Chapter 33

Zhang He was treated again and then carried to the back room to rest. He couldn't continue like this; if he died at the Yunjian Sect, it would not be beneficial for the good relationship between the two sects.

Lu Xiaodeng continued to eat the Kongpiao grass innocently, showing no reaction to what had happened. She stood there, pure and blameless, watching Zhang Yizhen. It wasn't that she was curious about him; rather, Zhang Yizhen was staring at her intently.

Lu Xiaodeng, who had always been blameless, naturally did not avoid his gaze and stared back at him. The two of them glared at each other.

From the existing evidence, it was clear that the flower core in Zhang He's body was not inhaled here; no one saw the flower core floating. However, Zhang Yizhen felt uncomfortable and always had a feeling that this girl, who was pretending to be innocent, was the one who did it, but he had no evidence.

Subconsciously, he used his divine sense to scan her again, looking more carefully this time. Not only was she lacking so much soul, but she also had no spiritual veins, making it impossible to hold a grudge.

"Zhang Zhenjun, do you want to continue this matter?" Lian Jing finally spoke.

Zhang Yizhen was silent for a moment, then bowed and said, "It seems this is really a misunderstanding. I made a mistake. Please don't take offense, Sect Leader Lian."

"No problem. Your nephew is much better now. It seems he will recover after a few days of rest. I have some medicine here that can treat his leg injury. Would you like to try it?" Lian Jing said he would give the medicine, but he didn't even move his hand.

"Thank you for your kindness, Sect Leader Lian, but there's no need to trouble you with the medicine. I have brought quite a bit of medicine myself." Zhang Yizhen didn't take it seriously. It was easy to ask the Yunjian Sect to help kill someone, but to get them to provide some pills was as difficult as climbing to heaven. Even the sect leader acted this way, a bad habit from being poor for too long.

Since Lian Jing didn't really intend to give the medicine, he just said it casually. He waved his sleeve and said, "Please come to the Tian Dan Hall for a short rest and try our sword tea. You won't find it anywhere else."

Everyone left with a smile, but Zhang Yizhen lingered behind, giving Lu Xiaodeng a slight glance before leaving. His eyes didn't show much hatred; as a Nascent Soul cultivator, he had the cultivation to not lose his temper at a child.

He thought to himself: What a vulgar sect, even the tea they drink is cheap.

Seeing that they all went to the Tian Dan Hall, Lu Xiaodeng smacked her lips and said, "Sister, that person was so fierce, staring at me for a long time."

"Stay in your room today and don't come out. Don't let anyone see you." Lu Dan had to go and receive them, so she instructed Lu Xiaodeng and then hurried over.

Lu Yaohang didn't go to join the crowd. After everyone left, she crossed her arms and coldly looked at Xiaodeng, asking, "How did you do it? Give me a sample; this thing is quite good."

"Sister..." Lu Xiaodeng turned her head and said shyly, "I didn't do it."

"Stop talking nonsense. I want this thing." Lu Yaohang didn't believe her. The flower core of the Kongpiao grass wouldn't enter Zhang He's body for no reason; it must have been Xiaodeng's doing.

Lu Xiaodeng kicked a small stone with her foot and then took out a small cloth bag from her chest, taking out a white pill the size of a grain of rice and said, "This is the bug pill I made. Just hit the wound hard, and the refined flower core will drill into the body. I'll give you a bag, there are about a hundred of them."

"Such a small grain has a million flower cores?" Lu Yaohang took the bug pill with doubt, squinting her eyes to look at it. The grayish-white grain of rice looked very ordinary, with no trace of spiritual energy.

"Of course it's refined, but it can't hold that many flower cores. The main ingredient is the brain of the water breath bug, which grows wildly when it encounters spiritual energy and blood." Lu Yaohang waved the small cloth bag, excitedly saying.

Water breath bug...

Hearing this, Lu Yaohang's hair stood on end. Those bugs were so disgusting, always flying in groups near water. Each one was very small, and the females lived by sucking blood, while the males didn't know what they ate, but they didn't suck blood.

Those tiny bugs that no one paid attention to and died when burned with insect repellent incense, when combined with the Kongpiao grass, had such an effect.

Lu Xiaodeng was happily explaining, gesturing with her hands, "Sister, I watched the water breath bugs by the stream in the mountains for over a month. I found that after the female water breath bug sucked blood, it would be eaten by the male. Then a small lump would grow on the male's head, and after a few hours, the lump would burst, and hundreds of small water breath bugs would fly out. So I added the Kongpiao grass, which likes to suck blood and spiritual energy, and refined it into this bug pill."

Staring at the bug pill in her hand, Lu Yaohang felt very complicated. She put the bug pill in the bag and put it away. Such a dangerous and useful thing should naturally be kept on her. It was just that Xiaodeng wasn't affected by the Kongpiao grass, otherwise, it would be very troublesome for others to collect it.

At this moment, she suddenly realized a problem and asked, puzzled, "Xiaodeng, you run to the water every day to watch bugs. Don't those water breath bugs bite you?"

"They do, although I don't have spiritual veins, I still have flesh and blood. But I hide in the cauldron, so they can't bite me." Lu Xiaodeng said with a smile.

"Xiaodeng, I've noticed that the pills you refine are different from ordinary pills." Lu Yaohang had wanted to say this for a long time but always forgot. Now she remembered and mentioned it.

Lu Xiaodeng was a bit confused, "They're not much different from other pills, they're all in grains."

Seeing that she didn't understand, Lu Yaohang explained, "When others refine pills, even if they add things from demon beasts, whether they are alive or dead before adding, the refined pills are always dead. But the pills you refine have many living things in them, which is very strange."

It turned out to be this. Lu Xiaodeng said casually, "Not many, mostly bugs. I wanted to refine the whole demon beast, but it wouldn't work. Sister, if you want, I can try to refine something like a beast transformation pill."

"What kind of pill is that?" Lu Yaohang asked cautiously, the name sounded wrong, and it would be troublesome to eat it without understanding it.

Lu Xiaodeng pointed to her leg and said, "Sister, the hind legs of the Three-Eyed Spiky Rabbit are very powerful. If cultivators had such hind legs, they could jump as far as the rabbit. So I named the pill I imagined the beast transformation pill. Eating the beast transformation pill would give you the body of a demon beast, making you much stronger than ordinary cultivators."

Can such a thing be refined?

Lu Yaohang asked carefully, "Have you refined it?"

"No, I have no idea how to do it. Maybe I'll figure it out someday. I think adding demon crystals during refinement might work, and then eating it would turn you into a powerful demon." Lu Xiaodeng grinned, this thing wasn't something that could be refined easily.

"You take your time, but don't give it to me." Lu Yaohang didn't want to become a demon. Just thinking about it, she knew half-demons were ugly. But she had something else to say, and her face turned cold, "Why did you take out the pills? I've already warned you not to let anyone see. What if someone noticed something was wrong?"

Lu Xiaodeng, who was scolded, looked miserable and suddenly spat out two Foundation Establishment Pills, shoving them into Lu Yaohang's hand and running away. "Sister, I know I was wrong. The pills are all yours. I'll go and reflect on the wall!"

Lu Yaohang, both amused and exasperated, held the pills. Reflect on the wall? She would definitely go play somewhere. This was important stuff, so she quickly put it in a jade bottle and stored it in her sleeve. She could choose a good day to try to reach the Foundation Establishment stage.

After about an hour, everyone in the Tian Dan Hall moved to Taiyi Peak. These people couldn't stay at Tian Dan Peak; if the pills and spiritual herbs were lost, it would be blamed on them. Staying at Taiyi Peak showed more respect.

Zhang He was also carried over. Leaving him here might mean he would be dead by tomorrow. Although Zhang Yizhen didn't say anything, it felt like a grudge had been formed. But Lian Jing didn't care. Normally, there were already issues with the Void Sect, and this small matter didn't rise to the level of sect enmity.

As soon as the people left, Lu Xiaodeng was called by Yu Xiudan to refine pills for him to watch. If the last time was a coincidence, then this time producing Foundation Establishment Pills again would be a skill.

Such a high talent in pill refinement, even without spiritual veins, was still valuable. Yu Xiudan was very eager to take in a disciple with talent in pill refinement. He focused on Lu Xiaodeng, directly taking her to his dedicated pill refinement room and asking her to refine a third-grade Tianhe Pill.

Lu Dan and Lu Yaohang followed, and after exchanging glances, they silently stood in the pill refinement room, not wanting to make a sound and be kicked out.

The Tianhe Pill was a third-grade pill, higher than the Tahe Pill by two grades. It was used in large quantities, mainly during the later stages of the Foundation Establishment stage. With so many Foundation Establishment disciples in the sect, this third-grade pill was almost the main pill refined at Tian Dan Peak.

The Wu Yao Hall was still refining pills, but before the apprentices finished their training, they were still mass-producing first and second-grade pills. Higher-grade pills were all refined at Tian Dan Peak.

Looking carefully at the pill refinement furnace placed on the Nine Dragon Earth Fire Pit, Lu Xiaodeng was surprised and said, "Master, when did you get a new furnace? I didn't know."

Yu Xiudan found this question strange. Did he need to tell her when he changed his pill refinement furnace? He said with a bit of pride, "This pill refinement furnace is a mystic-grade magical treasure. Now that we need to refine higher-grade pills, the previous earth-grade spiritual tool is no longer suitable. What do you think, is it beautiful?"

"Master, what's its name?" This was the first time Lu Xiaodeng saw a magical treasure-level pill furnace at Yunjian Sect. As for swords, she had even seen the sect leader's spirit treasure-level sword.

"It's called the Ruyi Tianhe Furnace. I hope it can help Tian Dan Peak flourish." Yu Xiudan had high hopes for it, wanting to use it to refine many pills and make Yunjian Sect a top-tier sect as soon as possible.

Lu Xiaodeng touched the furnace with her hand, lowered her head in silence for a moment, and then looked up and said, "Master, this furnace has too many impurities and a low refinement level. It probably can't make it to the Supreme Treasure List."

The Supreme Treasure List? Yu Xiudan was speechless and said, "You're too optimistic. In the entire Nine States, only one spirit treasure made it to the 58th position on the Supreme Treasure List. How could this furnace make it?"

"Making it to the list isn't hard. The 9th position isn't that great, it just looks good." Lu Xiaodeng said disdainfully. The spirit of the 9th position on the Supreme Treasure List indeed just looked good, nothing special.