Starting as a Snake: Defying Heaven with Invincibility-Chapter 51 – The tragic state of the two major sects

"Ha ha! It really works!"

Xiao Long was ecstatic. Although each time he only gained 300 experience points, the sheer volume made up for it. In just one minute, his experience skyrocketed by fifty thousand.

Watching the experience bar fill up segment by segment, it took only ten minutes to reach full capacity.

"Ding dong! Congratulations on leveling up to level 16! You need 800,000 experience for the next level!"

"You gained 169 experience!"

"You gained 162 experience!"

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Even after leveling up, the surge of experience didn't stop and continued to increase, albeit at a much slower pace.

After about half an hour, the experience finally stopped growing, and the 800,000 experience bar was now 80% full.

"Ha ha ha ha! Wonderful, truly wonderful!" Xiao Long laughed heartily.

Typically, one can only take one Qi Condensing Pill, as the second one has little effect.

He took another Qi Condensing Pill to see if it would still add experience. As expected, the experience gained from the second pill was minimal, increasing by only about 20%, but it was enough to take him to level 17.

"Ding dong! Congratulations on leveling up to level 17! You need 1,000,000 experience for the next level!"

Xiao Long was quite satisfied with this.

"Right! If I sell these pills, how much could I earn?" Xiao Long suddenly thought of this.

He immediately opened the mall interface, clicked on the Qi Condensing Pill, and selected appraisal.

"Third-grade pill, Qi Condensing Pill, perfect quality, appraised value: 20,000 gold coins."

"What the heck! Only twenty thousand?" Xiao Long was dumbfounded. Even the Explosive Yuan Pill was worth 32,000, and the Qi Condensing Pill was so popular in Tianfeng Kingdom, yet it sold for so little in the Myriad Worlds Mall.

He had spent a hundred thousand on herbs and made five Qi Condensing Pills and two Chongxu Pills, so he hadn't made much profit at all.

Xiao Long immediately gave up the idea of making money by selling pills. The profit was so small that it was better to sell them at an auction in the real world, where he could make a fortune.

Xiao Long called Huang Mao and Da Hei, Er Hei, and distributed the Chongxu Pills to Da Hei and Er Hei, giving each of them a Qi Condensing Pill as well.

The three demon beasts left excitedly, knowing these pills would help them advance significantly in a short time.

Xiao Long stayed behind, purchasing the herbs for the fourth-grade Blood Spirit Pill and Spirit-Reviving Pill from the Myriad Worlds Mall. He already had the main ingredients for these pills, but the auxiliary herbs alone cost him 800,000, almost depleting his million before it even warmed up in his hands.

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Out of curiosity, Xiao Long checked the price of Blood Lingzhi and found that even the cheapest one cost a million, prompting him to curse. Fortunately, Xiao Bai had found some Blood Lingzhi, or he wouldn't have been able to make the Blood Spirit Pill.

"Let's begin then."

Calming himself, Xiao Long took out the Blood Lingzhi and a large quantity of herbs to start refining the Blood Spirit Pill.

The Blood Lingzhi was quite large and could be divided into three parts. Xiao Long took one part and threw it into the True Qi alchemy furnace, using True Qi flames to dissolve it.

The Blood Lingzhi ignited upon contact with the fire, and within a few breaths, it turned into a mass of blood-red liquid in the furnace, resembling a lump of living flesh, rolling within.

Xiao Long remained calm, throwing various herbs into the furnace. Nine flame dragons rushed forward, refining them rapidly.

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Fourth-grade pills require True Qi flames for nurturing and take a long time. Even with Xiao Long's alchemy skills, it took him three whole days to refine a single Blood Spirit Pill.

After consuming the Blood Spirit Pill, Xiao Long's depleted vital blood was quickly replenished, and various hidden injuries in his body were healed. He could feel that the Blood Spirit Pill still had a lot of medicinal power left, hidden within him, ready to be utilized in the future.

Next, Xiao Long threw the remaining two parts of Blood Lingzhi into the True Qi alchemy furnace, multitasking to refine two Blood Spirit Pills simultaneously. With his previous experience, Xiao Long was now adept at refining fourth-grade pills, and after just three days, two perfectly refined Blood Spirit Pills were successfully completed.

"Next, the Spirit-Reviving Pill!"

After storing the Blood Spirit Pills, Xiao Long took a short break before beginning the next round of refining.

Refining the Spirit-Reviving Pill was an even longer process, and as Xiao Long began his alchemy, the outside world of Tianfeng Kingdom was already in an uproar.

There were two main events—

The entire elder council of the Hidden Poison Sect was annihilated, and the sect master Gu You was dead, leaving no remains.

The entire elder council of the Fire Cloud Sect was wiped out, and the sect master Liao Huoyun had aged and lost his innate strength.

These two events swept across the entire Tianfeng Kingdom like a storm, leaving everyone who heard about them in shock.

The Fire Cloud Sect and the Hidden Poison Sect, both one-star sects and among the four major sects of Tianfeng Kingdom, had a history spanning hundreds of years, weathering countless storms and remaining unshaken. Yet, in a single day, they suffered near-catastrophic disasters.

Regarding this matter, some said that the two sects engaged in a massive battle outside Fire Cloud City, a battle so earth-shattering that even the Innate Spiritual Treasure, the Fire Cloud Sword, was unsheathed, resulting in Gu You's death and mutual destruction.

However, everyone knew that although the Fire Cloud Sect and the Hidden Poison Sect had been at odds for centuries, engaging in both open and secret struggles, they were wary of each other and dared not engage in an all-out war, let alone fight to such a mutually destructive extent.

There were also rumors that the Hidden Poison Sect caused chaos at the Fire Cloud Auction, killing Liao Qingfeng and severely injuring Liao Huoyun, which led to the sects' battle.

Immediately, people questioned the Hidden Poison Sect's intentions. Even if they were responsible, after severely injuring Liao Huoyun, they should have had the upper hand. Why were they then counter-killed?

In short, the entire Tianfeng Kingdom was rife with speculation, and all doubts pointed to the surviving witnesses of the shocking battle—Liao Huoyun and Xue Wuqing.

Three days later, Qin Feng, the sect master of the Beast Taming Sect, visited the Fire Cloud Sect to inquire personally. To this, Liao Huoyun only gave one response: "I did not kill Gu You."

This statement shocked the world!

If Gu You wasn't killed by Liao Huoyun, then who did it?

Liao Huoyun did not reveal much about the details, only warning his disciples not to provoke the masked man with the surname Xiao.

Thus, all eyes turned to that masked man with the surname Xiao. Could it be that the "ant" at the first level of the Qi Condensing Realm was the true culprit behind Gu You's death and the two sects' tragedies?

The truth of the matter was no longer important; the outcome could not be changed.

Since Gu You's death, the Hidden Poison Sect was leaderless, becoming a disorganized mess. Various factions of elders began internal power struggles, and many old enemies came seeking revenge. Numerous disciples of the Hidden Poison Sect were assassinated, their external strongholds uprooted, and even obscure small sects attacked their mountain gate, declaring they would cleanse the Hidden Poison Sect with blood.

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Compared to the Hidden Poison Sect, the Fire Cloud Sect fared no better. Their shops and territories, which had infiltrated various areas, were plundered, their disciples beaten or crippled, and even the Ask Sword Sect bullied them, killing an outer elder of the Fire Cloud Sect and leaving without consequence.

Later, Liao Huoyun had no choice but to order a retraction of their territories, recalling all external disciples back to the sect and sealing the sect for a year.

Sealing the sect was tantamount to admitting defeat and conceding.

The two once-mighty one-star sects of Tianfeng Kingdom were likely on the path to decline.

The world sighed with emotion, saying that the two sects, having committed countless evils in the past, were now facing their retribution, proving the old saying true—self-inflicted sins cannot be lived with!