The Last Hope

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The time required to produce a sixth-grade elixir is also much longer than before.

This alchemy process took more than three days. Qin Yi worked tirelessly for three days, ruining five batches before finally succeeding in making one. When the pill was finally completed, he was too exhausted to even express his joy. He placed the pill on his Wolf Tooth Club and then collapsed onto the ground, falling asleep immediately.

The Wolf Tooth Club gleamed with Nether Light, absorbing the power of the pill.

This is the Hidden Spirit Pill; it does not need to be ingested, but rather absorbed and used by the Divine Sense.

Before descending into the rift valley, Liusu hadn't expected to be able to enjoy a sixth-grade Divine Treasure Pill here. The Demon Blood Black Lotus was extremely rare, and the Golden Soul Flower was no ordinary object either. If Qin Yi had only traveled in the mortal realm, he might not have been able to obtain it even after decades.

I never expected to be able to buy Golden Soul Flower at a pharmacy here...

Liusu felt that not only were the patterns of the flowers different in this world, but even the items were no longer the same as they had been back then.

Just like that Demon Blood Black Lotus, it originally grew naturally in the Demon Burial Tomb, but it could tell from the Witcher's actions that people already had a way to cultivate the Demon Blood Black Lotus.

Similarly, this Golden Soul Flower was once considered heavenly materials and earthly treasures, extremely difficult to obtain. The fact that it could be bought in pharmacies and priced in gold clearly indicates that a method for artificial cultivation has now been found.

Liusu could understand these things and wasn't surprised.

It was somewhat worried about this—the world had changed so much, and many things it knew were no longer the same.

Earlier, with basic items, things like Antitoxin Pill Qi Nourishing Pill might not have caused much of a difference. But the higher the quality of the product, the more likely it is to be different. Some things that were once precious are now commonplace, and naturally, some things that were once very common are now extinct.

Therefore, the Pill Formula that were originally used may now be completely unsuitable, the medicinal materials in them may no longer exist, or it may be necessary to use medicinal materials that are now worth only one grade to make a sixth or seventh grade pill.

That's easy to handle. It's not a low-level cultivator who just memorizes Pill Formula. With its skill level, it can easily find substitutes and create entirely new Pill Formula. But the prerequisite is that it needs to see a large number of items to identify and analyze them.

Neither in Southern Li nor in the Demon City that survives at the bottom of this rift valley can meet its needs.

It looked at the sleeping Qin Yi.

It had already said too much praise, and didn't want to say more. In fact, Qin Yi was constantly redefining its understanding of "genius."

It's said that alchemy doesn't require much Law Power, but there's still a foundation. With Phoenix Initial Stage Level 3 Law Power, trying to refine a sixth-grade pill, especially the most difficult one among sixth-grade pills, the Divine Treasure Pill... Go ask any Alchemist, and they'll shake their heads like a rattle-drum, saying you're dreaming.

The precision required to control that kind of Law Power is not only a matter of cultivation level, but also requires proficiency in control and a high degree of mental concentration.

Everyone knows that the less force you use, the easier it is to control; the more force you use, the more likely you are to deviate, requiring long-term training. So it's understandable to be able to control it perfectly when refining low-level pills, but it's very difficult to control it so precisely when you need to go all out and output maximum Law Power.

An experienced Alchemist could certainly do it, but Qin Yi has only been practicing for a short time, so how did he manage to do it?

Qin Yi's reply was, "It's just micro-management... You'll get the hang of it after practicing a bit. Back in the day, I could execute six-lane jump maneuvers with precision down to each and every single dog (player), but I've regressed now!"

Liusu didn't know what micro-management was, but it figured it was definitely not the same as the game Qin Yi was familiar with; this was clearly due to Qin Yi's own talent. Even in games, not everyone can "jump six lanes like a dog," right?

In any case, this Divine Treasure Pill has been extremely beneficial to Liusu.

It was merely a wisp of a remnant soul, not even a complete soul, and not a true "possession of a Yang spirit" in the true sense; it could only be described as clinging to life. Therefore, after one failed Body Seizing, it had no strength left. Being able to see and transmit sound was already quite good; it couldn't even sense Yao Qi.

However, with the right medicine, its recovery would be terrifying. This is because it's not a process of creating something from nothing, but merely a revival. As long as the remnant soul can be restored, it will become a Yang God, a realm that almost every cultivator in the world dreams of.

It can't recover to that level now, but it already possesses the Divine Sense power that a Cloud Soaring Realm should have.

The term "Golden Elixir Stage" was used to refer to Qin Yi; the actual term for this realm is "Soaring Cloud Realm." It describes the ability to travel freely among famous mountains, soaring through the clouds with Rainbow Cloud clouds supporting one's feet—this is Cloud Soaring.

This is what immortals are in the conventional sense in the eyes of the world. Li Qingjun dreams of entering and leaving the Azure Netherworld every day, and Qin Yi sings of traveling to the North Sea in the morning and Cangwu in the evening. They are nothing more than this.

Unfortunately, this batch of Divine Treasure Pill only contains three pills. If there were a few more, it would have been enough to push the soul power to the peak of the Cloud Soaring Realm.

But now Liusu is quite satisfied. It can use many kinds of soul Technique Method, and can even travel the world on its own with just a stick, independent of Qin Yi...

Qin Yi certainly hadn't expected this moment... Liusu Su looked at his sleeping face with a sigh.

"Hawk Commander." A Gang Jing voice came from outside the door.

Qin Yi seemed to sense something and quickly opened his eyes.

Liusu sighed again.

Even when he was sleeping, this guy was still thinking about the real goal of this trip.

Qin Yi opened the door and saw Ying Li walking towards him. With a glimmer of hope, he asked, "Hawk Commander, has the result of the proclamation been obtained?"

Ying Li stared at him for a while, then shook his head and said, "Not only was the notice posted, but I also sent people everywhere to inquire, even mobilizing spies from the other two countries. There aren't many people who have even heard of the Co-Death Curse, let alone a way to break it. There simply isn't a way to break it."

Qin Yi's heart sank.

He believed that Ying Li had no reason to lie about this matter. After all, sending someone to find something was a small task for him; it was just a subordinate's job, not something he would put in much effort himself. He was going to work with Ye Ling anyway, and besides, Ye Ling himself was the first to Ying Li Ling. There was absolutely no need for him to be two-faced and act like a villain. Finding the item as soon as possible and getting rid of Qin Yi should have been Ying Li's idea.

The vast Demon City has a population of one million in the White Kingdom alone, and several million in the Three Kingdoms combined. Even a powerful demon general like Ying Li, who posted a large notice and sent people out to search for him, couldn't find it. For him to search for it himself would be like looking for a needle in a haystack, let alone possible.

The most likely scenario is that there is indeed no solution.

It was probably expected that something even Liusu considered unsolvable would truly be unsolvable. We're just clinging to that last sliver of hope and doing everything we can.

Seeing Qin Yi's unpleasant expression, Ying Li suddenly said, "My Our King has summoned you several times recently. If you have nothing else to do, you might as well come to the palace."

Qin Yi paused for a moment. Saying this at this juncture seemed to imply something... Could it be that Chenghuang really has a way to prolong life?

In any case, Chenghuang is the last hope that can be thought of now, and Qin Yi will try it no matter what.

When they entered the palace, Chenghuang was still reclining in the Fragrant Aroma Hall listening to music, Ye Ling was nowhere to be found.

When she saw Qin Yi enter, her eyes lit up involuntarily, and a charming smile appeared on her lips.

Qin Yi bowed and said, "Your Majesty."

Chenghuang said in a greasy voice, "I heard you've been refining pills for three or four days?"

"Uh, yes."

"Do you have any good pills I can use?"

"The pills I can refine with my limited cultivation are beneath Your Majesty's notice."

"That's not necessarily true," Chenghuang laughed. "Humans differ from demons in some ways, which is why This King promoted some humans to be in charge of various crafts. Of the Three Kingdoms Demon City, only my White Kingdom has a large number of traces of human art, and humans have independently settled down and made their own lives. As for the other two kingdoms, humans are just meat."

Qin Yi was stunned. So the current state of the White Kingdom was brought about by this queen?

It has to be said that this one incident alone increased his fondness for Chenghuang by several orders of magnitude.

He thought for a moment, then took out a Blood Cleansing Pill: "This pill is used to fuse bloodlines. Your Majesty may need it sometimes, so I'm giving it to you."

Then a palace maid came to fetch the pill. Qin Yi glanced at the little palace maid. She was a little palace maid with a human face and very lively eyes. He always felt that she was smiling when she looked at him.

Chenghuang was also smiling. She gently gathered her sleeves and touched a pill inside.

It was the Blood Cleansing Pill that Qin Yi had traded with the pharmacy.

This foolish male tries to fob This King off with pills that I already have. What about the pills I've been refining these past few days?