Transformed into Little Fubao, known as the Little Expert in Pitfalls

If you say that the part that is as dark and gray as the ash at the bottom of a pot is understandable when you first see it, after all, this is a tripod!

Perhaps the temperature was not controlled properly when refining the elixir, causing it to become waste and eventually become like ash at the bottom of a pot.

But what about that milky white area?

Even if I have pondered over it dozens, hundreds or even thousands of times, I still cannot figure out the reason!

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Then, Ye Ying, full of humility, pretended to be a playful person and asked Teacher Ji Wuchen respectfully, "Teacher Ji, you read a lot of books and are well-educated. You must know more than us ordinary people.

I would like to ask you boldly, in your vast memory, have you ever witnessed such a strange sight? Or have you ever heard of something similar...?"

Ji Wuchen nodded slightly, then shook his head slowly, and said to Ye Ying in a deep and earnest tone: "I haven't seen it with my own eyes... The world is so big, and there are endless strange things. Ying'er, I don't know everything..."

No one is omniscient and knows everything...

“Okay…”, a hint of loss flashed in Ye Ying’s eyes.

At this moment, Ye Ying and Teacher Ji Wuchen looked at each other, speechless.

The milky white area in front of us is like a mystery, which makes people puzzled.

They couldn't help but speculate about the origin of this milky white substance. Could it be some rare and special mineral?

Or is it a strange material added when refining the elixir?

However, no matter how hard one tries to guess, it is difficult to find a definite answer.

(That is to say: no matter how much you guess, you can't give a definite answer).

At this moment, Ji Wuchen seemed to have discovered something extraordinary. He stared at an extremely tiny scratch in the cauldron with his eyes fixed, and shouted excitedly: "Ying'er, come here quickly... look here!"

After hearing Ji Wuchen's call, Ye Ying did not dare to delay at all. She hurriedly walked to the side of the cauldron and looked in the direction indicated by Ji Wuchen's finger.

Sure enough, there was a row of extremely small words carved on the inner wall of the tripod, but because of the long time, the words became extremely blurred, and it was difficult to detect their existence without careful observation.

So, the two of them leaned down together, put their faces close to the wall of the cauldron, and then squinted their eyes and tried to distinguish.

After some difficult identification, I finally saw clearly what those words said—

"The secret of the milky white is neither fire nor water, but the essence of heaven and earth."

When seeing this line of words, Ye Ying couldn't help but exclaimed: "I didn't expect that this milky white substance is not an ordinary thing, but an essence from the world. All our previous guesses may be wrong!"

Ji Wuchen nodded in deep agreement with what Ye Ying said, and at the same time, a thought suddenly flashed through his mind:

"Perhaps, this mysterious milky white substance is actually some kind of special ore? It has a wonderful interaction with the fire during the alchemy process, causing such strange and unique changes. And such changes may be the most crucial link in successfully refining some rare elixir!"