Six Realms Immortal Emperor

Xu Jingtian stepped through the stone gate and began to look around curiously. So many caves—it must have taken so much effort to carve them out! It seems the Immortal Sect is indeed full of extraordinary talents, able to carve such an exquisite layout into a mountain peak.

"The alchemy materials are stored behind the stone wall. There are writings on them. Do you want to find them yourself, or should I take you there?" the old man said to him.

Seeing that he was really too old, with white eyebrows and beard, looking like he was over a hundred years old and walking unsteadily, Xu Jingtian thought for a moment and said with a smile, "Oh, no need to trouble the elder, I'll do it myself."

"Each material is marked. If you find it, place the jade tablet on the stone wall, and the door will open automatically," the old man instructed him, handing him a huge basket.

"You can put the materials you find inside. If you can't carry them later, you can ask me for help."

After the old man finished speaking, he lay down on the chair behind the stone gate and began to close his eyes to rest.

"Thank you, Elder!" Xu Jingtian said, and began searching through the stone walls one by one.

The materials stored here are truly numerous, a wide variety, probably numbering in the tens of thousands. Xu Jingtian was momentarily stunned by the sheer volume of them.

The more ingredients there are, the harder it is to find them. The prescription that Yuezhi gave him contained dozens of ingredients. Xu Jingtian didn't recognize any of them, but fortunately, each ingredient was marked and stored separately according to its category.

"Let's start with spirit herbs, they should be easier to find," Xu Jingtian said. He felt these were the easiest to find, since he used to herd horses.

"Creation Grass!"

Xu Jingtian finally found it. It had few branches and many leaves, and was generally blue-black. As soon as he held it in his hand, he could feel the spiritual energy emanating from the leaves.

"Blood Refining Flower!"

"Delicate Flower!"

……

Unfortunately, Xu Jingtian had never heard of any of the spiritual herbs, let alone seen them before. It took him a long time to find more than a dozen of them. He carefully took out each one according to the dosage on the pill formula and neatly placed it in the prepared basket.

Next came the alchemy materials, which were even more numerous than the types of spiritual herbs, reaching more than twenty kinds.

It was bound to be a bit of a hassle to pick up materials for the first time, so Xu Jingtian had no choice but to keep searching. But he carefully memorized every single material he found.

Not only the location of the materials, but also their shape, size, properties, and uses—Xu Jingtian had an almost photographic memory, firmly storing this information in his mind. Of course, these efforts were not in vain, laying a solid foundation for his future cultivation.

Guiyuan Bamboo!

Centuries-old Langjia wood!

A thousand-year-old, mysterious beauty!

……

The storage room was unexpectedly large; the deeper he went, the more stone walls there were, and Xu Jingtian had unknowingly descended several tens of feet into the depths. Almost an hour had passed, and he still hadn't found the two materials he needed. Xu Jingtian was exhausted and covered in sweat.

"I wonder if Elder Ochi is getting impatient. I guess he's going to get scolded again." Xu Jingtian didn't bother wiping his sweat and had to search each stone wall one by one.

The storage room continued downwards, and he followed the steps down. After several twists and turns, Xu Jingtian unknowingly arrived at a corner on the ground floor. The lighting there was very poor, making it feel somewhat eerie.

Normally, materials commonly used in alchemy wouldn't be stored this far away. Although Xu Jingtian was somewhat unwilling, he felt an invisible force guiding him.

As if something was about to happen, he involuntarily walked towards the corner.

A faint creaking sound came from the corner.

What was that sound? Although it was barely perceptible, Xu Jingtian could hear it clearly in the silent attic.

Xu Jingtian continued walking forward in the direction the sound came from, and ahead seemed to be a dark room.

"strangeness!"

All the other stone walls had closed doors, but this one was open, and the open space was many times larger than the others. Could it be that a careless elder forgot to close it?

He couldn't see clearly inside the room through the dim light. He had no choice but to go in and take a look. The whole room was pitch black, and he carefully felt his way in.

"Crack!" A crisp sound rang out, startling Xu Jingtian.

He knocked something over.

His eyes gradually adjusted to the darkness, and he reached out to touch it again. It seemed to be a square table. The table was right next to the stone wall behind him, and there were some things on it. He had accidentally bumped into one on the left earlier.

Xu Jingtian bent down and groped around on the ground for a while before finally finding it – a piece of candle. He was very familiar with this; there were many in the Dongfang Mansion. However, he was puzzled as to why there was no tinderbox on the table, and he couldn't find it after searching for a long time.

There was also an incense burner in the center of the table, which explains the faint sandalwood scent in the room.

But there was something else behind the table. The room was too dark for him to see clearly, so he had to rely on his hands to feel around for it.

What is this?

The cold sensation was like touching an arm of a stone statue. But what puzzled him even more was that this statue wasn't carved into a human figure, yet it had five or six arms.

Could it be a monster?

Xu Jingtian quickly stopped, trembling with fright.

But then, nothing happened.

Unable to contain his curiosity, Xu Jingtian leaned forward, bent over the square table, and carefully looked at the stone statue.

The stone statue was entirely black, much like jade. Xu Jingtian had seen a statue carved from black jade in the Eastern Mansion.

However, this stone statue is even darker in color, and its surface is not clearly visible, as if a misty black aura is floating on it.

Xu Jingtian examined it carefully but still couldn't figure it out. So he cautiously reached out and took the stone statue.

The stone statue was somewhat cold, a coldness that seemed to penetrate straight into his heart. Dark energy emanated faintly from the statue, slowly spreading over his hand without his notice, and it was already clearly visible.

"What is this? Is it a fairy or a demon?"

The stone statue that appeared before Xu Jingtian had a human face and an animal body, with six arms, each holding a different weapon.

There were knives, halberds, and other weapons whose names I didn't know, each with a distinct edge and a chilling aura!

"This...this is..."

With a snap, the stone statue was accidentally thrown to the ground by him.

The black aura emanating from the stone statue grew thicker and thicker, even beginning to engulf his body. He stared intently at the statue, but his feet couldn't move an inch.

The black mist moved slowly, then suddenly began to flow, transforming into the shape of the stone statue. At this moment, it opened its mouth wide and stretched out six arms, trying to grab Xu Jingtian and swallow him whole.

"what!"

Xu Jingtian couldn't help but shout it out.

Just as the black energy was about to engulf him, Xu Jingtian felt a tremor in his wrist, and a surge of heat came through. The expanding black energy suddenly contracted rapidly from the outside in, as if it had encountered its nemesis, condensing into a small black dot. The black dot became smaller and brighter, eventually becoming luminous.

Witnessing such a miraculous event, Xu Jingtian forgot his fear and couldn't help but widen his eyes.

The black dot suddenly flashed and disappeared into the bead on his wrist. He was startled, his legs gave way, and he fell to the ground with a thud.

He then realized that his back had been completely soaked in just a few moments.

Xu Jingtian looked down at the prayer beads. It seemed that these were no ordinary prayer beads, otherwise they wouldn't have such a magical effect.

Looking at the stone statue again, it was still the same, only the faint black aura was gone. This was too eerie. He hurriedly picked up the stone statue, put it back on the table, and bowed to it.

In fact, if he had been a little more careful, he could have noticed a crack on the stone statue.

"Xu Jingtian did not mean to offend you, please forgive me." After saying this, Xu Jingtian hurriedly left the room without even closing the door.

Then he remembered that he hadn't found two more materials. Not knowing if Ochi would get impatient, he quickly went to look for them on other stone walls.

Good heavens, after all this trouble, all the ingredients for the pill formula have finally been gathered. Xu Jingtian couldn't help but worry about how to transport such a huge pile of materials up there.

A single piece of century-old Langjia wood weighed several hundred kilograms, and it took him a lot of effort to move it out of the storage room. The heaviest items were the Five Ghost Stone and the Dazzling Iron; even when Xu Jingtian used all his strength, he could only lift one end of the materials.

"What do we do?" Xu Jingtian kicked the century-old wood heavily. Incredibly, his casual kick sent the century-old wood flying into the air, crashing heavily to the ground with a thud.

"What's going on?" Xu Jingtian asked, puzzled. Could it be that the wood suddenly became lighter?

He reached out and grabbed the Five Ghost Stone, effortlessly lifting it into his hand.