Fantasy: I'm in a discarded alchemy room, but I can turn trash into treasure!

The woman in the purple dress was about to make a move.

"Senior Sister, Fifth Sister, since you're here, why don't you come in and have a seat?"

Su Qingyi's voice suddenly came from inside the courtyard.

The woman in the purple dress froze.

The woman in white's eyes changed slightly.

The two exchanged a glance; they realized they couldn't kill this menial disciple for the time being.

"Since Junior Sister Su has invited me, Senior Sister will come first."

The woman in white concealed her presence and led the woman in the purple dress into the courtyard.

……

Qin Mo was completely unaware of this.

He returned to the servants' quarters, bolted the wooden door, sat cross-legged on the bed, and with a flick of his right hand, an ancient bronze incense burner appeared in his palm.

"Trying to be a kept man is futile. Fine, I'll just have to rely on myself."

The most urgent task is to find a discarded pill and see if the Qiankun Transformation Furnace can turn waste into treasure.

Recalling his three days of dual cultivation with Su Qingyi, he was as pleased as he was, unaware that he was being watched.

Qin Mo put away the Furnace and got out of bed.

He'd been absent from work for three days, so he had to hurry up and get back to work in the alchemy room, or Ma Kun would never let him off the hook.

The thought of that ferocious face sent chills down his spine.

Moreover, cleaning the alchemy room itself presents an opportunity to find discarded pills.

Not only are discarded pills useless, but some also contain poison, which is harmful to cultivators.

But in Qin Mo's eyes, these unwanted trash are now all treasures.

He grabbed the tools from the corner of the wall and hurried toward the Earthly Pill Room.

……

"Qin Mo, you fucking dare to come back?"

Just as I arrived at the entrance of the Earth-Character Elixir Room, a gruff voice came crashing down on me.

"Manager Ma?"

Qin Mo's heart tightened.

The newcomer was Ma Kun, the manager of the Earth-level alchemy room in the four alchemy areas of the Cloud and Rain Palace (Heaven, Earth, Profound, and Yellow), who had a Qi Refining level of five.

This guy usually beats and scolds the servant disciples, and even deducts their spirit stones; he's known as King Yama Ma.

"Manager Ma, the reason I've been here these past three days is because..."

"Stop talking nonsense, I'm going to beat you to death today!"

Ma Kun raised the rattan cane in his hand, ready to strike.

"stop."

A cool, clear female voice sounded from behind.

Ma Kun's expression changed, the rattan cane instantly retracted, and he turned around with a beaming smile: "Senior Sister Xu!"

Qin Mo turned around and saw that the person who came was Xu Qingqing, an inner disciple.

He quickly bowed and greeted her, saying, "Greetings, Senior Sister Xu."

Xu Qingqing glanced at the two of them, then looked at the uncleaned alchemy room next to her.

"Senior sister, this kid has been absent from work for three days, I'm teaching him a lesson right now!"

Ma Kun explained with a forced smile.

I don't care how you discipline him.

Xu Qingqing said coldly, "Clean this alchemy room thoroughly right away. I need it urgently."

With the sect competition approaching, she needs to hurry up and practice her alchemy skills.

During this period, many inner disciples flocked to the alchemy room, and the Earth section was packed with people.

"Yes, yes, yes!"

Ma Kun nodded repeatedly, then turned to Qin Mo and said fiercely, "What are you standing there for? Hurry up and go inside, Senior Sister Xu is waiting!"

Qin Mo carried his tools into the alchemy room, took out a broom and shovel, and began cleaning.

As he was scooping out waste from the bottom of the alchemy furnace, his fingertip touched something round.

Upon taking it out, it was found to be a worthless pill shrouded in black mist.

Qin Mo was overjoyed, but without showing any emotion, he tucked the discarded pills into his pocket and continued cleaning.

……

"Senior Sister Xu, the alchemy room is cleaned up, and we also found a defective pill."

About half an hour later, Qin Mo handed over the discarded pill.

"Discarded pills contain toxins, so throw them away. The pill room is clean, this is a reward for you, now get out."

Xu Qingqing didn't even glance at it, and casually tossed a spirit stone over.

Qin Mo caught it and saw that it was a low-grade spirit stone.

He worked himself to the bone in the alchemy room for a month and only earned ten miscellaneous spirit stones. One low-grade spirit stone was worth one hundred miscellaneous spirit stones, which was equivalent to ten months' income.

"Thank you, Senior Sister."

Qin Mo put away the spirit stones and the discarded pills, left the alchemy room, and closed the door.

"Give it to me."

Ma Kun was already waiting at the door, his palms outstretched.

"What?"

"Playing dumb?"

Ma Kun grabbed Qin Mo by the collar, reached into his pocket, and roughly took the spirit stone.

"This is a gift from Senior Sister Xu..."

Ma Kun ignored him completely and threw the three alchemy room doorplates at Qin Mo's feet: "Number two, number five, number seven, clean them all up before dinner. If you don't finish, don't eat, or I'll have to beat you."

After saying that, he pocketed the spirit stones and left humming a little tune.

Qin Mo clenched his fists, staring at Ma Kun's back.

A few breaths later, he bent down to pick up the doorplate, turned around and walked towards the No. 2 alchemy room.

endure.

He worked until dusk, cleaning all three alchemy rooms, but found no second worthless pill.

Qin Mo didn't return to the courtyard; instead, he slipped away to a secluded cave in the back mountains and sat down cross-legged.

"Chemical Furnace".

With a thought, the Qiankun Transformation Furnace flew out from his dantian and hovered in front of him.

He carefully placed the waste pills into the furnace.

A single character "一" (one) appeared on the furnace wall; it could be reshaped by consuming only one unit of Qiankun Qi.

"Reshape".

A surge of cosmic energy erupted from the furnace, merging with the discarded elixir.

The furnace of transformation shimmered with spiritual light, then returned to calm after a moment.

Qin Mo lifted the furnace lid.

A pill emitting a pale blue glow lay quietly at the bottom of the furnace, its fragrance filling the air.

A line of words appeared on the furnace wall: Qi Gathering Pill, Grade Nine, Lower Level.

"I've succeeded, Daoist Master!"

Qin Mo swallowed the Qi Gathering Pill in one gulp and closed his eyes to refine it.

More than an hour later, his internal energy surged, and his cultivation broke through to the second level of Qi Refining.

"Hoo..." He exhaled a long breath and was about to get up.

"Gurgle."

My stomach is growling.

He remembered that he was so eager to verify the bio-reactor that he hadn't even eaten dinner.

Just as they were about to leave the cave, they suddenly heard footsteps outside.

He immediately retreated into the shadows.

By the moonlight, he recognized the people as Ma Kun and his lackey Sun Hu.

The two stood under the old pine tree beside the cave entrance, speaking in hushed tones.

"Kill Qin Mo, and you'll get three low-grade spirit stones. Want it?"

Ma Kun spoke.

"Three pieces?"

Sun Hu's eyes lit up. "I'm at the third level of Qi Refining. Killing a piece of trash at the first level of Qi Refining is a piece of cake! Let's do it!"

Inside the cave, Qin Mo felt a chill run through his body.

"Manager Ma, how did he offend someone above him?"

Sun Hu pressed for more information.

"Someone up there wants him dead. Let him die naturally, without alerting anyone. Go ahead and do it; it won't implicate you."

Ma Kun patted Sun Hu on the shoulder.

"Understood. It seems this kid has offended some inner sect senior sister. Don't worry, Steward Ma, I guarantee he won't live past tomorrow night."

Sun Hu chuckled.

"You know it, I know it, but it's kept to myself."

The two chatted for a few more minutes before leaving one after the other.

Qin Mo and the others only came out of the cave after it had become completely quiet around them.

Who exactly wanted him dead?

Su Qingyi?

impossible.

If she wanted to kill him, why did she cultivate with him for three days and then let him come back?

If it's not Su Qingyi, then who is it?

He racked his brains but couldn't figure out when he had offended the inner sect senior sister.

Saving my life is the most important thing right now.

Qin Mo turned to leave when a seven-striped spirit deer suddenly darted out of the bushes.

My stomach growled again.

"I'm really hungry, let's fill our stomachs first."

He chased the spirit deer through the emerald forest, and suddenly the view opened up ahead, revealing a pool of spiritual spring.

A long-haired woman stood in the spring, her back to him, the water level reaching her waist.

Her skin was dazzlingly white under the moonlight.

Qin Mo felt his scalp tingle and turned to run.

"who!"

With a splash, a figure burst out of the spiritual spring.

"You scoundrel, how dare you peep at your aunt while she bathes! You're asking for death!"

Qin Mo desperately tried to squeeze into the bamboo forest, but a powerful force slammed into him from behind, knocking him into a stinking mud pit several meters away.

His face and body were covered in black sludge, and the stench was overwhelming.

He had just gotten up when a long sword was already at his neck.

"Speak! Who are you?!"

Under the moonlight, a woman in white stared at him with a murderous look on her face.

"Senior sister, spare me! I wouldn't dare peek at you even if I had a hundred lives! I wandered in by mistake while chasing that seven-striped spirit deer!"

Qin Mo knelt in the mud, trembling.

"Where did the spirit deer come from at the Emerald Spring? If you don't tell the truth, I'll send you to your death right now!"

The sword's edge was pressed tightly against the skin and flesh.

"I'll talk, I'll talk! My name is Sun Hu, a handyman disciple in the alchemy room! I, Sun Hu, swear to heaven, I really didn't mean it!"

Qin Mo lay trembling in the stinking mud.

Sun Hu, if you want to kill me, then don't blame me for being impolite.

His face was covered in mud, so the woman couldn't see what he looked like at all.

"How dare a mere servant disciple offend this young lady? He deserves to die!"

The woman in white raised her sword and stabbed.

Qin Mo suddenly jumped up, scooped up a clump of black mud with both hands, and threw it straight at the target.

The distance was too close; the woman in white couldn't dodge in time, and her pristine white dress was splattered with foul-smelling mud.

Taking advantage of this moment, Qin Mo burst out of the mud, plunged into the bushes, and ran for his life.

A sharp, angry roar came from behind, "Sun Hu! You alchemy room handyman! You just wait, I, Shen Ling'er, swear I won't rest until I kill you!"