Chapter 78 Return to the Palace

After leaving Shuilian Cave Mansion, Su Chen found a sunny valley in Huoyun Mountain, put down the golden cauldron, and put up many defenses, and then began to refine the golden cauldron.

The refining process was very smooth.

After mastering the idea of ​​​​contemplating the sun, and using the pure Yang magic power as a guide, it is natural that the two come from the same source.

It only took a little over a month.

Su Chen then completely refined this sun furnace.

At this time, the sun furnace has faded away the remaining stains and residues on the surface, and has become brighter. The whole body is golden and gleaming under the radiance of the sun. The flame runes and golden crow patterns engraved on the whole body are the same as the cyan mirror.

, can absorb the sun's rays on its own and turn it into a burning fire in the cauldron.

Of course, this does not mean that Qingguang Realm is useless.

In the absence of sunlight, it is still needed as a reserve energy source to cope with complex and changeable situations and environments.

"receive!"

Su Chen raised his hand, and with a thought, the refined golden tripod flew up, quickly shrunk, and finally became the size of a palm, and automatically fell into the cuff of his sleeve.

The reduced weight of the furnace tripod is also significantly reduced, making it easy to carry and store.

When needed, inject mana to restore it to its original state.

Very convenient.

Not only that.

Su Chen also discovered that in addition to being used for refining elixirs, the Big Sun Furnace also left a secret space at the ears of the furnace. After refining, it could be opened and there was actually a storage space inside.

It's almost as big as a room.

There are also some miscellaneous items such as medicinal materials and books stored inside. Although it is very old, it is already spotless and there is no trace of damage.

"It should be something left by Qingyangzi. I was surprised before. Since this old ghost has arranged everything, he must leave something for himself after he is reborn. He cannot be alone. The people who searched for his body before

At that time, I found nothing, and it turned out that it was all hidden in the space of this furnace."

Su Chen nodded with satisfaction.

Ripples of Spiritual Mind went into it and took inventory. There were a lot of good things, including some ancient books on alchemy, as well as many rare medicinal materials and seeds, which should have been left by the original owner of this cave.

In addition, there is some gold, as well as the inherited martial arts of the Great Sun Sect.

Su Chen took a look and realized that these ordinary martial arts were of little significance to him now.

However, it may be helpful to Xingqiu. You can leave these things to her later.

"The refining of the golden tripod has been successful. It's time for me to go back. This trip has taken longer than expected. If I don't go back, it will be hard for the palace to explain."

Su Chen has no thoughts of leaving Chu State yet.

Although I have now broken through my innateness and developed my magic power, I can only dominate this one-third of an acre of Chu State. If I really go out, I will still be a rookie in the world of immortal cultivation.

Instead of doing this, it's better to just stay there.

He gained a lot this time. He went back to take drugs slowly and practiced the Huanlong Sutra. Even if he was in the ordinary world, his practice would not fall behind.

I have been keeping a low profile for more than ten years, so I should enjoy it before thinking about other things.

Thinking room.

Su Chen had already put the golden tripod away, and then activated his Yuan Qi, detonating a Fierce Sun Talisman to clean up all the traces he had left in the valley.

After doing this, he flew up, spread his wings in black robe, and flew back to the water curtain cave.

The stone door was tightly closed, and there seemed to be no trace of anyone coming, so I felt relieved.

Then he flew out of the waterfall and went to the main altar of the Great Sun God Sect.

Compared with a month ago, the number of disciples of the Great Sun Sect has dropped by half, but it seems to be much more orderly.

Those disciples who had done too many evil things with Chongguang were all eliminated by Xingqiu. Although the remaining ones also had their faults, most of them were good-natured and had the intention to change.

After Chongguang and his close men died, Xingqiu relied on her original identity as a saint and her strength that was not inferior to that of the Marrow Refining Realm to regain control of the overall situation and became the leader of the Great Sun Sect.

After this month of rectification, the atmosphere within the door has changed greatly. Although it is still not comparable to the heyday, it at least has a sense of prosperity.

Xingqiu also began to order the disciples of the sect to go down the mountain and help and rescue the people at the foot of the mountain to the best of their ability, in order to reverse the reputation of the sect among the people. At the same time, he secretly sent people to investigate those spies who had taken refuge with the barbarians.

Everything is going on in an orderly manner.

Su Chen felt relieved and was sure that he had not misjudged the person. Given time, Xingqiu and the Great Sun Sect might really be able to accomplish something.

He did not alert anyone, but left the martial arts inheritance left in Qingyang Ziding at Xingqiu's residence, and then quietly went down the mountain.

It was noon at this time.

There was smoke rising from the bottom of the mountain, and it happened to be dinner time.

Su Chen has been busy refining the golden tripod in the mountains for the past month. Most of the time he only eats dry food and wild fruits, which is tasteless in his mouth.

In his current state, although there is nothing wrong with not eating for three to five days, it still cannot completely prevent him from eating.

"By the way, I've been to Lingnan and I haven't really had a good meal here. I should try the local specialties."

Thinking of this, Su Chen took another trip to Luo City.

I plan to have a meal here before setting off back to the palace. It has been delayed for so long anyway, so I won’t miss this little time.

After more than a month, the place has begun to become lively again, and inland caravans have begun to come and go.

Time will repair the wounds caused by war.

However, it is estimated that it will take several years after the war is over to return to its former prosperity.

…

A few days later.

Su Chen finally returned to the imperial capital and first went to Qingyi Tower.

Asked about what happened recently, fortunately, it was nothing special.

It's just that a new round of Qiuwei scientific examination is about to begin, and many scholars have come to the imperial capital recently.

Here I have to praise the Empress’s reforms and new additions.

Originally, the State of Chu also had an imperial examination system, but the right to select for the imperial examination was in the hands of the gentry. It was difficult for real civilian students to get ahead. Even if they were talented and learned, they had to pass the gentry first and become their disciples.

There is a chance to become an official.

After the empress borrowed Lin Fan, she greatly weakened the influence of the gentry in the court and fully opened the imperial examination to select talents.

It gave many poor people a chance to succeed.

In the past two years, many talented and learned people have emerged through the imperial examinations and entered the court as officials, which greatly improved the political structure of the Chu court.

"Master, there are often many talented people in our Qingyi Building, and some of them are very good. Do you think you can make some appropriate contacts and invest in advance, so that when they go to high school and become officials in the court, we can have a more solid relationship?

…”

Taohong suggested at this time.

She knew that many high-ranking officials opened brothels, but in fact it was not all about money. Gathering intelligence, and occasionally using money and sex to win over officials was also a common method.

In the past, when Lin Fan was here, this method was often used.

After Su Chen heard this, he shook his head.

"The emperor's drastic reform of the imperial examination is to select real talents. Anyone who dares to tamper with this will definitely die an ugly death. Don't wade into this muddy water. As long as I am here, Qingyi Tower will not fall."

"yes."

After handling the matters here, Su Chen left without further delay and returned to the palace.

First, I went to the Department of Internal Affairs to report.

Because he was already an old man in the palace, Su Chen casually stuffed some money into his pocket, but Eunuch Han, who was in charge of the matter, didn't say much.

Back at Kwai Yuan, everything was still as usual, nothing had changed.

During Su Chen's absence, the Department of Internal Affairs specially sent someone to take over his position, clean the library, and serve Prince Jin in his studies.

Before leaving, Su Chen had already removed the mechanisms outside and put everything in the room back into the underground secret room.

Even if someone entered his room, they wouldn't find anything.

"Eunuch Su, you are finally back. I heard that you took leave due to illness. I was a little worried. How are you now? Are you okay?"

Prince Jin was very happy to see Su Chen back.

Su Chen's heart warmed slightly at the little prince's concern, and he quickly returned the favor with a smile, saying that he was fine.

Then he secretly handed over a bunch of candied haws bought outside.

Prince Jin had never eaten this kind of snack in the market. He tasted it and it was sour and sweet, which made him smile even more.

After playing around with Prince Jin for a while, Su Chen returned to the secret room and put down the big sun oven he brought back.

With this alchemy furnace, it will be much more convenient to make alchemy in the future.
To be continued...