Chapter 436 Soul Plate

The old valley master stuttered for a long time before finally finishing his words:

"This... this is the pill recipe!"

Elder Peng and several other elders were also shocked when they heard it. They gathered around to look at the prescription, and then there was another burst of exclamations.

“This is really a recipe!”

"It's a wonderful recipe I've never seen before!"

"So this is how you can make pills... doesn't that mean..."

Yun Qingqing nodded:

"Yes, it is the elixir recipe. I guess the Medical Immortal Valley has been passed down for over two thousand years, so there must still be successors in the elixir cultivation lineage, right?"

Sun Shijing and the elders were filled with tears:

"Yes! Yes! But in this world, spiritual energy is depleted, exotic fire is hard to find, and all kinds of natural treasures are extinct... Without these, it is really difficult to practice alchemy..."

Yun Qingqing knew that this was a personal pain for them.

Originally, alchemy was the most prosperous branch of medical practice. Before the changes in the world, alchemy doctors were always the most respected among practitioners.

She pondered for a moment and slowly said:

"In fact, the decline of alchemy cultivation is not just due to the depletion of spiritual energy."

Sun Shijing looked at her unexpectedly:

"Why do you say that, Miss Yun? Is there any other reason?"

Yun Qingqing nodded:

"For alchemy practitioners, abundant spiritual energy and sufficient resources are certainly the best conditions, but these are not necessarily necessary."

"The real reason for the decline of alchemy cultivation should be the loss of a core part of the inheritance with the death of a powerful alchemy cultivator two thousand years ago."

Sun Shijing and the other elders were silent, looking thoughtful, and occasionally exchanged glances with each other, as if confirming something.

After a long while, Sun Shijing suddenly stood up and said:

"Miss Yun, may I have a moment to talk?"

"Okay." Yun Qingqing stood up obediently and followed him out of the living room, through the corridor, and finally came to a room.

When Yun Qingqing entered, she saw that this was a huge ancestral hall. There were densely packed tablets placed in different areas inside, and a statue was placed in the center of the innermost area.

Sun Shijing brought her to the statue. Yun Qingqing's gaze fell on the stone tablet in front of the statue, which stated that this person was the first master of the Medical Immortal Valley.

Yun Qingqing's gaze fell on the name, and her eyes moved slightly.

Ying Quan is the most proficient in the art of alchemy and medicine among all her disciples.

Sun Shijing first bowed to the First Generation Valley Master, then turned around and bowed to Yun Qingqing and said:

"Miss Yun, could you lend me that ring?"

Yun Qingqing nodded, took off the jade ring and handed it over.

Sun Shijing picked up the ring and looked at it carefully, his expression complicated, sometimes happy, sometimes sad.

After a long while, he sighed, handed the ring back to Yun Qingqing, and said:

"Miss Yun, please look at the statue of the first generation ancestor."

Yun Qingqing followed his gaze and found that there was also a ring engraved on the statue's hand, exactly the same as the one in her hand.

She mused:

"so……"

This ring was actually left to her by Ying Quan.

Sun Shijing bowed deeply to her and said:

"Miss Yun, you may not know that this ring was given to Tang Yuandao by the previous Valley Master. There is only one ring. Why was it handed over to the previous Valley Master, and why was it given to Tang Yuandao? These were not decided randomly, but in accordance with the instructions of the first generation."

Yun Qingqing narrowed her eyes slightly:

"He worked out all these details two thousand years ago?"

"That's not the case." Sun Shijing said, "The first generation ancestor left behind ancestral teachings and a jade token, which were secretly passed down from generation to generation by the subsequent valley masters."

"The ancestral teachings say that when the jade token glows, the ring will be handed over to a specific disciple. The disciple's birth date was also left by the first generation ancestor, and it is Tang Yuandao's birthday."

Yun Qingqing listened quietly, her eyes fixed on Ying Quan's statue, wondering what she was thinking about.

After a long while, she asked softly:

"Is the jade token still there? Can I see it?"

Sun Shijing seemed to have anticipated her question and nodded immediately. He opened the drawer of the altar in front of him, took out a jade plaque and handed it to her.

The moment Yun Qingqing took the jade token, her heart was already in turmoil.

That's the soul tablet.

Her own soul tablet.

In those days, almost everyone in the Xuanmen sect would leave a unique soul tablet in the sect.

Normally, the soul tablet will emit a faint white light, indicating that its owner is safe and sound.

If the soul plate emits yellow light, it means injury or illness, and red light means death is imminent.

If the light disappears and the soul tablet shatters, it means that the person has died and even the Golden Immortal cannot save him.

Ever since Yun Qingqing sacrificed herself, she was certain that she would be the one to die. Logically, her soul tablet should have shattered long ago.

But now that she had the jade token in her hand, she knew that it was the genuine soul token she had had before.

This thing was not broken and had been preserved intact for two thousand years. It returned to his hands and emitted a faint white light, indicating that it was safe and sound.

Yun Qingqing stared at it for a long time, then looked up in a daze and looked at Ying Quan's statue.

This soul tablet seemed to explain why her disciples and Ji Xuanyuan expected that she would return to this world.

But it also raises more questions.

Not only do they know they will return, they also have a way to calculate when they will return.

and……

Yun Qingqing's heart gradually tightened.

Her disciples did have some abilities, but they definitely weren't capable of bringing her back to life.

There would be no problem with the formation she sacrificed. Her body perished and dissipated, but her soul did not really disappear. This can only mean one thing.

Someone paid another price and replaced his soul.

What price did they pay?

Yun Qingqing had always thought that sacrifice was her own business, her own decision, until this moment, when she suddenly discovered that there were so many unexpected things involved.

She had mixed feelings in her heart and didn't know what to feel.

"...Miss Yun? Are you okay?" Seeing that she remained silent for a long time and looked desolate, Sun Shijing couldn't help but ask with some concern.

Yun Qingqing withdrew her thoughts and shook her head slightly:

"I'm fine, thank you, Valley Master, for telling me this."

Sun Shijing nodded slightly and said:

"Miss Yun, you are too polite. I am just following the teachings of my ancestors."

Yun Qingqing glanced at Ying Quan's statue again and sighed softly:

"This first-generation cultivator of yours was the most powerful alchemist in Xuan Sect back then. No one among all the alchemists could match him. His strength even surpassed the second-place cultivator by a long way."

"I think his cultivation method was not passed down in its entirety. Otherwise, even if the spiritual energy is exhausted now, the current situation of medical cultivation would not be like this."

Sun Shijing listened to her words, his expression slightly changed:

"Miss Yun is so knowledgeable about medicine. Could it be that you... have inherited the legacy of the first generation master?"

Yun Qingqing smiled slightly:

"It's not quite right to say this, but I do master the same alchemy technique as him."

Of course, she did not inherit it from Ying Quan. After all, he learned his skills from her.

The reason why Ying Quan was able to take the position of the number one alchemist was because Yun Qingqing never told others that she was proficient in alchemy, and few people knew about it.

But Sun Shijing naturally didn't know this. He just felt refreshed after hearing Yun Qingqing's words:

"Really? ... Miss Yun, if you are willing to pass on your skills to our Medical Immortal Valley, I will be your disciple and follow you as the Valley Master!"