Eternal madness

Chapter 163 Alchemy Palace
After Xiao Li and the others entered the stone gate, they flew for about twenty minutes before smelling a medicinal fragrance.

"Such a rich medicinal aroma! Yes, this must be the Pill Hall where the pills are stored," Xiao Li said excitedly.

Xiao Li didn't want to think about the inheritance of ancient Dou Sheng or any elixirs. Unless it was a spiritual beast that could preserve the pills for a long time, most elixirs would dissipate over time.

Pills are one of the greatest temptations on the Dou Qi Continent. Who hasn't taken pills after reaching the Dou Zun level? Once you swallow a pill, your fate is in your own hands, not in the hands of heaven.

What's most attractive is this pill left behind by a Dou Sheng powerhouse; who knows how many good things it contains.

The long passage was like a maze. Fortunately, Xiao Li and Wang Ming were alchemists and were particularly sensitive to the smell of pills. By following the smell of the pills, they finally arrived at their destination after more than ten minutes.

Standing before them now is an ancient palace, upon which are two large, elegantly written characters.

【Dan Dian】

"It really is the Pill Hall. Let's go." Xiao Li couldn't wait any longer.

Xiao Li and the others then entered the Pill Hall. The first floor of the hall was already in a mess. Several figures, like bandits, barged into the pill refining rooms and looted everything they could see. Two people were even fighting over pills.

Xiao Li ignored them. How could there be anything good on the first floor? As an alchemist, he couldn't possibly put the best pills at the bottom.

Xiao Li then led the others up to the second floor.

Suddenly, Xiao Li saw a figure lying on the stairs, its entire face purple.

"It's poisonous! Quickly take the antidote!" Xiao Li immediately took an antidote and then gave each of his men a bottle.

Xiao Li and Wang Ming exchanged a glance, and with a wave of their hands, volcanic stone flames and Yin-Yang Heart Flame appeared simultaneously. The dense poisonous mist dissipated upon contact with the strange fire.

After Xiao Li and the others entered, they found one or two people lying on the ground, who had been arrogant about their strength but had collapsed in the poisonous fog.

Xiao Li and the others searched the second floor and found that some of the pills there were quite well preserved, but their grades were not high. Xiao Li and Wang Ming could easily refine them, but they still took them away to study them, since they were pills from ancient times.

As for the other pills, they have already lost their medicinal properties and can't even be considered useless pills.

After searching for a while without finding anything unexpected, Xiao Li and the others headed to the third floor.

The third floor of this alchemy hall is extremely spacious, with numerous alchemy rooms of considerable size all around. In terms of decoration and grandeur, it far surpasses the two floors below.

"Tsk, the same old trick, they all like to put the good stuff on the third floor. Let's look for it," Wang Ming said.

Xiao Li placed ten Heavenly Demon Puppets at the entrance of the third floor and ordered that whoever entered should be attacked, and those who couldn't defeat them should merge with them.

Everyone also noticed that the poisonous fog on the third layer was even denser, and could even corrode battle qi. Xiao Li and Wang Ming exchanged a glance, and the two of them simultaneously released their strange fire towards each other.

Xiao Li's black and white fire dragon collided with Wang Ming's lava giant, and then an amazing stream of strange fire heat burst forth, directly dispelling the poisonous fog on the third layer.

"I wonder if there are any Grade 9 pills. This Thousand Demon Saint is also a Grade 9 alchemist, so he must have some Grade 9 pills left behind," Xiao Li said slowly after searching carefully.

However, Xiao Li quickly shook his head and said, "Ninth-grade pills? What am I thinking? Putting aside how important ninth-grade pills are to Dou Sheng experts, even if there were a ninth-grade treasure pill, its spirituality would be no different from a human's. It might even have the combat power of a Dou Sheng. I can't beat it." Xiao Li muttered to himself, but he soon made a gain, finding an ancient pill formula, which he glanced at hastily.

"The Phoenix and Luan Union Pill can summon four-colored lightning bolts. Each husband and wife should take one before intercourse to help them break through bottlenecks. Oh my, I really like this, and all these effects... hehehehe~"

Xiao Li carefully put away the ancient pill formula, then glanced at Yun Yun. Yun Yun suddenly felt like she was being watched by something, felt a chill down her back, and felt an inexplicable soreness in a certain spot.

The group searched through the pill-making rooms together. In one of the rooms, they found a number of high-grade pills that were well-preserved and whose medicinal properties had not been damaged. There were even many rank-eight pills, which they all took.

Xiao Li and Wang Ming were more concerned about the pill formula. After all, as alchemists, the pill formula was more important than the pill itself, especially since Xiao Li had never seen an ancient pill formula before.

As soon as everyone entered the next alchemy room, they found that this room was different from the others; it was in a mess, as if something had already visited it.

whoosh-

Suddenly, a yellow shadow rushed over and pounced on Xiao Li's face. Xiao Li circulated his fighting spirit and removed the furry thing from his face. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a small cat covered in yellow fur.

This kitten is round and plump, but it doesn't seem to have any energy fluctuations on the surface.

"Eek~ Achoo~ Achoo~" Xiao Li's nose was itchy from the cat's fur and he sneezed a few times: "It's actually a pill beast, it's so fat, it looks like it has eaten all the pills in this pill room."

It turned out that Xiao Li had been refining pills for a long time, and his body emitted a strong medicinal fragrance. The pill beast was extremely sensitive to this smell. It fed on pills and thought that Xiao Li was a pill.

Xiao Li directly hugged the pill beast in his arms, then took out a few seventh-grade pills and fed them to the pill beast. The pill beast's true form was an eighth-grade pill, which was a pill transformation. It possessed intelligence and loved to eat pills. With long-term consumption of good pills, the pill beast might be able to advance to a ninth-grade treasure pill.

Upon seeing the several Rank 7 pills in Xiao Li's hand, the pill beast swallowed them directly into its mouth, then crunched them up and swallowed them whole.

After the beast finished eating the pill, it licked Xiao Li's cheek with its pink tongue, looking ingratiating and wanting more pills.

"This guy begging for pills looks just like Zi Yan, except at least Zi Yan has some shame and wouldn't be so shameless as to ask for pills," Xiao Li said with a chuckle.

Xiao Li picked up the pill beast and examined it closely: "It should be an eighth-grade pill that has undergone the Nine-Colored Pill Lightning, not bad."

Xiao Li continued to feed the beast, taking out all his unused Rank 6 pills and feeding them to it. Rank 6 pills weren't of much use to him anyway; he could refine them as long as he had the medicinal herbs.

After feeding the pill beast, it ate its fill and went to sleep. Xiao Li rubbed his hands together. As an alchemist, he naturally had a way to instruct the pill beast. Xiao Li took out an ancient wooden box, placed the pill beast inside, and then cast a spatial seal.

Soon, the third floor was completely cleared out by everyone. In addition to Xiao Li's group finding a pill beast, Tian Yinzi's group also found a pill beast that looked like a puppy.

Yun Yun and the Pei sisters found several ancient pill formulas, while Wang Ming found a formula for a ninth-grade precious pill, as well as a key to the main hall.

"A good haul," Xiao Li said with a smile. He had already made a killing by acquiring two pill beasts, several ancient pill formulas, and a formula for a ninth-grade treasure pill.

"Next, let's go take a look at the herb garden." Wang Ming took out a simple map made of animal hide, which showed the distribution of the medicinal herbs in the garden.

(End of this chapter)