Chapter 153: Requesting Qi Refining Pills and Technique Manuals from Ye Fan

The electric current made a zizzing sound, causing the radio's voice to break up intermittently.

But Lin Meng still got the gist; this world is indeed off.

Weird? Could it be that the weird qi has revived, a world without zombies but with weird phenomena running rampant?

Lin Meng felt her scalp tingle; she's most afraid of ghosts.

Of the three worlds connected by the space jade bracelets, aside from Ye Fan's cultivation world, which looks decent for now, the other two are what the heck?

Lin Meng was somewhat speechless; after turning off the radio, she found several sheets of scrap paper on the counter, and besides the bills, there were even a few pages of diary, likely written by the shop owner.

She pocketed the diary, planning to study it later when she went out, and then began quickly searching the shop for useful information.

When the three minutes were up, she was kicked out; fortunately, this time she gained something.

After studying the diary and a few telecom briefs, Lin Meng quickly reached a conclusion.

The world behind the door is exactly as she expected: a land of revived weird qi, a weird world.

It is said that on that day the sky tore a hole, after which weird phenomena invaded, and the whole world fell.

Human living space has been continually compressed since then, with safe zones established everywhere to jointly resist the weird.

This is extremely similar to a doomsday zombie outbreak; humanity has become a vulnerable group, with death playing out every day.

The only fortunate thing is that this weird world seems to be of a higher dimension than Ye Heng's wasteland world; life inside the safe zones remains basically unchanged, and order has not collapsed.

Moreover, humanity has also evolved in the weird qi, giving rise to a group of awakened ability-wielding night watchers.

Unlike the abilities in Ye Heng's wasteland world, the abilities in this weird world seem to be even stronger.

Unfortunately, Lin Meng's obtained information is limited, so she only knows a little about it.

What's more speechless is that her landing point, the desolate street, seems far from the nearest safe zone.

Currently, the total time she can spend inside is only three minutes; she wants to see this world's safe zone, but that seems far off.

Over the next two days, Lin Meng went in twice more, visiting the two small shops next to the noodle shop each time.

These two locations had no weird phenomena, but it seems the shop's contents have been almost completely scavenged, leaving nothing of value.

Repeatedly waiting for refresh, going in for three minutes then being kicked out makes progress truly slow.

Thus Lin Meng decided to temporarily abandon exploring this weird world, planning to wait for Ye Heng to bring more crystals, upgrade the third space, and see if exploration time can be increased.

Just in case, Lin Meng thought and decided to temporarily move everything in the third space into the second space.

That golden safe, she took it out and placed it in her bedroom.

Being able to glance at that glittering golden giant before sleep each day is also a kind of enjoyment.

She is not short of money now, so there's no need to sell that golden safe; she might as well keep it for her own appreciation.

At night, Lin Meng tossed and turned unable to sleep, her fingers rubbing the nine-eyed heavenly pearl hanging before her chest, her thoughts still in that weird world.

Just then, Ye Fan's voice transmitted into her mind; Lin Meng's eyes lit up instantly, and she immediately cast the weird world to the back of her mind.

"You've come out of seclusion? How was your gain?"

Lin Meng first concerned herself with Ye Fan's cultivation progress; Ye Fan couldn't help but laugh and said:

"Fortunately I did not disgrace my mission; I have broken through to the ninth layer of Qi Refining!"

Last time he was at the sixth layer of Qi Refining; after a few days of closed-door cultivation he jumped three levels straight up—this cultivation speed surely ranks among the best in the cultivation world, right?

Lin Meng felt extremely envious in her heart, yet she sincerely blessed Ye Fan and encouraged him, saying:

"Talent plus diligence, Ye Fan, you will surely go far."

Ye Fan dared not boast of his achievement; he clearly knew that his present success is entirely thanks to the nurturing of the Immortal Elder Sister, and he merely did what a cultivator ought to do.

If it weren't for the Immortal Elder Sister opening the immortal gate for him, letting him join the Cloud Heaven Sect, and providing such precious cultivation resources, he'd probably still be picking firewood in mountain gullies now, and would never dream of stepping onto the path of cultivation in this lifetime.

"Immortal Elder Sister, thanks to the cola and spiritual rice you provided, I can cultivate so swiftly; that spiritual rice is not only delicious but also supplies a great amount of spiritual qi."

Upon hearing this, Lin Meng immediately said:

"If you like it, eat more; eat at ease, I still have plenty here—I'll give you several more bags."

Upon hearing that, Ye Fan became extremely excited and continued to report his other cultivation achievements to Lin Meng, hoping that after hearing it the Immortal Elder Sister would feel her resources had not been wasted.

Ye Fan said:

"Immortal Elder Sister, these past few days I have also tried to follow the pill formula to refine several batches of pills; the quality is still not good enough, but I will persevere and strive to refine perfect-quality pills."

Ye Fan had long decided that besides his daily cultivation, he would devote most of his energy to pill-making.

The Immortal Elder Sister seems to like pills a lot; he wants to grow up quickly so that in the future he can refine pills for her, and then he won't need to buy those from Senior Brother Song Yun.

Lin Meng, knowing he can now make pills, felt another pang of envy.

Unfortunately, she lacks the fire-wood spiritual root, has no innate advantage in pill-making, and can only buy pills.

When the talk turned to pills and cultivation status, Lin Meng quickly steered the conversation there and said to Ye Fan:

"Ye Fan, since you've come out of seclusion, I will now assign you a task."

Ye Fan, upon hearing this, immediately became serious, his face solemn.

"I need you to help me exchange some auxiliary pills for Qi Refining cultivators; in places where spiritual qi is thin, cultivators need to rely on pills to cultivate, so procure some pills according to that standard."

Ye Fan immediately agreed, then added thoughtfully:

"Immortal Elder Sister, do we need technique manuals suitable for Qi Refining cultivators?"

Lin Meng's eyes lit up; this kid is enlightened, knows how to extrapolate, so she doesn't have to demand them one by one.

Thus Lin Meng pondered a moment and then said:

"Prepare some; they need not be too complex or hard to learn, just simple and easy to pick up, not limited to any particular kind of technique—even a useless life-assisting technique will do."

She is not picky; moreover, as a cultivation novice, if she started with high difficulty right away, she might truly lack the insight to learn it properly.

Ye Fan thought it over and agreed; he already had a rough direction in mind.

However, he does not intend to use the Immortal Elder Sister's resources for this exchange this time; that would be too wasteful.

Moreover, this is fundamentally his own task; he should complete it himself.

So Ye Fan hesitated for a moment, then said to Lin Meng:

"Immortal elder sister, can this mission give me more time? I want to take on a few sect missions to earn points, then use points to exchange for pills and technique manuals."

Lin Meng naturally would not refuse, and said:

"Also good, your cultivation has risen several levels, you have never gone out for training, cultivation cannot stay only in the cave dwelling, you also need to go out and practice in society appropriately."

"Alright, I can wait, but cannot exceed one month, okay?"

Ye Fan did not know what social practice was, but understood the immortal elder sister's meaning, he nodded and promised.

"Within the one-month period, Ye Fan will surely not disappoint!"