Chapter 98: The Saint of Immortality Potion

When everyone arrived outside the stone pavilion, the fighting had already come to an end. The mouse demon, suspected to be the offspring of the Saint Peach Blossom and dubbed the Digger King, was bound to one of the stone column supports, yet showed no sign of anger, merely hanging its head with a sealing talisman stuck to its forehead, clearly the work of Ling Feng.

The black serpent had transformed into a young man with short black hair, his features exuding a hint of wickedness. He sat on a bench beside the stone pavilion, raising an eyebrow as he gazed at the streak left by the light spear in the horizon. Meanwhile, the one clad in golden armor, the Thunder Saint, stood silently beside the Saint Peach Blossom, guarding the gray-haired girl who was examining and treating her.

Seeing everyone arrive, the slightly weak-looking pink-haired beauty opened her eyes and swept her gaze over several unfamiliar faces, finally resting on a short-haired girl dressed in strange attire with cat paw gloves, revealing her surprise.

“Miss Kong? What brings you personally here? Did something major happen?”

Shaking her head indifferently, Miss Xiao Kong replied noncommittally.

“Is this still a minor matter? We’ll explain later. How are you feeling now?”

The Saint Peach Blossom forced a smile.

“The pharmacist’s poison is indeed formidable. His research into medicine has likely surpassed the realm of ordinary pharmacology. It will be difficult for me to engage in battle for several days, but thankfully, I’ve managed to keep my life.”

As she spoke, she subtly indicated the unfamiliar faces.

“And who might these individuals be?”

“They are guests who came from outside to help. They are also here looking for Princess Ling. You can trust them.”

“This…”

The Saint Peach Blossom looked up in surprise, locking eyes with Miss Xiao Kong, who had a meaningful expression. However, neither of them said anything further, merely nodding slightly in contemplation.

“I understand. Since they are brought by you, Miss Kong, I naturally trust them. Miss Hen is actually here, but she has temporarily entered the Chaos Secret Realm to lead the Peach Blossom Guard in repairing the underground spiritual veins within. I’m not sure when she can return, you see…”

Not answering immediately, Miss Xiao Kong shifted her questioning gaze toward Miss Vilyric, who curiously spoke up.

“By the way, what exactly is this ‘Chaos Secret Realm’? I only know that it seals a certain chaotic beast called Taotie, and there’s an important spiritual vein for the Ancient Spirit Realm, but how could the spiritual vein of the Ancient Spirit Realm be hidden in a subspace like a secret realm?”

Suddenly, the young man transformed from the black serpent sitting at the edge of the stone pavilion erupted into laughter.

“Little girl, how can you have such power and yet know nothing of the Chaos Secret Realm? Hehehe, you really are quite ignorant!”

“That’s the birthplace of the Ancestor Dragon, the core of the Ancient Spirit Realm! To claim it is a mere subspace? Not only the Ancestor Dragon, but all those ancient holy beasts from years past emerged from there! It can be said to be one of the oldest origins of the entire Ancient Spirit Realm!”

“Birthplace of the Ancestor Dragon?”

Not minding the Black Cloud Saint’s rudeness and ridicule, Miss Vilyric looked around at the sea of clouds, deep in thought.

“Oh… So the Chaos Secret Realm is, in a true sense, the Cangyun Mountain?”

Miss Xiao Kong chimed in.

“That’s right, Vilyric. Everything you don’t know! In the past, the Ancient Spirit Realm was much larger than it is now, more expansive, and there was no such thing as Cangyun Mountain.”

“Back then, this world was divided into ‘Inner Realm’ and ‘Outer Realm’, roughly in a ratio of one to two. The former was where the Ancestor Dragon and a myriad of spirit beasts lived, while the ‘Outer Realm’ was home to the ancient human tribes.”

“A thousand years ago, when ‘Destruction’ came, the first to be struck was the ‘Inner Realm’, where the spirit beasts resided. After the great battle, to completely seal the chaotic beast Taotie, the Saint God Fox intervened, extricating the Inner Realm from the Ancient Spirit Realm, creating what is now known as the ‘Chaos Secret Realm.'”

“As the Outer Realm receded and collided, the twelve peaks of Cangyun rose from the center of the earth, thus it became the entrance to the ‘Chaos Secret Realm.'”

“So that’s how it is…”

This makes it seem like the Saint Fox is even more powerful than I imagined, managing to forcibly separate a third of the entire world to another space. I wonder how they compare in strength to Xi Fu Lin and the Earth Mother Goddess from back then.

Miss Priestess nodded and turned her gaze back to the formation placed in the center of the stone pavilion, protected and looking well-kept, along with the pink-haired lady still sitting before it, smiling.

“Saint Peach Blossom, shall we discuss a bargain?”

…

At the same moment, over two hundred miles away in the outskirts of Peach Blossom Peak.

“Pow!”

A figure plummeted from the sky, smashing into a clearing amongst the trees with a comically awkward noise.

It was a man dressed in white pants and shirt, his hair and eyebrows as white as those of an old man, yet his skin was as tender as that of a newborn. This was the being known as the Pharmacist.

Sticking out of his chest exactly where his heart would be was a golden light spear over ten feet long, its tip embedding deep into the ground, with electric currents of gold still flickering along the shaft, radiating a terrifying aura.

He remained motionless, as if already dead.

Moments later, several figures in blue emerged from behind the treetops, cautiously approaching and bending down to inspect him, the leader hurriedly turning to the companions beside him.

“Quick, summon the master!”

“Hehe, no need to trouble yourself.”

However, before the person could nod or move, a new figure parted the bushes and slowly walked forward.

It was a young man dressed in a white robe, his hair and beard white, yet his skin was as delicate as that of a newborn infant.

It seemed unbelievable, yet he had truly appeared.

The members of the Demon-Suppressing Sect quickly bowed in respect.

“Greetings, Master Pharmacist!”

“Mm, you all may leave now. I’ll handle this.”

Though his tone was gentle, knowing this master’s peculiar temperament, the blue-clad figures dared not be careless. They could only glance at the scene beside them with strange expressions, hurriedly bowing again before turning to leave, leaving space for him and the ‘corpse’ that looked almost identical to him but dressed a bit differently.

The Pharmacist crouched down, taking out what appeared to be a medical metal clamp, tentatively tapping the golden light spear that pierced through the other him. The sound of “ting ting ting” brought a smile to his face.

“What an amazing divine ability, to condense pure formless spirit energy into a weapon harder than divine iron… A one-hit kill, truly miraculous! Since when did such a strong person emerge from the twelve peaks of Cangyun?”

He dared not touch the spear emitting a surging light attribute aura but simply inspected the corpse of the other ‘Pharmacist’ face down. He shook his head helplessly.

“Dead as a doornail.”

Suddenly, a low voice, seemingly ethereal and as if emanating from another space, resonated around.

“Failed? What happened over there?”

For the appearance of this voice, the Pharmacist seemed unperturbed, continuing to inspect the lifeless body without looking up.

“Who knows, as you can see, ‘I’ am already dead.”

The voice from the other space echoed again.

“What now? If the Saint Peach Blossom is in good condition, the risks are too great. Those who died before are dead, but the Chaos Secret Realm can’t afford such losses.”

Shaking his head with a smile, the Pharmacist stood back up.

“No need to worry, the ‘Drunken Soul Saliva’ is already taking effect. ‘Same Life’, ‘Mingxia’, ‘Transform Extremes’, ‘Fairy Concealment’… Though Peach Dew has reached the peak of the Transform Extremes, she is not a true Concealed Fairy; my medicine will still be effective on her.”

“For at least the next three days, she will absolutely be unable to intervene in the secret realm, which is ample time.”

“How do you know?”

“Hehe, of course I know; I am the ‘Pharmacist’!”

   

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