Chapter 362: Ancient Medicinal Pills

While Xiao Ming and the others were sweeping through the medicine garden, the outside world was in turmoil!

The news of the ancient remains appearing in the Beast Bone Mountain Range had spread like wildfire. Ancient remains represented mystery, power, and wealth...

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Every time ancient remains appeared in the Central Plains, they would stir up a storm. This time was no exception, starting with the Magical Beast Tribes.

The Beast Bone Mountain Range was originally the territory of the Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Tribe. As soon as the news reached them, they dispatched powerful individuals to attempt to break into the remains. They also sent experts to seal off the Beast Bone Mountain Range, intending to monopolize the treasures within the remains.

However, the spatial storms within the remains were not something ordinary people could enter. Occasionally, a few lucky ones managed to enter, but they had to face the traps and mechanisms within the remains. As a result, the experts from the Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Tribe failed to achieve any significant progress.

After multiple attempts, they could only wait for the remains to open on their own.

The smaller Magical Beast Tribes didn't dare to defy the will of the Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Tribe, yet they were reluctant to leave. They could only hover outside the restricted area set by the Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Tribe. However, as time passed, the situation changed with the intervention of the Heaven Demon Phoenix Tribe.

As one of the three major races, the Heaven Demon Phoenix Tribe was much stronger than the Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Tribe. Once they learned about the ancient remains, they sent their own people. The Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Tribe didn't dare to drive them away. Once they allowed the Heaven Demon Phoenix Tribe to participate, countless smaller clans couldn't sit still and formed alliances, requesting to venture beyond the remains.

Although the Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Tribe was powerful, they had to give a face to these numerous Magical Beast Tribes, especially those who depended on them. In the end, they could only agree to the request but imposed restrictions on the number of participants.

The commotion caused by the ancient remains was immense and naturally couldn't be hidden from various Central Plains regions. The news of the ancient remains appearing in the Beast Bone Mountain Range spread everywhere, driving countless sects, clans, and mercenaries crazy, as they prepared to venture deep into the beast region.

Even the top-tier powers - One Hall, One Tower, Two Sects, Three Valleys, and Four Pavilions - except for the Pill Tower and the Flower Sect, dispatched their strong individuals to gather information.

Facing the forces that forcefully intruded into the Beast Bone Mountain Range, the Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Tribe initially wanted to drive them away. However, as more and more powerful individuals arrived, they had no choice but to let things take their course.

The Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Tribe, who didn't sweep the ancient remains in the beginning, had already lost the opportunity for exclusive control. If they insisted on forcibly occupying it, they would only face collective attacks.

For a while, the attention of various powerful individuals converged on the Beast Bone Mountain Range. Of course, the current Central Plains had not yet reached the era where anyone below the level of a Dou Venerate was cannon fodder. Currently, a Dou Ancestor could be considered a strong individual, and a Dou Venerate could have a prominent reputation in a region. Therefore, most of the experts dispatched by those forces wouldn't exceed the five-star Dou Venerate level.

However, Xiao Ming was unaware of these circumstances. At this moment, he was happily sweeping through the Dou Saint's Remains!

After spending several days sweeping through the ancient forest, Xiao Ming and Zi Yan reunited with Xiao Yi Xian, Medusa, Qing Lin, and Venerable Tian Huo.

They then searched through the palaces one by one. Although these palaces didn't possess the stark contrasts found in the Ancient Forest, they still contained numerous treasures that yielded substantial gains for Xiao Ming and his companions.

Soon, Xiao Ming and the others arrived at a building that was filled with an ancient aura. Two majestic large words were present on the top of the building.

"Pill Hall."

Everyone's hearts shook when they saw the words "Pill Hall." Medicinal pills would always be enticing in this world, especially the pills found in this Pill Hall, which had been left behind by a Dou Saint. This allure was amplified.

Their previous encounter with the ancient medicinal forest in the Ancient Forest had also raised their expectations for the pills within this Pill Hall.

"I wonder if there is a legendary ninth-tier pill in this Pill Hall? If it does, it will really be quite crazy," said Venerable Tian Huo, sweeping his gaze over the hall plaque.

"It's unlikely that there would be ninth-tier pills. Such a tier of pill is considered extremely rare, even for a Dou Saint," Xiao Ming shook his head and replied.

Xiao Ming knew there had to be a nine-colored eight-tier Pill Beast inside, which had to be the most valuable pill in the Pill Hall. Because of the presence of this pill beast, the number of higher-tier pills stored within the Pill Hall was not as plentiful as one might expect.

He then pushed open the bronze door and stepped inside, saying, "Let's go and see what kind of pills are in this Pill Hall."

The interior of the Pill Hall was spacious, with a length and width of hundreds of meters.

However, rows of ancient wooden shelves were neatly arranged on the first floor. These shelves held jade boxes and jade bottles.

On both sides, there were separate pill rooms.

Judging from this scale, the Dou Saint who cultivated here should have employed numerous alchemists, and he himself might have been an alchemist.

Looking at the medicinal ingredients, Zi Yan approached, picked up a jade box, and opened it.

"Ah! It's a fifth-tier pill!" Zi Yan's voice sounded disappointed as she put it down and picked up another one.

"Fourth-tier pill!"

"Another fifth-tier pill!"

"This one is empty!"

"I clearly sensed some precious treasures outside just now. How come... now there's nothing but these scraps?"

Zi Yan let go of the pills in frustration, her face filled with self-doubt. She wondered if her ability to detect hidden treasures had vanished. Otherwise, how could this have happened?

"This is just the first floor, so naturally, the tier of the pills won't be too high," Medusa reassured her.

Upon hearing this, Zi Yan perked up again and said eagerly, "Then let's go upstairs."

"Don't rush, let's take these pills with us first," Xiao Ming held Zi Yan back.

The value of the pills here wasn't high for him, but the quantity was substantial. He could send them to the Xiao Family.

Furthermore, he didn't want to miss out on ancient scrolls of pill recipes in the pill rooms here. For an alchemist like him, the recipe was sometimes more valuable than the pills themselves.

Under Xiao Ming's instructions, the first floor was completely plundered, and Xiao Ming now had an intermediate-grade storage ring filled with pills.

After sweeping the first floor, Xiao Ming and his group proceeded to the second floor.

In the instant they entered the second floor, Xiao Yi Xian's face slightly changed, and she whispered, "Xiao Ming, if you have any detoxification pills, let everyone take them first. There is poison in the air here."

Upon hearing her words, Zi Yan and the others were startled and inhaled a couple of breaths, realizing that something was indeed amiss.

Xiao Ming distributed the prepared detoxifying pills to everyone, and they proceeded with the same process as on the first floor.

Unlike the first floor, the second floor had fewer pills, but the quality was significantly higher.

In some tightly guarded pill rooms, they found quite a few sixth and seventh-tier pills, as well as some pill recipes.

Then, they proceeded to the third floor.

The third story of this Pill Hall was extremely spacious. There were various different-sized pill rooms that filled the area around him. Whether it was in terms of decoration or grandeur, it surpassed the previous two floors by far.

"The poison air is extremely dense here. Furthermore, it can erode one's body's Dou Qi." Xiao Yi Xian immediately reminded everyone.