Volume 1 Chapter 015: The Yellow Stone Essence

  This is not a casual remark, the Xuan Mi Sect is such a large sect, and the highest elixir that can be refined is only ninth grade at most. However, she can refine an eleventh-grade elixir. Every time this matter is mentioned, Master's eyes shine brightly, with an extremely excited expression.

  Looking at her complacent and self-righteous appearance, Du Mu Chang Qing's eyebrows furrowed, and the corners of his eyes twitched... It's really outrageous for her to say such a thing!

  In Feng Fei Liu's peach blossom eyes, full of temptation and charm, a hint of uncontrollable smile emerged. At their first meeting, he also thought Qin Luo Yi's skills were a bit too poor, however... Second Master's mouth was also too venomous, not leaving any room for courtesy, no wonder Little Master Sister would be so cold to him on usual days.

  Qin Luo Yi's reaction was even more amusing, she actually said that her master had always been proud of her... Haha! If he wasn't afraid that she would get angry and embarrassed, he would have burst out laughing.

  It seemed that she knew they wouldn't believe her, so Qin Luoyi didn't explain. A strong fragrance wafted up from the ground, and she bent down to flip over the buried chicken once more.

  "Is Master proud of you?" Du Mu Changqing hooked his lips, his eyes gleaming as he stared at her exquisitely delicate face: "You'd better tell me, what do you have that's worth Master being proud of?"

  "Why should I tell you?" Qin Luo Yi patted the dust off her hands, sat up straight, and raised her chin to look at him with not a hint of guilt.

  Du Mu Changqing was very close to her, so close that he could see his own shadow in her dark phoenix eyes, as if they were filled with him. His mood suddenly improved and he smiled lightly: "Not telling me? I think you can't say it!"

  Qin Luoyi thought Duanmu Changqing was just asking for a beating, and coming here was completely to find trouble with himself.

  Leaning forward, face to face with him, staring at him with a slightly evil smile: "Second brother, my medical skills are very good, and my poisonous techniques are also very good... don't you think so?" The teasing gaze still flickered towards his crotch.

  Du Mu Changqing's face changed, almost choked by his own saliva, the smile in his eyes disappeared, and his gaze turned cold. He pursed his thin lips and stared at her, emitting a strong aura of killing intent from his body.

  Qin Luo Yi wasn't afraid of him at all, in her eyes, he was now no different from a paper tiger. Getting closer, she opened her mouth and smiled even more brightly, determined to get confirmation from his mouth: "Second Shixiong, you say... my medical skills and poison techniques, are they worthy of Master's pride?"

  "Who would have thought that my junior sister actually knows medicine and poison techniques... it's really making me, her senior brother, very surprised." Du Mu Chang Qing's face turned iron green, clearly already on the verge of losing control, Feng Fei Liu's eyes flashed with an unusual light, smiling as she spoke.

  Qin Luoyi and Duanmu Changqing glared at each other, though they hadn't actually come to blows, their eyes were locked in a fierce stare, if looks could kill, they would have killed each other countless times!

  The senior brother's words she heard, but didn't have time to respond, afraid that once she opened her mouth, she would lose momentum and fall in this silent confrontation.

  Duanmu Changqing's face was cold and he didn't say a word.

  Feng Feilu had never been so cold-shouldered before, and the feeling of being completely excluded by these two people made him very unhappy. His eyes narrowed slightly, and the smile on his face stiffened for a moment.

  Lowering her eyelids, she remained silent for a moment before raising them again. The displeasure in her eyes had completely dissipated, and the beautiful contours of her face looked even more enchanting under the bright firelight: "Little sister, tell big brother what poisons you know? Big brother is really curious!"

  Qin Luoyi, who was called out to answer questions, finally shifted his gaze away from Du Mu Changqing's face, forced a smile, and said with a sly smile: "Big Brother Master, you asked the wrong question, you should ask me what poison I don't know!"

  "Haha!"

  "What a thick skin!"

  Feng Fei Lian was taken aback for a moment, then burst out laughing. Duanmu Changqing couldn't take it anymore and rubbed his temples, turning his head to look elsewhere, but a faint smile still lingered in the bottom of his eyes. The tense atmosphere from earlier was swept away in an instant.

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  The next day, after more than half a month of quietly guarding the ancient cave outside without seeing anything unusual, Da Hei finally returned. The wounds on his body had almost healed, but the burnt fur was still pockmarked and couldn't be restored in a short time.

  Qin Luoyi had originally decided to go out and gain some experience, now that Dahei was back, it was just in time for a companion, so they set off immediately that afternoon from Piaomiao Sect.

  Dà Hēi looked at her, not knowing the direction, just walking aimlessly. Suddenly, she had an idea and blinked a few times, somewhat hesitantly saying: "Anyway, it's just training, wherever we go is training. Why don't we go take a look at that cave?"

  Qin Luo Yi glanced at it and sneered: "You still don't give up, huh!"

  "Heh heh, such a treasure, the sooner you get it in your hands, the sooner you can rest assured." After waiting for over a decade, if it really falls into someone else's hands, it would be unbearable!

  "I'll just go with you to take a look, as for whether or not we go in, we can decide later." Looking at the fiery red clouds on the horizon, Qin Luo Yi thought for a moment before nodding. Anyway, it's nothing, going to take a look is fine too.

  Da He was overjoyed and jumped up. The sacred master of the ancient tribe's cave mansion is in the west, they headed west along the way.

  After traveling thousands of miles, passing through numerous towns with large populations, Qin Luo only made brief stops, taking a rough look before continuing on to the next town.

  The cultivation of a great master at the peak, in a place like Penglai Fairy Island, is not eye-catching. Ninety-nine point nine percent of people who turn their heads to look back at her on the road are not because of her cultivation, but because of her stunning and unparalleled beauty.

  Along the way, apart from encountering a few rascals who tried to take advantage of her, there was no great danger, which made Qin Luoyi feel more and more bored. Such training, wandering for eight or ten years, perhaps she would still be unable to break through the barrier of the Great Sect Master and advance to the rank of Martial Saint.

  Others disdain to fight with her, and with her personality, she can't take the initiative to provoke others just because she wants to advance. Not to mention that it's impossible to tell whether the other person is good or evil based on first impressions alone. What if they misjudge and offend someone who shouldn't be messed with? With her current cultivation level, she would only end up getting beaten!

  This desperate situation didn't change until she unexpectedly obtained a fist-sized yellow stone essence in a deep mountain.

  That Huangshi Yuansu, on the Penglai Fairy Island, is an extremely rare thing, and it's a great material for refining artifacts. For countless years, only a few pieces have been known to people.

  And everything she got was thanks to Da Hei.

  There was a spot on the mountain that didn't get any sunlight, not a single blade of grass grew there, only bare rocks. When she and Da Hei passed by, they happened to see a bald monk lifting up stones one after another, muttering to himself, searching for something.

  She was curious for a moment, and hid with Dahei to watch. Half a time later, the monk actually took out a black stone as big as a palm from the gap between the stones. The stone was extremely pure in black, and there seemed to be a faint black mist swirling above it.

  "It's here, it's here! There really is obsidian!" Fat Monk was overjoyed and couldn't close his mouth, he didn't even bother to clean the dirt off the top before hastily shoving it into his bosom.

  Then he started searching around again until he had turned over all the stones in that area and found two more pieces of obsidian, before leaving with a smile.

  Obsidian is a kind of stone with very dense spiritual energy, which can help people cultivate. On the Penglai Fairy Island, apart from many spiritual plants with abundant spiritual energy, some special stones, especially crystal stones, also contain dense spiritual energy. Obsidian is one of them.

  However, Qin Luoyi wasn't very interested in that obsidian despite its strong spiritual energy. After watching the big monk search for a while, he thought of leaving, but Da He became very excited, his eyes shining brightly as he refused to leave.

  It finally endured until the big monk was far away, and it rushed out quickly. With its two claws, it lifted up one of the rocks, let out a low cry, and dove into the hole where the big monk had first dug up the obsidian.

  In an instant, Qin Luo only saw a huge butt and a tail exposed outside, with mud flying out from under its paws.

  "Big Black, what are you doing?!" Qin Luoyi glared at it with a mix of anger and amusement. It didn't want to leave, and she had long wanted to ask it what it was up to, but was afraid of being discovered due to the great monk's powerful cultivation, so they all dared not make a sound.

  "Haha, if I'm not mistaken, there's treasure down here, far more valuable than that obsidian!" Da Hei Tou said with his head buried in the mud, his voice somewhat muffled, but Qin Luo Yi still heard him clearly.

  "Fat Monk has already taken the obsidian away, are you sure there's still some?" Qin Luo Yi raised an eyebrow in skepticism, her beautiful brow furrowed slightly as she leaned forward curiously.

  "Haha, I saw it, unexpectedly it's the Yellow Stone Original Spirit." Dahei was excited for a moment, his paws slapped against the mud even harder, Qin Luoyi was close to him, if he hadn't reacted quickly, he would have eaten a mouthful of mud.

  Jumping out of the cave, a large black claw tightly held a piece of gray stone about half a foot in size that was extremely inconspicuous. Gently tapping off one corner, it revealed a few sparkling golden colors. A very terrifying spiritual power spread out from inside: "Refine this thing into a magic weapon, and its power will be at least twice as strong as before!"

  Thinking of Qian Kun Zhong, Da He became even more excited.

  "It's indeed the essence of Huangshi!" Qin Luo Yi stretched out his hand to touch it, and let out a low sigh. His phoenix-like eyes sparkled with dazzling light.

  In the book storage pavilion of the Xuan Mi Sect, she saw a book that introduced this crystal stone. Indeed, as Da Hei said, refining it into a magic weapon would at least double its original power!

  If this yellow stone essence were refined into an extremely powerful imperial-grade artifact, its power would be terrifying.

  "Let's go, let's get out of here first." Qin Luo Yi cautiously looked around and said to Da Hei Dao.

  An innocent man is guilty, hiding his crime... This thing is too against the heavens, if people find out, it will definitely bring endless trouble.

  Dà Hēi was somewhat reluctant, but fortunately, it could still distinguish between important and unimportant matters. Upon hearing this, it handed the Huáng Shí Yuán Jīng to Qín Luò Yī's hands, watching with wide eyes as she threw the object into her spatial ring.

  Qin Luo Yi smiled and patted its head softly, saying in a low voice: "Let's leave here first and find a more secluded place. I'll take it out again to let you have a good look!"

  Dà hēi yǎn zhōng yī liàng, gāo xìng de diǎn tóu, zài zhe qín luò yī, jiù xiàng yuè chù bēn qù, bēn chū le bú guò jǐ bǎi mǐ, dà hēi de sù dù màn le xià lái, zài tāmen de qián fāng, yǒu liǎng nán liǎng nǚ wēi xiào zhe fù shǒu zhàn lì, mù guāng zhuó zhuó de wàng zhe tāmen.

  "Miss, what was that thing you just picked up? We've never seen anything like it before. Can we take a look?" asked one of the young men in his early twenties to Qin Luoyi.

  Digression

  It's year-end, busy beyond recognition, have to work overtime on weekends for two days, probably won't be able to update much in the next few days, bear with it for now...

  Thank you Ice Flying Snow for the intimate Drill and Flower, thank you Cloud Goose Child for the intimate Flowers (2 flowers)