, as a great cultivator who had reached the pinnacle of the primordial spirit, refining mundane pills was nothing for him.
Most importantly, with Li Zili’s permission, all the medicinal herbs in the palace treasury and the medicine vault were open to him.
Wang Chen could take as much as he wanted, and if it wasn’t enough, he could go to the civilian market to purchase more, there was no upper limit.
So Wang Chen did not hesitate to use these precious medicinal herbs to practice, and successfully refined pills such as the Dragon and Tiger Pills, the Qingling Pills, and the Yangqi Pills.
Although compared to the real immortality pills, these pills are not even worth mentioning.
But in the mortal world, they are definitely top-notch elixirs!
After accumulating enough experience in refining pills, Wang Chen began to work on refining the Rejuvenation Pills.
In fact, in terms of its efficacy, the Elixir of Youth is already infinitely close to a real immortal pill. No mortal pharmacist, no matter how skilled, would ever be able to successfully concoct it,
even if they had the correct recipe, the right cauldron and all the right ingredients!
Wang Chen used his innate true energy as fuel to ignite the fire in the Nine Provinces Cauldron, and then successively added all kinds of ingredients worth tens of thousands of gold.
The result was that the first batch of the Elixir of Youth ended in failure.
Many of the ingredients, including half a thousand-year-old ginseng root, were wasted.
But Wang Chen didn’t care and continued to refine the second batch.
After another day and night of refining, a strong medicinal fragrance suddenly drifted through the Hundred Flowers Garden.
The fragrance attracted countless butterflies and birds, and even caused the flower branches that had not yet reached blooming season to bloom early!
Such an unusual phenomenon inevitably alerted Li Zili.
The Emperor of Great Wei hurriedly arrived at the Hundred Flowers Garden.