Chapter 497 Attacking the Red Malabar Ridge 6
Inside the warship of an eighth-level alchemist.
Zheng Shang, a subordinate of the supervisor in charge of this area, made a special trip to deliver the formulas for the first few grades of pills.
Sang Yunchu raised his eyes first, revealing a smile: "Cai'er has already finished it?"
Zheng Shang immediately replied respectfully, "Yes. Currently, only King Zhong Dan has formulated the pill formula. Please take a look."
As he spoke, he presented several prescriptions for medicine.
It's exactly from level four to six.
Because Sang Yunchu was engaged in mass alchemy, he hadn't studied the formulas. He was still working on his pills, but he was very interested in the formulas.
One of the eighth-level alchemists who was studying the formula took it first. At the same time, he knew that other alchemists were very interested, and considering that many of them were busy with alchemy, he took the initiative to read the formula aloud.
Start with level four.
The alchemists listened and pondered at the same time.
After all, Level 4 is a very low level for them, so they understood it very quickly.
This idea was indeed very ingenious, and it immediately gave them a lot of inspiration. However, after thinking about those inspirations, they quickly realized that their new ideas were not as good as Zhong Cai's.
The alchemists all shook their heads slightly.
However, they all knew that this was not surprising. Even if the alchemists with extraordinary talent were not as skilled as them now, they still had many ingenious ideas that they could not have come up with.
So they listened to the second and third prescriptions.
They all belong to the same lineage, and the medicinal properties of the herbs changed in the prescriptions are not significantly different, and they are all relatively common herbs.
The alchemy techniques, the combination of medicinal materials, and the reactions between the medicinal materials are all very similar, falling within the same refining logic.
It can be said that if a high-level alchemist has mastered the refining of level four mist poison pills, then he can also quickly master the refining of level five and six pills and produce finished products in a short time.
After much deliberation, many alchemists discovered that they couldn't change even one thing!
For a moment, even the eighth-level alchemists couldn't help but feel alarmed.
They knew perfectly well that while the method of refining this elixir was simple, the ingenuity of creating such a combination of formulas with multiple levels and series in a consistent lineage was terrifying.
It's quite possible that such a formula could be developed over many years, but the key is that it took an extremely short time to come up with a formula so suitable for the current battlefield, which is enough to prove Zhong Caizhi's skill.
Thus, the numerous alchemists looked at Sang Yunchu for what seemed like the umpteenth time...
Sang Yunchu remained calm and composed.
He smiled slightly and said, "The elixir has been extracted."
Yes, Sang Yunchu has successfully refined another batch of level-six pills.
Level 8 alchemists: "..."
I get so annoyed just seeing his smug look!
Sang Yunchu didn't think he had shown any "showiness" at all; in fact, he thought he was quite reserved.
No one praised it excessively, right?
He was just diligently refining elixirs.
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To date, most alchemists of other levels have stopped researching the formula after receiving it from Zhong Cai.
The main reason is that the situation is urgent, and it would be better to refine it as soon as possible. This is not the time for them to study alchemy.
The very few alchemists who are still researching are doing so because their ideas have already taken shape and they will soon be able to come up with new formulas. So they want to see how effective they are and whether they can be simpler than Zhong Cai's formula. Many of them think they can't, but since they have come this far, they still have to come up with a formula and make a judgment before they can be more satisfied, right?
The later results were also obvious; none of them could compare to Zhong Cai's prescription.
The reason is that Zhong Cai's recipes are very simple, so they are very easy to learn. Moreover, they are often simple refining methods, such as "a sixth-level alchemist learning a fifth-level pill," which are one level lower, making them even easier to accept.
Therefore, many cultivators who were slightly poisoned by the miasma quickly received the corresponding antidote.
Formulas of level seven or eight take longer to prepare, largely due to the significantly higher level of the pills. Fortunately, cultivators at the Spirit Transformation stage were rarely affected by the poisonous fog after joining the battle, and those at the Nirvana stage did not participate in the battle, so there was no great rush.
The cultivators who most need this kind of mist poison pill are indeed within the scope of the formulas Zhong Cai studied.
However, research into higher-level formulas cannot be abandoned—no one can guarantee that these poisonous fogs will not undergo any further unusual changes.
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The fog was almost completely absorbed, and the toxins were almost entirely neutralized, so the evil path lost its advantage once again.
Many evil cultivators were naturally furious, but many others couldn't care less about their anger and immediately engaged in a fierce battle with their opponents.
There were both wins and losses.
Blood and flesh flew everywhere. The evil forces on the periphery were either dealt with or continued deeper into the mountains after eliminating their righteous opponents.
The outermost line of defense on the battlefield is constantly being pushed inward.
The shouts of battle could be heard even louder from deeper within.
Both sides suffered enormous losses; such wars are never easy.
No matter how many people die, or how tragic the final outcome, it is all possible.
However, the righteous path has produced several top geniuses who can kill evil cultivators like mowing grass, such as the Zhong-Wu couple and the Wu-Xuan brothers, as well as other Battle Kings of different levels belonging to the War God Temple.
However, very few people can do what Wu Shaogan did: directly unleash his secret technique, forming a terrifying energy cluster and continuously exerting its power.
Even if it were achieved, the duration would be much shorter.
Including Wu Dongxiao, whose current level of understanding is not yet high enough.
Wu Dongxiao and Xuan Bing fought side by side, wielding their guns to thrust and stab, slaughtering several people with ease. The surrounding black flames boiled up, forming streaks of black firelight, allowing his senior brother to move freely in and out.
During this period, the righteous side always managed to gain the upper hand in the tug-of-war between each other.
Perhaps because there was a sufficient supply of elixirs, the vital energy and spirit of the righteous path were much stronger than those of their evil opponents.
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A few days later, the defense line was extended even further.
Zhong Cai had just finished refining a batch of pills when he looked around at the surroundings.
Many young cultivators have entered the Red Mist Mountain Range. The area ahead is open and the contents of the mountain range are still unknown.
In the visible areas, the battle between good and evil continues relentlessly.
He absorbed both of Wu Shaogan's secret techniques into his body, and then he himself came to Zhong Cai's side.
"Ah Cai, you've worked hard."
Wu Shaogan massaged Zhong Cai's fingers.
He seemed to be very skilled at alchemy, but after refining too many batches, his profound energy would eventually be depleted. Once it was depleted, he would have to immediately take pills to replenish it.
Zhong Cai let out a breath and asked, "Old Wu, what do you want to tell me? You're not trying to hold it in, are you?"
Wu Shaogan remained silent for a moment, then said, "We should take control of the ancient city and head deeper into the Red Mist Mountains."
Zhong Cai thought about it and agreed.
Although the ancient city is very large, it is located outside the mountains, and it would be difficult to see the battle situation clearly if we did not continue to move forward.
Seeing that the warships of many forces were constantly moving towards the interior of the mountains, the ancient city was no exception.
Zhong Cai clenched her fist and cheered Wu Shaogan on, saying, "Go, Lao Wu!"
Wu Shaogan said with amusement, "Ah Cai isn't helping me?"
Zhong Cai said with a grin, "I'm busy refining elixirs!"
The workload is enormous! The demand for pills is increasing, and he has enough pill furnaces to refine them in batches.
This time, he could even refine over a hundred batches of pills at once.
Each batch of pills was exactly what those supply points urgently needed, and with the increase in the number of pill furnaces, even though the quality of the pills was sometimes not particularly good, the quantity that could be supplied was greater.
However, for an army of millions, what Zhong Cai refined was still a drop in the ocean.
However, most of the time, Zhong Cai was able to release pills whenever requested, which made a great contribution to the sect...
Wu Shaogan regained his composure, communicated with the ancient city, and began to move forward.
It's actually not difficult.
The ancient city began to move slowly.
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Outside the ancient city.
Many warships vaguely sensed a strong wind blowing by, causing many ships to tremble slightly.
Many temple masters came out.
Yes, the temple masters still haven't joined the battle. They're waiting for the evil forces to make their move so they can counter it accordingly, lest they rashly enter and fall into their trap.
The temple masters instinctively looked up.
The ancient city, which had previously stretched across the sky and hung high above them, moved.
Such a colossal object, with each movement, would inevitably generate gusts of air, which would naturally affect the surrounding environment, whipping up strong winds and impacting numerous warships.
Fortunately, the ancient city was moving slowly, keeping pace with the numerous warships.
Once the warships stopped, the ancient city also came to a standstill.
It wouldn't have been enough to capsize warships in the ancient city.
Once the numerous warships had completely come to a stop and landed, the overall layout was almost identical to that when they were outside the mountains.
I adapted well to the ancient city.
The people in the ancient city adapted very well.
Everything is as usual.
Zhong Cai's alchemy techniques and Wu Shaogan's bow-drawing frequency remained unchanged.
However, thick fog rose up again around them.
This time, the fog appeared to be blood red.
Amidst the crimson hue, a faint hint of blue light shone through.
Clearly, this fog is ominous!
The moment the mist appeared, several righteous cultivators couldn't help but change their expressions and swallow the pills.
Oh no!
This poisonous fog is completely different from the slightly toxic fog before; they can't withstand it at all now.
It's practically... an attempt to poison everyone involved in this attack!
Of course, even when poisoning is used on the battlefield, it all depends on individual skill.
However, such an event does indeed exacerbate the losses for the righteous side.
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The moment Zhong Cai noticed the blood-red mist, she snatched a few wisps and put them into her box.
"Old Wu, I'm afraid I'll have to do some more research."
Wu Shaogan sighed softly: "A-Cai, your health hasn't been very good lately. If you still want to conduct research on poisonous substances, then each session can't last too long. You need to try to avoid the possibility of being harmed by the toxins."
Zhong Cai readily agreed.
At that very moment, several crimson mists rose up, hovering over the evil path, and instantly swooped down several times, devouring several Spirit Transformation cultivators.
Once the crimson mist solidified further, searching for these Spirit Transformation cultivators revealed that their physical bodies had degenerated into mere bones and skin, withered and shriveled, seemingly beyond the saving power of any elixirs.
However, there seemed to be a few that were extremely tenacious, their breathing still very faint.
Righteous cultivators then took them away and hurried them to the warship where the eighth-level alchemist was located.
Because the incident happened so suddenly, even though the righteous cultivator's strength was far inferior to those blood-colored mist clouds, he still managed to rescue the person.
During this period, two of the five people died, and the remaining three were discussed by many level-eight alchemists as difficult cases. Now, most of them can be solved.
The same thing is still going on.
Not long after they ventured deeper into the mountains, they encountered more and more of these skeletons and human skins, and the survivors were gradually rescued and brought aboard their warships.
Now, both the Lingxian Sect and the War God Temple should have many ships covered with such "corpses".
Whether these corpses should simply wait for their souls to dissipate or hope to quickly rebuild their physical bodies is a dilemma.
On the battlefield, there are problems that are inconvenient to resolve.
Therefore, they could only store these skeletons and human skins for the time being, and deal with them after the great battle, or visit them during the interim period.
Upon seeing this, Zhong Cai quickly concocted something resembling a "nutrient solution," specifically designed to nourish their bodies.
The damage caused by the other blood-red mist will have to be studied carefully after the battle.
Now all we need to do is try to keep those skeletons and human skins alive.
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With the appearance of the crimson mist, the righteous path suffered heavy losses, with piles of withered bones and human skin forming a terrifying sight.
But this situation did not last long.
It only takes about a breath or two.
Nirvana, representing the righteous path, then made his move.
Several palace masters flew directly out of the warship and appeared in front of the blood-red mist, blocking their next attack.
At this moment, the blood-red mist began to reveal its true form, which was the rebirth of the evil path. Many of them had pale and ashen faces, and they didn't look like living people at all.
The previous surprise attack was just their "appetizer".
Now, each wisp of crimson mist is almost evenly matched with a temple master.
The rebirth of the righteous and the evil is like two shooting stars clashing wildly together.
Countless cultivators couldn't even see how they fought, and the location of their battle was not restricted by the battlefield at all, but was directly in the air, and they were probably easily affected by the residual power of their battle.
But this is not a big problem.
Many of the attacking, lower-level cultivators, carrying the aura of the righteous path of Nirvana, managed to barely survive.
The battle continues.
High-level enemies are dealt with by high-level soldiers and generals, while ordinary cultivators like them are also filled with excitement as they bravely fight the enemy.
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The Yin-Yang Millstone and the Nine-Headed Dragon each occupied a territory, where they virtually emptied out all evil paths.
The ancient city then continued to move forward, and they quickly resumed their battle.
This isn't over yet.
Qingyu and Qinghui entered the battlefield early on.
As contracted rare beasts, they are all incredibly powerful, so they only appear when they are most needed or when they can help ordinary people in distress.
Under these circumstances, the friendship between Yi Peng and the wolf deepened.
Regardless of what happens afterward, they are now running wildly through the mountains, fighting against countless evil forces.
They did a great job, and countless evil people died at their hands.
They also carried many pills carefully prepared by Zhong Cai, which could provide them with supplies at any time.
Moreover, they are extremely fast, making it difficult for evil practitioners to even catch a glimpse of them.
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When Nirvana joined the battle, the whole scene became extremely bloody.
High in the sky, unusual "blood rain" would occasionally fall, all of which came from those evil paths, or those who needed to be eliminated in the battle between good and evil.
The latter were mainly opportunists, fearing they would inform the Poison Toad Ancestor, while the former meant directly killing them to earn battle merits.
The residual energy flows freely, testing the self-protection abilities of each cultivator.
The cultivators on the ground are fighting to the death, and they're not going to stop anytime soon.
Countless cultivators were fighting fiercely, and the dense resentment emanating from them soared into the sky, which was quite terrifying.
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Wu Shaogan frowned slightly, sensing that this was not a good sign.
Zhong Cai also finished his research and stood on the city wall with Wu Shaogan.
"Old Wu, my mental state has been unstable lately... Let's not do anything like this, let's wait a bit longer."
Wu Shaogan picked up Zhong Cai and rubbed his temples with his fingers.
Zhong Cai leaned against Wu Shaogan's chest and enjoyed the moment with satisfaction—she hadn't felt it before, but now, after refining pills so many times in a row, it was difficult for her mind to recover quickly, and she felt very tired.
Without hesitation, Zhong Cai closed her eyes and rested in that position.
This did not affect Wu Shaogan's performance at all.
His secret techniques, though born from those bloody battles, have stubbornly survived and continue to eliminate more evil forces... as well as disperse the residual energy of the Nirvana battle, preventing it from harming righteous cultivators.
The Yin-Yang Millstone crushed countless crimson lights that attempted to invade, and the ferocious nine-headed dragon saved countless righteous cultivators and incidentally killed countless evil ones.
The battle lines are still advancing, and the corrosive nature of the crimson mist is becoming even more potent.
There are alchemists working on solving this problem, while Zhong Cai is currently focused on recovering her strength and has temporarily abandoned her research.
Fortunately, even though he doesn't do research, he has many fresh ideas in his mind and has provided many methods that can be used as research references.
The other alchemists were no pushovers either. One of them, an eighth-level alchemy emperor, came up with the method and, following Zhong Cai's line of thought, made some modifications, quickly creating a method specifically for dealing with blood-colored mist.
There were cultivators holding strange pills, moving through the blood-red mist.
Wherever they passed, the fog would quickly dissipate, leaving behind a clearer world.
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The Nirvana cultivators fought to the death, causing the heavens and earth to tremble.
The Poison Toad Ancestor still didn't react, yet his presence was clearly still present.
Meanwhile, Tongtian, from the righteous path, has also not yet made a move.
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On the evil path, besides the blood-red mist completely controlled by the Poison Toad Ancestor—a heretical Nirvana that somehow came about—there are also many notorious rogue cultivators and juniors from small families.
They are all attacking righteous cultivators.
Various intense roaring sounds also reverberated throughout the entire Red Mist Mountain Range.
Before long, several blood-red mist clouds fell down.
What's terrifying is that these clouds of mist transformed directly into a blood-red swamp, swallowing up all the cultivators from both the righteous and evil paths nearby, turning them into its nourishment, and expanding the swamp.
These swamps have an extremely strong ability to devour prey.
Many cultivators didn't even have time to scream before they were rendered speechless.
This time, there wasn't even any bone or skin left.
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Zhong Cai and Wu Shaogan had only just begun to catch their breath when they witnessed this horrific scene.
Visibly, the blood-red swamp spreads across the entire mountain range, seemingly without end.
Each crimson swamp is like a giant pit of fire; if you accidentally fall into it, you won't even have time to struggle before you completely lose consciousness.
Such methods are incredibly bizarre and utterly grotesque, making one want to vomit.
Its spread is too rapid; if it's not addressed promptly, it will soon become a huge disaster...
……etc.
Suddenly, a slender figure emerged from the level-eight warships that the alchemists had set out on, accompanied by several other alchemists with gentle auras, all looking toward the blood-red swamp.
These alchemists had previously discussed and researched on their own, and in addition to the elixir, they have now come up with a new method, and several of them have successfully refined it.
Sang Yunchu walked particularly fast, carrying several bottles in his hands, and as soon as he came out, he threw the bottles toward the blood-red swamp.
The bottles were also swallowed by the blood-red swamp, but after they entered it, black smoke began to rise from the swamp within a few breaths—but the black smoke quickly dissipated into the air.
As the black mist dissipated, the blood-red swamp shrank further and further, and its aura became increasingly clean.
In the end, not a single grain was left.
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Zhong Cai sighed silently.
"Although the transformation of this evil path into a blood-red swamp is already quite bizarre, the direct evaporation method that Master and the others came up with... is just as strange."
Wu Shaogan chuckled and reached out to ruffle Zhong Cai's hair.
Both of them saw that the other level-eight alchemists were also moving quickly, throwing out bottles.
All those bottles would precisely sink into different crimson swamps and begin evaporating.
However, perhaps due to differences in alchemy skills, some blood-red swamps disappeared as quickly as the bottles Sang Yunchu threw in; while others, after swallowing the bottles and emitting a burst of black smoke, actually produced many blood-red tentacles that grabbed nearby righteous and evil cultivators and filled them into the swamp, expanding the blood-red swamp... So other alchemists quickly threw in a few more bottles to completely evaporate it.
Furthermore, after the alchemist threw the bottle in, the blood-red swamp trembled rapidly and actually turned into a blood-red mist again, which rushed straight towards the alchemist who threw the bottle in!
Fortunately, the martial arts cultivators responsible for protecting the alchemists reacted even faster, and quickly knocked the mist down as it approached.
The crimson mist had no choice but to move to another location, transforming once again into a crimson swamp to devour and heal.
Then... some alchemist smashed the bottle again, evaporating it as well.
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