bestfiction Chapter 364 Outwitting the Pill King
Chapter 364 Outwitting the Pill King
"Lucky Charm, I never imagined my ice-attribute spiritual power would be so strong! But what if it causes someone to die..."
After Shen Rugo left the group of people, gasps of surprise came from behind her.
Filled with guilt, she said to Zhao Cai.
"Those people dared to attack Her Highness the Princess; they were simply courting death!"
Your Highness, there's no need to feel guilty. Let's hurry and find the treasure.
After all, you haven't even reached the peak of the seventeenth level of Qi Refining yet. Who knows if there's an eighteenth level after the seventeenth?
Zhao Cai spoke in a calm tone, attempting to soothe Shen Rugo.
"You stinky lucky charm, are you cursing me again?"
Shen Rugo couldn't help but shout loudly.
"Your Highness, I was wrong! I take back what I just said!"
Zhao Cai hurriedly changed its words, knowing in its heart that this was something Shen Rugo was most wary of.
"Alright, Zhao Cai, I know that the stronger you are, the more you know."
Stop trying to comfort me. Just tell me, after I reach the seventeenth level of Qi Refining, is there really an eighteenth level?
This time, Shen Rugo didn't grab Zhao Cai by the neck as usual, but instead asked a question.
"Your Highness, would you like to hear the truth or a lie?"
"You stinking troublemaker! If I don't teach you a lesson in a day, you'll be climbing on the roof and tearing off the tiles! Of course I want to hear the truth!"
As Shen Rugo spoke, she reached out and pretended to strangle Zhao Cai.
"Stop, stop, stop! Your Highness, I'll talk, I'll talk!"
Zhao Cai hurriedly shouted, "Actually, in my memory, it seems that no one has ever been able to reach the seventeenth level of Qi Refining, let alone the eighteenth level!"
Ordinary cultivators typically advance to Foundation Establishment after reaching the ninth level of Qi Refining, but you've directly broken through to the seventeenth level. Logically, there should be an eighteenth level to go, as eighteen is twice the height of nine.
Shen Rugo suddenly became nervous. "Multiples of nine? Fortune, could there be a twenty-seventh or even thirty-sixth Qi Refining level after the eighteenth? Does that mean I'll never be able to establish my foundation and will always be a lowly Qi Refining cultivator?"
"Haha, Your Highness, rest assured! There has never been a Qi Refining Level 17 in the world, let alone Qi Refining Level 18 or 27."
If you could truly cultivate to the twenty-seventh or thirty-sixth level, that wouldn't be the Qi Refining Realm at all; it would be the Immortal Realm!
Zhao Cai quickly offered words of comfort.
"That seems to make sense! But no matter what, my Qi Refining level 17 is still far from the Great Perfection."
"Zhao Cai, I didn't know this secret realm would close in a few more days. We need to hurry and find the treasures. I still need to complete my Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment in this secret realm!"
This time, without Zhao Cai urging her, Shen Rugo quickened her pace.
After leaving that group of people and walking a long way, Shen Rugo changed her appearance again. This time, her appearance was average; not ugly, but not outstanding either.
She asked a cultivator about the time, and he didn't mind her at all, telling her directly that the secret realm had been open for almost five days.
Time is of the essence, and there is no room for delay.
Without much thought, Shen Rugo stuck three speed talismans on her legs. With a "whoosh," she disappeared like an arrow, leaving the cultivator stunned in place.
In the distance, there is a valley, from which steam rises.
In the center of the valley stands a broken bronze alchemy furnace. The fire at the bottom of the furnace has not been extinguished even after tens of thousands of years, but there is no longer anyone who refines elixirs.
The furnace lid trembled slightly, and a refreshing fragrance of elixir wafted from the gaps, as if this bronze furnace had been refining elixirs on its own for countless years.
At this moment, hundreds of cultivators had gathered in the valley, belonging to different camps and confronting each other.
Among them, a female cultivator in red and a male cultivator in black robes were the leaders. The two had powerful auras and each led dozens of companions, forming a subtle confrontation.
"Crimson Serpent Fairy, this Hundred Herbs Spirit Elixir is of great use to me. Please do me a favor."
The black-robed male cultivator spoke in a sinister tone.
The red-clad female cultivator, Fairy Chilian, sneered: "Hundred Poisons Scholar, this pill can purify spiritual energy and strengthen one's foundation. It is a supreme treasure for us. Why should we give it to you?"
The two sides were on the verge of exploding, and the atmosphere instantly became extremely tense, as if it could ignite at any moment.
Guided by Zhao Cai, Shen Rugo quietly slipped into the valley and hid behind a rock in a corner.
She sniffed and her eyes lit up instantly: "What a treasure! This pill must be of a high grade. Just smelling it makes my spiritual energy feel more active. It looks like it's already at the fifth-grade high-quality level!"
Shen Rugo is now considered a master alchemist, extremely knowledgeable about pills, and can judge the grade of pills in the furnace just by their smell.
"Let's not use force, lest we become the target of everyone's attention. This time we need to use a clever approach."
She blinked, carefully observing her surroundings.
To be honest, with her current abilities, even if there were hundreds of people in the valley, including many Foundation Establishment cultivators, no one could stop her if she wanted to directly rob them.
She soon discovered that the alchemy furnace relied on earth fire to burn, and the veins of earth fire were connected to several miasma pools, fluorescent moss, and a spiritual plant called "Exploding Flower" in the valley.
Shen Rugo looked around and moved stealthily, using the rocks and ancient trees as cover. She released a stream of golden spiritual energy, which formed a large shovel. She carefully dug out a small section of the earth vein and guided a wisp of earth fire to burn towards the nearby miasma pool.
When the miasma was heated, it immediately began to churn and bubble, emitting a denser, more psychedelic pink mist.
Then, seizing the opportune moment, she picked up a few pebbles, infused them with a wisp of spiritual energy, and precisely threw them at a few patches of fluorescent moss on the rock wall.
When the moss was stimulated, its light suddenly intensified, mixing with the pink miasma to form a strange halo that could interfere with divine consciousness.
Finally, she focused on a few budding bursting flowers, which were extremely sensitive and would explode when exposed to intense spiritual energy fluctuations.
She held her breath, compressed her spiritual energy into a fine needle, and gently pricked the calyx of those flowers from a distance.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Explosions echoed in different corners of the valley, and the sounds reverberated throughout the valley. Combined with the interference of miasma and fluorescent light, it created the illusion that countless cultivators were rushing in from different directions.
"Is someone coming again?"
"Is it an illusion array?"
The cultivators in the valley were thrown into chaos. The Crimson Serpent Fairy and the Hundred Poisons Scholar were also filled with surprise and doubt. They temporarily put aside their confrontation and looked around warily.
In that chaotic moment, Shen Rugo made a move!
She moved like a wisp of green smoke, her speed astonishing, and rushed straight towards the bronze alchemy furnace in the center!
At that moment, the diverted earth fire also disturbed the earth fire beneath the alchemy furnace.
The alchemy furnace shook violently, and with a clang, the lid was forced open by the accumulated alchemical energy inside, creating an even larger gap!
"Buzz!" In an instant, dozens of streaks of light, like spirits breaking free from their restraints, shot out from the alchemy furnace and fled in all directions.
That is a elixir that has developed sentience!
"The elixir has escaped!"
"Grab it quickly!"
Everyone's eyes turned red, and they all used various methods to capture the elixir.
The Crimson Fairy's red silk ribbons, the Poison Scholar's Gu worms, and other cultivators' flying swords, nets, and jade bottles all flew together, creating an extremely chaotic scene.
Shen Rugo completely ignored the ordinary pills flying around, her eyes fixed on the core of the alchemy furnace.
There are three golden pills with the most complex pill patterns there. Those are the core of this batch of pills, the Pill King that gathers all the essence!
The alchemy furnace in this secret realm has been refining pills on its own for countless years, and these three King Pills must be extremely precious.
As for other pills, she didn't care at all; with her current alchemy skills, she could refine them with ease.
Just as everyone was scrambling for ordinary pills, Shen Rugo leaped out, simultaneously unleashing three runes.
"Boo! Hah! Hah!"
The three pills, like bees returning to their hive, were precisely collected by her.