Shangguan Linghui looked utterly pitiable, with snot and tears streaming down her face as she said, "Only eldest senior brother cares about me... Wuu wuu."

Duan Shenli frowned deeply and said:

"Now that you've lost your cultivation, this is a serious matter, one that can't be concealed for long. If master finds out, I'm afraid..."

Seeing her eldest senior brother so worried, Shangguan Linghui spoke softly, "Eldest senior brother, the only thing that can restore my cultivation now is..."

"Are you talking about the Fifth Grade Returning Spirit Pill?" Duan Shenli's face was full of shock.

Among cultivators, elixir pills are categorized into ten grades.

They are refined by specialized alchemists.

First Grade is the lowest, Tenth Grade the highest.

With the development of modern society up to today, the scarcity of spiritual energy has made the refining of medicine more difficult.

First to Fourth Grades are considered ordinary and can be used by common people for longevity and to strengthen the body. From the Fifth Grade on, they can be referred to as elixirs. The Returning Spirit Pill is one such Fifth Grade pill used for restoring strength.

Refining a Fifth Grade elixir causes a great absorption of spiritual energy, leading to oppressive air in the vicinity, thus resulting in dark clouds and a covered sky.

For Sixth Grade, there will be rolling thunder, as if even the heavens are enraged.

As for Seventh and Tenth Grade elixir pills, they exist only in legends.

Most current-day cultivators have never even seen them.

Even so, a Fifth Grade elixir pill is already an extremely coveted and precious spiritual medicine for cultivators.

...

Shangguan Linghui nodded and said with a wronged expression, "Eldest senior brother... just help me this once. A Fifth Grade elixir pill is very valuable, but is it more important than me? Even if master finds out, at most he'll scold you a bit, are you not even willing to bear that?"

Duan Shenli frowned and said, "Junior sister, what are you saying? How could I be unwilling... It's just that this pill is too important for the sect. Master has said, unless absolutely necessary, it must not be used recklessly."

"Hmph, you still don't care about me!"

Seeing Shangguan Linghui with tears streaming down her face, Duan Shenli felt uncomfortable and sighed, "It's not that I don't care about you, it's just that this Returning Spirit Pill is too important to master... I—"

Duan Shenli still remembered how their master, in his old age, had fought fiercely with the Hongmen for this pill, sacrificing a large number of Luli Sect disciples in the process. It was a pill exchanged with lives; he truly couldn't make the decision.

"Junior sister, don't be angry, let me see if there's another way to restore your strength," Duan Shenli hurriedly said.

"I don't want to talk to you! I thought I was the most important to you, but it turns out, you don't care about me at all!" Shangguan Linghui could also be quite terrifying when she became willful.

Just after she spoke.

To the east of Luli Sect, in the direction of Yanjing City, dark clouds covered the sky, dense and ominous.

Someone outside voiced out—

"Eldest senior brother, there's an anomaly in the sky!"

Hearing this, Duan Shenli quickly went outside.

Looking up.

The sky above Yanjing City was pitch black, and within the dark clouds, even lightning could faintly be seen. Witnessing this scene, Duan Shenli was shocked—

"A Sixth Grade elixir pill?"

Disciples of Luli Sect were also full of astonishment.

"Eldest senior brother, is this the celestial sign of a Sixth Grade elixir pill's emergence?"

"That's right!"

Duan Shenli, being older and more experienced than other disciples, said, "This is not just ordinary thunderstorm weather; the clouds are gathering too regularly, the patterns are methodical, this must be the effect of a Gathering Spirit Array augmenting the alchemy process!"

Everyone exclaimed in surprise.

"Who would have thought that in this bustling city, there would still be a Sixth Grade alchemist? Such talent, Luli Sect must recruit them!"

After speaking, he went back into the room.

And then recounted the situation to Shangguan Linghui.

Shangguan Linghui was also taken aback and said, "Eldest senior brother... whether I can recover my strength is all up to you!"

"Don't worry, this alchemist must be highly skilled. No matter what, I'll bring him back! At the very least, I'll get a pill for you!"

...

...

Meanwhile.

In a dilapidated corridor.

Fang Yu's hands were constantly tracing signs, and the patterns that appeared on the Furnace Tripod rippled out.

Hum, hum hum...

The Furnace Tripod began to tremble.

"Daotian! Help me guard the place, don't let anyone come in... it's making too much noise, it will attract attention."

"Mm."

Just as expected.

The changes in the sky prompted a report from the Yanjing news media—

"According to the reports from the meteorological station, cumulus clouds have appeared in Yanjing, likely leading to a brief thunderstorm. Please, citizens, do not panic and continue with your normal lives."

However, inside the meteorological station.

Experts arrived one after another, watching the images captured by satellites.

"What's going on? Wasn't it supposed to be sunny today?" said an older expert.

"These clouds didn't drift over, so we can't calculate the wind speed, the movement speed... They seem to have appeared out of nowhere, very eerie!"

"Nonsense, there's no geographical condition for cloud formation, and the air temperature is even without any convective currents. How could it possibly rain?"

"Indeed it's very strange, this cloud, it's quite large. It doesn't feel like rain clouds."

Just as they were talking—

The cloud vanished from the screen!

"What's the situation?"

"The cloud suddenly disappeared!"

"This... How is that possible?"

"Appearing out of nowhere, then vanishing into thin air... It's too illogical!"

The experts there furrowed their brows and their faces turned pale. This overturned their many years of scientific careers.

...

In the dilapidated corridor.

Yet, it was filled with wafts of smoke.

"Bro Yu, come on! Are you trying to burn down my place... The fire brigade is coming!" Chen Daotian yelled frantically.

"Don't worry, it will be alright soon!" Fang Yu said sternly.

"I can hold off martial artists, but not ordinary people! I can't just go on a killing spree against them!"

As Chen Daotian had said.

One after another fire engine arrived downstairs.

A firefighter, taking the aerial ladder, climbed upwards.

Holding a hose in hand, he reached the smoking window.

Just as he was about to aim and spray water, he witnessed a scene he would never forget—

Fang Yu slapped with one palm.

Golden light twisted around.

The furnace tripod spun upwards.

Boom!

With a loud bang, like a bomb exploding, the furnace tripod shattered.

"Mommy! I'm cursed! I've been hexed!"

The firefighter shook in fear, almost jumping down.

Fang Yu grabbed the elixir pill spinning in the air and said, "Let's go!"

"We're leaving just like that?"

"Nonsense, what, you want to stay here for New Year's?"

Both of them leaped from the corridor and sprinted downwards.

"My home... my nest..." after landing, Chen Daotian looked up to the sky and sighed deeply, his face full of pain.

"Cut it out, still pining over your doghouse? That's not how you save money even if you have it," Fang Yu rolled his eyes.

"A golden nest, a silver nest, not as good as one's own doghouse..."

Chen Daotian looked aggrieved, "Bro Yu, what on earth were you refining just now?"

"The Guiyuan Pill."

"Guiyuan Pill?" Chen Daotian scratched his head.

"It's a Sixth Grade elixir. It's just a pity that the quality of the ingredients was poor, but I was able to compensate for the lack of spiritual energy with an array..." Fang Yu said indifferently.

Chen Daotian was confused.

What Sixth Grade, what elixir, what array...

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