Chapter 49: Magpie Mountain Has Divine Medicine, Come Quickly

The people from Blazing Heaven Sect and Qixi Festival Sect circled around the “ruins.”

They naturally saw the massive iron box embedded within the mountain wall. Of course, in their eyes, it was not an iron box but a partially exposed section of a colossal ruin, its cold luster appearing particularly solemn.

After seeing these steel sections, they stepped forward and knocked on them. Aside from determining it was an unfamiliar material of exceptional sturdiness, they gained nothing more.

Left to their own devices, they clearly would not find the method to open the ruins. However, since the Heavenly Maiden had already told them what the method was, what they needed to do next was simple.

Zhang Yongchang addressed the group, “Since the Heavenly Maiden has said that a hundred people with different cultivation arts must operate their arts here simultaneously to activate the ruins and open them, we will draw a sufficient number of people here. However, the people who come certainly won’t stop at just a hundred. After all, when ruins open, most cultivators become curious. My suggestion is to simply spread word of the situation here at the Golden Dragon Market outside Magpie Mountain. I believe the people provided by that one market will be enough to meet the requirements for opening the ruins.”

Tong Shishi nodded, “That will suffice. However, we must also clarify to outsiders that this is a ruin only effective for those in the Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment stages. There’s no need to attract cultivators at the Golden Core stage or above, otherwise dealing with them will be very troublesome. If we need the Heavenly Maiden to act at every turn, it would be highly inappropriate.”

Zhang Yongchang shared this meaning, “Sect Master Tong speaks rightly. I will also report this matter to my sect first so that more people from the sect can come to maintain order.”

Tong Shishi’s eyes lit up. “Who from Blazing Heaven Sect might come?”

From Tong Shishi’s perspective, Blazing Heaven Sect was already a considerably large immortal cultivation sect, filled with strong experts, far beyond what the current Qixi Festival Sect could compare to.

Zhang Yongchang shook his head, “I’m not sure who specifically will come. That’s for them to decide.”

As he spoke, Zhang Yongchang sighed inwardly.

To be honest, he felt a bit of regret. This kind of divine medicine was only effective below the Golden Core stage. If it could also work for Golden Core cultivators, what would happen if he took it?

Years ago, he had suffered severe injuries from an accident, and his cultivation had been unable to advance ever since. This truly left him unwilling to accept his fate. He had not been far from the Nascent Soul stage, yet because of that one accident, he was forever stopped here.

Improving through self-cultivation was impossible now, and the external items he had encountered could not help either. If this divine medicine could work on Golden Core cultivators, he might be able to change his destiny.

“True Person Zhang, what’s wrong?”

Tong Shishi noticed Zhang Yongchang’s abnormal expression and asked curiously.

Hearing this, Zhang Yongchang smiled and said, “It’s actually nothing, just some personal matters of mine…”

He did not hide his past experiences and briefly mentioned them to Tong Shishi.

Upon hearing this, Tong Shishi could not help but feel regret for Zhang Yongchang. She had heard a little about his past deeds and could only offer a word of comfort.

The two did not continue discussing this overly heavy topic for Zhang Yongchang and returned to talking about the ruins.

…

For Su Xiaoyu, the next step was simply waiting.

“This person suffered severe injuries and can no longer advance? I wonder if the powder from the Vitamin Calcium Tablets could help him break through. If he can achieve Core Breaking Nascent Soul Formation, his past injuries should also be repaired, right?”

Su Xiaoyu pondered.

She felt that if the opportunity arose later, she could try to help Zhang Yongchang. However, that matter could wait until after she completed her current plan to harvest Faith Value.

Unknowingly, the sky gradually darkened.

There was currently no activity at the ruins in the diorama box. Only disciples from Blazing Heaven Sect and Qixi Festival Sect stood guard there together. Moreover, people had already gone to various places to spread word of the situation inside the ruins.

Su Xiaoyu suppressed the urgency in her heart, ordered takeout and ate it, then finished her nightly wash-up early and returned to the side of the diorama box, planning to cultivate right there.

She used her hands to position her legs into a cross-legged seated posture, then smoothly began cultivating. At such close range, even if something happened inside the diorama box, she would be able to sense it.

…

Golden Dragon Market.

This was a market located outside Magpie Mountain. Ancient-style buildings spread out row upon row, with shadowy figures coming and going in an endless stream.

There were tea houses, opera halls, casinos, and shopping centers here…

Whether day or night, this place was always extremely lively. Some found success here, while others met disappointment. Various cultivators came and went, forming a tapestry of cultivation life.

Yin Mengyu sat on the second floor of a tea house, sipping a cup of Spirit Tea as she watched the deep night over Golden Dragon Market, feeling lost and forlorn.

She wore a white dress and sat by the window, her soft black hair occasionally fluttering in the night breeze, though held in place and not blown into disarray by the Jade Hairpin. Her brows were like crescent moons, her mouth like a cherry; her face was remarkably pretty.

But at this moment, she was somewhat absent-minded, gazing out the window and murmuring to herself, “When can I reclaim everything that belongs to me? I am growing, yes, but my enemies are growing too. My growth won’t outpace theirs, so how can I reclaim anything? How?”

The more she thought about it, the more dejected Yin Mengyu became.

She felt that perhaps she should not have come to the tea house for tea. Going to a tavern for some wine would probably have been the right choice.

Just as Yin Mengyu was about to leave, the conversation drifting over from the neighboring tea table caught her attention. She vaguely seemed to hear words like “ruins” and “cultivation improvement” and couldn’t help but look over.

For cultivators, progressing step-by-step was certainly a method of improvement, but lucky encounters were clearly another form, though such encounters could not be sought.

Ruins were one type of lucky encounter.

There were six people at that table, half men and half women, conversing with great interest about the information they had gathered.

Yin Mengyu listened for a moment and quickly understood the situation.

Ruins had appeared in Magpie Mountain.

Inside were divine medicines effective for those below the Golden Core stage; taking them could rapidly boost cultivation.

The reason they were certain the ruins contained divine medicine was that when the ruins were exposed, a bit of the divine medicine inside leaked out and was acquired by someone. No matter who took it, as long as their cultivation was below the Golden Core stage, taking the divine medicine would inevitably improve their cultivation. It could be said to have an immediate effect.

As she listened, Yin Mengyu’s heart began to pound.

Effective below the Golden Core stage, so would it also be effective for her, a cultivator at the Late Foundation Establishment stage?

If it was effective, could she not break through to the Golden Core stage in one fell swoop after taking it?

If she progressed step-by-step, breaking through to Golden Core would take three to five years at the least, or over a decade at the most. But could a turning point have appeared now?