Chapter 598 Nine Cycles Purple-Gold Elixirs
“You can’t be hoping to see Sect Master die, can you?” Ding Yi stared at the pig with a strange look.
Second Senior Fellow Apprentice said sluggishly, “Isn’t the answer obvious? Anyway, that scourge is a trouper. He even has the Third Deployment of the Origin-less. In the entire Star Wind City, only a few can take him down. So, you can set your mind at rest.”
Ding Yi looked at him, wanting to say something. But he swallowed the words back on second thought.
Second Senior Fellow Apprentice continued, “What? Still don’t believe it? You poor mortal, you have no idea how powerful the Third Deployment of the Origin-less is. Even a king-level cultivator would be brought to his knees in face of this tactical deployment.”
Still, Ding Yi was frowning.
Looking at Ding Yi’s worried face, Second Senior Fellow Apprentice gave up comforting him and said disapprovingly, “Alas, forget it. You wouldn’t understand even if I explained everything to you. You poor mortal.”
Ding Yi said, “There is something that you may not have noticed.”
Second Senior Fellow Apprentice uttered, “Huh?”
“The dish you just had was pig’s head meat.” Ding Yi pointed at the plate in front of Second Senior Fellow Apprentice.
Second Senior Fellow Apprentice was confused.
Then his expression became a little interesting.
At first, a trace of befuddlement appeared on the pig spirit’s face, as though he was trying to figure something out. Shortly after, his confusion was replaced by fright. At last, he looked like he had eaten some sh*t, and immediately stuck a finger down his throat and started to retch vehemently.
As the incarnation of the G.o.d of Pig, how could he have had pork?
He had eaten the flesh of his own kind, hadn’t he?
“Ah, d*mn that chef. Isn’t the dish called ‘Immortal’s Face’? I’m gonna go over and kill him.” Second Senior Brother started to vomit everything up while crying and howling. In the end, he even revealed his original appearance. His face was pale, and his expression was hopeless. He was frightened out of his wits, as though he had lost his virginity.
Ding Yi said, “I thought you knew what you were eating.”
Growing irritated, Second Senior Fellow Apprentice yelled, “You did it on purpose. Why didn’t you tell me earlier?”
Ding Yi said, “You were talking without a stop. I couldn’t get a word in edgeways.”
Second Senior Fellow Apprentice did not know what to say.
In a hidden underground palace.
Zuo Qingqing looked a little anxious.
It had been two hours since they arrived at the secret warehouse of the All-directional Star Bureau.
However, Li Mu had not yet come to reunite with them.
It seemed that things had not gone very well.
Guo Yuqing was sitting cross-legged on a futon, running his Cultivation Method to heal his injuries.
“Brother Guo, should we go out and have a look? It’s already dawn outside. Maybe we could hear some words of him.” After waiting for another two hours, Zuo Qingqing couldn’t help but ask.
Guo Yuqing opened his eyes, shook his head, and said nothing.
No matter what, they couldn’t risk going out for the time being.
He believed that Li Mu could definitely turn the tide.
Back on the Divine Land, Li Mu had faced numerous situations that were even more dangerous than the current one. But every time, he managed to turn the tables and miraculously came safely out of danger.
This time, he would definitely power through it as well.
More importantly, the jade piece in front of his chest was still warm and intact.
This meant that his third brother was still alive and safe.
The Tianyi Palace must be searching for them desperately. If he and the others went out now, they would walk right into the trap. Then, they would become a burden to his third brother instead.
It was best to wait for the Tianyi Palace to be frustrated by the exhausting but unfruitful search and get slack at the task before they went out to collect more information.
In the past, Guo Yuqing was once chased and attacked by the major Holy Clans and some of the Nine Superbs on the Divine Land. Thus, he was quite experienced in being on the run.
Li Mu had been locked up in a strange room.
He was surrounded by stone walls. The aroma of medicine had permeated the air.
After observing for a long time, Li Mu made sure that he was in an Elixir Room.
On the white marble wall, there were engravings of the Eight Trigrams. A bra.s.s furnace was sitting at the center of a large star tactical deployment placed on the ground. This tactical deployment was emitting wisps of heat. Li Mu figured that it might have been drawing the power of the fire in the underground Earthvein to heat up the bra.s.s furnace.
The bra.s.s furnace was more than two meters high. It was shaped like two overlaid gourds. The upper gourd was about three meters high, and the lower one was even higher. The furnace had a diameter of six meters. The left half was dark, whereas the right half was bright, which alluded to the Yin and Yang. On its surface, there were some extremely mysterious patterns of Taoist tactical deployments. Also, it was emitting an ancient aura. Li Mu knew at first glance that it was not an ordinary furnace. It was at least a Spiritual-tier treasure.
Due to the fact that Li Mu had accidentally escaped from prison, the surveillance he received was now improved.
He was wearing three more shackles. What was more, having been tied up with several special chains engraved with Taoist patterns, he now looked like a huge rice dumpling.
Li Mu did not try to break free. Instead, he jumped to his feet and began to leisurely leap about in the Elixir Room without bending his knees just like a zombie.
On the right side of the Elixir Room stood a huge antique shelf, on which sat various bottles and cans. Those containers were made of jade with advanced craftsmans.h.i.+p. Their sizes varied, but their openings were all sealed by restrictive Taoist patterns. Obviously, what was stored inside those containers was either refined elixirs or a variety of rare raw materials, which was absolutely valuable.
Li Mu drooled at the sight of those containers.
“If I take all these bottles and cans away with me, then, the loss of the Tianyi Palace will be huge, right? Those elixirs must be particularly precious. I wonder if they are as crispy and delicious as fried beans.”
Li Mu could not resist the temptation any longer.
“Can’t take this anymore. I’d better collect the interest first.”
Li Mu smashed a half-meter-tall jade gourd with his head, and three purple-golden elixirs rolled out. There was a layer of fluorescent light on the surface of the elixirs, which did not disperse. Beneath the light, fine Taoist patterns were flickering, which looked like flying dragons. Each of the elixirs was the size of longan. A peculiar fragrance was spreading out from the elixirs. There were even dragon roars coming out from the elixirs, which kept vibrating as if the elixirs were ready to turn into beams of light and dart out of the room.
“They are spiritual elixirs.”
Li Mu had a sharp eye for treasures.
The elixirs refined by cultivators were divided into three groups, which were Medicine Elixirs, Spiritual Elixirs, and Immortal Elixirs. Medicine Elixirs could cure diseases. Spiritual Elixirs could give one psychic power. And Immortal Elixirs could turn a cultivator into an immortal. Of the three kinds, Spiritual Elixirs were already quite precious treasures for cultivators. Although their functions were different, except for Poisonous Pills, all the Spiritual Elixirs would have wonderful effects once being taken. At least, the elixirs could also improve one’s cultivation and health, which was totally harmless.
Li Mu was sure that the three purple-golden longan-sized elixirs in front of him were absolutely not Poisonous Elixirs.
He lowered his head and stuffed the three elixirs into his mouth.
At this precise moment—
“Rumbling.”
The sound of the stone door swinging open was heard.
The hidden door of the Elixir Room opened.
Feng Zhen the Bloodless Sword had changed into a large white Taoist robe and looked quite like an erudite senior. His expression was initially quite relaxed. But as soon as he entered the door and saw Li Mu taking the elixirs, his face altered dramatically, and he bellowed, “Stop it…”
“Ah?” Li Mu turned around and noisily chewed the elixirs as if he were eating fried beans. He even boldly met Feng Zhen’s eyes and didn’t have the decency to act like a thief being caught at all. Instead, he said with a grin, “I was surprised that you took me here just to feed me Spiritual Elixirs. It seems that I misunderstood you. The Tianyi Palace is really hospitable. You’ve treated me so well that I’m starting to doubt whether I deserve all this.”
“Ah…” Feng Zhen was so angry that he was shaking from head to toe. “You really ticked me off. My Nine Cycles Purple-Gold Elixirs! I’ve worked painstakingly for ten years to come up with the mere three. Oh, oh, oh…”
Seeing that, Li Mu was elated.
The old man was so mad that it looked like he was having a stroke. So, it seemed that the three so-called Nine Cycles Purple-Gold Elixirs were really valuable.
He felt that after he chewed the elixirs and swallowed, strong forces had slipped into his body which felt like burning flames. This kind of force was extremely imperious.
But sadly, Li Mu’s primitive natural qi had been sealed, so he couldn’t run his Cultivation Method to refine the forces.
Otherwise, if he refined the force of the Nine Cycles Purple-Gold Elixirs, the power he would obtain would definitely be comparable to the star power contained in dozens of gold-colored fairy crystals.
“The taste is not bad. The pills are crispy and taste like fried beans.” To deliberately irritate Feng Zhen, Li Mu asked, “Do you have more?”
The glittering Sword Qi on Feng Zhen’s fingertips began to swirl. He rushed over and pointed at Li Mu with one finger, wis.h.i.+ng that he could tear Li Mu into pieces.
However, halfway through the attack, Feng Zhen abruptly stopped.
“Hehe, I know you have the undying body, so I can’t kill you.” Feng Zhen suddenly laughed, then said, “But, don’t think that I really can’t do anything to you. It’s fine. The three Nine Cycles Purple-Gold Elixirs are just temporarily stored in your body, and I can get them back sooner or later…”
Laughing wildly, Feng Zhen pointed at the jade gourd on the shelf and added, “In this gourd are the elixirs I’ve refined in recent years. If you like, take all of them. Haha, be my guest.”
Li Mu looked at Feng Zhen in shock, thinking that he must have heard it wrong.
What was going on?
Could it be that the old man had taken the wrong medicine today, or that Li Mu had infuriated him so much that he had had a nervous breakdown?
How could he suddenly become so generous?
Feng Zhen gazed at Li Mu, and his eyes were burning hot. He looked at Li Mu’s body up and down and clicked his tongue in wonder. His eyes were s.h.i.+ning with excitement as if he had seen a peerlessly precious treasure.
Li Mu was startled at once. And some dark ideas surfaced in his head. The look Feng Zhen was giving him… was pretty queer. The old man couldn’t be gay, could he?
Li Mu quickly moved back a little.
This was a little scary.
However, Feng Zhen continued, “Your perfect body is an absolute undying body. Hahaha, it’s fine. Take whatever elixirs you want. The more you take, the more strength and plant essence you’ll gather and absorb. Three days later, I’ll refine you into a human elixir. So the more you take, the better the human elixir will be. If I can produce just one Immortal Elixir, then I’ll have something worth hundreds of Nine Cycles Purple-Gold Elixirs. Hehe, hahaha, regardless of who you are or where you come from, you have to admit that you really brought me luck.”
Li Mu finally cottoned on.
“So you’re going to refine me into an elixir?
“The Immortal Elixir?
“It sounds deceptively impressive.
“That’s to say, in the eyes of this old guy, I’m now a Tang Monk with strong muscles?”
Li Mu frowned, sensing that the matter was not that simple.
However, Feng Zhen obviously did not want to take anymore. He took away all the valuable things in the Elixir Room, leaving a bunch of a.s.sorted elixirs to Li Mu, as though telling him “You can eat whatever you want. No need to stand on ceremonies”. Then, he added several seals to Li Mu’s shackles to ensure that Li Mu could not shake off the seals to restore his natural qi before he left the Elixir Room.
Outside the Elixir Room, there were many experts of the Tianyi Palace stationed there.
Li Mu didn’t stand on ceremony at all. He started to munch away at all kinds of elixirs as if they were fried beans while pondering over an important question—
“Should I break out, break out, or break out?”