An emperor in his later years is summoned by his sister to save the nation's fate.

Hearing about this side effect, Lu Xueyao's heart tightened, but Lu Li's next words reassured her.

"However, that's from the perspective of others."

Lu Li said arrogantly, "For someone who has cultivated the Myriad Souls Emperor Scripture and condensed the Hundred Soul Seal, this little bit of distraction is nothing. Just swallow it! Cast the Thousand Threads Soul Binding Curse in your sea of ​​consciousness."

By forcibly binding and crushing all delirious thoughts and distracting ideas, the remaining pure medicinal power can be perfectly refined and absorbed by you!

With her brother's assurance, Lu Xueyao did not hesitate at all. She picked up the Seven Aperture Exquisite Pill from the brocade box and swallowed it under the expectant yet malicious gaze of the Daoist Ghost!

"boom!"

The pill melted instantly upon entering her mouth, and almost at the same moment, a chaotic mental bomb seemed to explode in Lu Xueyao's sea of ​​consciousness!

Hundreds of sharp, painful, and desperate voices screamed and babbled wildly in her mind, trying to tear her sanity apart!

"It hurts so much... Why me...?"

"I don't want to die!"

"Kill! Kill them!"

These insane ramblings, like a tangible form of mental pollution, instantly turned Lu Xueyao's face pale, and her body swayed slightly.

But she immediately focused on her spiritual platform, and the power of the Myriad Souls Emperor Scripture was activated!

"Thousand-Thread Soul-Binding Curse! Suppress it!"

Deep within the sea of ​​consciousness, the profound Hundred Soul Seal erupted with a dazzling, ghostly light.

Countless strong threads of divine soul, like a net covering the sky and the earth, rapidly shuttled through the sea of ​​consciousness, tightly binding and forcibly strangling the delirious thoughts and remnants of the soul into nothingness!

In just a few dozen breaths, the delirious babbling that was enough to drive someone mad was completely eradicated!

Meanwhile, the purest medicinal power of the Seven Aperture Exquisite Pill began to frantically cleanse Lu Xueyao's body and soul.

Lu Xueyao slowly opened her eyes. She could clearly feel that her world had changed. Her consciousness had become clearer and more transparent than ever before, as if the fog obscuring her vision had been completely cleared away.

The obscure and difficult-to-understand mysteries of demonic arts that Lu Li had previously taught her now seemed simple and easy to understand, and many of the cultivation bottlenecks that had once puzzled her were now easily resolved!

This is a qualitative leap in understanding!

Moreover, she even felt that the meridians in her body had become wider and more flexible.

The speed at which the blood nerve magic was circulating was more than twice as fast as before!

The improvement in physical constitution and aptitude is immediate!

Seeing that Lu Xueyao not only did not go mad in her delirium, but her aura became even more profound and restrained.

A deep look of approval flashed in the lifeless eyes of the preacher.

"very good."

The Preacher nodded in satisfaction. With a wave of its hand, a jade token emitting a faint, ethereal light landed steadily in Lu Xueyao's hand.

"This is the Jade Tablet for Asking the Way."

The preacher announced the reward: "Given your exceptional talent, I hereby bestow this certificate upon you. With this jade certificate, except for some special forbidden areas, you may freely travel and exchange ideas in most areas of the Yellow Springs Demon Sect, without being restricted by your servant status."

Upon hearing the reward, a strong light of surprise immediately shone in Lu Xueyao's eyes!

What does this mean?

This means that Lu Xueyao has indirectly broken the underlying rules that restrict people in this Yellow Spring Purgatory instance!

The other chosen ones must obediently play the roles of mine slaves and medicine slaves like dogs every day, trapped in specific areas, and will be eliminated if they violate the rules even slightly.

As long as Lu Xueyao completes her mining tasks ahead of schedule each day, she can openly travel to other areas of the Yellow Spring Demon Sect to freely explore hidden opportunities and high-level resources!

After the rewards were distributed, the preacher's cold gaze swept across the square, finally settling on Xiao Fan in the corner!

"Listen carefully."

The preacher slowly opened his mouth and posed the second fatal question.

"Plants and trees possess spirits; to create an elixir is to kill! Are you cultivating the path to immortality, or the path to the withering of countless bones?"

The preacher's voice carried a chilling undercurrent of spiritual pressure: "If everything can be used as medicine... why can't your physical body become the elixir in my furnace?"

Xiao Fan's expression changed slightly as he faced this vicious and probing question.

He instinctively wanted to cite classical texts and use some profound principles of alchemy that he had read in his family's ancient books to refute the claim.

But just as his mind was racing and a moment of enlightenment was about to dawn on him!

Deep within his consciousness, countless translucent Gu worms had unknowingly invaded!

Sensing his intellectual fluctuations, the Wisdom Gu immediately began to frantically devour his reason and memories, like a leech clinging to a bone!

"not good!"

Within the ring space, Yao Lao's illusory soul trembled violently, his quasi-emperor level divine soul instantly sensing the crisis in Xiao Fan's sea of ​​consciousness!

"Fan'er, close your mind and guard your spirit! Stop thinking immediately!"

The old alchemist's voice boomed in Xiao Fan's mind like a resounding bell: "Don't think about any nonsense about the profound principles of alchemy! This old ghost is using questions as bait, specifically trying to fish out your innate wisdom!"

At this critical moment, Yao Lao did not hesitate at all. He decisively burned his already weakened quasi-emperor divine soul power, which transformed into a solid soul barrier to protect Xiao Fan's core sea of ​​consciousness.

That powerful soul flame directly burned the Wisdom Gu that had burrowed into the sea of ​​consciousness, refining it into nothingness!

"Phew..." Xiao Fan broke out in a cold sweat.

"Fan'er, repeat after me!" Despite the weakness caused by the burning of his soul, Yao Lao quickly imparted a set of words that perfectly aligned with the logic of the demonic path to Xiao Fan.

Xiao Fan took a deep breath, met the gaze of the preacher, and shouted out the answer.

"The world is a great melting pot, and all living beings are merely the dregs within it!"

Xiao Fan's voice echoed across the square, radiating an indomitable arrogance: "I don't cultivate the path to immortality, but the path to cannibalism!"

"If you, senior, deem this physical form of mine a good elixir, then proceed with the refining! My only fear is that this elixir of mine is too fiery, and might ignite your furnace and consume your fire!"

This arrogant answer perfectly captures the essence of the demonic jungle law.

A look of satisfied praise flashed in the eyes of the preacher once again.

"Hehehe... What a 'human-eating' pill! What a fiery one!"

The Preacher let out a piercing laugh, and with a flick of its finger, it bestowed upon Xiao Fan a brocade box containing the Seven Aperture Exquisite Pill.

And he made the same demand: "Take it in my presence!"

Upon receiving the brocade box, Xiao Fan sneered inwardly, while the old apothecary in the ring immediately sensed the terrifying side effects hidden within the pill, thanks to his quasi-emperor level insight.

"Fan'er, swallow this and immediately activate the Purifying Glazed Flame!" Yao Lao calmly instructed, "The resentment and distracting thoughts of these inanimate objects cannot cause any ripples in the face of the purification of this strange flame!"

Xiao Fan swallowed the pill without hesitation.

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