937: Chapter 938 Danhuang City

Gu Changge and the other two soared into the air, following the direction left by the party from the Qingming Heavenly Palace, and flew straight toward the center of the Barren Region.

Xiaobai transformed back into his true black dragon form once again. His body, spanning hundreds of zhang, tore through the sea of clouds. Dragon Qi automatically spread out to form a barrier, completely isolating the fierce gales and spatial turbulence along the way.

Gu Changge leaned lazily against the dragon's head, taking out the *Cangwu World-Suppressing Scripture* obtained from the Supreme tomb, and casually flipped through it.

"Master, this Tiandan Pavilion is hidden in the center of the Barren Region, and the journey is not close. Should I accelerate at full speed?"

The Little White Dragon turned his head slightly and asked aloud.

"No need, take it slow." Gu Changge raised his eyes to look at the endless expanse of spiritual mountains and great rivers below.

"It just so happens that we can take in the local customs of the Celestial Realm along the way, and incidentally search for a few missing Innate Spirit Medicines on our list."

Three days later, the outline of a towering giant city appeared on the horizon.

People from the Qingming Heavenly Palace and the Jiang Family had arrived here day and night two days ago.

The city walls were cast entirely from dark red pill-fire rock, emitting a warm luster under the sunlight.

Viewed from afar, the entire city resembled a massive Pill Furnace crouching on the earth.

Even before getting close, the air was already permeated with a rich medicinal fragrance that refreshed the heart and spleen.

"Such a huge city..." Xiaobai stood at the bow of the flying boat, gazing at the giant city ahead, and couldn't help exclaiming.

"It's much more imposing than Fuyao City."

Gu Changge stood with his hands behind his back, his gaze falling upon the sky above the city, which had been dyed into seven colors by the pill glow, and he nodded slightly.

Being able to form a pill glow phenomenon above the entire city indicated that high-tier Medicinal Pills were being produced here day and night.

Over time, even the heavenly phenomena had been altered. From this point alone, the foundation of the Tiandan Pavilion could be glimpsed.

Gu Changge landed with Xiaobai and Jimie, walking toward the city gate along the wide bluestone avenue.

Pedestrians on the road were endless, including herb gatherers carrying medicine baskets, aristocratic scions riding Spirit Beasts, and young Cultivators in groups of three or five discussing the Dao of Alchemy.

Occasionally, one could also see a few Heavenly King-level powerhouses with deep auras hurriedly brushing past.

Gu Changge casually handed over the city-entry fee and entered the city.

The city guards took it casually:

"Welcome to Pill Imperial City. Private fights are prohibited in the city, and violators will be heavily punished. If there are disputes, you can go to the city's Patrol Bureau for adjudication."

Gu Changge nodded, leading Xiaobai and Jimie through the city gate, and officially stepped into Pill Imperial City.

As soon as they entered the city, the Spiritual Qi became several times denser than before. The streets were wide and smooth, with shops lined up on both sides.

The signboards bore all kinds of names— "Bicaotang", "Spirit Medicine Pavilion", "Pill Furnace Pavilion"...

Cultivators entered and exited every shop, and business was booming.

But the most eye-catching one was still the towering building in the center of the city.

That was a huge Pill Furnace-shaped tower, built entirely from a translucent red crystal.

Sunlight refracted through the crystals into tens of thousands of splendors, resembling a never-extinguishing flame.

Suspended at the top of the tower was a large phantom of a Medicinal Pill, slowly rotating and emitting a heart-refreshing medicinal fragrance.

"That must be the main building of the Tiandan Pavilion, right?" Xiaobai looked up at the tower, clicking his tongue in amazement, "Just looking at it makes one feel it's imposing."

Gu Changge looked around. With the Dao of Alchemy being so rich here, he wondered what rewards he would get by signing in here.

Thinking of this, his mind sank into the System: "Sign in!"

"Ding, congratulations to the Host for a successful sign-in!"

"Congratulations to the Host for obtaining: 2 million years of cultivation!"

"Congratulations to the Host for obtaining: Immortal divine weapon, Nine-Revolution Spirit Refining Pill Furnace."

"Congratulations to the Host for obtaining: 100 bottles of top-grade Taixu God-Nourishing Divine Pills."

Gu Changge's heart stirred slightly, and his Divine Sense swept across the System space.

A Pill Furnace with a dark red body and furnace walls carved with ancient flame patterns floated quietly inside.

Nine phantom fire dragons faintly roamed across the furnace body, and even through the storage space, one could feel the scorching pill intent hitting the face.

The Nine-Revolution Spirit Refining Pill Furnace, an Immortal divine weapon.

His gaze condensed slightly.

An Immortal divine weapon, that was an existence surpassing Supreme artifacts.

And this Pill Furnace was not just a weapon, but also an Alchemy furnace, integrating offense and defense, with unparalleled medicine refining capabilities.

"It seems this trip was the right choice." Gu Changge nodded secretly.

Then he looked at the one hundred bottles of Medicinal Pills beside him, casually took out one bottle, and probed his Divine Sense into it.

The bottle had its own internal space, with a hundred Medicinal Pills neatly arranged. Each one was round and plump, with nine pill patterns clearly visible, emitting a faint golden halo.

The medicinal power was restrained without dispersing, obviously sealed extremely well.

He carefully perceived the medicinal power, and then a look of satisfaction appeared on his face.

This Taixu God-Nourishing Divine Pill was not only effective for the Celestial Venerable Realm, but even taking it in the Supreme Realm had remarkable effects.

A single pill was enough to let a Celestial Venerable Realm Cultivator advance by a small Realm, but each person could take at most three pills; any more would produce resistance, and the medicinal efficacy would be greatly discounted.

Even so, it was precious enough.

One hundred bottles, with one hundred pills per bottle, meant ten thousand Taixu God-Nourishing Divine Pills.

"It has come just in time."

There were quite a few Celestial Venerable Realm combat forces around him—Xiaohei, Xiaobai, Jimie, as well as the newly subdued Heavenly King Chi Xiao and Hall Master Li Gu, who had all stepped into the Celestial Venerable Realm.

Distributing these Taixu God-Nourishing Divine Pills would push their cultivation up by another notch in the short term.

He withdrew his mind and casually scanned his surroundings.

A large number of Cultivators' auras were gathering not far ahead, and people kept pouring toward that direction from all directions, as if rushing to watch some excitement.

"Let's go take a look."

He strode toward the direction where the crowd was gathering, with Xiaobai and Jimie following closely behind.

Passing through two streets, the scene before them gradually became clear.

On the giant square in front of the main building of the Tiandan Pavilion, people were packed like a sea.

On one side of the square stood a jade monument towering a hundred zhang high, with spiritual light flickering on it and lines of text scrolling across.

Below the jade monument was a row of long tables, where several Pill Pavilion deacons sat upright, processing registration procedures for the queuing Cultivators.

The queue wound sinuously, reaching over a hundred meters long.

Gu Changge's gaze swept across the jade monument, upon which several large characters were strikingly written:

"Registration Office for the Tiandan Pavilion's Once-in-a-Century Alchemy Convention"

Below also listed the convention's rules, schedule, and reward details.

Excited discussions frequently came from the surrounding crowd:

"I heard that the top ten of this Alchemy Convention can directly become Disciples under the Tiandan Pavilion's Elders!"

"The top five can even be accepted as a Personal Disciple by a Celestial Venerable-grade alchemist!"

"What about the first place?" Someone asked curiously.

"First place—to be personally accepted as a Disciple by the Tiandan Pavilion Master!"

As soon as these words were said, the surroundings instantly broke into an uproar.

"If one could be favored by the Pavilion Master, that would truly be a step up to the heavens in a single bound..."

Jimie stood by Gu Changge's side, his gaze calmly sweeping over the queuing Cultivators as he said in a low voice:

"This Alchemy Convention is not bad, gathering all the good saplings with Alchemy talent under their command."

Gu Changge nodded slightly, his line of sight falling back onto the text of the jade monument.

The once-a-century Alchemy Convention evaluation was divided into three rounds, and each round would eliminate the majority of Cultivators.

In addition to the Pavilion Master's Personal Disciple seat, the first-place reward included an ancient Nine-Revolution Pill Furnace, a million-year-old Innate spirit material, and a complete scroll of the Celestial Venerable Pill Scripture.

The generous rewards were enough to drive the prodigies of various major forces crazy. The square was shoulder to shoulder, and the eyes of countless young Alchemy Cultivators were filled with fanaticism.

Just as Gu Changge was looking at the rules on the jade monument, he suddenly heard a crisp voice coming from behind:

"Hey, are you also here to participate in the Alchemy Convention? Move aside a bit, let me look at the rules!"