Chapter 54: Soul Nourishing Pill

Cultivation method, blood sacrifice essence blood, nourish the soul, condense essence blood......

In the Kill Qi Hall, Lu Chen finished his daily tasks and stood up.

"Condensing essence blood still wastes too many materials; indeed, I still need to go out and kill more demonic beasts."

If it weren't unavoidable, he really wouldn't want to go out.

After all, the only dangers in the Heaven Demon Sect are the Sect Leader and a few elders.

But the dangers outside are completely unknown.

At least the Heaven Demon Sect can freely leech kill qi and cultivation methods; outside, there's nothing but demonic beasts.

Unless he can go to orthodox territory, he really has no interest in going out.

"Time flew by without notice; let's go check on Chu Lian's condition."

Since the day he joined the sect, he has been preparing to ask the other party about the pill for restoring the soul.

But he never had the chance.

This time, when he goes back, he must ask no matter what.

Otherwise, the feeling of emptiness from a weak soul makes him constantly uneasy.

If anything else happens, the consequences are unimaginable.

Thinking of this, he immediately left the Kill Qi Hall and returned to his residence.

Opening the door, he saw Gu Xiangxiang helping Chu Lian.

Seeing the waste scattered on the floor, the ceiling already blackened by smoke, and Chu Lian's stubborn expression, he knew what had happened without needing to be told.

"Where did you run off to? Come help me quickly!"

Since that accident, Chu Lian seems to have become a bit strange.

Upon seeing Lu Chen appear, she immediately gave him a commanding look.

"Here." Lu Chen hehe-laughed and naturally went to her side.

Seeing him appear, Gu Xiangxiang briefly showed a bitter smile, then silently withdrew.

After helping Chu Lian for a while, Lu Chen found an opportunity to ask about the soul-restoring pill.

"That kind of pill is rare; once refined, even any leftovers get snatched up immediately."

Listening to her, Lu Chen nodded thoughtfully.

"Can you help me refine some?"

As the saying goes, when asking for a favor, one's attitude should be proper.

After all, the other party has that history with him, so lowering his attitude a bit is fine.

"Soul Nourishing Pill, fifth-rank, requires Heavenly Spirit Fruit, Ghost Peony Grass......"

Chu Lian listed several medicinal ingredients in one breath, obviously very familiar with this pill.

"I don't have any of these on me; if you can gather them all, I can help you refine them."

Earlier, when they agreed to test the pill with Lu Chen, Chu Lian had already promised him that she would refuse nothing that could be refined.

"......"

Hearing so many pill names, Lu Chen instantly felt overwhelmed.

After all, these pills are hard to find.

Although the demon sect's territory does have them all, gathering them quickly would likely require many avenues.

"Alright."

Lu Chen responded and began to think.

The Heaven Demon Sect's Mission Hall is similar to the Nine Abyss Gate, also trading various materials.

However, one must complete missions to exchange.

Other ways are to go out and search oneself, plus trade with other cultivators.

"There should also be places like a ghost market nearby; we'll go try our luck then."

In the next few hours, Chu Lian failed repeatedly several times.

Seeing her focused appearance, it was as if nothing had ever happened before.

Seeing that she seemed unwilling to admit it, Lu Chen didn't press further and pretended nothing had happened.

"Chu Lian, it's so late; why not refine again tomorrow?"

Seeing her spiritual energy insubstantial and her physical strength clearly failing, Lu Chen spoke softly.

"Don't worry about me, I can still do it!" Chu Lian stubbornly intended to continue.

He didn't notice at all, but Lu Chen's way of addressing himself suddenly changed from 'senior' to 'Chu Lian'.

Seeing her insistence, Lu Chen accompanied her in refining for another hour.

Not knowing what she was competing against in her heart, seeing her hands trembling slightly as she controlled the pill furnace, she still persisted.

"Chu Lian......"

"I can still do it! If you want to dual cultivate with that senior again, go yourself, don't bother me."

Chu Lian's sudden words left Lu Chen somewhat at a loss.

Turns out, she was competing over this?

"Women's thoughts are truly......"

He felt helpless, but also didn't want to indulge her.

After all, what he did initially was of her own making.

Moreover, she has already come to regard all of this as if it never happened.

"Got it!"

Thinking of that, Lu Chen immediately agreed, turned around and dove headfirst into Su Qian's blankets.

Seeing this, Chu Lian's mouth twitched slightly.

From her birth to now, she truly hasn't been treated like this before.

But after thinking, she realized it was indeed because she said those words that led Lu Chen to do this.

"Chu Lian, don't be angry......"

She constantly reassured herself not to be angry.

After all, last time she did this, she actually gave up her purity.

If anything else happens, she really won't be able to explain to her Master.

"Right." At that moment, she suddenly thought of something.

Afterwards she glanced at Lu Chen's direction, where the blankets were somewhat restless, and a smile appeared at the corner of her mouth.

"Since you took my purity, I'll cling to you."

"Once my Master discovers I haven't returned to the sect, they will surely come looking for me."

"By then, I'll insist it was you......"

She thought so, yet inexplicably felt some reluctance in her heart.

"Chu Lian, what's wrong with you? That's the lecherous thief who defiled your purity! How could you consider him?"

Suddenly, she felt some conflict in her heart.

For a moment, she even forgot the elixir in the alchemy furnace.

"Bang!"

The next second, the out-of-control alchemy furnace exploded with a bang.

"Forget it, I'll just sleep for a while."

After slightly withdrawing from that focused state, she quickly felt endless fatigue washing over.

She no longer cared about the elixir or purity, turned back to her room and fell asleep as soon as her head hit the pillow.

At that moment, Lu Chen naturally noticed this scene.

Although he was enjoying the bare-handed cauldron-tuning technique at that moment, he still kept some attention on Chu Lian.

If she really died from exhaustion, not to mention her terrifying Master, he would lose a means to become stronger.

"Master, why are you distracted?"

"Don't ask, continue..."

"Yes." Su Qian replied vaguely.

On another mat, Gu Xiangxiang seemed to have grown accustomed to their situation.

She shut out the outside world, hid in the blankets, and took out a huge map from her storage bag.

It depicted all the sects and mountain ranges in the northern part of Perfection Continent.

It also clearly marked several routes leading to the orthodox faction's territory.

The neighboring place to Perfection Continent is called Heaven Continent, which is the domain where the orthodox faction resides.

Back then, she was taken by demonic cultivators from the border of Heaven Continent and brought to the Nine Abyss Gate to become a disciple.

"Father, Mother, if I can return home alive, I will surely erect a tomb for you and avenge you."