Peerless Empress: One Woman, One Sword, Slaying Through Myriad Realms

After Ye Wuxi kept trying and wasting several medicinal herbs, he finally succeeded in refining a Spirit Gathering Pill.

Looking at the Spirit Gathering Pill that was barely formed but exuded a familiar fragrance in the cauldron, Ye Wuxi chuckled twice.

"Master, does this mean I've become an alchemist?"

"Hmm, barely passable..." the old man with the Crimson Flame said calmly.

But in reality, his heart was in turmoil. Damn it, this was the first time he had ever seen a complete novice who knew nothing successfully refine pills in just a few hours. It had taken him several days to do the same when he first tried to refine pills.

"How amazing!" Old Man Crimson Fire exclaimed inwardly, but outwardly remained calm. He couldn't praise this girl too much, lest she become too proud and, relying on her talent, refuse to come again...

Ye Wuxi held the pill in his hand and grinned foolishly. Alchemists are great! Just this Spirit Gathering Pill could sell for a lot of money in Tianfeng Kingdom.

She was already fantasizing about the wonderful scene of countless spirit stones being delivered to her door just to ask for medicine once she reached a higher level...

"What a little monster..." the old man muttered. This girl hadn't seemed to tire for hours. Although her soul was powerful, how could her ant-like cultivation level sustain her true energy for so long...?

Ye Wuxi smiled and said, "Master, may I come to your place to refine pills every day for the next few days?"

The old man with the crimson flames nodded repeatedly, "Of course..."

Ye Wuxi changed the subject, "Then the disciples shouldn't need to prepare the materials, right?"

The old man with the Crimson Flame, who was secretly pleased, almost spat out a mouthful of blood. "I thought you were working hard and making progress, but it turns out you just came here to mooch off Master's medicinal herbs for free..."

"There are plenty of low-grade spiritual herbs at the peak..." Old Man Crimson Fire couldn't help but roll his eyes, but seeing the girl's extraordinary talent, he thought about it and decided not to refuse...

"Thank you, Master!" Ye Wuxi chuckled.

The old man with the Crimson Flame took out two more jade slips and handed them over. "One is a complete guide to medicinal herbs. Remember it well when you get back. The other contains some basic pill formulas. Study them carefully. These are not to be passed on to outsiders, understand?"

Seeing that the old man with the Crimson Flame was not stingy, Ye Wuxi also said solemnly, "This disciple understands!"

Without lingering too long on Medicine Peak, Ye Wuxi returned to her courtyard to cultivate. It has to be said that refining medicine is indeed beneficial for condensing true qi, and she now feels that her Xuanwu third level realm has stabilized.

Instead of rushing to increase her cultivation, Ye Wuxi adjusted herself for a while, then sat cross-legged on the bed and began to condense the Five Elements True Essence. After experiencing the Vermilion Bird, she discovered that this thing was really a good thing, and could be considered a small life-saving method, and could also be used to surprise attacks...

Time passed slowly, and after a night, Ye Wuxi quietly opened her eyes, looking at the five-colored sphere above the small tree.

A knocking sound came from the courtyard outside...

"No regrets!"

Ye Wuxi got up, pushed open the door, and said with a smile, "Yu'er..."

Liu Yu'er circled around her once, "I heard you joined the Medicine Peak and were even accepted as a closed-door disciple by Master Chi Huo?"

Ye Wuxi nodded, "How did you know? But I wouldn't call him a closed-door disciple, I'd only say he's an initiator..."

Liu Yu'er said with a grin, "It's all over the outer sect that Master Chi Huo is not only good at alchemy, but also has considerable personal strength. Now that you've shown your face in front of him, everyone is envious. Your name is quite famous now..."

Ye Wuxi stroked his chin. "That's quite an exaggeration. Has Brother Duan finished his seclusion?"

This cheap master is not easy to please. She can be considered to have someone to rely on. However, if something really happens, it is hard to say whether the old man will actually support her. He doesn't seem reliable.

Liu Yu'er shook her head. "Not yet, Wuxi. I'm planning to go to the cultivation tower to cultivate for a while. What about you? Do you want to come along?"

Ye Wuxi scratched his head, "You go ahead, my cultivation level hasn't been able to increase for a while, I plan to go to the Battle Power Tower to hone my skills first..."

Liu Yu'er said with a mournful face, "That's right. When I first met you, you were at the first level of Xuanwu, and I was at the third level. Now you're at the third level of Xuanwu, and I'm still at the third level. It's really infuriating to compare people like this!"

Ye Wuxi patted her shoulder and comforted her, "You just haven't been cultivating properly. I believe you can do it..."

The two chatted as they walked outside, and soon arrived in front of a nine-story giant tower, which was the cultivation tower of the Heavenly Sword Sect.

"Yu'er, go!" Ye Wuxi waved his fist at her...

Liu Yu'er waved back before turning and walking inside.

Ye Wuxi walked alone toward another black giant tower not far from the cultivation tower. Unlike the cultivation tower, each floor of this tower was almost the same size, and there were a total of twelve floors.

From the outside, a point of light would flash on each floor every now and then, and a number of disciples were gathered in front of the tower, mostly outer disciples, with a few dressed in inner disciple robes...

"Zhang Haonan is amazing! He's already reached the eighth floor in such a short time..."

"Yes, it seems he's still the top outer sect disciple this year..."

"That's not necessarily true. If he breaks through, he can directly enter the inner sect..."

Those dressed in inner sect attire listened to the sycophantic voices and sneered, "You outer sect disciples are truly ignorant. Zhang Haonan can only act tough in your outer sect. Once he enters the inner sect, he'll be utterly crushed..."

"Who didn't start from the outer sect..." an outer sect disciple muttered under his breath. These inner sect disciples always looked down on them, and they might not have been as good as them back in the day...

"What did you say..." Hearing someone's indignation, the faces of several inner disciples also turned rather unpleasant!

But no one responded. Ye Wuxi shook her head as she watched this pointless argument...

Soon the light on the eighth floor dimmed, and Zhang Haonan, whom everyone was talking about, appeared at the bottom of the tower...

"They're out! They stayed on the eighth floor for so long, that's impressive..."

"..."

Hearing the crowd's praises, Zhang Haonan, standing in front of the tower, felt somewhat smug, but his gaze remained fixed on a massive stone wall at the tower's entrance...

Seeing his gaze, the elder at the entrance of the Battle Tower narrowed his eyes and said, "Boy Zhang, don't even think about comparing yourself to the people on the stone wall. Your speed is already the fastest among the current outer disciples..."

Zhang Haonan clenched his fist, looking at the same name on the stone wall, feeling a sense of resentment, "It's the elder..."

Ye Wuxi followed Zhang Haonan's gaze and looked at the stone wall, which recorded the fastest person to complete each level.

However, the challenge records on the stone wall from the first to the twelfth level all only have one name: Huo Yun.

Ye Wuxi thought to himself, "Senior Brother Huoyun is amazing. No wonder he didn't want to be tied down by that old man and become some kind of alchemist!"

The Heavenly Sword Sect's battle power tower contains puppets with cultivation levels ranging from the first to the twelfth level of the Profound Martial Realm to the third level of the Earth Martial Realm, and these puppets are all at the peak of their respective realms.

Although each level only has puppets of the same cultivation level, to pass through the level, one must successively pass through puppet arrays of three, six, twelve, twenty-four... up to ninety-six puppets before one can enter the next level...