114: Or how about we make a stew?

Actually, the Wutong Sect wasn't incapable of dealing with the Unmelting Bone, but it would come at a great cost.

That Unmelting Bone only killed some of the lowest-ranking disciples and stole some medicinal Materials and Medicinal Pills.

Losing a few disciples was insignificant to the Wutong Sect, but those medicinal Materials and Medicinal Pills were different.

Warehouse No. 7 was full of blood cry pills and the medicinal Materials that Elders like them used to replenish their Qi and blood.

They were all priceless treasures.

But compared to the cost of eliminating the Unmelting Bone, those things were nothing.

"Reporting to Elder One One, the rogue just now killed a total of seventy-six disciples and severely injured five Elders."

"Warehouse No. 7 suffered heavy losses; all the Medicinal Pills were plundered, and two-tenths of the medicinal Materials were also stolen."

Lu Jiu found Elder One One directly after tallying the losses and reported the data to him.

"Plundered clean?"

Elder One One frowned. What did that Unmelting Bone want so many Medicinal Pills for?

After pondering for a while, he still couldn't figure out why the Unmelting Bone only stole Medicinal Pills and medicinal Materials but didn't suck blood.

"This is a bit strange..."

Elder One One paused, tapping his staff, and commanded.

"Lu San, that Unmelting Bone will definitely come again. Notify me the first time he appears."

"If I'm not here, then notify the other 'One' generation disciples to see if they can take him down."

"If you can take him down, that's best. If not, absolutely do not pursue him deeply."

"Once he's provoked, and he stirs up a corpse tide, none of us will fare well."

"Yes!"

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Chen Heng had wandered in the boundless black plains for at least six circles.

After confirming that no one was pursuing him, Chen Heng then ran towards the direction of the ghost gate.

"I'm rich now."

Chen Heng patted the several large gunny sacks on his back, which were filled with his heavy spoils of victory.

This time, Chen Heng could be said to have made a huge profit.

First, he tested the moves he wanted to try.

The thousand-year profound iron spear was not a Qi and blood release at all, but a Qi and blood cannon.

Its power was quite explosive.

Also, regarding spitting Geng Metal Qi, Chen Heng basically confirmed that this move could only be used to ambush people or clear out small fry.

It couldn't deal with truly powerful opponents.

"Heh heh, I wonder if those guys from Ghost Corpse Temple can withstand my cannon shot."

Chen Heng was now somewhat looking forward to the arrival of Ghost Corpse Temple.

At that time, he would charge up a shot in the thousand-year profound iron spear in advance, and when the fight started, he would give them a fierce blow directly.

Hmm, he could do this from now on.

Besides having a blast testing his moves, Chen Heng's biggest gain was the large gunny sacks on his body.

Although he didn't know what the effects of those Medicinal Pills were, they were definitely good things.

There were also those medicinal Materials; Chen Heng recognized some of them and knew they could be used as raw Materials for qi and blood decoction.

But the rest Chen Heng was seeing for the first time.

Chen Heng couldn't tell what some of them were for, but just smelling the others made Chen Heng feel refreshed and invigorated.

They were definitely good stuff, no doubt about it.

"How about I give it a try?"

A bold idea suddenly popped into Chen Heng's mind.

That was to throw these unknown medicinal Materials together and stew them randomly.

Then, he would Optimization the finished product to see what effect it had.

As for the number of Optimization attempts, Chen Heng was not worried at all now.

There was still a large patch of leeks unharvested in Heming City; if he lacked Optimization attempts, he would just go there and kill a few Noble Families disciples.

Also, the matter with the Cui Brothers probably hadn't reached the imperial court yet.

Once it spread, the imperial court would definitely not let it go.

They would certainly send stronger Noble and powerful clans to investigate the matter.

As long as they weren't ridiculously strong, Chen Heng was confident he could kill them to gain Optimization attempts.

Putting everything else aside, that one Qi and blood cannon alone was not something ordinary people could withstand.

"Let's go home and brew medicine first."

Pushing those somewhat distant thoughts to the back of his mind, Chen Heng ran towards the direction of the ghost gate.

At the same time, Qi Longhu finally arrived at Wuwu Mountain after a day and a night of frantic galloping.

He didn't rest at all along the way, even traveling through the night.

Even so, it took him more than a full day and night to reach Wuwu Mountain.

The warhorse he rode had been with him for four years, and this time it nearly ran to its death.

Tying the warhorse to a nearby tree, Qi Longhu walked onto the mountain path.

This path was too steep for horses to traverse.

"I hope that Qiu Yongling still remembers you, leader."

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Under the stunned gaze of the coachman Old Liu, Chen Heng placed the four extra-large gunny sacks into the carriage.

"Why are you just standing there? Hurry up and go!"

Chen Heng squeezed into the carriage compartment, turning his head to look at the dazed Old Liu.

"Aye, aye."

Hearing Chen Heng's urging, Old Liu finally snapped out of it and quickly got into the carriage, waving his whip.

"Master Chen, I'm really curious. Don't be angry if I ask you a question, okay?"

Old Liu looked back at the full carriage but still couldn't suppress his curiosity.

"What are you carrying in those sacks, old man?"

"I remember there's no one left in Shigou Village, so how can you carry so much?"

... Chen Heng's old face twitched; he knew that Old Liu, like the cloth shop owner, had misunderstood.

"Old Liu, do I really look like someone who enjoys putting people in sacks?"

"I can't tell you anything else, but at least there are no people in here."

He certainly couldn't tell Old Liu about the underground cave.

Actually, it wouldn't matter if he did; Old Liu probably wouldn't believe him.

"Oh, not people, huh..."

Old Liu replied absently.

But Chen Heng could tell that Old Liu didn't believe what Chen Heng said at all.

However, Old Liu had one good trait: as long as Chen Heng gave him an answer, he wouldn't continue to ask.

Time passed quickly, and by the time the two returned to the Chen Family Courtyard, the sun was already setting in the west.

Throwing the four extra-large gunny sacks into his room, Chen Heng planned to sort them out carefully.

At least he had to properly separate the medicinal Materials and Medicinal Pills.

Sorting the Medicinal Pills and classifying the medicinal Materials took Chen Heng almost half an hour.

Including the Medicinal Pills snatched last time, there were a total of seventy-three bottles, all identical.

Chen Heng estimated that these should be the blood cry pills that the Elder mentioned at the time.

"This stuff... should I try it?"

Chen Heng was somewhat curious about the effects of the blood cry pill, but also a little worried.

In the end, Chen Heng still didn't court death; it was best not to easily put cult items into one's mouth.

Chen Heng then divided the remaining medicinal Materials into two categories.

One category was what he recognized, and the other was what he didn't recognize.

A large portion of the recognized ones could be used as raw Materials for qi and blood decoction, so Chen Heng handed them over to Xiao He to brew the medicine.

As for the remaining unknown medicinal Materials, Chen Heng planned to make a big stew.

Anyway, since he could Optimization, and even chicken soup could be Optimized into Black Phoenix stewed with century-old demonic ginseng, he didn't believe that so many medicinal Materials couldn't be Optimized into something good.