Xu Ning turned on the lantern and started heating the iron pot, becoming extremely focused.
Xu Ning: "Iron pot, make it bigger! Lantern, make the flame bigger!"
"Alright!" the iron pot replied, and then suddenly grew into a large iron pot.
The lantern flames suddenly shot out, and began to scorch the large, black bottom of the iron pot.
Xu Ning then began adding the materials.
Soon, a large pot of liquid ingredients was melted and ready to be used.
Next, he began melting and rotating the mixture evenly.
Xu Ning raised his hand and began to rotate the material solution in the iron pot, removing impurities and making it more uniform.
After a long time, Xu Ning felt it was about time, and then controlled the liquid inside to begin condensing into array flags.
The liquid was divided into twenty-four parts, and then condensed.
The Yuan-level formation was extremely taxing on Xu Ning, not only at the Spirit level but also at the mental level.
It was only because Xu Ning had cultivated the Nine Forms of Asking the Gods that his spiritual power was several times that of an ordinary Qi Refining cultivator; otherwise, he really wouldn't have dared to try it.
With Xu Ning's control, the twenty-four array flags finally coalesced.
Xu Ning quickly picked up the array flag and asked, "Teleportation array, hello!"
Teleportation Array: "Hello, Xu Ning!"
Xu Ning: "Did you succeed?"
Teleportation Array: "It's done, it's done, Xu Ning."
Hearing this reply, Xu Ning was pleasantly surprised. He hadn't expected to succeed on his first try. He thought he wouldn't be able to succeed even after using all three sets of materials!
Iron pot: "With us here, it couldn't be simpler!"
Lantern: "That's right, Xu Ning. After we reached the legendary level, our abilities increased significantly, which can be of great help to you in alchemy and array formation."
Xu Ning nodded, and he also had accumulated spiritual energy and mental strength, all of which combined made it easy for him to refine the product.
This accumulation of experience and knowledge made Xu Ning very successful in many things.
Then, Xu Ning took out one of the teleportation arrays, packed it up, and handed it to Yingying Monster: "Send it to Luo Xiu, so he can come after me and Tie Dan later."
Next, Xu Ning would need to use this teleportation array to remotely control the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion in the Green Winter Mountains.
The whimpering creature nodded and flew out of the window with the things inside.
It was already dark outside, so Xu Ning decided to wait until tomorrow to set off.
Sitting cross-legged on the futon, Xu Ning entered a meditative state.
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"Waaaaah—"
In the middle of the night, the howling of wolves suddenly came from outside.
Xu Ning ignored them. They were just wolves; with the current defensive capabilities of the thatched hut, no matter how many came, it wouldn't make a difference.
But after cultivating for a short while, there was a knock on the door: "Hello, is anyone home?"
Upon hearing this, Xu Ning suddenly opened his eyes, his face full of surprise. There was actually someone in this deep mountain forest.
"Thatched hut, are the people outside cultivators?" Out of caution, Xu Ning asked first.
Thatched Hut: "No, it's an ordinary young man."
Bang bang bang bang——
The knocking became more urgent, and Xu Ning got up to open the door.
The moment the door opened, a blood-covered boy rushed in, followed by a dense pack of wolves.
Xu Ning glared at the wolf pack and said, "Get lost!"
The wolves were so frightened that their fur stood on end and they retreated in panic.
"Senior, we're leaving right now!"
"Senior, we were wrong!"
The wolves then scrambled away in a panic.
Turning around, Xu Ning looked at the boy lying on the ground.
The other person had lost a leg and an arm, and blood was gushing out of them.
The boy's face was contorted with pain, tears streaming down his face, as he murmured, "Grandpa, Grandpa!"
Xu Ning: "Stop calling me that, I'm not your grandfather!"
Boy: "My grandpa was eaten by wolves!"
After saying that, the boy fainted due to excessive blood loss. Xu Ning sighed, went to the corner of the thatched hut to get silver needles, and used them to stop the bleeding.
The next morning, the boy woke up and looked up at Xu Ning on the futon: "Senior, are you an immortal?"
Xu Ning: "What do you think?"
The boy smiled wryly: "Building a house on the summit of this deep mountain forest, what else could one be but an immortal!"
Xu Ning: "If you say so, then so be it! What's your name? Why did you come here?"
The boy said, "My name is Li Yi. I came to the mountains with my grandfather to gather herbs, but we unexpectedly encountered a pack of wolves. My grandfather..."
As he continued, the boy fell silent, his face filled with sorrow.
Xu Ning: "Please accept my condolences!"
Li Yi gave a bitter laugh: "Senior, I'm afraid I'm beyond saving. Why don't you just throw me out!"
Xu Ning asked in confusion, "Then why did you come here for help last night?"
Li Yi: "I didn't think that much about it at the time."
Xu Ning: "That's called the instinct for survival. Here's what we'll do: beg me, and I'll save you!"
Li Yi: "Senior, can you help me with the treatment?"
Xu Ning stood up and nodded: "That's right!"
Li Yi nodded with difficulty and stretched out his hand: "Please save me, senior! I will serve you like a slave from now on!"
Xu Ning couldn't help but laugh: "Serve me like a slave? You've got some serious ideas!"
Li Yi smiled bitterly: "I have nothing to offer in return for your kindness, senior!"
Xu Ning squatted down, patted his storage bag, took out some spiritual herbs, and stuffed them directly into Li Yi's mouth: "Stop talking nonsense, eat them!"
Li Yi quickly began to chew.
Xu Ning then stripped Li Yi of all his clothes and began to apply acupuncture with silver needles.
As the elixir was digested, and with Xu Ning's continued acupuncture treatment, Li Yi's severed limb began to grow at a visible rate.
"Ah! Senior, I'm so itchy—"
Li Yi suddenly let out a scream.
Xu Ning: "Bear with it, we can't prick your acupoints, otherwise it will cause problems after you recover!"
"Ugh! It's so itchy! I can't stand it!"
Li Yi clenched his teeth and scratched the ground with his remaining arm.
Xu Ning took out a few more medicinal herbs and stuffed them into Li Yi's mouth: "Bear with it, eat them quickly!"
Cold sweat beaded on Li Yi's forehead. He roused himself and quickly opened his mouth to chew.
Finally, an hour later, Li Yi's lost leg and arm were fully restored.
On the ground, Li Yi lay in a pool of sweat, panting heavily.
Xu Ning took out another medicinal herb and stuffed it into Li Yi's mouth: "Eat this, and you'll recover in a bit!"
After eating, Li Yi managed to say with difficulty, "Thank you, senior!"
Xu Ning: "How is Da Xuan doing now?"
Li Yi: "It's chaos! There are more and more corrupt officials, bandits are rampant, and we're facing all sorts of disasters. We can't even get enough to eat!"
Xu Ning sighed. Indeed, there is no dynasty that can last forever.
Xu Ning's past efforts only stabilized the entire Da Xuan for a little over a hundred years.
If there were capable individuals among Xia Yun's descendants, they could restore order to the court and maintain stability in the realm.
If not, then it was only a matter of time before Da Xuan fell apart.
The Great Xuan was too vast; the entire continent was Great Xuan territory. Once separated, it would not be integrated again in the short term.
This time, Xu Ning wouldn't get involved, nor did he want to.
The change of dynasties was a perfectly normal thing; he should just watch it from the sidelines and not interfere.
Besides, he couldn't get involved anyway, because...
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