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

"Hua Meiniang, you have indeed lost your virginity."

The old man in black robes' voice pierced through the entire room, chilling everyone to the bone.

Hua Meiniang froze, then knelt down.

"Disciple pays respects to the Master."

"Master, please do justice for your disciple!"

Murong Yi followed behind the old man in black robes with a face full of resentment, pointing at Hua Meiniang and shouting sternly.

The Lord of the Underworld wore a bronze ghost mask, obscuring his expression, but the gaze emanating from his eyes through the gaps in the mask was chillingly sinister.

"Hua Meiniang, do you know what rules you have broken?"

"This disciple is unaware; please enlighten me, Master."

Hua Meiniang knelt on the ground, but her back was straight.

"You slept with some random man and lost your virginity, and you still claim you didn't know?"

Murong Yi stepped forward, uttering each word almost through gritted teeth.

"Our Netherworld Sect's holy sons and daughters must become Daoist partners and jointly cultivate the sect's supreme divine skill, the 'Netherworld Treasure Scripture.' Your affair with an outsider violates the sect's ironclad rule."

The Netherworld Cult Leader stared at Hua Meiniang, his tone devoid of any warmth.

"Reporting to the Master, when did this disciple ever say that she was unwilling to marry the Holy Son?"

Hua Meiniang raised her head, her gaze calm and composed.

"What?"

Murong Yi was stunned.

"I have never refused the engagement, nor have I ever said I would step down from my position as a saintess. Since I still wish to marry the saint, how can this be considered a violation of the sect's rules?"

"You cheated on me, and you still want to marry me?"

Murong Yi's voice cracked.

"Murong Yi".

Hua Meiniang stood up, looking at him coldly, "Don't you know how many hats you've put on me? Who are those two personal maids of yours? Do you think I'm blind?"

"How can that be the same!"

"What's the difference?"

Hua Meiniang wouldn't back down an inch. "You're allowed to indulge in debauchery and have three wives and four concubines outside, but I'm not allowed to fight back even once? What kind of logic is that?"

Murong Yi was so choked up that his face turned ashen, and he was speechless for a moment.

The Lord of the Underworld remained silent for a moment.

Hua Meiniang's words seemed a bit off, but upon closer examination, there was no major error.

She did not refuse the marriage, nor did she apostatize; it was the Holy Son himself who rejected her.

"You saw it too, Master."

Hua Meiniang lowered her head slightly and said respectfully, "It's not that I'm unwilling to marry, it's that the Holy Son is unwilling to take my hand in marriage."

"The sect rules state that the Holy Son and Holy Daughter must become Daoist partners. I have never refused, but the Holy Son himself said no first."

The Lord of the Underworld did not respond.

Hua Meiniang pressed her advantage, changing the subject: "Moreover, the person who cultivated with me was a Pill King."

"The Pill King?"

The Netherworld Cult Leader's tone finally showed some change.

"ha!"

Murong Yi sneered, "Hua Meiniang, stop spouting nonsense in front of the sect leader. What Pill King? That's probably just some wild man making up some gibberish."

"Murong Yi, are you deaf or blind?"

Hua Meiniang glanced at him disdainfully, "The news of a mysterious alchemy master appearing in Yunxia Town has already spread. This person can customize pills for people."

"Senior Sister Shen Ruoyan of Yunyu Palace has obtained a Nine-Turn Breakthrough Pill from him and is currently in seclusion to break through to the Golden Core Realm."

"Is this really true?"

The Netherworld Cult Leader's voice suddenly rose by half an inch.

Nine-Turn Breakthrough Pill.

Even a grandmaster of alchemy might not succeed, and even a great master's success rate is only about 30%.

Anyone who can consistently refine this pill deserves to be called a Pill King.

"This disciple has prepared all the necessary ingredients for refining the Nine Revolutions Breakthrough Pill."

Hua Meiniang straightened her back and glanced at Murong Yi. "Once that Pill King comes out of seclusion, I will ask him to refine pills."

She kept the fact that Qin Mo had planted a divine imprint on her a secret to herself.

Murong Yi clenched his fist, his nails digging into his palm.

He understood.

The reason this slut submitted to the Pill King was to ask him to refine the Nine-Turn Breakthrough Pill.

Once he obtains the elixir and breaks through to the Golden Core stage, will he still have a place in the Netherworld Sect?

However, this is also an opportunity.

As soon as Hua Meiniang got the Nine Revolutions Breakthrough Pill, he snatched it away.

He took the elixir and broke through to the Golden Core stage first, then kicked that bastard away.

Thinking of this, Murong Yi's lips curled up slightly.

"Meiniang".

The Netherworld Cult Leader's tone suddenly softened, "You did well in this matter."

Hua Meiniang secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"The value of a Pill King is far greater than mere chastity."

The Netherworld Cult Leader stepped forward slowly. "When will that Pill King emerge from seclusion? You must introduce him to me."

"Reporting to Master, this disciple does not know when that senior will emerge from seclusion."

Hua Meiniang answered cautiously.

The Lord of the Underworld has an unpredictable temperament; when he is happy, he treats his disciples extremely well, but when he turns his back, he becomes ruthless and unforgiving.

Hua Meiniang had followed this master for many years, but she couldn't even figure out if he was male or female, and she never took off that ghost face mask.

"That's enough."

The Netherworld Cult Leader withdrew his gaze, his voice turning cold again. "The deployment on the Azure Dragon Sect side is the most urgent matter. The matter of the Pill King can be discussed after the Grand Competition."

"Master is right."

Hua Meiniang quickly stood up and respectfully invited the sect leader inside.

Murong Yi followed behind, his face respectful, concealing the greed in his eyes.

……

Remnant Pill Valley, Remnant Pill Pavilion No. 18.

Qin Mo sat cross-legged beside the array platform, the jade box in front of him already mostly empty.

He has already consumed more than forty of the sixty high-grade Body Tempering Pills.

"Sixteen remain."

He gritted his teeth and activated the Primordial Devouring Heaven Technique.

The energy surged through his flesh and bones, tempering every inch of his meridians dozens of times.

His whole body gleamed with a bronze luster, his skin and flesh were hard, and his bones and muscles were as tough as refined steel.

But that barrier remained completely still.

"continue."

Qin Mo grabbed a handful of Body Tempering Pills and stuffed them into his mouth, swallowing seven or eight in one gulp.

The violent power of the pill exploded within his body.

The effects of the Body Tempering Pill were like a thousand blunt knives scraping through his bones; he gritted his teeth until they broke, and blood seeped from the corners of his mouth.

"Almost..."

More than an hour passed, the power of the pill gradually weakened, but the barrier remained.

Qin Mo's eyes were bloodshot as he swallowed the remaining Body Tempering Pills.

Danli erupted completely.

Golden light emanated from deep within his skin, making him dazzlingly bright.

"Use your inner energy as fire to temper and refine your body!"

Qin Mo roared.

The vital energy within his body transformed into raging flames, and the violent power of his internal energy broke through the final barrier.

hum.

The void trembled.

Peak of the Copper Skin Realm.

Qin Mo slowly opened his eyes, feeling as if his whole body was filled with explosive power.

He casually threw a punch, the air in front of him distorted and deformed, and the force of the punch slammed into the Xuan Gang Jade ground.

boom.

A deep footprint was left on the hard Xuan Gang jade floor.

This is a material that can't be scratched or cut by swords.

Qin Mo clenched his fist as the bronze color on his body rapidly faded, eventually returning to his normal skin tone.

Reaching the pinnacle of copper-skinned beauty, returning to simplicity and authenticity.

From then on, even when exerting full force, the skin would no longer change color.

He took out a few Qi-nourishing pills and swallowed them, then sat cross-legged to regulate his breathing.

Several hours later, Qin Mo got up and pushed open the iron gate of the Remnant Pill Pavilion.

As dawn broke, a thin mist enveloped the valley.

"when!!!"

A bell rang out, piercing through the mist and echoing from the summit of Yunyu Mountain.

Qin Mo looked up.

The grand palace competition has begun.