Monarch of Time

Quan Lin nodded his head seriously as he looked at the Northern Sovereign and answered without any hesitation

''I know, city lord! I still hope that you will allow me to go, regardless of how difficult it is!''

The Northern Sovereign shook her head and waved her hand in a dismissive manner before she said

''Fine then. Since I have already allowed Zi Hu and the others to go, it wouldn't be fair to keep you behind either. Just remember that no matter what happens, you must come back alive!''

''Thank you, city lord!'' Quan Lin lowered his head once again as he thanked the Northern Sovereign, before his figure disappeared from the Northern Sovereign's courtyard soon after.

...

At the same time, inside the foggy space in the 'Stone of Time', Shun Long had just finished recovering his exhausted spiritual strength and opened his eyes, before he turned his gaze towards the small pill bottle by his side and mumbled to himself

''Although it's not a top-grade pill, it will still be enough to allow uncle Jiang to heal his injuries and even help him advance his cultivation a bit.''

Little Black nodded his head seriously, while his bright blue eyes stared seriously at the pure-white pill inside the pill bottle next to Shun Long.

Although most people would be unable to understand how difficult it was to truly refine a 'Heavenly purity pill', Little Black clearly understood that it was a nearly impossible mission even for most 1-star alchemists.

In fact, even peak 1-star alchemists from the Immortal Dimension would find it exceedingly difficult to refine this pill, and it wasn't uncommon for even 2-star alchemists to fail as well!

Of course, 1-star alchemists in the Immortal Dimension were nothing but fledglings in that place, and they could only be considered as low-tier alchemists at best, but if they were placed in the central region, they would be considered to be respected masters who stood at the peak of the alchemist world.

Actually, if a 1-star alchemist from the Immortal Dimension descended anywhere within the central region, their knowledge would allow them to instantly become one of the top alchemists in the entire region and they would be sought after by countless powerful families and clans, while even 2-star and 3-star alchemists would definitely respect them.

After all, the pills that were available to even the most common 1-star alchemists in the Immortal Dimension, far exceeded the knowledge that the 1-star alchemists of the central region possessed.

A moment later, Shun Long closed his eyes and imagined himself leaving the foggy space of the 'Stone of Time', as he returned back to his room.

...

Meanwhile, inside the 'Southern Dragon's courtyard', Jiang Chen and the others were all staring at the door of the main room with solemn looks on their faces.

After all, it had been 2 days since Shun Long had entered seclusion, and they all knew that the pill that he was intending to refine was an extremely rare star-rank pill that only renowned star-rank alchemists could possibly refine.

At the same time, Jiang Tianfang tried to sit cross-legged on the ground with his eyes closed, but he was actually unable to fully suppress the anxiousness in his heart as his eyes would dart towards the door of the room every now and then.

''It's already been 2 days. I just hope that everything is al-''

Before Jiang Tianfang could finish his sentence, his words suddenly froze in his mouth as he noticed the door of the main room slowly opening from the inside. His eyes then widened and without saying another word, he abruptly stood up from his seat and disappeared on the spot, appearing right in front of Shun Long who had just stepped out from the room in nearly an instant.

Liu Mei and the others seemed to have noticed this as well, as they followed Jiang Tianfang and gathered around Shun Long barely a few moments later.

''Nephew Shun! Did you succeed?'' Jiang Tianfang asked anxiously as he looked at Shun Long, unable to hide the nervousness in his voice.

Of course, it was no wonder that Jiang Tianfang would be so nervous. After all, he had been forced to spend the past 50 years of his life in a crippled state. For a genius like him who had been renowned throughout the entire northern part of the central region previously to be forced in such straits, such a life was truly worse than death.

Staring at Jiang Tianfang, Shun Long nodded his head and waved his hand, as he took out a single pill bottle from the 'Stone of Time' and gave it to him, before he said with a smile

''Uncle Jiang, this is the 'Heavenly purity pill'. Although it's just a high-grade rank 7 pill and it shouldn't be enough to let uncle Jiang become a peak rank 9 Dao Emperor, after you consume it, you will still be able to fully expel the corrosive energy inside your dantian and even breakthrough to the middle of rank 9 in the Dao Emperor realm.''

Jiang Tianfang's hands trembled as he stretched out his hands and accepted the pill bottle in front of him, staring intently at the single, pure-white pill inside it.

Without any hesitation, Jiang Tianfang then sat cross-legged on the ground and opened the bottle, before pouring the 'Heavenly purity pill' directly into his mouth.

Liu Mei, Xingyi, Jiang Chen, and Bai Longtian, all focused their gazes on the black-robed Jiang Tianfang who had already consumed the 'Heavenly purity pill'. However, even after a few minutes had passed, there seemed to be no changes in his body.

Just as Jiang Chen was going to ask if something was wrong with his father's body, the sky above the 'Southern Dragon's courtyard' suddenly started to rumble, before a single, white thundercloud that was more than 500 meters in radius covered the entire courtyard.

Shun Long, Liu Mei, and the others, all raised their heads and looked at the massive thundercloud that had covered the courtyard, before Shun Long took a deep breath and said seriously

''Uncle Jiang, get ready!''