147: Chapter 147 Thank you for the pills

The entire hall fell into a momentary silence.

Immediately after.

Panic swept through everyone.

"He's insane! He actually intends to refine all of us into a Medicinal Pill!"

"Hurry, hurry! We have to get out of here!"

"Everyone, help me break down the door!"

The crowd rushed toward the tightly shut stone door, frantically smashing it with their weapons and hacking at it with their Qi.

However, the heavy stone door remained unmoved, showing no sign of breaking.

On the door and walls, black runes seemed to faintly shimmer and flow.

"This is bad! This door is cast from Profound Iron Cold Crystal!"

A knowledgeable Sect Elder said with a deathly pale face:

"And the entire building has been inscribed with a Spirit-Locking Formation; it will dilute and absorb our Qi!"

"The Formation must have been mixed in with those miscellaneous Pill Formulae on the Outer Sect walls, which is why no one noticed it!"

Just as he finished speaking.

Someone screamed in terror:

"My Qi! Why is my Qi not replenishing at all?"

"Me too!"

The situation spiraled out of control.

Curses and the sounds of Qi colliding intermingled.

Everyone was running around like headless flies, unable to find any way to escape.

Mo Zixing picked up Sect Master Bai Ruotong and, bringing Great Elder Qin Cangyue along, flashed back into the shadows in the furthest corner of the hall.

He did not get involved in the chaotic crowd.

"Should I try attacking as well?"

Sect Master Bai Ruotong said in a low voice, unable to restrain herself.

"Don't be in a hurry."

Mo Zixing pressed down on her small hand:

"Let's wait until he refines the Medicinal Pill before we make our move."

"By the way, do you think you can break through this building?"

"This…"

Sect Master Bai Ruotong frowned upon hearing this, sensed the area carefully for a moment, and finally shook her head:

"Profound Iron Cold Crystal is already incredibly hard, and with the presence of this Spirit-Locking Formation, I really might not be able to break it."

"Then just save your strength for now."

Mo Zixing nodded:

"Wait until I tell you to strike before you act."

Just then.

The walls surrounding the hall suddenly turned crimson red.

The temperature soared at a rate perceptible to the body.

"Fire! He's started the fire!"

"He really intends to refine us!"

"Fei Bingrun, you wicked heretic!"

"Qingyun Sect has betrayed the Righteous Path!"

Curses erupted one after another.

Several Golden Core Elders with higher cultivation joined forces and launched their strongest attacks against the walls.

However, when their Qi struck the surface, it only sparked a shower of flames before disappearing without a trace.

The temperature climbed higher and higher.

The wooden tables and chairs were the first to begin melting, turning into pools of black liquid.

The Heaven And Earth Treasure that had been distributed earlier also rapidly refined in the high temperature.

They turned into wisps of colorful smoke, converging toward the center of the hall.

Most people could only desperately circulate their Qi, condensing protective barriers to withstand the high heat.

But for those who had drunk the poisoned tea, their Qi was already dissipating, and they couldn't hold on for long.

Soon.

The first Crystallization Stage Cultivator could no longer hold on.

Their protective barrier shattered, and they were instantly consumed by the high heat.

Without even enough time to let out a scream, they transformed into a mass of blood-red mist.

It also converged toward the center of the hall.

Immediately after.

It was the turn of the Golden Core Early Stage Cultivators.

Although they could hold on for a while longer, their Qi was consumed extremely quickly, and in the end, they could not escape the fate of being refined.

Half an hour later.

Only those Elders who had reached the Golden Core Middle Stage remained in the hall.

They stood back-to-back, giving their all to maintain a joint barrier, but their faces were etched with despair.

"Fei Bingrun, you will die a horrible death!"

With a roar of unwillingness.

The last Golden Core Elder's protective barrier shattered with a boom.

He, too, was finally consumed by the raging flames.

He became one of the nutrients for the heaven-seizing golden core.

In the corner.

Mo Zixing circulated his defensive Cultivation Technique, Solid Spirit Form, while simultaneously invoking the power of the Immovable Wisdom King.

A faint barrier firmly wrapped around him and Sect Master Bai Ruotong.

The scorching heat waves slammed against the barrier but didn't even cause a flicker.

From time to time, he would also spare some Qi for Great Elder Qin Cangyue, adding a thinner protective shield for him.

Great Elder Qin Cangyue's face was deathly pale, and he dared not slack off in circulating his Qi to protect his body.

He could feel it.

If the flames outside touched him, he would be burned to ashes in an instant.

"Elder… Elder Mo, how much longer do you think we have to hold on?"

He asked, his voice trembling.

"It should be soon."

Mo Zixing said calmly:

"Wait a little longer."

This level of consumption was not worth mentioning for Mo Zixing.

The recovery ability of the Candle Dragon Bloodline kept his Qi in a perpetually full state.

The defensive bonus of the Immovable Wisdom King completely isolated the high heat and flames.

Furthermore, these flames seemed to count as an attack.

His Undying Burning Thunder Body was also pulsing, helping him resist and absorb the external fire-attribute Qi.

He could stay here for a whole year.

"Can your body really handle this?"

Sect Master Bai Ruotong, nestled in Mo Zixing's arms, looked at the hellish scene outside and asked with some concern:

"Do you need me to help you?"

Although she couldn't feel the heat inside the barrier, the tragic sight of those Cultivators being refined proved the danger.

"Not yet, but there will naturally be a time when I need you to exert your strength later."

Mo Zixing smiled:

"Just this little bit of fire isn't even enough to warm me up."

While responding, his gaze remained fixed on the center of the hall.

In the air.

The core of the heaven-seizing golden core was becoming increasingly solid.

Mo Zixing was very patient.

He waited as it took shape bit by bit.

Three hours later.

The core of that heaven-seizing golden core had condensed into a blood-colored bead the size of a fist.

It radiated a heart-stopping power.

Outside the Pill Furnace hall.

Fei Bingrun was controlling the Alchemy Fire, feeling the spinning blood pill in the center of the Pill Furnace, his expression fanatical:

"The heaven-seizing golden core, it's done!"

"With this, I can eradicate the problems caused by the Pill Demon Mark and break through to a higher Realm in one go!"

He laughed loudly and controlled the Alchemy Fire to stop.

The raging flames gradually extinguished.

The temperature inside the Pill Furnace also began to slowly drop.

Fei Bingrun couldn't wait to pull open the door.

He prepared to collect this Divine Pill, which had been refined at the cost of the Origins of numerous Cultivators.

But just as he pulled the door open a crack.

That blood-red heaven-seizing golden core did not fly toward him as he had expected.

The Medicinal Pill gave a violent jolt.

Instead, it turned into a streak of crimson light and shot straight toward the shadows in the furthest corner of the hall.

The smile on Fei Bingrun's face froze:

"What is going on?"

He widened his eyes, staring fixedly at the direction where the streak of light had disappeared, his face turning deathly pale:

"My Medicinal Pill! My heaven-seizing golden core!"

He gritted his teeth and quickly pushed the heavy door wide open.

Fei Bingrun immediately spotted Mo Zixing in the corner, who was reaching out to catch the blood-red heaven-seizing golden core.

Their eyes met.

Mo Zixing smiled easily:

"Yo, thanks for the Medicinal Pill you refined."

Fei Bingrun's eyes instantly turned red.