Cautiously Cultivating Immortality in a Strange World

Chapter 19: Yu Yuehai’s Purpose

This was Chen Lin’s first flying sword, and it had become scrap metal on its first use.

His face turned grave.

Regardless of the pain of losing his weapon, he quickly retreated.

The opponent’s move was enough to prove that he wasn’t the incompetent old man he seemed to be, but a deep and hidden villain.

To be able to shatter spiritual treasures with ease, even low-level ones, required a profound amount of power.

This person was definitely not a Qi Refining initial stage cultivator, at least in a mid-stage or possibly even a late-stage Qi Refining!

“If you want to leave, don’t blame me for not reminding you. The Enlightenment Pill you’re using isn’t a real one, but a modified version. Even if you stop taking it, the aftereffects will still occur periodically.”

As Chen Lin took action, the old man didn’t chase after him, but instead spoke in a leisurely tone.

Chen Lin’s footsteps came to a halt, and his facial expression changed.

Suddenly, he looked shocked and stared at the old man. “So it was you! You’re the one who sold me the Enlightenment Pill formula, and that triangular eye was your disguise!”

The opponent had revealed the drawbacks of the Enlightenment Pill and used it to threaten Chen Lin, making him suddenly realize everything.

He thought to himself, “How could it be so coincidental? I had just left the Water Moon Pavilion, and then I encountered someone selling wild pill formulas, and it just so happened to be the Enlightenment Pill.”

Previously, he had thought that the triangular eye was following him, but even if that were the case, it wouldn’t be possible to know about his conversation at the Water Moon Pavilion.

So, that person must be this old man in disguise, and he must have a connection with the woman from the Water Moon Pavilion!

As Chen Lin realized all this, he couldn’t help but feel a chill.

It turned out that all his actions during this time had been part of the old man’s plan, and the old man might have even secretly used some kind of mental interference technique on him.

Otherwise, with his cautious nature, he wouldn’t have rashly bought the formula and tried to refine it.

This was a long-planned scheme!

But what could he possibly have that the old man would be interested in?

Chen Lin couldn’t understand.

“Who are you, exactly?”

Although a strong sense of crisis loomed over him, he still forced himself to remain calm.

“I? I’ve lived next to you for over ten years. How can you still ask such a question? I’m your old neighbor, Yu Yuehai, the old man!”

The old man still wore a faint smile.

Suddenly, his smile disappeared, and his voice dropped several degrees. “No, it’s I who should ask you, who are you exactly?”

As soon as he finished speaking, a powerful aura burst out from his body, suppressing Chen Lin and causing him to take several steps back.

“Hmph, in less than half a year, you’ve not only advanced two levels to reach the mid-stage of Qi Refining, but you’ve also suddenly learned alchemy. This is not something the Chen Lin I know could achieve!”

Chen Lin’s heart was shaken upon hearing the old man’s words.

He hadn’t expected that his cautious nature would still be noticed, and his desire to escape was too urgent, causing him to take too big of a step.

“What are you talking about? I don’t understand, and I don’t have anything valuable on me. Why are you targeting me?”

Chen Lin knew he couldn’t be the old man’s opponent, so he could only try to appease him for now and wait for an opportunity to escape.

The old man’s aura suddenly subsided, and he raised an eyebrow. “No need to worry. I just need your help with alchemy. As long as you can refine the pill I need, I won’t harm you, and I’ll even tell you how to remove the aftereffects of the Enlightenment Pill.”

Chen Lin was stunned.

He couldn’t believe that the old man’s plan was actually for this.

Could it be that all his previous actions were just to test whether he could refine alchemy or not?

If that were the case, then the old man must have been paying attention to him since he refined the Initial Yuan Pill.

Chen Lin had no right to refuse and could only agree.

But he didn’t believe the old man’s promise at all. As soon as he found an opportunity, he would escape, or even counterattack.

The two of them walked back to the courtyard in silence, one in front of the other.

Chen Lin glanced at his own room, seeing that the old man didn’t say anything, and then followed him into his house with his head lowered.

The houses in the courtyard were all similar, and the old man’s house was even more simple than his own. Chen Lin really didn’t understand why the old man would live here for ten years.

With the old man’s abilities, he could easily live in the inner city.

It was unlikely that he had determined that the original host would definitely be possessed by him before he even transmigrated.

Chen Lin couldn’t understand, so he simply didn’t think about it anymore. He calmly said, “Yu Yuehai, you’ve gone to great lengths. Now can you tell me what you want me to do?”

The old man smiled faintly and patted a small, greyish bag at his waist. A half-person-tall, dark red, and mysterious talisman-covered alchemy furnace suddenly appeared and fell to the ground.

Chen Lin’s eyebrows rose in surprise. “An alchemy furnace?”

This was a genuine alchemy furnace, not the fake iron pot he used. It was a true spiritual treasure.

Moreover, the dense talisman patterns on the furnace suggested that it wasn’t even a low-level one.

A spiritual treasure alchemy furnace was priceless, and it was impossible for a Qi Refining cultivator to possess one. The old man’s identity was definitely not ordinary.

If he had this furnace, he could refine many pills, including the legendary Foundation Establishment Pill. Unlike his iron pot, which could only refine the lowest-level pills and relied on his innate abilities, otherwise, the success rate would not be too low.

The old man was pleased with Chen Lin’s expression. This alchemy furnace was something he had obtained with great difficulty, and even with his wealth, it was extremely precious.

“Daoist Chen, I’ve already said that I need your help with alchemy. This is the pill formula I want to refine. You can take a look.”

As he spoke, the old man patted the small bag at his waist again, and a jade slip appeared in his hand.

At this point, Chen Lin finally looked at the old man’s bag, which was a storage bag with the miraculous function of being able to store a huge amount of items in a small space. It was something he had always wanted to get his hands on but couldn’t afford.

Just a single cubic meter of internal space would cost dozens of mid-grade spirit stones!

Chen Lin’s gaze returned to the jade slip, which he took and placed on his forehead to examine.

“Blood Demon Pill?”

After a moment, he took the jade slip away, looking puzzled.

The information on the jade slip was indeed a pill formula, but the name didn’t seem to be anything good.

Moreover, Chen Lin felt that the original host’s memories had some information about this pill, but it was very vague.

At this point, the old man’s voice sounded. “That’s right, it’s the Blood Demon Pill, a necessary pill for cultivating the Blood Demon Technique.”

At this time, Chen Lin’s eyebrows moved, and he said, “I remember now. It’s the pill that can create a super strong person with just one pill!”

He hadn’t expected that the old man wanted to refine this pill. The original host’s memories about the Blood Demon Pill suddenly became clear.