783: Chapter 231_2 783: Chapter 231_2 As time grew later, the sky outside became increasingly dark.
All of them were at the Golden Core Stage, and with their vision, even in the black of night, there was barely any impact.
However, now they realized that the sky outside had become so dark, they couldn’t see their hands in front of their faces.
Even with their strength, they could only barely make out the immediate surroundings, and outside the cave, they could see nothing at all, only hearing the constant crackling of skeletons walking and the chilling screams of resentful spirits.
Occasionally, there would also be explosions sounding off, with dim flashes of light appearing, evidently someone was using Divine Skills, and the screams likely meant that they had encountered resentful spirits and skeletons.
Without realizing it, a night passed quickly, and finally, the sky began to lighten, and everyone could see the situation outside the cave.
The skeletons and resentful spirits began to leave the cave and head toward the distance as the sky started to brighten.
When the sun was fully up, there wasn’t a single skeleton or resentful spirit in sight outside.
“So, these skeletons and resentful spirits are related to the darkness.
In this battlefield, who knows how many skeletons there are, so the daytime here is relatively safer, but the night is extremely dangerous.”
Cao Zhen glanced at the three people at the back of the cave but didn’t speak with them, they hadn’t even asked for their names throughout the night; they just borrowed the cave for a while.
“Let’s go!
To the valley we found before.”
Cao Zhen was still obsessed with that Spirit Pill, and now that there were no skeletons, he naturally wanted to try and figure out how to retrieve the Spirit Pill.
Soon, the group of five left the cave and flew towards the valley they had left before.
The skeletons in the valley had all left to chase after them, and now, when they returned, the fierce wind still prevailed in the valley, within which countless skeletons’ bones were flying about.
“So, they’ve come back.”
Cao Zhen stood outside the valley, looking into it.
The wind in the valley wasn’t as violent as the day before.
Wind Blades were flying about but weren’t as fierce, and the Spirit Pill was even on the edge of the valley, which seemed not too far away.
The problem was, how to retrieve that Spirit Pill from mid-air?
Cao Zhen frowned.
He could use Mana to retrieve it from the air.
But the problem was, although the Wind Blades in the valley weren’t fierce, there were countless of them.
If he used Mana to condense a Void Handprint to catch the Spirit Pill, the handprint would be torn apart by the Wind Blades after entering the valley.
So, should he enter the valley to retrieve the Spirit Pill?
He could give it a try with the current intensity of the wind, yet he feared that a tornado like the one from yesterday might suddenly form again.
If caught in such a tornado, even he wouldn’t be able to hold on.
Not far away, Linghu Gudu watched as Cao Zhen paced back and forth, and especially the probing gestures he made as if wanting to enter the valley.
Linghu Gudu’s heart jerked, and he quickly warned, “You’re not thinking of entering the valley, are you?
I can tell that the Spirit Pill is very important to you, right?
But no matter how important that Spirit Pill is, I advise you not to go into the valley.
I’m ninety percent certain that as soon as you step into the range of the valley, a terrifying tornado will form immediately and engulf you.”
Upon hearing this, Li Ke, somewhat surprised, turned her head towards Linghu Gudu and curiously asked, “How did you come to that conclusion?”
Linghu Gudu shrugged and said, “Experience.”
He was indeed speaking the truth, it was just experience.
He didn’t know how many dangers he had encountered.
When he said a tornado might form, that was only the most basic prediction.
Perhaps if someone really entered the valley, even more terrifying dangers might arise.
Cao Zhen reflected on the changes in the wind inside the valley as they got close yesterday and felt that what Linghu Gudu said made sense.
Indeed, he shouldn’t risk venturing into those violent winds.
But then, the Spirit Pill…
Spirit Pills seek benefits and avoid harm…
Yesterday, the Spirit Pill had avoided harm, but would it seek benefits today?
Cao Zhen pondered what could benefit a Spirit Pill?
It was still a Calamity Avoidance Pill.
It didn’t seem like the Spirit Pill needed anything.
But not quite…
According to Zhang Daoling’s records, Spirit Pills, although devoid of Spiritual Wisdom, seem to have an instinctual desire to grow stronger, similar to how cultivators want to become stronger.
This is an innate instinct.
But how can a Spirit Pill grow stronger?
That requires an Alchemist.
An Alchemist could refine some special Pills to create a unique environment within the Pill Furnace, then allow the Spirit Pill to absorb other Pills, enhancing its medicinal properties.
As for myself…
I do have a Pill Furnace, but I lack enough materials to refine those special Pills.
But I wonder, would my Heretical Golden Core work?
If I slightly alter the aura of my Heretical Golden Core, then place it into the Pill Furnace, creating some false auras…
The more he thought about it, the more feasible Cao Zhen found the idea.
He turned back to Ling Xi and the others and said, “I’m going to perform Alchemy.
You guys go somewhere far and protect me while I do it.”
Alchemy?
Linghu Gudu was dumbstruck.
We are in the midst of a ruin, seeking the core battlefield.
It wasn’t just us trying to find the core battlefield; others wanted to find it too.
And you’re going to refine Pills?
Alchemy can take a considerable amount of time.
If you do that now, we’ll miss the opportunity.
If the core battlefield is found by others and we’re late, we won’t even get a drop of the spoils.