After he said that, there seemed to be a moment of silence in the air.
The rat demon's expression froze.
His gaze was fixed in mid-air, presenting an indescribable sense of emptiness, as if something had collapsed with a crash, and his confident smile was still frozen at the corner of his mouth, but he was already shattered.
Wen Zhi felt sorry for the rat demon; it seemed he was... being a bit delusional.
After a long pause, the rat demon chuckled, "I understand."
He gave Qiaoqiao a deep look and said nothing more. The Holy Maiden erected another barrier next to the medical tent to house the mortals and Demon Race rescued from the cave.
Strangely, neither the people nor the demons in these caves were infected with the plague.
For safety's sake, the Holy Maiden erected a barrier and settled everyone in. Then she led the disciples of the Glazed Sea to rest. However, it's unknown what her expression will be when she learns that Elder Bing has been taken away.
Wen Zhi manipulated the Pure Sage Pearl to create a barrier, covering her and her junior sister. With a solemn expression, she took the patient's pulse. Qiaoqiao watched from the side. The barrier set up by the Saintess was not soundproof, and the Demon Race next door were whispering. When Qiaoqiao saw this, she lightly touched her ears with two fingers, and her hearing immediately became several times more sensitive, allowing the whispers to enter her ears.
"Have we... been rescued?"
"He was actually saved by Human Race cultivator."
"Shh, don't get too excited. Maybe they're planning something else to deal with us."
"Since the last Divine Pillar is about to collapse anyway, what's the point of thinking about life and death? It's the end of the world anyway, we'll all perish together!"
Qiaoqiao:?!
I think I've accidentally overheard some big news!
"Oh, right, do you know another secret?"
Qiaoqiao's eyes widened. There was a secret?!
Chapter 36 The Saint Pill
Qiaoqiao listened intently as the Demon Race spoke of their secrets. They said that the last remaining Divine Pillar was about to collapse, and the world was about to face its end, leaving Qiaoqiao completely stunned.
Are they telling the truth?
How come such a huge piece of news as the collapse of the Divine Pillar hasn't spread like wildfire throughout the entire Cultivation World?
The only remaining Divine Pillar is the Divine Pillar in the west. If I remember correctly, that Divine Pillar is located on the boundary between the cultivation world and the Demon Realm. Could it be that the Demon Realm has sensed something?
It's strange, really. Among the three races, Demon Race Demon Race is the weakest. Within the Demon Realm, aside from a few vicious demons that feed on humans, they rarely appear in the Cultivation World. So where did these Demon Race captured in Envy Fish City come from?
These demons all appear to be minor demons. Could it be that they fled into the Cultivation World because they sensed the unusual movement of the Heavenly Pillar?
Qiaoqiao searched through the fragments of her dream for information about the Divine Pillar, while the Demon Race continued their conversation. "Are you talking about that sword?"
"What? You've heard about it too?"
"I heard that sword is searching for its master."
"My grandparents' aunt's neighbor, a snake demon, said that there's no such thing as a sword; it's all a lie!"
Qiaoqiao:...
What are they saying?
Why can't I understand?
What kind of sword is "that sword"?
She was listening intently when she heard Wen Zhi sigh beside her.
Qiaoqiao turned her head and saw that her third senior sister looked worried. She asked, "Senior sister, what's wrong?"
"How did these people contract the plague?" Wen Zhi wondered. Why were the Demon Race and civilians rescued from the cave asymptomatic, while the people in the city were the ones who got sick?
"I know!" Qiaoqiao immediately raised her hand.
Wen Zhi was amused by her actions, "Junior Sister, tell me."
"The rat demon said that refining pills is a business for them, and the pills they refine are sold everywhere, which means the pills themselves are not disease-causing; otherwise, the plague would have spread far and wide long ago. The fact that the people in these caves haven't gotten sick also means the problem isn't in the pill-refining process, because they can't leave the cave during the entire process," Qiaoqiao analyzed seriously. "Since the problem isn't with the pills themselves, nor with the pill-refining process, there's only one answer—"
"The problem arose after we finished refining the elixir!"
Wen Zhi's eyes lit up, as if she had been reminded, "Junior Sister, are you saying there's a problem with the elixir?"
Qiaoqiao nodded.
Alchemy is not always successful; the higher the grade of the elixir, the more it tests the Alchemist's skill. Sometimes, during the alchemy process, the elixir fails to condense and becomes a batch of waste liquid.
The elixir formed from ordinary failed alchemy is not harmful. However, since this elixir was made with unusual medicinal materials, the elixir may undergo some unpredictable changes. It is likely that the person handling the elixir poured it into a water source or the land, which led to the outbreak of disease in Envy Fish City.
Wen Zhi suddenly understood and couldn't help but praise, "Junior Sister, you're so clever!"
Qiaoqiao smiled sweetly, her eyes sparkling with life.
Wen Zhi felt that they were sparkling with wisdom. Junior sister, you're really amazing.
[As expected of me, I discovered the truth so quickly!]
[Third Senior Sister, you're welcome. If only I had a pill that could make me grow taller than Senior Brother overnight.]
Wen Zhi:
It's faster to dream.
Qiaoqiao looked at Wen Zhi with sparkling eyes. Although Wen Zhi didn't have any miraculous pills that could make people grow taller overnight, she did have a lot of Beauty Nourishing Pill, which she gave to Qiaoqiao all at once.
Although my junior sister is so tender that she looks like she could be squeezed for water, it won't hurt to nurture her.
Meeting her junior sister's gaze, Wen Zhi couldn't help but think that if her junior sister wanted it, she would work hard in that direction and try to teach her the illusion technique as soon as possible!
As for the pill that grew to be as tall as the senior brother overnight, Wen Zhi imagined Qiaoqiao with a tall and straight figure looking down at her, patting her head and calling her senior sister, and couldn't help but shudder.
Let's forget about it!
Growing taller is fine, but there's no need to grow this tall...