"Indeed."

Chen Sansi calmly replied.

"We have been wandering back and forth in this mountain for over a month."

Dugu Ao said, "Not long ago, we finally found the traces of a Green Blood Sacrifice, but to lure it out, we still need a bait.

"After years of hunting in the Thousand Snake Pond, there are no longer any pureblood Dragon Species.

"So, Qingmu slaughtered the entire mud pond, took a portion of Essence Blood from each spiritual snake, and refined it into the Illusion Dragon Pill.

"But the quality of this Illusion Dragon Pill is insufficient. It's missing a Spirit Snake's Essence Blood with a different lineage to act as a catalyst.

"That's why the tiger demon Geng Xiaoyue targeted your White Snake. To speak of it, that snake's lineage is a lot stronger than those in the Thousand Snake Pond."

"Young Master."

The voice of the female cultivator touched his heart: "The quality of the Illusion Dragon Pill will affect the efficacy of luring the Green Blood Sacrifice. If it fails the first time, it will be difficult to find again.

"So, can you extract some Essence Blood from that small snake? If we successfully capture the Green Blood Sacrifice, we can share a portion of Essence Blood with you."

"Take this!"

Dugu Ao tossed an eerie blue spirit fruit, explaining, "After extracting the Essence Blood, feed this to your Spiritual Pet. Not only will it preserve its life, but it will also refine its foundation, aiding future breakthroughs."

Chen Sansi accepted the item.

With the conversation at this point and Dugu's assurance, he naturally had no reason to refuse, so he took out the White Snake and sought its opinion.

The White Snake merely nodded dazedly.

Chen Sansi pressed his fingers together, chanted an incantation, and extracted a cluster of Essence Blood from her forehead. He fed her the Spirit Fruit and stored her back into the storage bag.

"Buzz!"

A shape-shifting witch, clad in Flowing Fire Silk, stood barefoot in the clouds, her silver hair hanging to her waist, the demon pattern on her forehead seemingly alive.

She traced the void with her fingertip, a seal array slowly rising before her, nine cloud-like fox tails unfolded like a screen behind her, transforming into nine weak water whirlwinds that swept the White Snake's Essence Blood into the array seal while also absorbing the spiritual aura within dozens of feet, refining a five-colored Elixir Pill.

Using Water Quenching Pill!

Chen Sansi had seen records of someone refining Elixir Pills with water, and today's spectacle was thoroughly eye-opening.

In just the time it takes to brew tea, the White Snake's Essence Blood had fully merged into the Elixir Pill, and the Illusion Dragon Pill was successfully completed.

"Let's go."

The Nine-tailed Fox Demon grasped the Elixir Pill in her jade hand: "If we're late, others might seize the opportunity first."

Before finishing her words, she and the Green Wood Old Demon vanished.

The transformed cultivator's Escape Technique was incredibly swift, certainly beyond what Core Formation cultivators could easily pursue.

Chen Sansi and Dugu Ao together, exerted their efforts to chase from behind.

He noticed that Dugu Ao, at this moment, displayed cultivation still at the Fake Pill Realm, not the ten thousand layers of Qi Refinement outside Little Witch Mountain.

"Stop staring."

Dugu Ao exposed his thoughts: "It's best to bury the matter of Qi Refining Technique within yourself, not mentioning it to anyone, or else I will use the Divine Soul cleansing technique to erase this memory for you."

"..."

In fact, Chen Sansi had already informed his master; hearing the other's admonition now, he could only pretend as if nothing happened, shifting the topic: "Senior Dugu, how did you break through the shackles and cultivate the Qi Refining Technique to rival the Nascent Soul Realm?

"I believe I've read extensively, yet I've never come across records as unprecedented as this."

"Hehe..."

Dugu Ao did not answer but mumbled as if to himself, "If there was another choice, who would willingly go through such a big detour?"

Chen Sansi refrained from asking further.

As they chatted casually, the two had already followed the two transformed demons to a high cliff.

The Green Wood Old Demon, who knew when, had captured another blue spiritual snake of the Mysterious Body Realm and forcefully made it ingest the Illusion Dragon Pill.

The Green Snake fell to the ground, painfully struggling, while, under the effects of the Elixir Pill, it began to undergo drastic changes. Its body, originally over a yard long, grew to ten yards, its vibrant green scales were enveloped in a radiant golden light, the snake's tail split open at the coccyx, growing four dark iron claws that firmly clutched the rock, majestic dragon horns sprouted on its head as it let out a dragon roar that shook the wilderness toward the sky.

A mere mysterious body realm spiritual snake turned into a Divine Dragon!

Of course, as indicated by the "illusion" in Illusion Dragon Pill, this Green Snake was not truly transformed into a dragon but underwent a short-term aberration under the Elixir Pill's influence, appearing dragon-like but without any real enhancement in power, eventually turning back into a pool of pus when the Elixir Pill's effects faded.

The Elixir Pill's function was merely an Illusion Technique.

The illusion dragon, driven by the Elixir Pill, began to whirl and soar atop the mountain peak, where auspicious clouds welled up, exuding an awe-inspiring divine might, as if a pureblood dragon species had truly appeared within Wanxiang Mountain.

The Nine-tailed Fox Demon and others quietly observed from hiding.

Suddenly, from beneath the cliff came the sound of earth vein bursting, fiery magma carrying terrifying spiritual power surged into the sky, thick black fog condensing into a giant beast silhouette therein.

Its form resembling a Qilin but with dragon horns, its eyes like sun and moon shedding blood tears, its fur dark gold accented with frost white, its spine's bone spires piercing through flesh growing outward.

The Mysterious Green Blood Sacrifice!

This Green Blood Sacrifice's realm was in the late stage of Core Formation, nearing transformation. Seduced by the illusion dragon, it could no longer hold back, roaring as it lunged forward, the overwhelming blood light tearing through illusions, uncovering that it was no true dragon, merely a Green Snake!

Realizing the situation was amiss, it tried to flee, but alas, it was too late.

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