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Chapter 72 The Heaven-Mending Pill (Seeking monthly votes and recommendations)

As soon as they crossed the gap, the man and the beast landed on the jade-paved plaza, the sphere above their heads still radiating a dazzling light.

Li Shizhou scanned the area with his divine sense and found that the scene was exactly the same as when he left last time.

He immediately summoned the two purple-eyed beasts as well.

After being fed for so many years, the Purple-Eyed Bix cub, which had never been of much use, finally advanced to become a level 5 monster a few years ago.

In this way, he now had a level six demon beast and two level five demon beasts.

Li Shizhou's biggest goal in entering the ancient sect's treasure vault this time was the rumored "Heaven-Mending Pill".

So as soon as he summoned his spirit beast, he flew straight toward the palace with the character "Dan" written on its plaque.

When I went to the Weapon Hall to retrieve the treasure last time, the array light barrier at the entrance had already stopped working.

However, the light curtain of the Dan Palace still exists this time, although only a thin layer remains, and it will still take some effort to repair.

Therefore, Li Shizhou dared not stop for a moment. He reached the light screen, made a hand seal with one hand, and used the "Spirit Erosion Technique". Instantly, a wisp of gray gas was emitted.

At the same time, with a thought, his natal magic weapon, which was suspended in his dantian, flew out a pale golden sword aura and slashed towards the light screen.

The three spirit beasts also unleashed their supernatural powers to attack.

Two of the purple-eyed cultivators unleashed a combined attack, sending a ball of orange-yellow fire, even stronger than a full-force strike from a peak Core Formation cultivator, hurtling towards the array's light barrier.

After about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, the light screen shattered amidst a violent shaking.

Li Shizhou, enveloped in a beam of light, carried three demonic beasts and, in the blink of an eye, passed through a corridor and arrived at a black stone door that could block divine sense.

With a single push of his magic, he gained complete control over the interior of the main hall.

The walls inside were also covered with grids, and a set of stone table and chairs was placed in the middle.

However, unlike the artifact hall, this time there were no wooden cups made of soul-nourishing wood on the stone table.

However, there was a jade pen holder with a talisman pen on it. Li Shizhou didn't look at it closely and put it into his storage bag.

The grids on the walls of the Pill Hall are different from those in the Weapon Hall. This time, the grids are all the same size, numbering in the thousands, but unfortunately, only the pills in sixty-three of the grids are still intact.

After his divine sense finished probing, the pale golden sword light released by his natal magic weapon slashed towards the weakest grid of the array's light barrier.

The first grid of light barrier was shattered after being struck by a sword.

Li Shizhou took the contents into his palm.

Unlike the current cultivation world where pills are mostly stored in jade bottles, the pills in this ancient sect's treasure vault are all stored in silver metal bottles.

The bottle itself is a rare treasure, as it can both prevent divine sense from probing and preserve the medicinal properties; otherwise, after so many years, the pills inside would have long become useless.

He unscrewed the bottle cap and glanced inside. There were three blood-red pills. He put them into his storage bag and then took out the next bottle of pills.

The light screen in the second compartment was slightly stronger, but only for a few breaths before he picked up a silver metal bottle, opened it, and found only a single black pill inside.

Another half hour passed, and Li Shizhou was attacking the array light barrier in front of the fifth square.

The previous four bottles of pills went smoothly, but there was no sign of the "Heaven-Mending Pill".

The light barrier in front of him was quite sturdy, and he had used various methods to bombard it for almost the time it takes to burn two incense sticks.

Now that the cracks outside have been more than half closed, even Li Shizhou, a man of calm temperament, couldn't help but start to feel impatient.

So he also used the talisman that Uncle Leng had given him when he set off for the Void Heaven Palace, and joined the attack.

After a short while, the light screen shattered with a bang.

Li Shizhou's heart pounded as he held the bottle. There was no time to take out another bottle of pills. If this bottle didn't contain the "Heaven-Mending Pill," the chances of improving his aptitude before reaching the Nascent Soul stage would be extremely slim.

With trembling fingers, he unscrewed the bottle cap, and a burst of five-colored light immediately emerged from inside—the unique phenomenon of the "Heaven-Mending Pill."

Li Shizhou finally felt relieved. He checked it with his divine sense, then put it away and left the Pill Hall.

There's still some time; the array light barrier of the Talisman Hall is still in place, so there's definitely no time to retrieve the talismans.

However, there are some ancient treasures in the artifact hall that he couldn't open when he was at the Foundation Establishment stage last time. Now that his cultivation has improved by a major realm, he can still give it a try.

After half an incense stick's time, Li Shizhou put away his two purple eyes and rode the Mo Li Beast across the light curtain gap that was now barely wide enough for him to pass through.

At this moment, he had two more ancient treasures on him.

After emerging from the seabed, Li Shizhou did not fly directly to the outer star sea. Instead, he found a cave on the isolated island where the ancient teleportation array was located, set up an array, and began refining magical treasures and consuming the Heaven-Mending Pill.

Anyway, this place has thin spiritual energy and is very remote. It is also within the control of the Star Palace, so it is much safer than the outer star sea.

He sat cross-legged on the large rock that he had temporarily leveled with his flying sword, calmed his mind, and then took out the Heaven-Mending Pill and swallowed it in one gulp.

In the original book, this elixir takes hundreds of years to be fully refined, but the effects are best at the beginning and the potency gradually weakens later.

After completing the initial refining of the "Heaven-Mending Pill", Li Shizhou took out the two newly acquired ancient treasures.

One of the ancient treasures was a black bracelet, which he discovered to be a spirit beast bracelet after it was refined.

It contained twelve spaces, each several times larger than the spirit beast pouch on his body.

So Li Shizhou happily moved all the spirit beasts on his body into the space.

It includes the Mo Li Beast Dog, the Ti Hun Beast, two Zi Jing Bi, and a rat-shaped monster with an unusually long nose called the "Mi Ling Weasel".

Although this monster has little offensive power, it is an excellent monster for finding spiritual objects, so Li Shizhou took it under his wing after obtaining it.

The five spirit beasts were very excited as soon as they entered the spirit beast ring, and they ran around wildly inside.

The other newly acquired antique is a silver spear, weighing a good two or three thousand catties.

It can be used for long-range attacks as well as handheld melee combat.

After Li Shizhou finished refining it, he danced for a while, and with his current strength, it was just right for him.

Now that everything is in place, it's time to head to the outer space.

He put away the array-setting equipment, left the cave, chose a direction, and soared into the sky.

On the way, Li Shizhou used a talisman that could withstand a Nascent Soul's attack. This talisman had the advantage of not losing its power unless attacked.

His protective aura now glows with a faint blue light, making it difficult for others to detect anything unusual unless they look closely.

They flew for seven or eight days.

The sky above Li Shizhou's head was already covered with dark clouds, and a thunderstorm was imminent.

Suddenly, a slender, jet-black rainbow streaked toward him at incredible speed, exploding with a deafening roar on Li Shizhou's protective aura in the blink of an eye.

"Oh no, this is the Heavenly Capital Corpse Fire, the Extreme Yin Old Demon."