The Means of an Alchemist

Chapter 41

On the periphery of the Qingmiao Sect, Li Changmeng was staying with Qi Shu.

To protect Feng Qi's breakthrough, the five Foundation - Establishment cultivators of the Qingmiao Sect were divided into three teams.

Among them, Yu Yanxue and Wang Xuan were in one team, Qi Shu and Li Changmeng were in another, and Duan Yanshu, with his late - stage Foundation - Establishment cultivation, guarded one side alone.

"Fellow Daoist Li, don't be nervous. As long as they dare to make a move, the sect - protecting formation will be activated immediately."

Qi Shu was an old - looking cultivator with white whiskers. Being in the same group as Li Changmeng and seeing that he didn't say a word, he thought Li Changmeng was too nervous.

Li Changmeng shook his head slightly. "With the sect - protecting formation, there's naturally no problem."

As a sect force, the Qingmiao Sect had set up a third - order sect - protecting formation on its own territory. It could be activated when enemies invaded and would attack those who were not from the sect.

Fighting on their home ground, it would be very difficult to defeat the Qingmiao Sect without far - superior strength.

Li Changmeng looked in the direction of the main peak where Feng Qi was. At this moment, Feng Qi was at the highest point of the main peak, adjusting his state and ready to break through at any time.

Suddenly, the spiritual energy between heaven and earth formed a wave and rushed towards the main peak.

Feng Qi had started to break through!

Li Changmeng had witnessed such a scene when the White Cloud Taoist broke through, but this time the scene was not as spectacular.

The spiritual energy of heaven and earth formed a huge whirlpool on the main peak of the Qingmiao Sect, making the surrounding area gloomy.

Just at this moment, a large number of people suddenly appeared around the Qingmiao Sect.

"Elder Li, they're here."

Qi Shu's eyes were fixed on the foot of the mountain. Just in their direction, there were seven or eight Foundation - Establishment cultivators.

Even with the sect - protecting formation, they might not be able to hold them off.

Li Changmeng looked around and quietly activated his Hundred - Eyes Supernatural Power. There were a total of eight people.

Two were at the late stage of Foundation - Establishment, two at the middle stage, and four at the early stage.

At this moment, they were rushing up the mountain at full speed, braving the attacks of the sect - protecting formation.

Qi Shu took out an object, infused it with spiritual power, and then threw it down the mountain.

"Be careful! It's a Spiritual - Disrupting Thunder!"

Someone at the foot of the mountain recognized the thrown object.

The Spiritual - Disrupting Thunder was a second - order one - time magical tool. Once activated, it would explode with a violent spiritual energy fluctuation, comparable to a full - strength strike from a middle - stage Foundation - Establishment cultivator.

The two late - stage Foundation - Establishment cultivators reached out their hands and, using some unknown spell, froze the Spiritual - Disrupting Thunder in the air and detonated it in advance.

"What a pity. The Spiritual - Disrupting Thunder has no effect on late - stage Foundation - Establishment cultivators."

Qi Shu sighed. If there hadn't been the late - stage Foundation - Establishment cultivators, this thunder would definitely have seriously injured the people below.

Li Changmeng also didn't idle. He crazily threw all kinds of things down.

Talismans and one - time magical tools were thrown down as if they were free.

"Iron - Wood Binding Talisman, Sky - Fire Talisman, Wind - Summoning Talisman, Golden - Sword Talisman..."

These talismans were all provided by the Qingmiao Sect. Most of them were first - order talismans, and only a few were second - order talismans.

He didn't expect to cause much damage, just to delay them for a while.

Li Changmeng threw them with great pleasure, experiencing the joy of the money - burning fighting style.

However, even so, it only slightly delayed the speed of the people below.

After all, there were two late - stage Foundation - Establishment cultivators opening the way below. If it weren't for the sect - protecting formation, the enemy would have already rushed in front of them.

Li Changmeng looked back again. He had to consider whether to withdraw in advance.

Behind him, the spiritual energy whirlpool formed by Feng Qi's breakthrough to the Core - Formation stage was still devouring the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

However, the speed was faster than when the White Cloud Taoist broke through.

In the Tianxing Domain, the spiritual energy was abundant, and the breakthrough speed was much faster.

If it continued at this pace... in another hour, they would know whether the breakthrough was successful.

Another hour?

After some consideration in his heart, Li Changmeng decided to hold on a little longer.

Only by holding on until the last moment could he decide whether to continue being an elder of the Qingmiao Sect or directly turn into a bandit and plunder wantonly.

"Elder Qi, this won't work. Use some powerful spells. They have to resist the attacks of the sect - protecting formation and can't spare the time to fight back against us. Now they're all sitting ducks, only able to defend passively."

Li Changmeng made a suggestion. His identity was just an early - stage Foundation - Establishment lone cultivator. When it was time to show his strength, he naturally had to hide and let Qi Shu take the lead first, which was more in line with his identity.

However, Qi Shu showed an embarrassed look. "Elder Li, I usually spend all my time researching alchemy. As for offensive spells..."

Li Changmeng was stunned. Was he paired up with a teammate with little combat ability?

If he made a move, his true strength would definitely be exposed.

Moreover, if his true appearance was exposed, the Core - Formation cultivator he had offended in the Black Deer Mountain might come looking for him.

He had concerns and was not convenient to make a move.

"Elder Li, but I didn't say I had no way to deal with them. Just watch."

Qi Shu changed his attitude. He took out several bottles of pills in his hand. "This bottle of pills is the Blood - Burning Pill, which can burn essence and blood to burst out strength. And this bottle is the Divine - Pillar Pill. After taking it, it can stimulate the meridians, boil the blood, and keep one in high spirits.

Both of them are second - order pills, and their effects are not special. But if they are used at the same time..."

Qi Shu stopped his introduction, opened the bottles, took out the pills, and put them in his hand. Under the operation of his spiritual power, they instantly turned into pill powder and were sent down below.

The eight cultivators below were still slowly climbing up the mountain. Without any obstruction for a moment, the leader even said happily, "It seems they're at the end of their wits. Let's hurry up and stop that old thief Feng Qi from breaking through."

However, soon he noticed something was wrong. First, a fragrance of pills entered his nose.

Thinking that someone might be taking pills to replenish spiritual power, he didn't pay much attention.

But then, his whole body's blood seemed to catch fire and instantly broke through his skin. Blood oozed out all over his body.

"Hold your breath! Take the detoxification pills. They've poisoned us!"

Looking around, all eight of them were poisoned. There was even a hint of a sweet and fishy smell in the air.

Hearing this, everyone held their breath and took out the detoxification pills to take.

However, the detoxification pills, which could at least delay the onset of the poison even if they couldn't completely detoxify in the past, had no effect at all this time.

"Hahaha, my two kinds of pills are all high - quality pills. How could they be neutralized by the detoxification pills? You don't understand the principles of alchemy at all."

On the mountain, Qi Shu laughed loudly, holding his belly and mocking the people below.

Li Changmeng watched from the side. He saw that several of the people below with lower cultivation levels had already fainted due to the rampage of the blood in their bodies.

This way of fighting the enemy opened his eyes. He originally thought that the alchemist would have little combat ability, but it turned out that using pills could also have wonderful effects.

However, the people below quickly reacted. Although the detoxification pills were useless, as long as they held their breath and then circulated their spiritual power to dissolve the medicinal power, they could ignore the attack.

But it would take a lot of time for them to do so. During this time, Qi Shu didn't idle either. He started to throw all kinds of pills down continuously.

For a moment, colorful pill - powder smokes filled the area below the mountain, and there were screams from time to time.