CHAPTER 1259: CHAPTER 1250: PILL TOWER

"Isn’t it just a few tens of thousands of pounds of Desolate Energy?"

Seeing the serious look on Mo Wangchen’s face, the Jade Emperor couldn’t help but roll his eyes.

"In the past, this Emperor ruled the realms of gods, humans, and ancients. How much Desolate Energy was there, do you think I’d be interested in your mere tens of thousands of pounds?"

"Then why did you just absorb my thirty thousand pounds of Desolate Energy?" Mo Wangchen said.

The Jade Emperor replied earnestly, "I already told you, that was passive absorption, passive."

"Anyway, there’s only seventy thousand pounds of Desolate Energy left, and I won’t give it up no matter what you say." Mo Wangchen said.

"Don’t worry, your cultivation level is too low now, these seventy thousand pounds of Desolate Energy can precisely improve your cultivation, this Emperor doesn’t care about it anyway." The Jade Emperor said.

"Improve cultivation?"

Upon hearing this, Mo Wangchen couldn’t help but be stunned, "Desolate Energy can also be used for cultivation?"

This was the first time he’d heard that; wasn’t Desolate Energy only used to repair Magical Treasures?

The Jade Emperor rolled his eyes, "Where does Desolate Energy come from? It is an object born from the derivation alongside Divine Status, containing a trace of Great Dao Divine Power, and it is extremely pure Great Dao Divine Power, hence it can repair any Treasure in the world. If you can extract the Great Dao Divine Power from within it and cultivate with it, there are many benefits."

"Do you know the method of extraction?"

Mo Wangchen’s eyes sparkled, as what he needed most now was to enhance his cultivation.

With the virtual and real worlds connected, the enemies he would encounter in the future would be increasingly stronger, Ancient God level opponents would likely appear too; before that, if he could prove his way to Becoming God, he would fear no one in this world.

"What? Didn’t that dead dog tell you?" The Jade Emperor asked curiously.

"Dead dog?"

Mo Wangchen was puzzled, "Does Saint Ancestor refer to the White Saint Emperor?"

"What White Saint Emperor? That’s just the identity he took on later. In my Heavenly Court, that dead dog caused no small amount of trouble; he often stole the Supreme’s Pills. He even dared to sneak into the Queen Mother’s Turquoise Pool to steal the Flat Peach Immortal Fruit; if it wasn’t for this Emperor stepping in, he would have been chopped up into dumplings by the Queen Mother."

Upon hearing this, Mo Wangchen was astonished; this dead dog was indeed bold, causing trouble since ages ago.

"Extracting the Great Dao Divine Power from Desolate Energy isn’t difficult. In the past, my Ancient Heavenly Court frequently had the Supreme’s help with extraction; as long as one’s Alchemy Dao Skill reached a certain level, the extraction could be done." The Jade Emperor said.

"So you don’t know how?" Mo Wangchen frowned.

"This Emperor doesn’t, but having often watched the Supreme do it, I’ve grasped some of the concepts. Go get paper and pen, then buy the medicinal ingredients I’ll write down, and this Emperor will teach you."

Subsequently, Mo Wangchen found paper and pen and handed them to the Jade Emperor, who swiftly wrote down the names of a dozen or so medicinal ingredients on the paper.

Mo Wangchen glanced over them and couldn’t help but frown, "There are eighteen medicinal ingredients in total, yet I only recognize a few, all extremely precious, and those unfamiliar must be costly and hard to find, right?"

"I don’t care; the formula is given to you, and you figure out the medicinal ingredients. If you really can’t find them, forget it; those seventy thousand pounds of Desolate Energy can be used to repair the Holy Seal instead."

"Repair the Holy Seal?"

Mo Wangchen rolled his eyes, "I bet it’s more like an offering to honor you, old one!"

After the Jade Emperor returned to the Holy Seal, Mo Wangchen packed up briefly and then left the courtyard.

He gathered information from the side and learned about the existence of a Pill Tower in Jing’an City, where nearly all the rare medicinal ingredients within Ning State could be found.

"Gentleman, what would you like to purchase?"

Upon entering the Pill Tower, Mo Wangchen found that business was indeed thriving, with many guests coming and going; a serving servant approached politely and greeted him.

"I want to purchase some medicinal ingredients." Mo Wangchen said.

"Please follow me, sir. I can’t speak for other things, but in terms of medicinal ingredients, if our Pill Tower doesn’t have it, then it’s even less likely to be found elsewhere in Ning State."

After saying this, the servant led Mo Wangchen inside the Pill Tower.

The Pill Tower is divided into nine levels; the first level is the hall, where most guests linger. Above this are alchemy rooms and places to store valuable items; the top level is reserved for alchemists and the Tower Master.

"Prepare two sets according to the list of medicinal ingredients."

Mo Wangchen took out the list prepared by the Jade Emperor earlier and handed it to the servant.

The servant casually took it, having been receiving guests at the Pill Tower for many years. He had served many customers like Mo Wangchen who came to buy medicinal ingredients instead of Pills.

Initially, he thought Mo Wangchen would buy some relatively ordinary ingredients, but a glance revealed that all eighteen medicinal ingredients listed were extremely precious.

"This..."

He hesitated, reassessing Mo Wangchen. Not just anyone has the means or wealth to purchase such rare high-grade medicinal ingredients, which are only used in refining high-level Pills.

"Gentleman, the ingredients you need aren’t in the first-level hall, but on levels above that. However, I don’t have the authority to take you up there; please wait a moment while I fetch the housekeeper."

Having said this, he returned the list to Mo Wangchen and then turned away.

Mo Wangchen sat in place, waiting, while his eyes scanned the guests around him.

Earlier, he noticed that the cultivators in Jing’an City had significantly improved in strength, mostly reaching the Immortal Realm level, truly befitting one of Ning State’s top cities.

"Young friend, what medicinal ingredients are you looking to purchase?"

Soon, the servant who had just left returned with an elderly man.

This elderly man was named Zhu Quan, one of the housekeepers of the Pill Tower. Moreover, he wasn’t just any housekeeper but also held the status of an alchemist, with first-class Holy Rank skill.

Being a housekeeper of the Pill Tower requires first-class Holy Rank skill.

Seeing that the one purchasing ingredients was merely an ordinary young man, Zhu Quan’s tone was somewhat arrogant, exuding a hint of the aloofness characteristic of alchemists between his brows.

"This gentleman is one of our housekeepers at the Pill Tower, and also a first-class Holy Rank alchemist, Master Zhu Quan."

The servant whispered to Mo Wangchen, fearing he wouldn’t know Master Zhu Quan’s identity and offend him.

"Here’s the list."

Mo Wangchen merely nodded. Although first-class Holy Rank might be considered high-ranking and influential to ordinary people, to himself, Zhu Quan’s skill was insignificant.

Not to mention Zhu Quan; even if the current Tower Master of the Pill Tower came, there’s nothing to boast about before Mo Wangchen.

The current Tower Master of the Pill Tower, known as Elder Dan, has sixth-class Holy Rank Alchemy Dao skill, the undisputed first in Ning State’s Alchemy Dao Realm and commands high prestige throughout Ming Land.

However, Mo Wangchen’s perception had long since reached ninth-class Holy Rank, equivalent to ninth-class skill; to him, Elder Dan’s so-called sixth-class still seemed insignificant.