Chapter 59 Demon Battle 2 Senior Brother, your hug hurts so much!
"Ah Shuang, you know how to refine pills?"
As Xu Xing was refining pills, a flash of white light appeared at the corner of his tear-streaked eye, and the woman's illusory figure reappeared, floating curiously in the air.
As Xu Xing tossed Soul-Severing Grass into the Azure Feather Heavenly Fire Furnace, he shook his head in denial, "I am not your Ashuang."
The illusory female figure seemed not to hear, and went straight to the alchemy furnace, tilting her head, "Your alchemy technique is quite unique, I've never seen it before..."
This phantom was merely a remnant soul, its consciousness fragmented. Xu Xing didn't continue explaining, but instead began probing for information, "I don't remember your name, and why are you apologizing to me?"
The woman's blurry face froze for a moment, then she asked in confusion, "Apologize? Ashuang should be apologizing to me, so why is she ignoring me?"
"..."
Seeing that he couldn't get any information from her, Xu Xing ignored her and focused on refining the Soul Transformation Pill.
The surrounding demons continued to gather around her, and sure enough, white scales began to cover her cheeks and arms. Xu Xing secretly glanced outside and saw that Shen Du was guarding the cave entrance with his back to her. Only then did she calm down and use the spiritual fire to refine the pill. With the help of the treasure furnace, the Soul Transformation Pill was successfully made on the first try, and the quality was excellent.
Xu Xing wrapped the pill in her spiritual power and carefully placed it into the bottle. Although this Soul Transformation Pill was only of the third rank, it was made by her using the fifth-rank Soul-Severing Poison Grass. Its toxicity was several times stronger than that of the Soul-Severing Poison Grass. If a Golden Core cultivator took it, even if he did not die, he would destroy most of his foundation.
This was Xu Xing's first attempt at concocting poison. Due to her personality, she was someone who habitually avoided conflict, prioritizing defense over offense. Therefore, over the years, the magical artifacts she concocted were mostly defensive in nature, and the elixirs she made were primarily restorative.
However, given the difference in strength, if she and her senior brother wanted to escape unscathed from this Exploration Realm, they would have to resort to poison. Fortunately, she obtained a considerable amount of Soul-Severing Grass.
Xu Xing was exhausted after refining three pills in a row. She took a few Spirit Gathering Pills and boldly tried to refine a fourth-order Soul Transformation Pill.
However, she only had the spiritual power of the Foundation Establishment stage. Even if she could absorb the surrounding demon spirits, it was still too difficult for her to leap to the fourth-order pill refining stage. Xu Xing tried it briefly and felt as if her dantian was on fire. A sweet and fishy smell rose in her throat. Afraid that Chen Du would worry about her, she swallowed the groan.
Sitting on the ground with a pale face, Xu Xing secretly took a Qi-replenishing pill, unaware that Shen Du at the cave entrance had subconsciously taken two steps toward him.
Unable to refine fourth-tier pills, Xu Xing wasn't too disappointed. Taking advantage of the early hour, she continued to refine a few third-tier pills, while the female phantom who had been silent for a long time stared blankly at her actions.
It was probably the first time she had ever seen someone refine pills so quickly. The woman's illusory figure was almost stunned, squatting motionless to the side, not even noticing that the spiritual fire spreading from the pill furnace almost burned her.
"You're a remnant soul, be careful!" Xu Xing quickly lifted his cloak and fanned the illusory figure to the side.
The phantom was fanned away and drifted a little further away, then came closer to Xu Xing, staring at the golden pupils that appeared when she used her demonic spirit, and suddenly said, "A Shuang is so amazing, let me become your apprentice, will you teach me alchemy?"
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If Xu Xing wasn't mistaken, this female phantom was very likely the master of the Guixu Secret Realm, the ninth-level alchemist—Wei Shengyue.
Xu Xing was only a third-tier alchemist, and now a ninth-tier alchemy master was saying he wanted to become her disciple? Even though this alchemy master was now just a remnant soul, Xu Xing still found this too surreal.
Seeing the unwavering determination on the illusory figure's face, Xu Xing's heart stirred, and he coaxed, "You won't even tell me your own name, yet you say you want to become my disciple?"
The phantom lowered its head, its hands seemingly searching for something in the air, and suddenly conjured a golden pill out of thin air, handing it to Xu Xing, "Here you go."
Xu Xing was taken aback. Still?
Meanwhile, deep within the Mountain Lord's Palace, several tiger clan guards, tasked with protecting a priceless treasure, stood faithfully before a crystal platform. On the platform, a spirit-locking box originally contained a gleaming golden pill called the Primordial Spirit Transformation Pill.
This pill is a ninth-grade spiritual pill, developed by Wei Shengyue. It can widen the meridians, greatly improve cultivation, and has no side effects. A cultivator can only take it once in their lifetime.
Legend has it that the Primordial Spirit Transformation Pill used dragon blood essence as its ingredients. Now that the dragon race is extinct and Wei Shengyue has perished, there is only one such pill in the world. Even if another ninth-level alchemist were to emerge, they would not be able to replicate it.
After taking this pill, high-level cultivators can directly leapfrog a major realm. Even cultivators in the late stage of the Integration Realm can leapfrog to the Mahayana Realm in one step. Therefore, Rong Jun plans to take the Heavenly Soul Azure Nether Pill to repair his spiritual body, and then take this Primordial Spirit Transformation Pill to return to the Mahayana Realm.
However, this treasure, which is now heavily guarded and inaccessible to anyone, has vanished right before the eyes of many tiger clan guards.
When the patrolling guards turned around and saw the empty box, they were utterly terrified, wishing they could have died on the spot along with the pills to avoid being punished by Rong Jun.
"You mean, no trace of anything ever approached this place, it just vanished into thin air?"
After searching in vain, Fu Shen, the deputy commander of the Imperial Guards, looked extremely grim. He closed his eyes, ruthlessly forced the derelict guards to come to the front of Rong Jun's cave, and reported the matter as instructed.
Rong Jun's expression was gloomy, and he remained silent. The tiger clan guards kneeling below him trembled, awaiting their death.
"The only one who could take it away without a word is Wei Shengyue."
Fu Shen was startled, "But Lord Wei Sheng has already perished, even a remnant soul couldn't possibly..."
He remembered that Rong Jun disliked Wei Shengyue the most, and realizing he had spoken out of turn, he quickly stopped talking, lowered his head, and dared not say another word.
Rong Jun closed his eyes. His body could no longer use spiritual power, but the Exploration Realm was formed by him dispersing his cultivation, so his divine sense could still "see" the entire realm.
After he seized the Guixu Secret Realm, he refined the entire secret realm together with his own body in order to win over Fu Shuang's heart.
But the Jiao clan was indeed cunning; Wei Shengyue even left behind a remnant soul before her death!
Currently, some areas of the Guixu Secret Realm are hidden within the Tanxu Secret Realm, but due to the influence of the remnant soul, even he cannot find their exact locations.
Unless Wei Shengyue's remnant soul completely dissipates.
Rong Jun surveyed the entire Exploration Realm with his divine sense, but did not find any suspicious aura of Wei Shengyue's remnant soul. However, he did see a group of uninvited guests approaching the vicinity of the volcano.
“Snake and deer tribes have infiltrated.”
Rong Jun opened his eyes, a hint of annoyance flashing in them. "Let those demons deal with them. Don't delay things at the volcano."
He looked down at the guards kneeling on the ground, reached out to help one of them up, and softened his voice, "It doesn't matter if the Primordial Spirit Transformation Pill is lost for now. Once we find the remnant soul, everything will be resolved."
"Once the pill is successfully formed, my cultivation will return to the Mahayana stage, and snakes and deer will no longer be able to harm the tiger clan! You are all loyal and willing to search for the remnant soul for my sake, right?"
The guard, supported by Rong Jun, trembled violently, almost unable to breathe from fear. He still managed to suppress his terror and said in a trembling voice, "This subordinate is... willing!"
"very good."
Rong Jun chuckled, and the black demonic energy in his palm transformed into a sharp blade, piercing into the guard's heart.
The guard shuddered and drooped his head instantly. When he opened it again, his eyes had turned white, his consciousness had been completely destroyed, and he had become an obedient demon puppet.
Fu Shen's brow twitched, and he couldn't help but look away. The Lord's demonic energy was so dense...
He was somewhat lost in thought when a sudden doubt arose in his mind: was this Lord, who had already fallen into demonic possession, a member of the demon race or the tiger race? Could the tiger race truly suppress the snakes and deer and unify the demon realm?
In a daze, Rong Jun had turned all of the dozen or so guards into demon puppets. Rong Jun lightly dusted off non-existent dust from his knees, squinted at Fu Shen, and said, "Take them to the volcano. You know what to do."
There's no turning back once the arrow is released. Fu Shen and Rong Jun exchanged glances for a moment, then bowed deeply and said respectfully, "Your subordinate understands."
...
The golden pill given by the woman's illusory figure shimmered with light, clearly extraordinary. Xu Xing moved closer, wanting to smell the ingredients inside, but to his surprise, the pill seemed to have a spirit of its own and went straight into her mouth!
Although Shen Du had his back to the cave, he kept a close eye on Xu Xing's every move. After the pill entered Xu Xing's mouth, Xu Xing instantly lost consciousness and collapsed. Shen Du flew over and caught her.
Sensing the person in his arms fluctuating between hot and cold, Shen Du's killing intent surged. He looked up, his icy gaze fixed on the illusory figure, and said coldly, "What did you feed her?!"
The woman's illusory figure faded slightly and swayed, seemingly not understanding Chen Du's words. She just stared blankly at Xu Xing, repeating, "Here you go, don't be angry with me anymore."
Shen Du noticed that Xu Xing's skin was rapidly covered with scales. His heart sank, and he hurriedly channeled his spiritual energy, but it seemed to encounter a barrier, preventing him from sensing her condition.
Xu Xing's spiritual power surged, with the five elements of spiritual power surrounding him. In just a few breaths, he directly advanced to the Golden Core stage, the Nascent Soul stage, and even faintly reached... the Divine Transformation stage!
How is this possible?!
Shen Du was astonished. He had never seen such a strange sight before. What kind of elixir could have such miraculous effects?
Just as he was about to try to check Xu Xing's breath again, he saw Xu Xing suddenly open his eyes. His golden eyes had never been so bright, so bright that Shen Du almost had the illusion that they were burning.
Shen Du's pupils contracted, "This is..."
The woman's illusory figure floated over, and looking into those golden eyes, her bewildered expression instantly cleared, "So it was here."
She tried to touch those eyes, but Chen Du brushed her away forcefully, saying, "Don't touch her!"
The illusory figure paused, then slowly withdrew its hand. "Sorry."
Her hazy eyes held a mixture of longing, guilt, and relief. "Don't worry, she'll be alright. After taking this pill, she can immediately form her Nascent Soul, and..."
But the next moment, Xu Xing closed his eyes again, and his surging spiritual power suddenly dropped, falling by several realms before finally stabilizing at the mid-Foundation Establishment stage. His fluctuating body temperature also returned to normal.
This time, it was the phantom who was surprised. "How could this be? The Primordial Spirit Transformation Pill is my most prized creation. It couldn't be useless!"
It turned out that the pill was made by this remnant soul. Shen Du didn't have time to think deeply. He immediately grabbed Xu Xing's wrist. This time, the spiritual energy flowed smoothly. After hesitating for a moment, he still directly transferred the spiritual energy to Xu Xing's dantian.
After seeing the condition of Xu Xing's dantian, Shen Du was stunned. This body, which had the cultivation of Foundation Establishment, was clearly lifeless!
She's dead?
Xu Xing is dead?
A profound sense of emptiness washed over him. Shen Du's hand was still tightly gripping Xu Xing's wrist. He stood up, his face extremely pale, his eyes bloodshot to a terrifying degree.
With a flick of his wrist, the sword tip pointed directly at the illusory figure, and Chen Du asked, his words icy cold, "What did you do to her?"
The illusory figure spun around in place, tilting its head, and asked in confusion, "Me?"
Unwilling to utter another word, Shen Du thought indifferently, "Why did he agree to let Fu Shuang come here?"
What mission, what secret realm...?
He lowered his head and hugged the person in his arms even tighter. "Don't be afraid, junior sister, I'll take you home, back..."
Xuanjian Peak.
Boundless sword intent, enveloped in killing intent, slashed towards the illusory figure, and in the next instant—
"Senior brother, your hug hurts so much..."
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