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Rean's actions intimidated the others, and he led Gong Li into the cave where Wanlixiang was located. However, once inside, they discovered that there was another person inside.

It was a mysterious girl dressed in a red gauze dress, beneath which was a graceful and alluring figure. This person was none other than the mysterious Medicine Fairy.

She held a sprig of jasmine between her fingers; its crimson petals were as thin as cicada wings, with gold threads adorning the edges, and shimmered with a rosy glow in the twilight.

A few vermilion dewdrops, entwined around the roots of the herbs, rolled off with a light turn of her wrist, splashing up a fine mist of fragrance on the bluestone slab.

Those almond-shaped eyes suddenly froze—the back of the petals was covered with dark blue veins like ice cracks, which seemed to be alive and flickered with each breath.

Her brows furrowed slightly, casting a faint shadow on her forehead. Just as her nose was about to touch the flower's stamen, a strange fragrance made her eyelashes tremble.

The fragrance was initially as clear and refreshing as snow water, but in an instant it transformed into a fiery liquor that burned her throat, causing a blush to rise to the corners of her eyes.

The other precious herbs in the medicine basket instantly paled in comparison.

She held the jasmine above her eyebrows, watching the sunset pierce through the petals, casting eerie purple spots on her white dress, like some ancient curse, or like something burning silently.

Upon seeing Li En and the other person enter, the Medicine Fairy turned her gaze to Li En, as if Gong Li did not exist in her eyes.

Gong Li subconsciously revealed a hint of hostility, and inexplicably felt a tightness in her heart.

Although the Medicine Fairy wore a veil, there was no doubt that she was a stunningly beautiful young woman with an allure that could drive any man mad.

Given Li En's current lecherous nature, Gong Li doesn't believe he has no feelings for this Medicine Fairy. Gong Li shouldn't have any emotions towards him, since she should only feel hatred towards Li En.

However, without a doubt, even she herself was unaware that she had unknowingly developed deep feelings for Rean, feelings that were somewhat distorted, but resilient enough.

"You want this 'Ten Thousand Mile Fragrance'?" The Medicine Fairy's voice was alluring, soft and seductive, making one's bones melt.

"You want it too?" Rean didn't answer, but asked in return.

“I don’t want it.” The Medicine Fairy shook her head slightly: “But each grade eight medicinal herb represents a large number of points, so if you want it, you can only take it from me.”

"You want to fight me?" Rean laughed. This little girl in front of him didn't seem to know anything about his strength.

"You seem very confident." The Medicine Fairy looked at Li En with a hint of mockery in her eyes.

Rean shook his head slightly, said nothing, and walked step by step toward the Medicine Fairy, his terrifying aura emanating from him without reservation.

The Medicine Fairy's eyes widened slightly, seemingly intimidated by Rean's aura, but she quickly smiled and said:

"I didn't expect to find a disciple like you at this Pill Gathering. This is quite interesting. I'll spare you this time, but next time we meet, I'll take your life."

After saying that, she didn't wait for Rean's reply and instantly disappeared from the spot, leaving only a slight spatial ripple.

"Teleportation!" Rean and Gong Li exclaimed at the same time, but Rean was only slightly surprised, while Gong Li was somewhat shocked.

In this Dou Qi Continent, to perform teleportation, one must be at least a Dou Zun level expert. How could that young Medicine Fairy possibly possess Dou Zun level strength?

"Interesting." Rean smiled slightly, a hint of interest on his face. He had thought this Pill Gathering was just a boring game, and the Heavenly Rank Battle Skill reward from the Pill Tower was already his for the taking.

But now it seems things aren't so simple, but that's what makes it interesting; otherwise, if it were too simple, it would be too boring. Rean and Gong Li found some seeds of the Thousand Mile Fragrance plant and two Thousand Mile Fragrance plants in the cave, which were quite valuable and a considerable gain for Gong Li.

They then left the cave and continued deeper into the Pill Realm.

The deepest part of the Pill Realm was completely shrouded in dense fog, which was the fragrance of high-grade medicinal herbs. The density of these herbs indicated just how abundant they were in the area.

After killing several Dou Huangs, Li En successfully obtained his first Grade 8 medicinal herb – Nine-Section Purple Bamboo.

Eighth-grade medicinal herbs are also needed by Rean, since he will be refining eighth-grade pills and will need to collect all kinds of eighth-grade medicinal herbs.

Moreover, this stage of the test mainly depends on the points. The more high-grade medicinal materials one obtains, the higher the points will be. Therefore, Rean naturally wants to do everything he can to get more grade eight medicinal materials.

Gong Li also plans to refine eighth-grade pills in an attempt to reach the level of an eighth-grade alchemist. Although this is extremely difficult for her, she has been a seventh-grade alchemist for several years now, and it's time to give it a try.

When Li En obtained the second type of eighth-grade medicinal herb, he was lucky enough to get two plants, one of which he gave to Gong Li.

Soon, they encountered the third type of Grade 8 medicinal herb, but this time, there seemed to be a lot of people vying for this Grade 8 pill.

There were at least twenty or thirty people, including two Dou Zong. One of them was a burly man in black armor, and the other was a man in green robes. They looked neither male nor female, and resembled women.

However, Rean completely ignored these people and flew directly towards the eighth-grade medicinal herbs.

Rean stood in mid-air, dressed in white. His eyebrows were like swords, his eyes were like lightning, and the three-foot-long sword in his hand gleamed with a chilling light.

Opposite him was a burly man in black armor with a leopard-like head and bulging eyes. His bushy beard was as thick as an axe, and when he swung his heavy iron axe, it even produced the sounds of dragons roaring and tigers howling.

The man in the green robe had a face as white as powder, and his phoenix eyes gleamed with a sinister light. The poisoned soft sword wrapped around his waist hissed like a snake's tongue.

Rean lightly touched the pine branch with his toes, his sword tracing a crescent-shaped arc. The black-armored giant roared, the axe blade clashing with the sword energy, sparks flying, the impact causing his hand to split open.

Taking advantage of the moment, the green-robed man threw out seven bone-piercing nails from his sleeve, but Rean flicked three of them away, leaving the remaining four deeply embedded in the rock wall.

The hermaphrodite suddenly grinned wickedly, his left fingernail growing three inches long, gleaming with a ghostly blue poisonous light as he aimed straight for his throat. Rean dodged to the side, but half of his sword tassel was sliced ​​off, falling like a strand of black silk into the abyss.

The ridge of the Crimson Sky Sword exploded, revealing a phantom of a golden crow, and the burning sword blade traced a lava path amidst the lightning.

The burly man in black armor grinned and swung his heavy axe into a full black moon. The axe blade cleaved out a three-zhang-long black light, and a deep trench was plowed into the ground.

Rean unleashed a Kirin Thunder Horn on his left wrist, which exploded with seven layers of plasma as he clashed with the axe blade. He then swept his right leg across, kicking his opponent into the collapsing rock wall.

The Golden Crow True Fire erupted from every pore, dyeing the hundred-mile-long sea of ​​clouds crimson. The instant the black-armored giant raised his axe to parry, the sword's edge had already sliced ​​through the Xuan Iron Heavy Armor, and the essence of thunder poured into his internal organs through the wound.

In the final moments, the two launched a desperate, all-or-nothing attack. Black mist and poisonous miasma coalesced into a gigantic, sky-covering hand that pressed down, but Rean plunged the Crimson Sky Sword into the earth.

The molten lava gushing from the earth's veins transformed into three thousand fire phoenixes, and the phantom of the golden crow spread its wings in the thunderstorm, burning the entire sky battlefield into a white-hot incandescence.

As the light faded, only the Crimson Sky Sword hummed, embedded in the lava core, while two charred bodies turned to ashes in the golden flames. (End of Chapter)