Chapter 33: Holy Medicine Dust Fragrance, Demon Race Bait

Shi Hao and his three companions began searching in the front secret chamber.

All cultivation techniques and such have been completely looted.

Only many torn fragments remain.

It seems this was caused by the earlier entering disciples fighting over them.

"Qingyu, go check the next secret chamber; there's something there."

Mu Shui Xian told Hua Qingyu via divine sense.

"Senior brother, let's go check the next chamber."

Hua Qingyu said to Shi Hao and the others.

"Let's go; there seems to be nothing left here."

Hua Qingyu walked ahead alone, while Shi Hao greeted Lin Bai and Wang Teng and they proceeded.

"Shi brother, there's nothing good here; why don't we go check other places in the secret realm?"

Wang Teng also spoke ruefully, saying if he had known earlier he wouldn't have wasted time here.

"Wait a moment, then let's have another look."

Upon entering the next secret chamber, it was even more desolate and empty.

It's the sort of place where even thieves would have to cry and leave two spirit stones.

"Senior, there's nothing at all here!"

"Don't rush; there's a formation here."

"Qingyu, open your sea of consciousness; I will temporarily control your body while the Emperor breaks this formation."

Hua Qingyu obeyed, doing as told; she greatly trusted the senior inside the ring, for if the senior meant her harm, she would not be alive today.

Mu Shui Xian entered Hua Qingyu's body through her sea of consciousness, opened their eyes, and the person's entire demeanor changed drastically.

As soon as Shi Hao and the others entered, they saw this scene.

"Junior sister, are you breaking the formation?"

"There's still a formation here?"

With their cultivation, they could not possibly detect it.

She kept forming hand seals with both hands.

"Break!"

Mu Shui Xian shouted.

The formation immediately dispersed, revealing the chamber's original appearance.

Jars of pills were neatly arranged on the shelves, emitting waves of medicinal fragrance.

"Holy cow! It turns out the pills were hidden by the formation; no wonder we found nothing."

"We're going to get rich!"

Shi Hao, Lin Bai, and Wang Teng stared in shock at the scene, shouting that they were going to get rich.

Mu Shui Xian heard their words, turned their head, and glanced at them.

"Junior sister's gaze is terrifying!"

"Ice-cold! Indifferent."

"Junior sister…… are you alright?"

"How does it feel like junior sister has become a completely different person?"

Mu Shui Xian immediately retreated back into the ring.

"I'm fine, senior brother."

"Let's quickly gather the pills."

Having said that, Hua Qingyu went to search for the Soul-Pacifying Holy Medicine.

Shi Hao, Lin Bai, and Wang Teng also began inspecting each item one by one.

"This is actually the Exquisite Pill!"

"There's also the Scarlet Yang Pill!"

Wang Teng picked up a few bottles of pills, smelled them, carefully examined the pill patterns, identified these pills, and then spoke in shock.

As expected of the powerful ancient holy land, these long-lost pills are all present.

"Senior brother, come quickly; there's writing here."

Upon hearing this, Shi Hao and Wang Teng hurried over.

They found Lin Bai staring at the stone table, which had several lines of text carved into it.

"I am the Pill Refining Elder of the Heavenly Dust Holy Land."

"In the first year of Tian Xu, the demon race launched a massive invasion of our eastern territories."

"Our Heavenly Dust Holy Land allied with the major forces to rise in resistance, but the strength disparity was too great."

"We do not know how long we can hold out; to prevent the demon race from destroying our holy land's pill hall, I specially set up this formation."

"If you can solve this formation, all the pills shall be yours."

"The demon race…… should have been driven back…" — Left by Mo Feng, Pill Refining Elder of the Heavenly Dust Holy Land.

"So this formation was left behind by the holy land's pill refining elder."

Only then did Shi Hao and his companions understand.

This formation was set up to guard against the demon race; presumably its level is not low either.

Moreover, they had never gone to ask the little junior sister if she also knew how to break formations.

Everyone harbors a secret in their heart.

"Found it! Senior."

The other side.

Hua Qingyu held a bottle of medicinal pill, happily said.

Holy medicine, Soul-Settling Holy Pill.

Possessing the effect of nourishing and stabilizing the soul, it is a rare treasure; even as strong as the Heavenly Derivation Holy Land only has one bottle in her hand.

The bottle contains only three pellets.

Hua Qingyu placed the holy medicine into the ring and handed it to Mu Shuixian.

Mu Shuixian used her magic power to convert all three pellets into holy medicine of medicinal power that continuously nourished her soul.

"Not bad, the Emperor's soul has become somewhat solid."

Now we can exert the power of a saint; although before we could do it with all our strength, afterwards we need to sleep for a long time to recover.

"Senior Brother, how is it?"

"Have the medicinal pills been packed? Let's go."

Having finished, Hua Qingyu walked over to Shi Hao and the others.

Then I saw them divide the medicinal pills into one large portion and three small portions.

"Junior Sister, you've come; we discussed with Senior Brother Wang, this formation was broken by you, Junior Sister, so you take the large share, and we three will split the rest equally."

Seeing that she couldn't persuade the three of them, Hua Qingyu stopped urging and silently put away the medicinal pills.

Anyway, she had decided to turn them all over to the sect.

Shi Hao and Lin Bai thought the same.

Their master has shown them great kindness and passed on peerless cultivation methods; they must strive for the sect.

"Then there's nothing left here; let's go."

The four of them packed up their things and headed out.

Wang Teng called back the inner disciples as well.

"Senior Brother, what did you find?"

"Cough, I came back empty-handed this time."

"Here, this is for you."

The senior brother from that holy land, hearing the junior brother's words, handed over a cultivation manual.

"Ah, thank you, Senior Brother."

"However, Senior Brother, if you give me the cultivation manual, what will you use?"

"Hey, I'm fine with anything."

That senior brother strode forward, inadvertently revealing the five cultivation manuals tucked at his waist.

Shi Hao and his group walked out of the palace.

This time, not only did they return with full loads, but the disciples of the Dongxuan Holy Land also found many things.

This is the famous art of scavenging.

Of course, the effectiveness of scavenging also depends on the location; if the place is poor, no amount of scavenging will help.

Towards places like the Hall of Cultivation Techniques and the Hall of Medicinal Pills, even if they are thoroughly looted, one can still find some overlooked bits.

……

"A saint's inheritance has appeared in the east!"

"Damn! What are we waiting for? Hurry over! Don't be late and let others get there first."

Wang Teng, upon hearing that, casually grabbed a man who was sprinting.

"No! You people have..."

That man was about to utter profanity, but upon seeing the person before him, he hastily swallowed the words that were already at his lips.

After a friendly inquiry, they learned the full story.

I don't know which few people are spreading the word wildly, claiming that a saint's inheritance has appeared in the ruins of a palace in the east.

Upon receiving the news, everyone hurried over there.

"Since that's the case, let's go take a look as well, Senior Brother Shi."

Wang Teng turned and said to Shi Hao and the others.

Shi Hao keenly sensed that something was off.

Who would go around telling people about a saint's inheritance they've seen, especially in this secret realm where everyone is a competitor!

It's as if someone deliberately lured everyone over there.

"Something's off, Senior Brother Wang; this matter probably isn't simple."

Lin Bai and Hua Qingyu also noticed; everyone's smart, they catch on quickly.

As for those disciples rushing over, are they all idiots? Wouldn't they notice?

No, it's just that the saint's inheritance is too tempting!

Have you not heard? To hear the Dao in the morning is to die content in the evening.

"Senior Brother Shi, I know what you're worried about."

"But we have so many people, plus geniuses like Senior Brother Shi and you, and my holy land's disciples; in this secret realm, no force should be able to withstand us."

Going to try our luck is also fine.

They didn't think of going elsewhere.

Even if someone was luring them over.

They thought it was what certain forces that had entered the secret realm were doing.