"No, silkworms don't eat stones; they only disturb the human mind." Xiaoyu felt a headache. Legend has it that silkworms are the embodiment of the seven emotions and six desires. Once they enter a cultivator's body, even the most detached cultivator becomes a puppet of those emotions. No wonder the usually cold Wen Ziqing's temperament changed so drastically, now spouting sweet nothings to Zhou Yuanyuan.
"Xiao Yu, what should we do now? Will these insects reproduce in large numbers?" Zhou Yuanyuan worried about Wen Ziqing's sea of consciousness whenever she thought of the big insects giving birth to densely packed small insects.
"Master, the silkworms, once refined into elixirs, will no longer reproduce. However, it's definitely not good for them to stay in Wen Ziqing's sea of consciousness for too long. Who knows when the worms' master will activate them?" Xiaoyu was also worried. As soon as the silkworms' master activated them, no matter how far away they were, the cultivators under his control would obey his orders and return to his side.
Whenever Xiaoyu thought about Wen Ziqing running into another person's "arms" without caring about anything, she felt uncomfortable for her master. Given her master's personality, if Wen Ziqing was truly beyond saving, she would kill him, and then kill the person who harmed Wen Ziqing, leaving him with a lonely life.
Thinking of this, Xiaoyu couldn't help but shudder.
However, Xiaoyu also concluded that the owner of the silk-wrapping technique was not He Jingjing. Otherwise, with He Jingjing's determination to win over Wen Ziqing, as long as He Jingjing activated the silk-wrapping technique, Wen Ziqing would have "thrown" herself into He Jingjing's arms.
"Ah! Go away! Go away! If you don't leave, I'll set you on fire!" In Wen Ziqing's sea of consciousness, Kong Ming was engulfed by several silkworms. He trembled in anger, but couldn't shake them off. Because of Wen Ziqing's sea of consciousness, Kong Ming couldn't use many of his methods, feeling extremely frustrated.
"Zhuzhu, have Kongming unleash its karmic fire." Xiaoyu, listening to the Chaos Pearl's real-time report, came up with an idea. Kongming isn't just a piece of stone; it possesses an incredibly powerful karmic fire, capable of refining all spirits and souls, comparable to chemicals like strong sulfuric acid in the secular world. Kongming is Wen Ziqing's spiritual treasure, and its inherent karmic fire won't adversely affect Wen Ziqing's sea of consciousness.
Kong Ming listened to the Chaos Pearl's "guidance," and a black flame immediately rose from his body. Unfortunately, the silkworms remained motionless.
"Boss Xiaoyu, it's useless. These bugs can't even be killed by fire. They're too powerful." Chaos Pearl was a little annoyed. Its soul water! Could Kong Ming be dead just like that?
Not even afraid of fire? Xiaoyu was stunned, then remembered that the silkworms used in the elixir must have been acclimated to the heat and fierce fire after being refined in the alchemy furnace. What should be done? Did Zhou Yuanyuan really need to separate a part of her soul and enter Wen Ziqing's sea of consciousness to eliminate those silkworms?
Xiaoyu began to consider the possibility of doing so.
A cultivator's sea of consciousness is a very important place. Without Wen Ziqing's soul to guide it, Zhou Yuanyuan's soul would have no chance of entering.
If Zhou Yuanyuan enters forcefully, Wen Ziqing's sea of consciousness will collapse.
Xiaoyu frowned.
Cumulus Mountain.
Today is the third day of Lin Muchen's retreat.
Lin Muchen had a quirk: whenever he saw a new type of elixir, he would retreat into seclusion to study it, analyzing the medicinal ingredients in the elixir and then trying to refine it himself.
Lin Muchen is very dedicated to alchemy. If there had not been a major change in the Yushan Sect, Lin Muchen would rather have been an alchemist in the Yushan Sect than be the leader of the loose cultivator alliance to fight against the Yushan Sect.
The "Thousand Day Drunk" and "Awakening Pill" that Yun Shang asked Huang Dalang to send back were pills that Lin Muchen had never seen before.
After arranging the specific matters that Chen Sanjiang would be responsible for after joining the alliance, Lin Muchen couldn't wait any longer and quickly went into his alchemy room. He announced that he would go into seclusion for a period of time, striving to research the ingredients of the two pills, "Thousand Day Drunk" and "Awakening Pill" within a short period of time.
As the former candidate for the head of the Yushan Sect, Lin Muchen knows much more about the world of cultivation than ordinary cultivators.
Lin Muchen knew that the current world of cultivation was declining. Counting the years, it had been over ten thousand years since a cultivator had ascended to the immortal realm. Furthermore, the cultivators' strength was weakening with each passing generation.
A hundred thousand years ago, cultivators who had reached the stage of Divine Transformation were everywhere. Fifty thousand years ago, they could be counted on one hand. Ten thousand years ago, Divine Transformation masters had vanished from the world of cultivation. In the current world of cultivation, the highest level of cultivators is only the late Nascent Soul stage. Lin Muchen felt that in another ten thousand years, cultivators would vanish from this world.
Take the Yushan Sect, for example. After the death of Daoyan Zhenjun, the sect's most powerful cultivator is currently only at the Jindan stage. This is one of the reasons why Ling Xiaotian, despite being at the Qi training stage, was able to ascend to the position of Sect Leader.
Lin Muchen had a vague feeling that the slower and slower progress of cultivators was probably due to the lack of inheritance in the world of cultivation. Without a complete set of techniques, no matter how good a cultivator's aptitude was, their cultivation speed would be slow.
Lin Muchen likes to make elixirs, and he wants to do his best to supplement the inheritance of alchemy.
Over the past three days, the more Lin Muchen studied, the more frightened he became.
These three new types of elixirs looked like they were made by evil cultivators. The elixirs used by decent cultivators were generally for enhancing their cultivation or removing toxins. Only evil cultivators would create strange and harmful elixirs.
"Shenxiandao" is a powerful drug for cultivators, "Qianrizu" contains living insects, and "Xingshen Pill" has not yet found anything wrong, but Lin Muchen's heart is still high. Just because "Xingshen Pill" and the other two harmful pills came from the hands of the same cultivator, Lin Muchen can't classify "Xingshen Pill" as a beneficial elixir for cultivators.
Remembering that he had ordered Yun Shang to befriend the alchemist who provided these pills, Lin Muchen quickly came out of seclusion.
Lin Muchen changed his mind. He should have asked Yun Shang to be careful with such an evil alchemist.
As soon as Lin Muchen walked out of the alchemy room, the Taoist boy Songxiang was already waiting at the door.
"What's the matter?" Lin Muchen asked. Lin Muchen knew that if it wasn't an urgent matter, Songxiang wouldn't be so tactless as to approach him as soon as he came out of the alchemy room.
"Young Master, Huang Dalang has been waiting at the foot of Jiyun Mountain for two days. He said that Yunshang has something important to ask him for instructions." Songxiang was Lin Muchen's Taoist boy when he was in Yushan Sect, and he still addressed Lin Muchen by the same name as before.
"Have him come see me." Lin Muchen glanced at Songxiang calmly and gave the order. Lin Muchen happened to have something to ask Yunchang, so he asked Huang Dalang to pass on a message, saving him the trouble of summoning Yunchang to Jiyun Mountain.
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