Chapter 1183: Jade Cauldron Seal
After announcing the decision, the two elderly ancestors of the Purification Pill Stream led Jiang Cheng, together with Taiheng Daoist Venerable, flying towards the tall tower at the center of the Celestial Pill Department.
Upon arrival, the three Daoist Venerables descended from the clouds together.
And all the Emperor Pill Masters from the three streams displayed solemn expressions.
"Do you really want to do this?"
King Shi and Fan Lei Daoist Venerable and others made a final effort.
"This decision is too absurd!"
"Even if you regret it, no one will say anything..."
But it was of no use.
Liu Tianlin and Bei He deeply harbored sectarian views, inherently disliking the Ancient Pill Stream.
Yet, as the elderly ancestors of the Purification Pill Stream, they always acted righteously, even somewhat pedantic.
This was completely opposite to the slick, sinister style of the Yidan Stream.
Getting them to renege was next to impossible.
The three Daoist Venerables ascended step by step, walking to the top level of the tower.
After a while, the three of them carried a green seal back down to the base of the tower.
The seal seemed neither jade nor metal, with a square base, and the top handle was round like a pill.
"First-class Jade Cauldron Seal!"
The eyes of the solemn Pill Masters from the three factions burned with fervor, as if they could no longer look away from that Great Seal.
And those Supremes from the Divine Thunder Bureau couldn’t help but exclaim.
"It truly is a First-class Jade Cauldron Seal!"
"This seal is empowered by the Power of the Celestial Dao, making alchemy as if aided by divine forces!"
"Carrying this seal, the success rate of refining any pill increases by ten percent!"
"The quality of the pills is better!"
Upon hearing these two effects, Jiang Cheng felt slightly disappointed.
As a user of the System Refining Technique, he had no failure rate, and the pills produced were of the highest quality.
Fortunately, he quickly heard the next effect.
"Production of pills increases by ten percent."
This effect was somewhat useful to him.
A ten percent increase in production held significant importance.
It’s just that the Great Seal wasn’t as effective in combat as he had imagined.
He actually misunderstood.
The official seals from various departments in the Celestial Palace had different effects.
Some were particularly powerful.
For example, the Great Seals of the Celestial Army could bestow inspirational buffs to their troops.
The Great Seal of the Divine Thunder Bureau could be used to control the power of Thunder Tribulations.
While some were quite useless.
For instance, the official seal of the Dance Consort Department could only add special effects to dancing.
The effect of suppressing the origin and divine soul of other immortal officials, like that of the Law Enforcement Department, belonged to the most powerful kind.
Otherwise, how would the Law Enforcement Department be led by a Divine Monarch?
"The Jade Cauldron Seal is divided into five classes."
Tian Lin Daoist Venerable solemnly held that Great Seal.
As if it were the Heirloom Seal of the Realm.
"The First-class Jade Cauldron Seal can control the four classes below it."
"With this seal issued, all Pill Masters in the Primordial Immortal Realm must obey!"
"It’s considered the Emperor of Pills in the Primordial Immortal Realm!"
"Previously, this seal was jointly managed by me, Bei He, Taiheng, and Yi Yuan."
"Now it’s handed over to you."
"When you successfully refine it, it will become your treasure!"
Upon hearing "Emperor of Pills," Jiang Cheng almost ascended on the spot, and his previously slightly disappointed mood vanished instantly.
Whoa, does this thing have such high status?
So who else but me?
He immediately displayed a satisfied smile, unabashedly accepting that Great Seal.
"Greetings to the Pill Chief of the Celestial Pill Department!"
The three Daoist Venerables bowed their heads and bent over, performing the Pill Realm’s ritual.
Immediately after, all Emperor Pill Masters from the Ancient Pill Stream, led by Liuyuan and Qing Ling, also bowed.
"Greetings to the Pill Chief!"
The Pill Masters of the Purification Pill Stream looked at each other.
They still believed that Jiang Cheng had cheated to obtain the Origin Certification, seeing him as a fraud, and internally held him in contempt.
However, since the two elderly ancestors acknowledged him, they had nothing to say.
Eventually, they bowed as well.
"Greetings to the Pill Chief!"
Finally, the members of the Yidan Stream, whether it was Jin Pi or Zhengxu, all showed faces of resistance.
Some turned their heads, some closed their eyes, not one paid homage.
No way, in their hearts, they viewed Jiang Cheng as an enemy.
How could they possibly salute him?
However, they couldn’t affect the bigger picture anymore.
After the three Daoist Venerables and two major streams paid homage, Jiang Cheng was officially the Pill Chief, an irrefutable fact.
On the side, Divine Monarchs like King Shi, Prince Yi, and King Lv wore constipated expressions.
Damn it, this kid actually became the Pill Chief.
Is there anything more absurd than this?
To know, just months ago, no one knew who he was.
And a month ago, he was just a minor Immortal Official in King Jia’s Dojo’s Upper Court, even having entered by cheating.
Such a person, somehow in just one month, became the Hidden Emperor.
That was still bearable, as the Hidden Emperor had no power, only an empty title.
And now, even this empty title was filled.
He became a real power figure in the Celestial Palace!
Yes, a real power figure.
Although the Celestial Pill Department is not a combat department, its status and importance rank in the top five within the Celestial Palace.
It stands equal with the Celestial Army, Law Enforcement Department, Celestial Artifact Department, etc.!
And stands above the Divine Thunder Bureau.
After all, how many immortals don’t need pills?
This is truly absurd!
Jiang Cheng, a ’black sheep’ without a Celestial Heart, leading this department, King Shi couldn’t imagine the consequences.
He only hoped that these ten thousand years would pass quickly, without any incidents.
"Fortunately, the First-class Jade Cauldron Seal is extremely difficult to refine, even Daoist Venerables need over ten million years."
"This kid won’t fully refine it in tens of billions of years."
"So he won’t gain any practical benefit..."
After ten thousand years, Jiang Cheng’s Hidden Emperor rank will be stripped, and then he won’t qualify to continue as the Pill Chief.
But Jiang Cheng wasn’t thinking that far ahead now.
At the moment he took the seal, his Celestial Desolation Indestructible Body began the refining process.
Before everyone could react, he had already fully refined the Great Seal.
No choice, the Celestial Desolation Indestructible Body refines any treasure at lightning speed.
Immediately, he felt an influx of a vast amount of Pill Rule Enlightenment flooding into his mind.
With the System Refining Technique, Jiang Cheng’s knowledge of alchemy could be said to be more profound than the combined knowledge of the three Daoist Venerables.
However, he didn’t know much about the Pill Rules.
This branch of rules was very profound and mysterious, and he had never studied it.
His Pill’s Profound Pattern was initially obtained from Descent Spirit during the Profound Realm out of thin air, and its upgrades had been achieved just by stacking Immortal Yuan Points directly.
Since the Pill’s Profound Pattern wasn’t a powerful combat type, he hadn’t given it much attention before.
Currently, it was only at the Ninth Layer.
Compared to the Twelfth Layer of the Ice’s Profound Pattern, it was far inferior.
But this time, after refining the Jade Cauldron Seal, the influx of Pill Rule Enlightenment made the progress bar of the Pill’s Profound Pattern move rapidly.
In what seemed like the blink of an eye, it reached 100%, then broke through to the Tenth Layer.