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Yang Ji led Huayuan and Yuan Hua straight to the southeast corner, where he saw two ancient stone gates standing open. Vines crawled over them, and they were also covered with spider-web-like cracks.

The inside of the stone gates was pitch-black, with not a hint of light.

"The gates are open, and there are ancient sword marks on them."

"It must have been done by the Immortal Armored Army in the past, let's go, let's enter!"

The three of them flew inside and, gradually, light appeared ahead. It was the Red Dust Immortal who had arrived earlier casting the Daylight Technique, illuminating the grand hall within.

The grand hall was built against the mountain, taking the shape of a sphere.

The upper half of the sphere supported the space where everyone was, while the lower half extended deep underground, forming a circular pit.

The ceiling and the walls all around were gray-brown, covered in dust, and had lost their color.

With the Daylight Technique lighting up the grand hall, what was revealed was a sense of decline and desolation.

"The Immortal Fire has actually gone out!" Huayuan said in a deep voice, looking at the pit below.

"Was the Immortal Fire originally in this circular pit?" Yuan Hua asked.

"I saw a part of the memories from the senior Jian Wushuang. This circular pit used to contain the blazing Indestructible Immortal Flame; this vast pit was an Alchemy Furnace!"

Yang Ji said, looking around, "Look, the circular walls of the hall are full of densely packed holes, like a hornet's nest. This was originally where Medicine Pills were stored."

"Why would the refined Medicine Pills be stored in the circular walls around? Isn't it better to keep them nicely packed away?" Yuan Hua was somewhat puzzled.

"There is naturally a reason for that," Yang Ji spoke, "The walls are connected to the mountain, and refined Medicine Pills placed within can be nourished by the Immortal Fire. They could be preserved for millions of years without any issues."

"Moreover, the most important point is, this is a place for Alchemy. Year-round Pill Qi would swirl around ceaselessly. Those refined Medicine Pills stored around can absorb Pill Qi for Cultivation."

"Back then, this place had countless Spirit-Communicating Immortal Pills, and Supreme Immortal Pills even took human form, moving to and fro. Such a scene was truly like something out of the legendary Pill Realm."

"The scattered memories from the senior Jian Wushuang seem to indicate that those two Alchemy apprentices were transformed from Supreme Immortal Pills,"

Yang Ji said with a smile.

"What? So many Immortal Pills lived here before?" Yuan Hua was somewhat astonished.

"Yes, in those days this entire Immortal Mountain was a place for storing Medicine Pills. The holes on the surface of the walls may seem limited, but inside the mountain is full of old Medicine Pill nests, just like an ant colony. It's just a pity that all the Pill Holes were destroyed, clearly by the work of the Immortal Armored Army," Yang Ji said with a light sigh.

"Then let's cut open the Immortal Mountain to see if there are still any Medicine Pills inside." Yuan Hua said excitedly.

"There are powerful Divine Restrictions inside the mountain—impossible to cut open, impossible to destroy!" Yang Ji shook his head, "Come on, let's go down into the Alchemy Furnace first."

With that, he jumped down, and upon seeing this, Huayuan and Yuan Hua also flew down.

"Is that them? Come on, let's go down and take a look," Ba Kui spotted Yang Ji and his companions and also led people down.

"What are these black, lump-like things, even harder than rocks?" Glancing around, the Alchemy Furnace was full of things that looked like rocks. Yuan Hua kicked one with his foot and muttered.

Yang Ji's eyes lit up, saying, "These black, lump-like things resemble burned-out slag; this is Pill Essence!"

"Pill Essence?"

"Also known as Pill residue, the impurities that are removed during the process of Alchemy. After accumulating over days and months, it forms Pill treasures," Yang Ji explained.

"Why is there so much of this Pill residue piled up? Why not clear it out? What were those Alchemists thinking?" Yuan Hua did not understand.

"This is Pill Essence, a treasure condensed from the impurities of countless Spiritual Medicines, Divine Medicines, and Immortal Elixirs. Many Alchemists wish for a piece but cannot obtain it, and you're thinking of throwing them out," Yang Ji said with a light chuckle.

"What are they used for?" Yuan Hua still didn't understand.

"During Alchemy, this Pill Essence can automatically absorb the impurities in the medicinal liquid, and it can also improve the rate of pill formation. This is a treasure, but now they have all become fossils," Yang Ji said, looking at the Pill Essence with a sense of regret as he shook his head.

"Heh, Pill Essence is a good thing. Fellow Daoist, would you like a piece? The one under your feet may have just been removed from some Immortal Elixir. Eating it, perhaps you could achieve eternal life!" Ba Kui came over with a laugh, joking around.

"Fellow Daoist is right; this piece is indeed impurity removed from an Immortal Elixir," Yang Ji said with a slight smile, picking up a piece, "Although these Pill Essences have all turned into fossils, who knows what other uses they might have. Let's take one back for study."

Shush shush shush!

Upon seeing his actions, in no time, everyone who had come down picked up a piece.
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Especially Ba Kui, with his thief-like eyes, who was the quickest.

Yang Ji watched this scene and couldn't help a wry smile.

As an alchemist, he wanted to take it back for research, but what were the others thinking?

Shaking his head, he put away the Pill Essence.

"Let's go, let's continue upward and see if there are any Medicine Pills remaining inside the mountain." Yang Ji intended to use the Golden Finger to take a careful look and gather information about the entire mountain, hoping to find an Immortal Pill. That would be ideal.

"Let's go, we'll take a good look too." Ba Kui's eyes twinkled, and he quickly flew out to follow.

Watching the eagerness in Yang Ji's eyes as he surveyed the mountain.

Next to him, a Red Dust Immortal clad in an alchemy robe chuckled, "The entire mountain is covered with Divine Restriction; it's inscrutable." With that, he took out a Spiritually-charged Medicine Pill, "I have a Supreme Dao Pill here, using pills to find pills, we are bound to make some discoveries!"

He then let it go, and the Supreme Dao Pill, excitedly transforming into a slender True Dragon, darted straight towards the pill eyes, burrowing inside.

Seeing this, Ba Kui frowned and said, "It seems there are still traces of Pill Qi inside, we just can't sense it, but these Medicine Pills are extremely sensitive."

With that, he also took out a Supreme Dao Pill, and sent it in to search for Medicine Pills.

Others followed suit, each taking out their own Dao Pills and sending them into the pill eyes to search for Medicine Pills.

For a moment, the sky was filled with Dao Pills whizzing and turning excitedly near the pill eyes.

"Eh, Nan Long, your Medicine Pill dove into a pill eye, did it find something good?" Ba Kui suddenly said.

"Hehe, I'm just worried it won't come out once it goes in," Gui Xiao said with a low chuckle.

"Gui Xiao, you needn't worry about that. I've applied spells on my Medicine Pills, and they can return with a single command... Huh?" The Demon Race Red Dust Immortal Nan Long was speaking when his expression suddenly changed, "The spell I placed on the Medicine Pill has been broken? There's something strange inside the pill eye!"

"Something strange?" Immortal Clan Red Dust Immortal Qi Shan, seeing his own Medicine Pill also enter a pill eye, hurriedly said, "Nan Long, don't joke around!"

"I'm not joking, the spell really was broken!" Nan Long's face darkened, his hands frantically gesturing, but the Medicine Pill didn't reappear, his expression turning extremely ugly.

"This is bad, I've lost control of my Medicine Pill." Qi Shan tried to recall his Medicine Pill, but even after casting the spell, it did not return.

"Huh?" Upon seeing this, Ba Kui's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly cast the spell to recall his own Medicine Pill.

"You two old ghosts! Are you trying to play a joke on me?" Ba Kui's face soured, wondering whether they were telling the truth or not.

"Deceive you?" Nan Long and Qi Shan looked visibly unwell, not at all like they were lying.

"This..." Seeing this, Ba Kui stealthily put away his Dao Pill.

"Humph!" Nan Long harrumphed and instantaneously moved to strike the wall with his palm, but his effort vanished like a stone dropped into the ocean, causing no vibration and only dislodging a little dust.

"Stop wasting effort. When I entered, I already struck these walls, and not even a stone fell. There is Divine Restriction within this mountain, this is a Sect's sacred space. I wager even the Great Luo Immortal Sage couldn't shake it," Qi Shan said, shaking his head.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Unconvinced, Nan Long struck out with his palms repeatedly, yet the mountain remained unmovable as ever.

"It seems there are no Medicine Pills here; your Medicine Pills probably got destroyed by the Divine Restriction. Looks like we've come here for nothing. I'll go check the medicine garden. You continue to dig for Medicine Pills here," Ba Kui said, laughing gleefully.

"Sage, have you made out anything?" Huayuan Sect looked at the utterly engrossed Yang Ji.

"Yes!"

"What have you found?"

"Immortal Pills!" Yang Ji proclaimed with certainty.

"Immortal… Immortal Pills?" The Huayuan Sect Elders trembled with excitement, quickly lowering their voices and glancing around stealthily, fearing others might hear.

(Thank you, Lone Star, for the gift of 100 coins.)