Battle Through the Heavens: Xiao Yan, I am your second master.

"I see. It's about fusing the puppets into the array. At crucial moments, it can also absorb other puppets to forcibly increase its strength."

Xiao Li stroked his chin and said, after all, he had quite a bit of knowledge about puppets and saw through the mystery at a glance.

He originally just wanted to try his luck and see if this Heavenly Demon Puppet could absorb his puppet. If it could, he would have room to maneuver. Unexpectedly, it actually could.

Xiao Li then obtained information from the Heavenly Demon Puppet, which turned out to be the guardian of the stone gate and the signpost of the ruins.

Xiao Li looked at the five stone gates, which from left to right were: the Medicine Garden, the Pill Hall, the Main Hall, the Cultivation Techniques Pavilion, and the Weapon Pavilion.

Xiao Li was going to try his luck at the Pill Hall, so he sent a telepathic message to everyone, preparing to head in that direction.

"We'll go to the Pill Hall first, then the Herb Garden. We need to find the corresponding key in the other four stone gates before we can open the middle one."

Xiao Li transmitted his voice, sharing the information he had just received from the Heavenly Demon Puppet.

"Look, everyone, there are four strange grooves on the door in the middle, like keyholes."

A powerful figure suddenly spoke up.

"In my experience, four keys are needed to open this stone door, which must be the location of the main hall."

Most of those who come to explore the ruins of the Battle Saint are seasoned veterans with rich experience, and can see the rules of the ruins at a glance.

"In that case, let's start looking for the key."

creak-

Just as everyone was discussing, except for the middle stone door that required a key, the other four tightly closed stone doors suddenly made a creaking sound, and the heavy stone doors slowly opened a crack.

"Charge! Find the key, find the treasure!"

As the stone gate gradually opened, a desolate and ancient aura slowly drifted out, driving many powerful individuals into a frenzy, each rushing towards the stone gate.

Xiao Li and the others headed towards the second stone gate on the left, which led to the Pill Hall.

Chapter 163 Alchemy Palace

After Xiao Li and the others entered the stone gate, they flew for about twenty minutes before smelling a medicinal fragrance.

"Such a rich medicinal aroma! Yes, this must be the Pill Hall where the pills are stored," Xiao Li said excitedly.

Xiao Li didn't want to think about the inheritance of ancient Dou Sheng or any elixirs. Unless it was a spiritual beast that could preserve the pills for a long time, most elixirs would dissipate over time.

Pills are one of the greatest temptations on the Dou Qi Continent. Who hasn't taken pills after reaching the Dou Zun level? Once you swallow a pill, your fate is in your own hands, not in the hands of heaven.

What's most attractive is this pill left behind by a Dou Sheng powerhouse; who knows how many good things it contains.

The long passage was like a maze. Fortunately, Xiao Li and Wang Ming were alchemists and were particularly sensitive to the smell of pills. By following the smell of the pills, they finally arrived at their destination after more than ten minutes.

Standing before them now is an ancient palace, upon which are two large, elegantly written characters.

【Dan Dian】

"It really is the Pill Hall. Let's go." Xiao Li couldn't wait any longer.

Xiao Li and the others then entered the Pill Hall. The first floor of the hall was already in a mess. Several figures, like bandits, barged into the pill refining rooms and looted everything they could see. Two people were even fighting over pills.

Xiao Li ignored them. How could there be anything good on the first floor? As an alchemist, he couldn't possibly put the best pills at the bottom.

Xiao Li then led the others up to the second floor.

Suddenly, Xiao Li saw a figure lying on the stairs, its entire face purple.

"It's poisonous! Quickly take the antidote!" Xiao Li immediately took an antidote and then gave each of his men a bottle.

Xiao Li and Wang Ming exchanged a glance, and with a wave of their hands, volcanic stone flames and Yin-Yang Heart Flame appeared simultaneously. The dense poisonous mist dissipated upon contact with the strange fire.

After Xiao Li and the others entered, they found one or two people lying on the ground, who had been arrogant about their strength but had collapsed in the poisonous fog.

Xiao Li and the others searched the second floor and found that some of the pills there were quite well preserved, but their grades were not high. Xiao Li and Wang Ming could easily refine them, but they still took them away to study them, since they were pills from ancient times.

As for the other pills, they have already lost their medicinal properties and can't even be considered useless pills.

After searching for a while without finding anything unexpected, Xiao Li and the others headed to the third floor.

The third floor of this alchemy hall is extremely spacious, with numerous alchemy rooms of considerable size all around. In terms of decoration and grandeur, it far surpasses the two floors below.

"Tsk, the same old trick, they all like to put the good stuff on the third floor. Let's look for it," Wang Ming said.

Xiao Li placed ten Heavenly Demon Puppets at the entrance of the third floor and ordered that whoever entered should be attacked, and those who couldn't defeat them should merge with them.

Everyone also noticed that the poisonous fog on the third layer was even denser, and could even corrode battle qi. Xiao Li and Wang Ming exchanged a glance, and the two of them simultaneously released their strange fire towards each other.

Xiao Li's black and white fire dragon collided with Wang Ming's lava giant, and then an amazing stream of strange fire heat burst forth, directly dispelling the poisonous fog on the third layer.

"I wonder if there are any Grade 9 pills. This Thousand Demon Saint is also a Grade 9 alchemist, so he must have some Grade 9 pills left behind," Xiao Li said slowly after searching carefully.

However, Xiao Li quickly shook his head and said, "Ninth-grade pills? What am I thinking? Putting aside how important ninth-grade pills are to Dou Sheng experts, even if there were a ninth-grade treasure pill, its spirituality would be no different from that of a human. It might even have the combat power of a Dou Sheng. I can't beat it."

Xiao Li talked to himself, but he soon made a discovery, finding an ancient pill formula, which he glanced at hastily.

"The Phoenix and Luan Union Pill can summon four-colored lightning bolts. Each husband and wife should take one before intercourse to help them break through bottlenecks. Oh my, I really like this, and all these effects... hehehehe~"

Xiao Li carefully put away the ancient pill formula, then glanced at Yun Yun. Yun Yun suddenly felt like she was being watched by something, felt a chill down her back, and felt an inexplicable soreness in a certain spot.

The group searched through the pill-making rooms together. In one of the rooms, they found a number of high-grade pills that were well-preserved and whose medicinal properties had not been damaged. There were even many rank-eight pills, which they all took.

Xiao Li and Wang Ming were more concerned about the pill formula. After all, as alchemists, the pill formula was more important than the pill itself, especially since Xiao Li had never seen an ancient pill formula before.

As soon as everyone entered the next alchemy room, they found that this room was different from the others; it was in a mess, as if something had already visited it.

whoosh-

Suddenly, a yellow shadow rushed over and pounced on Xiao Li's face. Xiao Li circulated his fighting spirit and removed the furry thing from his face. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a small cat covered in yellow fur.

This kitten is round and plump, but it doesn't seem to have any energy fluctuations on the surface.

"Eek~ Achoo~ Achoo~" Xiao Li's nose was itchy from the cat's fur and he sneezed a few times: "It's actually a pill beast, it's so fat, it looks like it has eaten all the pills in this pill room."

It turned out that Xiao Li had been refining pills for a long time, and his body emitted a strong medicinal fragrance. The pill beast was extremely sensitive to this smell. It fed on pills and thought that Xiao Li was a pill.

Xiao Li directly hugged the pill beast in his arms, then took out a few seventh-grade pills and fed them to the pill beast. The pill beast's true form was an eighth-grade pill, which was a pill transformation. It possessed intelligence and loved to eat pills. With long-term consumption of good pills, the pill beast might be able to advance to a ninth-grade treasure pill.

Upon seeing the several Rank 7 pills in Xiao Li's hand, the pill beast swallowed them directly into its mouth, then crunched them up and swallowed them whole.

After the beast finished eating the pill, it licked Xiao Li's cheek with its pink tongue, looking ingratiating and wanting more pills.

"This guy begging for pills looks just like Zi Yan, except at least Zi Yan has some shame and wouldn't be so shameless as to ask for pills," Xiao Li said with a chuckle.

Xiao Li picked up the pill beast and examined it closely: "It should be an eighth-grade pill that has undergone the Nine-Colored Pill Lightning, not bad."

Xiao Li continued to feed the beast, taking out all his unused Rank 6 pills and feeding them to it. Rank 6 pills weren't of much use to him anyway; he could refine them as long as he had the medicinal herbs.

After feeding the pill beast, it ate its fill and went to sleep. Xiao Li rubbed his hands together. As an alchemist, he naturally had a way to instruct the pill beast. Xiao Li took out an ancient wooden box, placed the pill beast inside, and then cast a spatial seal.

Soon, the third floor was completely cleared out by everyone. In addition to Xiao Li's group finding a pill beast, Tian Yinzi's group also found a pill beast that looked like a puppy.

Yun Yun and the Pei sisters found several ancient pill formulas, while Wang Ming found a formula for a ninth-grade precious pill, as well as a key to the main hall.

"A good haul," Xiao Li said with a smile. He had already made a killing by acquiring two pill beasts, several ancient pill formulas, and a formula for a ninth-grade treasure pill.

"Next, let's go take a look at the herb garden." Wang Ming took out a simple map made of animal hide, which showed the distribution of the medicinal herbs in the garden.

Chapter 164 Main Hall

In the same square, many powerful figures were already waiting.

It's clear they've all made some progress; three fragments have already been placed on the stone gate in the middle, and only the last key is missing.

The people here are all waiting for the last piece of the key to arrive.

Whoosh whoosh—

Several figures emerged from the leftmost stone gate and landed on the plaza.

"Phew, finally out! This isn't a medicine garden, it's clearly an ancient forest! Or is it that in the eyes of a Dou Sheng powerhouse, this ancient forest is a medicine garden?"

Xiao Li dusted himself off and said speechlessly.

Although he said that, Xiao Li was actually quite pleased with himself. He found many good things in this ancient forest, including many rare medicinal herbs.

Xiao Li planned to refine the medicine properly after returning home.

Xiao Li arrived at the middle stone gate and threw the last key fragment over with a wave of his hand.

click -

As the last key fragment was inserted into the groove, the tightly closed stone door suddenly made a series of clicking sounds, and the heavy stone door slowly opened a crack.

As the central stone gate opened, no one was willing to step forward. At this point, all the powerful figures had gained something, and no one wanted to be the first to stick their neck out and get tricked by the traps inside.

Xiao Li ignored all that and released the previous twenty Heavenly Demon Puppets, then made them merge. The group stood on the purple-gold Heavenly Demon Puppets and broke through the stone gate.

"Hmm? It's the Yin Yang Venerable again!"

"What Yin-Yang Venerables? Aren't they from Yin Valley? Isn't that Master Wang Li?"

"Did Wang Li use the Yin-Yang Twin Flames? Is it wrong to call him the Yin-Yang Venerable?"

"Well, not really, it's just a bit hard to accept. The young man who was so talented before has suddenly become a Dou Zun powerhouse on par with me. It's a bit hard to accept."

"Hey, Old Monster Yuan, when did you become so confident? Even if Yin Yang Venerable is at the Dou Huang level, he is still your peer. He is an eighth-grade alchemist who refined an eighth-grade pill with four-colored pill lightning at the Pill Gathering."

How many times have you, Old Monster Yuan, taken this kind of pill? He's already a Dou Zun powerhouse, and his alchemy skills are even more powerful. He's probably on par with the three giants of the Pill Tower. As for you? You'd have a hard time even getting a glimpse of him.

"I have never seen such a shameless person as you."

"Hey, you hunchback, how dare you insult me? Believe me, I'll beat you down another two inches!"

One Dou Zun powerhouse was arguing with another Dou Zun powerhouse. They looked like street thugs, spewing nonsense and vulgarities. Despite being extremely powerful Dou Zun powerhouses, they were so low-class.

However, no one pointed fingers at them, because these two were also renowned Dou Zun powerhouses, and the one called "Old Monster Yuan" was an eight-star Dou Zun.

The old man, whom Yuan Laogui jokingly called "Hunchback," had a hunched back and indeed looked like a pot. This powerful figure was not to be underestimated; he was a Seven-Star Dou Zun.

Information gathered on ordinary continents may not include them; only after entering the social circles of Dou Zun powerhouses will one realize just how strong these two are.

The Four Directions Pavilion Master is powerful, a renowned Dou Zun expert on the continent, but in the eyes of these two, he's nothing special. Apart from the Medicine Venerable of the Starfall Pavilion, they have never taken the Four Directions Pavilion seriously.

. . . . . .

Following Xiao Li's lead, a steady stream of powerful individuals entered the stone gate of the main hall.

Behind the stone gate was an extremely wide road. Upon closer inspection, it was clear that the road was made of extremely sturdy materials and was not easily damaged.

After walking for about ten minutes, a magnificent ancient hall finally came into view.

The entire hall is black and red, and over the long years, the walls are filled with an ancient and weathered atmosphere.

The main hall was extremely spacious, and even after all the powerful figures had entered, it did not feel crowded.

As everyone entered, they were drawn to the center of the hall, where twenty enormous orbs of light floated in mid-air. Within their dazzling light, scroll-like objects could be faintly seen.

Cultivation techniques, combat skills!

Heavenly-rank cultivation techniques, Heavenly-rank combat skills!

This was the first answer that everyone guessed after seeing those orbs of light. However, there were a total of twenty orbs of light, and it was certain that not all of them were of the Heavenly Rank. There were probably only a few scattered orbs of Heavenly Rank, and the rest were used to conceal things.

However, even if it's something to conceal, that's only true to the Thousand Demon Saints. What the Thousand Demon Saints consider to be concealment might be treasures to these Dou Zun.

After all, a Dou Sheng expert has extremely high standards, and anything placed here by him must be of high quality.

After looking at the twenty orbs of light, his gaze then locked onto the three figures in the center of the orbs. In the center was a skeleton with a body entirely of white jade. The skeleton sat there with its hands forming a mudra.

The remains of a Battle Saint!

However, after seeing the remains of the Battle Saint, the group did not act rashly. Firstly, the spatial seal in front of them had not yet been opened, and making a hasty move could easily trigger some restrictions, causing the treasures inside to be lost.

Secondly, standing beside the skeleton of the Battle Saint were two extremely majestic purple-gold figures, figures they had seen before.

A purple-gold puppet.

They had witnessed such a powerful puppet outside the stone gate before. The twenty golden puppets had merged into a giant puppet that was seven zhang tall.

Now, standing on either side of the remains of the Battle Saint are puppets that are slightly stronger than normal people. They may not look very strong, but anyone with a keen eye can tell.

The puppet capable of protecting the remains of a Dou Sheng is definitely superior to the puppet outside.

As for Xiao Li, who had subdued the Heavenly Demon Puppet, the two puppets in front of him were completely different, because the two purple-gold puppets were clearly a level higher than the Heavenly Demon Puppet.

These two purple-gold figures did not exude a deathly aura; instead, they possessed a faint vitality, as if they were dormant. However, Xiao Li was certain that these two puppets were anything but simple!

"Everyone, let's wait a bit. These two puppets are not simple; there's something fishy about them!" Xiao Li transmitted his voice.