Cold sweat broke out on Apothecaryâs forehead as he walked around Qin Mu. His sleeves fluttered in the wind, and all kinds of pill refinement techniques were superb, dazzling the eyes.
Pill refinement techniques were also divine arts. In terms of attainments in this aspect, no one would dare to claim to be number one if Apothecary was number two!
Back in Disabled Elderly Village, Village Chief had once said that if Apothecary could use his pill refinement techniques in battle, his paths, skills, and divine arts would improve greatly.
If combined with his vigorous cultivation, Apothecary could be ranked among the strong practitioners in the world.
However, Apothecary didnât care much about cultivation and didnât research paths, skills, and divine arts. He would always raise some poisonous insects and plant some herbs, which resulted in him becoming an existence with the lowest cultivation in Disabled Elderly Village.
At this moment, Qin Muâs situation was critical. The medicinal energy of the spirit pills that Apothecary had refined was too strong. His goal was to dissolve Qin Muâs cultivation and refine him into a celestial palace of medicine. This was equivalent to helping Qin Mu enter the path with medicine through his hands.
Even though he didnât like to fight fiercely, he still had pride in his heart. He wanted to suppress Village Chief, Mute, and the rest, but he didnât expect that not only did he fail to suppress the other complete celestial palaces, he couldnât even control the medicinal energy of the spirit pills.
Apothecaryâs footsteps were like flying as he circled around Qin Mu. His pill refinement technique was ever-changing and becoming faster.
His forehead was dripping with sweat, and before he even landed, he had already transformed into white steam. He treated Qin Mu as a pill furnace, and the medicinal energy in Qin Muâs body as herbs. He wanted to refine Qin Mu into a spirit pill!
Now, he regretted not cultivating diligently to raise his cultivation. Qin Mu himself was too strong. Using Qin Mu as a pill furnace to execute this human-shaped pill furnace required dense magic power.
The medicinal energy in Qin Muâs body was too strong, so executing it to evolve into the celestial palace of healing was much more difficult.
He was gasping for breath, and his vital qi was depleting faster. If he couldnât raise his vital qi at any time, all his efforts would be for naught.
His face was like a red cloth that had just been fished out from a vat of dye. He tried his best to mobilize his cultivation in an attempt to transform the pure true essence in Qin Muâs body into the celestial palace of healing.
As long as the celestial palace of the medical path was fixed, the rules of the medical path contained within it could save Qin Muâs life.
However, even if he used all his strength and all his cultivation, he still couldnât turn the true essence in Qin Muâs body into the celestial palace of healing.
Puâ
Apothecary spat out a mouthful of fresh blood. He felt that his vital qi had been exhausted, but Qin Muâs celestial palace of healing was only half constructed.
âI will risk my life to not let anything happen to Muâer!â
Apothecaryâs temper flared up, and he suddenly reversed his technique, burning his qi and blood to continue executing all kinds of pill refinement techniques to smack Qin Mu, helping Qin Mu raise this human-shaped pill furnace to refine the medicinal energy.
At this moment, Qin Mu suddenly raised his hand and waved it, blocking his pill refinement technique. He sneered and said, âGrandpa Apothecary, you screwed up, didnât you? I knew you would mess up. Every time you refine new pills, you either lack this or that.â
Apothecary was stunned. He could acutely sense that Qin Muâs celestial palace of healing was actually forming on its own. It was Qin Muâs spirit embryo primordial spirit executing the other celestial palaces and the Yin-Yang Taijitu to refine the remaining medicinal energy and transform the primordial qi into the celestial palace of healing.
âPfftââ
Apothecary spewed out another mouthful of blood, and Qin Mu immediately raised his hand to tap on it to seal the qi and blood flowing in reverse in his body. He helped him to sit down and said with a smile, âGrandpa Apothecary, now you know the disadvantage of having no cultivation, right?â
Apothecary trembled as he raised his finger to point at him. Qin Mu pressed down his hand and said earnestly, âYou learn from your mistakes. If I didnât save some of my cultivation for emergencies, wouldnât you be exhausted to death?â
Apothecary said with a trembling voice, âYou can clearly refine the medicinal energy yourself, yet you still made me so tired that I vomited bloodâ¦â
âGrandpa Apothecary often scammed me in the past, so I followed his example.â
Qin Mu quickly took out some spirit herbs and prepared them to refine spirit pills to nourish his vital qi and blood. He said with a smile, âIf I didnât scare you this time, you would have suffered sooner or later. Now that you know your mistake, you will work hard to cultivate in the future and strive to be as strong as me.â
âYouâre unfilialâ¦â
Just as Apothecary said that, Qin Mu stuffed a spirit pill into his mouth and said angrily, âIâm not eatingâ¦â
Qin Mu stretched out a finger and gently slit his throat. Apothecary couldnât help swallowing the spirit pill.
Qin Muâs fingers danced like the wind and tapped repeatedly on his chest to help him refine the medicinal energy. âDonât throw a childish tantrum. Even though I was the one who schemed against you, what if you donât have enough power to dissolve the medicinal energy to save me when you meet a situation where Iâm sure to die in the future? Of course, Iâm so strong so I definitely wonât meet that kind of situation, but what about Village Chief? Heâs not as strong as me.â
He knew that Apothecary had the best relationship with Village Chief, so he guided him patiently, âIf Village Chief is seriously injured and is about to die, you have the medicine to save him, but you donât have enough magic power to catalyze the medicinal energy, wouldnât you want to see him die in front of you?â
Apothecary regained some of his spirit and panted heavily, âYou cursed Village Chief, you are unfilial, Village Chief is so sadâ¦â
Qin Mu mobilized his cultivation and refined the excess medicinal energy in his body. He said with a smile, âIâm just making an analogy, Iâm not cursing him. Donât talk nonsense.â
âThe Village Chief picked youâ¦â
Qin Mu hurriedly got up and said, âI still have things to do and need to leave the ancestral court for a period of time. Grandpa Apothecary, you can stay here to slowly treat your injuries and work hard to cultivate and raise your abilities. Iâll be leaving first!â
He immediately left and was overjoyed. âThereâs another celestial palace of medicine. Iâm getting closer to the Jade Pool Realm. Grandpa Apothecary will also work hard to cultivate and raise his cultivation. Yes, among the nine elders of Disabled Elderly Village, only Grandpa Cripple and Old Ma are disappointing. How should I train themâ¦â
He was full of smiles as he called the dragon qilin and Yanâer over. He instructed them, âI plan to pluck that ancient god egg that will grant my request and leave behind the precious treasure of the 28 heavens. You are Dragon Mountain Sanren, the number one heavenly master in the world, and you are also the master of the void beast mother. You control the void beast in the ancestral court. If you guys stay here, you can ensure the safety of this precious land.â
The dragon qilin immediately asked, âCult Master, when are you coming back?â
Qin Mu thought about it and said, âIf itâs fast, one year. If itâs late, three to five years.â
The dragon qilin was anxious. The title of Dragon Mountain Sanren was fake. Even though Blind was a formation master, he still lacked confidence.
âItâs easy to raise Cult Master, but itâs hard to raise Old Master Blind. Old Master Blind is shrewdâ¦â
He felt danger descending, and his Human Rearing Scripture would probably undergo a huge test.
Qin Mu then found Blind and Mute and entrusted them with the task of refining the Glassy Sky Pagoda again. Mute smiled and said, âNorth Deity is wasting a godâs gift by refining this treasure into a mess. Iâve long disliked it and will definitely refine it. Donât worry.â
Qin Mu flew up, plucked the ancient god egg from the Glassy Sky Pagoda, and placed it in the Qin word land. He thought to himself, âI have mostly deciphered the Dao language of Tai Shi. Now I can deduce the Dao language of this ancient god egg through the Dao language of Tai Shi. I will know what these two ancient gods are discussing.â
He walked out and raised his head to see that it was already dark.
Qin Mu took out his lantern and was about to leave when the ground suddenly shook. Outside the hundred thousand black mountains was a terrifying sight of the universe collapsing and being destroyed!
In the hundred thousand black mountains, the gods of Eternal Peace looked outside in fear. The dragon qilinâs voice came from afar. âEveryone, donât panic. This is only the scene of the previous universe being destroyed. There are no changes to the ancestral court!â
Qin Mu heard this and let out a sigh of relief. He carried the lantern and walked out of the hundred thousand black mountains, leaving the area protected by the Glassy Sky Pagoda.
The moment he stepped out of the black mountain, his hair stood on end, and a great fear arose in his heart.
He heard the Dao of this universe wailing and crumbling. The gods of this world were crying!
This was definitely not an illusion. He had truly stepped into the era when the previous universe was destroyed!