Among these 19 scattered cultivators, even the one with the lowest cultivation level was higher than Li Xiuchen. They surrounded him, ready to attack him with their swords and knives without saying a word. However, at this moment, Li Xiuchen cleverly took out his token.

“I… I am an inner disciple of Mount Taihua!”

Everyone was surprised.

Luo Jianqing, who had already guessed the outcome, let out a sigh.

The 19 scattered cultivators looked at each other, and the leader, a mid-level golden core cultivator, smiled and said to his companions, “This kid really doesn’t know how to behave. If it weren’t for the senior who passed by just now, the thing in our mouths would have been taken away by him. Second brother, did you hear what this kid just said?”

The early-stage golden core cultivator shook his head and grinned, “Big brother, I didn’t hear it.”

The mid-level golden core cultivator asked again, “Did the rest of you hear it?”

Everyone shook their heads together, “No.”

Now, Li Xiuchen was dumbfounded and kept shouting, “I am an inner disciple of Mount Taihua,” while being beaten by the 19 people. They didn’t really use lethal moves, just tried to give him a good beating, making him look bruised and swollen. Later on, Li Xiuchen couldn’t take it anymore and took out a precious white jade token and fled dozens of miles away.

As soon as Li Xiuchen disappeared, the 19 cultivators had to split the treasures on the Golden Feather Phoenix.

Luo Jianqing was stunned for a moment. He didn’t expect that Li Xiuchen would use the White Jade Token he obtained in the Beidou True Immortal’s ruins when encountering such a situation. This was too wasteful! These scattered cultivators knew that he was from Taihua Mountain and wouldn’t dare to kill him, they just wanted to beat him up to vent their anger. Was Li Xiuchen really that cowardly?

There was no time to waste. Luo Jianqing immediately left and finally caught up with Li Xiuchen after chasing for dozens of miles.

At this moment, Li Xiuchen was resting in a secluded cave, cursing Luo Jianqing in his mouth. He even wished to skin him alive.

Luo Jianqing listened for a while and then chuckled softly, flying away.

When he came back, he brought back an enraged fourth-rank demonic beast. Li Xiuchen’s face turned pale when he saw the demonic beast and he quickly fled with his injured body. After narrowly escaping, Li Xiuchen sat down to rest, only to encounter another fourth-rank demonic beast!

“Why the hell am I so unlucky recently!!!”

Li Xiuchen cursed while constantly fleeing.

Under the control of the demonic beasts guided by Luo Jianqing, Li Xiuchen was forced to keep running deeper into Wanshou Mountain. For three days, he crossed two mountains while eating pills to restore his strength and continuously fleeing. When Li Xiuchen finally reached the inner area of Wanshou Mountain, these demonic beasts that had been inexplicably chasing him finally disappeared.

On the way, Li Xiuchen also suspected that these demonic beasts were being controlled by someone. However, as a newcomer to Wanshou Mountain, he hadn’t offended anyone except for the Nascent Soul cultivator who said “I don’t like the look of you.” But for a Nascent Soul cultivator, why bother to play such a prank on a Qi Refining cultivator like himself? It was really abnormal.

Li Xiuchen couldn’t figure it out no matter how much he thought about it.

At this point, Luo Jianqing no longer played tricks on Li Xiuchen.

In the book “Seeking Immortality”, Li Xiuchen’s walking route in the Wanshou Mountain was not clearly marked like the description of the map. The book only said that Li Xiuchen crossed a mountain, but it did not say which mountain he crossed, whether it was in the southeast, northwest, and so on. So Luo Jianqing could only follow behind Li Xiuchen and take the opportunity to act.

During this trip to the Wanshou Mountain, Li Xiuchen obtained three treasures that shocked Luo Jianqing.

The first was the inner alchemy of an eighth-rank demon beast.

The second was a heavenly-ranked broken sword.

The third was a ninth-rank pill that had already taken human form!

Of these, the first two items were obtainable by Luo Jianqing as long as he wanted them. But what about the third item? Under the heavens, no one could refine a ninth-rank pill, not even the venerable Yu Qingzi who could only refine up to eighth-rank pills at best, let alone the lowest grade ninth-rank pill.

Pills are divided into nine ranks, with the first being the lowest and the ninth being the highest.

The quality of pills can be divided into four major tiers: heavenly, earthly, mysterious, and yellow. A heavenly-ranked ninth-rank divine pill is a legendary thing. It is said that such pills, once they are refined, will inevitably cause heaven and earth to react, and as soon as they are made, they will directly take human form and become immortal!

Such things can only exist in ancient legends. What Li Xiuchen got this time was a yellow-ranked ninth-rank pill. Although it was the lowest grade, this pill had also taken on the form of a handsome and refined scholar, sitting on the top of a certain mountain in the depths of the Wanshou Mountain, playing the zither day and night with his head bowed.

As a medicinal pill, it did not possess any spiritual power, so not even Xuan Lingzi would know of the existence of this Grade 9 Divine Pill in the Wanshou Mountain. However, this did not mean that this scholar-turned-pill had no attacking power. It possessed the power of the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi found in medicinal pills and could be considered a ruler in the Wanshou Mountain.

When Luo Jianqing read about these details, he couldn’t believe it. How could Li Xiuchen have obtained this Divine Pill?

The reason was simple: on that day, a ninth-rank demon beast that had been coveting the Divine Pill for over a hundred years suddenly attacked and fought for it. Even if the scholar had transformed into a pill, he was still just a medicinal pill. Anyone who obtained him could swallow him whole, even if they weren’t a demonic cultivator who could absorb spiritual energy from people.

The battle was intense, and the sky and earth were shrouded in darkness.

Li Xiuchen happened to be out helping Mu Ruoruo, who was injured and looking for healing herbs, when a sudden gust of wind blew him away. When he woke up, he found himself at the edge of the battlefield of this top-tier battle. Li Xiuchen’s position was excellent, as all the creatures in the battlefield had been killed by the powerful and indiscriminate attacks, but he had managed to survive in a daze.

Now that the ninth-rank demon beast and the Grade 9 Divine Pill had both disappeared into the sky, Li Xiuchen was left to clear the battlefield below.

So, Li Xiuchen found a dead Grade 8 demon beast in the battlefield, took its inner core, and then came across an unlucky Nascent Soul stage cultivator who had died and left behind a treasure bag with a broken Heaven-ranked sword.

After that, Li Xiuchen hid on the side and watched the battle.

The two fought for a day and night. Although the Grade 9 Divine Pill was ultimately defeated, the ninth-rank demon beast was not in good shape either. When the Divine Pill was taking its last breath, it emitted a burst of pill fire, injuring the demon beast, before transforming into a medicinal pill and falling into the vast Wanshou Mountain.

And yet, Li Xiuchen managed to find it.

“Not bad, he actually found it.”

Even though the ninth-grade demonic beast was heavily injured, Li Xiuchen was not its match, so he turned around and left. He thought he couldn’t get any benefits from this fishing in troubled waters, but who knew that as soon as he crossed a mountain, he stepped on something hard. He looked down and dug it out of the soil: oh my god! A particularly bright pill!

The pill was covered with intricate and gorgeous pill patterns, even a layman could tell that this was definitely a divine pill of eight grades or above!

Considering the vast and boundless Wanshou Mountain Ridge, with so many mountains and territories, no one would have thought that this Ninth Grade Divine Pill was here. It only needed three days to restore human form and 30% of its medicinal power. Yet, it was picked up by Li Xiuchen after only an hour had passed.

Taking advantage of the pill’s heavy injury, Li Xiuchen wiped away the consciousness of the Confucian scholar and truly took possession of the pill.

This was the main purpose of Luo Jianqing’s visit to the Wanshou Mountain Ridge.

The Ninth Grade Divine Pill! Such a pill would definitely have a great use. According to the book, this was a healing divine pill. Li Xiuchen absorbed a little bit of the pill’s aura several times, and he could instantly recover his full health. If he gave this divine pill to Xuan Lingzi, who had been severely injured by severing his own spiritual essence for himself… would he get better?

Along the way, Luo Jianqing followed behind Li Xiuchen, watching him repeatedly obtain treasures.

Sometimes Li Xiuchen would also encounter life-threatening danger, but Luo Jianqing didn’t need to worry at all. He was always able to turn danger into safety and obtain many treasures. Most of the treasures were not of interest to Luo Jianqing, but as soon as he saw a treasure he liked, he would sneakily snatch it away from Li Xiuchen, and poor Li Xiuchen didn’t even know.

And so, the two of them walked for another ten days, one in front and one behind.

They were already deep into the Wanshou Mountain Ridge, and Li Xiuchen suddenly stopped, very hesitant and swaying left and right, refusing to move forward. Luo Jianqing was not worried at all. He simply sat cross-legged and practiced, immersed in the operation of the rules between heaven and earth, while also working hard to snatch spiritual energy.

Li Xiuchen had been waiting here for two days, but eventually, he became disappointed and continued on his way. Luo Jianqing felt a bit surprised and didn’t understand what Li Xiuchen was waiting for, but he didn’t ponder on it for long. Just as Li Xiuchen took a few steps, he suddenly bumped into a beautiful woman who was severely injured and lying on the ground.

Li Xiuchen’s eyes lit up, “Miss Mu, what happened to you?”

Luo Jianqing, who was following behind, remained silent.

At night, by the campfire.

Mu Ruoruo slowly opened her eyes and suddenly saw a familiar face. She instinctively took out her double swords, but Li Xiuchen pressed her hand down without any hesitation and smiled, “Miss Mu, today I was walking on the road when I saw that you were seriously injured, so I brought you back. But your injuries are quite severe. I don’t know what happened?”

Mu Ruoruo’s throat was dry and hoarse. She looked at Li Xiuchen with a complicated gaze and after a long pause, she whispered, “I encountered a fifth-rank Heavenly Mark Black Poison Spider earlier. It was too powerful, and I was splashed by its venom while running away, so I suddenly passed out.”

Li Xiuchen had already known about these events. At this moment, a trace of joy flashed in his eyes, but he immediately became nervous and asked, “A fifth-rank Heavenly Mark Black Poison Spider? What should we do?”

Mu Ruoruo had no good feelings towards Li Xiuchen when they were at the inn. She was astute and had already observed Li Xiuchen’s expressions. But now, she had no other options. Although she could still move her hand and wrist, she was in excruciating pain in other areas where the venom had splashed and had already begun to slowly rot.

These wounds needed to be treated immediately! However, all the areas that had been poisoned were completely immobilized. Even if Mu Ruoruo had medicine, she couldn’t apply it to herself.

In this desolate place in the Wanshou Mountain, they hadn’t seen a cultivator for three days!

Mu Ruoruo originally thought that she was surely going to die this time. Unexpectedly, she saw a person. However, the person she saw was Li Xiuchen. She was struggling to make a decision between her chastity and her life, and tears began to gather in her eyes as she suddenly recalled the message that the Wanshou senior had sent her in the inn.

“If you don’t cherish yourself, how can you expect others to cherish you?”

Since then, Mu Ruoruo had taken off her revealing clothes and changed into the most common female cultivator’s dress. She used her beauty to gain ten years of convenience, but now she had already reached the Foundation Establishment stage. She could protect herself and her body…

However, fate always seems to be contrary to one’s wishes. Mu Ruoruo had already decided to leave the Wanshou Mountain, but she encountered a poisonous spider. Now she had to make a choice between her life and her body. Mu Ruoruo’s voice was dry and hoarse, she lowered her head, and the campfire reflected on her green hair, shining brightly.

After a long time, Mu Ruoruo spoke hoarsely, “I have a bottle of medicine in my storage ring that can delay the onset of the poison. Li… Daoist Li , can I trouble you to apply the medicine for me?”

Li Xiuchen’s eyes lit up and he said without hesitation, “Sure!”

Mu Ruoruo closed her eyes and trembled in her heart as she said, “I have three wounds on my back, four on my legs, one on my lower abdomen… and two on my chest.”

Li Xiuchen was naturally shocked and said, “Miss Mu, how am I supposed to apply the medicine with so many wounds and in those areas?”

He spoke as if he were a righteous and upright gentleman, but Mu Ruoruo seemed not to have heard anything and still closed her eyes, saying, “It’s okay, Daoist Li. You’re saving my life this time. If I, Mu Ruoruo, can survive, I will naturally repay your great kindness.”

Li Xiuchen hesitated and refused several times, but finally reluctantly agreed. At first, he even said he would cover his eyes, but Mu Ruoruo bitterly said that it wouldn’t be easy to see the wounds that way, so Li Xiuchen had to give up.

In the dim light of the fire, the beautiful and charming female cultivator lay motionless on the ground, while the male cultivator slowly reached out his hand.

When Li Xiuchen’s hand touched Mu Ruoruo’s clothes, she suddenly trembled, but she didn’t speak out to stop him. Li Xiuchen proceeded to remove Mu Ruoruo’s outer shirt, then a layer of inner shirt, revealing a tantalizing bellyband. At this moment, Mu Ruoruo had already bitten her lips tightly, almost drawing blood, and she kept her eyes tightly closed.

She naturally didn’t know that when Li Xiuchen saw her full breasts, he swallowed his saliva and hurriedly went to untie the bellyband.

At this moment, Luo Jianqing, who was hiding in the dark, finally sighed and sent a sword aura to knock out Li Xiuchen.

Bang!

Li Xiuchen fell to the side, and Mu Ruoruo quickly opened her eyes. Suddenly, she saw a green figure walking over. The person gently waved their sleeve, and Mu Ruoruo’s clothes covered her own body again, covering up the spring scenery.

Mu Ruoruo widened her eyes in shock, looking at the suddenly appearing person in green.

A graceful and elegant green robe shimmered with a cold light under the moonlight. The black hair was windless and self-moving, and a silver mask was worn on the face with intertwined patterns. The temperament was unremarkable and simple, but it emitted a kind of noble and cold aura like a lotus.

At this moment, Mu Ruoruo was experiencing ups and downs, but suddenly seeing this person, she instinctively became vigilant. However, looking at those eyes that revealed helplessness, she couldn’t help but become infatuated. Those eyes were extremely beautiful, even though the face was covered by the mask, those eyes still shone through.

Phoenix eyes were stern and imposing without sound.

The person said in a flat tone, “You have already pitied yourself, but in this world, there are always many constraints. Today, you cannot move, and the poison from the venomous spider must be cleared. You must let this person see your body and touch your body. Who do you blame for all of this?”

Mu Ruoruo timidly said, “Blame the venomous spider?”

Luo Jianqing shook his head lightly.

Mu Ruoruo thought for a moment and said, “Blame me?”

Luo Jianqing said, “Yes, and no. It’s true that I blame you. I blame you for not being powerful enough, for not having enough cultivation, for not being able to overthrow this world, for not being able to become the top person, and for making others dare not to disrespect you. However, fate is to blame even more. Today’s events are a test for you, to hone your will and make you work harder to advance. If it were anyone else, I might have stayed out of it, but I just couldn’t stand this kid.”

Mu Ruoruo suddenly smiled. She knew that there was no reason for anyone else to save her. This senior didn’t owe her anything. Even if he didn’t save her, she couldn’t complain.

Luo Jianqing remained cold, “Tomorrow, when this kid wakes up, you’ll say that a third-stage monster attacked you from behind and that you repelled it. Then, the monster accidentally dropped a pill, and after you took it, you found that your injuries were completely healed.”

After speaking, Luo Jianqing flicked a pill towards Mu Ruoruo’s hand. Unexpectedly, Mu Ruoruo smiled bitterly and said, “Senior, I can only move my wrist and below.”

Luo Jianqing then realized that when Mu Ruoruo had just raised her double swords to attack Li Xiuchen, she had already exhausted her last bit of energy. With a wave of his hand, Luo Jianqing flew the pill into Mu Ruoruo’s mouth. The pill immediately dissolved upon entering, and its nourishing power also moistened her body.

Half an hour later, Mu Ruoruo was able to straighten her upper body. She quickly bowed to Luo Jianqing and said, “Thank you for saving me, Senior!”

Luo Jianqing chuckled, “I just did it casually. You don’t need to take it to heart.”

Mu Ruoruo suddenly froze. She saw Luo Jianqing’s figure flash, and he disappeared into the endless darkness, leaving behind a meaningful sentence, “That kid also has this pill in his storage ring. Don’t ask me how I know, you just need to choose whether to believe me or not.”

The next morning, Li Xiuchen slowly woke up. When he woke up, Mu Ruoruo had already dressed and was packing her things. Suddenly seeing Li Xiuchen wake up, Mu Ruoruo smiled and told him all the excuses she had prepared the night before. Then she said, “My injuries have healed for the most part. Daoist Li, I plan to return to the town. We may meet again if fate allows.”

Li Xiuchen was suddenly stunned, “Miss Mu, what are you doing?”

Mu Ruoruo stood up directly, bowed, and said, “Daoist Li, until we meet again.”

As she finished speaking, Mu Ruoruo turned and left. Li Xiuchen instinctively wanted to grab her wrist, but was forced back by two cold, curved blades.

Under the scorching sun, Mu Ruoruo’s beautiful face was devoid of a smile. She looked coldly at Li Xiuchen and said one word at a time, “Daoist Li, I respect Taihua Mountain, but I am not afraid of Taihua Mountain!”

This sentence made Li Xiuchen’s body stiff. By now, Mu Ruoruo had already walked ten meters away.

Li Xiuchen clenched his fingers and shouted unwillingly, “Miss Muruorong, I am Li Xiuchen, an inner disciple of Haoming Peak of Mount Taihua. If you have the chance to pass by Mount Taihua, please look me up and we can catch up!” As long as they could meet, they could cultivate their relationship, and maybe even create more opportunities!

Li Xiuchen had no idea that the problem was not a lack of opportunities, but that Mu Ruorong simply disliked him very much. But upon hearing his words, Mu Ruorong suddenly stopped in her tracks and replied, “Okay, thank you for your concern, Daoist Li.”

Upon hearing this, Li Xiuchen smugly muttered to himself, “Hehe, she still has a hint of goodwill towards me. Of course, even though we haven’t had more intimate contact, I did save her twice. Well, don’t be too hasty, there will be more chances in the future.”

Seeing this scene, Luo Jianqing was also very surprised. He thought that Mu Ruorong already hated Li Xiuchen very much, so how could she agree to his invitation? Could it be that…the plot of this book was so difficult to change? Well, he had to pay attention to his little junior sister’s situation and couldn’t let her fall into a pit again!

Three days later, Li Xiuchen killed several fourth-order demon beasts in one go and obtained many good things. He even encountered two fifth-order demon beasts once, but fortunately he had the magic weapon bestowed upon him by Venerable Guang Lingzi, so he was able to turn danger into safety again and again.

Luo Jianqing calculated the time and prepared to meet that top-notch battle.

At this moment, Mu Ruoruo also arrived in the Thirty-Nine Towns and began to rest and adjust. She returned to the inn and sat down to eat, but she didn’t touch the food with her chopsticks. Instead, she watched the food slowly in a trance.

“I want to cherish myself.”

“I want to improve my cultivation so that fate cannot control me.”

“I want to repay the debt of saving my life. I want…to see that senior again!”

“He seems to know a lot about Li Xiuchen and also seems to know Li Xiuchen. Li Xiuchen is an inner disciple of Taihua Mountain, so perhaps…perhaps he is also from Taihua Mountain! Through Li Xiuchen, perhaps I can enter Taihua Mountain and perhaps…I can see him again!”

Thinking of this, Mu Ruoruo’s beautiful face couldn’t help but show a hint of anticipation and shyness. This female cultivator who had fought in the Wanshou Mountain for many years rarely showed such a color of love, making her face even more breathtakingly beautiful.

At this moment, in the Wanshou Mountain, Luo Jianqing coughed and said, “Ahem? Why did I suddenly choke?” ^[1]tl’s note for LJQ: a beauty, your new admirer is thinking of you that’s why :p

Suddenly, Li Xiuchen, who had turned green on his head, screamed as he continued to run forward while being chased by a demonic beast.

Luo Jianqing looked at Li Xiuchen, who was being chased by a fourth-order demonic beast, with disgust and could not help but criticize him for the few treasures in his hands. However, at that moment, a gust of wind struck, and the sky suddenly became dark.

Luo Jianqing widened his eyes and quickly ran towards Li Xiuchen’s direction. Just as he ran to a spot not far from Li Xiuchen, the wind suddenly blew him away and accidentally took Luo Jianqing along with him.

The wind was too strong, and in Luo Jianqing’s experience, only the ninth level’s Gang wind of the Flowing Flame Valley was stronger. Slowly, the huge spiritual power hidden in the wind knocked Luo Jianqing unconscious. When he woke up, he heard a sharp laugh, “Hahaha, Qingjun, today is the weakest day of your hundred years, and this king will definitely beat you back to your original form and swallow you!”

The fierce wind blew, and the leaves in the mountains and forests were swirling.

Luo Jianqing was still in a daze and had not fully recovered. He then heard a melodious and pleasant sound of a qin, which slowly stopped after a while. Accompanied by a calm and composed demeanor, a cultured and low voice sounded, “What is transformation? What is the original form? Golden Yang Longetivity Dragon, you are not one of us, why do you have such greed and try to take what does not belong to you?”

“Shut up! Qingjun, today this king will definitely swallow you up as a pill!”

“In that case, I will continue for the time being.”