Chapter 24

The first person Mu Qingzhou went to was the sect leader. Because he hadn't been down the mountain for many years, in his mind, the sect leader was the most powerful person in their sect and the most likely person to save Shi Anxu.

He arrived at the sect leader's peak, ignoring the obstruction of the disciples guarding the peak, and barged directly into the sect leader's peak, heading towards the sect leader's hall.

The disciple who had previously sent a message to Shi Anxu to investigate this matter was guarding the entrance of the hall. When he saw Mu Qingzhou walking towards them aggressively, he stopped him and asked, "Have you made any progress on the matter that the sect leader sent you to investigate?"

Mu Qingzhou didn't answer his question. Instead, he knelt down at the entrance of the sect master's hall and pleaded, "Sect master, I know you can hear what I'm saying. My senior brother took the Shunti Pill to save me and is now suffering excruciating pain. I beg you to save him."

After Mu Qingzhou finished speaking, a long time passed, but the sect leader's voice still did not come from inside the hall.

He continued to kneel on the spot, kowtowing towards the hall, pleading as he kowtowed: "Disciple begs Sect Master to save Senior Brother."

Later, Qiu Yunli couldn't bear to watch any longer. He appeared at the palace gate and put his arm around Mu Qingzhou's shoulder. "Qingzhou, it's not that I don't want to help you, but the side effects of Shunti Pill are incurable unless you can find the person who invented this pill."

Mu Qingzhou stubbornly said, "Then I will go find the inventor. Thank you for informing me, Sect Master."

Qiu Yunli said with exasperation, "Why are you doing this? Let alone whether you can find it or not, even if you can, three hours have passed since Shi Anxu was found. It's all a waste of effort."

Mu Qingzhou refused to budge; he would not give up as long as there was even a sliver of hope.

He bowed to Qiu Yunli and said, "Sect Master, there's no need to persuade me any further. I'll take my leave now."

Qiu Yunli knew that no matter how much he tried to persuade Mu Qingzhou, he couldn't change Mu Qingzhou's mind, so he simply waved his hand and told Mu Qingzhou to leave quickly.

After leaving the main peak, Mu Qingzhou went directly to the sect's main library.

To find the inventor of Shuntidan, we must first know who he is before we can begin our investigation.

He found the bookshelf where pharmacological knowledge was stored and flipped through the books one by one to see if there was any information about Shuntidan.

Finally, I found an introduction to Shunti Dan in a book called "Herbal Elixir Collection".

The effects and side effects are exactly the same as those on the medicine bottle, except that it includes an ingredient list and the inventor's name.

Mu Qingzhou had no interest in the ingredient list; he shifted his gaze directly to the section introducing the inventor.

The book says that Shunti Dan was a formula that Immortal Venerable Su Qinyi accidentally created three hundred years ago when he was studying alchemy. Because it was effective in enhancing strength and the side effects were tolerable, he kept it.

No wonder there was such a pill in my senior brother's spatial ring. Their spatial rings were all gifts from their master, and they were all pre-stored with things inside. His ring must have one too.

Their master passed away five years ago, so the trail to find the inventor has been lost.

Mu Qingzhou shifted his gaze back to the ingredient list. He was fairly proficient in alchemy and possessed basic knowledge of pharmacology.

The excruciating pain throughout the body is definitely caused by a combination of factors: the body being unable to withstand a short-term burst of power, and the effects of the medication.

He could use his spiritual power to heal Shi Anxu's injuries, and then supplement it with medicine to neutralize the pain, so as to reduce Shi Anxu's suffering.

After looking at the ingredient list, Mu Qingzhou showed no signs of relaxing after finding a solution. Instead, his brows furrowed even deeper, and the book in his hands was creased from gripping it so tightly.

None of the medicinal ingredients listed can combine with other drugs to produce the bone-grinding pain, which means that the cause of the bone-grinding pain lies in the body, and the senior brother's body must have suffered irreversible damage.

He wasn't a medical practitioner, so he didn't know exactly where Shi Anxu was injured, and he couldn't find the exact location even when trying to treat him.

He didn't want to waste his time on this and make his senior brother suffer the pain of wasting his time.

But it wasn't as simple as Mu Qingzhou not wanting to. A major plague had broken out in the northern part of the human world, and all the medical practitioners in the sect had gone there to treat patients, so no one could come to see Shi Anxu.

He had no other choice; the quickest way was to rapidly circulate his spiritual power throughout Shi Anxu's body to directly repair her entire being.

Mu Qingzhou returned to Qinnian Peak and entered the spirit dwelling where the two of them slept.

Shi Anxu was still groaning on the bed, the excruciating pain throughout his body was unimaginable.

Half an hour has passed since Mu Qingzhou set the timer, and Shi Anxu is in so much pain that she can't faint. The pain that keeps you awake is the most painful.

Shi Anxu wanted to tell Mu Qingzhou not to waste his energy on him, but he was in so much pain that he could no longer control his body.

When Mu Qingzhou saw that Shi Anxu was in even more pain when he came in, he thought that Shi Anxu was blaming him for not listening to him and leaving him alone.

He approached and helped Shi Anxu up, letting him lean against him. "Senior brother, I have found a way to alleviate your pain. You see, I didn't waste my efforts. I'm not injured either. I will help you alleviate your pain now."

Shi Anxu's intuition told him that this was definitely not a good method. However, he knew Mu Qingzhou's temperament best. Based on his previous two experiences, and given that he was currently powerless to stop him, he could only accept it and hope that Mu Qingzhou wouldn't do something reckless.

Mu Qingzhou had no idea what Shi Anxu was thinking; he only had one thought in mind—to alleviate Shi Anxu's pain.

He used his spiritual power to keep Shi Anxu seated and still, while he himself circulated his spiritual power behind Shi Anxu to heal Shi Anxu's entire body.

Shi Anxu could clearly feel Mu Qingzhou's icy spiritual energy flowing through his body. Under the effect of the cold, the pain in his bones seemed to be relieved a little, and his complexion looked slightly better.

When Mu Qingzhou saw that Shi Anxu's expression had improved, his own brows relaxed a bit. As long as this method was effective, that was good.

Mu Qingzhou continued to channel spiritual energy into Shi Anxu until three hours later, when the side effects subsided and Shi Anxu fainted in his arms. Only then did he stop channeling spiritual energy into Shi Anxu.

He helped Shi Anxu lie down gently on the couch, covered him with a blanket, and then slowly got off the couch.

As soon as he got out of bed, he collapsed to the ground, completely exhausted. In order not to disturb Shi Anxu, he propped himself up on his arms the moment he landed and placed his hands on the ground to minimize the noise.

After two and a half hours of channeling spiritual energy, he had exhausted all his spiritual power. He lay on the ground for a while before slowly standing up.

The feeling of exhausting one's spiritual energy is unpleasant. He left a message for Shi Anxu that he was going into seclusion, and then stumbled away from the Spirit Abode.

He returned to the place where he had slept the night Anxu got drunk, sat cross-legged on the couch, and began to meditate, absorbing the spiritual energy of Qinnian Peak, and started his seclusion.

Shi Anxu was severely injured this time and was unconscious for three days before waking up.

He got up to go find Mu Qingzhou, but after Mu Qingzhou treated his injuries, he fell into a deep sleep. He didn't know what happened to Mu Qingzhou afterwards.

I had just checked into my hotel and was about to go find Mu Qingzhou when I saw the news that he was in seclusion. If he was in seclusion, then his condition must not be good. He had only been recovered for a few days, and now this had happened. I wonder how long Mu Qingzhou would be in seclusion.

Mu Qingzhou is in seclusion, so he must earn some resources to make up for what he used in the past two days.

Apart from the spirit residence where they lived, the other rooms were not cleaned. Mu Qingzhou did not go into seclusion in the spirit residence for his sake, but in the untidy rooms.

Shi Anxu inwardly berated himself for fainting; he should have been awake and made room for Mu Qingzhou.

Now Shi Anxu felt he needed to earn more resources to compensate Mu Qingzhou.

Without further ado, Shi Anxu began to think about the opening date and the preparations needed in the days leading up to the opening.

The rules he and Mu Qingzhou issued at the time did not specify the opening date; that was his way of warming up the atmosphere, letting people in the cultivation world know that such a thing existed.

Let them know first, and then let them think about you for a few days, until you reach the point where you can't forget them.

Then he announces the opening date, and the cultivators, whose appetites have already been whetted, will surely flock to the opening upon hearing this news.

If the store is packed with people on opening day, Shi Anxu will soon lose count of how many resources he can earn. Just thinking about it gives him a glimpse of how happy his future life will be.

But we can't be too happy yet. If it's not as good as he imagined, he'll be proven wrong.

He can now start thinking about the official opening instructions; he has already clearly described the key benefits in the previous rules. Now all that's missing is the time and location, and how those cultivators will be able to enter Qin Nian Peak.

Thinking of this, Shi Anxu suddenly remembered that Mu Qingzhou had said that he had to set up the barrier in the reading area himself, but he hadn't asked Mu Qingzhou to teach him yet. What should he do?

Mu Qingzhou is still in seclusion, so it's impossible for him to disturb him or go to him to learn. Does he have to stay idle like this while Mu Qingzhou is in seclusion?

No, that won't do. He can't just sit idly by like this. If no one teaches him, he'll go to the library to learn on his own. He refuses to believe that the library doesn't have books on formations.

Since Anxu is unsure how long it will take to learn the formations, the opening date will need to be adjusted according to his learning progress. There's no need to rush the publicity; it's not too late to start writing and distributing after he has successfully mastered the formations.

Given Shi Anxu's talent, his intuition told him that he would need a long time to learn this formation.

This formation is designed to ensure that cultivators will not take the cultivation technique with them after they finish reading it and leave.

In modern times, Shi Anxu felt that this function was similar to infrared scanning. If it scanned a person, it would let them out; if it was a martial art, it would automatically close the door and block them.

The barriers in the cultivation world also have this function, allowing different people to enter and exit according to the master's will.

However, once the reading area is truly open, there will definitely be a lot of people coming and going every day, and you simply can't manage it all by just thinking about it.

The array he was going to set up in the reading area was definitely much more advanced than a barrier. The barrier had already given Shi Anxu a hard time, let alone such a high-difficulty array.

After mentally preparing himself to learn about formations, Shi Anxu strode into the library and took down any books that introduced formations.

As they carried the books, they gradually piled up into a small mountain.

After taking the books, Shi Anxu found an empty spot in the library to sit down and read. He read several books in a row but did not find the array he was looking for.

When Shi Anxu was reading the tenth book, he suddenly noticed an interesting formation.