I just became the Pirate King, and you're telling me I also time-traveled at the same time.

Chapter 210 Your Majesty, please calm down! Testing the medicine!

There's something really interesting about this whole thing.

That's why Yan Song happened to encounter refugees.

This is the capital city, not a county town. Even if the 800,000 Imperial Guards are not here, there are still tens of thousands of yamen runners. The number of constables from the Six Doors and the Divine Marquis's Mansion is even greater than the number of yamen runners.

According to the precedent set before Chu Yang ascended the throne, once the refugees approached, they would be driven away. How could they just happen to be waiting on Yan Song's way out of the capital?

Zheng Dongliu didn't elaborate, and Chu Yang wasn't interested in asking further. He only knew that from now on, Li Gexiao was qualified to let go of everything and start over.

"Such good news, I should have gone out for a drink with him. He didn't even bother to mention it to me."

"Your Majesty has just ascended the throne and has many state affairs to attend to. It is only natural that I would not dare to disturb you."

"Lord Zheng is joking. It's best to leave state affairs to Zhang Juzheng and his team. If I were to take charge, the country might become even more chaotic."

"Your Majesty is a man of great wisdom; please do not underestimate yourself."

"Haha, you've gotten quite adept at flattery these past few days. What's going on? Did you consult Cao Zhengchun privately?"

"Every word I uttered came from the bottom of my heart."

"Hmm...that sounds more like Cao Zhengchun's way of putting it."

The two smiled at each other and continued on their way.

"Speaking of Li Gexiao, what are his plans now? Has he considered returning to the Embroidered Uniform Guard?"

"I spoke with him about this once. He said he was still willing to serve the country and its people, but he did not want to return to the Embroidered Uniform Guard."

Li Gexiao's requirements were simple: he did not want to be bound by any form of constraint. He was tired of the rigid rules and regulations of officialdom and had had enough of the oppression of power.

Chu Yang could understand Li Gexiao's thoughts very well. If he had encountered the same thing as Li Gexiao, he probably would have turned evil long ago. Not to mention Yan Song, he would have turned the entire Ming Dynasty upside down.

"In that case, let's set up a separate team for him and give him some special privileges so that he can represent me in the civilian world."

Chu Yang also hopes that Li Gexiao's story can get back on track and that he can meet some of the people he was supposed to meet.

"Representing His Majesty?" Zheng Dongliu frowned slightly. "If he is representing His Majesty, then Li Gexiao's power seems a bit too great."

"It's alright." Chu Yang waved his hand. "Lord Zheng once said that to catch a fox, you must be more cunning than the fox. Actually, you don't necessarily have to be more cunning than the fox. You just need to be stronger than its fist."

Zheng Dongliu smiled helplessly. Actually, what Chu Yang said was not wrong, but only he would think that way. No one else could guarantee that their fists would always be harder than the enemy's.

"That's settled then. You can discuss the specifics."

Before long, Chu Yang and Zheng Dongliu returned to the Forbidden City.

The cold and lifeless palace didn't live much to Chu Yang's liking, so he went to the Soul Palace again that night to discuss alchemy with the immortal Chu Yang.

Using the flesh and blood of demons to refine pills is not the mainstream practice in the cultivation world. Most high-grade pills are made from the essence of herbs and plants, as well as spiritual treasures from heaven and earth.

Since the most essential purpose of elixirs is to enhance the user's spiritual energy and true essence, adding flesh and blood would only increase the difficulty of extracting spiritual energy, which would be counterproductive.

Even if demonic beasts are used, under normal circumstances only their hearts, spiritual eyes, and bones will be used; flesh and blood are rarely used.

"If the goal is to improve a martial artist's cultivation, it is not necessary to improve true essence to achieve the desired effect; replenishing qi and blood is also a method."

"When qi and blood are abundant, not only can the body be strengthened, but the speed of true essence condensation will also increase, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone."

While explaining, the immortal Chu Yang also provided the Ming Dynasty Chu Yang with a similar pill formula for reference.

Upon seeing this, Magic Chu Yang immediately added his insights on using monsters when refining potions.

The collision of different knowledge systems has given Da Ming Chu Yang a lot of inspiration, which will create infinite possibilities. This is the foundation upon which they have always stood in the myriad worlds.

After acquiring a decent-quality alchemy furnace from the immortal hero Chu Yang, Da Ming Chu Yang returned to his own world and couldn't wait to start tinkering with flesh and blood pills.

He still had the two demon king corpses he had obtained in Jinling City, as well as several great demon and spirit demon corpses, which he could use to practice.

The Great Ming World lacks some spiritual herbs to refine pills with flesh and blood, but that's alright, Chu Yang planned from the beginning to use only flesh and blood and not add anything else.

Refining pills is a troublesome matter, requiring a quiet room to be prepared first. Fortunately, the emperor's elder brother is shrewd and secretly built a secret room in the palace, which perfectly meets Chu Yang's requirements.

My brother was such a good man. Even in death, he was able to help me. I sincerely hope he will be reborn into a better life next time.

Since the alchemy furnace was already in place and had an array already set up, Chu Yang didn't need to add anything extra. So all he had to do was set up the array in the alchemy room.

According to the alchemy experience of the Shu Mountain Sect, the formation in the alchemy room must be in harmony with the formation on the alchemy furnace. The most mainstream methods are fire refining and water refining. Of course, there are other methods, each with its own strengths, but the Shu Mountain Sect is most proficient in these two.

If they were to develop new alchemy methods, most alchemists would choose the water refining method because it is gentler and less likely to cause the furnace to explode.

If the water refining method is to be used, the array in the alchemy room must be of the metal attribute, so as to enhance the effectiveness of the water refining method through the mutual generation attribute. Conversely, if the fire refining method is used, the array must be of the wood attribute.

There were still many miscellaneous details to deal with, but Chu Yang, familiar with the relevant points, made arrangements in an orderly manner.

If it weren't for the desire to develop the alchemist profession in this world and make alchemy a sustainable development strategy, Chu Yang could have simply had others practice alchemy for him.

Once a market for the flesh and blood of demons is established in this world, the enthusiasm of the entire human race for killing demons will be pushed to its peak.

After a long day of preparation, Chu Yang finally finished all the work and officially began refining pills on a dark and windy night.

Outside the palace.

The loyal and devoted Supervisor Cao was in charge of guarding the area.

Since the two factories became the property security of the Forbidden City, Cao Zhengchun naturally became the security captain, his status plummeted. If it weren't for his high martial arts skills, even passing dogs would probably bark at him.

Cao Zhengchun deeply regretted it. One wrong step led to another. He had spent his whole life flattering others, but he never expected to stumble in the end.

"It's already a miracle that I'm alive..."

Cao Zhengchun often comforted himself with this thought, then looked at the emperor's bedroom with a resentful expression, "I was the first to surrender to His Majesty."

"If I had known this would happen, I should have..."

Before he could finish speaking, a loud bang came from the palace, like a thunderclap from a clear sky, and it exploded violently in the middle of the night!

Rumble!

Cao Zhengchun trembled, so frightened that he knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing!

"Your Majesty, please calm down! Your Majesty, please calm down!"

"You wretch deserve to die!"

……

Lightning flashed inside the alchemy furnace, as if it were undergoing a heavenly tribulation.

Chu Yang watched this scene in astonishment.

The flesh-and-blood melting process went smoothly without any major setbacks until the final crucial moment when the purple lightning appeared before their eyes.

This scene is not recorded in any of the alchemy books of the Shu Mountain Sect.

However, Chu Yang noticed that since the appearance of the lightning, the flesh and blood pills began to take shape rapidly, and the demonic power gradually stabilized, transforming into a pure energy.

It's somewhat similar to his own immense vitality.

After a while.

There was no movement inside the alchemy furnace, and a ray of light slowly flowed outwards, spreading a warmth throughout the alchemy room.

Like the rising sun.

Chu Yang cast a spell, and the lid of the furnace flew off, releasing three purplish-red pills that seemed to have a life of their own, wobbling and landing in Chu Yang's palm.

Since it was the first time he had opened the furnace, Chu Yang did not use the flesh and blood of the two demon kings, but instead used spirit demons, also for the convenience of testing the medicine.

The pills made from the flesh and blood of the Demon King may be edible for Chu Yang, but not necessarily for others, so they are not a reliable reference.

Confident in his body's immunity to all poisons, Chu Yang swallowed a purplish-red pill, and the warm medicinal power immediately spread throughout his body.

"The improvement in Qi and blood is only slightly inferior to that of the Blood Bodhi, containing immense energy. Moreover, there are more than ten million demons here. If they were all refined into pills, they would be virtually inexhaustible."

A wicked idea suddenly popped into Chu Yang's mind: he could keep some of the demons alive and raise them instead of exterminating them all.

"A single pill made from the flesh and blood of a spirit demon is enough to allow a martial artist to undergo a blood transfusion and become a top-tier expert in the martial world. The price is only nine pills."

"It's almost possible to mass-produce top-tier experts."

"However, for ordinary martial artists, the strength of spirit demons varies, and the materials needed for nine flesh and blood pills are not so easy to gather."

"The flesh and blood of demons may become a key area of ​​competition for resources between sects."

"As for grandmasters..."

"Taking pills made from the flesh and blood of great demons should be enough to break through, but the number of great demons is still relatively small, so the competition will only become more intense."

Chu Yang pondered silently for a while and decided to strike while the iron was hot and refine the flesh and blood pills of the Great Demon and the Demon King, guessing that he could not guess the demon power required to break through to the Grandmaster level.

You can only know by experiencing it yourself.

For the next hour, thunder rumbled incessantly from the palace, shaking the entire Forbidden City.

Cao Zhengchun went from being afraid at first to gradually becoming numb; listening to thunder so often even helped him fall asleep.

However, he dared not sleep. Who knew when His Majesty the Emperor would come out and punish him for dereliction of duty? That would be truly unlucky.

Not long after, Yu Huatian received the news and rushed over from outside the palace. He and Cao Zhengchun took turns on duty, and today was his day off.

"Your Majesty, what's wrong?"

Yu Huatian stood outside the palace listening to the thunder, as anxious as an ant on a hot pan.

"You're asking me? Who am I supposed to ask?"

Cao Zhengchun rolled his eyes. "Who knows what that ancestor is up to at night? I've been listening to that noise all night, I'm going crazy."

"If Your Majesty doesn't come out soon, I'll barge in. The commotion inside is really worrying."

Yu Huatian bit his lip, a fierce glint flashing in his eyes.

Cao Zhengchun couldn't help but curse inwardly, "What a loyal old dog! He finally knows where he went wrong."

Yu Huatian is a dog who really thinks he's the emperor!

About the time it takes for an incense stick to burn has passed.

Zhuge Zhengwo, Zheng Dongliu, and Guo Bujing all came to the outside of the palace and looked at the place with strange eyes.

There was also an unexpected guest at the scene, Gu Santong, brought by Zhuge Zhengwo.

The Undefeated Rascal was very excited.

After a while, Li Gexiao, Lu Xiaofeng and others also arrived, and this time, the thunder in the palace gradually dissipated.

"Eunuch Cao, please inform His Majesty that we are waiting outside, ready to be summoned at any time."

Cao Zhengchun agreed, then tiptoed outside the door and knocked, cautiously awaiting the emperor's summons.

pity……

Chu Yang, who was in the secret room, was busy checking the pills and didn't notice the knocking at the door.

When Cao Zhengchun saw that there was no response from inside, his heart jumped into his throat. The thunder was so loud just now, could something have happened to His Majesty?

He mustered his courage and pushed open the palace door, but after looking around, he still couldn't see Chu Yang.

"What is Eunuch Cao doing?"

Chu Yang suddenly appeared beside Cao Zhengchun, and his words startled Cao Zhengchun so much that he jumped up and down.

Cao Zhengchun's last remaining rationality prevented him from attacking Chu Yang.

"Your Majesty, you scared me to death! Lord Zheng and the others are waiting outside the hall. They asked me to come in and tell you!"

Cao Zhengchun bowed respectfully and then pointed to the crowd outside.

"Let them in."

"Your Majesty, this is your bedroom. It is somewhat inappropriate to allow ministers to come and go as they please."

"I told them to come in, so they came in."

Cao Zhengchun dared not say another word and hurriedly ran outside to call everyone else into the palace.

As soon as everyone entered, they saw Chu Yang with a beaming smile, as if he had accomplished something great.

Seeing this, Lu Xiaofeng secretly thought to himself, "Even if the emperor were killed, Chu Yang wouldn't be this happy."

"Your Majesty, what was the cause of the thunder in the palace earlier?" Guo Bujing stepped forward and asked directly.

"Lord Guo, I forgot to tell you, I was refining elixirs. Lord Zheng and the Divine Marquis both know that."

Chu Yang replied with a smile.

"Alchemy?" Guo Bujing looked at Zhuge Zhengwo with a puzzled expression.

Zhuge Zhengwo shook his head and chuckled, "His Majesty said yesterday that he would use the flesh and blood of the demon race to refine pills. I thought His Majesty was just joking with us."

Guo Bujing's face turned ashen. He turned to Chu Yang and angrily rebuked him, "Your Majesty is truly absurd! The flesh and blood of the demon race are utterly useless, and even highly poisonous. Anyone who touches it will surely die. How can it be used for alchemy? What will become of the Great Ming Dynasty if something goes wrong?!"

It was clear that Guo Bujing was very angry. He valued Chu Yang's safety above all else; otherwise, he wouldn't have risked his life to come to the palace to save him.

"You're speaking too soon, Master Guo." Chu Yang smiled and took out the refined pills, a warm aura emanating from them.

"What is this?" Guo Bujing stared wide-eyed at the pill in Chu Yang's hand, exclaiming in disbelief, "You actually refined a pill?!"

This statement came out.

The others swarmed around Chu Yangsheng, observing the medicine in his hand.

"Your Majesty, did you really create this?"

"nonsense!"

"Your Majesty, is this edible?"

"That's utter nonsense! Try it and see if you can save me."

试？

Everyone looked at each other.

Who will try?

We've seen what happens to those who eat demon flesh, so who would dare to try this easily?

Ok……

There are actually people who dare to do this!

Gu Santong took the pills and fed them directly into his own mouth.

next second.

His aura changed; his profound true energy surged forth like a spring, pushing those around him several meters away.

"We've broken through!"

"Grandmaster Realm!" (End of Chapter)