by Zhi Bai
"Yes sir!"
Lang Jing ran out to chase after Wang Kaitai, and in the blink of an eye he disappeared.
After instructing them, Mu Qidao turned around and walked into the courtyard. He brought a stool from Old Huo's room and placed it at the entrance as he sat down: "It doesn't matter who it is, since they are all kneeling outside, I will summon them and let them in."
Amongst the Heaven Defying Seal, Qu Liuxi and Gu Qianye carried An Zheng and placed him on the platform.
"Ye, I need you to help me. His injuries are too heavy, the heaviest injuries aren't given to him by others, it's by the Depressing Sword." Depressing Sword was a Purple-Rank magical equipment, which suffered a backlash that injured the whole body. Moreover, it would be too difficult to remove the backlash from a Purple-Rank artifact. So I want to put him in the Phoenix Cooking Pill Furnace s, and use the Purple-Rank cultivation method to refine medicinal pellets to help him get his flesh back together. "
Gu Qianye's face turned white: How confident are you?
"Not a cent."
Qu Liuxi clenched her teeth, and her voice came out from the inside: "There's no other way, either he dies, or we fight. Although Phoenix Cooking Pill Furnace s had Purple-Rank, they still did not have a 100% chance of success in refining Purple-Rank pills in the Purple-Rank pill furnace. After the Phoenix Cooking Pill Furnace landed in my hands, I tried to refine the Purple-Rank Pellets a hundred and seventy-two times, but failed. "
Gu Qianye's tears flowed down her face, "Is there no other way?"
"Nope."
"But …"
"Ye-zi, help me protect me. Don't distract me."
"I …" "Alright!"
Not far away, the heavily injured Du Shoushou was still unconscious, but he had already been treated. Du Shoushou risked his life to kill the manager of the Drizzle Court and more than half of his own life.
"Ye, if I fail …" Bury me with him. "
After Qu Liuxi finished, without waiting for Gu Qianye to speak, she sat cross-legged beside him and said: "Help me."
Gu Qianye bit her lips and retreated, not even daring to make a sound. She felt her heart break. She had never been so afraid for a moment. Looking at An Zheng who was lying on the platform, Gu Qianye felt that he was truly useless. When he was in danger, he wasn't around. After his injuries were severe, she couldn't go and save him like Qu Liuxi. He could only watch as his heart felt as though it had been slashed by knives.
Qu Liuxi summoned her Phoenix Cooking Pill Furnace and closed her eyes. Her strength was insufficient and she had never been able to successfully refine a Purple-Rank Pellet. However, An Zheng had been injured by a Purple-Rank Divine Artifact, so the remaining might of the Purple-Rank Divine Artifact in his body could only be dissolved by the Purple-Rank Pellets. She wasn't completely sure, but if she failed, An Zheng would have no other way to save her.
It was not messed up with his thoughts.
Not stuck in love.
Qu Liuxi opened her eyes and muttered to herself, "I am a doctor, and at this moment, I am only a doctor."
The Phoenix Cooking Pill Furnace slowly floated up and then suddenly grew larger.
Qu Liuxi reached her hand under the Phoenix Cooking Pill Furnace, and a faint golden flame appeared in her palm. That was her unique Cultivation Power, the controllable pill furnace. She was already a heaven warping talent, a genius amongst geniuses. With her age and cultivation realm, being able to raise her Pill Fire to light gold was already her limit. She was very clear that under the Lower Celestial Stage, even if one had a Purple-Rank Pill Furnace, the success rate of refining Purple-Rank Pellets was pitifully low. Even at Lower Celestial Stage, the success rate was not even one percent.
Gu Qianye looked at her from afar. Her lips were already bitten and blood was flowing out.
Qu Liuxi looked at the flame in the center of her palm, extended her right hand, and appeared like a medicinal herb in her spatial space. She described how there were a total of ninety-six herbs that were placed into the Phoenix Cooking Pill Furnace.
"Even without the Violet Flame, I still want it!"
She suddenly opened her eyes wide, and then lifted An Zheng's body up in the air with her right hand, as she slowly moved above the Phoenix Cooking Pill Furnace.
good old man, who was originally squatting beside Du Shoushou, looked at Qu Liuxi with eyes filled with stars. It lowered its head, and dragged the Enchantment Cloth out from Du Shoushou's embrace. That little cat dragged the Enchantment Cloth towards Qu Liuxi's direction, not knowing what she was thinking about.
Qu Liuxi took a deep breath, then, with a pressing motion of her right hand, she placed An Zheng among the Phoenix Cooking Pill Furnace!
Chapter 292 - Good Old Man, Purple Flame, Burning Hand
The ninety-six medicinal herbs were put into the Phoenix Cooking Pill Furnace in order. What Qu Liuxi needed to grasp was not only the fact that she couldn't make any mistakes in the sequence, nor could she make any mistakes in the timing. Every single herb needed to be perfect in order to enter the Phoenix Cooking Pill Furnace. If they were a little bit faster or a little bit late, there was a possibility that the medicinal effects of the herbs would change. Even if there was no change, even if the medicinal effects had been slightly weakened or strengthened, it would still be impossible to refine a Purple-Rank pellet.
The Purple-Rank Divine Pellet was the most important test of an alchemist's life. There were shortcuts to many things in this world, but not to pill refining. Every procedure must be flawless, starting from the selection of the medicine.
Qu Liuxi's forehead was covered in a thin layer of sweat. With her control of Phoenix Cooking Pill Furnace, her understanding of medicinal herbs, and her grasp of time, there shouldn't be any problems with the previous few things. Even if she was just a young girl, in terms of her pill refining experience, she was no less than those who had been famous for a long time. The only thing lacking was pill fire.
Why did the Old Huo create Purple-Rank Divine Artifact?
First of all, three essential conditions must be met, and none of them are missing. First, the Old Huo was a master refiner himself. With his unparalleled experience, no one knew how to refine artifacts more than him. Secondly, although the Old Huo's cultivation is very low, he is blood-related to his cauldron. With the nourishment of his own blood, he was able to obtain the cauldron of the Stellar Cast Iron. The cauldron and his heart were linked, and the pill fire reached the quality of the purple fire. Earth three, was a cauldron, Old Huo's cauldron was a pure Stellar Cast Iron, so the success rate was extremely high.
Where's Qu Liuxi?
She could not be considered a master of medicine, her own Cultivation Power was insufficient, and without purple fire, the success rate of refining a Purple-Rank pellet was almost zero.
Even if she had the Divine Weapon Phoenix Cooking Pill Furnace, even if there was nothing wrong with the procedure, if the Pill Fire could not reach the level of Purple Flame, then the only thing that could be done was the water in a mirror and the moon in the moon.
But she had no other choice, why did An Zheng use the price of exploding a Purple-Rank Divine Artifact to create a road to return home?
To save them.
Du Shoushou was injured, Gu Qianye was injured, and the eight hundred disciples in the sect, more than half had died. If An Zheng wanted to come back, even if he had to die, he would die together with everyone. Right now, the only person who could save him was himself, so Qu Liuxi told herself not to fail at all. Furthermore, this method could only be used once. If it failed, An Zheng would die. But if he did not do so, An Zheng would still die.
Qu Liuxi didn't know what An Zheng had experienced in the past, and to this point, she hadn't mentioned the betrayal on the Mount Cang Man to them. An Zheng didn't want the innocent them to experience the grief and anger of being betrayed.
This was the second time.
The second time, he was tricked because of someone he cared abo
ut.
Last time, An Zheng was ambushed because of Chen Zhongqi, but this time it was because of Xiao Qi Dao. How similar were two experiences? That time, it was Chen Zhongqi who schemed against An Zheng, and it was a complete and utter betrayal. But this time, Xiao Qi Dao held An Zheng's hand and walked back. At that moment, An Zheng's heart was very calm, even if he was to face death once more, he did not have any regrets.
The last time An Zheng was attacked, he was left without help. This time, he had a lot of people with him.
Qu Liuxi lifted her right hand into the air and slowly placed An Zheng inside the Phoenix Cooking Pill Furnace. The Qi of the Phoenix Cooking Pill Furnace's traditional Chinese medicine was surging, the dark green medicinal Qi was like mist. After An Zheng's body entered the Phoenix Cooking Pill Furnace, it was quickly covered by the medicinal energy. The medicinal air began to seep in from his wounds and every pore, healing his wounds.
This was the step of refining pills, but it was used to refine humans.
Qu Liuxi kept taking deep breaths, to prevent any emotions from fluctuating.
The first step in refining pills was to absorb the essence within the medicinal herbs. The second step was to condense the medicinal energy into one point to form a pill. The third step was to control the Pill Fire so that the pill could be fully formed. The current An Zheng within the Phoenix Cooking Pill Furnace was just an unformed pill, the essence of the medicine had already been completely extracted, and the next step was to send all of the medicinal essence into An Zheng's body.
As the medicinal energy entered through his wounds and pores bit by bit, An Zheng's body began to tremble uncontrollably. Qu Liuxi heaved a sigh of relief when she felt the medicinal effects of the pill begin to enter his body.
But at this moment, An Zheng suddenly sat up from within the Phoenix Cooking Pill Furnace, opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of blood!
The medicinal energy that had just entered his body started to flow in reverse, continuously leaking out from his body.
Qu Liuxi's face immediately changed, she knew what that meant.
An Zheng still had the energy of a Purple-Rank Divine Artifact in his body, but that power was too strong. The Purple-Rank Divine Artifact already possessed a faint intelligence, so of course the remaining Purple-Rank Qi within An Zheng's body would not want it to dissipate. Maybe the Purple-Rank Qi knew, that once the medicinal energy entered An Zheng's body, it would be forced out. As long as it left this body, it would disappear into thin air.
The Depressing Sword did not want to disappear, did not want to die.
"I know he let you down."
Qu Liuxi looked at the Phoenix Cooking Pill Furnace, and tears uncontrollably flowed down her cheeks: "At that time, he also had no other choice, and could only do so. You may hate him, and you'll be ruined if you ask him... I don't know how to apologize for him either. If it's possible, I'm willing to do it for him. If you come into my body, I promise I won't let you go. But if you continue on like this, he will die, and you will dissipate. "
An Zheng's body continued to distort within the Phoenix Cooking Pill Furnace. The energy of the Purple-Rank was circulating back and forth, expelling all the medicinal energy that had entered An Zheng's body. An Zheng's injuries began to rapidly worsen, and his wound turned black.
Gu Qianye ran over: "What's going on?"
Qu Liuxi cried as she said, "My Pill Fire can't reach purple fire, so I can't refine the remaining Purple-Rank Qi. Now that the Depressing Sword's Purple-Rank was in his body, he saw his body as his final home. If he does not reveal the aura of Purple-Rank, he will definitely die. "
Gu Qianye asked anxiously: "What can I do?"
Qu Liuxi shook her head. "No one can do anything."
Right at this time, the good old man cat walked over with a Enchantment Cloth in his mouth, and then swung his head around.
The Enchantment Cloth flew up, spun in the air once, and then fiercely pounced down. A faint strand of purple energy, like a sword, pierced towards the Enchantment Cloth and with a 'shua' sound, the Enchantment Cloth shrank together to avoid the sword intent. The Sword Qi defended outside An Zheng's body, and every time the Enchantment Cloth tried to get close, they would be forced back by the Sword Qi.
At the same time, good old man jumped onto Qu Liuxi's arm and meowed.
It lowered its head and bit on its leg, its expression contorted in pain. Then, it raised the leg that it had bitten, and let its blood drip into the Pill Fire on Qu Liuxi's palm.
"It... It's helping you! "
Gu Qianye opened her eyes wide.
When the few drops of blood entered Qu Liuxi's palm, her expression immediately changed, because she felt the change in the Pill Fire. The temperature of the Pill Fire had reached a level that she had never been able to reach before! As the temperature of the Pill Fire increased, the pale golden Pill Fire on her palm also gradually changed. Slowly, the light golden color turned pure golden. This kind of heavy golden color was extremely resplendent.
When the Pill Fire turned pure gold, the medicinal energy in the furnace gathered once more and seeped into An Zheng's body once more. The lilac colored sword aura drilled back into An Zheng's body like a snake. Not long after, the medicinal energy was forced out again.
Using this chance, the Enchantment Cloth swooped down, almost reaching An Zheng's body.
After being forced back, the light purple sword intent once again appeared, stabbing straight at the Enchantment Cloth. The Enchantment Cloth was slower in dodging, and a small hole was cut in the side.
good old man seemed to be angry.
He looked down at his injured leg, and a few more drops of blood fell. Then, it raised its head and mewled. It was obvious that it was communicating with the Enchantment Cloth.
The Enchantment Cloth was also injured. It did not want to get any closer, so after good old man let out a cry, the Enchantment Cloth seemed to let out a long sigh and dove down once again.
When the good old man's blood once again entered the Pill Fire, the Pill Fire turned from a pure gold to a purplish gold. The inner flame was pure gold, and the outer edge was purple. When the Purple Gold Pill Flame appeared, Qu Liuxi couldn't help but cry out lightly in pain.
Her body couldn't withstand the Purple Gold Pill Fire.
Her palm began to change color. It was red from being burned by the pill.
How many people had experienced the feeling of their palms being burned? An ordinary flame was already unbearable, what's more, this was a purple gold flame. The excruciating pain in his palm caused Qu Liuxi's face to twist a little as large beads of sweat rolled down his forehead. However, she still did not move. Her palm was as steady as Mt. Tai.
"Meow!"
good old man suddenly shouted towards the sky with a domineering tone.
While the purple sword intent and the medicinal Qi were entangled, the Enchantment Cloth suddenly wrapped An Zheng's body. The Enchantment Cloth quickly intertwined, circle after circle, wrapping An Zheng up tightly in an instant.
good old man jumped up from Qu Liuxi's arm, stood at the edge of the Phoenix Cooking Pill Furnace, lowered his head, and looked at An Zheng who was wrapped up.
It sounded like a call, but also a declaration.
The stars in its eyes rotated faster and faster, just like the Milky Way. A light purple aura seeped out from beneath the Enchantment Cloth and flew into good old man's eyes like smoke. good old man looked up, the stars in his eyes were circulating like a whirlpool. Very quickly, the light purple airflow was completely sucked in. good old man jumped down from the Phoenix Cooking Pill Furnace and landed on the ground.
There was a broken sword inserted there, it was part of the Depressing Sword that An Zheng brought back along the way. It was a completely destroyed Purple-Rank Divine Artifact.
good old man looked at the broken sword and cried out, the purple Qi in his eyes started to shoot out. All of the purple qi that was sucked out by An Zheng's body was poured
into the broken sword. A moment later, the broken sword emitted a faint purple light and then disappeared.
Amongst the Phoenix Cooking Pill Furnace, the one that could not hold on any longer rose into the air.
Qu Liuxi suddenly raised her head and shouted. Her eyes were red.
She held the Phoenix Cooking Pill Furnace in her left hand and continued to temper it with the purple gold flame. Her right thumb flicked and broke her middle finger, as her blood dripped into the purple gold flame.
In the blink of an eye, the flames rose up.
The purple gold flame began to slowly transform, turning into pure purple flames!
Within the Phoenix Cooking Pill Furnace, all of the medicinal energy turned from dark green to purple as the purple colored energy quickly entered An Zheng's body. An Zheng's body no longer twisted, and all of the purple qi instantly entered his body. Then, a layer of hard shell gradually formed on the outside of An Zheng's body, like an egg shell.
Once the hard shell was perfectly formed, Qu Liuxi could no longer hold on. She gritted her teeth, placed the Phoenix Cooking Pill Furnace down steadily, then softened and fell.
Gu Qianye quickly ran over. Seeing the part of Qu Liuxi's hand that was almost burnt black, her tears silently fell.
Qu Liuxi had already exhausted all of her Cultivation Power and sunk into a very deep coma.
Chapter 293 - A Big Egg
There were two people laying in the room. One was Du Shoushou, and the other was the An Zheng who was still sealed by the medicinal shell.
Du Shoushou was already awake, lying on the bed and looking at the medicine shell on the other bed.
"Damn it! I haven't seen you for a day, how did you become an egg?!"
Du Shoushou said as tears streamed down his face, "Xiao Liu'er has already woken up. She said that you are more or less out of danger. But her hands might not be able to recover for a long time because of the purple fire. She did not have enough Cultivation Power. Although she didn't care about it at all, a girl like that would still make one's heart ache just by thinking about it. She said it was nothing. When she could release the purple fire at will, the dead skin would be gone. "But how long will that take?"
