In front of the empress's bedroom, there were two little eunuchs guarding her.

Zhou An came in a hurry, and when he saw one of the little eunuchs taking a few steps up to him, he was about to speak, so he hurriedly raised his hand to signal, and when he got closer, he lowered his voice and asked, "The saint hasn't stopped yet?" ”

"No, the Holy Shrine has been resting late lately." The little eunuch replied in a low voice.

"Hmm." Zhou An nodded, but suddenly lowered his voice a little higher, and asked, "How has the saint been sleeping lately?" ”

"It's still the same, it's always a nightmare, and I have to wake up two or three times a night." The little eunuch replied.

Zhou An nodded again, and then raised his hand to signal that it was nothing to do.

The little eunuch returned to his position on the side of the door, and returned to standing motionless as before.

Zhou An walked up the steps and deliberately increased his pace.

"Xiao Anzi, but you're here?" The empress's voice came from the palace, and Zhou An deliberately spoke in a higher voice before, just so that she could hear it, and the empress also had kung fu in her body, so she could naturally hear it.

"It's a minion." Zhou An replied.

"It's so late...... But in a hurry? Come in and talk. The empress's voice came out again.

"Yes." Zhou An responded, then stepped forward lightly and pushed the door and entered the dormitory.

The dormitory is still the same, although there are a lot of curtains, but it still looks very empty. It was very cold now, but it was very warm in the dormitory.

Zhou An entered the palace and walked quickly to the dragon bed, which was very close, the empress had allowed it before, and she didn't have to talk so far away.

Kou Dong'er had already gotten out of bed, wearing a nightgown, and was standing by the side of the dragon bed.

The empress leaned on the dragon bed, with an ancient book in front of her, she didn't sleep so late, but she was reading...... It's not that she doesn't want to sleep, it's that she can't sleep, so she can only find something to do.

"Holy Lord, didn't the slave say it, this soothing incense is still better to use less......" Zhou An smelled a strong aroma and spoke.

"It's your turn to preach with me?" The empress glanced at Zhou An angrily, naturally she was not really angry, she moved on the dragon bed as she spoke, sat up lazily, and said: "It's not good to rest when you are weak, why did you come to me so late?" ”

came in the middle of the night to disturb the empress's tranquility, and if she was replaced by someone else, the empress would have been angry a long time ago.

Not for Zhou An.

"Holy Lord, it is so...... In the morning, the minion asked you about alchemy, and you agreed, so the minion tried it, and just refined a pill, so it was sent to you. As Zhou An spoke, he took out a brocade box from his arms, opened the brocade box, and held it with both hands to show the empress what was inside.

The jade bead-like super nine turns of the big pill is embedded in it, and the crystal clear is no longer like a pill.

The aroma spreads.

"You refined this elixir?" The empress looked at it and was very surprised.

This elixir doesn't look like a mortal thing, the empress is surprised by Zhou An's ability to refine pills, listening to the meaning of Zhou An's previous words, he has never practiced pills before, this is just starting to refine pills today, and he can refine this pill at the beginning?

Let's not talk about the effect of this elixir, just looking at the appearance, it should be from the hand of the alchemy master.

The empress has naturally seen all the best elixirs, so she judges it like this.

"It was refined by the slave, and the slave began to refine this elixir at noon, and after refining a few furnaces, it became a furnace." Zhou An replied.

"Hmm......" The empress's face was already a little wrong, staring at the elixir, she seemed to be a little fascinated, her face began to turn red, and she even breathed a little faster, "What is the use of this elixir?" ”

"Returning to the saints, the effect of this elixir is, firstly, it can break through the realm, secondly, it can heal injuries and detoxify, and it can also prolong life, without any toxicity and side effects." Zhou Anlian said, "Haven't you been suffering from insomnia and headaches recently, so the slave sent it to you, this elixir should be able to alleviate the disease of the saint." ”

"Breaking through the realm?" The empress ignored Zhou An's words, "So godly? ”

The empress knew that all the elixirs that could strengthen their skills and help break through the realm could be called panacea, even if their effects were average, as long as they had this effect, they would be elixirs that could not be changed.

Zhou An has just started to study alchemy, and he can refine this kind of pill?

"Saint, the minion has already found someone to try it......," Zhou An said, "This elixir can indeed help people improve their skill realm, the minion has refined a total of three, and he has also eaten one, and now the injury inside the minion has also healed." ”

"There are three in total, one here, you eat one, and one more, is it to help people improve their skills?"

"Yes!"

"How much?"

"The day after tomorrow breaks the innate nature!"

"What?!"

The empress was startled, her voice suddenly rose much higher, and her eyes widened.

The day after tomorrow breaks the congenital?!

This effect is much greater than the empress thought before!

It's amazing!

"If you take this pill, will your skills be improved?" The Empress immediately asked again.

"It has risen by one percent of the internal force." Zhou Andao.

The empress was shocked again.

This elixir is not only useful for the acquired realm, but also for the earth-shattering realm! That's ......

"How much does it cost to refine this elixir?" The empress asked again.

"The slave refined a total of four furnaces of pills, and it became one furnace of three, and after careful calculation, the medicinal materials used were equivalent to about 50,000 taels of silver." Zhou An said cautiously, after all, he used the medicinal materials of the Inner Palace, and he was still a little weak after spending so much at once.

The empress was a little disappointed.

She was not disappointed that Zhou An had spent too much, but that the materials for this pill were too expensive, that is to say, it was impossible for this pill to be refined in batches.

What the empress just thought was that if the cost of this elixir was not so big, she could let Zhou An refine it in batches and use it to cultivate elite masters, so that she would have a little more strength to fight against Wu Xukuan.

It may even be a direct turnaround!

But the cost is too great.

This idea can only be abandoned.

"It takes such an expense, but this pill can have such an effect, and it is not disappointing." The empress sighed, shook her head again and smiled helplessly.

She is laughing at herself, laughing at her whimsy, how can there be such a good thing in this world, and she wants the effect, and she wants to be cheap, in the matter of alchemy, the cost is proportional to the effect, the better the Dan, the more expensive and rare the medicinal materials used, and the greater the cost.

And Zhou An's Dan, since it has a miraculous effect, it is normal for such a large cost to be consumed.

The empress understands that she will not blame Zhou An for this.

When Zhou An saw the empress's expression, he had some guesses about the empress's thoughts, and his heart suddenly moved.

The empress looked at the brocade box that Zhou An was dragging behind, and as soon as she stretched out her hand, she took out the super grade nine-turn big return pill, pinched it with two fingers and took it closer.

"Saint, the minions are not only able to refine this kind of pill." Zhou An suddenly spoke, "The recipe of this Dan was pondered by the slave himself, and the slave also pondered other recipes, and tried to prepare it with medicinal materials in private, but it was not refined into a pill, and the effect was mostly inferred." ”

"Oh? Then what other pills will you refine? Talk to me and hear it. The empress said to Zhou An casually, her eyes were not on Zhou An at all, but at the pill in her hand.

"The slave can also refine a pure realm-breaking pill, only from pharmacological calculations, if this pill can be refined, it can also allow the acquired realm to break through the innate realm, and the cost of refining that kind of pill, the cost of each furnace of pill, can be controlled at a thousand taels of silver."

What Zhou An said was tantamount to dropping a bombshell.

The empress's hand trembled, and the jade-bead-like elixir fell directly, her hand was still raised, and she looked at Zhou An with a shocked face, she was stunned.

"However, the side effects of Na Dan are extremely great, and the medicinal properties are too strong and will not be alleviated, and it will nullify the martial arts talent of the eater." Zhou An also talked about the disadvantages of the pill, "If you use the pill perfectly, although you can break through to the innate realm, after that, you will have no cultivation potential......

Syllable!

The book on the dragon bed was knocked off, and the empress jumped off the dragon bed barefoot, and before Zhou An finished speaking, she had already grabbed Zhou An's placket with both hands.

"Can you really refine that kind of pill? You're not fooling me, are you? Xiao Anzi! You answer me! The empress's eyes were a little red, and she asked excitedly as she pulled Zhou An's mouth.