Chapter 93: Top-tier Medicine Cauldron! Yunling Cauldron!

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Chapter 93: Top-tier Medicine Cauldron! Yunling Cauldron!

In the scroll, the records at the end appeared somewhat disorderly, indicating that the ancient alchemist's mental state was not quite normal. However, Xiao Ze still managed to piece together the reason for his suicide.

The successful development of the Transcendence Pill filled the ancient alchemist with boundless joy. Knowing that using the souls of alchemists in medicine was a taboo in the alchemy world, he had collected alchemists' souls secretly. Until the successful development of the Transcendence Pill, the alchemy world remained unaware of its existence. However, before the successful development of the Transcendence Pill, he had consumed the souls of many innocent alchemists!

In the eyes of the ancient alchemist, he had done nothing wrong. The alchemy world needed more outstanding alchemist talents! In his view, some individuals who were born with the talent of alchemy ultimately couldn't even produce alchemical works! It was simply wasting the talent bestowed by the heavens. Now, with the Transcendence Pill he developed, these useless alchemists could also be put to good use.

It could enable other individuals with strong spiritual power but lacking in the fire and wood attributes to qualify as alchemists. Perhaps it could even give rise to a group of genius alchemists! He gave the first two Transcendence Pills he produced to his servants.

After confirming that his servants possessed the fire and wood attributes, he finally felt relieved and began preparing the best materials to refine the Transcendence Pill for his son! His only son was born with an extremely powerful soul perception.

However, fate played tricks on him, as his son's attributes were not fire and wood! His son failed to inherit his mantle as an alchemist, which was one of the reasons he developed the Transcendence Pill.

The turning point came after his son took the Transcendence Pill! The ancient alchemist was horrified to discover that after taking the Transcendence Pill, his son did gain the fire and wood attributes, but his soul perception was greatly weakened! After careful examination, he discovered that his son's soul was damaged! A damaged soul and weakened soul perception were minor issues; in severe cases, it could even lead to immediate death! This discovery immediately prompted him to check the condition of the souls of the two servants.

 The results left him feeling devastated, even desperate! The main ingredient of the Transcendence Pill is the soul of an alchemist. By taking the Transcendence Pill, the soul is altered to change the attributes. However, there is a huge risk involved, which is the collision of two souls! Successfully changing attributes means that the soul will inevitably be altered! The soul perception of the two servants was not strong, so they did not keenly perceive that their souls were already damaged! With damaged souls, their soul perception could not continue to grow stronger.

 If soul perception cannot strengthen, then the limit of that alchemist is fixed! He had created another group of useless alchemists using a batch of useless alchemists! His son's situation was even more special. Because he used the best materials, namely the souls of alchemists, his son's soul was even stronger.

The clash between the two powerful soul forces inevitably resulted in mutual damage. So, his son's soul suffered greater damage. Not long after, his son died due to soul exhaustion. During this period, he exhausted numerous means but to no avail, unable to save his son's life.

Seeing this, Xiao Ze couldn't help but shake his head. Those who toy with souls will ultimately fall victim to them. After his son's death, the two servants also died successively due to soul damage. This completely declared his failure in developing the Transcendence Pill! The failure of the Transcendence Pill, coupled with his son's death from taking it, caused his spirit to completely collapse! Because it was equivalent to him personally killing his own son! Under such a tremendous blow, he returned to this bronze palace. He burned all the martial arts and techniques he had collected throughout his life, tore apart the formulas he had created, and destroyed everything.

Only a Transcendence Pill remained. And in front of this Transcendence Pill, he chose to end his life! Xiao Ze closed the scroll, stowed it away in his storage ring, and then picked up the jade bottle containing the Transcendence Pill. This would be the foundation of his open and honest use of alchemy. Because the Transcendence Pill did not spread widely, not even ancient families would have relevant records.

Moreover, everything about the Transcendence Pill had been destroyed by this ancient alchemist. With the description on this jade bottle and his own words, it would be convincing enough. It was as if he had really found a perfect Transcendence Pill, and after taking it, gained the talent of an alchemist. Xiao Ze looked at the bones before him and shook his head.

The initial intention of this ancient alchemist might have been good. He worked hard to develop the Transcendence Pill so that his son could have the talent of an alchemist, and so that everyone could have the potential to become an alchemist. He dedicated himself to the research of the Transcendence Pill for decades, but countless setbacks eventually drove him insane.

When he started using the souls of alchemists to develop the Transcendence Pill, he had already embarked on a path of evil! From that moment on, his fate was doomed to be self-inflicted. The imperfect Transcendence Pill ended his son's life! It also completely destroyed his faith and hope for survival, leading his own life to its end. Xiao Ze flipped his hand to put away the jade bottle, then looked at the bronze palace with some reluctance.

After finally encountering an opportunity, he didn't expect to only find a reason to return. Although he witnessed the glorious yet pitiful life of this ancient alchemist, he still didn't gain any opportunity. Thinking of this, Xiao Ze began to search around the bronze palace. This alchemist was able to set up seals to block soul perception. Perhaps there were similar methods in this bronze palace. He had only used soul perception to explore before, and there might have been some oversight. With this thought in mind, Xiao Ze controlled the fire dragon and moved around among the debris in the palace. True treasures would not fear the burning flames.

Not long after, Xiao Ze indeed found a surprise! After clearing away a large pile of debris in the rear hall of the bronze palace, Xiao Ze was astonished to find an extremely obscure seal formation. "As expected, even soul perception couldn't detect it!" Xiao Ze repeated his old trick and destroyed this seal formation.

Then, under his control, the fire dragon flowed like liquid over the bronze floor. Under the scorching heat, the bronze floor seemed to be stimulated, slowly sinking, and finally opened downward like two doors. What came into view was a huge medicine cauldron! Xiao Ze saw a jade slip above the cauldron's lid.

With a suction from his hand, he took the jade slip. After reading the information inside, Xiao Ze felt somewhat relieved. After returning to the bronze palace, this ancient alchemist indeed destroyed everything he had. But in the end, facing the medicine cauldron that had accompanied him for decades, he couldn't bring himself to destroy it! An alchemist's medicine cauldron is a comrade-in-arms and a close friend who accompanies them day and night. During the decades he spent researching the Transcendence Pill, the one that accompanied him the longest was this Yunling Cauldron.

Therefore, he ultimately couldn't bring himself to destroy it. According to the introduction in the jade slip, an alchemist's medicine cauldron is divided into eight ranks, from low to high, and beyond that is the Celestial Cauldron List! Each cauldron on the Celestial Cauldron List is coveted by countless alchemists! Although the Yunling Cauldron did not make it onto the Celestial Cauldron List, it was no less inferior to the cauldrons on the list!

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