Unexpectedly, as they neared Vast Sea Immortal City, they encountered two Tribulation Cultivators.

Compared to Lin Zixiao's notorious gang, these two were far inferior.

Qin Ming's lips curved into a smile, "Fellow Daoists, I have a treasure here. I feel it has a connection with you both. Would you care to take a look?"

"What treasure?!"

"Quickly show it, if you try anything funny, we'll make you understand why the flowers are so red!"

Qin Ming chuckled at their words, and then tapped his storage pouch, two Turtle Puppets turned into streams of light, appearing immediately in the air before him.

"Tier Two Puppet!"

At the moment the Turtle Puppet appeared, Shee Mountain's Double Assassins couldn't help but exclaim.

Originally, it was two against one, but the situation instantly reversed to three versus two.

In fact, Qin Ming had patience with these two foolish thieves, hoping to test the strength of the newly crafted Tier Two Spirit Puppets.

He was searching for a place to test them, and unexpectedly, two came right to him, coincidentally both at the early-stage Foundation Establishment.

"Hehehe! We misunderstood you, brother!"

"We made a mistake; we're really sorry!"

"We'll be leaving now."

Yet as they were about to fly back.

Buzz~

A silver stream of light flickered, suddenly appearing before Shee Mountain's Double Assassins.

A big and a small cultivator pulling back their retreating forms in mid-air suddenly came to an abrupt stop.

Then they turned their gaze to what had blocked their retreat path, and upon seeing clearly, their pupils contracted sharply!

Frightened enough to nearly soil themselves.

Because behind them was a Silver-winged Frost Bee the size of a calf, emitting the vast Spiritual Pressure of a Tier Two Mid-Stage Great Demon.

And...it seemed to be the spirit pet of the ordinary-looking cultivator just now.

"Oh dear! Is this the prey you mentioned?"

"Why do I feel like we look more like prey now?"

The two had started sweating profusely, stunned that on their first attempt at robbery, they hit an unmovable object.

"Fellow Daoist, we were blind to the mountain. Please spare us!" The two returned and deeply bowed to Qin Ming.

Suddenly!

Over a dozen pointed spiritual artifacts with green poisonous light flashed, heading straight for Qin Ming's face.

Shee Mountain's Double Assassins obviously didn't expect Qin Ming to spare them and decided to break through from what seemed like his 'weakest' form.

If only they subdued Qin Ming, then the remaining puppets and spirit pet would naturally comply.

But reality always differed from imagination.

In an instant, a Spirit Turtle Puppet crossed horizontally in the middle, the shell on its back expanded suddenly, emitting a surge of earth-yellow spiritual light.

Clang clang clang clang!

A series of collision sounds erupted as their all-out assassination strike was blocked by the Turtle Puppet.

The two brothers watched in shock with mouths agape.

Then, the two Turtle Puppets formed a pincer attack, charging at the two cultivators.

In the blink of an eye, the puppets and the cultivators engaged in a fierce clash.

Meanwhile, Qin Ming and the Silver-winged Frost Bee, watched from the side, relaxedly enjoying the spectacle.

Various spells flashed in the air, scattering in all directions.

Despite Shee Mountain's Double Assassins putting in all their efforts, they couldn't breach the Turtle Puppets' defense.

But the moment they attempted to use speed to escape, that terrifying Silver-winged Frost Bee would appear enigmatically in front of them...

Gradually.

The two Tribulation Cultivators had their mana thoroughly depleted by the two Turtle Puppets, teetering on the brink.

Qin Ming had almost completed the test of the Spirit Puppets, so he directed a sliver of Divine Thought into one of the puppets.

Soon afterward, the Turtle Puppet opened its mouth and spat out a blue Water Arrow, slicing through the air at a strange angle, piercing the chests of the two cultivators.

"Aah!"

The pair shrieked and lost balance, plummeting downwards.

Qin Ming didn't even lift his eyelid, casually tossing out two Black Spirit Seeds, casting Thorn Technique at them.

Then he gathered two Blood Pearls and two storage pouches; as for the corpses, they would soon become demon beast snacks passing by.

Qin Ming glanced inside the storage pouches and found that Shee Mountain's Double Assassins were the lowest in the Tribulation Cultivation Realm, containing only several thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones and other ordinary items.

With a single hand gesture, the two Turtle Puppets shrank in size and flew back to his side.

Qin Ming carefully examined them. After the intense battle just now, the two puppets only had a few not-so-obvious scratches, and everything else was as usual.

"Hmm, not bad!"

He then put away the spirit puppets and flew towards the Immortal City.

...

On the way, Qin Ming sent a transmission message to Lvu Liang.

Half a stick of incense later.

Lvu Liang rushed out from the city and personally let Qin Ming in.

"Oh, Fellow Daoist Qin, I didn't expect you'd come to the Immortal City again so soon!" Lvu Liang greeted Qin Ming warmly.

Fellow Daoist Qin smiled and said, "Thanks to Fellow Daoist Lvu for the trouble of personally opening the door every time."

"Oh! Fellow Daoist Qin, what are you saying, we're not strangers!"

"For what important matter do you come to the Immortal City, anything I can help with?"

"It's nothing particularly urgent, just a small matter. No need to trouble Fellow Daoist Lvu."

"Oh, since that's the case, after you finish your business, please come to my residence for a chat. Tonight, I'll have Wanjun prepare a good meal."

"Certainly, certainly."

While talking, the two had already arrived at the Inner City.

Lvu Liang had official duties to attend to and went off to be busy.

Qin Ming, meanwhile, followed the main road straight to the core area of Vast Sea Immortal City.

Following Wei Wuya's directions, he wound through several alleys and arrived in front of an elegant pavilion, with the signboard inscribed with 'Linglong Pavilion'.

This was an establishment set up by the Thunder Origin Sect in Vast Sea Immortal City.

Qin Ming immediately stepped inside.

As soon as he entered, an elderly man with white hair and a blue robe came out to greet him warmly:

"Oh! So it's Fellow Daoist Qin who's here!"

"I am Mei, the shopkeeper of this Linglong Pavilion. The Young Sect Leader Wei instructed me not long ago."

Fellow Daoist Qin glanced at Shopkeeper Mei, discovering his cultivation was at the late-stage Foundation Establishment.

He returned the gesture after hearing this, "Shopkeeper Mei."

"This is not the place to talk. Please, come upstairs." Shopkeeper Mei smiled slightly and made a welcoming gesture.

A moment later.

After the two went upstairs.

After Shopkeeper Mei set a soundproof restriction in the room, he asked curiously, "Fellow Daoist Qin, did something go wrong in the process of refining the Life-Restoring Pill for you to come to the pavilion so early?"

"Could I be of any assistance?"

"Or are the spiritual materials insufficient?"

"If that's the case, then I must say, I can't help either because the spiritual materials for refining Life-Restoring Pills are truly hard to find."

Shopkeeper Mei, upon seeing Fellow Daoist Qin here, didn't even consider the possibility of successful alchemy.

Because it had only been three months.

In his understanding, even the most formidable Tier Two Great Alchemist would find it challenging to understand the pill formula, let alone begin refining.

Elder Yan of the Thunder Origin Sect had also spent over half a year researching before starting the refinement, but the results were disastrous.

Qin shook his head, not intending to stay here long. He wanted a simple transaction, get the spiritual materials Wei Wuya promised, and leave.

He immediately took out two exquisite porcelain bottles, placed them on the table, and said bluntly: "Shopkeeper Mei, thanks to Fellow Daoist Wei, I did not fail and successfully refined two pills."

As soon as he finished speaking.

Buzz～

Shopkeeper Mei stared intently at the pill bottles Qin Ming handed over, his mind blank.

"Qin... Fellow Daoist Qin!"

"This... they are already refined?"

Qin Ming nodded without a word.

"Indeed, one is of ordinary quality, and the other is a high-grade Life-Restoring Pill, Shopkeeper Mei, you can check them."

"What?!"

"High-grade Life-Restoring Pill!"

"..."

Shopkeeper Mei impatiently opened the two porcelain bottles in front of him and poured out the two pills.

Having lived so long as a late-stage Foundation Establishment of the Thunder Origin Sect, he had some knowledge.

When he saw the six pill patterns on one of the Spirit Pills, he finally revealed a look of astonishment.

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