Chapter 9: The Reappearance of the Immortal Pill

  King can outside to measure the mountain top scenery, into the eye cloud layer wrapped, fog sea vast, mountain wind rolled up layer upon layer of cloud waves one wave after another, just like a piece of visible spray, far away in the cloud waves majestic high mountains if hidden if present, faintly can see the outline of the waist building, groups of cranes in the clouds shuttle, sometimes singing loudly, leisurely and carefree.

  "This is truly a paradise!" Wang Ke looked at the beautiful scenery in front of him, feeling carefree and relaxed, with an indescribable feeling, as if his heart had become calm in an instant.

  As Wang Ke was appreciating the scenery at the summit, footsteps echoed from a distance behind him. After entering the Nascent Soul stage, Wang Ke's spiritual awareness had become much more acute. Although the person was still quite far away, the sound of their footsteps clearly entered Wang Ke's ears.

  Turning his head, he saw a young man in green clothes walking straight out of the depths of the courtyard. The young man had a clear and handsome face, about fifteen or sixteen years old, but his body emitted a spiritual power fluctuation that far surpassed Wang Ke's.

  Seeing this young man, Wang was shocked in his heart. He had obtained the opportunity to enter the Nascent Soul stage so quickly, but he didn't expect that the spiritual fluctuations emanating from the same-aged youth in front of him would be much stronger than his own. The Qingmu Sect was indeed extraordinary.

  "You're Wang Ke, right?" The young man walked up to him, his expressionless face scanning Wang Ke with a flat tone, giving off an aloof feeling.

  Wang Ke originally wanted to chat with this young man some more, but upon hearing the young man's cold tone, he instantly dispelled that notion.

  "Follow me, the master has made arrangements." The young man said indifferently and turned to walk in one direction, disappearing a few steps away with swift strides.

  Wang Ke quickly followed up, his speed was not slow either. He kept a certain distance from the young man, didn't say a word, and observed the surroundings while following him.

  Obviously, the young man was leading Lin Qi down, and along the way, there was only one desolate ancient path. The ancient path was covered with rotten leaves and withered branches, and both sides were dense forests. In many places, the dense branches and leaves blocked the ancient path, winding and twisting, and it was unknown how long this ancient path was. After walking for half a time, Wang Ke finally saw the majesty of the mountain peak under his feet.

  However, the scenery along the way is quite good. Some unknown flowers are in full bloom on both sides of the ancient road. Spiritual monkeys jump between trees from time to time, and some spiritual birds fly around, giving a lively look.

  After walking for about two hours, the scenery around had changed. The dense trees were much fewer, but there were more strange-shaped big rocks, and the weeds grew thickly to cover the road. It was clear that few people walked here. The boy in front stopped at a gentle slope ahead.

  Above the slope, there is a slightly old wooden house facing the slope. The front of the house is overgrown with weeds, and behind it is a black rock wall with cracks of varying sizes. Some strange trees grow out of the gaps in the rocks, their thick roots deeply embedded in the stone crevices, showing an extremely strong vitality.

  Wang Ke knew that Qingmu Zong had a rich spiritual energy, and in such an environment, the plants were full of vitality.

  To the left of the wooden house, not far away, there is a green bamboo forest. The leaves are emerald green and seem to be dripping with dew. A gentle breeze blows by, causing ripples of bright green waves above the bamboo forest. In my ears, I hear the soft rustling sound of the bamboo leaves rubbing against each other.

  "You'll stay here for now, and Master Feng will make other arrangements later. These are things for you, take them, don't go wandering around unnecessarily."

  As Wang Ke was sizing up the surroundings, the young man casually instructed a couple of sentences and threw a package on his back to Wang Ke. Wang Ke caught it with one hand, just as he was about to ask something, but the young man actually turned around and walked away in the direction they came from, disappearing from view in an instant, moving even faster than before.

  "What a cold-blooded guy," Wang Ke said indifferently. Although Qingmu Sect seemed like a paradise when he first arrived, Wang Ke felt that it lacked a bit of human touch.

  Carrying the package, he walked towards the wooden house on the slope. The wooden house was obviously uninhabited for a long time, and it was covered with dust everywhere. However, the wood used to build the house was all high-quality ironwood, which was very sturdy. After Wang had taken a casual look around, he started cleaning up.

  Half an hour later, the house had been swept clean, and even the weeds in front of and behind the house had been pulled out by Wang Ke. The wooden house suddenly felt brand new.

  "After tidying up a bit, it looks much better. I didn't expect there to be so many books inside, which can help pass the time." Wang Ke looked around for a while before nodding in satisfaction. The wooden hut was simple, with two wooden cabinets, three chairs, one wooden table, and one bamboo bed."

  One wooden cabinet held some books, another held some necessities, and apart from these there was nothing else, making it look rather bleak. However, Wang Ke didn't mind.

  "Let's take a look at what's inside." Wang Ke focused his gaze on the bundle placed on the wooden table, which was bulging and seemed to contain quite a few things.

  Wang Ke opened the package, and first saw ten nuclear-sized rhombic crystal stones, from which a wave of spiritual energy fluctuations was emitted, although not very strong, but relatively pure in appearance.

  "So many spirit stones!" Seeing the ten spirit stones in front of him, Wang Ke's eyes revealed a look of surprise and delight. He had seen spirit stones before, Teng Yan had one in her hand, which she treasured like a precious gem, but its quality was not as good as these ten in front of him. Suddenly seeing so many spirit stones, Wang Ke's heart skipped a beat.

  Although it was only ten pieces of lower-grade spirit stones, Wang Ke felt like a beggar who had picked up a gold ingot. The spirit stone mines were all controlled by the Dà Mén Pài, so ordinary scattered cultivators found it very difficult to get their hands on spirit stones, which is why cultivation was so arduous. Wang Ke calmed down his excitement and carefully put the spirit stones aside.

  Under the Ling Stone were placed a few books, all made of Xuan paper with black cowhide covers and golden silk threads. These materials are extremely rare in the mortal world, but as the young master of a county, Wang Ke had seen some before.

  After a slight surprise, Wang Ke picked up the book and began to flip through it. Having studied literature and martial arts since childhood, although the book was written in ancient seal script, Wang Ke could still understand it, and soon became engrossed in the book.

  "Qingmu Menlv", "Qingmu Zongjian", "Chuji Xiuzhen Jian", "Xianjin Jishi Lu", "Huajian Jue", and "Naqi Jue". After reading the first four books, Wang Ke felt a bit dizzy, but his eyes were filled with excitement. He gained many useful things from these books.

  "The Qingmu Menlu" recorded all the door rules of the Qingmu Sect, and Wang Ke naturally remembered them all in his heart.

  "The Azure Wood Sect" clearly introduces the Azure Wood Sect, with its central main peak being the Azure Wood Peak, where the sect master and a group of elders cultivate. The surrounding areas are divided into the Xuanwu Peak, Zhuque Peak, Baitu Peak, and Qinglong Peak, which serve as the residences and cultivation grounds for the four great peak masters and inner sect disciples. The four peak masters are all powerful Golden Dan cultivators. On the outer periphery are thirty-six Tianpeng Peaks, where outer sect disciples and star masters reside. Each of the star masters has been a high-ranking cultivator since their youth.

  "The Elementary Cultivation Manual" introduced some common knowledge of the cultivation world, such as spirit stones being divided into lower-grade, middle-grade, upper-grade, and top-grade spirit stones. There were also the cultivation levels that Wang Ke knew about. The various introductions made Wang Ke's eyes wide with wonder, these introductions were much more systematic than Tong Yan's, from which Wang Ke gained a deeper understanding of cultivation knowledge.

  "The Records of Xianjin" roughly introduced some sects, dangerous places and legends on the Xianjin continent. Wang Ke read it with great interest and memorized all the useful information.

  As for the last two books, "Naqi Jue" is a primary qigong method for the Naqi period, which every disciple of Qingmu Sect can practice. "Huajian Jue" is an attacking sword technique that everyone can also practice, but the last two books are relatively abstruse and Wang Ke temporarily doesn't quite understand them, so he put them aside.

  "Hmm..." He stood up, stretched his waist for a long time, and Wang Ke didn't know how much time had passed. Maybe two hours, maybe three hours, or perhaps even longer. Wang Ke had already passed the stage of avoiding grains, so he didn't need to eat any staple foods, and after such a long time, he still didn't feel a bit hungry.

  "Let's put the spirit stones away for now, we can rely on them later." His gaze shifted to the ten lower-grade spirit stones beside him, and he hesitated for a moment. However, this wooden hut was just so small, where could they be placed?

  "Ah, I have that wooden box, don't I?" Wang Ke suddenly remembered the wooden box he had picked up which used to hold the elixir, and excitedly took it out and placed it on the table.

  The wooden box was ten inches high and wide, and fifteen inches long. The ten lower-grade spirit stones fit in it just right. Wang Ke carefully opened the wooden box, but what happened next was astonishing.

  A burst of golden light exploded from the wooden box, illuminating the entire cabin so brightly that it shone through the gaps in the wood and radiated outward, making the whole cabin look dazzlingly golden and exceptionally eye-catching. At the same time, a pungent medicinal fragrance wafted out of the box and instantly filled the room.

  "Ah!" The sudden change frightened Wang Ke, who quickly covered the box and retreated two steps in a panic, staring at the wooden box on the table with a look of horror.

  "What's going on, how can there be golden light, and this familiar fragrance?" Wang Ke was still in a state of shock, having picked up the wooden box for some time now. On his way back, he had taken it out to examine it several times, but hadn't found anything unusual except for the many strange patterns on its surface. However, what was that dazzling golden light just now? Wang Ke was somewhat perplexed, but although it was only for an instant, he still caught a glimpse of something inside the box. Connecting this with the intense fragrance, Lin Qi suddenly felt a thrill in his heart, and a thought occurred to him.

  "It must be an illusion, this box is clearly empty." Wang comforted himself, then slowly walked to the table, trembling as he reached out to the edge of the box, carefully opening it a crack. The golden light burst out again, scaring Wang into immediately closing the box once more. However, this time Wang had caught a glimpse of what was inside.

  "This elixir wasn't taken away long ago, how can it still be here? Did it fly back again?" The things in this box are the three elixirs that were robbed on Qianfeng Ridge, but somehow they appeared again in this box.

  Fortunately, the wooden house was located in a remote area, with no signs of human activity anywhere. Otherwise, the golden light just now would have caused a sensation. Wang Ke sat on the chair, his mind racing with thoughts.

  Needless to say, the value of these three elixirs, Wang Ke had already seen the kind of bloody battles that took place for the sake of obtaining them. Everyone wanted to get their hands on these elixirs. But now that they were in his possession, Wang Ke couldn't help but feel a little uneasy.

  "Hand it over to the sect master?" A thought flashed through his mind, and Wang Ke shook his head immediately denying it. If he handed this thing over to the sect master, he would be credited with a great achievement, but he would definitely be envied by others, and how could three elixirs suddenly appear out of nowhere?

  "Eat it yourself!" "No way, I don't understand the effect of the medicine, eating it casually might even harm my own life"

  "Never mind, let's just hide this thing for now." After some thought, Wang Ke couldn't think of a solution and decided to hide the three elixirs. He spent some effort finding an old bamboo in the lush green forest outside, hollowing it out, carefully taking out the three elixirs, putting them inside the bamboo tube, and then sealing it. To avoid the golden light shining through, Wang Ke also used the cloth package to cover the box that held the elixir.

  Outside the house, he found a secluded spot and buried the bamboo tube. After returning to the wooden house, Wang felt relieved, but the doubts in his heart still lingered.

  "Why did the immortal pill reappear in the box? Could it be that this box can replicate the things put inside?" A bold idea flashed through his mind, and with his quick wit, he connected the various clues to consider this possibility.

  Thinking of this, Wang Ke couldn't hold back the excitement in his heart and decided to give it a try. However, he didn't have any Dan pills on hand at the moment. Seeing the spiritual stone beside him, Wang Ke's mouth slightly curved upwards as he picked up a spiritual stone and put it into the box.

  An hour later, Wang Ke took out the Ling Stone and stared at the wooden box. One hour passed, two hours passed, three hours passed... Wang Ke's eyes were sore, but there was still nothing inside the box.

  "Right, the days when I came back, the boxes were all empty. Do they need a period of time?" Wang Ke suddenly thought of a possibility, thinking back to this experience, guessing in her heart, and calming down slowly.