At this moment, Dou Bai walked in. His eyes immediately fell upon Mo Qi, who was sitting on the ground. Opposite him, an unconscious disciple also sat on the ground, while Mo Qi continuously stuffed medicinal herbs into his mouth.
He could vaguely guess what was happening. He had conducted various arguments and speculations on this matter before, but he had never imagined that someone would actually use such a method to refine pills and save lives!
Regardless, he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat for Mo Qi, hoping he would succeed.
The next moment, Mo Qi's entire body turned crimson, as if he were red-hot iron, seeming to possess a surging, restless vitality.
Moreover, they could clearly hear gurgling sounds emanating from Mo Qi's belly, and white mist began to rise from the top of Mo Qi's head. After a while, white mist also began to rise from Lu Xiaoyue's head.
"Is he using his own body as a pill furnace?" Several people finally seemed to understand, saying.
"This is simply unbelievable, he's a complete lunatic."
"You're the lunatic! He's so imposing. Look at his focused expression, his loving gaze, his fluid movements, his practiced skills, his utter disregard for everything, his obliviousness to others, his unwavering resolve. He's simply captivating," some female students exclaimed.
"And that melancholic aura, the sparse stubble, the slightly split hair, not a single aspect fails to attract!"
Dou Bai shushed those few people, making a gesture to silence them.
Xue Nu was also greatly astonished: What was there that he couldn't achieve?
A moment later, Lu Xiaoyue's face gradually became rosy, her chest rising and falling, as if she had begun to breathe.
"Look, look, she seems to have truly come back to life, how miraculous," the surrounding students watching were even more excited than Mo Qi, exclaiming.
"It is indeed miraculous. If we hadn't seen it with our own eyes, who would believe that all of this is real?"
Mo Qi felt a sense of relief but did not stop. He continued to channel his spiritual energy, keeping the "furnace fire" burning, continuously propelling the medicinal effects and guiding them into Lu Xiaoyue's body.
Visibly, Lu Xiaoyue's breathing grew steadier, and her complexion gradually returned to normal.
Mo Qi continued to urge the medicinal power. Suddenly, Lu Xiaoyue leaned forward and spat out a mouthful of black blood, splattering onto Mo Qi.
Mo Qi curled his lips in disgust, but he still braced himself and endured the discomfort in his heart, continuing to treat Lu Xiaoyue.
After a long while, Lu Xiaoyue slowly opened her eyes.
Upon opening them, she saw Mo Qi sitting opposite her, and her own hands were firmly held in his.
The fiery gazes from all around were fixed on her.
Lu Xiaoyue felt a wave of shyness and tried to pull her hands away, but they wouldn't budge.
Seeing that she could steady herself, Xue Nu released the hand that had been supporting her shoulder.
"Just a little bit more and it will be done, hold on a moment longer," Mo Qi said.
It was then that Lu Xiaoyue noticed Mo Qi's abdomen burning like a raging furnace.
She could roughly guess that Mo Qi had saved her. A warmth unexpectedly rose in her heart.
The surrounding crowd gradually dispersed.
Feeling that her body was no longer in any serious danger, Lu Xiaoyue forcefully pulled her hand back and glared at Mo Qi, "Why are you holding on so tightly? You scoundrel, you lecher!"
Mo Qi forcibly extinguished the "furnace fire" and stood up, saying innocently, "How am I being lecherous?"
Dou Bai cautiously glanced at the two of them, "You used the academy's supplies just now, so you'll need to compensate for the cost. Who do you think..."
Lu Xiaoyue also stood up, a flicker of panic in her eyes, "How much?"
Dou Bai said without hesitation, "Roughly estimated, around one hundred million spirit stones?"
"What? That much?" Lu Xiaoyue exclaimed.
Dou Bai said with some difficulty, "This is a conservative estimate, as the academy's alchemy rooms are stocked with top-grade medicinal ingredients, and you used several extremely precious ones."
Mo Qi directly handed over a storage bag, "There's more than enough in here. Count it carefully and return the excess to me."
Dou Bai took it and handed it to someone who looked like an assistant.
Mo Qi feigned heartache and sighed, looking at Lu Xiaoyue, "Years ago, your mother asked me to save enough money to buy three thousand qing of fertile land and three hundred houses before marrying you. I finally saved enough, and now you've spent it."
After speaking, Mo Qi cautiously took a few steps back, shielding his chest with his hands, fearing she might hit him or push him down again.
Unexpectedly, Lu Xiaoyue glared at him, "Then keep earning!"
With that, her face flushed, and she quickly ran out.
Mo Qi didn't react, muttering to himself, "I still have some, enough for now. Why do I need to keep earning?"
For some reason, Xue Nu also glared fiercely at Mo Qi and then stormed out.
During the process of refining pills for Lu Xiaoyue, he inadvertently discovered that there was Yellow Coptis Wood Heart, which he had been searching for, within this alchemy room. It seemed the academy's alchemy room was quite generous.
With this spiritual medicine, he could refine pills to restore the body size of his trial spirit beasts.
Thus, Mo Qi discussed with Dou Bai about refining another batch of pills.
Dou Bai said, "No problem, this alchemy room is meant for students to practice and explore pills. Feel free to refine them, but remember to pay the price after you're done." He then went about his own business.
Mo Qi readily agreed, prepared the ingredients, and began refining.
Several hours later, the pills were successfully refined, and he put them away.
It was inconvenient to release the trial spirit beasts within the academy, so he couldn't test the pills here. He would have to wait for an opportunity to go out and see if they were effective.
When paying, Mo Qi suddenly noticed the bloodstains on his body, which Lu Xiaoyue had spat on him. Feeling a wave of nausea, he quickly said to Dou Bai, "Goodbye, I'm going to change my clothes."
And hurried away.
Returning to his residence, he was relieved to see that Du Gu Jun had already returned. Looking at his face no longer felt as nauseating.
Mo Qi said, "Thank you!"
Du Gu Jun replied, "Hate it, what are you thanking me for?" This startled Mo Qi, causing him to rush into the inner room.
While changing clothes inside, Mo Qi asked, "Sister Jun, you helped me against the Yuwen family. Aren't you afraid of getting into trouble?"
Du Gu Jun replied while reading a book, "How would he know it was me? He just thinks his son is acting against him. Besides, my Du Gu family's influence is no weaker than his Yuwen family's. Why would I be afraid of him?"
Hmm?
Although he had considered it before, that she might be a member of the Du Gu family from the Four Great Families, hearing her say it herself at this moment still surprised Mo Qi.
"My apologies!"
"Hate it!"
Yuwen Changsha escaped from the Heavenly Steps Academy, growing increasingly enraged. Despite his Grand Ascension cultivation, he couldn't even deal with a Nascent Soul cultivator. It was truly humiliating.
This insult could not go unavenged, but he couldn't count on the Heavenly Dao Sect. For now, he could only pin his hopes on his daughter, Yuwen Yan.
Thus, as he walked, he transmitted a message to Yuwen Yan via a sound transmission spirit stone: "Daughter, you need to come back. Your younger brother's cultivation has been sealed."
Soon, Yuwen Yan's voice came from the sound transmission spirit stone, "What happened?"
"In the Heavenly Steps Academy, there's someone named Mo Xin. He placed something called a Spirit Parasite Worm inside Dong'er's body, preventing his cultivation from ever progressing. I went to reason with him, and I was..."
"What? What is the opponent's cultivation?"
"Nascent Soul stage."
"..."
At this moment, Chao Jing appeared, greeting Yuwen Changsha from a distance, "Sect Master, where are you going?"
Yuwen Changsha stopped his tracks warily. If Chao Jing were to attack him at this moment, it would be extremely difficult for him to deal with.
"What do you want with me? Why have you come all the way here?" Yuwen Changsha pretended to be calm.
"I'm not looking for you, I've actually been tracking you," Chao Jing said with a forced smile.
Yuwen Changsha's heart trembled. If he couldn't understand the meaning of this, he would be utterly foolish.
Yuwen Changsha calmly picked up the sound transmission spirit stone, "Daughter, the one who kills me is Chao..."
With a loud bang, his words were interrupted.
Yuwen Yan cried out, "Father!" Tears streamed down her face!
"Chao Jing! How dare you!" she shouted hoarsely!
Although Yuwen Changsha didn't manage to utter the killer's name in the end, he had been holding the sound transmission spirit stone, and their entire conversation had fallen into her ears. She had already recognized Chao Jing's voice.
The person she had called Uncle Chao when she was a child!
An immense killing intent surfaced in Yuwen Yan's eyes. She prepared to return from the Sixth Stairway to kill Chao Jing and avenge her father.
As she left her room and passed the assembly hall, Chao Huayuan entered.
Yuwen Yan's heart trembled. Him coming to find her at this time, it couldn't be a coincidence, could it?
Before Yuwen Yan could speak, Chao Huayuan smiled and said, "Lord, where are you preparing to go?"
Yuwen Yan said coldly, "Was this planned by you all along?"
Chao Huayuan nodded, "Yes, we have been planning this for a full year."
"Aren't you afraid I'll call for help?"
"Most people have been assigned to missions by me, and a small portion are my people."
Yuwen Yan smiled coldly, "Do you think you can defeat me?"
"Let's try!" Chao Huayuan took out a flute and brought it to his lips, playing it softly.
Yuwen Yan's entire body trembled, and she suddenly fell to the ground, convulsing.
Chao Huayuan put down the flute and smiled, "I planted a่ poison in your body long ago. As soon as I play this flute, it will gnaw at your soul, causing you unbearable pain."
"The Yuwen family and the Chao family have been friends for generations, and my Yuwen family has always treated you well. How can you repay kindness with enmity and be so ungrateful?" Yuwen Yan stopped convulsing and said indignantly.
Chao Huayuan sneered coldly, "You treated us well, but why did you always have to suppress us? Why should we have to look at the Yuwen family's faces? Why can't our Chao family ascend to the ranks of the Four Great Families?"
Yuwen Yan also smiled coldly, "You will never ascend to the ranks of the Four Great Families!"
"What?" Chao Huayuan didn't hear clearly.
"I will return!"
Under Chao Huayuan's astonished gaze, Yuwen Yan scratched her palm with her fingernail. Bright red blood gushed out, flowing into the air and disappearing as if it had merged into it.
And her body, as the blood flowed out, seemed to melt into the blood as well. Starting from her palm, it gradually dissolved, eventually turning into blood and flowing into the air.
A semi-transparent, cocoon-like small worm emerged from the air and landed on the ground.
"Blood Escape!" Chao Huayuan was utterly astonished.
He never expected that with Yuwen Yan's Flying Ascension first-tier cultivation, she would still practice such an evil divine ability.
Blood Escape was not just about escaping by blood; it was about abandoning the physical body, retaining only the soul, merging it with the blood, and using it to find a vessel or possess someone else.
In this way, she perfectly evaded the erosion of the่ poison.
However, before she found a vessel, she was at her weakest. This was the best time to kill her.
After opening his Heavenly Eye, following the scent, there were still some clues. Chao Huayuan followed those clues in pursuit.
Mo Qi was refining explosive pills in his residence. Now, every explosive pill he refined consumed a magical treasure, which made him feel a pang of heartache. However, fortunately, he had recently had income. He began using the ruler magical treasure he had obtained from Mu Shaoyang.
It was like gambling; the addiction grew, and the stakes became higher. He started with ordinary magical artifacts, but now ordinary magical artifacts could no longer satisfy him. He had to use magical treasures.