I asked you to go down the mountain and get married, not to shock the world!

Mingchuan sneered, "Only when refining the alchemy can one achieve success if one is completely focused. A little interference from external demons is but the calamity that refines one's character and will not cause any waves."

Hongxiu's heart was shocked and her scalp felt numb.

He knew! He must have known! This was clearly a hint at her!

She forced a smile and said, "Sir, what you said is absolutely right... I am grateful for your advice."

Mingchuan ignored her and left the alchemy room and walked towards Fentian Pavilion.

He needed to send these pills to Ye Yan through secret channels as soon as possible.

Hongxiu looked at Mingchuan's departing back, feeling both frightened and resentful.

This time he ended up losing more than he gained. Not only did he fail to destroy or steal the elixir, but he also exposed himself and aroused Mingchuan's vigilance.

"I can't wait any longer..." A fierce glint flashed in her eyes. "I must report to the master as soon as possible and find another way! This Cang Ziang is much more difficult to deal with than I expected!"

She felt as if she was not hunting, but stepping step by step into an elaborately woven trap...!

This thought made her scalp tingle!

On the way back to Fentian Pavilion, Mingchuan could clearly feel that the thorny gaze behind him had finally disappeared.

Hongxiu was obviously frightened and didn't dare to follow him openly for the time being.

He couldn't help but click his tongue and shake his head.

"We're just getting started? Are you scared so soon? This little girl's intelligence and courage still need to be honed..."

Mingchuan curled his lips and smiled.

In the sea of ​​consciousness, Du Long laughed along with him.

"What are you laughing at?" Mingchuan retorted to him.

Du Long chuckled, "Why can't I laugh? I'm laughing at that little girl. Even though she has a hundred years of cultivation, when it comes to scheming, who can outsmart you?"

"She'd better not hurt herself then!"

Mingchuan rolled his eyes: "What you said is ambiguous. Why do I feel that what you said is not serious?"

"No, I..."

Dulong wanted to say something, but Mingchuan interrupted him decisively.

"Okay, stop talking and shut up. I have to get busy."

Mingchuan ignored Dulong and quickly returned to the quiet room.

He immediately activated the most stringent isolation formation, and only after ensuring that everything was foolproof did he take out the bottles of carefully crafted Nine Revolutions Foundation Establishment Pills and Dragon and Tiger Essence Nourishing Pills.

"Master must be waiting anxiously."

Mingchuan did not delay any longer and took out a miniature array plate engraved with complex space runes.

He carefully placed the storage bag containing the elixirs in the center of the formation and entered several spiritual spells.

The array disk suddenly lit up with a soft white light, and space distorted slightly. After a moment, it disappeared from the spot along with the storage bag...

"I hope it can be delivered smoothly." Mingchuan breathed a sigh of relief.

With the help of these elixirs, Leng Xi and the others, under the guidance of their master, will be able to lay an unprecedented solid foundation in Taoism, shorten the distance between the mortal world and the world of cultivation, and soon become his reliable arms!

After dealing with this important matter, Mingchuan's mind returned to the current dilemma.

Hongxiu has already alerted the enemy, and the evil core behind her and Su Hongzhen will not let it go.

He had to speed up.

……

At the same time, Hongxiu fled back to her remote room in panic, her heart still beating wildly.

She quickly sealed off the room and fell to the ground with a pale face. She could no longer suppress the surging blood and energy, and spat out a mouthful of dark red blood.

The backlash of that refined original demonic energy caused her to suffer severe internal injuries.

"Damn... How on earth did he find out?"

Hongxiu was shocked and angry, but more than that, she was afraid of what would happen next.

Mingchuan's last sentence clearly showed that he saw through all her tricks!

She didn't dare to hesitate any longer, and endured the pain as she formed the strange seal again.

Dark red demonic energy surged around his body, becoming even darker and more uncertain than before.

"Master...the servant is incompetent!"

As the demonic energy gathered and the shadow of the evil core emerged, Hongxiu fell to her knees, her voice trembling with fear, "That...that person, he, he was prepared!"

"I tried to interfere with his alchemy and steal the elixir, but he easily saw through it and even lost a wisp of my original demonic energy..."

She quickly recounted what happened outside the alchemy room, especially emphasizing Mingchuan's unfathomable attainments in alchemy, his precise countermeasures, and the meaningful warning.

The shadow of the evil core fluctuated violently, emitting a bone-chilling anger.

"waste!"

The cold mental shock hit Hongxiu's soul hard, causing her to spit out blood again, and her breath instantly weakened.

"You can't even handle such a small matter, and you're still alerting the enemy! What use do I have for you?!"

"Master, calm down! Master, calm down!" Hongxiu kowtowed like crazy, terrified. "Give this servant one more chance!"

"He seems to be delving into an extremely dangerous fire technique. I... I might be able to start there! Master, please give me another chance to redeem myself and make meritorious contributions!"

The shadow of the evil core was silent for a moment, and the cold will wrapped around Hongxiu's soul like a poisonous snake.

"Remember, this is your last chance." The evil core's voice was emotionless. "Now that he's suspicious, conventional methods are no longer effective."

"Either, at the critical moment when he's practicing that secret technique, I can trigger the hidden danger within him, leaving him with no chance of recovery! Or... I can find his true weakness!"

"Weakness?" Hongxiu raised her head, a trace of confusion flashed in her eyes.

"Everyone has weaknesses." The evil core's mental fluctuations were tinged with cunning. "Investigate! Investigate carefully! What does he care about, what does he value... whether it's people or things! Only by grasping his weaknesses can we truly use him, or... destroy him completely!"

"Yes! I understand! I will definitely find out his weakness!" Hongxiu quickly agreed, as if she had grabbed the last straw.

"Hmph, you'd better take care of yourself. If you fail again... you know the consequences." The evil core shadow warned coldly and then dissipated. The demonic energy in the room gradually subsided.

Hongxiu collapsed to the ground, gasping for breath, wiping the blood from the corner of her mouth, her eyes filled with the fear of surviving a disaster and the madness of being forced into a desperate situation.

"Weakness... Cang Ziang, what do you care about?" She murmured to herself, and every detail of her contact with Mingchuan flashed through her mind.

He seemed to be a loner, respectful yet distant to the sect leader Su Hongzhen, and gentle yet distant to his fellow disciples...

The only thing that seemed different was the woman named Jinman, and... the direction of the back mountain where he would occasionally go?

A vague idea began to form in her mind.

She needs to be more patient and investigate more covertly.

Next time, don’t fail again!

Inside and outside the Burning Heaven Pavilion, the invisible game escalated again.

One side is in the light, sitting quietly on the fishing platform, waiting for the fish to bite the hook again; the other side is in the dark, like a wounded beast, licking its wounds and preparing for a more fatal blow.

The storm is brewing quietly!