fifth form

Chapter 3053 Taking Pills
Qinlu No. 8 is a slow-fire alchemy furnace, and Li Shaojun, who does not know how to refine inner elixirs, can only use some angelica and ginseng to make up the difference.

Where are your fans?

"What kind of powder?"

"Soul-Guiding Powder and Soul-Stealing Powder!"

"It's right here. Why do you add this stuff when you're refining pills?"

Li Shaojun originally wanted to see how Zhang Xuezhou would refine the Longevity Pill before getting rid of Lei Zunzhe, but he didn't expect that Zhang Xuezhou didn't treat Lei Zunzhe as a human being at all.

The exorcism powder made from filth was mixed with water by Zhang Xuezhou into a medicinal paste. Li Shaojun saw Zhang Xuezhou casually throw some mild medicinal herbs into the alchemy furnace, and then start a fire to continuously boil it.

This method of mixing internal and external elixirs is no different from adding stones to rice. If Li Shaojun sees anyone swallow it, he has to call them a hero.

"what is this?"

"The Elixir of Longevity!"

"Longevity Pill? You're even talking about Longevity Pills now? You... wait, you didn't actually get the real medicine, did you?"

An unpleasant odor continued to emanate, and Li Shaojun saw Zhang Xuezhou flip his hand and take out a pale golden pill.

Zhang Xuezhou reached out and grabbed the pill; it had already been crushed into powder.

Li Shaojun asked twice before belatedly realizing what was going on.

There's a reason why Zhang Xuezhou was so calm and able to keep Lei Zunzhe hanging; anyone with real elixirs on them wouldn't panic.

"Wow, Mr. Dong, you really went all out! Where did you get this?"

Li Shaojun watched as the pills, which were rapidly being locked and vibrating as if about to be produced, felt a sharp pain in his liver.

He previously felt that it was not worth the risk for Venerable Lei, but now he felt that Zhang Xuezhou paid a higher price and it was not worth wasting a longevity pill on Venerable Lei.

"Do you still have any medicine on you? Give me two to try," Li Shaojun pleaded.

"What are you trying to do by extending your life when you're already living a precarious existence?" Zhang Xuezhou retorted. "What good would it do to extend your life by a hundred years? You're just thinking about useless things!"

"How dare you talk like that? Do you think I'm destined to die young?"

Li Shaojun muttered a couple of rebuttals, but ultimately gave up and stopped asking for more.

Zhang Xuezhou's words were harsh yet realistic: if Li Shaojun couldn't break free from "Bai," many things would lose their meaning.

“The Western Lands are far away, and Venerable Lei is the only great cultivator you can ally with,” Zhang Xuezhou reminded him. “His flying skills are far beyond what your two hands can match. Venerable Lei can accomplish many things that you simply cannot do. With his help, your search for ‘Bai’ will be much easier in the future, and you may even have the possibility of escaping with ‘Bai’!”

“I want to know who ‘Bai’ has offended,” Li Shaojun asked in a low voice.

Zhang Xuezhou, the "two leaders of the Western Religion," didn't hide anything, saying, "It's no use knowing; you can't target them directly, but you can seize an opportunity!"

"what chance?"

"It's an opportunity for them to squeeze 'White' to the limit. 'White' should lack the ability to control you in that situation, but he needs you. Perhaps you can get what you want then!"

"Disaster!"

Li Shaojun had never been to the West, let alone met the two Western religious leaders, making it extremely difficult for him to make good use of them.

"Then just wait to die!"

He whispered something, and Zhang Xuezhou's reply was even more straightforward.

"what should I do?"

Li Shaojun looked at Zhang Xuezhou, who was about to pull out the medicine drawer, and asked in a low voice, already having a vague sense of unease in his heart.

“You and ‘Bai’ are connected by energy, so you should be able to sense his condition,” Zhang Xuezhou said. “The period before he is on the verge of death is the best time to make a move!”

"What will Venerable Lei do then?"

"You determine the location, and he'll be responsible for stealing it as quickly as possible, just like he obtained the Spirit Silk Jade Lotus Root. If we fail to refine the Longevity Golden Pill, and we give him the confidence to succeed, he should be able to cooperate!"

"So what will you be doing then?"

Li Shaojun asked with a doubt. Zhang Xuezhou wouldn't do anything without benefit; if Zhang Xuezhou was asked to make a feasibility plan, then Zhang Xuezhou must have been involved.

Li Shaojun was quite certain that Zhang Xuezhou would be serious and responsible for the success of this plan, but Li Shaojun felt that Zhang Xuezhou must have other motives, and they were likely to be pawns.

"What's it to you?" Zhang Xuezhou complained. "If I don't help you, you ask me to, and if I do help you, you suspect I have ulterior motives. How am I supposed to cooperate with you!"

"I won't ask you anymore!"

Li Shaojun reluctantly agreed.

He knew the answer in his heart, and he knew he couldn't get a share of the pie, but Li Shaojun was helpless.

Compared to the benefits Zhang Xuezhou gained during the chaos, his primary concern was indeed saving his life.

If 'Bai' can be weakened to the extreme, he should have a high probability of turning the tables.

Regardless of how much he gained for free, Li Shaojun would be content as long as he could be freed from his restraints and escape death.

As for anything else, Li Shaojun had neither the means nor the ability to ask for it.

Even though he knew Zhang Xuezhou was using him as a pawn, Li Shaojun still had to beg Zhang Xuezhou for help. He even had to maintain his relationship with Lei Zunzhe and outsource all these things for Zhang Xuezhou.

"Dongfang Shuo's mind is incredibly intricate and cunning; his twists and turns far surpass mine!"

Li Shaojun silently repeated to himself that his first meeting with Zhang Xuezhou and the others was extremely bad, but he was glad that they hadn't become enemies along the way, otherwise he wouldn't have had enough lives to die.

"The miraculous elixir has been produced!"

A stench filled the air; the longevity pills Zhang Xuezhou had added had turned into four blood-red pills.

Li Shaojun blinked, quickly suppressing the random thoughts in his mind, and began to cooperate with Zhang Xuezhou to deceive Venerable Lei.

He stroked his beard, took another deep sniff of the fishy smell, and even as his internal organs churned, he still maintained a professional smile.

"This alchemy attempt was quite successful, much better than the last one," Li Shaojun praised loudly.

“It seems the formula improvement was successful,” Zhang Xuezhou said.

"Imperfect, imperfect. This pill has the effect of prolonging life, but the medicinal energy is dispersed and difficult to condense. The formula still needs to be carefully adjusted!"

Li Shaojun reached into his waistband and took out a brocade box from his pouch to hold the pills.

Looking at the longevity pills that Zhang Xuezhou had deliberately divided into four portions, and then thinking about the foul-smelling external pills he had refined, he felt that he had committed sins for half his life, and in the end, he couldn't even escape them.

With a smile on his face, he held the pill, pushed open the door to the pill room that was locked from the inside, and then strode out.

"Xiao Lei, come here for a second!"

As Li Shaojun reached out to greet Lei Zun Zhe, he blew two breaths onto the pill.

If Zhang Xuezhou hadn't secretly added anything, this pill would have caused no problems other than nausea and abdominal discomfort, and might even have extended one's lifespan by five years.

"The pill is complete. Although it has flaws, its life-extending effect is real." Li Shaojun pursed his lips and pretended to swallow it, saying, "You have been busy for more than a month. I can share two of these pills with you. If you are willing to cooperate with us in the future to make the necessary adjustments, I can still share the pills with you when they are completed!"

"Can it really prolong life?" Venerable Lei exclaimed in surprise.

“One pill can extend one’s life by about five or six years,” Li Shaojun nodded and said. “Dongfang Shuo is too young to perceive it, but you and I are not far from our end, so we will surely sense it!”

"Let me try!"

Lei Zun Zhe's old face lit up with joy.

He had eaten many fruits with strange tastes and smells in the past, and he didn't care at all about the fishy smell of the elixir.

After swallowing a pill, Venerable Lei's eyes lit up, and his face gradually relaxed.

At the same time, he frowned, feeling as if his stomach was churning and being cut by knives. In an instant, cyan demonic power spread throughout his body, and purple magic power adorned his body.

Lei Zhenzi attained sainthood through his physical body, while Lei Zunzhe was slightly inferior. However, his physical body was not bad, and poisons and external objects could hardly harm Lei Zunzhe's body.

As blue muscles continued to appear on his body, the various discomforts in his body gradually subsided, and he continued to endure the impact of this longevity pill on his body.