Ch 654: Expired Pills
Young Master Xuan Shuang’s original plan was to find a random excuse to frame Li Hanzhou and then kill him.
However, when he found the inn where the other party was staying, he discovered that Li Hanzhou had left the inn and headed straight for the Mist Sea Forbidden Zone.
This was actually good news for Young Master Xuan Shuang.
Everyone knows that the Mist Sea Forbidden Zone is extremely dangerous, with countless strong persons perishing there.
If Li Hanzhou were killed in the Mist Sea Forbidden Zone, Qu Shuiyun would likely only think that Li Hanzhou was greedy and overambitious, killed by the fierce beasts inside.
Then, with a pretense of comfort, the beauty would naturally throw herself at him.
However, after following Li Hanzhou into the Mist Sea Forbidden Zone, he unexpectedly encountered a Great Expert’s Cave Dwelling.
Young Master Xuan Shuang originally planned to enter the cave dwelling to take a look and kill Li Hanzhou at the same time.
But now, he temporarily abandoned this idea.
Because this cave dwelling was indeed extraordinary.
Although his Moon Howling Sect had many Sea Remnant Pearls, such treasures, they were not extravagant enough to use them for lighting.
And from the looks of it, it seemed that the Sea Remnant Pearl was just an ordinary thing in the cave dwelling.
There must be better things inside this cave dwelling.
Perhaps some of the things inside are not even possessed by his Moon Howling Sect.
“Come, let’s go check it out over there.”
Young Master Xuan Shuang beckoned two Divine Transformation Stage cultivators, and then excitedly entered a cave chamber around the Great Hall.
He planned to loot the cave dwelling first, then deal with Li Hanzhou.
After all, the other person was right here and couldn’t escape.
Li Hanzhou also glanced at the backs of Young Master Xuan Shuang and the three sects’ people, said nothing, and walked straight towards one of the cave chambers.
He wasn’t familiar with these people, so he naturally didn’t need to greet them.
“These are… pills?”
After entering the cave chamber, the first thing that caught his eye was a pile of jade bottles of various sizes on the ground.
The jade bottles were unsealed, and the pills inside had rolled out of the mouths of the bottles, scattered all over the ground, very messy.
However, these pills looked very shriveled, without a trace of luster.
Li Hanzhou tried to pick one up, but as soon as he lifted it, with just a little force, the pill silently shattered into a pile of powder, rustling down, finally turning into a small piece of dust.
“These pills don’t know how many years they’ve been here; they’ve all expired.”
Li Hanzhou flicked his fingers, then looked curiously at an alchemy furnace placed in the center.
The alchemy furnace was entirely made of green jade, with several divine birds engraved on its outer body, looking extremely mystical.
However, the alchemy furnace was covered in dust and looked very old.
Despite this, Li Hanzhou could tell at a glance.
The alchemy furnace placed here was undoubtedly far superior to the one he had used in the Tianxuan Realm.
After all, even the Sea Remnant Pearl was used as lighting by the cave dwelling’s master.
But this alchemy furnace was placed in the center for alchemy, it certainly was no ordinary item.
Li Hanzhou reached out and fiddled with the alchemy furnace, but the alchemy furnace did not react in the slightest.
Then he stopped paying attention to the alchemy furnace and picked up a jade bottle from the ground to look at it.
There were several recessed marks on the jade bottle, clearly artificially engraved.
On it, several large characters were written in elegant cursive script—Dragon Blood Hegemonic Body Pill.
Besides this pill, there were many other pills he didn’t recognize, such as the Nine Revolutions Profound Soul Pill, the Great Yin Profound Nether Pill, the Calamity-Dispelling Barrier-Breaking Pill, and so on.
However, at this moment, the Illusion Heart Thunder Spirit, which was imprisoned in his Spiritual Sea, cried out in surprise.
“Who is the master of this cave dwelling? They actually possess so many supreme pills!”
“Are these pills very precious?”
Li Hanzhou asked back.
“Such a lack of knowledge… ah, I was wrong!”
The Illusion Heart Thunder Spirit said dismissively, but halfway through its words, it suffered the consequences.
Its voice slightly trembling, it explained: “These pills are top-tier treasures that can change fate for any cultivator. Even Great Experts at the Body Integration Stage or Tribulation Crossing Stage would fight over them.”
“It’s a pity, though, that these pills have lost their medicinal power over time and have become completely useless!”
At the end, the Illusion Heart Thunder Spirit’s voice carried a hint of regret.
If it could eat even a single pill, it would certainly be able to break through the imprisonment Li Hanzhou had placed on it.
“I see.”
Li Hanzhou didn’t doubt that the Illusion Heart Thunder Spirit was lying.
Because what it liked most was showing off its vast and boundless knowledge to Li Hanzhou.
According to the Illusion Heart Thunder Spirit, when it first gained consciousness, it was captured by a cultivator who practiced the Northern Emperor Art in the Heavenly Thunder Pagoda.
Although this guy was confined in the tower and lacked freedom, it could devour the divine souls of other cultivators, obtaining their memories to increase its knowledge.
Over the years, it had devoured countless cultivators’ divine souls, so it knew a lot, and was knowledgeable in almost every aspect.
“Although these pills have expired, they do have some research value.”
Back on Blue Star, Old Man Li Qingfeng taught him Daoist magic, which was quite eclectic, including the art of alchemy.
Because he didn’t have an alchemy furnace at the time, Old Man Li Qingfeng forcefully made him use an induction cooker and a pressure cooker to refine pills, which did give him some skill.
But after coming to the Tianxuan Realm, he only focused on drawing talismans and cultivating.
Most of the time he refined spirit treasures, so he was a little rusty in alchemy.
The pills on the ground could serve as samples, allowing him to practice this art when he had time, by copying.
Li Hanzhou pondered for a moment, then began to collect the pills on the ground, not missing a single one.
“These pills are useless, why are you still collecting them? Isn’t that like what you humans say, dropping your pants but nothing happening… ouch, it hurts, I won’t say anything anymore!”
The Illusion Heart Thunder Spirit wailed in the Spiritual Sea, its heart full of confusion.
Li Hanzhou didn’t bother to explain, diligently collecting the pills.
Just then.
Footsteps came from outside, and then Young Master Xuan Shuang’s figure entered the cave chamber where Li Hanzhou was.
Seeing Li Hanzhou collecting pills, he paused slightly, then sneered disdainfully.
“Look at you, you poor thing. One wouldn’t know if they didn’t know, thinking you’re a beggar, even picking up pills that have lost their medicinal power.”
The words echoed.
Li Hanzhou’s movements of collecting pills didn’t stop at all.
It was still the same thing; he didn’t bother to explain to the other party.
He didn’t want to bother with Young Master Xuan Shuang.
Seeing this, Young Master Xuan Shuang felt a surge of anger.
He had wanted to ridicule Li Hanzhou severely, but the other party simply ignored him.
This made him feel a sense of helplessness, like hitting cotton.
Young Master Xuan Shuang put his hands on his hips and was about to say a few more words.
But at that moment, a deafening scream came from outside.
“What is that… ah!”
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