The people from the surrounding forces also snapped out of their shock and immediately couldn't hold back their curses.
"Holy shit, holy shit! What's up with these puppets? Charging forward like they're delivering themselves to your doorstep?"
The faces of those from the Ice River Valley and the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan looked as ugly as if they had eaten shit.
They glanced at each other, wanting to coerce Xiao Yan into handing over the puppets.
Just as they were about to take action, a rumbling sound rang out.
Everyone's gaze was instantly drawn by the noise.
They saw that the previously tightly shut stone door was slowly opening, revealing the interior of the ruins.
"Charge! The good stuff must be inside!"
Many people in the square, disregarding their lives, rushed straight toward the inside of the stone door.
Seeing that nothing happened to those who entered, the major forces no longer bothered with Xiao Yan and quickly headed inside the ruins.
"Let's go too!!" Knowing his Tian-ge was also inside, Xiao Yan instantly straightened his back even more, his face almost revealing the triumphant expression of a victor.
After thanking the people from the Burning Flame Valley, he led Venerable Skyfire toward the inside of the stone door.
Just as Xiao Yan and the others entered, Xiao Jietian and Xiao Huiying had already sensed the items in the other pavilions. However, many were just junk with little to no significant value.
Finally, the two arrived before an ancient palace filled with the rich fragrance of medicinal pills. On the plaque above the door, two large characters were carved in a flamboyant, flowing script — Pill Hall!
"Master, let's go in quickly. The medicinal pills collected by a Dou Saint are definitely all good stuff," Xiao Huiying took a deep breath of the pervasive pill fragrance. "Moreover, I've already sensed that people outside are about to enter. Let's take all the pills first and sort them out after we return."
Xiao Huiying had no intention of sharing these pills with others, nor did she want these people's blood to defile the pills inside.
"Mmm, let's go in."
As Xiao Jietian finished speaking, Xiao Huiying directly kicked the large door.
Bang!
The door was kicked open, and instantly, a thick, fog-like pill fragrance surged out from within.
"Hiss~"
Suddenly, before this pill fragrance could even get close to Xiao Huiying, it was completely incinerated by a crimson flame.
"This pill fragrance contains poisonous gas. Avoid inhaling it if possible." With the strength of Xiao Jietian and his companion, this minor poison gas truly couldn't cause any effect, but poison gas was generally very foul-smelling—especially this kind that had been sealed for who knows how long.
"Mmm-hmm. Then let's go in quickly. The pills inside are already calling out to me."
Looking at Xiao Huiying's appearance, she truly deserved to be called the little dragon girl who could play with Little Zi Yan; their attributes were quite similar.
The two headed into the Pill Hall. To avoid being disturbed by others entering, Xiao Jietian even used Dou Qi to seal the main door, slightly modifying it so the Dou Qi became a bit more sinister.
Entering the first floor, they found an extremely vast hall, with many alchemy rooms and storage rooms around the perimeter.
"Master, let's split up to collect; it'll be faster!" Xiao Huiying looked eagerly at these alchemy rooms. These are all good stuff—all mine, all mine!!
"Alright." Xiao Jietian nodded silently. After all, here he wasn't worried about Xiao Huiying's safety. Moreover, her bloodline possessed the scorching heat of the fire attribute, coupled with the protection of high-temperature Dragon Qi. This poison gas couldn't even get within ten meters of her.
After splitting up, Xiao Jietian quickly opened the doors to one alchemy room after another, taking everything inside. However, they were mostly fourth-grade pills, with the highest being fifth-grade pills.
A few individual alchemy rooms also had some stored medicinal herbs, but many herbs turned to powder the moment they were touched due to being stored for too long.
"So disappointing, so disappointing! They're all just fourth and fifth-grade pills!" Xiao Huiying finished looting and came to Xiao Jietian's side, muttering incessantly. After all, she had seen Xiao Jietian refining fourth and fifth-grade pills before—and he would refine them in large handfuls.
Sometimes he would even hold her while conducting loving inquiries and refining large batches of fourth, fifth, and sixth-grade pills simultaneously.
If people outside heard her words, they'd probably jump up and curse. Getting fourth and fifth-grade pills for free, and still not satisfied? If you don't want them, give them to me!
"These are all ancient medicinal pills. Besides, didn't you also obtain many ancient pill formulas? Those are the more valuable things here."
Xiao Jietian comforted this little money-grubbing dragon girl and led her toward the second floor. "The good stuff is upstairs. There'll be something good for you in a moment."
"Really?" Hearing her master call something "good stuff," Xiao Huiying couldn't help but feel anticipation.
"Of course. When have I ever lied to you?"
"Not yet? That time long ago, you said it was sweet and delicious, but it wasn't at all. And every time you say 'almost there.'" Xiao Huiying followed behind Xiao Jietian, muttering softly.
Xiao Jietian pretended not to hear Xiao Huiying's words and silently walked forward.
The entrance to the second floor had even more potent poison gas, but under the incineration of Xiao Jietian's Holy Flame, it instantly evaporated.
The pill fragrance on the entire second floor was more concentrated, clearly indicating the pills inside were more advanced.
Here, the pill fragrance was mixed with poison gas, which was the most terrifying part. Because the pill fragrance would tempt those who entered to involuntarily take a deep breath, and then they'd drop dead.
It was like when you smell the delicious aroma of someone cooking—you can't help but take a few deep breaths. Some because it's too fragrant, others because you want to figure out what dish is being made.
To save time, the two also split up, beginning a frenzied, sweeping plunder.
However, the pills on the second floor were mostly sixth-grade pills and the remaining ancient sixth-grade pill formulas.
These were resources that could be used in the future to attract alchemists to join their faction. These ancient formulas were far more attractive to alchemists than ordinary ones.
In the future, casually taking out a few sheets would hook them like fish—just like how your goddess hooks you guys. Wake up, brothers.
"The stuff is on the third floor. Let's go up." Seeing that Xiao Huiying looked like she wanted to say something, Xiao Jietian directly interrupted her.
"Let's go!!" Xiao Huiying hopped and skipped onto the stairs leading to the third floor.
The third floor of this Pill Hall was extremely vast, surrounded by numerous, not insignificant alchemy rooms. Whether in decoration, scale, or grandeur, it was far beyond what the two floors below could compare to.
After the two conducted a massive plunder…
Xiao Huiying arrived at the rendezvous point with her head hung low. Seeing her like this, Xiao Jietian roughly understood what was going on. At a glance, she hadn't found anything truly valuable and had lost her motivation.