Liu Yu ignored him and said to her disciple, "Take this demon with you as well."
"Yes."
"Heh~" the rat demon said, "Isn't the Holy Maiden afraid that after taking me back, she'll go on a killing spree and slaughter all your little disciples?"
The disciple couldn't help but glare at him.
The saintess coldly replied, "You'll have to prove yourself capable of breaking free from the scale spear first."
The rat demon hissed softly. The Holy Maiden's scale spear was indeed powerful. Not only did it render him unable to move, but it also sealed his demonic meridians, preventing him from using any Demon Power at all.
Despite being in this predicament, the rat demon remained completely calm.
He knew these Human Race cultivators all too well. Their alchemy scheme had been exposed, and someone would inevitably have to take the blame. No matter who took the blame, he, the wrongly accused Demon Race, certainly couldn't die. Only in this way could the hypocritical reputation of these people be preserved.
His narrow eyes darkened as he recalled how Elder Liu had nearly killed him, and how the female cultivator named Qiaoqiao had shielded him from the whisk.
Why did she shield herself from the attack?
Human Race cultivators have always looked down on and despised the Demon Race, haven't they? Just like this holy maiden, she hasn't taken him seriously from the very beginning.
He was now hoping these people would take him back to the city quickly; he wanted to ask the seemingly well-behaved and adorable little girl in person why she had saved him.
The saintess didn't look at the rat demon again. She walked deeper into the cave, where there was a cauldron-shaped Pill Furnace. The supporting corners of the furnace alone were as tall as a person, and the furnace almost touched the mountain wall.
The larger the Pill Furnace, the higher the skill required for the Alchemist to control the fire. Such giant Pill Furnace are not common in the Cultivation World. They often require several Alchemist to work together to control the spiritual fire in order to form the elixir.
The spiritual fire beneath the Pill Furnace Pill Furnace was still burning, indicating that someone came to tend to it every day.
Liu Yu felt heavy-hearted. Just how many people were involved in the atrocities committed beneath the walls of Envy Fish City?
She looked up, and the Pill Furnace emitted a strange, sweet fragrance, indicating that the pills were almost ready.
What kind of elixir is this?
Her gaze darkened slightly, and a surging, ocean-like light reflected in her eyes, filling them with a misty blue hue. She leaped into the air, reaching the top of the cave, and looked down—
Inside the enormous Pill Cauldron, golden liquid boiled and emitted a fragrant aroma. The spiritual herbs cultivated with Human Race flesh and blood, combined with the liquid refined from the flesh and blood of Demon Race, had actually fused into this golden color.
Liu Yu was secretly alarmed.
The grades of pills are also divided according to the Heaven, Earth, Black, and Yellow categories. A pill refiner who can refine Earth-grade pills is already a first-rate Alchemist, and Alchemist who can refine Heaven-grade pills is the object of competition among various sects and is famous enough to be known Cultivation World.
The characteristic of a Heavenly Grade Elixir is its golden liquid, and even Liu Yu had never seen this strange fragrance before; she had only heard that above Heavenly Grade, there was Saint Grade.
Only when that legendary, sacred elixir appears in the world will golden liquid boil and emit a wonderful fragrance.
What's being refined in this furnace is actually the legendary sacred elixir?!
The Saint Pill is not, as its name suggests, a pill that grants godhood or sainthood upon consumption. Legend has it that the Saint Pill's effect is to make saints saints and demons demons. This means that those with virtuous State of Mind will take a step closer to sainthood after consuming the Saint Pill, while those with wicked State of Mind will become demons.
It can amplify both kindness and malice.
Legend has it that a sage alchemist, who had refined a Saint Pill thousands of years ago, was originally Mahayana cultivator. He thought that after taking the pill, he would ascend to immortality on the spot. However, he fell into demonic possession on the spot and was eventually killed by the combined forces of experts from various sects, resulting in his soul being scattered.
From then on, the legend of the Saint Pill faded into the distance.
No Alchemist capable of refining Saint Pill has appeared in the Cultivation World since.
Now, someone has even started thinking about refining Saint Pill.
I wonder where they got the recipe for the sacred elixir. What use could a sacred elixir made using this method have other than turning people into demons?
Liu Yu raised her hand, and a ball of blue spiritual light gathered, intending to destroy the Pill Furnace. Suddenly, a layer of ink appeared in her misty blue eyes, and her eyes turned into a thick, deep black, with heavy shadows swirling in them.
She slowly lowered her hand and landed on the ground.
"The Holy Maiden?" The disciples gathered around.
A deep and unpredictable aura surrounded Liu Yu, causing subtle changes in the airflow within the cave.
"Holy Maiden, what is in that Pill Furnace?"
Liu Yu glanced at her indifferently.
The disciple felt a sudden tremor in his heart, a cold sweat broke out on his back, and he subconsciously lowered his head.
Liu Yu said, "I will set up a restriction here and send people to guard this place later. No one is allowed to approach this cauldron."
"Yes."
The disciple bowed and responded.
At the same time, one can't help but wonder what exactly is inside that cauldron? The Holy Maiden seems to value it highly.
But as Liu Yu placed a restriction, even if she was curious, she could no longer get close to the cauldron and could not find out what was inside.
The disciple watched the Holy Maiden's departing figure, her ethereal form gradually disappearing into the darkness. The faint tinkling of her Liuli hairpin could still be heard, echoing in the deep, dark passage, sending a chill down one's spine.
The disciple suddenly remembered a rumor circulating in the Glazed Sea —it was said that when the Nightmare Bell, an " Ear-Eating Beast " lurking in the darkness would appear. The Ear-Eating Beast on human ears, and if you accidentally bumped into it, your ears would be eaten and your hearing would be sucked away.
This beast is elusive and has lurked in the Glazed Sea for many years, becoming a nightmare for almost all the disciples Glazed Sea. Its appearance is accompanied by a strange bell-like sound, which the disciples call the " Nightmare Bell."
This disciple had never seen Ear-Eating Beast, but she had a senior sister who once heard a bell while passing by the Wading Immortal Abode. After that, she fell into a daze and when she woke up, she found herself lying in a pool of blood, her left ear missing, and she lost her hearing from then on.
From then on, that senior sister dared not walk alone at night, her cultivation stagnated, and she could not hear the sound of bells. Every time I went to see her, I could feel her deep fear.