I am a villain and have been captured. Why are the fairies asking me to come out?

What appeared before him was a black jade box, which glowed a deep color under the dim firelight. He held up the jade box, as if he was holding a ball of sticky darkness in his hands.

"Please... Immortal... come..."

The black jade pendant on the chest let out a dark halo, which fell on the jade box and blended with it. Then there was a crisp sound like a buckle being loosened, and the cover of the jade box slowly rose.

It has been opened more than once, but the fat shopkeeper still doesn't know what is in the box.

Every time the jade box was opened, he closed his eyes in advance.

An icy cold air surrounded him, the screams of wronged souls lingered in his ears, the ground seemed to be sinking, and the fat shopkeeper had an inexplicable illusion that he was no longer in the Penglai Inn in Jiuling Town, but in the abyss of demon caves thousands of miles away.

"Shangxian?"

In the darkness without vision, the fat shopkeeper did not dare to move, and could only mutter in fear, "Shan Shangxian?"

After a long while, a woman's gentle voice rang out in the darkness: "Ignorant ant, what do you want from me?"

The sound was empty and overlapping, like one person's voice repeated thousands of times in a few seconds.

"My lord, I just moved the jade and cut the chips, I'm afraid I may have been contaminated by the poison of the Life Stone!"

Hearing the other party's voice, the fat shopkeeper fell to his knees on the ground as if he had seen a savior, and begged for mercy in a trembling voice, "I have done so many things for you these days, please take my loyalty into consideration and remove the poison that killed me. I will serve you wholeheartedly and will do whatever you want!"

The other party seemed not to have heard this and only asked, "Have you found out the identity of the guest in Room 2?"

“This…” The fat shopkeeper’s expression froze, “I…I heard that they seem to claim to be independent cultivators…”

"I heard? It seems?"

The voice in the darkness turned cold, "In that case, if they are not independent cultivators, you can feed your head to the dogs."

“Please spare my life, Immortal! Please spare my life, Immortal!”

The fat shopkeeper was almost scared to death by this, and he didn't know where the other party was. He crawled on the ground and kowtowed several times in all directions, "Those two people have only stayed here for one day. Even if I want to get close to them, I can't get close to them for the time being!"

The woman in the darkness sneered: "So, you summoned me out this time just to ask me to detoxify you?"

"No...I dare not..." The fat shopkeeper was terrified and wanted to explain.

"Forget it, considering that you have made some contributions."

A voice in the darkness interrupted him, "Grind the Life Stone into half a penny, mix it with rootless water and drink it, it will ensure that you will not die for three days."

The fat shopkeeper was delighted at first, then he thought of something: "Shangxian...what about three days later?"

"You don't need to worry about that."

The joy on the fat shopkeeper's face froze, and before he could say anything, he heard the woman scolding impatiently.

"Get out of here now."

The fat shopkeeper didn't dare to say much. He groped in the darkness, trying to find the door. Before he found it, he tripped over the debris on the ground and hit a bench. A big bump immediately appeared on his forehead. He tried to get up, but his head hit a pile of broken bowls. The broken edges of the bowls cut his fat face into a bloody mess and he cried out in pain.

The woman in the darkness couldn't bear to watch any longer, so she said, "Two steps to the left, the door is in front."

When the fat shopkeeper stumbled out of the room, the door closed by itself and the light of the oil lamp gradually became brighter, illuminating the enchanting woman in red in the room.

The woman had charming green eyes, her figure was illusory and uncertain, and black mist was floating around her. It was obvious that her real body was not here.

If Yan Mobai was here, he would definitely recognize that this woman is none other than Shan Zhenzhen, the daughter of the previous leader of the Tianji Sect and the Dharma Protector of Jidu who later defected to the Demon Sect. A month ago, she and Dharma Protectors such as Wang Shishen raised the banner together and became a generation of demon giants in charge of Youquanzhou in the new Demon Sect.

“When the formation is ready, no matter how many tricks Master Ren Yaoguang has, he will die here…”

Shan Zhenzhen muttered to herself, her blue eyes penetrated the walls of the inn and her gaze fell on somewhere far away.

She had just received news that Yaoguang Sect's Grand Elder Li Yanze had been accidentally cursed when he was fighting against Gui Clan's Patriarch Gui Yue in the Western Regions, and was now dying.

"Everyone in the world calls Yaoguang Xianmen a great sect. Now that these two are dead, how great can it be...?"

In the past few days, the Central Continent Demon Cult had fought more than one battle with the other three continents, and countless Yuantai monks were killed, and even the soul refiners were damaged. The various sects of the Immortal Dao believed that the Demon Cult was in constant internal war and could not take care of other places, so they could rest assured to conquer the Western Regions.

But who would have known that it was this evil cult that was difficult to deal with both ends, secretly extended its hand into the Yaoguang territory, secretly set up a killing trap in Jiuling Town, and lured the leader of Yaoguang into the trap, intending to strangle him here.

Yi Niaoniao thought that the enemy was targeting the entire Yaoguang Sect, but she never expected that the other party was targeting her.

Grand Elder Li Yanze died in the Western Regions, and the only spiritual cultivator of the Yaoguang Sect left was the Sect Leader Yi Niao Niao. If she was defeated in Jiuling Town, no matter how many Yuantai cultivators the Yaoguang Sect had, it would be difficult for it to be called a major immortal sect, let alone continue to occupy Yaoguang Peak, one of the seven immortal mountains. It could only allow other sects to divide the territory and recruit talents.

There would be no need for the Demon Cult to take action at that time, as the various righteous sects would naturally divide up the Yaoguang Sect completely.

……

To the west of Jiuling Town is the headquarters of the Yaoguang Sect.

"Is this...really an alchemy room?"

Li Yulo held the leader's arm, his violet eyes staring blankly at the hut that looked no different from a farmer's earthen stove.

The alchemy rooms in the Yuheng Immortal Sect all occupy a main earth vein. The underground fire from all directions converges at the head of the vein, and the alchemy room is built right above it. Whenever the furnace is started, one can see flames rising from the furnace platform which is dozens of feet wide, constantly washing the outer wall of the alchemy cauldron. It is enough to melt all the immortal gold and iron that can be found in Jiuzhou, let alone refining those immortal herbs and spiritual materials.

But the alchemy room in front of him, not only looked shabby and old like a kitchen, but even the stove inside that ignited the earth fire was less than a foot wide. Two Negative Vein monks wearing white robes and who looked like alchemists stood on benches, poking the inside of the stove with long fire poles, and it took them a long time to poke out a spark.

Could it be that Yuheng is too extravagant... Do all the alchemy rooms outside look like this?

"Master..."

She looked up at the leader stupidly, but saw that his face was also full of surprise and he couldn't utter a word for a long time.

Chapter 86: Daydreaming

As we all know, in order to make elixirs, one must first have an elixir furnace and secondly, elixir fire.

If the alchemist is very powerful and can use his magic power to replace the alchemy furnace to hold the spiritual materials and herbs, the alchemy furnace can be thrown away.

But no matter what, Danhuo is a must.

No matter how simple the alchemy room was, at least the fire in the furnace could be used, right? With so few sparks, let alone refining the elixir, I'm afraid I couldn't even keep my hands and feet warm in the winter.

Seeing that the two people's expressions became increasingly strange, Yi Niaoniao felt a little embarrassed.

She knew that Jiuling Town was short of supplies, but she didn't expect it to be so scarce.

Jiuling Town is indeed located in a remote area. Usually, there are no mid- to high-level cultivators coming and going. It is not valued by the Yaoguang Sect, and the resources invested in it are much less than other places.

But no matter what, Jiuling Town is a proper town. Every month the sect will more or less distribute a sum of spirit stones to cover the various expenses of garrisoning in Jiuling Town. How could it not even be able to maintain an alchemy room?

Bang... Bang...

The two Nengmai disciples beside the stove were sweating profusely. They used fire poles to clear the accumulated embers and flints in the stove with perseverance, and they kept making long sounds like knocking on metal.

But no matter how they poked, all they achieved was to make a few more sparks come out of the stove.

Yi Niaoniao watched for a long time and couldn't help but say, "The entire fire path is blocked. Are you trying to poke your fire pole into the earth vein?"

The two Nengmai disciples obviously knew that they were wasting their efforts, so they put down their fire poles and retreated aside in embarrassment.

Yi Niaoniao took the fire pole and walked towards the stove. The immortal essence flowed down her fair wrist and onto the pole. The originally dark and rusty pole seemed to have become a lightsaber.

He raised the lightsaber and thrust it straight into the hearth.

Under the impact of the tremendous spiritual power, the flint that had accumulated in the fire channel for many years was instantly reduced to ashes. A dull roar came from the ground, and after a few breaths, the underground fire gushed out from the furnace mouth like a spring.

Yi Niaoniao threw the pole back and glanced at the two disciples unhappily: "They actually managed to block the entire fire path... How many years has it been since anyone repaired the alchemy room? Where did the monthly allowance from the sect go?"

The two disciples hesitated, as if they wanted to say something but did not dare to open their mouths.

"That's enough." Yi Niao Niao waved her hand, "If you want to leave, go ahead. You are not needed here anymore."

Watching the two disciples slip out the door as if they had been pardoned, she sighed helplessly.

Yi Niaoniao, who was once a victim, knew very well what was going on inside the Yaoguang Sect... She knew that the missing monthly allowances might not have been secretly embezzled by these Condensing Veins disciples.

According to the personalities of the deacons and elders in the sect, the monthly allowance for a small town like Jiuling Town is like a big piece of pie. Everyone who handles it will not forget to take a little bit. By the time it is distributed to Jiuling Town, it is hard to say whether there will be any crumbs left.

After becoming the head of the sect, she also wanted to eradicate the unhealthy tendencies in the sect, but over the years, certain tacit understandings that could not be seen in public had already formed a series of unwritten rules between the factions. These rules were linked together to form a huge mechanism.

The entire Yaoguang Sect relies on this mechanism to operate normally. Every middle and high-level cultivator is a gear in it. Unless the entire sect is torn down and rebuilt, even she, as the sect leader, will not be able to support it alone.

The girl's beautiful amber eyes quietly looked at Yan Mobai. The small Yaoguang Sect was so difficult to deal with. The situation of the former Demon Sect was even more unpredictable, but he was able to set things right...

How amazing.

She thought secretly.

Her former admiration for this great master of the magic world had actually changed after she learned the identity of the person who sent the pill a few days ago.

Now that she was close to him, the admiration that had distorted itself had gradually transformed into some strange, soft and sweet feelings in Yi Niaoniao's heart.

These emotions were like spring petals caressing her cheeks, making her feel at peace and intoxicated on the one hand, and at a loss on the other.

Although she had already decided in her heart that the leader would be her only Taoist partner from now on, Yi Niaoniao always firmly believed that this was only due to her yearning and desire for the male protagonist and her persistence in taking back what belonged to her, and had nothing to do with love between men and women.

She would never admit that she fell in love with the leader...

Yi Niaoniao clenched her little fists under her white robe.

You have to wait for the leader to pursue you for a long time before you fall in love with him.

The girl couldn't help but fantasize in her little head that when the leader catches up with her in the future, the two of them will work together to manage Yaoguang, making it bigger and stronger step by step, and finally surpass Yuheng Xianzong to become the overlord of Jiuzhou...

In just a moment, Yi Niaoniao had even thought of a way to deal with Qian Qiuxue, the big vixen, after annexing the Yuheng Immortal Sect.

At that time, I will lock that guy up in the little nest between me and the leader, watching me being intimate and happy with the person she hates the most day and night, using Qian Qiuxue's grinding teeth as a lullaby every day, and falling asleep peacefully with the leader in my arms...

While she was daydreaming, Yan Mobai had already placed the cauldron on the stove and poured Mr. Qian's ashes into it.

This is not alchemy. He does not need to control the temperature. He just needs to put the furnace on and wait for the earth's fire to burn the mortal ashes to ashes.

However, there was only this portion of ashes, so Yan Mobai was still careful and did not pour all the ashes into the alchemy furnace, but left half in the bottle. This way, even if something went wrong, it would not be irreparable.

The underground fire washed over the alchemy cauldron fiercely, quickly burning the originally dark golden walls of the cauldron into a glowing red. The remaining fire rushed out in all directions along the cauldron base, extending out like tentacle-like tongues of fire.

The heat wave rolled in and the air seemed distorted.

The sight was rippling like algae in the water.

Li Yulo's hair was blown by the hot wind, and her light purple eyes narrowed, "It's so hot..." She murmured softly, and her hands circulated a magic. A spell enveloped the two of them, and the temperature suddenly dropped a lot, but it still made the girl's delicate face red.

"Master..." She had to bury her face behind the Master's shoulder and said weakly, "Why don't we stay away from each other."

Yan Mobai shook his head, his eyes fixed on the glowing wall of the alchemy cauldron.

The entire alchemy cauldron seemed to have become a huge ball of fire in the underground fire, and it was becoming brighter and brighter with the naked eye.

Jiuling Town was so poor that even the furnace was blocked, so this alchemy furnace was obviously not a good thing. If its shell could not withstand the erosion of the earth fire and melted, all the ashes inside would be scrapped.

Seeing that the cauldron wall was about to be burned into a fiery white, Yan Mobai immediately turned his head and said, "Miss Yu, this cauldron cannot withstand the underground fire. Please quickly set up a formation around the cauldron to contain the fire!"

"Well……?"

Yi Niaoniao woke up from her daydream. She wiped the saliva from the corner of her mouth and raised her hand to set up a ban.

The fire gushing out of the furnace suddenly dimmed a lot, and the color of the alchemy cauldron gradually dimmed, and finally returned to normal.

Chapter 87: Big Lemon

The restriction was glowing with a faint white light, and the underground fire struck the restriction, creating scorching waves of fire.

A copper-colored alchemy cauldron half a person's height was quietly suspended above the underground fire. As the underground fire gushed out, it rotated in a certain pattern, emitting a fiery red light like a scorching sun in the dim alchemy room.

The walls of the alchemy cauldron are made of a special metal that will not block the fluctuations of spiritual power, allowing the alchemist to see the appearance of the medicinal materials in the cauldron through special detection methods without having to lift the lid.

Yi Niao Niao had learned similar magic before. She raised her hand and cast a spell. Water vapor within a radius of dozens of feet suddenly gathered like a tornado and condensed into a water mirror in the alchemy room.

Through the water mirror, the three people in the alchemy room clearly saw the raging fire in the alchemy cauldron burning the ashes.

The ashes were refined very slowly, and there was no sign of them dissolving for a while. However, people who were familiar with refining equipment knew that some things seemed to remain motionless despite the continuous increase in temperature, but as long as the firepower exceeded the critical point, they would be refined quickly.

No one knew the critical points of the ashes and the things mixed in them. If they were overburned, the mysterious substance hidden in the ashes might be burned completely by the underground fire. Therefore, the three of them had to stay by and wait, observing the changes in the cauldron at all times.

The alchemy room was filled with boiling heat. Li Yulo's fair forehead was covered with beads of sweat, and even her underwear was soaked with sweat and stuck to her tender body.

So hot……

Despite the barrier of the prohibition and the shielding of the leader's body, the heat wave still made the girl feel extremely uncomfortable.

For some reason, even though she had used a cooling spell, Li Yuluo still felt that the temperature around her did not change at all. Her body became hotter and hotter, as if there was a flame burning out from her body.

It’s so hot…

Why... is it so hot?

The girl's fair and delicate face became increasingly rosy, her beautiful eyes appeared moist and blurry due to the rising body temperature, her cherry lips kept opening, and she exhaled hot breath in small sips.

"Hah... ahhh..." She couldn't help but let out a soft gasp.