Chapter 21

Jade Coral is a second-grade heavenly material and earthly treasure, belonging to coastal resources, not belonging to the Huangshi Safety Zone, so its price is much more expensive than ordinary third-grade herbs.

Suddenly, a doubt arose in Lou Qinghe's heart.

What kind of pill is this Zhou Family going to refine!?

Zhou Sheng said heroically: "Everyone, feel free to extract the medicinal spiritual energy; there are as many Huiqi Pills here as you want."

The rogue cultivators sat down and began to operate their energy to extract the medicinal spiritual energy from the herbs.

Lou Qinghe operated his spiritual energy, carefully extracting the medicinal spiritual energy from the Jade Coral.

For pill refining, the first hurdle is extracting the medicinal spiritual energy.

Why are heavenly materials and earthly treasures called heavenly materials and earthly treasures? Because they contain special medicinal spiritual energy, and pill refining is to combine the medicinal spiritual energy in the heavenly materials and earthly treasures into one, forming a higher and stronger medicinal spiritual energy.

Thereby allowing the human body to absorb these medicinal spiritual energies.

The pill cultivators present were all calming their minds and sinking their energy, extracting the medicinal spiritual energy from the heavenly materials and earthly treasures in front of them.

They didn't dare to be the slightest bit negligent; if they made a mistake, they might even be in danger of their lives.

The Jade Coral in front of Lou Qinghe was melting bit by bit, turning into drops of transparent liquid.

"Hmm!?"

Just then, Lou Qinghe felt a trace of abnormality.

It was as if a pair of eyes were watching him.

He couldn't help but look around; the entire hall was closed, and except for the exit where he came from, there was no other place to accommodate anyone else.

This feeling was very weird, as if someone was standing in a place you couldn't see and peeping.

"Whoosh! Whoosh!"

Whenever a drop of medicinal spiritual energy was formed, Zhou Sheng would absorb it and put it into the pill furnace, while he was responsible for maintaining the medicinal spiritual energy in the pill furnace.

"The pill being refined is definitely not simple!"

Lou Qinghe saw this and muttered to himself.

There were five or six pill cultivators present, and although he couldn't see what kind of herbs they were extracting, he thought that at worst they were second-grade heavenly materials and earthly treasures.

The pills refined from these precious herbs were at least second-grade high-grade pills, and they were only one step away from the third grade.

Soon, the last drop of medicinal spiritual energy from the pill cultivators present was extracted and all poured into the pill furnace.

And at this time, it was the most critical and difficult time for refining pills.

Hmm!?

Suddenly, Lou Qinghe found that the red cloth covering the shrine moved, like a weird tentacle.

It was only for an instant!

Fast!

Too fast!

If Lou Qinghe hadn't been vigilant about his surroundings at all times, he wouldn't have discovered it at all.

"That is!?"

Lou Qinghe was shocked in his heart, but his face was calm, as if he hadn't seen anything.

All the medicinal spiritual energy was extracted, and Zhou Sheng sat down in front of the pill furnace.

Next, it was the most important part of refining pills, and also the key to whether the pill could be formed.

"Okay, you can go back now."

At this time, Hou Peng walked out and said: "One Middle-grade Spirit Stone for each person, hurry up and go."

Ma Yu and the others still wanted to observe the refining of high-grade pills, but upon hearing Hou Peng's words, they hurriedly took the Spirit Stones and walked toward the outside of the cellar.

"Hurry up, I always feel that something is wrong here."

Lou Qinghe thought to himself.

Sometimes, curiosity can kill a person.

After everyone walked out of the cellar, Hou Peng looked at everyone and said coldly: "Today's pill refining, you cannot tell anyone about the herbs extracted, do you know?"

Ma Yu hurriedly said: "Don't worry, with this Middle-grade Spirit Stone in hand, we know what to do."

"That's good."

Hou Peng nodded with satisfaction: "Hurry up and go."

Several rogue cultivators hurriedly walked out of the courtyard and found that the sky had already darkened.

Someone whispered: "This Zhou Family is really mysterious?"

The person next to him nodded: "Young Master Zhou, the pill refining is definitely not simple."

Several people were discussing, perhaps testing each other about the herbs they refined, hoping to get some clues from it.

After all, for experts in the Literary Cultivation Sect who practiced the pill path, refining high-grade pills itself had a great attraction to them.

What kind of pill is this Zhou Sheng actually refining?

Lou Qinghe frowned, his face very ugly.

Because his panel had undergone drastic changes.

【Alienation level: 32%.】

【Hidden value: 99%. (Obtained proficiency 99%)】

His alienation level had increased by eight points, and the hidden value had also decreased for the first time.

Lou Qinghe thought to himself: "What is going on? Could it be that shrine of the Zhou Family?"

"Old Ma, what's wrong with you?"

At this time, the exclamation sound next to him woke him up.

Ma Yu had a lot of cold sweat on his forehead, and the veins on his forehead were bulging, but his mouth was slightly raised, revealing a strange and weird smile.

At the same time, a lot of black blood flowed from his seven orifices.

"C-could it be....."

Someone swallowed their saliva and retreated toward the back.

"Not good, alienated!"

Lou Qinghe's pupils froze.

The next moment, Ma Yu's palm grabbed toward the nearest rogue cultivator.

"Ah--!"

Ma Yu, who was originally from the Literary Cultivation Sect and not proficient in killing, actually grabbed the Qi Refining Level 3 rogue cultivator with one hand, and then sprayed black blood from his mouth.

The rogue cultivator was stained with black blood and instantly turned into black blood water.

"Swoosh!"

A rogue cultivator nearby was quick-eyed and fast-handed, and cut off Ma Yu's head with one blade.

Seeing this, everyone just wanted to breathe a sigh of relief.

What was terrifying was that Ma Yu's head actually floated on the ground, walking independently, flying directly toward them, and biting the rogue cultivator holding the blade beyond recognition.

Hiss--!

Even Lou Qinghe took a deep breath when he saw this.

The next moment, Ma Yu's head, stained with black blood, revealed a weird evil smile and continued to rush over.

The target was exactly Lou Qinghe.

The remaining few people hurriedly used their spells to blast at Ma Yu's head, but it was all in vain.

Boom!

Lou Qinghe silently recited the incantation, and a fireball rushed toward Ma Yu's head.

The flesh and blood were steamed dry at this moment, and the bones were shining with black light as they continued to rush over, even opening a huge mouth as if to swallow Lou Qinghe in one bite.

Exorcism Talisman!

Lou Qinghe remembered the Exorcism Talisman that Chang Zidao had used before, and hurriedly took one out from his waist and stuck it on the skull.

He saw the skull start to tremble violently, and the Exorcism Talisman was also constantly melting.

It was a long story, but it happened fast.

Boom!

Lou Qinghe smashed another fireball over, directly burning the skull into ashes.

It was completely quiet.

A long time later, the remaining two rogue cultivators breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Lou Qinghe with admiration.

"Fellow Daoist, thanks to you!"

"If it weren't for you, we would have all died here today."

"Phew!"

Lou Qinghe was also still in shock, looking at the sky: "It's getting dark, let's prepare to go back."

The two came to their senses and nodded repeatedly.

Next, the three came to the side of several corpses and found that the Spirit Stones and herbs had been melted, only a book on Ma Yu's body had not dissipated, and the two were afraid of being contaminated by evil spirits, so they took the initiative to give it to Lou Qinghe.

And Lou Qinghe hesitated for a moment, took two Exorcism Talismans to exorcise it fiercely, and then put it away.

Rushing home, Lou Qinghe pulled out the panel.

"My alienation level and hidden value have both changed, it must be because of that cellar!"

Lou Qinghe's face became a bit ugly, and the alienation level increased rapidly, making him still have lingering fears.

And the hidden value actually decreased.

Could it be that someone discovered the clues?

But that's impossible!

Lou Qinghe didn't think too much, but took out the Quhua Pill he had refined before.

One Quhua Pill went down, and as the Quhua Pill took effect, the alienation level dropped to 31%.

Then he swallowed another Quhua Pill, but the alienation level actually didn't drop, still maintaining at 31%.

"What's going on?"

Then he swallowed another Quhua Pill, and the alienation level dropped to 30%.

Then Lou Qinghe found that as more Quhua Pills were swallowed, the alienation level was almost difficult to drop further.

In other words, his body had developed a drug resistance to the Quhua Pill.

Unless he got a better Quhua Pill.

Otherwise......

"Damn it!"

Lou Qinghe clenched his fists; it seems he would have to practice the Quhua Pill in the future.

"Even the Spirit Stones were melted by the black blood, but that book didn't, it must be a treasure."

He couldn't help but think of the book obtained from Ma Yu, and opened the first page, where three big characters appeared.

Ghost Control Technique!

Among the sixty-four types of Daoist techniques, the Ghost Control Technique and the God Invocation Technique were extremely precious techniques.

The Ghost Control Technique and the God Invocation Technique, as the name suggests, are to summon ghosts and monsters from the underworld, or invite heavenly gods to help.

It is said that ancient cultivators once invited heavenly immortals to descend to the mortal world.

Among them, these two techniques can also possess the body, but it will consume lifespan, so very few Daoist experts perform them like this.

"This is a good thing."

Lou Qinghe looked at the Ghost Control Technique and hurriedly began to learn it.

Not long after, the panel in front of him changed.

【Ghost Control Technique LV1 (1/100)】

Lou Qinghe couldn't wait to silently recite the incantation, and as a cold airflow surged out, it seemed as if a door to the ghost gate had opened in the void, and he saw a phantom shadow appear beside him.

Dim and hazy, like a person but not a person, without any intelligence.

This was exactly the wandering soul summoned by the Ghost Control Technique.

"According to the Ghost Control Technique, the first level summons a wandering soul, which basically has no combat power and can only serve as exploration and surveillance."

Lou Qinghe muttered, then his body couldn't help but shiver.

After all, this wandering soul was also a ghost, and the cold air was pressing.

Lou Qinghe muttered to himself: "This Ghost Control Technique consumes quite a lot, and the wandering soul doesn't stay for long."

This Ghost Control Technique consumes a lot of mind and spiritual energy when performed once, and most of the spiritual energy in Lou Qinghe's body had been exhausted.

If it were the second level, the spiritual energy consumed would be even greater, and with his current cultivation, he might not be able to perform it.

"Cultivate to the highest level, and you can even invite the Ten Kings of Hell, or the Yama True Monarch!? How could it be so easy to cultivate to the highest level."

Lou Qinghe saw the last page of the Ghost Control Technique, shook his head, and then his heart shook.

Others can't, but I can!

Instantly, his heart became hot.