Potion

Rain pattered against the window curtains, dripping and pattering, as raindrops fell along the upturned eaves, forming a sheet of silver beads.

Having left the Northern Border, the chill of the north has dissipated, replaced by the lingering rain of late autumn.

Amidst a vast expanse of rain, a lone flying beast soars through the sky.

The attic is antique and elegant. Standing in front of the window and looking down, you can see a stunning view of mountains and rivers bathed in the rain.

The dense forest stretched along the undulating mountains to the horizon, and from this towering forest, the faint roars of Demon Beast could be heard.

With a sense of peace and contentment, Xu Yuan looked around his room with considerable satisfaction at the layout and furnishings.

Exquisite sandalwood incense, bed curtains made of gold silk satin, tea tray carved from the bone of a python—everything looked so pleasing to the eye.

Compared to the previous Lion-Eagle Beast, this Mystic Eagle Pavilion was like two completely different worlds.

Just as he was enjoying the pleasant tranquility under the rain, Xu Yuan suddenly noticed that there was another person in the room.

A woman, a woman sitting in front of a tea tray, pouring herself a drink.

Upon seeing the other person's face, Xu Yuan revealed a helpless expression.

It's Lou Ji.

This old lady really likes to sneak into his room quietly, especially lately since Tianyan and Little White have been staying next door to him.

She seemed to think that entering the room without knocking might reveal something interesting.

Of course, she had never knocked on his door before.

Thinking,

Xu Yuan slowly walked to the cushion in front of the tea tray, sat down, picked up the fragrant tea that the other person had poured for him, and took a small sip.

Today, Lou Ji is wearing a light purple, open-chested cheongsam.

An elegant black snake, accompanied by several blood-red spider lilies, spirals upwards from the hem of a cheongsam, displaying both its graceful form and its immense evil.

However, a voluminous black shawl made Lou Ji's invisible, soft abyss appear and disappear.

The great succubus followed him all the way out of Guangyang Prefecture.

However, this old lady wasn't there specifically to escort him, nor was she going back to the Imperial Capital to report back; she was simply traveling south with him along the way.

She said she had discovered something and wanted to go to Valley of Ten Thousand Medicines to investigate it herself.

Previously in Shengshan County, Xu Yuan gave her a huge sum of ten million taels of silver to investigate Valley of Ten Thousand Medicines, but there had been no news for a long time, and she even thought that the money had been stolen. However, it seems that the investigation is still ongoing.

Although this woman likes to tease his little brother verbally and physically, she is quite reliable when it comes to getting things done.

After finishing his fragrant tea, Xu Yuan put down the porcelain cup and muttered a complaint in a low voice:

"Sis, could you please knock before you come in next time?"

"Um?"

Lou Ji gazed at him with a smile, gently inhaling the aroma of the Longyan Gong tea, a specialty of the Northern Border, and smiled.

"Changtian, if you cultivate diligently, perhaps you'll be able to sense your sister someday?"

Upon hearing this, Xu Yuan rolled his eyes at the other person.

Catch up with her?

Ah, women.

He only knew that this old lady was very strong, but he didn't have a clear idea of exactly how strong she was.

After all, for him at that time, anyone with a cultivation level above Grandmaster could easily defeat him with a flick of a finger or a glance, let alone Lou Ji Mortal Shedding the Transcendent Realm.

It's the same principle as how ordinary people view the money owned by the wealthy.

Since his journey to the Underground Palace, during which he became a being comparable to a demigod, he has gained a relatively clear understanding of higher realms.

However, compared to this understanding, Xu Yuan realized that Lou Ji's strength actually relied more on his Spirit Sight.

His Spirit Sight, created by the fusion of the Strange Ghost and humans within him, still couldn't sense her presence at all.

even,

The moment he first scanned the other's body with his Spirit Sight, Lou Ji immediately harbored murderous intent, her terrifying aura nearly killing Xu Yuan by mistake.

Of course, this murderous intent was not directed at Xu Yuan.

She thought someone was watching her from the shadows.

In other words, Lou Ji is able to perceive Spirit Sight in turn.

Thinking it over, Xu Yuan tentatively used his Spirit Sight to scan the other party again.

Then,

He then saw a slender hand reach out to his forehead.

"Bang!"

A swift and decisive flick on the forehead.

It hurts a lot.

Lou Ji lazily withdrew her hand and gave a soft snort.

"Your method of perception is very uncomfortable; your older sister doesn't like it."

"Not feeling well?" Xu Yuan, slightly curious.

"Um"

Lou Ji crossed her arms, pondered for a moment, then tapped her chin with a slender finger and suddenly laughed, "It's probably like being stripped naked and standing in front of you."

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Xu Yuan's eyes narrowed, and he subconsciously filled in the blanks for a moment. Then, he frowned, rubbed the redness and swelling between his eyebrows, and said with dissatisfaction:

"Your casual entry into people's rooms makes me very uncomfortable."

Lou Ji leaned forward slightly, tilted her head forward, and smiled with her eyes closed:

"Then you can play your sister's instrument too."

Xu Yuan simply looked at her indifferently, without moving.

He won't fall for it.

Flicking her only hurts yourself, just like when you spanked Ying'er's bottom in Jingjiang Prefecture when you first entered the path of cultivation.

Seeing that the other party wasn't fooled, Lou Ji opened her eyes and pursed her lips, but then said seriously:

"Changtian, I won't ask where you got these tricks from, but you'd better not use them in front of others."

"Those who can see through this should not harm you out of respect for your father, but when you reach a certain level of cultivation, some things become subconscious, and not everyone knows you."

Upon hearing this, Xu Yuan's expression turned slightly serious, and he nodded gently.

"Of course I know that."

Some things are indeed subconscious, just like when Lou Ji first sensed Spirit Sight.

The mere pressure of his Qi nearly killed him on the spot, and that was only because Lou Ji was deliberately protecting him.

If it were anyone else of Lou Ji's level, a single glare from her would likely have rendered them instantly incapacitated.

Lou Ji gave him a wake-up call.

Don't be foolish enough to use your Spirit Sight to investigate important people you'll encounter later, or you'll die a ridiculous death.

While Spirit Sight is useful, it is not a panacea.

"Good to know."

Lou Ji chuckled, her fair arms, visible beneath her black veil, gracefully picking up the porcelain cup. She sipped the pale purple tea slowly, saying leisurely, "Hmm, Changtian, your Dragon Yan Fragrance is quite good."

clatter.

Xu Yuan took a small box with carved mythical beasts from his Sumeru Ring and placed it on the tea table.

Lou Ji glanced at it and chuckled:

"Changtian, when did you become so generous?"

Dragon Yan Fragrance nourishes the Will Soul, and is extremely rare and expensive.

Upon hearing this, Xu Yuan retorted somewhat irritably:

When have I ever been stingy with you?

Lou Ji chuckled, and after shaking it for a moment, she put away the box containing the tribute tea while whispering instructions:

"I know Changtian is good to my sister, but you should accept fewer of these things in the future. It doesn't matter to the Guangyang Prefecture, who is self-aware, but if someone without self-awareness accepts them, he might think he's gotten on your good side."

Xu Yuan shrugged indifferently:

"Whatever, I'm a spoiled brat anyway."

After a moment's pause, Xu Yuan asked in a low voice:

"Sister, what is the purpose of your trip to the Valley of Ten Thousand Medicines?"

Lou Ji smiled, her eyes crinkling:

"What, Changtian, do you want to go with your sister?"

"No, I don't want to go."

Xu Yuan refused directly.

He just wants to return to the Imperial Capital and cultivate his skills to the point of complete Body Fusion in peace.

Perhaps it was the Root Bone of his Innate Dao Body, or perhaps it was the benefit of his previous transformation into Strange Ghost, but he could vaguely sense that he was one step closer to that membrane.

Lou Ji chuckled:

"With your level of cultivation, you think you can go with your older sister? She won't even take you."

Xu Yuan's eyes narrowed slightly upon hearing this:

Is this trip dangerous?

"It is indeed very dangerous for you."

Lou Ji chuckled softly, slowly rising from the futon. She walked gracefully to the window frame that framed the view of the misty rain, a cold glint flashing in her snake-like eyes.

"These people from Valley of Ten Thousand Medicines are called healers, but they are actually like carrion vultures. Wherever there is plague, war, or death, they will rush there following their scent."

Xu Yuan looked at the waist and hip lines outlined by the other woman's cheongsam, hesitated slightly, and whispered:

"Not because of that Ten Thousand People Cave drugs were tested?"

Lou Ji turned her gaze to the side and gave him a disdainful look:

"Don't worry, the matter you entrusted to my sister is under investigation, but there's still no news about the Ten Thousand People Cave you mentioned, Changtian."

Xu Yuan remained silent for a moment.

The Ten Thousand People Cave in Valley of Ten Thousand Medicines is a hellish dungeon in Cangyuan.

This "hell" doesn't refer to the difficulty level, but rather to the content within it.

The pixelated style of 2.5D was disgusting to look at back then, and its transformation into reality will probably only push people's limits of tolerance for gore even further.

Lou Ji, with her keen senses, narrowed her eyes and spoke in a soft, gentle voice:

"Regarding that Ten Thousand People Cave, Changtian, it seems there's something you haven't finished telling your sister?"

Xu Yuan shook his head, not answering, but instead asked:

"If it's not that Ten Thousand People Cave, then it must be related to the war in the Northern Border?"

"Certainly."

Lou Ji turned around and leaned against the window frame, her eyes filled with melancholy. "Now the matter in the Northern Border has become the focal point of the entire world's vortex. If it weren't related to the war, how could you, sister, have gone there in person?"

Xu Yuan recalled his memories of the Valley of Ten Thousand Medicines and whispered:

"Sister, I remember that Valley of Ten Thousand Medicines has always positioned itself as a war profiteer, selling herbs and ammunition, and providing medical treatment for the wounded."

Lou Ji shook her head. The rain and wind blowing in through the window ruffled her scattered black hair. Suddenly, she said:

"Yuan Hao massacred the Heavenly Vault Palace."

She paused for a moment, then added:

"Leave no one alive."

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Xu Yuan was taken aback upon hearing this.

He had already heard about this when the Beifeng Commandant reported the recent situation in the Northern Border to Li Qingyan upon his return to Beifeng City.

The Heavenly Palace and the Seven Azure Sect, the Black Scale Army and the Beifeng Army, one army each.

However, Xu Yuan remembered that the captain had used the word "annihilation" back then, but he didn't expect that they had actually been slaughtered, with not a single one left alive.

Thinking of this, Xu Yuan's eyes flickered, and he whispered:

"Slaughtered them? I remember the commander in charge of the Sky Palace was Mr. Zong, right?"

Xu Yuan wasn't surprised at all that Yuan Hao, that madman, would commit the massacre of a sect.

The problem is that although Yuan Hao is exceptionally capable, he can only be a general under Zong Qingsheng's cultivation and seniority.

With a traditional general Zong Qingsheng, who was cold-blooded to the point of being ruthless, above him, they would not have allowed Yuan Hao to do such a crazy thing.

Thinking of this, Xu Yuan whispered again:

"Therefore, Yuan Hao massacred the sect because the Heavenly Palace stubbornly resisted."

Lou Ji gave a faint, noncommittal smile:

"Yes."

Upon hearing this, Xu Yuan's expression began to turn strange.

Although they had witnessed the sects' indifference even when facing death, the Wanxiang Sect at least immediately backed down the moment the knife was at their necks.

However, considering the Valley of Ten Thousand Medicines

A cold glint flashed in Xu Yuan's eyes as he asked:

"Is it because of the medication?"

"Hmph, Changtian, you reacted pretty quickly."

Lou Ji chuckled softly, her eyes cold and distant. With a flick of her jade hand, a small jade bottle appeared in her palm.

The jade bottle contained some viscous red liquid.

Lou Ji examined it closely while whispering:

"This thing can make people extremely bloodthirsty, like turning into a beast of desire, but it won't make them lose their minds like the Mad Demon Pill."

"And more importantly, this substance can be transmitted through the user's blood."

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Upon hearing this, Xu Yuan's lips twitched, and he smacked his lips lightly.

broken

Although the plot he was originally familiar with has started to go completely off track, it now seems to be even more out of control.

In the storyline of Cangyuan,

The princess who never appeared in the story likely died in the Northern Border's conspiracy, which is probably why the war in the Northern Border came to an end in Cangyuan.

The Great Yan's war against the Barbarian Tribe was unsuccessful, but the avoidance of reckless conquests ensured that Beifeng City was not lost.

But the situation is now completely different.

The Barbarian Tribe have been wiped out, the elite forces of the Northern Border have been lost, and the war is gradually escalating.

It has even expanded to the point that products from some instances of Cangyuan are gradually being brought to the forefront.

The item Lou Ji is holding is from the Valley of Ten Thousand Medicines Ten Thousand People Cave dungeon.

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Lou Ji, with her keen senses, noticed the fleeting change in Xu Primordial Spirit and instantly knew that this young man definitely knew something. Her voice became slightly stern:

"Changtian, even my sister, an expert in poisons, has difficulty understanding the principles behind this, but you really do seem to know something about it?"

"If you know, tell your sister directly. This is not a joke."

Xu Yuan paused for a moment, then whispered:

"I do know some."

Lou Ji raised an eyebrow, her red lips slightly parted:

"What?"

Xu Yuan grinned:

What benefit would I get from telling you?

The tense atmosphere suddenly dissipated. Lou Ji's beautiful eyebrows twitched, and a dangerous smile curved her lips. She slowly walked towards the other person, drawing out her words:

"Hey Changtian, what kind of reward do you want from your sister?"

Seeing this, Xu Yuan, who was sitting cross-legged on the futon, stepped back slightly and coughed lightly:

"Just stop bullying Tianyan."

The washboard saintess was no match for this great succubus; she was truly in despair.

Looking at the intimacy shown by Lou Ji.

Unable to win arguments or fight back, she could only watch helplessly and then go back to her room to sulk.

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Lou Ji paused, her gaze slightly uninterested, her slender index finger tracing her red lips:

"That's it? I was actually thinking of giving you a kiss as a reward, Changtian."

"Hehe."

Xu Yuan gave a forced smile, and said in a low voice with a hint of disdain, "I don't want to."

Before he finished speaking,

smack

A fragrant breeze wafted by, and a wicked softness pressed against his shoulder, leaving a red lip print on Xu Yuan's cheek.

Lou Ji rubbed Xu Yuan's head and said with a smile:

"What your sister wants to give you, you have to accept whether you want it or not."

As she spoke, she glanced sideways at the next room and whispered:

"Don't worry, that saintess is still sulking and isn't paying attention to us."

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With a sigh, Xu Yuan said in a low voice:

"Alright, let's get down to business."

Upon hearing this, Lou Ji's expression turned solemn. She bent down and sat down on the ground beside him.

"You say."

Xu Yuan took a deep breath, looking at the jade bottle in her hand with a solemn expression:

"This medicinal liquid must have been created in that Ten Thousand People Cave."