Inside Zhao Province City stood a well connected to an underground spring, its water exceptionally pure and sweet.
The medical knowledge of the age concerned itself not only with prescriptions, but also with the water used to prepare medicines. Many physicians agreed that the Earth-Spring Well in Zhao Province City was the finest source, and its water had become reserved for medicinal use.
As Qi Zhongbin carried Jade Startle and the jade pill box toward the Earth-Spring Well, he could not help examining the box again and again, though he dared not open it lightly.
"So this is an Immortal Elixir!"
"Indeed, a true Immortal Elixir. Just as I told you, this pill is called a Vital Essence Pill. When the furnace rose, five pills were formed. This is the last one!"
The last one...
Qi Zhongbin forcibly restrained the urge to open it then and there, quickening his steps toward the Earth-Spring Well.
Senior Gray had already told him what had happened to his senior brother at Heavenly Battle Mountain. This Immortal Elixir could not be casually inspected-it could run away.
Qi Zhongbin could not yet fly through the heavens or burrow through the earth. If the pill escaped, he would probably have to trouble his master and Senior Gray to catch it.
The Earth-Spring Well was not merely covered with a heavy stone slab; government men now guarded it at all times.
An illusion technique was not all-powerful. Too much commotion could still attract attention.
Before reaching the well, Qi Zhongbin circulated the spiritual energy within him. With a thought, a wisp of pale mist formed at his fingertips, revealing a tiny, indistinct insect-the very spell Yi Shuyuan had helped him improve.
"Whoo..."
With a gentle breath, the sleep bug flew soundlessly toward the shadows of the buildings