After disappearing for ten years, the junior sister made the entire sect kneel down to welcome her.

As they were nearing Medicine King Valley, Luo Zhenhuan stopped cultivating and instead focused on keeping an eye on Liu Rumei and Xiaomei.

Therefore, she saw all of Xiaomei's words.

It seems something serious has happened.

But Luo really didn't know exactly what had happened.

Luo Huanzhen looked up and asked Liu Rumei, "Sister Mei, what does 'Alchemy Mountain' mean? Why was Xiaomei so anxious after the elders were imprisoned there?"

Liu Rumei exhaled a long breath and looked at Luo Huanzhen softly, saying, "This is a secret of our Medicine King Valley. The foundation of our Medicine King Valley is a mountain... a mountain that is naturally capable of refining pills, equivalent to a natural alchemy furnace. It has extraordinary power and can only refine one kind of pill: a Living Human Pill that can refine living people into a pill that can increase their cultivation. This Living Human Pill has no side effects on the human body after consumption... It's very... miraculous... and also very evil... My three elders were imprisoned by Liu Ruoci, so it seems they've been exposed..."

These secrets are actually not to be revealed to outsiders except for the higher-ups within Medicine King Valley.

But... Liu Rumei glanced at Luo Zhenhuan.

Now, Luo Huanzhen's stance is Liu Rumei's stance. In her view, there are no secrets that cannot be told to Luo Huanzhen.

Upon hearing this, Luo Zhenhuan's eyes widened slightly.

There's such a magical alchemy furnace in this world...

She suddenly remembered Su Mingyue, who had been dead for a long time. In that mirror, after Su Mingyue and Liu Ruoci got together, although Su Mingyue's body was weak, her cultivation level was increasing rapidly.

This is strange.

The reflection in the mirror showed Su Mingyue's mind completely focused on dressing herself up, on love and romance, and on how to be admired and loved by everyone. Her dedication and effort in cultivation were completely illogical.

However, Liu Ruoci often fed her a kind of pill, which was said to be for strengthening the foundation and nourishing Su Mingyue's body.

It seems that what she ate was this "living pill" that can increase one's realm and cultivation level.

After listening, Luo Huanzhen opened one hand and clenched the other into a hammer, forcefully striking his own hand as he said, word by word, "Such an evil thing should not exist."

Liu Rumei said, "Actually, in the past, this Alchemy Mountain was a taboo existence in Medicine King Valley. After discovering this Alchemy Mountain, our great-grandmother used it as a base to create Medicine King Valley. However, no matter how hard she tried, Alchemy Mountain could not refine any pills. Even if all the alchemy steps were exactly the same, the pills produced were still failures."

"Until one day, the entrance to the Alchemy Mountain suddenly closed, and it didn't reopen until five days later. At that time, a strong, strange fragrance emanated from the cave, and the scent of the elixirs was almost eerie."

"At first, my great-grandmother didn't know that it was made by living people, and that her strength increased greatly after consuming it. Later, she discovered that the disciples of Medicine King Valley had gone missing, and the last place they went was this Alchemy Mountain. From then on, my great-grandmother explicitly forbade the use of this mountain."

"However, Zhenzhen, you're right. Such a terrifying thing shouldn't exist in the world. Bans can only ban it for a while, but as soon as someone appears who can ignore the ban, its danger is instantly exposed."

Liu Rumei believed in the idea that evil things are used by certain people, and that evil is not necessarily inherent in anything.

But that thing can't be this.

It is obtained by those who are powerful and have not lost their moral bottom line. It can be said that it is only used to refine evil cultivators and wicked people to strengthen the power of the righteous side.

But who can guarantee that it will always be controlled by a powerful cultivator with a moral bottom line?

If a Great Love Celestial Venerable were to appear.

The entire cultivation world will probably be refined up, becoming stepping stones for his path to immortality.

Therefore, if you can't afford the endless troubles that something brings, the best solution is to make it disappear completely.

Luo Huanzhen nodded: "Then let's assign tasks. I'll be responsible for rescuing those elders and destroying that alchemy mountain. As for you, Sister Mei, go find Liu Ruoci, how about that?"

Liu Rumei's eyes were solemn: "Then, I'll leave the elders in your care, Zhenzhen."

After discussing their next course of action, their Star River Cloud Breaker arrived at the gathering place of cultivators outside Medicine King Valley.

There are also strongholds of the Wuji Sect here.

Liu Rumei: "Zhenzhen, let's go return the Star River Cloud-Breaking Boat first."

Luo Huanzhen: "Hmm!"

Upon entering the Wuji Sect's stronghold, Liu Rumei went to the counter for returning travel artifacts. There were many people queuing to return rented spirit boats, spirit carriages, and other artifacts; the queue was bustling with activity.

At the very front of the counter stood a female cultivator in purple robes wearing a bamboo hat and a veil.

Liu Rumei's gaze swept over her, then settled on the long queue. "The queue is so long, it's going to take a while..."

Luo Huanzhen stood beside Liu Rumei, her gaze fixed on the purple-clad female cultivator in front of the counter, not on the surrounding cultivators.

I don't know why, but I always feel a vague sense of familiarity.

Luo Zhen stared straight at her.

Suddenly, a brilliant idea flashed into my mind, a stroke of genius.

She abruptly looked up at Liu Rumei beside her, whose expression was cool but whose eyes held a hint of anxiety and worry—

Yes, this woman in the bamboo hat really looks like Sister Mei!

The girl's aura was simple and serene, like that of an ordinary mortal without any spiritual cultivation.

In contrast, Sister Mei is more like a cultivator. Although Sister Mei has a gentle nature, she still carries the sharp edge unique to cultivators.

Seemingly sensing that someone was watching her, the woman in purple robes and a bamboo hat raised her head. She seemed to be looking at Luo Huanzhen through the veil. After a moment, she suddenly raised her hand and said softly, "You, come here."

Luo Zhen was stunned for a moment, then tugged at Liu Rumei's hand, "Sister Mei, let us go over there."

Liu Rumei: "?"

Although she was a little surprised, Liu Rumei was still led by Luo Huanzhen to the front.

Following procedure, the woman in purple robes and a bamboo hat said to Liu Rumei in a businesslike manner, "Name, magical artifact."

Liu Rumei suddenly understood.

She no longer needed to wait in line, so she immediately reached out and handed over the Star River Cloud Breaker, which had been shrunk to a miniature ship: "Liu Rumei, Star River Cloud Breaker."

The woman in purple robes and a bamboo hat calmly took out a jade token and began to sketch and store the Star River Cloud-Breaking Boat.

Just then, the male cultivator next to him, who was almost at his turn, suddenly roared, "What's going on with you! Why are you cutting in line?!"

As he spoke, he stepped forward and pointed at the woman in purple clothes and a bamboo hat, cursing and swearing.

"Is this how you Wuji Sect do things? I waited in line for an entire incense stick's time, and it was finally my turn!"