In this post-apocalyptic world, I unexpectedly became a star galaxy master.

If a cultivation world could develop drugs to counteract or block the zombie virus, wouldn't that be considered a great contribution to humanity?

Although nothing is set in stone yet, Hongtang feels like the "savior" of Aquamarine Star at this moment.

Although the idea was absurd, Hongtang wanted to give it a try.

"Oh, what kind of monster is it?" Even the Medicine Saint Pill Master was intrigued, his handsome face practically glued to the trading screen.

Looks like there's a chance.

Hongtang no longer found the stench of the zombies offensive. She deftly picked up a relatively clean and intact zombie corpse, and thoughtfully spread out its arms so that the Medicine Saint Danzun could see it clearly.

"Huh, this monster is really strange." The Medicine Saint Pill Master looked at the monster with grayish-white skin, gray eyes, and a blue face with fangs and exclaimed in surprise.

This seems somewhat similar to the low-level demons in cultivation worlds.

They are called demons, but they are not actually "demons"; they just share some similar characteristics.

These creatures are numerous and reproduce rapidly, impossible to eradicate completely. They resemble humans in appearance, but actually feed on human flesh and blood, are enemies of immortals, yet do not attack true demons. Moreover, those who are wounded but do not die, regardless of whether they are immortals or mortals, will be tainted by demonic energy and transformed into new demons.

Over the years, no alchemist has been able to concoct any medicine that can clear away demonic energy. There are only a few medicines and pills that can suppress it, but they are expensive and only a few people can afford to buy or use them.

Even the pills I refine myself can only suppress demonic energy for about a year.

Regardless of whether this thing is a demon or not, since interstellar planes also exist, we can find some test subjects to study together. By combining the power of the two planes, we might be able to find a way to eliminate the demons.

"Alright, can you send that over?" The Medicine Saint Pill Master readily agreed.

"Okay, I'll send it to you right away."

The dimensional trading system can only trade non-living entities, except for eggs and larvae. Hongtang remembered this rule.

While living zombies can move, they no longer possess vital signs and are considered "dead objects," so the system should be able to teleport them there. This is even more true for zombies that have already been killed.

But reality always proves us wrong.

Several zombies were sent in succession, but all attempts failed.

Hongtang was puzzled. The crystal core had already been sent, so there was no reason why the corpse wouldn't work.

After testing all the dozen or so corpses and heads on the ground, only two were deemed suitable and sent over: a middle-aged female zombie and a young boy zombie.

On the surface, it's not a gender or age issue.

Write this down in my notebook and study it later.

Hongtang then told him about the origin of the Medicine Saint Pill Master's crystal core and suggested that he study it together.

In gratitude, the Medicine Saint Pill Master also told Hong Tang about the Demon Clan and his own speculations, as well as that he could refine a pill to suppress demonic energy—the Demon Exorcism Pill. However, the pill was quite expensive, costing 5000 million dimensional coins, but he could give her a 8% discount.

Hongtang immediately said she wanted to order 100 exorcism pills, but would buy them in batches and pay in installments.

The Medicine Saint Dan Zun said there was no problem. His reason for mentioning the Exorcism Pill was simply to sell the medicine. And it turned out he achieved his goal. He secured an order worth 40 billion dimensional coins in one fell swoop.

Medicine Saint Pill Master: I am truly a genius.

Both parties were satisfied with this communication and transaction, and everyone was happy.

"Sister, according to the Medicine Saint and Pill Master, have I now grown spiritual roots and can cultivate immortality? But why don't I feel any changes in my body?"

[Host, do you remember the little mirror you broke this morning? The outer shell was made of aluminum, and you shaped one corner into a ball. I suspect you may have awakened a metal-type ability, which is what you call a metal spiritual root, hence the ability to manipulate metallic substances.] I'm a little unsure, as this is the first time I've encountered something like this.

"Really? Does that mean I have a golden crystal core in my brain now, or has a spiritual root formed in my dantian?"

Hongtang tossed a book titled "Basic Knowledge of Cultivation and Commonly Used Minor Spells" to her younger sister and had her scan it. This way, she wouldn't have to read it herself to understand its contents.

This book was also given to her by the Medicine Saint, Pill Master. She couldn't understand the language of the cultivation world, but fortunately, when the system received the book, it would directly convert the content into the language of the host in this dimension.

Hongtang gave this feature 36 thumbs up.

[Okay, host, please wait a moment, your sister will begin scanning now.] The sister readily agreed, but inwardly she was full of complaints.

Ever since the host learned that she could turn the contents of books scanned by the system into her brain memories, she has been making herself scan books.

Now, it has scanned all the books in the entire space.

What's even more outrageous is that the host actually allowed this system to continue scanning all sorts of video and audio content. The host could have countless of these things; it would take forever to scan them all.

This is utterly absurd! It's just an ordinary virtual entity.

Even more outrageous, after scanning these videos and audios, the content, just like paper books, became the host's memories and were stored in her mind.

I really don't know whether to be happy for the host or sad for myself (灬? ?灬).

This is really giving me an extra job. If I had known this would happen, I wouldn't have reminded the host in the first place, sob sob.

[Host, according to the books, spiritual roots are generally located in the dantian (lower abdomen) of the human body, resembling sprouts, and help absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth for cultivation. However, there are also mutated spiritual roots, with different shapes and locations. The books don't record many of them.]

"Okay, I understand. But I can't sense my own body right now, little sister, can you take a look for me?" After her sister finished scanning the "Basic Knowledge of Cultivation and Common Minor Spells," the information entered Hongtang's brain. Now she had a general understanding of spiritual roots, spiritual energy, and cultivation. It felt somewhat similar to the superpowers of this world.

[Host, scan complete. In your dantian, which is three fingers below your navel, there is a golden liquid sphere the size of an egg yolk. Perhaps this is your spiritual root? You can try to sense and communicate with it using your spiritual power.] The younger sister was genuinely unsure; the world of cultivation was too unfamiliar to her. It had only discovered this one anomaly in the host's body, which might be what the book referred to as a spiritual root.

"Okay, I'll give it a try."

Hongtang focused her spiritual energy into her dantian and began to sense the metallic liquid sphere her sister had mentioned. She quickly found it, and as soon as she channeled her spiritual energy into it, she felt as if she were freely swimming in a golden ocean.

She suddenly remembered the dream she had that night.

In my dream, a golden ocean enveloped me, the seawater flowing and changing around me, eventually transforming into a shrinking golden armor that imprisoned me until I lost all life and became a lifeless golden statue.

"do not want!"

A feeling of suffocation washed over her, and Hongtang awoke from her meditation.