Mo Wuji roughly estimated that he had been in the Sword Mountain of No Trace for nearly a month, if not more. Perhaps it had already exceeded a month; the problem was the teleportation, and he was still stuck here.

For the past month, he had basically stayed put, and the spiritual herbs in this area had been ravaged by him. He had managed to refine one or two hundred Gathering Spirit Pills and Rejuvenation Pills. His concern was whether these pills would be confiscated once he got out.

Having the pills confiscated was a small matter. What worried him more was that the experts of the Sword Sect of No Trace would ask him where the pills came from. What should he say then? That he refined them himself? Would he still want to keep the Nameless Pill Book?

Mo Wuji's background was too easy to investigate. The Sword Sect of No Trace could send anyone to find out how many times he had been to the toilet in Rao Prefecture, Chengyu Kingdom. Once they found out that he never had the opportunity to learn alchemy and even bought medicine-refining machines in Changlu, then the problem would arise: who taught him alchemy? In the end, it would be impossible for him to prevent the Nameless Pill Book from being discovered.

But if he didn't take these pills he refined out, he would be unwilling. These were things he had painstakingly refined, day and night.

Just as Mo Wuji was still struggling with this, he saw an old man with white hair staggering towards him.

No, Mo Wuji quickly realized that the white-haired person was not an old man, but a graceful woman.

When the woman raised her head, Mo Wuji recognized who she was. It was Yin Qianqian, the fourth-grade Earth Pill Master who had entered the Sword Mountain of No Trace with him.

A month ago, when he and Yin Qianqian were teleported to Sword Mountain together, Yin Qianqian had a head full of black hair. In less than a month, when he saw Yin Qianqian again, she already had a head full of white hair. If it weren't for her face and figure remaining unchanged, he really wouldn't have recognized her.

It seemed like there was a problem. She had obviously aged rapidly in a short period of time, so why hadn't her face changed much?

When Yin Qianqian saw Mo Wuji, she seemed unable to hold on any longer and collapsed.

Mo Wuji didn't have time to think about anything else and quickly rushed forward to help Yin Qianqian up. He found that even the skin on Yin Qianqian's hands was dry and bloodless, as if Yin Qianqian had been here for decades or centuries and had exhausted her lifespan.

Mo Wuji quickly took out the pills he had refined, taking out several Rejuvenation Pills and Blood Nourishing Pills and putting them into Yin Qianqian's mouth.

The Blood Nourishing Pill was also a first-grade Human Spiritual Pill, refined by Mo Wuji to bring back to Yan'er. Yan'er was malnourished, and her body was still weak. The Blood Nourishing Pill contained various tonics, making it perfect for Yan'er.

After several pills were put into Yin Qianqian's mouth, although her face didn't change, the dry skin on her hands gradually began to have blood flow.

Mo Wuji quickly carried Yin Qianqian into the cave where he practiced and refined pills. Yin Qianqian was a fourth-grade Earth Pill Master, and her cultivation was definitely not low. Even with such cultivation, she was almost sucked dry of her life force. His cultivation was simply not enough.

Mo Wuji had a good impression of Yin Qianqian. Not only was her alchemy level top-notch, but she had also spoken up for him when Qu Dan Shi targeted him.

Yin Qianqian was placed by Mo Wuji on the stone bed where he usually rested, and remained motionless with her eyes closed. However, Mo Wuji knew that she was gradually recovering. His Blood Nourishing Pills and Rejuvenation Pills were working. The aura on her body was becoming stronger, and the blood flow on her skin was also becoming more vigorous.

Mo Wuji looked at the gradually recovering Yin Qianqian and thought of the barren land he had passed by earlier, where there was no life force. He also thought of the boundary between the barren land and the area of life force, where the life force was also gradually dissipating.

Yin Qianqian's current appearance was just like having her life force sucked away, causing her to age instantly, wasn't it?

Connecting these things, Mo Wuji couldn't help but feel a chill down his spine. Could it be that this place, in addition to absorbing the life force of the spiritual herbs and the land, also absorbed the life force of people?

"Thank you for saving me." Yin Qianqian's voice broke Mo Wuji's wild thoughts.

Mo Wuji quickly said, "I just happened to run into you. What's going on?"

Yin Qianqian didn't answer Mo Wuji immediately. Instead, she patted her waist, and a jade bottle appeared in her hand.

She opened the jade bottle and took out a pill, putting it into her mouth.

Mo Wuji looked at Yin Qianqian in astonishment. Was she playing magic? Yin Qianqian's waist obviously didn't have any pockets, so how could she take out a bottle? No, there was a small cloth bag, but that cloth bag was too small...

He quickly put down his confusion and looked at Yin Qianqian with even more amazement. She had only taken a pill, but Yin Qianqian's skin instantly became moisturized and plump, and even her hair slowly changed from gray to black.

Mo Wuji sucked in a breath of cold air. Although he had accidentally created a medicinal liquid for opening meridians, he had never even thought about such a magical pill. Was this a pill of eternal youth?

He had also refined Blood Nourishing Pills and Rejuvenation Pills, but they only made Yin Qianqian's complexion slightly better and increased blood circulation. How could they compare to the effect of the pill that Yin Qianqian took out?

In less than half an incense stick's time, Yin Qianqian had returned to her original appearance. She breathed a sigh of relief and sat up.

Seeing Mo Wuji's shocked appearance, Yin Qianqian took the initiative to explain, "The pill I just took was a seventh-grade Heaven Spiritual Pill, a Primary Life Force Pill."

"Heaven Spiritual Pill? Doesn't that require a Heaven Pill Master to refine? Does our Star River Empire have a seventh-grade Heaven Pill Master?" Mo Wuji reacted and asked in surprise. He had heard Shen Lian say that none of the five great empires seemed to have a Heaven Pill Master.

Yin Qianqian shook her head, "This pill was left to me by my master..."

"Your master is a Heaven Pill Master?" Mo Wuji was filled with awe. He now knew how amazing a Heaven Pill Master was.

"No, my master is a sixth-grade Earth Pill Master. This pill was not refined by my master either, but by my grandmaster. After I advanced to a third-grade Human Pill Master, my master left me. She went to find my grandmaster. My grandmaster is not in the location of the five great empires..." Yin Qianqian seemed to have thought of her master, and her eyes showed some longing.

Mo Wuji had heard what being outside the five great empires meant. "Pill Master Yin, doesn't that mean crossing the Five Elements Wildlands? Isn't it said that the Five Elements Wildlands are impossible to cross?"

Yin Qianqian glanced at Mo Wuji indifferently, "The claim that the Five Elements Wildlands are impossible to cross has never been witnessed by anyone. In fact, many powerful cultivators who entered the Five Elements Wildlands have not fallen. Where do you think they went?"

After speaking, Yin Qianqian seemed unwilling to say more on this topic and asked, "Junior Brother Mo, you are just an uncultivated handyman. How could you land safely here after the teleportation went wrong and live here for nearly a month?"

As she said this, her eyes kept looking at the pill furnace that Mo Wuji had placed aside.

As the Sword Sect of No Trace's number one pill master and a fourth-grade Earth Pill Master, it was very generous of Yin Qianqian to call Mo Wuji "Junior Brother."

Mo Wuji chuckled. "It's not that I can't cultivate. My spiritual roots are very poor. I have cultivated for a long time using brute force, so my body is still quite good. When the teleportation array had a problem, I was lucky. I only suffered some injuries and didn't encounter any danger."

Yin Qianqian didn't speak immediately. Instead, she looked at Mo Wuji for a while before saying, "Being able to land safely in that situation is not just a matter of luck. Moreover, I think your understanding of medicinal herbs and the Dao of Pills should be stronger than Pill Master Shi's, right?"

Mo Wuji immediately denied it. "Pill Master Yin, you're giving me too much credit. Because I work in the apothecary, I know a little about medicinal herbs. But my amateur skills can't compare to Pill Master Shi's. The difference is too great."

"Is that so?" A hint of a smile appeared on the corner of Yin Qianqian's mouth. "Junior Brother Mo, don't worry. If I wanted to expose you, I would have exposed you when you applied the water velvet vine medicinal liquid to Pill Master Shi's Azure Flame Fruit during the alchemy competition in the main hall. I wouldn't have waited until now."

Mo Wuji opened his mouth wide and awkwardly said after a while, "You saw it all?"

"What do you think?" Yin Qianqian smiled faintly. "To be precise, I didn't see it. I smelled it."

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