Tumor Sword Immortal

Chapter 341 A Battle of Faces

The Nourishing Spirit Pill is not some precious elixir or miraculous medicine.

It is a very basic spiritual energy recovery pill, with mediocre effects, and is far from sufficient for cultivators above the Opening Mansion Realm.

But for Pei Xia right now, it's extremely important.

If he could recover even a little bit of spiritual power, he could open the Jade Pendant, which also contained other pills he had previously refined, including the Yangchun Pill, which could also restore spiritual power and was even more effective!
Pei Xia picked up the pills discreetly and put them in her pocket.

But Jiang Shu, who was standing to the side, saw all of this.

Ha, these people from out of state do know what's good and bad. This kind of pill is one of the few top-grade nutritional supplements in Qin State that can rival the head-refining corpse. One pill is probably equivalent to a month's worth of cultivation improvement from a full meal.

However, even though he saw it, he didn't say anything.

If it weren't for Pei Xia, he would have been dead just now.

Jiang Shu leaned against the wall, took a few breaths to catch his breath, and called to Pei Xia, "The two of them haven't returned from collecting rent, which will definitely attract attention on the mountain. We need to hurry up and leave."

Simply going down the mountain isn't enough; it would be best to escape the territory of Tianbao Mountain.

Pei Xia was unfamiliar with the place and people, so she naturally followed Jiang Shu's arrangements.

However, seeing the boy's weak appearance, she tightened her grip on the pill in her pocket.

Although it is often said that the world of martial arts is a jungle where the strong prey on the weak, Qinzhou clearly has an even more brutal law of the jungle.

If Pei Xia relied solely on martial arts and physique, he would only be slightly stronger than Jiang Shu, who was only a mid-grade copper-skinned warrior. Going down the mountain like this would inevitably be fraught with danger, especially with the pursuers from Tianbao Mountain.

"Go pack your things first, I'll make some preparations," Pei Xia said to Jiang Shu.

If Pei Xia had given Jiang Shu instructions before, the young man probably wouldn't have taken it seriously, but now, after all, the other party had saved his life, so they were practically friends who had risked their lives for each other.

Jiang Shu nodded, forcing himself to endure his injuries, and went back to the house to find the luggage he had prepared earlier.

Pei Xia then took out the pill and put it in her mouth.

A faint coolness transformed into subtle but gentle spiritual energy, flowing into Pei Xia's body and swimming towards his empty inner cauldron.

The Nourishing Spirit Pill is a low-grade recovery pill with poor effects, and the spiritual energy it provides is very weak, which Pei Xia had anticipated.

But it doesn't matter, as long as he has enough spiritual power to activate the Jade Vajra... no!
Just as Pei Xia was feeling happy about the recovery of his spiritual power, he suddenly noticed something strange—this wisp of spiritual power, which was already weak, was rapidly dissipating within his inner cauldron!

The thought immediately became clear. No wonder, although my spiritual energy was depleted in the Fire Vein, it shouldn't have been depleted to this extent.

Besides, regardless of how he ended up in Qinzhou, he should have recovered some of his spiritual power during the time he was unconscious.

When he woke up, the inner cauldron was completely empty, shockingly clean.

It turns out that Qinzhou itself is constantly drawing spiritual energy from people!

Pei Xia didn't have time to think any further. Seizing the moment, he reached out and touched the jade pendant at his waist. A flash of spiritual energy appeared, but he didn't even have time to examine it closely. He could only reach out and grab a handful from the jade pendant's spatial dimension.

From a purely physical perspective, aside from some random things, he must have grabbed some kind of bottle. The next instant, he was pushed out by Yu Qiong because of the depletion of his spiritual energy once again.

hateful.

With the spiritual energy in Qin Prefecture so depleted, Master Su was at a loss. It seemed that the Spirit Nourishing Pill was not produced locally in Qin Prefecture, but perhaps it had flowed in from another prefecture.

Opportunities are rare, and if you don't seize them this time, it won't be easy to encounter them again.

With this unease in her heart, Pei Xia looked down at the thing she had pulled out of her hand.

The first things he unfolded were two crumpled talismans, engraved with tiny red array patterns—two Fire-Shocking Talismans. This was quite good; Fire-Shocking Talismans could be activated remotely, naturally requiring no spiritual power. While the power of a single talisman was limited, it was still a threat to martial artists below the Opening Mansion Realm, making it a decent means of survival for now.

Wrapped within the two fire-extinguishing talismans was the small fan, a magical artifact obtained from Duan Junhai.

This fan can blow a strong wind, but its power is only so-so. Even in the martial arts competition among the disciples of the Long Whale Sect, it can only be used to restrain them. What's especially ridiculous is that the effect of the magic weapon requires spiritual power to activate, which Pei Xia cannot use at all.

Well, something is better than nothing. At least it's a magical artifact, and its sturdiness should be pretty good. It can be used as a weapon in a critical moment.

Then came the most crucial part: the small bottle he scooped out.

When Pei Xia was refining pills at the Changjing Sect, he was too particular. All the pills he refined were stored in the same bottle. Just by looking at the appearance, it was difficult for him to tell whether there were any pills that could restore spiritual power.

I could only carefully uncork the bottle and squint to look inside.

No brothers, none.

Both the Nourishing Spirit Pill and the Spring Sun Pill have a light yellowish-green color, like that of plants, but this bottle of pills does not.

Pei Xia sighed inwardly and counted them carefully. There were three Peiyuan Pills and three Huangqi Pills. The former was used by low-level cultivators to strengthen their foundation and cultivate their vital energy, while the latter was mainly used for healing and transforming qi.

Oh no!

They said they were trying to recover some strength to make it easier to go down the mountain, but in the end, only two Fire-Shocking Talismans were truly life-saving measures. As for the small fan, it was too short and dangerous. Qinzhou was full of fire-resistant weapons, and Pei Xia could only sigh when it came to close combat with them.

However, just as he was feeling depressed, a slightly cool, damp sensation came from his sleeve.

A plump, white worm clumsily wriggled its body out of his sleeve, lay on his wrist, and stared blankly up at Pei Xia.

Is this the brain worm of the Sea Patrol God?
Did it just happen to crawl onto my hand when I hurriedly grabbed it?
Pei Xia raised an eyebrow.

He had already witnessed the effects of this insect in the Liancheng Fire Vein. Even though Ye Baicha's neck bone was broken, it did not affect his control over the physical body at all, and he could even use the remaining Open Mansion cultivation in his body with ease.

The best use would naturally be to let the brain worm occupy a powerful cultivator's body, such as the entire Heavenly Consciousness.

Sigh, that's a bit of a pipe dream.

Right now, if we're talking about providing some help to Pei Xia through this difficult time... he tilted his head and glanced at the Feng family of three, who had just rested a couple of days ago, in a corner of the yard.

Ye Baicha is an evil cultivator who has killed countless people and uses brain worms to control her body, so Pei Xia has no psychological burden.

The three members of the Feng family were the same; they treated human life like dirt and even shared food among their fellow disciples, making them almost no different from beasts. Naturally, Pei Xia would not have any respect or pity for such people.

It's just a brain worm, so whose brain is it going to burrow into?
The fresh tall and short men seem like a good choice, but they are ordered to go down the mountain to collect rent, which shows that they are close to the authorities on Tianbao Mountain. With these two faces, they are prone to causing trouble.

Liu Xing'er has no cultivation, and no matter how beautiful her voluptuous body is, she can't fight anyone. It would be a waste to mess with her.

Feng Laoqi was a top-grade copper-skinned cultivator with the highest cultivation level. Unfortunately, he had fought with Jiang Shu before, and almost the entire flesh on his thigh was cut off. This was not the Liancheng Fire Vein, where you could just nail it back on and be done with it. If people saw him after he went down the mountain, he would probably be labeled as an evil spirit first.

Pei Xia could only turn her attention to Feng Yao.

This woman also possessed the cultivation level of a mid-grade copper skin, similar to Jiang Shu. The only part of her body that was pierced by a sharp magical artifact was her neck. Wearing a neck guard would perfectly conceal the wound.

Let's just pick her.

Pei Xia carefully placed the brain worm on Feng Yao's face.

Watching the little fat worm struggle to wriggle, Pei Xia couldn't help but click her tongue.

Such top-quality natural treasures were wasted on a mere copper-skinned man from Qinzhou.

(End of this chapter)