Mystery Descends: My Exchanges Are Not Equal

Inverted Flame Mountain, within the ruined Divine Temple.

Wang Teng gazed around in surprise at the surroundings.

He noticed that the temple enshrined a headless statue.

The statue held a duster, and beneath it was a massive lotus platform, upon which the divine patterns had blurred.

Yet, one could still discern the depiction of billions of beings kneeling.

Wang Teng was astonished. Could this be the master of the Fallen Traveler, that Immortal Celestial Venerable?

Even a figure of such stature fell; the thought alone was terrifying!

Wang Teng calmed his mind and unintentionally glanced at the wall behind the statue.

He walked towards it and heard faint airflow sounds coming from the wall.

He felt a stirring in his heart and began to search around the wall, eventually discovering a hidden mechanism.

"Rumble~!"

The stone door slowly opened, revealing a sealed stone cave in front of him.

In the dim center of the cave, a half-human-tall divine furnace stood, ancient in design, with eight legs and eight corners. It was entirely bronze in color, adorned with divine patterns of auspicious clouds, with a subtle spiritual light swirling around it.

[Eight Trigrams Divine Furnace: Orange Legendary Level Alchemy Furnace, an imitation of the Emperor's Weapon Eight Trigrams Immortal Furnace, pill formation probability +100%, pill effect enhancement +100%, alchemy time reduction 100%, fire element immunity, can recognize the master with blood.]

This was indeed an Orange Legendary Level Alchemy Furnace!

Wang Teng joyously stepped forward to admire it.

Speaking of which, he understood the properties in front of this alchemy furnace, but what did fire element immunity mean?

Could it be referring to ignoring any fire element damage?

It made sense since alchemy required divine fire, and naturally, the furnace wouldn't fear being burned.

This function might prove useful in the future.

And it turned out the real Eight Trigrams Immortal Furnace was an Emperor's Weapon, yet what lay before him was merely an imitation.

Eight Trigrams Immortal Furnace, Daoist Celestial Venerable.

Could the ancient myths of the Fertile Continent be true? And did they appear in this Great World?

Wang Teng pondered for a while, but those tales were too distant for him. For now, it was best to recognize the master with blood.

Thus, he pierced his finger to draw blood and flicked a drop of essence blood towards the Eight Trigrams Divine Furnace.

"Buzz~!"

Within moments, the furnace absorbed the blood, emitting a joyful vibration.

[Hint: Recognition successful! The Eight Trigrams Divine Furnace acknowledges you as its master!]

Wang Teng felt delighted, and with a thought, his hand touching the Eight Trigrams Divine Furnace lit up with a white light...

[Endless Extraction successful! Impurities removed for you, pill formation probability of the Eight Trigrams Divine Furnace increased to 200%.]

[Hint: Orange Legendary Level items, affected by Great Dao Laws, cannot be extracted for level-up, only attribute values can be enhanced!]

Hmm?

Such a restriction exists.

But that's not bad, the pill formation rate has doubled.

In the next moment, at Wang Teng's prompting, the Eight Trigrams Divine Furnace rapidly shrank to the size of a fist, then transformed into a green light, surging into Wang Teng's body.

Nice!

Another Orange Mythical Level equipment acquired!

Wang Teng smiled and continued inspecting the cave surroundings.

By the three walls, there were three rows of wooden shelves filled with all sorts of jars and miscellaneous items.

Curiously, he stepped forward to examine them.

Moments later, he discovered that those jars contained discarded elixir pills.

These should be the failures of the Fallen Traveler's alchemy, left behind as he couldn't bear to discard them.

A rough count tallied at least over a thousand.

Generally speaking, discarded pills have little value; donating them to the Gui Cang Divine Pavilion would yield only a small amount of contribution value, far less valuable than ordinary spirit grass.

However, the cost behind a discarded pill was extremely high, consuming countless exotic herbs, indeed making it hard to throw away.

Thinking of this, Wang Teng gathered all the discarded pills into his Storage Space.

Even if discarded pills aren't worthwhile, over a thousand of them could be donated to garner over a thousand contribution points.

Wang Teng wouldn't waste them.

"Right, can I just..."

A flash of insight crossed Wang Teng's mind, as if he had thought of something.

He then poured out a black discarded pill from a white porcelain bottle.

[Wasted Elixir: A failed product from alchemy, toxicity unknown, ingestion not recommended.]

Looking at the pill in his palm, Wang Teng thought, his palm lit up with white light, activating Endless Extraction...

[Endless Extraction successful! You've successfully extracted impurities and toxins from the wasted elixir, causing it to transform into a Tier One God Tempering Pill.]

In a mere moment, the wasted elixir in Wang Teng's palm became a fragrant white spirit pill.

It actually worked!

Wang Teng's eyes lit up.

Then, he gleefully picked up the pill for detailed observation.

[God Tempering Pill: Tier One spirit pill, consuming it can enhance Physique and Spirit.]

Interesting!

What would the effects be upon consumption?

With that thought, he directly swallowed it.

The pill passed down his throat, quickly dissolving into medicinal power, flowing to all parts of his body.

Wang Teng immediately felt a warm sensation throughout his body, accompanied by some heat...

[Hint: Successful consumption of Tier One Quenching Pill and Concentration Pill! Your Physique Attribute +10 points, Spirit Attribute +20 points.]

[Hint: Maximum quantity of God Tempering Pills per person is not to exceed 10; excess consumption is ineffective!]

Nice~!

A single God Tempering Pill increased his attribute value by 30 points.

This Tier One spirit pill has far superior effects compared to spirit grass.

He had acquired over a thousand discarded pills, and with Endless Extraction, he could transform them all into treasures!

That way, he could obtain over a thousand useful spirit pills.

Even if he reached the consumption limit, he could give them to Qian Lingxue and the Celestial Court Members who also need them.