I saved the entire sect by playing idly by letting things fall apart.

Seeing his eagerness to learn, Mingxuan pondered for a moment, then patted him on the shoulder: "When we have time later, I'll definitely teach you how to do it separately."

The ghost cultivator was delighted. In his excitement, he thought of exchanging information with the other party and revealed other clues: "Actually, if you don't reach the eighteenth level, you have a chance to escape from the first seventeen levels. But after the eighteenth level, it's the Ghost King's territory. Those who can climb up are all experts. The Ghost King is very satisfied with the situation where we fought to the death to survive."

The cultivators who manage to climb up will gradually eliminate all the living targets, and then rely on the things left behind by the mustard seed bags on their bodies to eke out a living. If no new people come, then what awaits them is to be captured by the Ghost King and used as a vessel.

"I thought I was going to be the one sent to my death, but I didn't expect you guys to come in."

Ye Qiao stuffed the black mist into her son's mouth. It looked like it would taste terrible, but Xiao Qi was the only one who could handle this kind of mist right now. She could only coax him and tell him that when they got back, he would beat up Bu Jianjun and kick KFC.

"We can only see the Ghost King after we kill each other until only one person remains. Does that mean we might have to stay here for a long time?" Miao Miao frowned. With so many people, even if she had a lot of pills in her storage pouch, it wouldn't be enough to last that long.

"We can refine some pills on the spot." Ye Qiao tilted her head, looked at the only proper pill cultivator present, and smiled, "Do you have any spiritual plants? Miao Miao?"

Strictly speaking, their lineup this time was also perfect, with everyone from weapon crafting and alchemy to talisman drawing and swordsmanship.

"Yes." Miao Miao nodded immediately, "But you need a quiet environment and a completely relaxed mindset, otherwise it's easy to go astray." She was hesitant to try it easily, but when she met Ye Qiao's bright eyes, the girl hesitated for a moment: "Never mind, I'll try my best."

Seeing her resolute expression, Ye Qiao couldn't resist pinching her twice. "Alright, alright, I can refine it, don't be nervous."

After all, he was a ruthless person who used to take out a large pot to refine pills. This kind of environment was quite common for Ye Qiao. However, the speed of refining pills was much slower than drawing talismans. Fearing that black mist would appear and interrupt the next time he refined pills, Ye Qiao made sixteen pill seals at once.

Miao Miao watched quietly from the side. After observing for a moment, she opened her mouth as if to speak, but Ming Xuan gestured for her to be quiet.

"But..." She used too many different kinds of spiritual plants.

It seems like they have all sorts of effects.

Generally, alchemy is standardized, and the pill seals are all identical, so that the pills refined in one go will not consume too much spiritual energy.

A dozen or so different kinds of pills, if all of them were put together and imprinted with pill seals, would be enough to give them a real headache.

Each Dan Seal pattern is different; if you make a mistake in one, the whole thing will fail.

Miao Miao had never seen any senior sister dare to put more than a dozen different spiritual plants with different effects into her alchemy at once.

Such wasteful behavior is not allowed in their Azure Water Sect.

Miao Miao soon realized that her worries were completely unfounded; she had almost forgotten that the other person had a photographic memory.

Ye Qiao memorized more than a dozen pill imprint shapes at a glance. The process of imprinting pills was stress-free. Regardless of other factors, her success rate in alchemy was always 100%. Even in this chaotic environment, the chance of failure was very small.

Looking at the pills lying haphazardly in the alchemy furnace, she couldn't help but exclaim, "You guys are really rich!"

She also wanted money.

In any case, the Changming Sect could never produce so many of the spiritual plants that Miaomiao has.

Various kinds of pills were displayed in the alchemy furnace. Miao Miao carefully smelled them, and after discerning their effects, she quickly took out a jade bottle to divide them into smaller portions, muttering, "If you have this ability, why don't you go out and sell pills?"

A bottle of pills would definitely fetch an astronomical price at an auction.

It's no wonder that the cultivation world adores alchemists; there are simply too few alchemists who can refine pills.

"I did sell them," Ye Qiao said matter-of-factly. "But I wasn't good-looking enough for the general public. My senior brother made me apologize to those alchemists. He even said that the appearance of my pills was a terrible attack on their eyes."

Miao Miao: "..."

"Oh. That ugly thing." After a pause, realizing her words were impolite, Miao Miao changed her approach, "That pill is ugly, but cheap. You're the alchemist who caused our Azure Water Sect to be criticized by a group of cultivators for being heartless, aren't you?"

She regained her composure. "It's definitely you, isn't it?"

The prices of pills from the Azure Water Sect have always been high. When a cheaper pill suddenly appeared that was just as effective, it naturally caused dissatisfaction among many cultivators. It can be said that Ye Qiao bore the majority of the responsibility at that time.

Ye Qiao did not deny it.

Miaomiao looked up and held her forehead.

It really was her.

She said, "Who could be so talented?"

After finishing the alchemy, Ye Qiao lay down on the ground and found a warm blessing from the Heavenly Dao falling on her fingertips. She squinted her eyes, shook her fingertips, and was surprised to find that her cultivation had increased a little.

This was the first time Ye Qiao had ever felt an increase in her cultivation level in alchemy, and she couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

Logically speaking, she had refined pills quite a few times, but from beginning to end, she never improved her cultivation in the art of alchemy.

No wonder I never helped her improve her cultivation in alchemy; it turns out she wasn't satisfied with the alchemy I made before.

Does Dog Heaven Dao really need to be so harsh on her?

"What are you complaining about?!" Ye Qiao wanted to curse the heavens, but fearing she would be struck by lightning the next second, she could only swallow her anger and quickly repackage the pills in her hand.

A sudden blessing from the Heavenly Dao left the other disciples somewhat bewildered. The ghost cultivators of the Ghost Realm might not have seen such a golden light before, but they instinctively avoided anything that could be light, and they began to speculate that some kind of Buddhist cultivator might have come to the Ghost King Tower.

"What's going on?"

The Ghost King Tower, which has always been shrouded in darkness, has unexpectedly received a blessing from the heavens.

Upon seeing this familiar blessing, Mu Chongxi was so startled that he dropped the chicken leg he was eating. "Holy crap, did Ye Qiao and the others really go into the Ghost King Tower?"

Xue Yu lowered his eyes, pondering, "I'm wondering, given Ye Qiao's personality—she'd rather lie down than stand—what made her draw a talisman on the spot?"

"There's danger inside the Ghost King Tower," Zhou Xingyun replied calmly.

Mu Chongxi clapped his hands and stuffed the whole chicken leg into his mouth. "I still want to go. They're all inside."

Xue Yu: "I know." He said, "But we need to make some preparations."

"First," Xue Yu said with a cold expression, "we need to figure out exactly what this Ghost King Tower is."

It seems that ever since they arrived in the Ghost Realm, they have been constantly reminded of the incredible treasures inside the Ghost King Tower, and that as long as they go in, they can gain cultivation.

Xue Yu was a cautious man and didn't allow his senior and junior brothers to get close to the Ghost King Tower.

Investigate such places thoroughly before entering, to avoid encountering any uncontrollable situations.

……

Ye Qiao's alchemy is not limited to one type; there are pills for replenishing spirit, pills for replenishing mind, and even a strange one called the Weakness Pill, which is said to allow one to feign illness after taking it.

"This kind of pill..." Qi Lu pinched it and examined it for a moment.

Just as Miaomiao thought he was about to scold her, the boy turned his head with bright eyes, "Wow, would you consider selling them to us? We'll take two for the next family weapon-refining assessment and skip class. Brilliant!"

Mingxuan grabbed her clothes and roared, "Ahhh! Why didn't you take out this kind of pill sooner? If you had taken it out sooner, we wouldn't have been chased by our senior brother for skipping class!"

The more he thought about it, the more heartbroken he became. If only they had produced this elixir earlier, they could have openly slacked off back then.

Miao Miao: "..."

No, it's not.

Is your Changming Sect really legitimate?

Why would you skip class for no reason?!