A god-level alchemist, starting by manually crafting forbidden pills.

Bai Jie's body stiffened almost imperceptibly.

She shook her head. "This kind of constitution is too special. If it were to be revealed, it would attract countless people who covet it."

Luo Fan frowned, looking slightly taken aback.

It seems that even Gao Yi and the sect leader may not know this secret.

Senior Sister Bai held nothing back from him; that was the extent of her trust.

"The body of reincarnation can glimpse past and present lives, and may even interfere with reincarnation."

Bai Jie looked at the moonlight and said to herself, "Some old monsters whose lifespan is about to end will try to possess such a body in order to live a second life."

Some evil cultivators who practice reincarnation techniques capture people with this constitution and refine them into reincarnation artifacts to enhance their own cultivation.

Luo Fan's arms tightened suddenly.

He spoke each word clearly and firmly, his voice deep and steady, "With me here, no one can touch you."

Seeing the undisguised killing intent and protectiveness in his eyes, Bai Jie smiled.

The smile was gentle in the firelight, and the eyes were glistening with tears.

"Yes, I believe you."

The night was deep.

Bai Jie fell into a deep sleep in Luo Fan's arms, her breathing steady, a faint smile on her lips.

This was the most restful sleep she had had in years.

Luo Fan didn't sleep; he just held her, watching the flickering campfire, his eyes swirling with thoughts.

The Cycle of Reincarnation, the Hall of Soul Killing, the Myriad Poison Pearl…

These clues seem to be subtly connected, pointing to a truth buried by time.

But he didn't think too deeply about it; the most important thing now was to protect the person in his arms.

No matter what lies ahead, he will face it with her.

……

The next morning.

Sunlight pierced through the thin mist and spilled into the valley.

Luo Fan opened his eyes and found that Bai Jie had woken up at some point.

She was leaning against him, watching the dawn light gradually brightening the sky.

"Good morning."

Luo Fan's eyes were filled with a smile.

Her eyes, still hazy from just waking up, held a gentler quality than usual. "You didn't sleep all night?"

"I'm not sleepy because I'm staying with my senior sister."

"Glib-tongued."

Bai Jie lightly punched him, then snuggled closer to him.

The two embraced each other, watching the sky gradually brighten.

until--

"Xiao Fan, look."

Bai Jie suddenly sat up straight and pointed to the pool.

Luo Fan looked in the direction she pointed, his pupils shrinking slightly.

Overnight, the water level in the pool dropped by a full three feet!

The bottom of the pool, which was originally covered by the colorful water, is now completely exposed to the sunlight.

It was not soil, but a huge blue stone platform, engraved with complex and mysterious array patterns.

The patterns shimmered in the sunlight, faintly emanating a spiritual energy.

The two exchanged a glance, got up and walked to the edge of the pool. In the center of the stone platform was a pentagonal groove.

The five corners correspond to the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth.

Beside the groove, there is a line of ancient seal script characters, weathered by the vicissitudes of time.

"Only when the five elements gather can the secret realm be opened."

Bai Jie's beautiful eyes narrowed slightly as she carefully sensed the array fluctuations on the stone platform.

"The formation is incomplete, but the core remains. These five array eyes require energy of the corresponding attribute to activate..."

Moreover, it must be pure spiritual energy of the five elements, and cannot be simulated by magic.

She looked at Luo Fan: "Do we possess anything of the elements of metal, wood, water, or fire?"

Luo Fan stroked his chin, mentally reviewed the situation, and then snapped his fingers.

Bai Jie is a sword cultivator, and her sword essence is of the metal element, making it pure enough.

He also had a piece of peach wood branch in his storage bag. It was not of high quality, but it contained vitality and could be used as a type of wood.

The water is the cold water of a secluded pool, undoubtedly belonging to the category of water.

His Netherworld Cold Fire, though an unusual fire, is still fire in essence.

"Lack of soil."

Bai Jie frowned. "I don't have any earth-attribute treasures on me."

Earth is the foundation of the Five Elements, the most substantial, and also the most precious.

Luo Fan laughed. "Look what this is!"

With a splash, he poured out dozens of failed pill remnants from his storage bag.

These pills were the product of his previous failures; they had no medicinal properties and should have been discarded.

But these residues gleamed faintly with an earthy yellow sheen in the sunlight.

"These pills absorbed the earth fire energy from the alchemy furnace during the refining process."

Although its medicinal properties have been neutralized, the earth-attribute spiritual energy it contains remains at its purest level.

Luo Fan grabbed a handful of scraps, and with a slight activation of his spiritual power, the scraps emitted a rich earth element aura.

Bai Jie's eyes widened in surprise, which quickly turned into a smile.

"You always manage to come up with something new."

Upon hearing this, Luo Fan grinned and piled the residue at the core of the earth-shaped formation.

The two exchanged a glance and then made no further hesitation.

Bai Jie pointed her fingers like a sword, and a pure and sharp sword essence was injected into the golden array eye.

Luo Fan broke off a peach wood branch, used his spiritual power to activate its life force, and placed it at the eye of the wooden array.

With a gentle wave of her fair hand, a pool of cold water from a secluded pool fell into the eye of the water array.

Luo Fan ignited the Netherworld Cold Fire at his fingertips, and the dark blue flames leaped into the eye of the fire array.

Finally, the pile of pill residue, driven by spiritual power, transformed into spiritual soil and filled the earth array's core.

All five elements come together!

Luo Fan looked at Bai Jie.

She nodded in response, her expression solemn.

Five-colored rays of light shot into the sky, intertwining above the stone platform to form a giant five-element wheel.

Each time the wheel spins, a section of the array on the stone platform lights up.

buzzing-

A deep rumble came from underground, and the entire valley began to tremble.

In the center of the stone platform, a dark vortex slowly emerged, growing larger and larger until it finally transformed into a portal wide enough for two people to walk side by side.

Beyond the portal lay a deep, lightless darkness, exuding an ancient and dangerous aura.

Five more beams of light of different colors shot out from the portal, landing around the stone platform and transforming into five tall stone golems.

The golden stone golem is entirely dark gold, wielding a giant axe, and exudes a powerful aura.

The wooden stone golems are lush and verdant, with vines entwining them, full of vitality.

The water-colored stone golem is a deep, transparent blue, with ripples flowing around it.

The fiery stone golem was as red as fire, radiating intense heat.

The earthen-colored stone golem was heavy and immovable, like a mountain.

Five stone golems, each representing one of the five elements, firmly guard the entrance in the center.

Their eyes lit up simultaneously, locking onto Luo Fan and Bai Jie.

It seems that to enter the secret realm, we must first get past them.

Luo Fan and Bai Jie exchanged a glance, both seeing the fighting spirit in each other's eyes.

"Senior sister, the usual rules."

The Cold Flame of the Nether Spring ignited in Luo Fan's palm. "You take the lead, I'll support."

An ice crystal sword materialized in Bai Jie's hand, and the two stood side by side, facing the Five Elements Stone Golem.

Luo Fan quickly scanned the five stone golems, his Eye of Truth activated at full power, and a golden light flashed in his eyes.

"Senior sister, the spiritual energy fluctuations of these five stone golems are around the first level of Foundation Establishment, but they rely on the formation and are a combination of offense and defense, so they should not be underestimated."

"The metal and earth puppets are the strongest in defense, the metal puppet is the main offensive, and the earth puppet is the main defensive."

Wooden puppets have healing abilities, water puppets control the field, and fire puppets have the strongest burst damage. We must use a strategy of mutual restraint to defeat them one by one.

Bai Jie nodded, twirling her ice crystal longsword. "Let's break the golden puppet first. Metal overcomes wood. I'll deal with it. You can handle the wooden puppet?"

"That suits me perfectly."

Luo Fan took out a small jade bottle from his storage bag. "I have something good to deal with the wooden puppets."

No sooner had he finished speaking than the golden puppet launched its attack!

It raised its giant axe high, and with a dark golden light, it brought down on Bai Jie with the force to split mountains and shatter rocks!

Instead of retreating, Bai Jie advanced, her ice crystal sword transforming into countless sword shadows in her hand.

As the sword flashed, layers of ice walls were laid out in the path of the falling giant axe.

clang!clang!clang!

The giant axe shattered three layers of ice walls, greatly reducing its momentum.

Bai Jie seized the fleeting opportunity and pointed the tip of her sword at the wrist joint of the golden puppet holding the axe.

"The Golden Puppet is all about defense, but there are always gaps in its joints."

An icy blue light shone from the tip of her sword.

Click!

With a faint cracking sound, a thin crack appeared on the golden puppet's wrist!

"Now!"

Luo Fan was already poised to strike, and shot three crimson pills the size of longan at the ground around the wooden puppet.

"Fire Essence Pill, explode!"

Boom boom boom!

The pill exploded upon landing, transforming into three blazing rings of fire that trapped the wooden puppet in the center.

This Fire Essence Pill was refined by Luo Fan using fire-attribute spiritual materials. It contains pure fire spirit power and is specifically designed to counter wood-type elements.

The wooden puppet tried to extinguish the fire ring, but the flames ignited upon contact with the wood, burning even more fiercely!

Bai Jie's eyes flashed with surprise. Why were the pills that this little rascal made for her so effective?

Could he have done it on purpose?

Thinking about how she had lost her virginity to him because of his improper pills, Bai Jie felt both angry and amused.

Luo Fan himself was somewhat surprised, as he had secretly refined some self-defense pills for himself beforehand.

Having witnessed the side effects experienced by others after using it, I have not used it lightly.

After using it on myself, apart from the fact that its power was greater than expected, there was nothing unusual about it.

Could it be that our subconscious is different?

"It's not over yet!"

He quickly regained his composure and took out a handful of blue powder from his storage bag.

This is his specially made dried wood powder.

Made primarily with bone-rotting grass and incorporating several fire-attribute auxiliary ingredients, it has a strong effect against wood-type creatures.

"go!"

With a wave of his hand, he scattered the blue powder, which merged into the fire ring, instantly turning the flames into an eerie blue-red color.

Sizzle sizzle...

The wooden puppet's vines withered and turned black at a visible speed!

"Senior sister, I'll leave the golden puppet to you. I'm going to help the water puppet calm down!"

He turned and charged straight at the water puppet.