"Sister, the ones who issued the mission are all dead. What are we going to do next? It's so dirty here, should we leave?" Dongfang Qinlan sniffed, clearly disgusted by the foul air.
"No, we will help them get revenge," Dongfeng Huaizhu said firmly.
"Waiting here isn't going to solve anything. Let's let the dead talk and tell us who killed them," Xiao Tian chuckled.
"Hmph! Xiao Tian, stop messing around. Do you think you're the King Yama, able to make ghosts talk?" Dongfang Qinlan tried to hit Xiao Tian on the head, but Xiao Tian dodged it.
"Who says only King Yama, can make ghosts talk? Pills will do too." Xiao Tian chuckled, taking out a Soul-Beckoning Pill that he had refined from medicinal herbs he had scavenged in the Divine Fire Manor over the past few years.
The alchemy technology in this world is very poor. Even the renowned Divine Fire Manor only has one elder and a few apprentices who can refine pills. Most of them are blood-activating and stasis-removing medicines, such as the Flame Essence Pill, which are considered very low-end products in Xiao Tian's alchemist pill-grade system.
Moreover, many valuable medicinal herbs were used as firewood.
For example, the main ingredient in the Soul-Beckoning Pill and some auxiliary ingredients resemble withered wood, lacking spiritual power. They may seem like ordinary wood, but they actually need to be nourished by magic power for a week before the hidden wood Soul Qi within them will be activated.
"What kind of pill is this?" Dongfang Huaizhu was puzzled as she watched Xiao Tian take out a dark, unsightly pill that looked like a lump of mud and had an unpleasant smell, and put it into the old man's mouth.
"Hehe, Qinlan, close the door. A miracle is about to happen."
Dongfang Qinlan obediently closed the door. When she turned around, she saw the corpse, which even the pills couldn't digest, suddenly raise its head.
"Ah... Oh."
Dongfang Huaizhu quickly covered Dongfang Qinlan's mouth, making a shushing gesture.
The temperature in the room dropped significantly quickly.
Soon, the corpse that had raised its head fell back down, but a thin layer of mist condensed within its body, forming the broken figure of an old man.
"A soul?" Dongfang Qinlan asked excitedly.
"Hehe, you could say that. I used a Soul-Beckoning Pill to condense the tiny bit of Soul Qi remaining in the corpse."
"Old man, I'm asking you, who killed you all?"
The old man, his remnant soul hoarse, emotionless, and stiff, said, "Vampire, a blood spider."
"A vampire spider demon? That's too broad a scope." Dongfang Huaizhu frowned.
"Old man, then which monster did you issue the quest to capture?" Xiao Tian continued to ask.
"Cat.."
"Oh dear, how did the old man disappear?" Dongfang Qinlan asked curiously.
Xiao Tian curled his lip and said, "The remnant soul condensed by the Soul-Beckoning Pill has reached its time limit. The old man was probably referring to the cat demon."
"Since we're here to complete the mission and avenge them, let's stay here and see if those two monsters come back."
Dongfang Qinlan said pitifully, "The environment here is terrible, do you really want to live here?"
Xiao Tian gave Dongfang Qinlan a gentle pat on the head and chuckled, "Who was it that swore all those evil monsters that killed humans after condensing the Demon-Slaying Divine Flame? You can't even overcome this little bit of harsh environment, yet you want to be a demon-slaying immortal?"
"Bullshit! I don't want to hear it! I never said that!"
"Alright, listen to Xiao Tian, let's settle things and stay here. We have enough food and drink." Dongfang Huaizhu smiled gently.
The bodies of the three shop owners were cremated by Dongfang Huaizhu. After a simple cleaning of the general store, candles were lit.
"I'll sleep in the living room tonight."
Seeing Xiao Tian conjure up a large bed, Dongfang Qinlan excitedly pounced on it.
"My sister and I will sleep up here, Xiao Tian, you can sleep on the floor, hehe."