938: Chapter 939 The Apprentice Recruitment Mission Reappears

He turned his head and saw a young girl of about seventeen or eighteen standing behind him.

She was wearing a set of washed-out old clothes, with a bit of furnace ash still smudged on her face.

But her eyes were very bright, her back was straight, and her whole body exuded a fearless spirit.

Gu Changge casually replied, "No, I'm just passing by and taking a look."

"Oh—" The young girl drew out her tone, looked him up and down, and then grinned,

"Then you should sign up and give it a try. There is a medicinal scent on you, so you definitely understand Alchemy."

Gu Changge was slightly taken aback.

He had indeed bought a batch of medicinal herbs at the Treasure Pavilion, leaving behind some scent on his body, but it was extremely subtle.

This little girl, who was only at the Earth Origin Realm Peak, could actually smell it out?

Before he could think deeply about it, the young girl had already waved at him:

"Then I'll be going first! When I win first place, you'll regret not signing up!"

Without waiting for Gu Changge to respond, she laughed to herself and added, "Just kidding, top three will do!"

After saying that, she turned around and ran towards the registration area, her ponytail swaying back and forth behind her head, full of confidence.

Gu Changge looked at her retreating figure and couldn't help smiling.

"She is indeed an interesting little girl."

Just as he was about to withdraw his gaze, the System prompt sounded in his mind:

"Ding, the Disciple-Recruitment task has been refreshed."

"Please Host accept a Disciple as an apprentice, time limit three months."

"Task reward: Invincible Domain expanded tenfold, cultivation increased by one heavenly layer, Eternal Immortal Pill Classic, Supreme Pill Furnace."

Gu Changge paused his steps.

Disciple-Recruitment task?

He subconsciously scanned the crowd in the plaza, those lavishly dressed aristocratic youths, those steadily-auraed Genius alchemists, those proud and complacent young talents...

Finally, his gaze fell back to the end of the long queue at the registration area.

That young girl wearing old clothes and stained with furnace ash on her face was standing on tiptoe, earnestly handing the registration form to the deacon in front.

Gu Changge looked at her, his gaze slightly condensing.

When she approached just now, he only glanced at her casually without looking closely.

Looking closely at this moment, he discovered that this young girl's Physique was quite extraordinary, although the spiritual power fluctuations around her were not considered strong.

However, there existed an extremely obscure resonance between her body and the two Qis of fire and wood between heaven and earth.

That kind of resonance was not obtained through Acquired Cultivation, but was an Innate talent.

"Nine-Orifice Pill Spirit Physique?"

Gu Changge's heart stirred slightly.

His Alchemy level was now at the top of the celestial realm, and he was extremely familiar with various Alchemy Physiques.

Legend has it that such a Physique has nine Innate pill apertures growing within its Physical Body, and every single aperture faintly connects with the fire and wood Origin between heaven and earth.

The fire-control techniques that ordinary alchemists needed to bitterly Cultivate for hundreds of years to barely master seemed to them like an instinct engraved deep within their Bloodline.

Approaching the Pill Furnace with their fingers allowed them to know whether the furnace temperature was even, and sweeping their gaze across medicinal herbs allowed them to vaguely judge the general trajectory of their medicinal properties.

But this was only potential; currently, this female only had one of her nine pill apertures opened, while the rest remained in a sealed state, requiring Acquired opening one by one.

Every time an aperture was opened, her perception of flames and medicinal properties would elevate by a level.

On the day all nine apertures were fully opened, she could truly touch the Peak of this Physique.

By then, she might be able to achieve the feat of not needing a Pill Furnace and using her body as a tripod, and perhaps refine Medicinal Pills that surpassed current worldly cognition.

But before that, she was just a gifted young girl who needed someone to guide her onto the right path.

However, having only opened one aperture and not yet reaching the Heaven-Reaching Realm, she dared to come and participate in the Alchemy Grand Ceremony...

Gu Changge withdrew his gaze, his expression unchanged, quietly leaving a Divine Sense mark on her body.

Although her Aptitude was good, Gu Changge valued character even more; he would wait until the Alchemy competition ended before deciding.

Just as Gu Changge was about to turn and leave, he suddenly caught sight of nine huge dark red stone tablets standing on the other side of the plaza.

Each of them was ten zhang high, but every single one was incomplete, arranged in an arc, with the stone tablet surfaces densely engraved with words.

But each of them was incomplete; some lacked the second half, while others had a large section broken off the top.

There were quite a few people surrounding the stone tablets; some frowned in deep thought, some whispered in discussion, and others sat cross-legged in front of the tablets, gesturing with their fingers in the air.

"Let's go take a look."

He strode toward the nine stone tablets, with Xiaobai and Jimie following closely behind.

Meanwhile, deep inside the Tiandan Pavilion, within a sealed quiet room.

The thick medicinal Qi had almost condensed into substance, and the four walls were engraved with Spirit-Gathering Formation patterns, with spiritual light circulating endlessly.

Two jade beds were placed inside the room, and on each bed lay a figure with a weak aura.

But at this moment, their complexions were sallow, their auras were chaotic, and wisps of black Death Qi were intertwined around their wounds. Even with the suppression of the Formation, it was still slowly eroding their vitality.

Standing by the beds were several Elders of the Tiandan Pavilion, each with a solemn expression.

The leading person wore a scarlet-gold robe, had crane-like hair and a childlike face, and carried a bearing between his brows of someone who had long held a high position.

He was none other than the Pavilion Master of the Tiandan Pavilion — Danchenzi, possessing a Heavenly Sovereign Late Stage cultivation.

Opposite him stood a middle-aged man in blue robes, who was none other than the Palace Master of the Qingming Heavenly Palace, Qingming Heavenly Sovereign, currently full of anxiety.

"Pavilion Master Dan, Junior Brother Qinghua's injuries..."

Danchenzi slowly withdrew his fingers resting on the wounded person's wrist pulse, fell silent for a moment, and ultimately shook his head:

"Pardon my bluntness... nothing can be done to save him."

Qingming Heavenly Sovereign's expression changed.

"Unless..." Danchenzi paused, "There is a Nine-Turn Nirvana Pill."

"A Nine-Turn Nirvana Pill?" A trace of hope ignited in Qingming Heavenly Sovereign's eyes.

"Does your esteemed pavilion have any in stock? My Qingming Heavenly Palace is willing to pay any price to exchange for it!"

Danchenzi gave a bitter smile and slowly shook his head:

"The Nine-Turn Nirvana Pill is a Supreme-grade Medicinal Pill. Looking across the entire desolate region, people capable of refining this pill probably do not exist yet.

My Tiandan Pavilion once fortuitously obtained one..."

Danchenzi sighed, "One million years ago, the Old Pavilion Master failed his breakthrough to the Supreme realm, and due to the backlash, he was severely injured and already used it."

Qingming Heavenly Sovereign's face instantly turned pale.

He turned his head to look at Heavenly Sovereign Qinghua whose aura was growing weaker and weaker on the jade bed, his voice hoarse:

"Junior Brother Qinghua is of vital importance to my Qingming Heavenly Palace. Is there really... no other way?"

Danchenzi was silent for a long time before slowly saying, "It's not completely without a way."

Qingming Heavenly Sovereign abruptly raised his head.

"The nine ancient tablets in the plaza, you should have seen them." Danchenzi said.

"Those nine tablets were obtained by my Tiandan Pavilion from an ancient Secret Realm, and that Nine-Turn Nirvana Pill was also Acquired in that Secret Realm.

Engraved on the tablets are nine incomplete Pill Formulas lost since ancient times, every single one of which is a Pill Formula above the Supreme grade.

"For tens of millions of years, my Tiandan Pavilion has exhausted human resources, yet only deciphered one of them. The remaining eight have always been unsolvable by anyone."

"That is why we moved the nine tablets to the plaza, made them public, and issued a reward to the world.

Anyone who can decipher and deduce any complete Pill Formula among them can obtain an opportunity for my Tiandan Pavilion to make a move.

Anything, my Tiandan Pavilion will do its utmost to accomplish."

Qingming Heavenly Sovereign was taken aback, then reacted:

"The Nine-Turn Nirvana Pill is also among them?"

Danchenzi nodded, "The Pill Formula for the Nine-Turn Nirvana Pill is on the eighth tablet, but unfortunately, a complete Pill Formula has not been deduced to this day."

"What about your esteemed pavilion's Old Ancestor?"

Qingming Heavenly Sovereign asked anxiously, "Isn't he a half-step Supreme Grandmaster of Alchemy? Could it be that even he..."

Danchenzi smiled helplessly, "Old Ancestor once deduced it for countless years without any results.

Right now, Old Ancestor is in seclusion inside the Alchemy room; he has been in seclusion for seven days and has yet to come out of seclusion."

The hope in Qingming Heavenly Sovereign's eyes dimmed by another fraction.

Just as Danchenzi was about to say something more, a hurried sound of footsteps suddenly came from outside the door.

A deacon walked quickly into the quiet room, bowing and saluting:

"Pavilion Master, something has happened in the plaza."

Danchenzi frowned, "What matter?"

"A young man stopped in front of the nine tablets, and then...

He deduced the incomplete formula on the tablet on the spot."

"What?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the entire room was shaken.