The Demonic Taoist Priest Emerges from the Mountain

"What happened?"

I quickly looked at Yan Jingxia.

Yan Jingxia squinted at Changsong Mountain.

"You're asking me? Who am I supposed to ask?"

He didn't even look at me, and just retorted.

I'm speechless.

He forced himself to sit up.

Ning Jinrou, who was standing nearby, quickly stepped forward to support me.

He took a small dumpling wrapped in tin foil from his bag and handed it to me.

Seeing this, Yan Jingxia couldn't help but glance sideways.

"Junior Sister, did you give this kid all the Qi-replenishing pills that Senior Brother gave you?"

He looked at Ning Jinrou and me with great curiosity.

I was stunned. A Qi-replenishing pill? I'd never heard of it before.

Ning Jinrou ignored Yan Jingxia's question, tore open the tin foil, and inside was a dark, spherical object.

Without thinking, she shoved it into my mouth.

This thing is really damn bitter.

It's not only bitter, but it also smells awful.

I put it in my mouth for only a short while, and I felt like my sense of taste was about to disappear.

"Swallow it."

Ning Jinrou said.

I didn't dare chew it, and swallowed it whole.

As the pill went down, I immediately felt a warm sensation throughout my body.

The fatigue and pain were somewhat relieved.

"Qin Fang has been taking on private jobs with me recently, so he's kind of my partner. I'm counting on him to make money, so I can't die here."

After I swallowed the pill, Ning Jinrou responded to Yan Jingxia.

Yan Jingxia nodded.

"That's true. This guy is the old man's handpicked master. If he dies in a place like this, Guanshanlou's reputation will be ruined."

"But he has such good self-control; he didn't spit out such awful stuff right away."

Yan Jingxia looked at me with schadenfreude.

Clearly, he had also taken this thing called the Qi-replenishing pill.

Ever since I tasted it, my tongue has been numb. I can hardly speak, and even licking my lips feels difficult.

So I rolled my eyes at Yan Jingxia.

Yan Jingxia didn't care.

He patted my shoulder and said, "You should be content. The Qi-replenishing pill is a good thing. According to my senior brother, it contains eighty-one kinds of highly nourishing ingredients, which are stewed into a paste, then kneaded into a ball and absorbed the essence of the sun and moon for forty-nine days before it condenses."

"Just this one pill, if given to a man in his sixties or seventies, would make him full of energy and able to party every night. Tsk tsk, its effects are far more potent than ordinary medicines."

When I heard that, my jaw almost dropped.

Is the "Emotional Qi-Boosting Pill" an aphrodisiac?

How could I, an innocent 18-year-old virgin full of youthful vigor, eat such a thing?

It would have been better if I hadn't known. Now that I do, I feel a surge of rage rising in my lower abdomen.

"puff!"

Seeing my expression, Ning Jinrou couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"Qin Fang, don't listen to your second senior brother's nonsense. He just likes to joke around."

"The Qi-replenishing pill is indeed made from eighty-one kinds of highly nourishing ingredients, and it has indeed absorbed the essence of the sun and moon for forty-nine days."

"But it's not as exaggerated as he said; at most, it's just a case of revival."

"To put it simply, the Foundation Establishment Realm is about replenishing the three treasures of essence, qi, and spirit within the body, and then opening up all the meridians to generate acquired qi."

"The Qi-replenishing pill replenishes the three treasures of essence, qi, and spirit. When these three treasures are abundant, acquired qi will naturally be generated in the meridians."

"This is the effect of the Qi-replenishing pill."

Ning Jinrou explained to me. She knew Yan Jingxia very well. If she let this guy keep talking, I would probably be scared to death.

In order not to lose her partner, she had no choice but to explain to me.

Hearing Ning Jinrou say that, I felt much more at ease.

Just as Ning Jinrou said, at this moment, the heat in my body is constantly impacting my meridians.

Soon, the tearing sensation that I had felt after the ghostly energy in my dantian was depleted was relieved.

However, I still can't feel anything on my tongue.

I looked at Ning Jinrou with a puzzled expression and pointed to my own mouth.

Ning Jinrou scratched her head awkwardly.

"Although the Qi-replenishing pill has miraculous effects, it also has side effects. After taking it, your tongue will be numb for about an hour."

"But don't worry, it will be recovered in an hour."

Hearing this, I was truly speechless.

Fortunately, his injuries have been relieved.

I went to my father's side, picked up his body, and carried him back to the room, letting him lie quietly inside.

I am still in great pain inside.

I originally thought that I had survived this ordeal, and that I would be able to take care of my father in his old age and see him off when he passed away.

But I never expected that after only one day of contact, my father would be killed by the monk Shanjie.

To be honest, my dad and I are both unlucky.

After I settled my father in, I left the room again.

At this moment, Ning Jinrou and Yan Jingxia had already stood up.

Their gaze remained fixed on the distant Changsong Mountain.

I looked up too.

From the very beginning, the sound of vibration has been coming from Mount Changsong.

Looking at it now, my eyes widened in surprise.

Changsong Mountain was originally covered with lush trees.

But it only takes a few minutes.

These trees had all withered and died.

What was once a patch of jade-green leaves is now bare, with only the tree trunks remaining.

Moreover, faintly visible through the gaps in the tree trunks were rows of pale graves.

Under the moonlight, they looked like skulls, dotting the entire Changsong Mountain.

"Second Senior Brother, what exactly is going on?"

Ning Jinrou looked at Changsong Mountain with a serious expression and asked Yan Jingxia.

Yan Jingxia didn't treat Ning Jinrou with the same perfunctory attitude she had towards me.

He touched his nose and said, "That guy called Monk Shanjie is actually quite skilled in formations."

"When he built this formation, he set up a yin-yang twin formation."

"The Yang Array is what you see here. It can gather all the spiritual energy of this area into one's own body to provide for cultivation."

"Now that I've broken the Yang Formation, this guy is thinking of going all out and has released the Yin Formation."

Yan Jingxia has a very thorough understanding of formations.

So the key point was immediately apparent.

Ning Jinrou turned her head to look at Yan Jingxia.

"If you knew all along that this was the Yin-Yang Sisters Formation, why didn't you break the Yin Formation along with it?"

Ning Jinrou is practically my mouth double.

If my tongue weren't still numb, I would also like to ask this question.

Yan Jingxia gestured towards me with her lips.

"Have you forgotten that kid inherited the old man's Ghost-Slaying Path?"

Ning Jinrou was stunned when she heard this.

Yan Jingxia sighed, shook her head, and reached out to tap Ning Jinrou's head.

"The cultivation of the Ghost Slaughtering Path is different from ours. You wasted that Qi-replenishing pill you just took."

"He's just like that old man; if he wants to get promoted, he has to kill demons!"

"Perfect timing, that bald monk's Yin formation is the Ghost Transformation Formation, so we can just give all these ghosts to that kid."

As he spoke, Yan Jingxia chuckled at me and waved his hand, saying, "No need to thank me too much, consider it a small gift from me!"