325: Collect pills

After figuring out the whole story.

Night Owl's expression became much gentler. He smiled and said to Sand Sable and the other person, who were trembling with fear, "Fellow Daoist Sand Sable, don't be afraid, both of you. I was just asking casually; I didn't have any other intentions."

After speaking, Night Owl turned his head and immediately shouted at Gu Chen, "Junior Brother Gu, what are you standing around for? Hurry up and retrieve the Medicinal Pills!"

Facing Night Owl's inexplicable reprimand, Gu Chen voiced his dissatisfaction, "You were clearly the one being paranoid and scaring those two people. Why are you using me to divert attention?"

Seeing that Gu Chen was disobedient and even dared to expose him, Night Owl clenched his fists, rapidly condensing Killing Qi.

"Wait, wait, Senior Brother Ye, I'm starting to retrieve the Medicinal Pills now. Don't break the Medicinal Pills." Seeing Night Owl about to strike at the slightest disagreement, Gu Chen quickly waved his hand in surrender, then gathered his strength and struck the pill nurturing pool with his palm.

He had just examined the Restriction on the pill nurturing pool and found that it was merely an ordinary Restriction used to Seal Medicinal Pills, one that even a Saint could easily break. Therefore, his single palm strike was fully capable of shattering the pill nurturing pool's Restriction.

"Bang!"

As Gu Chen's palm struck down toward the pill nurturing pool, an invisible Restriction was smashed into pieces.

The moment this Restriction shattered, dense, glowing Medicinal Pills flew out of the pill nurturing pool, hovering above it and emitting a medicinal fragrance hundreds or thousands of times richer than before.

"Wow, so many Venerable Realm Medicinal Pills! There must be at least a hundred million of them!"

"That's right. The value of this many Venerable Realm Medicinal Pills in Spirit Stones is incalculable. Not only have we broken even, but we've made a huge profit!"

Seeing Gu Chen break the Restriction, hundreds of millions of Venerable Realm Medicinal Pills immediately flew out of the pill nurturing pool.

Chu Feng and the four others were first startled, then their faces were filled with ecstasy.

They knew that when they entered, they had practically emptied everything in their Storage Rings.

Now, finding hundreds of millions of Venerable Realm Medicinal Pills in the first location of the relic they entered, they immediately earned back their capital of several tens of billions of Top-Grade Spirit Stones, and made a massive profit besides.

After all, even the lowest Human Venerable Realm Medicinal Pill costs thousands of Top-Grade Spirit Stones, and Heavenly Venerable level Medicinal Pills can cost up to hundreds of thousands of Top-Grade Spirit Stones.

Although most of these hundreds of millions of Venerable Realm Medicinal Pills were Human Venerable and Earth Venerable Medicinal Pills, their sheer quantity meant that if converted into Top-Grade Spirit Stones, the total would be an astronomical figure.

"Holy crap! We're rich! We're rich!" Gu Chen jumped up excitedly, looking at the Medicinal Pills spread out before him like a sea of stars.

Although Mu Xueqing and Night Owl did not react the same way as Gu Chen, they could barely hide the joy on their faces.

The only two people in the great hall without smiles were Sand Sable and Sha Xiaomeng.

They were already feeling lingering fear from being startled by Night Owl earlier.

Now, seeing Gu Chen shatter the pill nurturing pool and hundreds of millions of Venerable Realm Medicinal Pills fly out all at once, their hearts felt even more bitter.

After all, when they came in, they had already stated that any gains other than the type of detoxification pill they needed would belong entirely to Night Owl and his group.

Since these hundreds of millions of Medicinal Pills had nothing to do with them, how could they possibly be as happy as Gu Chen and the others?

Not crying out loud was already a testament to their strength.

"Alright, stop embarrassing yourself here. Hurry up and put these Medicinal Pills away, and let's go elsewhere to continue searching for treasures." Seeing Gu Chen jumping up excitedly, Night Owl was happy for a moment, then snapped impatiently at Gu Chen.

After scolding Gu Chen, Night Owl put on a smiling face again and said to Sand Sable, whose face was full of misery, "Fellow Daoist Sand Sable, do these Medicinal Pills contain the type of detoxification pill you need? If they do, you can take them all."

Although, given Sand Sable's Saint Emperor Realm cultivation, his Revered Master certainly wouldn't need Venerable Realm Medicinal Pills, as partners, having gained so many Medicinal Pills, he still had to ask Sand Sable to avoid appearing too overbearing by collecting all the pills without even asking.

Hearing Night Owl's generous voice, Sand Sable collected himself and forced out a slight smile, replying, "Fellow Daoist Ye, you are too kind. None of these Medicinal Pills are what I need. Fellow Daoist and the others, please feel free to take them."

After speaking, Sand Sable maintained his strained smile and turned his head toward the outside of the hall, avoiding looking at Night Owl and the others collecting the Medicinal Pills, lest it bring up painful memories.

"Hmph!"

Seeing Sand Sable's appearance, Night Owl found it amusing.

However, since Sand Sable himself had stated he only needed one type of detoxification pill, and Night Owl hadn't forced him, there was no need to feel embarrassed.

"Senior Brother Ye, how should we collect this many Medicinal Pills?"

"If we just put them into the storage space without sealing them properly, the effectiveness of the Medicinal Pills will be greatly reduced over time."

Facing Night Owl's instruction to collect the Medicinal Pills, Gu Chen didn't move, but instead asked Night Owl.

Medicinal Pills were different from other Heaven And Earth Treasures; if those were put directly into storage space, there would be no change.

If the Medicinal Pills were simply put directly into the storage space, it wouldn't take long for them to lose most of their medicinal power, and their effectiveness would decrease.

"Oh? That is troublesome." Hearing Gu Chen's question, Night Owl also fell into contemplation.

He had been too eager just now to go treasure hunting elsewhere, and hadn't paid attention to the characteristics of the Medicinal Pills.

Now, if he had to find so many bottles to hold the Medicinal Pills all at once, he really couldn't produce them immediately.

After all, even if they used the Top-Grade Spirit Stones they possessed to fashion bottles one by one, it would take considerable time.

As Night Owl pondered, his gaze fell upon the Medicinal Pills.

But when he saw the pill nurturing pool beneath the Medicinal Pills, a glint flashed in his eyes.

Since there was no time now to prepare so many containers for the Medicinal Pills, they could just dig up the pill nurturing pool and use it as a temporary container.

Although this pill nurturing pool was connected to the Earth Vein beneath the Ancient Pill Sect, once dug up, its effect of warming and nurturing the Medicinal Pills would rapidly weaken.

But as long as it lasted until they left the relic, they would have time to prepare containers for the Medicinal Pills, ensuring the pills didn't lose even a trace of their medicinal properties.

After thinking of this method, Night Owl immediately extended his right hand, transforming it into a huge, blood-colored giant claw, which reached toward the pill nurturing pool beneath the Medicinal Pills.

"Boom! Boom!"

The blood-colored giant claw was like iron pincers, grasping the pill nurturing pool and forcefully lifting it into the air in an instant.

"Junior Brother Gu, let's use this thing to hold the Medicinal Pills for now. After we get out, we'll find containers to separate them," Night Owl said to Gu Chen, pointing at the pill nurturing pool suspended in the air.

Seeing that Night Owl had actually thought of using the pill nurturing pool as a container for the Medicinal Pills, Gu Chen showed surprise and smiled admiringly, "Senior Brother Ye, you're the best. You can even think of a method like this."

After Gu Chen finished speaking, he also manifested a Spiritual Qi giant claw, grabbing the pill nurturing pool and the hundreds of millions of Medicinal Pills in the air, and dragging them toward his storage space.

However, before he could put the pill nurturing pool and the hundreds of millions of Medicinal Pills into his Storage Ring, several excited voices came from outside the great hall.