Oh no! I, the weakling, have become the villain!

"Alright, that's enough of the boring stuff. You need to pay the price for your actions, that's enough."

After saying that, Xu Yao ended the old man's life with a single sword stroke, and then looked at the remaining leader.

The leader's eyes were filled with fear, and he shook his head repeatedly at Xu Yao.

"Don't come any closer! Please, don't come any closer! Please, don't do this! We can talk this out, please don't kill me!"

Xu Yao gave a cold laugh in response.

"What? You think you can just stay alive if you don't want to die? Who do you think you are?"

Before the leader could say anything more to Xu Yao, Xu Yao ended his life with a single, decisive sword strike.

After finishing his task, Xu Yao glanced at the corpses and then left. He couldn't stay here tonight; he'd better find somewhere else to rest and return to the sect tomorrow.

The next morning, Xu Yao set off to return to the Qingyun Sect. However, on his way back, he happened to witness that scene.

On the street, several people dressed as monks were introducing a kind of miraculous elixir to the people around them.

"Everyone, take a look! These are all good stuff, really good stuff! You won't find this kind of thing again!"

As more and more people gathered around, the cultivators began to introduce themselves, revealing that they were planning to sell a type of elixir.

"Do you all see this pill in my hand? It's something I've carefully developed with amazing functions. Even someone with no talent for cultivation can gain cultivation after consuming it!"

Upon hearing this, Xu Yao narrowed his eyes.

As far as he knew, only the Breakthrough Pill could achieve such a feat. However, the Breakthrough Pill had no effect on truly useless people, such as himself before.

Even after he consumed the Breakthrough Pill, his cultivation level still failed to advance from an ordinary person to the first level of Qi Refining.

If ordinary people could cultivate simply by consuming pills, how miraculous would that be? Xu Yao himself only gained the ability to cultivate by chance from the old man he met, through special means.

Moreover, even if one could obtain such a thing, it would inevitably be extremely expensive. Could ordinary people really afford it? Perhaps only royalty and nobility could afford the price of such a elixir.

For a moment, Xu Yao had no idea what these cultivators were up to, but the ordinary people became quite excited upon hearing their words.

"My God, are there really such amazing things?"

"But something this amazing must be very expensive, right?"

Upon hearing this, the cultivator who was introducing the pills to the crowd smiled smugly.

"It's not expensive at all. I already said that I developed this myself. With the idea of ​​helping all living beings, I plan to give this thing to everyone for free."

However, although it's free, the materials still cost money, and I don't have that much cash on me. So I'll have to sell the pills to everyone at the original price. It's not expensive, is it? The raw materials only cost 10,000 gold coins.

Upon hearing this, many onlookers gasped in shock. Even ten thousand elite soldiers would be too much for an ordinary family to afford; it would take several years of saving.

Furthermore, they didn't know whether what the man said was true or false. If they were deceived, wouldn't they be ruined?

At this moment, the man seemed to have seen through what these people were thinking. He smiled at them and then explained.

"Don't be afraid, everyone. If you think my pills are a scam, you can just find anyone and have them take the pills. Then you can see the changes in that person and you'll know whether my pills are truly miraculous or not."

Upon hearing this, many people went crazy. Just then, a few people pointed to a tall man and said to the cultivator.

"Why not choose him? He doesn't have any spiritual power at all; he just makes a living by doing manual labor. If he can cultivate the moon, who knows how he might rise to prominence in the future."

People couldn't sense any spiritual power from this person, but the cultivator who heard this chuckled and immediately handed a pill to him.

"Brother, don't worry, just take this pill. It definitely won't kill you. If you can't cultivate after taking my pill, then it's my fault."

"If you can swallow it, you can pay if you want; if not, that's fine too. I'm just showing everyone the magic of my elixir."

Upon hearing this, many people present looked on with curiosity. They were all eager to know just how miraculous this cultivator's pills were. In front of everyone, the burly man swallowed the pill, and after a short while, he spoke.

"I feel full of energy and my body is warm."

The cultivator selling pills chuckled and spoke again to the burly man.

"Very good. Now sit cross-legged and absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth around you to see if it has any effect."

The burly man quickly sat down cross-legged as the cultivator instructed, and then began to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

Upon seeing that scene, everyone around stared wide-eyed in astonishment, unable to help but exclaim in surprise.

"My God, how could such a miraculous thing happen? He only ate the pill a little while ago, and this is already enough to modify his abilities?"

"Indeed, this elixir is truly miraculous!"

Being able to cultivate means that ordinary people can take a different path in the future. Faced with an opportunity to change their destiny, how could these people not be tempted? Immediately, some people couldn't help but take out money to buy the pill.

However, Xu Yao narrowed his eyes upon seeing this scene. As an alchemist, he could tell that something was wrong with the pill.

In his eyes, this pill was nothing more than a junk made from a mixture of waste products, with at most a little sugar added, making it a kind of sugar pill.

And who else could that big man who was testing the drug be? He must be a shill. Using such shady methods to swindle money from ordinary people, he's utterly heartless.

Xu Yao felt that this matter could not be ignored. If it were Bai Lian, she would definitely stop these people's behavior. So he immediately walked towards them.

The crowd was already incredibly excited, and the burly man fanned the flames from the side, expressing his gratitude to the cultivator repeatedly.

"Thank you so much, thank you so much. If I didn't have your pills, my life would be over."