Six Six Six, Not Even Pretending Anymore

Chapter 3: 666, He Wasn't Even Pretending Anymore

Gulp!

The pill entered his stomach and immediately dissolved.

Standing where he was, Qin Yang at once sensed an exceptionally pure force coursing through his limbs and bones, like trickling streams crisscrossing within him.

Before long, Qin Yang could clearly feel that his body had become much lighter.

Yet he could also tell that the meridians throughout his body had not truly been fully opened. He was still far from being able to forge a dantian and formally draw upon the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to cultivate!

"Thank you, Master, for bestowing this spirit pill. This disciple is deeply grateful."

Qin Yang pinched his nose and bowed in thanks.

If not for the sake of staying alive as long as possible and finding a way out, he would never have treated an Old Devil with such reverence.

Xuan Chengzi was quite pleased, but immediately afterward, he drew a second pill from his sleeve.

This second pill was a size larger than the Qi Condensing Pill and entirely dark bluish-green.

Most importantly, even Qin Yang could sense a sinister aura emanating from it.

This was definitely no good thing.

He wasn't going to make him take it, was he?

Qin Yang's heart pounded as he lowered his head, not daring to look.

But the more one feared something, the more it came to pass.

"This is a Soul Locking Pill. Once you swallow it, you will establish a spiritual connection with your master, and your cultivation will yield twice the results for half the effort."

"You are now this old man's fourth disciple. I cannot mistreat you!"

Xuan Chengzi said bluntly.

Hearing this, Qin Yang rolled his eyes beneath his lowered head.

666. He wasn't even pretending anymore.

Soul Locking Pill—just hearing the name told him it was definitely no good thing.

Establish a spiritual connection? Only a ghost would believe that.

But he had no choice. Xuan Chengzi was watching him too closely. He was an ordinary mortal, utterly incapable of fighting back before the man. If he refused to take it, he would probably be strangled to death the very next second.

This was precisely where Xuan Chengzi's confidence, as though he had nothing to fear, came from.

Qin Yang was merely a little child without any cultivation. So what if he told him outright what this pill did?

In his hands, Qin Yang could not stir up the slightest wave!

"This disciple thanks Master for the pill!"

Qin Yang gritted his teeth, accepted it, and swallowed the Soul Locking Pill directly in front of Xuan Chengzi.

There was no taste, nor did he feel anything unusual.

Only then did Xuan Chengzi's expression improve slightly. He patted Qin Yang's shoulder and said, "Well done. Rest assured, all of your master's pills are Spirit Pills and Marvelous Medicines. They will greatly benefit your future cultivation and can never harm you."

Qin Yang cursed inwardly.

That rotten old man was wicked as hell. As if I'd believe a single word you say!

But on second thought, he had at least survived for now, which meant this path was workable.

All he needed to do next was slowly figure out a way to escape this place!

"Bai Feng, bring in a Medicinal Seed with a Water Spirit Root!" Xuan Chengzi stopped paying attention to him and called out, his voice deep and resounding.

"Yes!"

Bai Feng's reply came from outside.

Before long, the stone doors of the Pill Refining Room opened.

Bai Feng brought in a scrawny little girl. In that fleeting glance, when he saw that Qin Yang was actually still alive, the shock in his eyes reached an indescribable degree.

How was Qin Yang not dead?!

He was utterly astonished, unable to understand how Qin Yang had survived.

But judging from Xuan Chengzi's attitude toward Qin Yang, he guessed most of it. A dark, vicious gleam flashed through the depths of his eyes before he took his leave.

Qin Yang had a strong impression of the little girl who had been brought in. She was about the same age as him.

Though they had merely crossed paths by chance, the sight of her already numb eyes still filled his heart with guilt.

"I'm sorry. I just want to live."

"Once I have the strength to start over again, I'll make sure you live too!"

Qin Yang sighed inwardly.

The little girl before him possessed a Water Spirit Root and should not have died so early.

Yet now, he had to watch helplessly as she was thrown into the Alchemy Furnace.

Just imagining the scene made Qin Yang unable to bear looking at it.

"An excellent Water Spirit Root. Not bad, not bad."

"Qin Yang, come over and assist your master with alchemy!"

As luck would have it, Qin Yang was summoned over again. There was no way for him to avoid watching the other man make pills.

"Ah!!"

The little girl, about Qin Yang's age, was thrown straight into the Alchemy Furnace. As the heavy lid slammed shut, her heart-rending screams came to an abrupt halt.

Next came a nauseating burnt smell that made Qin Yang suffer all the more.

He watched with his own eyes as the girl his age was devoured by the blazing fire of the Alchemy Furnace, until she finally went completely still.

About half an hour passed before Xuan Chengzi swept his sleeve, sending the heavy furnace lid flying away. Wisps of faint pill fragrance drifted out.

There were five pills in total!

Xuan Chengzi was brimming with delight, excitement written all over his aged face.

"You rendered merit this time and allowed this old man to successfully refine this batch of mortal-grade high-quality Water Spirit Pills. Your master shall reward you with one!"

As he spoke, he held out a pill.

Wait, again?!

Qin Yang was no fool.

Wasn't this making him test the medicine?

If something went wrong, or there was a problem with the pill's effects, wouldn't he drop dead on the spot?

"What, you don't like it?"

Xuan Chengzi's gaze narrowed slightly, pulling Qin Yang back to reality.

After thinking it over, under the Old Devil's watchful gaze, the only path left to him was to test the medicine with his own body.

I hope nothing happens. I don't want to restart so soon!

Qin Yang prayed inwardly as he accepted the Water Spirit Pill from the other man's hand and swallowed it in one gulp.

At once, a medicinal force even more violent than that of the Qi Condensing Pill rampaged through the meridians within his body.

Several times, Qin Yang nearly passed out from the pain, as though his body were about to burst apart.

Throughout the process, Xuan Chengzi kept his eyes fixed on Qin Yang's condition, his expression grave.

Fortunately, to Qin Yang's relief, the Water Spirit Pill truly would not cause someone to die on the spot. Once it dissolved, an exceptionally pure surge of Spiritual Power rushed through and opened every meridian in his body.

When that Spiritual Power traveled along his meridians and entered his lower abdomen, it even helped him successfully open up his dantian.

Within his dantian, Qin Yang's own Fire Spirit Root burned like a mass of heavenly flame, blazing in full splendor!

With every gesture, a powerful force naturally welled up within him.

Before Qin Yang could even marvel at it, Xuan Chengzi's voice reached him.

"Not bad, not bad. You received your master's rewarded Water Spirit Pill and gained no small fortune from it. With its aid, you successfully cleared the meridians throughout your body and opened your dantian. You now... can be considered a cultivator of the Qi Refining Realm First Layer!"

"You can be called a true cultivator now!"

So this was... Qi Refining?!

Qin Yang was both shocked and delighted.

By a twist of fate, he had actually become a Qi Refining First Layer cultivator?

This was a goal that countless ordinary people could only dream of attaining!

Yet when he thought of how he had broken through with the Old Devil's "help," he could not help feeling both amused and helpless.

"This disciple thanks Master."