112: Then wouldn’t this pill be taken in vain?

Just as Protector Qiu was pondering countermeasures,

a crimson Medicinal Pill, adorned with ghastly patterns and emitting a strong fishy smell, landed before him.

“Eat it and you live, otherwise you die!”

“Gulp!”

Without the slightest hesitation, and without even caring if he swallowed the dust from the ground along with the Medicinal Pill, he grabbed it.

All he wanted to do was seize every opportunity to live.

“What a talent!” Ning Haocheng exclaimed, “I’m starting to like him more and more. How about I capture him for research? Perhaps I could create some special skeletons.”

Hiss!

Protector Qiu’s hairs stood on end, feeling as if some great terror had fixated on him.

Today was definitely a day from Hell; he had repeatedly struggled for survival on the brink of life and death several times.

If possible, he never wanted to step into the Yun Ling Empire again in his life, nor meet these two devilish Elders.

One would extract Souls at the drop of a hat.

The other would turn people into skeletons at the drop of a hat.

Although he was from the Ghost Hall, he still had basic principles and would never stoop so low.

He cried; he truly cried.

Oh, vast Heaven, why are you so unkind to me?

“Hmm?”

Suddenly, Protector Qiu felt a warm sensation in his lower abdomen, and a warm current coursed through his Physical Body.

The Bottleneck that had troubled him for countless years loosened slightly.

“Pop~”

A soft sound echoed within his Physical Body.

The next moment, a strange black-red ripple emanated from Protector Qiu’s Physical Body, spreading continuously.

And the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi in this area instantly surged; seeing this, Protector Qiu quickly sat down cross-legged, formed hand seals, and guided the Spiritual Qi into his Physical Body.

Beside him, Ning Haocheng saw Protector Qiu’s reaction and couldn’t help but ask Chu Mo, “What did you give him? The effect is so strong?”

“Grand Void Spirit Pill!” Chu Mo replied.

“What? Grand Void Spirit Pill?” Although Ning Haocheng didn’t know the name of this Medicinal Pill, he vaguely felt it was incredibly powerful.

After all, you could tell from the name.

However, he didn’t believe this Medicinal Pill was without problems.

“Any extra ingredients?”

“Of course!”

“That’s good!”

The sound of their conversation was not concealed in the slightest.

Protector Qiu, who was about to Breakthrough to Martial Venerable, nearly spat out a mouthful of old blood and suffered Qi Deviation on the spot upon hearing this.

Elders!

Even if you add extra ingredients to the Medicinal Pill!

Please wait until after I Breakthrough to say so. Your doing this just makes me look foolish!

Of course, he couldn't care about being foolish or not right now. The opportunity to advance to Martial Venerable was right before his eyes; he couldn’t possibly not advance, could he?

He had already eaten the Medicinal Pill; could he still dig it out?

Before eating the Medicinal Pill, he was a Martial Ancestor.

After eating the Medicinal Pill, he was still a Martial Ancestor.

Then wouldn’t he have eaten the Medicinal Pill for nothing?

The commotion in the back mountain of the Wind and Cloud Sect alarmed many people.

Many powerhouses from the Yun Ling Empire were attracted by the violent Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi that surged here, but they were just here to deliver packages.

One came, one was delivered.

Not only did they lose all their possessions, but they also lost themselves, becoming new students at Mang City’s First High-Level Academy.

However, the good thing was that even if they weren’t Alchemists before, they had the chance to become glorious Alchemists here.

You don’t need to possess independent Alchemy skills; you only need to cooperate with others and be responsible for your part of the work to shine in this Alchemy industrial chain.

After an unknown amount of time, Protector Qiu slowly opened his eyes, and what he saw was Chu Mo and Ning Haocheng counting storage rings.

The corners of his mouth twitched slightly.

He didn’t know why, but he felt that these two Elders didn’t seem like people from the Ghost Hall, because although people in the Ghost Hall had no bottom line, they weren’t as unprincipled as these two.

They were clearly powerhouses of this level, yet they used such unprincipled methods against those who were very weak.

He even suspected that the reason they came to this small Yun Ling Empire was because they had provoked many people in Central Continent and were jointly expelled by those old monsters.

“Since you’ve Breakthrough to Martial Venerable, I’ll tell you the specifics.” Seeing Protector Qiu successfully Breakthrough to Martial Venerable, Chu Mo didn’t give him any good expression; he just beckoned him over.

“Elder… Elder.” Protector Qiu walked over to the two, still a bit reserved in front of them.

He had no choice but to be reserved.

Otherwise, if he didn’t do well, he might be divided, Physical Body and Soul, by the two.

“What’s your name?”

Ning Haocheng asked casually.

“Qiu… Cupid.”

Protector Qiu replied reservedly.

“What? Cupid?” Hearing the other party’s name, Ning Haocheng’s reaction was particularly strong.

Protector Qiu was confused. “Elder, my name is Cupid, is there something wrong?”

“Nothing, it’s just that your name reminded him of some unpleasant associations,” Chu Mo said with a smile.

A scene of a chubby little boy flying in mid-air, holding a bow and arrow and shooting people, appeared in his mind.

Ning Haocheng had been harmed by ‘love’ before, so it was normal for him to react this way upon hearing the name Cupid.

“I don’t care what your name was before, but from now on, you’ll be called Qiu Kui. Don’t use that broken name of yours; it’s annoying to hear.” Ning Haocheng’s attitude was very firm, leaving no room for discussion.

Protector Qiu’s face was bitter.

What kind of situation was this?

This Elder even wanted to control his name. Was there still justice? Was there still law?

However, he had no choice but to accept it silently.

After all, the other party had the bigger fist.

“Qiu… Qiu Kui thanks Elder for bestowing the name!”

No matter how unpleasant the name ‘Qiu Kui’ was, Protector Qiu could only pinch his nose and accept it.

Beside him, Chu Mo, who was checking the gains, found it incredibly amusing, but he couldn’t laugh out loud.

The persona of a Ghost Hall Elder still needed to be maintained.

“Cough cough.” Chu Mo coughed twice, adjusted his emotions, and then said to Protector Qiu, “Presumably, you should also know that the Medicinal Pill that allowed you to Breakthrough to Martial Venerable is not simple.”

Protector Qiu noticed Chu Mo’s gaze.

Cold and emotionless.

Looking at him as if he were an ant.

Yes! In the eyes of these powerhouses, he was like a weak ant, easily crushed.

But precisely because of this, he had to seize this opportunity and climb up step by step.

He wanted to climb to the very top.

He wanted to become a Martial Saint, or even a Martial God.

The more his ambition grew, the lower his posture became.

“Thud thud thud!”

Protector Qiu knelt on the ground with a ‘thud’, kowtowing repeatedly to the two with all his might, without using Spiritual Qi to protect his Physical Body.

“Thud thud thud.”

The entire back mountain shook.

The spot where Protector Qiu kowtowed was deeply indented, and his head was stained with some blood.

“Qiu Kui has received the heavenly grace of the two Elders and has been able to advance to the Martial Venerable realm. It can be said that my life belongs to the two Elders. If the two Elders wish, they can take my life at any time.”

As soon as these words came out,

Ning Haocheng rubbed his hands and stepped forward: “I just happen to be short on experimental material. Since you’ve said so, then I won’t decline.”

Eh? Why aren’t you playing by the rules?

Protector Qiu was greatly alarmed, wishing he could slap himself twice.

He had flattered himself right under the horse’s hooves!