"Seventh Sister, what is there on the Thousand Family Back Mountain?"
They had already seen two groups slaughter one another over heavenly treasures, only for another group to swoop in afterward and claim the prize. Dongfang Minghui was intensely curious, so she quietly tugged at Seventh Sister's sleeve and asked.
Qian Wanyu glanced around. They had walked for less than half a day but already encountered four groups. She had asked Li Jing to investigate the Thousand Family's previous back-mountain trials, so she knew a little. "They should be here for the Life-Extending Pill."
"The Life-Extending Pill."
"I know what that is. My old man had his eye on it before, too, but for some reason, he stopped mentioning it later." Situ Hao stamped down the thorny brush beside the path while insisting on adding his two cents.
"The so-called Life-Extending Pill is said to prolong life, but it is actually a forbidden medicine used to raise one's cultivation." Li Yunan filled in the gaps in their knowledge. As Situ Hao had just mentioned, his uncle had suffered for years from hidden lightning injuries, and his cultivation had stagnated. Watching himself grow older year by year, he had also considered staking everything on a trip to the Thousand Family Back Mountain to seize a Life-Extending Pill. However, the pill was only a rumor, its authenticity unknown. If it was real, it would surely draw many powerful cultivators into the struggle. After all, pills capable of granting advancement were rare, especially for those who had stagnated for decades or even a century; to them, it would be a miracle. If it was false, it might well be a deliberately laid trap. No one yet knew what those spreading the false information intended.
"A forbidden medicine?" Mu Sheng asked. "If it's forbidden,