Chapter 75

Ordinary pills cannot be consumed by divine souls, but this Spirit Gathering Pill is made from Spirit Gathering Liquid, which exists specifically for the use of spirit cores. Although it looks no different from ordinary pills, the inside is completely different.

Xiaodun picked up a Spirit Gathering Pill and placed it in front of the Red-Scaled Dragon, and before it could open its mouth, she forcefully crushed the pill in her hand. A white smoke rose from the pill, making people wonder if the pill was actually filled with smoke.

"Quickly inhale it, this is the medicinal vapor," she hurriedly said, afraid that the smoke would drift towards her, she covered her mouth and nose with one hand and gently fanned it with the other.

Such a strange pill would only be taken by someone who wanted to die. The Red-Scaled Dragon's divine soul raised its head and fiercely inhaled, drawing all the white smoke from the pill into its divine soul. It then looked at Xiaodun, waiting for the effects to begin.

Suddenly, it felt an indescribable discomfort, collapsing as its divine soul began to disperse. Xiaodun frowned, muttering to herself, "So it's like this, not only can it not be absorbed, but it also disperses the divine soul. I'll keep it, if someone tries to steal the pills, I'll give them this one. They'll be done for after taking it."

The Red-Scaled Dragon looked at her, hearing her words, knowing that this was a failed pill, and that it was surely going to die. Although it couldn't return to the scorching place, dying like this was also a kind of relief.

Just then, it heard Xiaodun say, "Alright, while you're still alive, take the second one."

"You heartless bastard," the Red-Scaled Dragon angrily cursed in its heart, it didn't even have the strength to speak. It was about to die, and she was still thinking of feeding it another one. A heartless spirit core was indeed unreliable.

Xiaodun couldn't hear its thoughts, fearing it wouldn't have the strength to inhale, she directly reached into the Red-Scaled Dragon's divine soul's mouth and crushed the second Spirit Gathering Pill. The smoke that emerged this time was slightly yellow, and it was instantly absorbed, but there was no effect.

The dispersion of the divine soul continued, without any convulsions or explosions. She thought for a moment, this indicated that the second pill had no effect, whether it was absorbed or not.

The Red-Scaled Dragon's divine soul became increasingly pale, its volume expanding to twice its original size. If this continued, it would disappear in the Spirit Realm.

"Wait, hold on. If you disappear completely, I'll be at a loss. Quickly take the last one," seeing the dire situation, Xiaodun quickly crushed the third pill, from which a nearly transparent smoke emerged. Like a hungry beast, the smoke pounced on the Red-Scaled Dragon, the first time the Spirit Gathering Pill had shown such initiative.

The Red-Scaled Dragon's already dispersed divine soul, upon mixing with the smoke, immediately began to churn. It soon contracted, becoming exceptionally dense, and before it could pause for a few seconds, it expanded again, almost disappearing.

Xiaodun hadn't expected this, quickly stepping back and looking at its transformation in surprise. She frowned and bit her finger, the more she looked, the more she suspected it was due to unstable medicinal effects. If it had no effect in the end, all three pills would be wasted.

"Ah," the Red-Scaled Dragon, which had thought it could die easily, was now in a state of indescribable pain after being forced to take two more Spirit Gathering Pills. The discomfort was not just pain but a feeling of being stretched and shaken in various indescribable ways.

"Right, I remember I still need to find the egg. Sorry, I think I'll leave first. I'm taking the Spirit Realm with me," Xiaodun blinked her eyes and suddenly clapped her hands, saying.

The Red-Scaled Dragon, which had been in unbearable pain, was jolted awake by her words like a bolt of lightning. It roared in anger, emitting a sound similar to a dragon's cry, and its divine soul, which had been weakened, suddenly grew stronger.

Xiaodun looked at it in surprise, "The Spirit Gathering Pill worked?" After a pause, she quickly said, "No, the power is too strong, so the explosion is too intense. If the ingredients were reduced, the effect would be milder. But I've grasped the basics, and I can improve it from here."

The divine soul in the flames became increasingly clear, not only recovering to its previous injured state but also growing stronger. The divine soul, which had been as tall as a person, now stood ten zhang high, the black spots on its body fading away, and the pale red divine soul becoming more vibrant and beautiful.

"Power, I've regained my power, hahaha," the Red-Scaled Dragon was now filled with power, a long-lost feeling, and it was incredibly exhilarating. It lowered its head and looked at Xiaodun standing below, spewing a mouthful of flames at her.

The flames spread across the sky, incredibly powerful, even stronger than when it had entered the Spirit Stage.

Xiaodun lightly clapped her hands in praise, "What a big flame, much stronger than the previous one. But no wonder you were caught by cultivators, use your brain, I'm at the Spirit Stage."

Facing the incoming flames, she extended her palm, and with a surge of soul power, a无形之气喷出,直接将火焰吹散。火焰散落在灵之境中，如同盛开的火莲。

她用手指接住一小团火苗，一吹气就把它吹灭了，然后才抬起头看着巨大的红鳞蛟说：“你已经恢复了，现在我们的交易我已经完成了，就差你了。我劝你最好别想着神魂恢复了就拖着你那残破的身体闹腾，他们可是巴不得你早点身体好，有很多母蛟正排队等着你呢。”

红鳞蛟用大眼睛盯着她，半晌之后缓缓缩小，化为一条二丈来长的小蛟魂。这时它才说：“你说过会救我出去。”

“你的要求还真高，那就痛快点告诉我往哪走，不然我就吃掉你。相比刚才的废魂渣子，你现在可算是有点好吃了。”对于卢小鼎来说，她并不是想问邪修藏在什么地方，主要是想让它服下丹药看药效。如果可以顺便把它吃掉，那也不会拒绝。

什么邪修藏宝地，她根本就不在意，那种东西有什么意思，可以吃吗？想找蛋大不了再捉个修士来问就行了，反正这里什么都不多，就是人和妖兽多。

才攻击就占了下风，红鳞蛟暗暗抱着抱仇百年不晚的心思，开口说：“这个门派表面上是卖灵宠的，其实暗地里是人族所说的邪修。”

它把知道的事情都说了出来，全部都是它待在坑中听到的。因为来了好多年，看起来病得半死不活，非常难伺候。很多修士被弄来照顾它的时候，都会忍不住抱怨，讲了不少门中的事情，红鳞蛟不想听也听了很多。

难得精神百倍，它巴拉巴拉地说个不停，有用没用的都说了出来。连谁又带着女修去小山洞都记得，也把那些修士说过的话重复了一遍。

卢小鼎越听越觉得不对劲，她突然打断它说：“够了，再不走外面就要天亮了。你等等吧，就这几天天灵门便会混乱，皮肉伤我暂时不给你治，省得那些修士看到要提前收拾你。”

不等红鳞蛟说什么，她二话不说就收掉了灵之境，出现在满是火焰的大坑中。抬头就看到之前和尸体没两样的红鳞蛟睁开了眼睛，正好目光对视上了。

卢小鼎往它身上看了几眼，就在鼎中翻起来，还对它说：“你把嘴张开，我弄点伤药给你。现在暂时别吃，你先连瓶子存在嘴里，要逃出去的时候再吃。还有，如果天明之后他们来喂你东西吃，你就吃吧，不然就要对你用抽魂术了。”

“抽魂术”红鳞蛟目露凶光，它虽然没见过这法术，却听过以前住自己隔壁那家伙受过。本来很凶猛得一个沌魂期的妖兽，被用了抽魂术后，再听它的动静就温顺得像个小猫了。

它可不想变成那个样子，就把卢小鼎的话记了下来，大不了先忽悠一下修士。总不可能才吃几天就给自己找母蛟来，身体都没复原呢。

卢小鼎把药拿出来就赶快扔它的嘴里，不然在这火焰中烤一下，这些不怎么样的伤药，肯定会被烧坏了。做完这些她便背起鼎，冲它摆了摆手，“我要走了，你逃跑的事我应该不会亲自来，最多就是让门派混乱。那时你不要想着报仇，赶快想办法迅速离开，不然虽然天灵派会没有了，但修士却还是到处都是。”

“关了这么多年，我不会再冲动了。”红鳞蛟本想谢一下她的，给自己治疗神魂，还能通风报信答应救自己，明明只是个无关的过路人。但是一想到她的言行，和之前对自己做过的事，它又是一肚子的火。

这种矛盾的情绪，让它不知道应该怎么弄，现在它最想说的不是谢谢，而是骂她或是咬她几口。

真是复杂啊，难道入灵期的妖修们想得都多？它此时只觉得头不够用，明明被人帮了忙却一点也不想感激她，这种心理叫它自己都感到可怕。

“对了，如果你想报答我的救命之恩，等出去的时候想办法来找我，分我一条腿的神魂就行了。”就在这时，卢小鼎突然开口说。

红鳞蛟顿时脱口而出狠狠骂道：“你赶快走吧，我现在一点也不想看到你。”

“小气鬼，竟然想赖债。看在我还有事要做的份上，今天就先放过你，等下次再见面时，你可得拿出等价的东西来交换。不然的话，我就再给你点新药吃。”卢小鼎气呼呼地说。

“求你了，赶快走吧。”红鳞蛟只盼着她赶快离开，连求都用上了。

真是个没趣的家伙，卢小鼎扫了它一眼，哼了声背起鼎就飞出了火坑。而红鳞蛟总算是松了口气，闭上眼睛开始休养恢复不易的神魂。

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Invisible gas spurted out, directly dispersing the flames. The flames scattered in the Spirit Realm, like blooming fire lotuses.

She caught a small flame with her finger, blew it out, and then looked up at the enormous Red-Scaled Dragon, saying, "What a big flame, much stronger than the previous one. But no wonder you were caught by cultivators, use your brain, I'm at the Spirit Stage."

Facing the incoming flames, she extended her palm, and with a surge of soul power, an invisible gas spurted out, directly dispersing the flames. The flames scattered in the Spirit Realm, like blooming fire lotuses.

She caught a small flame with her finger, blew it out, and then looked up at the enormous Red-Scaled Dragon, saying, "You have already recovered. Now our deal is complete on my end, it's your turn. I advise you not to think about causing trouble with your broken body once your divine soul is restored. They are eager for you to recover, and many female dragons are queuing up for you."

The Red-Scaled Dragon stared at her with its large eyes, and after a moment, it slowly shrank, transforming into a two-zhang-long small dragon soul. Then it said, "You promised to save me."

"You have high expectations. Just tell me which way to go, or I'll eat you. Compared to the useless soul residue earlier, you are now somewhat edible," for Xiaodun, she wasn't really interested in where the evil cultivators were hiding. Her main goal was to see the effects of the pills. If she could eat it as a bonus, she wouldn't refuse.

What did she care about the evil cultivators' treasure? What was the point of such things? Could they be eaten? If she wanted to find the egg, she could just catch another cultivator to ask. After all, there were plenty of people and demon beasts here.

Having been at a disadvantage from the start, the Red-Scaled Dragon secretly resolved to take its revenge later, and said, "This sect appears to sell spirit pets, but in reality, it is what humans call evil cultivators."

It recounted everything it knew, all the things it had overheard while in the pit. Because it had been there for many years, looking half-dead and very difficult to care for, many cultivators who were assigned to look after it couldn't help but complain, revealing many details about the sect. The Red-Scaled Dragon had heard a lot, even if it didn't want to.

Feeling unusually energetic, it talked non-stop, spilling out useful and useless information. It even remembered who had taken a female cultivator to a small cave and repeated what the cultivators had said.

The more Xiaodun listened, the more she felt something was off. She suddenly interrupted, "Enough, it's almost dawn. Wait a bit, in a few days, the Heavenly Spirit Sect will be in chaos. I won't treat your physical injuries for now, to avoid the cultivators noticing and taking action."

Without waiting for the Red-Scaled Dragon to say anything, she immediately closed the Spirit Realm and appeared in the fiery pit. She looked up to see the Red-Scaled Dragon, which had been like a corpse, now with its eyes open, their gazes meeting.

Xiaodun glanced at it a few times, rummaged through the cauldron, and said, "Open your mouth, I'll give you some healing medicine. Don't take it now, just keep the bottle in your mouth, and use it when you escape. Also, if they come to feed you in the morning, eat it, or they'll use the soul extraction technique on you."

"Soul extraction technique," the Red-Scaled Dragon's eyes glinted with menace. Although it had never seen the technique, it had heard about it from the neighbor it used to have. A once fierce demon beast at the Chaos Soul Stage had become as docile as a kitten after the soul extraction technique was used on it.

It didn't want to become like that, so it remembered Xiaodun's words and decided to deceive the cultivators for now. They wouldn't bring a female dragon to it just yet, as its body hadn't fully recovered.

Xiaodun quickly threw the medicine into its mouth, afraid that the flames would burn the not-so-effective medicine. After doing this, she shouldered the cauldron and waved at it, "I'm leaving. I won't personally help you escape, but I'll cause chaos in the sect. When that happens, don't think about revenge, just find a way to escape quickly. Even if the Heavenly Spirit Sect is gone, cultivators will still be everywhere."

"Locked up for so many years, I won't act rashly anymore," the Red-Scaled Dragon had wanted to thank her for healing its divine soul and promising to save it, even though she was just a passerby. But thinking about her actions and words, it felt a surge of anger.

This conflicting emotion left it unsure of what to do. What it most wanted to say wasn't "thank you," but to curse or bite her.

How complicated, do all demon cultivators at the Spirit Stage think so much? It felt its head was not big enough, feeling no gratitude despite being helped, which scared it.

"By the way, if you want to repay me for saving your life, find me when you're free and give me a leg's worth of your divine soul," Xiaodun suddenly said.

The Red-Scaled Dragon immediately spat out, "Just go, I don't want to see you right now."

"Cheapskate, trying to dodge your debt. Since I have other things to do, I'll let you off today. But next time we meet, you'd better bring something of equal value. Otherwise, I'll give you some new medicine to try," Xiaodun said angrily.

"Please, just go," the Red-Scaled Dragon pleaded, hoping she would leave quickly.

What a boring guy, Xiaodun glanced at it, huffed, and flew out of the fiery pit with the cauldron. The Red-Scaled Dragon finally breathed a sigh of relief, closed its eyes, and began to rest and recover its divine soul.