Chapter 587: Re-visiting the Reverse Moon Temple

The next morning, Xu Qing opened his eyes. Linger had been taking care of him the whole time. Seeing Xu Qing wake up, she hurriedly moved closer, her little face filled with worry.

"Brother Xu Qing..."

"I'm fine." Xu Qing smiled, raised his hand to touch Linger's head, and felt his own injuries.

His body's injuries had recovered more than half under the power of the purple crystal, but the sense of weakness still existed.

This was mainly due to the impact on his soul from the backlash formed by the Canglong's self-detonation.

However, the remaining head of the Canglong contained more Heavenly Fate power than before, and the level was also different, so in the process of its recovery, for Xu Qing, this was a kind of improvement.

Xu Qing could feel that when this sense of weakness disappeared, his own soul power would be more resilient and stronger than ever before.

"In about twenty days, I should be able to fully recover. At that time, my combat power will also increase a lot. If I encounter Yangdao again, I can be more composed."

Xu Qing took a deep breath and sat up. The Captain also appeared at the door at this moment, eating a peach while glancing at Xu Qing, and smiled.

"Went out for a trip, how come you're a bit different when you came back? Your eyes are sharper than before."

Saying this, the Captain threw an apple to Xu Qing.

Xu Qing caught it, took a bite, walked out of the back room, and arrived in the medicine shop.

Ning Yan was mopping the floor, sighing while mopping. Seeing Xu Qing, he forced a smile.

You Jing was irritably boiling water. Clearly, she could use cultivation to assist, but obviously, this was not allowed, so she could only squat there, staring at the stove and the iron pot in front of her.

As for Li Youfei, he was currently enthusiastically introducing elixirs to a trembling Qi Condensation cultivator.

And Wu Jianwu was still at the door, having gotten used to his identity. At this moment, wearing coarse linen clothes, he was looking up and reciting poems.

And there was the Elder, sitting behind the medicine shop counter, turning beads in his hand, smiling as he watched all this. On his shoulder was a hairless parrot containing a sense of grief and indignation.

"Elder, I suspect it was Chen Erniu who did it..."

The parrot drooped its head, glanced at Xu Qing and the Captain, then glared at the Captain, complaining to the Mingnan Shizi.

The Captain smiled and didn't pay attention, instead walking to the door, taking out a sword, crossing his arms, lifting his chin, and guarding the medicine shop.

Warmth rose in Xu Qing's heart. Everything was the same as when he left. In this little medicine shop, that sense of warmth made his heart feel more and more at peace.

At this moment, You Jing finally finished boiling the water, hurriedly picked it up and went to the Elder to make tea for him.

The Mingnan Shizi picked up the teacup, took a sip, nodded slightly, and then his gaze landed on Xu Qing.

"Twenty days later, your training must continue."

Xu Qing respectfully agreed, feeling anticipation in his heart. He could foresee that such training would definitely be incomparably dangerous every time, but as long as he endured it and gained insights, the improvement to himself would be incomparably huge.

Just like that, time flowed, and several days passed.

Xu Qing's injuries were still slowly recovering, but he could already feel the difference in his soul power, which had a clear change in the speed of thinking about problems.

In the past, things he needed to ponder deeply, now he only needed to think slightly to understand. This made Xu Qing, during this healing period, re-study the curses and continue to delve into them.

Li Youfei also had to be busy because of this.

Finally, ten days later, Xu Qing, with the help of his own soul growth and the results of his past research, used Li Youfei's blood as a guide, based on the disordered growth flesh and blood left behind, and fused his own Purple Moon power to improve the Difficulty-Relieving Pill.

This improvement was different from the past. Under Xu Qing's accumulation, he finally managed to increase the amount of curse reduction a bit.

The previous Difficulty-Relieving Pill could also do this, but the reduction was only one in ten thousand, which could be ignored.

But now, if the amount of curse in a person's body was quantified as one hundred, after eating the antidote, it would become ninety-nine.

Therefore, the difficulty-relieving effect brought about was even more astonishing.

At the same time, Xu Qing could foresee that after this Difficulty-Relieving Pill was sold, someone would definitely notice its true effect.

"It's a pity the amount of curse reduction is still too small. However, my direction is correct. If I continue like this, I should be able to gradually increase the medicinal effect until I produce an elixir that can truly resolve curses."

After pondering, Xu Qing headed to the Reverse Moon Temple.

It had been several months since he last stepped into the Reverse Moon Temple.

This time, Xu Qing was not alone.

Linger had been worried about Xu Qing's injuries these days and had stopped keeping accounts, instead accompanying Xu Qing all the time. She was also very curious about the Reverse Moon Temple, so Xu Qing brought Linger along this time.

Inside the Reverse Moon Temple, in Xu Qing's temple, there were seven or eight outer temple statues meditating at this moment.

These were either neighbors or fanatics, and every one of them had bought Xu Qing's Difficulty-Relieving Pill.

So even though the Master hadn't come for several months, the piety in their hearts made them come here every day, as if meditating here could invisibly suppress the curses for them.

Especially the big man with his chest exposed, as a cultivator who had fully listened to the Dao sound, he had successfully created a new persona for himself, usually calling himself a follower of the Master.

He even had great disgust for all remarks criticizing the Master from the outer temple. At this moment, his expression was majestic, and he was speaking calmly to other followers beside him.

"Although the Master hasn't returned during this period, we, as followers and former beneficiaries, must strengthen our confidence and not blindly listen to the remarks of the outer temple."

"And I have always firmly believed that the day the Master returns, he will definitely bring a greater difficulty-relieving storm to the Reverse Moon Temple!"

The big man's voice echoed, and other followers nodded heavily. However, one female immortal statue hesitated for a moment and spoke in a low voice.

"Although many medicine-specializing cultivators have criticized the Master, it is actually insignificant. However, recently, Master Sheng Luo has also raised quite a few doubts..."

Following the woman's words, the others were silent.

The name Sheng Luo carried no small weight in the hearts of the cultivators of the Reverse Moon Temple.

This was because this Master was the person who sold the most Difficulty-Relieving Pills in the Reverse Moon Temple. Some even analyzed that at least thirty percent of the Difficulty-Relieving Pills in the Reverse Moon Temple came from this Master's hands.

So his doubts had a different significance.

But just at this moment, the altar shook.

This vibration made all the statues sitting cross-legged in the temple pause, waves rising in their hearts, and they looked fiercely at the altar.

On the altar, the statue of the old man carrying a gourd, whose eyes had not been opened for a long time, suddenly opened them at this moment.

"Master!"

"Master Dan Jiu!"

These seven or eight statues had their hearts shaking violently. They stood up instantly and bowed to Xu Qing one after another. Especially the neighbor, who was even more excited.

"Master, you have finally returned!"

Xu Qing was stunned. He didn't act rashly. He stood on the altar, his gaze landing on those bowing to him below, and he spoke slowly.

"Who are you?"

"Master, we are all people who have received your grace. Over these past few months, we have voluntarily guarded this place one after another, hoping to follow in your footsteps and become your followers!"

The neighbor big man spoke respectfully.

Outside, the bronze square tripod had smoke rolling inside, rising into the sky, looking like incense was flourishing.

Further away, one could vaguely see dozens of statues meditating at different distances.

But trying it out was still the right thing to do. If it really met the Master's wishes, for them, the status of a follower would have huge significance.

With this thought, they carefully observed Xu Qing for more than ten breaths. Xu Qing was expressionless, his heart without waves. Standing on the altar, he looked down at those below, and after his gaze swept over these statues, he spoke indifferently.

He thought for a moment and was about to take out the new elixir he had made, but Linger's angry voice suddenly echoed in Xu Qing's mind.

"If you have a new elixir, Brother Xu Qing, why don't we borrow their mouths to pre-heat it in advance, set a date, and announce the release of the elixir?"

"In that case, during this process, it will definitely cause some voices of doubt. When you take out the elixir, Brother Xu Qing, you will make those doubters bring shame upon themselves!"

Linger whispered.

"Ten days later, I will release an improved Difficulty-Relieving Pill. This pill is vastly different from the previous Difficulty-Relieving Pills and is named the Curse-Relieving Pill."

"You all tell the outside world about this in these ten days. After the release ten days later, I will give each of you one."

And after he left, the statues in the temple gasped one after another. Looking at each other, they all noticed the horror in each other's eyes.

"The medicinal effect is vastly different from the past?"

"Not called Difficulty-Relieving Pill, but Curse-Relieving Pill?"

"This name..."

These seven or eight statues were all moved. From this name, they tasted some content they dared not believe.

"A pill to resolve curses?" The neighbor big man, no matter how fanatical he was about Xu Qing, felt his breathing stagnate at this moment, and a sense of incredulity rose in his heart.

"What if... it's true?" After a long while, one of the statues suddenly spoke.

As soon as he spoke, the breathing of the other statues became rapid.

"If it's true... then from now on, in this Reverse Moon Temple, this Master Dan Jiu we follow will become a true god!"

The neighbor big man felt his heart churning violently, whispering to himself.

----- "More later!" ===== CHAPTER 588 =====