Nonsense! How could my adopted son be a villain?

Xu Lingguang sensed that something was wrong.

He felt like he'd been taken advantage of.

He carefully recalled the words on the alchemy furnace. The first line said that the furnace had its own consciousness.

Xu Ling sat on the ground with his legs crossed, staring blankly at the shelf in front of him that was filled with spiritual herbs, lost in thought.

If this alchemy furnace truly possesses self-awareness, then... is it possible that all the other requirements are false?

Otherwise, how long would it take to fill such a bottomless pit of an alchemy furnace?

If I keep refining pills like this, when will I ever be able to get out?

Moreover, Xu Lingguang only roughly calculated how many pills he had refined in recent days and how many spirit stones he could exchange for them, and he felt a pang of heartache.

Although the elixirs were provided by the alchemy furnace, even after deducting the cost, the spirit stones were enough to form a small mountain!

Xu Lingguang gritted his teeth in anger, thinking that it would be best if the reward for this level could make up for his losses, otherwise he would suffer a huge loss.

After realizing that the alchemy furnace was likely deceiving him into working for free, Xu Lingguang stopped rushing to refine pills.

He first had a good sleep.

These days, he's been working non-stop to refine pills and hasn't slept at all.

After waking up from a nap, Mei Mei sat cross-legged to regulate his breathing and belatedly realized that the spiritual energy within his body had become much stronger, almost like a robust and surging river.

Xu Lingguang was so startled that he stood up.

Then he sat down again, incredulously confirming it once more.

It was real, not a hallucination.

Moreover, the hidden injuries in his body that had never fully healed seemed to have little effect on him anymore. If it weren't for the jade scale on his neck reminding him, he would hardly remember how miserable and dilapidated his body was when he first transmigrated.

Xu Lingguang carefully checked it and was very excited.

After a good night's sleep and regaining his energy, Xu Lingguang felt strong enough to lift the alchemy furnace and throw it down the mountain.

Whether it was sensing his thoughts or not, the alchemy furnace under his buttocks suddenly bulged outwards, poking Xu Lingguang.

Xu Lingguang: ? ? ? ?

He stood up and found that the spot where he had sat was flat and smooth, with nothing there.

He refused to believe it and continued doing it, only to be stabbed again.

Xu Lingguang immediately stood up angrily, glaring at that spot.

The alchemy furnace remained quiet, as if nothing had happened.

Xu Lingguang sneered and sat down again, but this time he pretended to be preparing to refine pills, so he was not poked in the butt again.

This further confirmed his guess that the alchemy furnace not only had self-awareness, but was also very cunning.

Aside from the undeniable statement that the alchemy furnace possesses self-awareness, the other statements are likely false.

If we want to get out of the alchemy furnace, we need to think of another way.

Either physically smash the alchemy furnace and get out, or let the furnace release you voluntarily.

Xu Lingguang had previously tested the strength of the alchemy furnace and felt that the former was quite difficult to achieve, but there were many ways to achieve the latter.

Xu Lingguang rolled his eyes, a cold smile playing on his lips, and began refining pills.

After enduring the intense and inhumane enslavement in the alchemy furnace, Xu Lingguang's alchemy efficiency has reached a new level.

In no time at all, ten bottles of pills were neatly arranged on the shelf and then disappeared in an instant.

While refining pills, Xu Lingguang also kept an eye on the shelves. When he saw the pill bottles disappear from the shelves, the corners of his mouth turned up.

He was leisurely refining the spiritual medicine, while keeping track of the numbers in his mind and wondering how the alchemy furnace would react.

As Xu Lingguang counted to ten in his mind, ten pill bottles fell from the sky and rolled all over the ground.

Following closely behind were round pills, which rained down on Xu Lingguang like worthless candy balls.

The bottom of the alchemy furnace suddenly bulged out and turned into many sharp spikes.

Fortunately, Xu Lingguang was already experienced. He didn't even move; he simply used his spiritual energy to levitate and continued to leisurely refine pills.

The protruding spikes at the bottom couldn't pierce him, and after a while they retracted, as if giving up.

But Xu Lingguang wasn't fooled. He simply maintained his levitation and continued refining pills.

They quickly finished making ten more bottles and neatly arranged them on the shelf.

This time, the medicine bottle did not disappear at the speed of light, but rather after about a hundred counts were placed in it before it disappeared.

Xu Lingguang noticed this subtle change and decided to observe it further to confirm his guess.

Ten seconds later, the same scene played out again.

The medicine bottle and the medicine pills rolled all over the ground.

The alchemy furnace seemed to be angry. After discovering that the spikes at the bottom were no longer effective, the copper frame against the furnace wall was suddenly pushed over by a huge force and smashed towards Xu Lingguang.

Xu Lingguang nimbly dodged, and said with a smile, "Why are you so angry? Is the pill not to your liking?"

The shelf that had fallen to the ground trembled, then stood up again and continued to smash Xu Lingguang.

But Xu Lingguang was a man who had experienced big events, and such a small scramble was no problem for him.

While dodging, he was also able to perfectly control the medicinal liquid in the alchemy furnace, refining perfect high-grade pills.

"Didn't you enjoy the food before? How come you don't like it anymore so quickly? You're so fickle."

Xu Lingguang deliberately provoked the alchemy furnace, and before long, ten more bottles of pills were placed on the ground.

After counting to one hundred, the medicine bottle disappeared.

After two attempts, Xu Lingguang's guess was confirmed—the alchemy furnace must be consumed when refining the pills.

Even if you vomit it up afterwards, the alchemy furnace still has to swallow it first when handing over the pills.

This gave Xu Lingguang a lot of room to maneuver.

He was also worried that the alchemy furnace was too self-aware and would refuse to take any more pills, resulting in a stalemate that would waste a lot of time.

This is best.

Xu Lingguang added spiritual herbs to the alchemy furnace with a grin: "Since you didn't like the flavor before, I'll make you a new one."

"Bodhi flowers, Yin jujubes, corrosive water, and a little dragon horn can be used to refine the Dragon Essence Pill. The Dragon Essence Pill is a fifth-grade pill that can temporarily enhance a cultivator's cultivation level. However, if the Yin jujubes are not processed properly, the pill will have an unbearable stench, said to resemble cow dung..."

Xu Lingguang seemed unable to bear it any longer and hissed. He even exaggeratedly pulled his hand away to cover his nose: "It does smell a bit. I'm not very skilled at refining Dragon Essence Pills yet, and I didn't process the Yin Jujubes very well. It's just a little smelly and it doesn't affect the efficacy."

He said he wasn't skilled yet, but he was very efficient in his hands, refining batch after batch.

Once he had collected ten bottles, Xu Lingguang respectfully placed the bottles on the shelf and said, "Please use them. If you are still not satisfied, I will study other pills. There will surely be one that will satisfy you."

He was smiling as he said this, but it was a terrifying smile.

The shelf wobbled.

It took quite a while for the ten bottles of pills to disappear.

The scene from before quickly repeated itself, even faster than before, accompanied by a faint sound of vomiting.

Xu Lingguang gently wiped the alchemy furnace and waited.

A moment later, he suddenly felt a ray of sunlight shining through from above. Xu Lingguang looked up and saw a bright, sunny sky.

He smiled, swept his sleeves to gather his belongings, and leaped out, bidding a cheerful farewell to the alchemy furnace: "Goodbye, see you again someday."

Whether it was his imagination or not, the huge alchemy furnace seemed to tremble slightly after he finished speaking.