Two Seven-Colored Nine-Leaf Lotuses

Two Seven-Colored Nine-Leaf Lotuses

Seeing that there was no danger, Shi Yue breathed a sigh of relief and followed after them.

Before long, he reached the end, where a stone door about ten feet tall blocked his way.

The door was carved with countless intricate patterns and covered by a white screen of light like rippling water, refracting a hazy, multicolored glow.

"Moo!"

The Elk Beast's antlers, right beside him, suddenly shone with Five-Colored Spirit Light. As the light touched the white screen, it flickered wildly and then dispersed.

Shi Yue's lips moved slightly. Black light blazed around him as he donned the Sky-Breaking Gauntlets and slammed them hard against the stone door.

Rumble!

The stone door shattered, revealing a stone room a hundred feet across.

Inside stood three wooden shelves. One held jade slips, bamboo slips, and books of various colors; another held more than a dozen wooden boxes, jade cases, and brocade boxes; the last held over a dozen small bottles. A piece of white paper was pasted to each porcelain bottle, bearing the name of the pill inside.

Shi Yue's face lit up with excitement, and he hurried toward the shelf of porcelain bottles.

Cloud Pill, Jade Blood Pill, Snowcloud Powder...

Shi Yue's gaze swept over the labels, his eyes filled with delight.

But when he opened one bottle, a puddle of yellow liquid poured out, giving off a foul stench.

Shi Yue furrowed his brow and opened more than a dozen bottles in succession. Every pill inside had gone bad, leaving him sorely disappointed.

Then again, it made sense. The Red Pepper Fruits, which ripened only once every three thousand years, had matured, so it was hardly surprising that these pills had spoiled.

The jade slips contained either cultivation techniques or texts. Shi Yue had no