Chapter 45 - Immortal Formation Pills (2/2)
He was trembling…
“Hey, that… Mr. Exalted Immortal, what lies behind this wall?” Lonemoon suddenly felt pity for the Immortal Soul. Bitao was the master of this Immortal Pavilion after all, so he had to know this place really well.
“Inside is…” Bitao looked at Shen Ying who had been standing beside him. He dropped his NPC-like lines and answered shortly and sweetly, “A Pill Storage Repository. This was where I kept my pills while I was alive.”
“Pills,” Lonemoon repeated. Could the pills inside be what Qing Yi is after? But he’s already a Traveling Immortal. His cultivation level can’t get any higher. What Immortal Pill could have made him that agitated?
Bitao explained, “I think that guy is after the Immortal Formation Pill inside the Pill Storage Repository.”
“There’s an Immortal Formation Pill in the Pill Storage Repository!” Lonemoon exclaimed.
“While I was alive…” Bitao once again glanced at Shen Ying before he continued, “I think I… left a few in there.”
“What are Immortal Formation Pills?” Shen Ying asked.
Lonemoon’s face fell. It was only after a moment that he replied, “Immortal Formation Pills are Immortal PIlls that can heal immortal bones. They can only be found in the Immortal World. In ancient times, before the Three Azure Realms broke apart, all the mortals who had achieved immortality remained in the same place. This is an Immortal Pavilion of ancient times, therefore there are-”
“What does he want it for?”
“He’s a Traveling Immortal.” Yi Qing’s expression darkened as he explained, “Master, Traveling Immortals are soldiers who have failed to achieve Immortal Ascension. They are also people who have been through the Heavenly Tribulation. Their immortal bones will form as they go through the tribulations. But upon failing the Tribulation Transcendence, their immortal bones would be broken into pieces by the divine lightning. Therefore, Traveling Immortals don’t have another chance to achieve Immortal Ascension. The Immortal Formation Pill can heal their immortal bones. In other words-”
“They can achieve Immortal Ascension if they eat the pill?”
“Yes.” Yi Qing nodded.
“No!” The more Lonemoon thought about it, the more anxious he became. “We can’t allow him to obtain this Immortal Formation Pill. Otherwise, we really won’t be able to leave this place.”
The Three Azure Realms had never produced a true immortal before. Bitao was only the remnant soul of an immortal, yet he could stay in this Immortal Pavilion for 50,000 years and hide it so that nobody could easily find the Pavilion. Nobody knew what a true immortal would be capable of. Although they had Shen Ying the Cheat with them, they still wouldn’t have a chance of winning against an immortal.
“Alright!” Bitao had finally finished cracking the array. The wall split open. In a moment, it turned into a door. Behind the door was a huge Storage Repository. There were shelves and pigeon holes inside the Storage Repository and each shelf had two different coloured bottles on it.
Their small group walked in. A few shelves in the room had already fallen over while a few bottles were rolling around the floor. Qing Yi, who was in mid-air, was holding onto a bottle and laughing maniacally.
“I would never have guessed that you guys would make it in here. What a pity… you’re too late. I’ve already found the Immortal Formation Pill.” He excitedly poured the contents of the bottle into his mouth and swallowed them. He threw the bottle onto the floor, his eyes filled with the anticipation of becoming an immortal. “Soon… soon I will achieve Immortal Ascension. Hahaha!”
The next moment, his Spirit Qi began to surge and the Immortal Qi around him began to stir as well. His cultivation level began to soar visibly.
“Holy shit!” Lonemoon cursed. He didn’t expect that they would be too late. “We have to get out of here, quick!” They could only run now. He pulled Shen Ying’s hand and started to turn around, but he found that he couldn’t make her budge.
“Well… I have something to ask.”
“What could you possibly want to ask now? We have to run for our lives!” They would never be able to go up against an immortal. “We have to leave now while his cultivation level is still increasing!”
“No…” Shen Ying refused to move. “Didn’t the ghost say that the Immortal Formation Pill was refined 50,000 years ago?”
“Yeah, so?”
“It’s been so long… wouldn’t it have expired?”
“… Huh?!”
Lonemoon was stunned, unable to think of a response. But then he heard a strange rumbling noise from behind him. A moment ago, Qing Yi’s cultivation level had been increasing, yet now all his Spirit Qi was dissipating.
“Look, his stomach is suffering,” Shen Ying commented calmly.
Lonemoon: “…”
Yi Qing: “…”
Bitao: “…”