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Chapter 144: What is your intention in mixing this poison into the pill? Xiao Chen!

"Master Mingyan has reached an agreement with Master Leiyin of the Lingyuan Sect. From now on, the two sects will support each other and jointly attack the demonic cultivators of the Divine Fire Sect."

As soon as Mei Yong came up, he said something shocking.

Xiao Chen was not surprised by this result itself.

The Divine Fire Sect is powerful, and as a fellow righteous sect, it is both a matter of duty and a wise move for them to rush to Hezhou to provide assistance.

Otherwise, once the Divine Fire Sect takes over Hezhou, the next victim will be Lizhou.

And by that time, there will be no other allies to come and help.

But the question is, is this result coming too fast?

It's been less than two years, and Hezhou is already unable to hold on?
As far as he knew, the Yingyue Immortal Sect had held out for more than three years even after the mountain gate was heavily surrounded.

The others were also a little surprised and asked about the current situation in Hezhou.

Mei Yong looked a little strange. He wanted to explain the misunderstanding, but he didn't know how to explain it.
So I had to silently open a newly drawn map of the Hezhou situation.

"The white circle is the territory currently controlled by the Lingyuan Sect, and the red circle is the area occupied by the Divine Fire Sect."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Chen looked up and immediately noticed that something was not right with the situation in Hezhou.

The outskirts of the northern Lingyuan Sect's territory were marked with densely packed red strongholds, almost forming a continuous piece.

Especially near the two first-level spirit veins, the red is even black.

However, there are only a few scattered red dots in the central and southern parts of Hezhou.

Judging from their distribution, they have no organization or connection. It seems more like some robbery cultivators are taking advantage of the situation and causing chaos in the name of the Divine Fire Sect.

This is very interesting.

Judging from this picture alone, it might be more appropriate to change the invasion of Hezhou to the invasion of Lingyuan Sect.

"cough!"

Mei Yong coughed lightly and said, "In short, the situation is quite serious right now. We urgently need more manpower to maintain the front line."

"The purpose of this meeting is to ask all of you brothers and sisters if anyone is willing to go to Hezhou to fight against the demon cultivators."

"I have another one here, the reward for exorcising demons offered by Lingyuan Sect."

As he spoke, he waved his hand.

The inner disciples standing by immediately handed out the exchange books they had just copied to everyone present.

Xiao Chen opened the exchange book and took a look.

I have to say that the rewards offered by Lingyuan Sect this time are quite generous.

Not only are there many varieties, but there are also many rare treasures that are rarely seen in normal times.

There were a total of sixty-four top-grade magical instruments taken out, as well as a full twenty kinds of profound-level inheritances.

There are countless kinds of mid-grade magic weapons, second-level elixirs, special spiritual fruits, five-element spiritual sands, etc.

Xiao Chen turned directly to the last few pages, where all the real good stuff was listed.

Twenty portions of top-grade five-element spiritual liquid, five top-grade magic weapons, eight complete sets of earth-level inheritance, nineteen different earth-level spells, and a second-level crocodile cat inner elixir.

Most importantly, the points required to redeem these things are not that many.

Lingyuan Sect directly lists dozens of tasks that can earn points.

Theoretically, if you work hard for just one year, you can earn more than what you would earn in ten years.

To be honest, it's really heart-warming to watch.

Xiao Chen had the urge to give it a try. Once he got the crocodile cat's inner elixir, he should be able to directly refine the fake elixir.

The others were even more excited.

Several guest officials stated on the spot that good and evil cannot coexist, and they are willing to set off immediately to reinforce Hezhou in eliminating evil and defending the way of righteousness.

Mei Yong waited until everyone had finished watching before he started to pour cold water on the topic.

"Don't worry, my fellow apprentices. I have some bad news for you."

"According to reliable intelligence, the reason why Lingyuan Sect is so generous is because some cultivators in the late Foundation Establishment stage have suffered casualties."

"These high-scoring tasks all carry considerable risk."

After he said this, some people began to hesitate.

Especially many people who are older or come from a family background in the foundation-building stage are not very willing to take risks.

But there is also another group represented by Huang Haoran, who are younger or do not come from a family to build their foundation, and they all said that they are not afraid of risks.

"Don't worry, brothers."

Mei Yong tried to persuade him, "Although time is tight this time, we still have three days to prepare."

"After all, this matter is a matter of life and death. Please go back and think it over carefully, and you can also discuss it with yourselves. Those who wish to go, please gather at the square at 2:30 in three days."

"Once you go to Hezhou, you can't regret it, but before that, you can change your mind at any time."

Xiao Chen actually wanted the crocodile cat's inner elixir and the wood-type spiritual liquid, but he did not make a decision directly.

Instead, on the second day after the meeting, he went to see Elder Chen to ask for his opinion.

The rest of the Chen family happened to be there too.

Upon hearing this, Chen Tianyuan immediately advised, "Junior Brother Xiao, the situation in Hezhou is chaotic right now. This is not a good opportunity."

Elder Chen nodded in agreement. "Your uncle is right. With your talent, being an alchemist is better than anything else. There's no need to take such a risk."

Chen Tianfeng also spoke up: "Junior Brother Xiao, fighting and killing is so boring. Are you interested in refining weapons?"

Ok?
As soon as he said this, before Xiao Chen could reply, Chen Tianyuan retorted, "What's so good about refining weapons?"

"Besides, he has already chosen alchemy, so there is no reason for him to give up halfway."

"Junior Brother Xiao, Lingyuan Sect just happened to send a lot of orders this time. If you are free, you can come to the Alchemy Hall to take a look."

Then everyone discussed for a while about reinforcing Hezhou.

Chen Tianyuan's attitude was clear: "The Jiang and Song families are more anxious than us. This time it's best to let them explore the way first."

"The sect should have a second batch of reinforcements. If the risk is not too high, we can still go later."

Xiao Chen also learned from him the current attitudes of the five major families.

The Jiang family wants to expand the alchemy market in Hezhou, and the Song family wants to restore the trade route as soon as possible.

Therefore, both of them hope that the sect will reinforce Hezhou, and they are radical.

The Liu family only wanted to guard the spiritual fields on the plain, while the Su family only wanted to guard their own Nanhu Lake.

Neither of them wants to go to Hezhou to fight, so they are conservative.

The Chen family's current position is wavering. They want the reward from Lingyuan Sect, but they don't want to take too much risk.

Therefore, I plan to wait and see the specific situation. To put it nicely, I am a neutral person.

Xiao Chen's original thoughts were actually similar to those of everyone in the Chen family.

Firstly, although the rewards from Lingyuan Sect are indeed tempting, they are not indispensable.

The spiritual liquid on hand is enough for the time being, and he is not short of top-grade magic weapons. The earth-level inheritance and spells are not very attractive to him.

Secondly, with his abilities, even if he went a little later, it wouldn't be a problem for him to fight for the inner elixir.

Since there will be a second batch of reinforcements later, there is really no need for him to rush over and take the risk immediately.

Therefore, he decided to wait and see.

Wait until the first group of fellow students who went to Hezhou bring back more accurate information before making a decision.
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Three days later, Xiao Chen came to the sect square to bid farewell to Huang Haoran and Ye Fei.

Ye Fei even invited him to go to Hezhou together: "I heard that Senior Brother Xiao was asking about the top-level spiritual liquid. This time, Lingyuan Sect gave out six bottles of wood-type spiritual liquid."

"With your strength, earning points should be a piece of cake."

Huang Haoran supported him to stay: "If you ask me, it's better for Senior Brother Xiao not to go."

"It just so happens that we can still keep one more person in the Demon Exorcist Temple."

"There was a new clue reported yesterday that I haven't had time to investigate yet. The file is in the back hall. I'd like to ask Senior Brother Xiao to help take a look at it."

Xiao Chen nodded: "That's easy, I'll take care of it."

There are four foundation-building masters in the Demon-Slaying Hall, but Miao Yuqing has always only followed Ye Fei, and they are inseparable. This time is no exception.

They basically handle all the daily affairs.

However, this time all three of them are going to Hezhou, and it is estimated that it will take quite a while.

In addition, a number of other cultivators in the sect were also transferred, making a total of fifty foundation-building cultivators, resulting in a shortage of manpower in various places.

Therefore, in the following days, many affairs of the Demon-Slaying Palace naturally fell on Xiao Chen's shoulders alone.

Fortunately, there are not many troubles now.

After many relentless crackdowns within the Lihuo Sect, the evil cultivators have basically disappeared.

Xiao Chen went to take a look at the file left by Huang Haoran in person, but found no trace of the demon cultivator.

Instead, a pair of wild mandarin ducks meeting at night were caught in a deep forest.

The girl came from a nearby foundation-building family, but the boy was just a casual cultivator with no background.

Since the girl's family did not allow them to fall in love, they had no choice but to meet in the woods here in the middle of the night with their faces covered.

Unexpectedly, this action was misunderstood by the nearby spiritual farmers, who mistakenly believed that it was the secret activities of the demon cultivators, and hurriedly reported it to the Demon Exorcism Hall.

Apart from this, the rest of the "emergency intelligence" was basically false alarms.

The most serious case of rebellion by demon cultivators occurred in a small town in the north, where ten children were lost over ten consecutive days.

Each child disappeared inexplicably the night before, and then appeared in a dilapidated temple outside the town the next night.

By the time they were discovered, their hearts were gone.

After Xiao Chen's personal investigation, it was discovered that it was a casual cultivator in the town who accidentally picked up a folk remedy for the so-called "immortality drug", which was completely a man-made disaster.

Xiao Chen drew out his flying sword and struck the casual cultivator with it, proving that the folk remedy was fake.

The so-called elixir of immortality could not save his life.

A month passed like this.

News came from the Alchemy Hall that they had received another order for a batch of Blood-Linging Pills.

This time, Chen Tianyuan directly sent someone to inform Xiao Chen and asked him to go over and get the medicinal herbs.

Ever since the Lihuo Sect and the Lingyuan Sect reached a cooperation, both the Alchemy Hall and the Weapon Refining Hall have received a large number of tasks.

Whenever you come here, you can see a large number of cultivators busy processing spiritual herbs or refining pills.

Xiao Chen directly put all the raw materials for refining the Blood-Stirring Pill into the storage bag.

Originally, this was naturally not allowed, but since he returned the fifty bottles of Blood-Linging Pills last time, no one mentioned this rule to him.

I was about to leave after taking the spiritual herbs.

Suddenly, a voice came from behind: "Master Xiao, please stay." Turning around, I saw an old man who looked familiar.

The other party came over and bowed again: "Master Xiao, there is another incomplete recipe that has us all confused. It just so happens that you are here today. Could you give us some guidance?"

The name Master Xiao was also left behind after he refined the Blood-Linging Pill last time.

Xiao Chen corrected it several times, but it was no use.

Later I got used to it and in return I would occasionally answer some questions about alchemy. If there were some things that were difficult to describe or I didn't understand, I would just get started and practice.

After a while, these people shouted even louder.

"Hasn't everyone been busy dealing with Lingyuan Sect's mission recently?"

"Master Xiao, this is Lingyuan Sect's mission."

"Ah? Shouldn't they give us a recipe? Why is it a partial recipe?"

A residual recipe is an incomplete recipe that is completely unusable until it is repaired.

"Alas, this time is different."

The old man sighed and explained, "It is said that during the battle on the front battlefield, the disciples of Lingyuan Sect suffered a lot."

"Especially the disciples in the Qi Refining Stage, who suffered heavy losses, and the difference in casualties between the two sides was enormous."

"After the investigation by the Lingyuan Sect, it was reported that the disciples of the Divine Fire Sect had consumed large quantities of this elixir called Iron Bone Pill."

"Many Qi-refining cultivators of the Demonic Path have used this to survive the aftermath of clashes between Foundation Establishment cultivators."

Iron Bone Pill?
Xiao Chen felt that this recipe sounded familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere before.

The two came to the fourth floor of the Alchemy Hall, where there was an alchemy room specifically used for studying incomplete prescriptions.

At this time, many alchemists inside saw Xiao Chen coming in and stood up to welcome him.

"Hey, isn't this Master Xiao!"

A sarcastic voice was heard, and Jiang Shize was actually here too.

Xiao Chen didn't bother to pay attention to him and walked directly to the table to ask, "Is this the remaining recipe for the Iron Bone Pill?"

He looked at the dozens of spiritual herbs that had been deduced on the table, and they looked even more familiar.

Then he suddenly remembered that he had previously seized a recipe for Iron Bone Pill from a physical cultivator in Jingchuan County.

Most of the spiritual herbs are quite similar to the incomplete prescription in front of you.

There are only a few key ingredients that are not consistent.

"Master Xiao, we've checked carefully many times, but we still can't figure out one question."

"How on earth did they achieve such a powerful body-building effect while also being able to refine this kind of elixir in large quantities at a low cost?"

A guest official took the lead in asking questions, and the others nodded in agreement.

In fact, they are already very powerful. Relying on the Tiegu Dan samples provided by Lingyuan Sect, they directly deduced most of the spiritual herbs.

The formula of Tiegudan has almost been restored.

But unfortunately, as righteous monks, their thinking is slightly restricted.

Xiao Chen picked up the brush on the table and wrote down a kind of spiritual material - Chi Gong.

"What do you think if I replace this with this?"

When everyone looked down, their expressions suddenly changed. They looked at each other, as if they couldn't believe their eyes.

The red gong is poisonous. Just a piece the size of a date pit can directly kill a cultivator in the late stage of Qi Refining.

Some people frowned, some had a hint of doubt in their eyes, and some simply shook their heads.

An elderly alchemist stammered, "Oh, this, this, this..."

Another alchemist's voice was also filled with hesitation: "Isn't this... a little inappropriate?"

Due to Xiao Chen's previous prestige, although everyone had some doubts, they were hesitant and did not dare to express their opinions easily.

On the one hand, they felt that Xiao Chen had profound attainments in alchemy, and this proposal might be unique.

After all, throughout history, many elixir recipes have the effect of fighting poison with poison.

But on the other hand, they felt that doing so was a bit too risky, and from the current situation, it seemed that there was no spiritual herb that could inhibit the toxin.
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Jiang Shize doesn't have that concern.

He stood up without hesitation and criticized directly: "This is bullshit!"

"Red Ginger can indeed have a better effect on strengthening the body, but it is too toxic. Once it is refined into an elixir, it will become a deadly poison."

"In order to complete the incomplete recipe, you mixed this poison into the elixir. What are your intentions, Xiao Chen?"

After Xiao Chen took away the Blood-Stirring Pill mission last time, Jiang Shize felt very unhappy with him.

Unfortunately, he didn't find any suitable opportunity several times afterwards.

Seeing that Xiao Chen actually put Chi Gong into the pill formula today, Jiang Shize couldn't wait to jump out and loudly accused him righteously.

"I admit that you do have some talent in alchemy."

"But alchemy, like medicine, requires a benevolent and righteous heart."

"If you use any means necessary to achieve results, you've simply strayed into the devil's way. How is this different from practicing devilry?"

His voice became increasingly high-pitched, and he was obviously very excited.

After hearing Jiang Shize's words, most people nodded slightly, obviously agreeing with his point of view in their hearts.

Xiao Chen shook his head gently: "First of all, the Iron Bone Pill is a magic pill."

"Didn't the Lingyuan Sect tell you that this was the elixir they seized from the demonic cultivators of the Divine Fire Sect?"

When he asked this, everyone around him was stunned.

An old man frowned and said, "That's not wrong in itself. Since it's a demonic elixir, it's normal to have some side effects."

"But we are not members of the Demonic Cult. Since we know that there is a problem with the pill formula they are using, we should modify it."

Jiang Shize immediately agreed: "Yes, yes, that's what I mean."

"Regardless of whether the recipe used by the Divine Fire Sect is problematic or not, Xiao Chen, there is a huge problem with your thinking."

After these words were spoken, a trace of doubt arose in the hearts of everyone nearby.

Two or three people followed Jiang Shize and echoed his words.

A younger alchemist said, "Brother Jiang is right. As an upright alchemist, you should have basic ethics."

Another voice sounded, and it was even a bit indignant: "That's right, there are some things that the magic cultivators of the Divine Fire Sect can do, but we can't do."

The old man also commented: "Actually, Xiao Chen's idea is really good."

"But it's a bit too cold. We can't ignore the safety of our disciples in pursuit of effectiveness."

Xiao Chen listened to everyone's discussion and couldn't help shaking his head: "I was thinking of communicating with you guys, but I didn't expect some clowns to jump out so impatiently."

He picked up the pen and wrote down the three more magical herbs. At the same time, with a stroke of the pen, he crossed out all the wrong magical herbs.

Then he looked around and asked softly, "Since you have the idea to make changes, why don't you think about how to make them first?"

Everyone was speechless when they saw the modified recipe on the table.

After Xiao Chen's modification, the originally poisonous Chi Gong was cleverly suppressed by the three newly added spiritual herbs.

Not only is it no longer toxic, but it is estimated that the body refining effect can be enhanced to a certain extent, which can be said to be turning decay into magic.

Xiao Chen continued to ask: "Can you fix this broken prescription by pointing fingers at me and making sarcastic remarks?"

"Or will this satisfy you?"

His voice was not loud, but his words were deafening to the ears of those around him.

"Snapped."

Xiao Chen put the pen back on the table, turned around and left.

He did not say anything accusatory, but instead made everyone present feel ashamed.

Especially those who had just spoken in agreement, their faces all turned red at this moment.

But soon, an alchemist from the Chen family stood up and accused Jiang Shize: "Master Xiao had good intentions, but it's all your fault for jumping around here and stirring up trouble."

"If Master Xiao doesn't share his experience with us in the future, the culprit will be a clown like you."

Most people didn't dare to speak because of Jiang Shize's identity.

But judging from their strange looks, they obviously all had the same idea.

The old man also turned against him at this point, righteously rebuking him, "That's right, I see you're clearly jealous of Master Xiao's talent, that's why you're speaking nonsense and maliciously slandering him."

From his tone to his expression, it was just like how he had just accused Xiao Chen.

Of course, all these messed up things that happened later had nothing to do with Xiao Chen.

He went straight back to Cuiwei Valley and continued to practice martial arts in the morning and make elixirs in the evening as usual.

But now the gate of the courtyard is open, and occasionally when disciples from the Demon-Exorcism Hall bring files, they will take action to deal with them.

Every three days, Su Wanqing can be seen coming to cultivate spiritual flowers.

I have to say that under her careful care, these twelve pots of spiritual flowers are growing well.

Not only is the stem upright, more than two feet tall, but it also has flower buds that are three inches in size, and it looks like it's about to bloom.

At first, such an obviously unusual change made Su Wanqing feel a little confused.

Why do these Tianluo stars grow so lush?

It was much larger than the ones she took care of on Bishui Peak.

But after some thought, Su Wanqing came to the conclusion - because this was a spiritual flower that she had raised and carefully cultivated since childhood.

For this, he even took credit to Xiao Chen: "Uncle Xiao, I'm awesome, right?"

"If you want to plant other spiritual flowers in the future, remember to let me do it."

Xiao Chen also praised: "Indeed, thanks to you for taking care of these spiritual flowers."

However, he knew in his heart that Su Wanqing had only accelerated the growth of the spiritual flowers.

The most fundamental reason is actually because the batch of seeds he owns is special.

At that time in Huangfeng Valley, he discovered that the flower seeds in his storage bag were a whole circle larger than those sold at the stalls.

Now it seems that it is indeed unusual.

He is now looking forward to what the scene will be like when these flowers bloom.

This peaceful life continued until the evening of July 30th at 11:00 PM.

Xiao Chen had just fallen asleep when suddenly a disciple from the Demon-Slaying Hall came running over and banged on the door.

"Manager Xiao, something terrible has happened! A foundation-building demon is causing trouble!"

(End of this chapter)