The time it took to refine a sixth-grade pill was much longer than before. This time, Qin Yi spent over three full days refining. He didn’t sleep or rest, and ended up ruining five batches before finally succeeding with one. When the pill was finished, he was too exhausted to feel any joy. He just placed the pill on his wolf-toothed club and collapsed, falling asleep right there.
The wolf-toothed club glimmered softly, absorbing the energy of the pill. This was the God-Saving Pill, which didn’t need to be eaten; it was absorbed through spiritual awareness.
Actually, before coming to the Rift Valley, Liu Su hadn’t expected to enjoy a sixth-grade God-Saving Pill here. The blood demon black lotus was rare, and the golden flower was not an ordinary item. If Qin Yi only wandered around the human realm, he might not have been able to find them even after decades.
He never imagined he could buy golden flowers at a pharmacy here...
Liu Su felt that not only had the world changed in terms of flowers, but even the items were likely different from what he had known before. Just like the blood demon black lotus, which originally grew in the Demon Burial Mound, it was clear that people had already found ways to cultivate it just by watching the sorcerers.
Similarly, the golden flower, which used to be a top-tier treasure, was now available for purchase at a pharmacy and could even be priced in gold. This clearly meant that people had found ways to cultivate it artificially.
Liu Su understood all this and wasn’t surprised. However, he felt a bit worried—so much had changed, and many things he knew were no longer the same.
At first, the basics were fine; making detoxification pills or energy pills might not have changed much. But as he moved to higher-grade items, the differences became more likely. Things that were once valuable could now be common, and things that were once common could now be extinct.
So, the pill formulas he used regularly might now be completely useless. The herbs he needed might no longer exist, or making a sixth or seventh-grade pill might require herbs that are now only worth first-grade.
This wasn’t a problem for him. He wasn’t a low-level cultivator who memorized formulas. With his skills, he could easily find substitutes and create new formulas. But he needed to see a lot of items to analyze and distinguish them.
Whether in Nanli or in the demon city hidden in the Rift Valley, he couldn’t find what he needed.
He looked at the sleeping Qin Yi. He had already praised him too much and didn’t want to say more. In fact, Qin Yi had been continuously refreshing Liu Su’s understanding of “genius.”
People said that refining pills didn’t require much magical power, but there was still a basic requirement. With just the third level of the Phoenix Initial stage, refining a sixth-grade pill, especially the difficult God-Saving Pill... If you asked any pill master, they would shake their heads and think you were dreaming.
The precision needed for controlling magical power wasn’t just about cultivation level; it also required skill and concentration. Everyone knew that the less force you used, the easier it was to control. The more force you used, the more likely you were to make mistakes, which required long-term practice. So, being able to control low-grade pills perfectly was understandable, but being able to do so with maximum magical output was much more difficult.
Experienced pill masters could do it, but how long had Qin Yi been practicing? How did he manage it?
Qin Yi’s answer was, “It’s just fine control... the more you do it, the better you get. Back in the day, I could control every detail perfectly; now I’ve regressed!”
Liu Su didn’t know what fine control was, but he thought it must be different from the games Qin Yi was familiar with. It clearly had to do with Qin Yi’s own talent. Even playing games, not everyone could manage “fine control,” right?
Regardless, this God-Saving Pill was incredibly beneficial for Liu Su. He was just a remnant soul, not even a complete spirit, and couldn’t truly be called a “yang spirit.” He was just barely hanging on. So, after a failed possession attempt, he had no strength left. Being able to see and communicate was already impressive; he couldn’t even sense demonic energy.
But with the right medicine to help him, his recovery would be astonishing. Because he wasn’t starting from scratch; he was just awakening. As long as his remnant soul was intact, he would become a yang spirit, a realm that almost all cultivators dreamed of.
He couldn’t recover to such a high level yet, but he already had the spiritual power expected of the Cloud Riding stage.
The Golden Core stage was what Qin Yi heard, but the term that truly corresponded to this level was the Cloud Riding stage. Roaming famous mountains, flying freely, riding on the mist, and clouds at your feet—that was what it meant to ride the clouds.
This was what people commonly regarded as an immortal. Just like Li Qingjun dreaming of entering the azure sky every day, or Qin Yi singing while traveling to the North Sea at dawn and the Cangwu Mountains at dusk.
Unfortunately, this batch of God-Saving Pills only had three pills. If there were a few more, it might have pushed his soul power to the peak of Cloud Riding.
But Liu Su was already satisfied. He could now use many types of soul techniques, and even without Qin Yi, he could travel the world with just a club...
Qin Yi definitely hadn’t thought about this moment... Liu Su gazed at his sleeping face and sighed.
“Eagle Commander.” A respectful voice came from outside the door.
Qin Yi seemed to sense something and quickly opened his eyes.
Liu Su sighed again. Even in sleep, he was still thinking about the true goal of this journey.
When Qin Yi opened the door, he saw Eagle Li approaching him. With a hint of hope, he asked, “Eagle Commander, did you find any results regarding the hanging list?”
Eagle Li stared at him for a moment, then shook his head. “Not just the hanging list. I’ve sent people to ask around, even using spies from the other two countries. There are very few who have even heard of the common death curse, let alone a solution. There is simply no way to resolve it.”
Qin Yi’s heart sank.
He believed Eagle Li had no reason to lie about this. After all, sending someone to find something was just a task for his subordinates; it wasn’t something he had to put much effort into. He also had to work with Ye Ling, and Eagle Li was the first to value Ye Ling, so there was no need for him to act like a villain.
In the vast demon city, the White Nation alone had a population of over a million, and the three nations combined had hundreds of thousands. If someone like Eagle Li, a powerful demon commander, couldn’t find anything despite his efforts, then finding it himself would be like searching for a needle in a haystack.
The most likely possibility was that there really was no solution.
He should have anticipated this. Even Liu Su thought it was something unsolvable, and it probably was. But he held on to that last bit of hope, doing everything he could.
Seeing Qin Yi’s gloomy expression, Eagle Li suddenly said, “Our king has been looking for you several times recently. If you have nothing else, you might as well visit the palace.”
Qin Yi was taken aback. The timing of this suggestion seemed to hint at something... Could it be that the Golden Emperor had a way to extend life?
Regardless, the Golden Emperor was the last hope he could think of. Qin Yi decided he would try.
When he entered the palace, the Golden Emperor was still lounging in the Incense Hall, listening to music, while Ye Ling was nowhere to be found.
When she saw Qin Yi enter, her eyes brightened, and a charming smile appeared on her lips.
Qin Yi bowed and said, “Your Majesty.”
The Golden Emperor replied in a sultry voice, “I heard you refined pills for three or four days?”
“Uh, yes.”
“What good pills do you have? Let me try them.”
“The pills I can refine aren’t to your liking, Your Majesty.”
“That may not be the case.” The Golden Emperor smiled. “Some things humans have are different from demons, which is why I promote some humans to handle various crafts. In the demon city, only my White Nation has a significant presence of human artistry and independent settlements.”
Qin Yi was stunned. So, the current situation in the White Nation was due to this queen’s efforts?
He had to admit, just this one thing made his impression of the Golden Emperor rise several levels.
He thought for a moment and took out a Pure Blood Pill. “This pill is for merging bloodlines. Your Majesty might find it useful at times, so I offer it to you.”
A palace maid came over to take the pill. Qin Yi glanced at the young maid; she had a human face and very lively eyes, and he felt like she was smiling as she looked at him.
The Golden Emperor was also smiling as she gently touched a pill in her sleeve.
It was the Pure Blood Pill Qin Yi had traded for at the pharmacy.
This foolish male is trying to brush me off with a pill that has been around for ages. What about the pills he refined these past few days?
(End of Chapter)