"The female ghost swept away all the ruined pills?"
In Hundred Herb Hall, Perfected Master Tongyu's expression was somewhat grim. His fingers toyed with his beard as he pondered in silence. Beside him sat several old men with white beards and white brows. Though they were very old, each was hale and spirited. They were Spirit Herb Mountain's three most powerful elders aside from the sect master. Not only were their alchemy skills incomparably refined, their cultivation had also reached the Foundation Establishment Realm.
These great figures of Spirit Herb Mountain had all lived to be a hundred and fifty or sixty years old. They were widely experienced and deeply knowledgeable, yet after hearing Lin Xuan and Jin Tao recount what had happened, they still looked at one another in dismay.
Why would a ghost from the underworld come to snatch ruined pills? They could not puzzle it out no matter how they racked their brains!
The restrictions had not been triggered, and they had also searched their sect and the area for dozens of li around it, yet they had not found the slightest trace of the female ghost the two had described.
A long time passed.
Elder Zhao, seated on the left, spoke. "Forget it, Senior Sect Master Brother, Junior Brothers. Fortunately, what that female ghost abducted was only some ruined pills of extremely limited value. Our sect has not suffered any great loss. There is no need for everyone to waste effort investigating this matter. The urgent task at hand is to strengthen the defenses of several key locations."
Perfected Master Tongyu and the other two elders exchanged a glance, then nodded at the same time.
Half an hour later.
Lin Xuan left Hundred Herb Hall and slowly walked back to his own cave residence. No