After crossing over, he has no taboos among the zombies.

"Choose the fastest, grab whatever you can!"

Qin He pondered for a moment and then made up his mind.

The primordial laws at his fingertips trembled slightly, further solidifying the nurturing power surrounding Wei Yuanji.

Slow and steady methods are unsustainable; the Divine Court's search is still pressing, and Wei Yuanji's chances of survival are even more uncertain.

He glanced at the mountain path outside the deserted temple, his laws extending for dozens of miles along the earth's veins. After confirming there was no hidden presence, he picked up Wei Yuanji and fled out of the mountains.

Qin He found an old farmer living alone, exchanged two spirit stones for a side room, and fed Wei Yuanji a Soul-Gathering Pill and a Qi-Strengthening Pill, instructing the old farmer to take care of him.

"Stabilizing the situation for several months should not be a problem."

Long Qingyun's soul shadow swayed on the tip of the banner. "The largest stronghold of the Divine Court in the land is Tianqi City. The pill storehouse is hidden underground in the main city's shrine. As for guarding it, hehehe, there may not be a chance."

In the end, Long Qingyun clearly did not agree with Qin He's idea.

Qin He left the Black Demon Banner inside the house, set up a concealment spell with a wisp of demonic energy, and disappeared at the village entrance in a flash.

After ten days of rapid travel, Tianqi City finally came into view.

This city was not built on a mountain, but stood in the heart of a plain. The city walls were made of gilded rock and were thousands of feet high. The walls were covered with flowing runes of merit. When the sunlight shone down, the whole city was wrapped in a layer of brilliant golden light.

Cultivators came and went in an endless stream at the city gate, all wearing tokens of the Divine Court at their waists, and even the weakest among them were at the Dao Palace Realm.

The city is crisscrossed with streets and alleys, and the buildings are all built according to the regulations of the shrine. The upturned eaves are adorned with glass lanterns, and incense burns eternally inside the lanterns. Every wisp of smoke carries the pure power of faith.

The most eye-catching structure is the shrine in the city center, occupying half the city's area. The temple buildings are layered and stretch from the foot of the mountain to the top. The main hall's dome is made of ten-thousand-year-old warm jade, and a hundred-foot-tall statue of the main god stands at the top. The power of faith around him is so dense that it cannot be dissolved, rippling like solid water between the temple buildings. Even the air is filled with a heavy pressure of law.

Qin He hid behind the clouds, his divine sense quietly spreading out. As soon as it touched the area of ​​the shrine, it was bounced back by an invisible barrier of laws.

His eyes darkened slightly.

At least three Saint-level experts were hidden around the shrine, and the Law of Merit covered it like a net, even sealing off spatial rifts.

There may even be something even stronger that cannot be easily detected.

Not to mention the underground pill storehouse, which must be covered with layers of forbidden formations. Once triggered, within half an incense stick's time, all the Divine Court cultivators in Tianqi City would gather around.

It's a bit difficult; it's not as simple as I imagined.

“It was my oversight. Tianqi City is the Divine Court’s central hub for merit in the mortal realm, and its defenses are even stricter than those of the Divine Punishment Division’s branch.” Long Qingyun suggested, “Why don’t we try our luck at the trading post first? We might not have to resort to robbery to get those three pills.”

"Which three?" Qin He concealed his aura, transformed into an ordinary cultivator, and landed in a street in the south of the city.

“Gathering Sea Pill, Meridian Continuation Pill, and Purification Pill.” Long Qingyun listed them one by one. “The Gathering Sea Pill requires the Deep Sea Mystic Pearl as a guide and is made with the Seven-Leaf Rejuvenating Grass to reunite the broken Qi Sea; the Meridian Continuation Pill requires the Purple Gold Vine and the Thousand-Year Spirit Tortoise Shell to repair the broken meridians; the Purification Pill is the most crucial, as it requires the Pure World Lotus Petal to neutralize the mutated merit power in his body, otherwise the Qi Sea will be polluted again as soon as it is gathered.”

Qin He raised an eyebrow. All three main ingredients were rare and precious materials, especially the Pure World Lotus Petals, which were already rare and mostly controlled by the Divine Court. The trading house might not have them.

"Let's go check out the largest Wanbao Trading Company." He made up his mind and walked along the street.

Wanbao Trading Company occupies the entire street. Its facade is made of lapis lazuli, and a plaque engraved with spatial runes hangs above the door. As soon as you step into the store, you feel a strong spiritual energy rushing towards you.

The shop has two floors. The lower floor displays common spiritual materials and magical artifacts, while the upper floor displays rare treasures. The cultivators who come and go are all wealthy and noble, and they all talk in hushed tones, not daring to make a sound.

Qin He walked straight to the counter and showed the shopkeeper a high-grade spirit stone: "I need three main ingredients: Deep Sea Mystic Pearl, Purple Gold Vine, and Pure World Lotus Petal."

The shopkeeper was a lean cultivator. His gaze swept over him, and he said apologetically, "Fellow Daoist, you're late. The Pure World Lotus petals were just bought by the people from the Divine Shrine yesterday. There's still a section of Purple Gold Vine left, and we do have a Deep Sea Mystic Pearl, but it's quite expensive."

Qin He frowned immediately.

The most difficult ingredient to obtain is the Pure Lotus Petal. The fact that the Divine Court bought it by such a coincidence clearly shows that such a resource is not allowed to be easily leaked out.