Chapter 223: Ancient Kingdom

This palace, built deep in the mountains and spanning hundreds of miles, is the Immortal Cave of the Demon Court’s Third Holy Maiden, Xu Qingyao.

At the massive palace entrance, two giant apes holding heavy weapons stood guard; both their cultivations had reached the Yao King level.

“Yang Qi kid!”

The Heavy-Weapon Giant Ape saw Ouyang Hao and said, “Go on in.”

“Thank you, two Seniors.” Ouyang Hao bowed in thanks, still feeling immensely moved in his heart.

As expected of Eldest Senior Sister.

Yao Kings at the level of the Beast Taming Sect’s Old Ancestors can only serve as doormen here!

After Ouyang Hao entered riding the pig, the two Heavy-Weapon Giant Apes also felt emotional.

“Damn, Her Ladyship the Saintess is really good to these poor relatives.”

For many, seeing the Demon Court Saintess is as difficult as reaching the heavens, but the Saintess gave these Beast Taming Sect Cultivators a special privilege to visit directly.

“By the way, wasn’t the Yao Beast by that Yang Qi kid’s side a fox?”

“Why has he switched to riding a pig?”

“Ouyang Hao?”

Inside Saintess Xu Qingyao’s palace, before Ouyang Hao even got close, he smelled wafts of fragrance.

As soon as he entered, he indeed saw his unkempt Eldest Senior Sister sitting cross-legged in the center of the palace, eating hotpot.

The pot was filled with expensive blood-replenishing medicinal Materials, as well as the blood and organs of various Yao Beasts.

“Want some?” Xu Qingyao asked.

“Forget it, I’m not lacking blood,” Ouyang Hao said awkwardly.

Because she had to use her own Half-Yao blood as Alchemy Materials, Eldest Senior Sister was very short on blood.

“Right, you lack Yang Qi. After all, you have a Fox Spirit at home. So that pig isn’t food you brought for me, but food for yourself?” Xu Qingyao saw at a glance that the pig at the door had plenty of Yang Qi.

“No, Eldest Senior Sister, listen to me first.” Ouyang Hao smiled bitterly.

The adopted daughter of the Beast Taming Sect Master and Eldest Senior Sister, the Demon Court’s Third Holy Maiden Xu Qingyao, was just as Ouyang Hao had told Lin Jing; although she left the Beast Taming Sect before she was an adult, she cared deeply for it.

Even her agreement to serve as the Demon Court Saintess back then was because it was more likely to find a way for Yao Beasts to shapeshift within the Demon Court.

And the reason she wanted to find a way for Yao Beasts to shapeshift was because her adoptive father was human and her adoptive mother was a Yao Beast, and she wanted her adoptive parents to truly be together.

As for Ouyang Hao, who had taken Sect Master Xu Xiaoyao as his master, because of his special relationship with the Fox Spirit, he was also highly regarded by Xu Qingyao…

Xu Qingyao had originally suggested to her father that he should just train Ouyang Hao as the next Sect Master.

Who knew that news would suddenly come from the Ancient Kingdom’s side that several Yao King Old Ancestors had taken advantage of the Sect Master’s absence to create a Saint Child together.

Of course, Ouyang Hao didn’t have any hostility toward this Saint Child; both were people who had saved each other’s lives.

It didn’t matter who became the Sect Master.

“I’ve found a particularly formidable Alchemist.”

“He’s willing to join the research on the Transformation Pill!”

“What rank Alchemist?” Xu Qingyao stopped her chopsticks and asked.

“Currently able to refine Rank Four.”

“A bit low—” Xu Qingyao pondered. Although Shapeshifting Grass was only a Grade Three Herb, the Transformation Pill was not something a Rank Three Alchemist could refine. Her blood required at least a Rank Four Alchemist to refine.

The Alchemist Ouyang Hao found could only be said to barely meet the standard.

“Since you rushed back so anxiously, he must have some extraordinary qualities,” Xu Qingyao asked.

“Yes, these are the Medicinal Pills he asked me to bring back, all refined by his own hand. One is the Gluttony Pill, and the other is the Fake Sun Pill that can help Cultivators and Yao Beasts condense a False Core!”

Ouyang Hao quickly took out the Medicinal Pills he had brought back. The two pills floated before Xu Qingyao’s eyes. As a Half-Yao Saintess who planned to study the path of shapeshifting through Alchemy, she was naturally a formidable Alchemist herself. After looking at the Gluttony Pill and the Fake Sun Pill with burning eyes, she said: “Both you and that pig have taken this Fake Sun Pill, right?”

“Attack me using the False Core Technique you’ve mastered.”

“Attack with all your strength, don’t hold back.”

“Yes!” Ouyang Hao naturally had no psychological burden. The Eldest Senior Sister before him was already at the Nascent Soul stage. No matter how strong this Sun False Core Technique was, it was impossible for a Golden Core to harm a Nascent Soul.

Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, and Golden Core Stage were one thing, but reaching Nascent Soul was a complete qualitative change.

Not only could Golden Core Divine Abilities, which those at the Golden Core Stage dared not use lightly, be released at will, but there were also various abilities such as the Nascent Soul Dharma Idol and Nascent Soul Possession. These were the true methods of an Immortal.

A moment later, Ouyang Hao, bathed in high-temperature Sun Flame, was pressed to the ground by a massive beast palm. The eyes of the eerie woman connected to the beast palm flickered with an unusual light.

She lifted the beast palm, looked at the area emitting white smoke, and spoke slowly:

“That’s enough. I acknowledge the talent of this Alchemist you found.”

“This False Core Technique is enough for you to confront most Golden Core Cultivators who don’t use Golden Core Divine Abilities without relying on beast-taming abilities, even those at the Golden Core Late Stage.”

“The only pity is that during the process of using this False Core Technique, the False Core will also suffer wear and tear. However, as a temporary measure, it is already a top-tier Spell.”

“Not only this Fake Sun Pill, but that Gluttony Pill is also a world-shaking masterpiece. To be able to create such a pill, he indeed has enough talent to join the research on the Transformation Pill.” Xu Qingyao spoke: “Why didn’t you bring that Alchemist along? Does he have some conditions?”

Ouyang Hao crawled out from under the massive beast palm and said miserably: “Because the other party doesn’t want to join the Demon Court, doesn’t want to come into contact with too many Demon Court experts, and wants to help with the research in his own place.”

“His condition for helping is that I take your demon blood, Eldest Senior Sister, as well as the Shapeshifting Grass to him, and wait for the research results—don’t bother him.”

Xu Qingyao:?

“Does he take me for a fool—?

?”

“Eldest Senior Sister, don’t get excited!” Ouyang Hao said hurriedly: “There’s indeed a justifiable reason.”

He remembered Lin Jing’s entrustment: as long as he didn’t expose his information to the Demon Court experts, it would be fine. If Ouyang Hao felt that Eldest Senior Sister could be trusted, it was okay to expose it to her.

Lin Jing also knew that asking for someone’s blood for nothing was a very impolite thing.

After all, many Gu techniques, sorceries, and evil arts could curse an enemy from thousands of miles away just by relying on blood, so Cultivators had always been very cautious about their bodily Materials.

Precisely because of this, all Alchemists researching the Transformation Pill were currently under the joint supervision of Xu Qingyao and the Demon Court. The Demon Court also did not want this Saintess with a Half-Yao Bloodline to be assassinated by enemies due to some accident.

“Because the other party has a Longevity Physique, he’s worried that if he comes to the Demon Court, given the Saintess’s situation, you won’t be able to protect him,” Ouyang Hao sent a voice transmission.

“Longevity Physique—?” Xu Qingyao was stunned, her expression changed as she looked at Ouyang Hao, and she understood instantly.

This Alchemist is the Saint Child of the Beast Control Sect from the Ancient Kingdom’s side, Lin Jing, the Longevity Physique who was introduced to the sect by Ouyang Hao and who saved Ouyang Hao’s life?

“So you found him—”

A moment later, the corners of Xu Qingyao’s mouth curled up, and she said: “Fine, no problem. If it’s one of our own, I’ll let him temporarily keep my blood. However—I must deliver it personally.”

And at this time, Ouyang Hao did not yet know that not long after he left Tianqing City, Lin Jing had encountered an accident…