After successfully preparing the medicinal soup, Lin Taichu named it "Strength Enhancing Soup." He had quite a lot brewed, bottled it in porcelain vials, and distributed it among several Core Disciples. Yet instead of feeling pleased, he felt uneasy.
He found Elder Li and told him about the Strength Enhancing Soup. Then, frowning, he said, "Elder, although this Strength Enhancing Soup works well and has no side effects, it was ultimately modified from a forbidden-art formula."
"I just can't shake this feeling. If the Netherworld Cult has even more powerful forbidden arts, or if their puppets outnumber anything we imagined, this Strength Enhancing Soup may not be much help."
Elder Li took the porcelain vial and poured out a little of the medicinal soup to smell it.
"Raising combat strength by thirty percent is already very impressive. We now have the Lingxiao Sect and Hundred Herbs Hall assisting us, and with this Strength Enhancing Soup, even if the Netherworld Cult has countless puppets, we still have the strength to fight. But you are right as well. We cannot let our guard down."
"What worries me is that the Netherworld Cult's corpse-refining secret art may have an upgraded version," Lin Taichu said. "Xuanjizi was only an ordinary elder. If they refine top experts into puppets, then even with the Strength Enhancing Soup, we may not be able to defeat them."
"Besides, we still do not know how they control their puppets. If they can control several puppets at once, we will be in an even more passive position."
Elder Li nodded. "Then what do you plan to do? Continue researching forbidden arts?"
"Not for now," Lin Taichu said. "Forbidden arts are too dangerous. If I keep researching them, I am afraid I may lose control myself. The most important thing now