Chapter 157 The Empire Conquered!
Yunxi had already used those demon cores to refine thirty batches of hair growth pills from the very beginning, just waiting for the Qing Shi Sect group to wake up.
A magic core can be mixed with other medicinal herbs to refine a batch of pills. She originally only had five given to her by Lan Yue.
However, after explaining the situation to the elders, the sect transferred fifty more magic cores from the Southern Battlefield.
Each batch can produce more than thirty pills. Yunxi used half of them, and produced more than nine hundred pills in total.
Not all of them were refined into hair growth pills because the pill formulas left by Dan Daozi contained more than just hair growth pills.
There are other pills that can utilize the magic core. Although she has the memories of Dan Daozi and received his enlightenment, it is not foolproof and she still needs to practice more.
She planned to use the remaining pills to refine the other pill formulas left behind by Dan Daozi.
For example, there's the Demon-Cleansing Pill, which can clear away demonic energy; and the Blood Lotus Pill, which can quickly heal injuries inflicted by demons...
During this time, Lan Yue and the other elders have been studying the array formations left behind by the Central Holy Land.
She was also busy, studying the elixir formulas left behind by the Central Holy Land with the other elders.
Now, Yunxi has almost exhausted all the medicinal herbs she has, and has very few spirit stones left. She has used all her spirit stones to buy medicinal herbs, refine them into pills, and store them away.
These will be essential for their future training, and Yunxi has prepared them very thoroughly.
So when the group from the Qing Shi Sect woke up and even brought so many spirit stones to buy things, Yun Xi and Lan Yue were very happy.
"Line up, don't push, come one at a time." The senior student over there was maintaining order.
Lan Yue looked up and saw that it was Senior Brother Jiang Li: "Senior Brother Jiang, it was you who brought them here. I thought you had already returned to the Hidden Sword Pavilion."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Li's face fell. When he enrolled in the Hidden Sword Pavilion, he always felt that there was nothing interesting in the Southern Spirit Sect, and he might as well hone his character there.
Moreover, he had spent a lot of time training outside before entering the Hidden Sword Pavilion, so it was time for him to settle down a bit.
Unexpectedly, the Southern Spirit Sect has a little Lan Yue. This guy spends all his time gossiping in the sect. Even the elders can run to the front line of gossip, while they can only squat in the Hidden Sword Pavilion and stare blankly.
He had finally managed to get out on a mission, and he didn't want to go back so soon.
So Jiang Li had a sudden inspiration and volunteered with a group of people to settle the unconscious people from the Qing Shi Sect, so that they could stay outside for a few more days.
However, he naturally wouldn't explain these thoughts to his two junior sisters, so he said seriously, "Thanks to the help provided by Junior Sister Lanyue and Junior Sister Yunxi, the people from Qing Shi Sect have woken up."
"However, they were a bit agitated after waking up, and they may need my junior sister's hair growth pills to calm them down."
Jiang Li's words were actually very tactful; the group behind him were not just excited, they were utterly devastated.
Especially those beautiful female fairies, and several handsome men who are well-known in the Southern Region.
Looking at their bald, shiny heads, they almost lost their will to follow the Dao.
"It's not real, it can't be real. My jet-black hair is still there, I just can't see it!" A dashing man holding a folding fan muttered to himself.
"Why won't it grow? This is a top-grade hair growth pill. It should grow immediately after taking it." Another fairy held a mirror, her eyes glazed over.
"You have been parasitized by demonic energy, but the parasitism has only lasted a very short time, and you haven't completely become demonic puppets yet," Jiang Li explained to the group of Qing Shi Sect disciples behind him.
"The Southern Spirit Sect used a special purification array to purify most of the demonic energy in your bodies. However, some demonic energy remains on the surface, which is why this situation has occurred."
"Ordinary hair growth pills won't work; you need special ones. That's why I brought you here to the junior sister who sells them. Don't push or make a fuss, or I won't sell you any!"
Jiang Li's face darkened, and he threatened the group again, saying he wouldn't sell them the hair growth pills. The Qing Shi Sect members, who had been making a racket, immediately shut their mouths and became as quiet as chickens.
You can choose not to speak, but you can't go without hair!
If only a special punishment can help them regain their thick, black hair, then we must seize this opportunity!
In a short period of time, Yunxi sold 1,000 hair growth pills, clearing out all the remaining stock.
She was overjoyed, and Lan Yue next to her was also grinning from ear to ear.
After all, they didn't just sell hair growth pills; she also sold over 1,000 purification array plates.
This purification array was a failed attempt she made when she was researching arrays. Its purification efficiency was low, and it couldn't save those who had been parasitized. However, it was perfect for strengthening her hair.
The two people, one selling array plates and the other selling pills, surrounded Lingyue Peak with people coming to buy them.
The elders who came looking for them almost thought they had gone the wrong way. They even went to other mountains to circle around before flying back in disbelief.
"Only these two little ones could do these things," the Fifth Elder said helplessly, a smile playing at the corners of his eyes.
"The inheritance of the Central Holy Land originally belonged to the two of them. This opportunity originally belonged to the two young girls, and it is already very rare that they are willing to share it." The Second Elder was quite clear about the situation.
"They deserve to earn these spirit stones. Besides, they were the ones who rescued that group from the Azure Stone Sect, so what's wrong with giving them a little more spirit stones?"
On the surface, it was the Southern Spirit Sect that saved these people, but in fact, the formation was created by Lan Yue in the beginning, saving all the parasitized people at the critical moment.
Later, when the group from the Qing Shi Sect saw that they could not awaken, it was Lan Yue who continued to find an evolutionary formation, and Yun Xi who found a pill formula.
Therefore, neither the elders nor the senior brothers and sisters felt any resentment or envy.
After all, they really put in a lot of effort. If we don't let them make money, are we supposed to let these errand runners make money?
Lan Yue was unaware of the group of elders secretly observing her; her consciousness was currently happily counting spirit stones within her spatial dimension.
"I didn't expect that the Southern Spirit Sect, despite being a small sect, would have such wealthy disciples, each one of them being incredibly generous!"
Looking up at the mountain of spirit stones, Lan Yue suddenly felt extremely proud.
"This is all the empire that I, Lan Yue, conquered!"
The two little ones looked at each other and smiled, both seeing each other's bright white teeth.
"It seems the Sect Master of the Azure Stone Sect and Elder Xing are not here. Where did they go? Haven't they woken up yet?"
Lan Yue glanced around but didn't see the two people.
Yunxi, who was standing next to her, also shook her head. She had been studying pill formulas lately and hadn't visited her father much, so she didn't know how those two people were doing.
Over there, the Fifth Elder and the Second Elder were still discussing.
"Have Xing Hao and Sect Master Qing Shi woken up?" the Second Elder asked, thinking of this.
The Fifth Elder, who was in charge of the matter, shook his head: "Elder Xing has been parasitized to a very deep degree. If it had been discovered any later, he would have become a complete puppet of the demon race."
"His cultivation level has already dropped to the Foundation Establishment stage, and it is estimated that it will drop further in a few days. The female demon forcibly increased his cultivation level, and the aftereffects are also very serious."
"Even if he is revived now, he will have very little life force left. His spiritual root has been corrupted by demonic energy and become mixed. His meridians are broken. He probably won't live for much longer."
The other elders sighed deeply. Not long ago, this elder was just like them in the Southern Spirit Sect, but in the blink of an eye, he had become like this, which was truly lamentable.
The Second Elder, standing to the side, said indifferently, "There's no need to pity him. The fact that he could be parasitized to this extent means that he actively cooperated with the demons. Otherwise, with his Nascent Soul stage cultivation, how could he have ended up like this, completely controlled by the demons?"
"Since they've been cultivating the demonic arts, they must be very aware of his actions. But they've only brought this upon themselves. What's the difference between associating with the demons and seeking help from a tiger?"
The other elders hadn't expected this, and they exchanged glances, thinking the same thing.
Elder Xing knew what he was doing, otherwise he wouldn't have sneaked away from the back mountain of the Southern Spirit Sect.
Upon hearing this, the Fifth Elder suddenly frowned and asked in confusion, "Second Brother, Elder Xing's fate was indeed self-inflicted, but the change in that Qing Shi Sect Master seems somewhat different."
"Although his cultivation level is also declining, his overall condition is still quite good. His life force has not been lost, and his meridians are intact."
This is what the Fifth Elder found most puzzling.
Logically speaking, both of these people were controlled by the demons, and the sect leader of the Qing Shi Sect was even weaker and had a lower cultivation level, so why did he suffer the least backlash?