Five Immortal Sects
Chapter 145: Li Yan's Medicinal Pills

Li Yan swiftly shifted his gaze towards Gan Shi.

“Elder Brother Gan, I wonder if you encountered a formidable enemy or an alliance of several sects. Senior Sister Gong and I, our team, encountered a joint attack from the Grand Profound Sect and Ten-Step Court, but we fortunately emerged victorious.

At the same time, we also uncovered some secrets. Therefore, Senior Sister Gong sent this junior brother to inform you, Elder Brother Gan, and Elder Brother Bai.”

This was not a place for conversation, so Li Yan quickly stated the key points. He believed that if Gan Shi had also encountered an alliance of several sects, he would understand. Otherwise, he would indeed have to exert more effort in explaining.

“Oh? You encountered a joint attack from the Grand Profound Sect and Ten-Step Court? How was the battle? And how were you able to come here?”

A glimmer of light flickered in Gan Shi’s eyes, but he still watched Li Yan warily.

Li Yan glanced at the swirling snow pillars that ceaselessly attacked around Gan Shi. In just a few breaths, anomalies began to appear on his own sides as well.

Meanwhile, Gan Shi was wary of Li Yan on one hand, and on the other, he was still barely maintaining the formation to reflect attacks, but his face grew paler and paler.

Seeing that Gan Shi still looked at him with extreme caution, Li Yan couldn't help but let out a bitter laugh.

“Elder Brother Gan, I know my appearance here is too illogical. As I said before, Senior Sister Gong and I also discovered some secrets about the alliance of the three opposing sects. Since that's the case, I will first briefly explain some things to you.”

With that, Li Yan actually stood up and walked forward, further widening the distance between himself and Gan Shi and the others. At the same time, with his spiritual power circulating throughout his body, several "Fireball Spells" had already struck the blood-red infant faces on one side.

For a moment, this significantly lightened Gan Shi’s burden. Seeing this, the sharpness in Gan Shi’s eyes softened slightly.

While attacking, Li Yan began to quickly transmit a message to Gan Shi.

His own appearance was too bizarre and Gan Shi couldn't comprehend it. He could only actively keep his distance from them and first move to help them fend off the surrounding attacks.

Although Li Yan was not a Foundation Establishment cultivator, his condition was many times better than Gan Shi and the others. His spiritual power was abundant, comparable to a cultivator at the tenth level of the Qi Condensation stage, and in such circumstances, it greatly alleviated much of Gan Shi's burden.

Divine sense transmission was also dozens of times faster than verbal communication, thus saving a lot of time simultaneously.

He saw Gan Shi still holding the Aging-Reality Pill. If Gan Shi were to directly swallow it, then Li Yan's efforts would have been in vain.

Gan Shi's strength would increase temporarily, but once the effects of the two "Aging-Reality Pills" wore off, he would become extremely weak, so much so that even a Qi Condensation cultivator could easily kill him.

“Elder Brother Gan, please don’t swallow the Aging-Reality Pill yet. After I finish speaking, you can make your own judgment! If you still don't believe me, then you can only proceed with swallowing it.”

As long as Gan Shi believed him, everything would be fine. If ultimately he still didn't believe him, Li Yan could only turn around and leave immediately, then go find Bai Liyuan.

He had done what he could; if Gan Shi didn't believe him, others wouldn't believe him either.

A cold glint flickered in Gan Shi's eyes. Upon hearing Li Yan's spiritual transmission, he remained unmoved, his mind rapidly turning.

Since the previous stage, everything here had been strange, and he had to be on guard.

However, seeing that Li Yan no longer approached, but instead actively distanced himself and began helping them fend off the attacks, he felt a slight relief in his heart, though he remained extremely vigilant, dragging his injured leg forward step by step.

He still held the "Aging-Reality Pill" in his hand. If the situation turned sour, he would swallow it immediately.

The four people behind Gan Shi didn't know what the two of them were communicating through divine sense. They simply saw the Little Uncle from Little Bamboo Peak, who had suddenly appeared, walk forward on his own and begin to help them fend off the surrounding attacks.

The few of them could only, with hesitation in their faces, resist the attacks while following him.

Li Yan barely managed to hold back the continuous attacks emerging from both sides of the front. At this moment, he was taking on the role of the leader. Once he moved to suppress the attacks on both sides, the pressure doubled.

As Li Yan rapidly transmitted his message, Gan Shi's expression grew increasingly solemn, but the cold glint in his eyes slowly softened, and the hostility in his gaze towards Li Yan significantly diminished.

Finally, Gan Shi asked through spiritual transmission.

“So, these three sects used the blue prism crystal to scheme against us. No wonder the previous stage was so peculiar!”

Immediately, Gan Shi continued his spiritual transmission.

“You said you can freely come and go through the passage because of this blue prism crystal in your hand. Then why did only you come?”

Gan Shi looked at Li Yan in front of him. At this moment, though he didn't fully believe him, he was at least half convinced.

After all, given their current state, even if Li Yan was an illusion created by the restrictions here, if he suddenly launched an attack, it would at most cause them to die here sooner. They were certainly not going to make it through this stage.

The best outcome was to barely reach the ten-li mark, and then drag a few more opponents down with them as burial sacrifices.

Moreover, he had never seen any records of the Wheel of Life and Death mention that restriction beings could attack other restriction beings. Yet, at this moment, Li Yan was helping them fend off the surrounding restriction attacks, and by his perception, this was truly happening.

“I just said it, a single blue prism crystal can only be used by one person. I got this one from the Grand Profound Sect.”

Li Yan panted heavily a few times, his voice gradually growing colder in the spiritual transmission. Then he turned his head and stared at Gan Shi.

Gan Shi still wanted to confirm further, but upon seeing Li Yan suddenly turn back and stare at him, with an increasing chill in his gaze, he also noticed the blue prism crystal in Li Yan's hand beginning to emit a azure glow.

The azure glow gave him a feeling as if Li Yan was about to leave this place immediately. His heart tightened, and he made a decisive choice, gently cupping his hands.

“Junior Brother Li, I apologize for any offense given just now.”

Li Yan was already impatient. He didn't want to waste any more words here. If Gan Shi still remained half-convinced and half-doubtful, he would leave immediately and quickly search for Bai Liyuan, hoping to save more people.

Moreover, he was also thinking of returning to find Gong Chenying as soon as possible. He had a bad premonition, feeling that Gong Chenying and the others might encounter immense trouble.

Although he had taken advantage of the prism crystal in the previous stage to inflict heavy casualties on that group of demonic beasts, he still had a feeling that something was about to happen.

The few people behind Gan Shi saw the two in front continuously exchanging spiritual transmissions. Finally, the newly appeared little uncle suddenly turned back, a look of impatience on his face, and then they saw Martial Uncle Gan gently cup his hands and speak a sentence, which made the few of them involuntarily let out a sigh of relief.

They were already too exhausted, and they knew that Gan Shi could not lead them out of this stage. If this Li Yan was an illusionary attack, then he should just attack directly and let them die then and there.

“Elder Brother Gan, in your current state, even if you manage to reach the ten-li mark, you'll probably be exhausted. If you encounter any further situations, you'll have no strength to fight again.”

Li Yan glanced at Gan Shi and the others, then fixed his gaze on the pill in Gan Shi’s hand.

Gan Shi let out a bitter laugh upon hearing this.

“Junior Brother Li, I still have eight severely injured disciples in my spiritual storage bag. Almost all our pills have been used on them, otherwise, there would probably only be three or four people left alive.

In the previous stage, the enemy even destroyed most of their storage bags before they died. For a time, healing pills simply couldn't be replenished, and now we have very few pills left.

If I take the 'Aging-Reality Pill' and get you all to the ten-li mark, does Junior Brother Li have a way to help them escape afterward?”

Looking at the grey pill in his hand, Gan Shi said helplessly. His leg injury, due to the lack of pills, had been suppressed solely by spiritual power.

“Hehehe… perhaps these pills might be of some use.”

After Li Yan spoke, he swiftly slapped his waist. Amidst shimmering light, seven or eight small porcelain bottles flew towards Gan Shi.

He had collected dozens of storage bags just in the third stage alone. Although they belonged to Qi Condensation cultivators, the three sects had gone to great lengths to deal with the Wraith Sect, and there were quite a few pills, spiritual artifacts, and spiritual treasures within them.

The storage bags themselves were not very large on the outside, but Li Yan had tied them densely around his waist. When he came out, he had not given them to Gong Chenying.

Li Yan had roughly categorized the contents during his journey. The pills alone filled four storage bags, and he recognized a small portion of them. In recent years, he had extensively read books on pills and poisons in the Wraith Sect.

Seeing seven or eight small porcelain bottles fly towards him, Gan Shi barely managed to consecutively cast several formation restrictions, temporarily blocking the attacks from the periphery.

With just these few hand seals, Gan Shi’s face had already turned ashen, and large beads of sweat rolled down his forehead. At this moment, several exquisite small porcelain bottles floated before him.

He swiftly waved his hand, and several stoppers came loose. He individually and rapidly probed each one with his divine sense. Soon, a look of joy flashed across his face.

“This is Ten-Step Court’s ‘Lingqi Pill,’ and also Grand Profound Sect’s ‘Three-Revolution Golden Body.’ These are comparable to some of my sect’s mid-grade pills. With this Lingqi Pill, after I take it and briefly refine it, I might barely be able to hold out until the ten-li mark, and then we can make other plans.”

Li Yan smiled faintly. The pills he had taken out were, of course, for immediate emergency use. It wasn't that the Wraith Sect didn't have excellent pills; the Wraith Sect did, and their medicinal properties were even better, but each person wasn't equipped with many.

The three sects had clearly made more ample preparations, especially the "Lingqi Pill" and "Three-Revolution Golden Body." One was taken orally, the other applied externally. After careful consideration, he had specifically chosen these for Gan Shi.

As for the other pills, they could temporarily alleviate the condition of the few people behind them.

The Lingqi Pill is a relatively precious pill from Ten-Step Court. This pill is specially formulated for sword cultivators due to their fast attack speed and rapid consumption of spiritual power. It can quickly replenish the body's spiritual energy, and it contains very few pill toxins.

The Three-Revolution Golden Body is a simplified version of the Grand Profound Sect’s "Nine-Revolution Golden Body Pill." The "Nine-Revolution Golden Body Pill" is something even Nascent Soul old monsters would snatch. Aside from not being able to regenerate severed limbs, the Three-Revolution Golden Body Pill is extremely effective for other external injuries.

Gan Shi was overjoyed, never expecting this Junior Brother Li Yan to be so generous. This indeed solved an urgent problem.

Thus, with a sweep of his hand, five or six pills flew out from different porcelain bottles, directly shooting towards the four people behind him.

“The few of you, temporarily recover from your injuries and restore your physical strength. After we pass the last three li, we can perform more thorough healing.”

With that, he himself had already poured out three golden pills. As soon as the three pills were poured out, a surge of sharpness immediately arose in the space, as if sword qi was dancing.

Gan Shi had already opened his mouth and swallowed them without hesitation. Since he had chosen to believe Li Yan, he no longer had any misgivings in his heart.

After the pills entered his abdomen, in just half a breath, a layer of golden light surged onto Gan Shi's face. His aura, in the next moment, began to climb at a visible speed. After only a few breaths, a sharp glint flashed in Gan Shi's eyes.

“Haha, indeed a good item for replenishing spiritual power! It seems our Wraith Sect should also refine more of these types of pills.”

Then, he reached out and grabbed a porcelain bottle from the air. As the bottle was inverted, some golden-green liquid, with a viscous quality, slowly dripped onto the bloody, mangled area of his leg.

The moment a few drops of the green liquid touched the bloody wound, a vibrant green halo rippled outwards, and a cool sensation immediately spread through the air.

Gan Shi only felt a coolness in his leg, and the constant piercing pain began to recede like a tide. Soon, a tingling itch arose, and even granulation tissue began to squirm at the wound site.

He smacked his lips and muttered,

“The effect is alright, but it’s quite a bit worse than my sect’s ‘Ghost Calming Balm.’ If not for all the bottles of ‘Ghost Calming Balm’ being used on those little rascals, my injury would have healed long ago!”

(Chapter End)