Chapter 187 The So-called Trap
Along with the sounds of fighting, there were also continuous shouting and cursing.
The core revolves around the word "floating life".
Su Qingwu had just heard of this man's name not long ago.
He is also an alchemist. It is rumored that he created two kinds of elixirs and sold them today.
Judging from the situation, there is most likely something wrong with the pills and the buyer is causing trouble.
Both sides of the fight are Yuanying monks.
Quite a few people were affected.
However, the fight did not last long, as a deity soon stepped in and subdued the troublemaker.
During this period, Su Qingwu could hear scolding from time to time.
She listened attentively for a while and roughly understood the situation.
The troublemaker in the middle stage of Yuanying bought a fourth-grade new elixir refined by Fusheng. After taking it, his spiritual power did surge at first, and there were signs of a breakthrough to the middle stage of Yuanying.
However, it did not last long before it began to fall rapidly.
Not only did the newly increased spiritual power dissipate completely, it even affected the original foundation.
If this person had not forced out the remaining medicinal power in time, he would have most likely ended up with his cultivation level regressing.
In fact, this man also knew that taking newly created elixirs was risky, but on the one hand, Fu Sheng had repeatedly assured him that there was no problem; and on the other hand, his cultivation had been stuck at his current level for too long.
If this continues, there will be insufficient life span and no hope of a breakthrough.
Therefore, this time of purchasing the elixir, I was actually relying on my luck and wanting to take a gamble.
As it turned out, he made the wrong bet.
On the other side, Fusheng looked at the person who was restrained, feeling hatred in his heart.
His plan had almost succeeded, but now that this person had messed it up, it would be difficult to sell the remaining pills.
The new type of elixir announced to the public this time is indeed a trap.
There is a forbidden technique secretly left by him inside each pill.
As long as you take it over time, you will be controlled by him unknowingly and become a puppet and a mobile spiritual power storage for him to draw unlimitedly.
He learned this forbidden method from an ancient book.
After spending countless efforts and trying many methods, he finally managed to refine only the second and fourth grade pills, and failed to succeed in refining the rest of the grades.
When Fusheng was selling the pills, he repeatedly reminded people that after purchasing them, they needed to meditate for a long time and calm their minds thoroughly before taking them.
This is said just to delay time.
But he didn't expect that the man in front of him was so greedy that he completely ignored his words, leading to the current situation...
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Su Qingwu naturally did not know the details of Fu Sheng Taoist's conspiracy.
However, she had already vaguely guessed that the new elixir contained cat shit, so she was not surprised to hear the scolding.
Lingkong was suspended in midair, continuing to observe the situation for a while. Seeing that nothing else had happened, she returned to the courtyard and told Su Wen the general situation.
The two of them immediately discussed the matter.
When talking about the elixir, Su Qingwu suddenly had an idea.
"Except for a few spiritual plants that can be taken directly, most of the spiritual plants known in the world of immortal cultivation are refined into pills. I wonder if any of you have tried other methods before."
"What do you mean by qing wu?"
"For example, if it is presented in the form of liquid medicine, with the same material ratio, will it work?"
"If we don't try this, and just rely on theoretical inference, we won't get any results, right?"
"I'd like to give it a try when I have some free time."
"Why not ask Senior Mingdan first? He has a deep knowledge of alchemy and may have unique insights."
"That's fine. When you succeed in refining the elixir, I'll go and ask for your advice."
"I'm a little curious, why did you think of this question?"
"I just feel that, except for the best quality pills, the rest are more or less poisonous, especially the lower quality ones. Taking too much will obviously do more harm than good.
Ultimately, the best products are few and far between and not representative. If there is a way to avoid these problems and create something that has the effects of a pill but is not toxic, wouldn't that be the best of both worlds?"
"That's the theory, but I don't think it's feasible. The cultivation world has been around for countless years, and most of our ancestors have considered this method. Since it hasn't been popularized, there are probably some restrictions."
This made sense, and Su Qingwu did not refute it.
The two continued their discussion.
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That night, the moon was bright and the stars were sparse.
Su Qingwu stayed in the courtyard, chatting with Su Wen while admiring the moon.
After a long time, there was a knock on the door in the distance.
She used her spiritual sense to investigate and found a man wearing a white robe and a martial hat standing outside the arched stone door.
It was this person who knocked on the door.
Before Taoist Mingdan went into seclusion to refine the elixir, he had hung a corresponding wooden sign outside the door.
Logically speaking, after seeing the message on the wooden sign, this person should not have done such useless work.
This behavior is somewhat abnormal at the moment.
Su Wen used his soul power to perceive and also discovered the situation outside.
Her brows furrowed.
"This person..."
Su Qingwu noticed that his reaction was different and asked through telepathy:
"Do you know him?"
"I can't really explain it. I couldn't see his face clearly because he was wearing a hat, but for some reason, I felt an eerie sense of familiarity."
Having said this, Su Wen retracted his soul power, closed his eyes, tried his best to suppress the violent thoughts that suddenly rose in his heart, and continued:
"It's strange, when I saw this person, I couldn't help but want to attack him, as if... there was some deep hatred."
Hearing this, Su Qingwu reacted immediately.
"Could it be such a coincidence that the person outside is Ning Feng, the enemy who caused your tragic death in the past?"
"No, this person is over eight feet tall, and Ning Feng is very short. Even if I can't see his face clearly, his body shape doesn't match at all."
Su Qingwu said thoughtfully:
"What if it's not his true form that appears? After all, the person outside is only at the late Jindan stage."
Su Wen was stunned.
"It's not the original body... but it's possible."
Having said this, deep hatred appeared in her eyes, and she almost couldn't help but want to rush out and tear her enemy into pieces.
Fortunately, reason prevailed in the end.
It's not the right time yet.
If it really is Ning Feng, since the one coming is not the real one, it would be useless even if he was killed.
Doing so would only let the other party know that she had also come to the Yuanji world, which would make them wary and make it more difficult to take revenge in the future.
If the person who came was not Ning Feng, then she would have killed someone who had no grudge against her.
Although Su Wen does not consider himself a good person, he will not harm others without reason.
So for now, it's best to stay put.
The knock on the door in the distance still came from time to time.
Su Qingwu summoned the tracking butterfly, transmitted his thoughts to the spirit beast, and quietly approached the person, secretly noting the scent emanating from his body.
This way, when you meet this person again in the future, you will be able to recognize him/her at the first sight, regardless of whether his/her appearance has changed.
The knocking on the door lasted for about half a cup of tea. Perhaps knowing that there was no hope, the man no longer insisted and turned around and left.
Not long after, Su Qingwu came to the mainland and received a message from Kong Jiu.
"It's best to find a suitable time to go and see the stone gate."
"What do you mean by that?"
"The stone gate may have been tampered with."
"I was paying close attention, and that person didn't seem to do anything else except knocking on the door?"
"That's the problem. In the world of immortal cultivation, there are some very strange methods that make it difficult for people to defend themselves. Although that person's target should not be you, it's always right to be cautious."