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Chapter 118 Anomaly
Chapter 118 Anomaly
Medicine Man Town.
In the Ziwei Pharmacy, after seeing off the last customer, Ayao finally couldn't hold back her tears and they flowed down her cheeks.
"Master, can you save my master?"
Although she knew it was impossible.
But at this moment, the only person she could ask for help was the one in front of her.
The message from above has already been passed down.
Mr. and Mrs. Wang even came over in person to tell them, and subtly reminded them that if he was hiding here, they should make sure he left as soon as possible.
Now all the outer disciples are hunting him down.
He can only rely on himself.
Inside the counter, Bai Tang was standing with her back to him, tidying up the medicinal herbs in the back drawer.
"But----"
As A-Yao wiped away her tears, about to speak again, Chen Ya, who was pounding herbs nearby, said, "A-Yao, don't say anymore. This kind of thing, let alone Master, even the inner disciples above probably can't help."
Ayao cried, "Senior Sister, what should we do with Master?"
Chen Ya lowered her head, remained silent for a while, and then said, "Master is right. Now, he can only rely on himself. No one can help him."
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Night falls, the Demon-Slaying Sect.
On the main peak of the outer gate, all the white paths were deserted.
The dark woods on both sides were completely silent.
At that moment, a petite figure wearing a black cloak and a hat appeared silently on the main peak's quest log.
She wore a black veil, behind which were a pair of cold, dark eyes.
She looked up at the top of the task list, at the red hunting task sheet that had just been posted that day, and stared at the portrait of the boy on it for a long time.
When she left, the red hunting mission slip had disappeared.
A cold night wind blew from the dark woods beside her, carrying the scraps of paper that had fallen from her hand to the other side of the dark woods.
She still had half a sheet of paper left in her hand.
His portrait was drawn on that half of the paper, and it was very lifelike.
She carefully folded it and placed it on her chest.
She did not return to the cave.
Of course, she didn't have a cave dwelling either.
She returned to a grave, took her belongings from the coffin, and collected all the nails and animal traps from the surrounding grass.
Then, we descended the mountain in the darkness.
The moon was not visible overhead, and the night was even darker in the distance.
But she wasn't afraid.
Because she likes the night.
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"Aww!"
In the dark forest of monsters, the roars of monsters rose and fell.
Human figures swayed, and ghostly figures loomed.
After a two-day journey, Luo Qingchen finally arrived here.
He immediately found a cave and hid inside.
The wounds on his body had been torn open, and blood had stained his outer clothes red. Waves of pain washed over him.
He immediately took off his clothes, removed the gauze, and washed the wound with clean water.
Then, the medicine powder was applied and the bandage was re-bandaged.
After hesitating for a moment, he took out the thing that Wang Jing had given him that morning from his storage bag.
He looked at the porcelain bottle in his hand.
At this point, he had no other choice.
He must recover from his injury as soon as possible in order to cope with the dangers that may arise at any moment.
Therefore, he had no choice but to believe her.
He opened the bottle, poured out the pills, and fed them into the mouth.
After hurriedly eating the dried meat and drinking some water, he got up and began setting up the trap at the entrance of the cave.
After finishing the arrangements, he lay down wearily deep inside the cave.
I had just closed my eyes when drowsiness washed over me like a relentless tide.
He fell asleep quickly.
When I woke up, it was already the afternoon of the second day.
He got up and checked the traps set at the entrance of the cave, and then cautiously observed the outside of the cave for a while. Seeing that there was nothing unusual, he was relieved.
However, this is still the outermost edge of the Warcraft Forest.
To be safer, he had to continue venturing deeper.
At the same time, he needs to find a water source.
Since I've decided to cultivate and break through here, I'll definitely need a medicinal bath.
Lighting a fire and boiling medicine are the easiest ways to expose oneself.
He should now be considered a traitor to the Demon Extermination Sect, hated by everyone, while disciples of the Demon Extermination Sect continue to come to hunt on the outskirts of this Demon Beast Forest.
Therefore, he had to go deeper into the Monster Forest to safely bathe and cultivate.
The pain from the wounds on my body seems to have subsided.
At the same time, there seemed to be no other abnormalities in any part of his body.
It seems that the pill he took yesterday was indeed a wound medicine specially made for him by Senior Sister Bai.
He immediately took out the porcelain bottle and ate another one.
Then he took out some dry food and water, quickly filled his stomach, and began to examine the harvest he had gained through this hard-fought battle.
There are a total of eighteen storage bags.
Unfortunately, they all look like the most ordinary and cheapest storage bags.
It's estimated that only inner disciples or disciples from major families can afford to use better storage bags.
Eighteen storage bags, each worth 100 taels, total 1800 taels.
With all that on him, it seems he has become a tycoon once again.
However, this time, it's estimated that it's not just the wealthy involved.
Because the contents of the storage bag have not yet been sorted.
He looked up again and carefully examined the outside of the cave before starting to check the contents of each of the eighteen storage bags.
Nearly half an hour later, all the checks were finally completed.
The total amount of silver and silver notes is 13000 taels!
There was even a fist-sized piece of black iron in Cai Qing's storage bag!
Besides these, there were also some ordinary swords.
Next, there are some basic daily necessities.
The rest were a few cultivation manuals, but most of them were ordinary ones.
He has no use for basic cultivation techniques in the Blood Exchange Realm, spirit cultivation techniques in the Spirit Nourishing Realm, or sword and saber techniques.
However, there are two martial arts techniques at the level of internal strength that he should be able to use in the future.
There is a book called "The Heart Sutra of Internal Strength" and another called "The Art of Controlling Internal Strength". One is an internal energy cultivation method, and the other is a lightness skill.
Both of these martial arts manuals clearly belong to Cai Qing.
At the same time, there was also a cultivation manual obtained from Zhang Duanyang's storage bag, which was quite eye-catching.
Because the entire book of cultivation techniques is blood red.
The book's cover bore the bloody title: "The Art of Living Corpse Slavery".
Curious, he flipped through a few pages, and the techniques recorded there were somewhat different from what he had imagined.
Practicing this technique is not difficult.
Most importantly, one must possess strong divine power and a sufficient supply of blood.
And this blood cannot be from anyone else; it must be one's own.
Once this technique is successfully mastered, it can be used on any living person; however, it requires the recipient's essence and blood, as well as the recipient's physical and mental state at that moment.
As for how to obtain the other person's physical and mental cooperation, that has been explained above.
There is physical torture, mental torture, and all kinds of cruel torture, until the other party is completely tamed.
It is called "Living Corpse Slave Technique", but it is actually about living people being enslaved, and specifically, contractual slaves. The entire technique does not require the use of corpses.
The reason for the term "corpse slave" is probably because after signing this slave contract with the other party, the other party may be like a dead person, completely at your mercy without any resistance.
"There are probably quite a few such corpse slaves among the disciples on Hundred Corpse Peak."
He thought to himself.
After putting away all the cultivation techniques and items, his gaze once again fell upon the thick stack of silver notes and the pile of loose silver in front of him.
Now, he has become a true tycoon.
With a total of 13000 taels of silver, plus what he already had, he now had a total of 19720 taels of silver.
He wouldn't have dared to even think about this before.
In the past, even if he had ten taels of silver on him, he had to be careful, for fear of losing it or having it stolen by someone else.
Unexpectedly, he suddenly possessed a fortune of ten thousand taels of silver.
Repairing the Ten Soul Banner for my sister is absolutely no problem.
Now, he needs to find a safe place immediately to take a medicinal bath and start cultivating as soon as possible.
Thinking about cultivation, he suddenly remembered that he had killed so many people that night. Would this change the cultivation process within his body?
Furthermore, he absorbed the blood from the entire body of that two-headed iron-winged demon tiger; it remains to be seen how effective it was.
He immediately looked inside his body.
Inside his body, behind the first health bar, the cultivation progress has increased from 800/3000 to 900/3000.
The gilded blood in the second health bar has increased from 89/1000 to 125/1000!
It seems that the demonic tiger's strength is indeed extraordinary.
However, it is clearly no match for a real monster.
With these 125 points of gilded blood, he no longer needs to worry about the medicinal bath. As long as he finds a safe place, he can immediately begin his medicinal bath cultivation.
These first few days are probably the most dangerous time.
He no longer needs to go out to hunt magical beasts, which also reduces the possibility of being discovered by the disciples of the Demon Extermination Sect.
After packing all his belongings, he immediately prepared to leave.
Although it's dangerous during the day, there are relatively few people hunting magical beasts; it's at night that hunting parties frequently appear.
So at this point, he decided to continue deeper into the Monster Forest.
Of course, before going out, he tore off a piece of black cloth to cover his face, and at the same time, changed into a coarse cloth outfit that did not belong to the disciples of the Demon Extermination Sect.
His injuries have not yet healed, and even if he encounters a disciple at the Spirit Nourishing Realm, he will be in great danger.
Moreover, those who come here to hunt usually do so in teams.
Therefore, if he encounters other people along the way, he must run away immediately without stopping.
After putting away the poisoned spikes and animal traps at the cave entrance, and observing the bushes for a while, seeing that there was no movement around, he immediately went down the hillside, entered the forest, and continued to rush into the Monster Forest.
Around noon, he suddenly heard voices and footsteps coming from the woods ahead.
Judging from the voices, there are at least four or five people!
Without hesitation, he immediately dashed towards the woods on his right.
This commotion naturally attracted the attention of the people in front.
"Who?"
Several cultivators immediately rushed out of the woods with their weapons, only to see a figure disappear into the distant woods in a flash.
"It's not Warcraft."
"They were probably cultivators from a sect. They ran away when they saw that there were many of us."
"It could also be someone from the Blood Eagle Sect."
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Without giving it much thought, the group remained vigilant and headed out of the Monster Forest.
They've been here for three days, and now it's time for them to return home laden with their spoils.
Luo Qingchen ran all the way, covering dozens of miles, and only when he saw that no one was chasing him did he slow down and secretly breathe a sigh of relief.
This running seemed to have reopened the wound on my waist.
He had no choice but to slow down, endure the pain, and continue on his way.
At the same time, they kept a close eye on any movement around them.
At this time, if a magical beast comes out, he will have to run for his life unless the beast is wounded.
They traveled quickly and soon it was night.
At this time, the forest he was in was actually still on the outskirts of the Monster Forest.
However, because he was injured and the smell of blood quickly wafted out as he moved, and it was nighttime, he dared not continue his journey.
After searching around, I found a ravine.
He went over immediately.
Soon, they found a hidden cave in a thicket.
He didn't go in immediately. Instead, he took out a wad of cotton, wrapped it around a twig, lit it with a tinderbox, and quickly threw it into the cave.
The firelight briefly illuminated the cave.
"hiss"
A two-meter-long red-spotted venomous snake suddenly crawled out of the cave in a panic.
There is nothing else besides that.
Luo Qingchen waited at the cave entrance for a while before carefully entering, holding a knife in one hand and a tinderbox in the other.
The cave was quite deep, and there were still some animal hairs and a pile of wild animal bones on the ground.
He didn't dare to be careless. He carefully checked every part of the cave and, after confirming that there was no danger, immediately began to set traps inside and outside the cave entrance.
He set up more than a dozen animal traps.
Inside the cave entrance, not only were animal traps set, but also a dense array of poisoned iron nails.
After doing all this, he took out a quilt from his storage bag and spread it on the ground.
After eating some dry rations, he took a pill made by Senior Sister Bai and then lay down wearily on the quilt.
Having traveled all day and still injured, he soon fell asleep.
That night, he had a dream.
I dreamt of my younger sister, and then I dreamt of Xue Feixue; they were all scenes from my childhood.
Just as dawn was breaking, he suddenly heard a crisp sound of a trap closing, followed by a muffled groan from a human!
He was jolted awake from his dream, immediately grabbed the knife, and leaped to his feet.
When he arrived at the cave entrance, he saw a figure stepping on an animal trap, limping and running quickly into the woods ahead, disappearing from sight in no time.
"Did someone accidentally break in? Or did they come specifically to kill me?"
Without hesitation, he quickly gathered up the poisoned nails and animal traps on the ground, retrieved the blankets from the cave, and then left the cave, quickly departing in another direction.
By this time, it was almost dawn.
But the entire forest remained dimly lit and eerily gloomy.
He dared not stop and continued to travel swiftly into the Monster Forest.
Fortunately, they did not encounter any other cultivators along the way.
It was evening.
He suddenly discovered a huge skeleton in a forest, about the size of two elephants, but judging from its appearance, it was clearly a terrifying, ape-like monster!
Clearly, this area is no longer considered the outer edge of the Warcraft Forest.
He immediately felt a surge of tension.
He didn't dare linger and immediately headed towards the woods on his right to search for water and a place to rest.
"Bomb" 6
A short while later, a loud rumbling sound suddenly came from ahead.
His eyes lit up, and he immediately quickened his pace, following the sound. Soon, a huge waterfall came into view!
But he dared not be careless.
Where there is water, there are naturally magical beasts, or other water seekers.
He hid behind a large tree on the hillside, carefully observing the environment below the waterfall and the surrounding conditions.
Fortunately, it's not dark yet, and there don't seem to be any monsters around.
After observing for a while and finding nothing unusual below, he gripped the knife and walked down through a gap on the side.
Arriving at the right side of the waterfall, he carefully searched the hillside covered with bushes.
Finally, he discovered a cave.
However, the entrance to this cave is extremely small; one can only crawl in by crawling on their stomach.
The cave is also very narrow.
Without hesitation, he took out a tinderbox, lit the cotton-wrapped branches, and threw them in.
After waiting for a long time, nothing came out of the cave.
Still not satisfied, he lit another branch entangled with cotton and leaves and threw it in.
Smoke rose from the cave.
Several large, spotted centipedes crawled out of it in a panic.
He was secretly alarmed. After the centipede left, he waited for a while before holding the knife in one hand, crawling into the hole.
The cave is deep and dark.
It was a bit narrow at first, but gradually it started to widen inside.
They can even stand up.
Upon reaching the innermost part, he immediately took out an oil lamp from his storage bag, lit it, and placed it beside him.
Then, he took out a pickaxe and began to expand the cave.
At first, all that was dug out was soil, but gradually it began to turn into rock.
As night fell outside, he had expanded into a new space of about nine square meters.
The excavated soil was piled up in the long passage, making the passage even narrower.
To prevent the light inside from leaking out, he blocked the passage with rocks.
At this moment, he washed his hands, spread out the quilt, sat down wearily, and ate pieces of meat while thinking about the matter of medicinal bath cultivation.
This must be a relatively deep part of the Warcraft Forest; powerful monsters will definitely appear at night.
At the same time, inner disciples and some powerful cultivators may come in to hunt.
Therefore, he could not light a fire, continue digging the tunnel, or make any noise at night.
They could only continue expanding the cave, building a stove, and fetching water during the day.
After finishing the dried meat and resting for a while, he took out poisoned nails and animal traps from his storage bag and placed them in the passage.
Then, they returned to the newly expanded cave and sprinkled some insect-repelling powder in various corners.
After arranging these things, he returned to the bed, took off his clothes, and removed the gauze from his wound.
By the dim light, I carefully examined the wound on my waist.
The wound was almost healed, but now, due to continuous running and rushing, the newly grown flesh has been torn open again.
He immediately reapplied the medicine and re-bandaged it with clean gauze.
Then, she ate another pill made by Senior Sister Bai.
His storage bag now contains many daily necessities, water, food, cultivation herbs, magic stones, and even firewood and charcoal for brewing medicine.
The eighteen storage bags contained all sorts of daily necessities and cultivation items.
From now on, all he needs to do is stay here quietly, brew medicine, and cultivate.
Perhaps due to the effects of the medicine, drowsiness quickly crept in.
He then checked the rocks blocking the passage, as well as the poisoned spikes and animal traps on the ground. After confirming that everything was in order, he returned to the quilt on the ground, extinguished the oil lamp, and closed his eyes.
Soon, he drifted off to sleep again.
I slept fairly soundly that night.
When I woke up, I could vaguely see through the cracks in the rocks in the passage that it was already daylight outside.
He took out his pickaxe and got back to work.
Three days have passed in the blink of an eye.
The cave was expanded, the stove was built, and the smoke extraction channel was set up.
At the same time, he took a lot of water from the waterfall.
The five bath tubs in the corner, and the ten large wooden tubs, were all filled with clean water.
These tools were naturally obtained from other storage bags.
As dawn broke, he began to light a fire and brew medicine in preparation for a medicinal bath.
The uppermost smoke vent was hidden among huge rocks and dense bushes. For safety's sake, he planned to first use charcoal with little smoke to boil the medicine.
The roar of the waterfall outside seemed to drown out all other sounds inside the cave.
He set up the pot, lit the charcoal, and started boiling water.
After doing all that, he was still a little worried, so he moved the rocks blocking the passage and carefully climbed out of the cave.
After carefully observing the cave entrance for a while, he left the cave, went up the hillside, hid behind a big tree and investigated for a long time. Seeing that there was nothing unusual around him, he returned to the cave and began to brew medicine.
Soon, the medicinal liquid began to boil.
This time, he added twenty drops of gilded blood to the medicinal bath.
As he felt the tremendous changes brought about by the magic stone and gilded blood in the bathtub, a thought suddenly arose in his mind.
To make the Ten Soul Banner last longer, he needs to drip two drops of his essence blood into it every day.
What effect would it have if gilded blood were dripped in?
Once the thought arose, it was unstoppable.
The quality of gilded blood is clearly better than that of ordinary fresh blood. Since the Ten Soul Banner can absorb fresh blood, there is no reason why it cannot absorb gilded blood.
Could the addition of gilded blood make the Ten Soul Banner last even longer?
He decided to test it out as soon as the medicinal energy was fully refined in a few days.
The medicinal energy in the bathtub was quickly absorbed.
He immediately got out of the bathtub, put on his clothes, sat cross-legged on the bed, and began to meditate and cultivate.
Seven days later, the medicinal energy absorbed into the body was finally completely refined.
At this moment, the cultivation progress within his body has changed from 900/3000 to 1200/3000!
It increased by a full 300 points!
At the same time, he discovered that the wounds on his waist, shoulders, and arms had completely healed!
He tore off the gauze and looked at the three wounds, only to find that there were only very faint scars left!
Even the horrible wound on his waist had completely disappeared!
He pressed down hard with his finger and couldn't feel any pain at all!
The pills refined by Senior Sister Bai clearly have miraculous effects.
But what truly allowed his wounds to heal so quickly was clearly his gilded blood and gilded body.
Otherwise, a wound like this would probably take at least one or two months to fully heal.
Seven days have passed.
His cultivation progressed rapidly, and his injuries were completely healed.
Now, he needs to drip two drops of his essence blood onto the Ten Soul Banner.
At the same time, he also wanted to try what would happen if he dripped a drop of gilded blood into the vase.
More than four months have passed since the Ten Soul Banner was repaired.
According to that Senior Sister Xiong, his Ten Soul Banner is in danger of being damaged at any time.
And now, he can't go back to the sect to make repairs.
Therefore, his only hope now is to drip in his essence blood, hoping that the Ten Soul Banner can last longer.
At the very least, we must persist until he achieves a breakthrough.
The addition of gilded blood was intended to achieve even better results.
Without further hesitation, he immediately took out the Ten Soul Banner, bit his fingertip, and dripped two drops of his blood essence onto the front of the banner.
The blood, once it touched the surface, mysteriously vanished immediately.
However, upon closer inspection, the banner of the Ten Souls Banner has not changed much; it remains dark in color and looks somewhat old and faded.
Wait a little longer.
He extended his finger again, took a deep breath, and switched to gilded blood.
As he dripped the gilded blood for the first time, he couldn't help but feel a little uneasy and nervous.
After all, her sister's soul is inside.
After all, the blood that had been dripping before was just ordinary blood.
If he hadn't been forced into this situation, and if he hadn't been unable to immediately return to repair the Ten Soul Banner, he wouldn't have dared to take such a risk.
At this moment, he had no other choice.
Blood dripping!
Pale golden blood beads dripped slowly from the wound on the fingertip and landed on the surface of the Ten Soul Banner.
He held his breath.
As long as the Ten Soul Banner can absorb it just like it absorbed the two drops of blood—
"Whoosh!"
Just then, the pale golden blood drop that had fallen on the flag not only disappeared instantly, but the entire flag suddenly lit up with a dazzling light!
At the same time, the entire small flag suddenly began to vibrate rapidly in his hand!
It felt as if the space inside was shaking violently!
His heart jumped into his throat.
Could it be that the Ten Soul Banner couldn't withstand the power of the gilded blood, and the array space inside suddenly collapsed?
Just as he was looking grim and at a loss, the vibrations of the Ten Soul Banner began to slowly stop, and the blinding light emanating from it quickly faded away.
It quickly returned to calm.
Luo Qingchen was stunned for a moment. After observing it carefully, she found that the originally dull colors on the flag had been completely renewed and had a brand new color, as if it had been made anew!
At the same time, a wisp of black mist was constantly swirling and twisting around it, like a black living thing.
"This is----"
Just as he was wondering, the black mist suddenly disappeared into the front of the flag.
At that moment, a blood-red skull faintly appeared on the black flag!
"Click!"
Just as he reached out his finger, preparing to touch the blood-red skull, a noise suddenly came from the cave entrance outside.
Someone stepped on the rubble placed at the entrance of the cave!