Jiang Liu was taken aback when he saw Ye Qiuzhen in the distance; what a coincidence!
When Ye Qiuzhen saw Jiang Liu, he didn't even glance at him. He looked around and saw Jiang Liu standing at the entrance of the Weapon Courtyard. He then strolled towards the Pill Courtyard.
Jiang Liu saw Ye Qiuzhen walking towards the Pill Courtyard. Although he knew in his heart that there probably wasn't anything good inside, he thought, "What if there is?"
He also thought of the old master Murong Lie waiting for a life-saving pill. Although the chances were slim, he still had to take a look. Jiang Liu quickly used his Instant Thousand Miles and rushed into the Pill Courtyard ahead of everyone else.
Upon seeing Jiang Liu rush towards the Pill Courtyard ahead of him, Ye Qiuzhen was furious. Without even drawing his broadsword, he channeled his inner energy and threw a punch at Jiang Liu.
Suddenly, a burst of energy and fist shadows rushed towards Jiang Liu. Jiang Liu, who was in mid-air, also turned around and threw a punch at Ye Qiuzhen. The two fist energies collided.
With a loud "boom!", the two men were blasted back by the force of the opponent's punch, each taking three steps back before the force dissipated.
Ye Qiuzhen drew his broadsword, preparing to continue his attack, when Jiang Liu turned and entered the Pill Courtyard. Ye Qiuzhen quickly sheathed his broadsword and followed him in.
Jiang Liu entered the Pill Courtyard, turned past the screen wall blocking the entrance, and smelled a faint aroma of medicinal pills. He discovered that there were only three alchemy rooms here.
Jiang Liu entered the first alchemy room. In the center of the spacious room was an alchemy furnace, and the walls were lined with wooden shelves filled with drawers, all of which were open at the moment.
Jiang Liu hurriedly checked all the open wooden drawers, and sure enough, they were all empty. He even opened the alchemy furnace to take a look, but still found nothing.
Just as Jiang Liu was about to leave the alchemy room, Ye Qiuzhen walked in. Jiang Liu ignored him, turned around, and left the room, heading towards the second alchemy room.
When Ye Qiuzhen entered the alchemy room, he found it in a mess and immediately assumed that Jiang Liu had taken all the pills. He drew his broadsword and chased after Jiang Liu, slashing at him from behind.
Jiang Liu had been on guard against him, and as soon as he heard him draw his broadsword, he quickly drew his own dark-colored broadsword and slashed at Ye Qiuzhen's broadsword.
With a clang, the two blades clashed, and Ye Qiuzhen's broadsword snapped in two. Ye Qiuzhen was immediately taken aback and retreated several steps to avoid Jiang Liu's pursuit.
Seeing that he had repelled Ye Qiuzhen, Jiang Liu lost interest in pursuing him and put away his broadsword before continuing toward the second alchemy room.
He didn't have time to waste on these pointless things. This place was clearly the stronghold of a powerful force, and now that so many people had come in, he needed to hurry up and find the treasure.
Ye Qiuzhen glanced at his broken broadsword, then at Jiang Liu was heading towards the second alchemy room, before resolutely walking out of the Pill Courtyard, his eyes filled with ruthlessness.
Jiang Liu entered the second alchemy room and found that the layout was similar to the first one, with wooden shelves covering all four walls.
Jiang Liu, still unwilling to give up, carefully searched through the open drawers, and even opened the alchemy furnace, but still found nothing. Finally, Jiang Liu had no choice but to leave the second alchemy room in frustration.
Continuing towards the third alchemy room, Jiang Liu immediately sensed something different upon entering. Unlike the other two rooms, this alchemy room wasn't surrounded by wooden shelves; instead, there was only a row of wooden shelves placed next to the alchemy furnace.
Judging from the surrounding decorations and alchemy furnace, the user of this alchemy room was clearly of a higher rank than the previous two rooms. Jiang Liu carefully examined it, looking through every drawer and alchemy furnace, but still found nothing.
Then, Jiang Liu continued to examine the surrounding walls, hoping to find any hidden compartments or anything like that.
Jiang Liu looked at the wall covered with huge, smooth stones and tapped on them one by one. When he tapped the stone directly opposite the alchemy furnace, the sound was different.
Jiang Liu was overjoyed. Fearing that violent force would damage the pills inside, he quickly drew his broadsword and inserted it along the edge of the stone. Then, he ran it around the edge and reached out to remove the stone.
Just as Jiang Liu removed the stone, a gust of wind suddenly shot out. Fortunately, Jiang Liu was prepared and moved to the side, only to see that it was three silver needles that had been shot out.
Jiang Liu continued to look at the opening in the stone and found that there was nothing inside except for a mechanism.
They had no choice but to continue tapping the stone next to them and discovered that it was also hollow inside. They quickly and carefully removed the stone in the same way as before.
Just as he removed the stone, a strange fragrance suddenly wafted from behind it. Jiang Liu immediately held his breath and left the alchemy room.
Jiang Liu channeled his vital energy and fanned it inside, dispersing the strange fragrance before re-entering the alchemy room. He walked to the spot where the stone had been opened earlier and saw three jade bottles inside.
The strange fragrance that had just been emitted was probably an anti-theft measure that had sealed it inside. Jiang Liu reached in, preparing to take the three jade bottles, when suddenly another stone next to him opened, and five thin needles shot out.
Jiang Liu remained vigilant, dodging the attack with a swift movement. Just then, another rock nearby burst open, spewing out a plume of thick smoke.
Jiang Liu had no choice but to hold his breath and wave his hand, using his Yuan Qi to grab the three jade bottles in one go, before hurriedly rushing out of the alchemy room.
As soon as Jiang Liu stepped out of the alchemy room, a loud bang came from inside, and a thick plume of smoke billowed out.
Jiang Liu quickly moved away from the alchemy room. Just as he stopped and was about to open the jade bottle to check, he suddenly heard a whooshing sound. He immediately knew that someone had come, and judging from the sound, there were at least three people.
Jiang Liu had no choice but to hurriedly stuff the jade bottle into his robes, then leaped onto the wall of the alchemy room and headed towards the outside. He had already discovered that Ye Qiuzhen had brought two people to cause him trouble.
At the moment, Jiang Liu didn't want to get entangled with them, and besides, the people who entered the secret realm were all of similar skill to him, so it wouldn't be easy to take them down in a short time.
Ye Qiuzhen, along with Ji Hao and Liu Yunhe, hurriedly rushed towards the Pill Courtyard. However, before they even entered the Pill Courtyard, they heard an explosion. They immediately knew that Jiang Liu was still there and quickly dashed into the Pill Courtyard.
As soon as they entered the Pill Courtyard, they saw Jiang Liu climbing onto the courtyard wall. They immediately shouted to Ji Hao and Liu Yunhe, "That kid ran away, let's chase him."
Immediately, the three of them went up to the roof and chased after the figure along the courtyard wall. Unfortunately, the more they chased, the farther away the figure in front became. Gradually, the figure in front disappeared into the distance.
The three had no choice but to stop and carefully examine the place where Jiang Liu had disappeared. It seemed to be the training square, so they began searching there.
Jiang Liu flew ahead, passing through what appeared to be the living areas of ordinary disciples without stopping, until he saw a large training square before leaping down.