# 1049
Chapter 1050: Alchemy Palace
"This is bad!"
Inside the tallest celestial palace, the yellow-robed maiden seemed to sense something, her heart leaping. She sharply looked toward a certain place in the Jade Pool, her beautiful eyes filled with unprecedented fury, and her entire body transformed into a streak of yellow light, shooting upward!
At the same time, from various places in the Jade Pool, four streams of light in different colors rose simultaneously, flying toward a certain celestial palace.
...
In a corner of the celestial palace.
Splash—!
A dull sound echoed through the spacious hall as a black snake covered in blood crawled out from the seven apertures of the bleeding maiden's head, retreating back into Loki's right arm.
Loki stood quietly with his eyes closed, as if listening to something.
After a moment, he opened his eyes and looked toward a certain place in the Jade Pool, a look of longing spreading across his face.
"The Jade Pool's secret treasure, the Pill of Eternal Immortality..."
Si Xiaonan silently gazed at the dying green-robed maiden at her feet,无奈地闭上了眼睛.
"I've found the location of the Jade Pool's secret treasure." Loki licked his lips. "Unfortunately, her soul was too weak. Even under Ymir's torture, she could only hold out for such a short time. Otherwise, I might have been able to extract information about the Great Xia gods' movements...
Though honestly, that wasn't particularly important to me anyway."
Loki waved his hand dismissively. "Xiaonan, kill her. We'll go get the treasure."
A glimmer flashed in Si Xiaonan's eyes. She hummed in acknowledgment, walked to the green-robed maiden's side, and pressed her fingertip against the maiden's chest. The latter's heartbeat immediately ceased.
The green-robed maiden's body trembled once, then went completely still.
The next moment, the two figures draped themselves in the edge纱 and swiftly flew out of the celestial palace, vanishing without a trace.
Barely seconds after their departure, five streams of light arrived consecutively at the celestial palace. The leading yellow-robed maiden clutched a bronze mirror, and when her eyes landed on the green-robed maiden lying in a pool of blood, deprived of breath, her pupils contracted sharply.
They descended beside the green-robed maiden, their expressions grim.
"Those two intruders actually dared return to the Jade Pool?" The red-robed maiden glared around the surroundings. "Where are they?!"
"I don't know. The Kunlun Mirror can't detect them..."
Before the yellow-robed maiden could finish speaking, the green-robed maiden, who lay in a pool of blood with no vital signs, suddenly opened her eyes. Her chest heaved violently!
Her heartbeat returned.
Upon seeing the yellow-robed maiden resurrected from death, the five maidens standing nearby all froze in place, then joy blossomed across their faces.
Although the green-robed maiden's heartbeat had returned, her soul remained severely damaged. She lay there in agony, using every last ounce of her strength to whisper:
"Alchemy Palace... Their target is the Alchemy Palace..."
After uttering these final words, the green-robed maiden's head lolled, and she fell into a complete coma.
Upon hearing the words "Alchemy Palace," the five maidens' eyes narrowed. They exchanged glances, and grim expressions appeared on their faces.
After confirming that the green-robed maiden was not in immediate life danger, the five maidens immediately transformed into streams of light and flew out of the celestial palace, carrying terrifying killing intent as they rushed directly toward the Alchemy Palace!
...
On the guest mountain of the Jade Pool.
The surging spiritual energy gradually subsided, and a faint soul slowly descended to the earth. The figure swayed and crashed into Lin Qiye's motionless body.
With the soul returned, Lin Qiye, who had been sitting on the ground, opened his eyes and let out a long breath.
"Well controlled."
Standing not far away, Yang Jian gave a slight nod. "With more practice, you'll be able to build upon my avatar and develop variations to create one that's uniquely yours."
Lin Qiye smiled. "Thanks."
No sooner had Lin Qiye spoken than five streams of light filled with killing intent rose from the distant celestial palaces, sweeping past the mountain peak where they stood and flying toward the distance.
Upon witnessing this, Lin Qiye and Yang Jian frowned simultaneously.
"What's going on?" Nezha, standing nearby, spoke with confusion. "Why are these maidens releasing such powerful killing intent within the Jade Pool? Doesn't Her Majesty control them?"
Lin Qiye frowned as he watched the direction the five streams of light had departed,沉吟了片刻.
"Something's not right..."
If he wasn't mistaken, those streams of light should be the personal maidens who served by the Queen Mother of the West's side. They possessed physical bodies.
The current Jade Pool was merely a temporal echo, a虚幻 world. Within this illusory realm, what could possibly provoke such overwhelming killing intent from them?
Lin Qiye recalled how Andre had struck at the Jade Pool earlier, and his heart grew cold.
Could there be another foreign god's agent who had snuck in?
"I'll go take a look." Lin Qiye said without hesitation.
Yang Jian gazed at the direction the five maidens were departing, then glanced down at his translucent hands. His eyes closed helplessly. "Be careful."
"Yeah."
...
A rich medicinal fragrance drifted悠悠 from behind the vermillion gates.
Two figures stood before the steps of the celestial palace, looking up at the plaque above.
"Alchemy Palace... This is it."
Loki waved his hand lightly, and the closed gates slowly opened with a沉闷 creak. The ancient wood's fragrance mingled with the medicinal aroma, flooding into both their nasal cavities like a tide—sometimes bitter, sometimes sweet, sometimes salty...
Amid the flying dust, Si Xiaonan stood behind Loki and微微转头 glanced at the distant horizon, her complexion rather pale.
The "deception" she had placed on the green-robed maiden had consumed a great deal of her spiritual power.
This "deception" had briefly fooled the green-robed maiden's body into believing it had already died, causing it to completely lose vitality. It was precisely by relying on this deception that she had managed to pull the green-robed maiden back from the abyss of death.
Si Xiaonan wasn't worried that Loki would come back to examine the maiden's corpse, because he no longer had the inclination for that. Now, all his attention was focused on the Jade Pool's secret treasure.
She wondered: could the hidden move she had left behind create some obstacle for Loki?
As Si Xiaonan worried silently, Loki had already stepped into the Alchemy Palace. With a snap of his fingers, dozens of ghostly green flames blazed凭空 within the昏暗 hall.
Illuminated by these flames, floating silver pill crucibles emerged throughout the space. The rich medicinal fragrance permeating the air originated from within these crucibles.
Attached to each crucible's body were wooden tags, inscribed with their respective names.
"Restoration Pill, Heart-Corrupting Pill, Celestial Dust Pill..."
Si Xiaonan's gaze swept across these crucibles. When she came back to her senses, Loki had already crossed more than half of the Alchemy Palace.
Loki, draped in his black robe, didn't spare even a glance at those pill crucibles. His eyes gazed passionately at the end of the Alchemy Palace, as if those crucibles didn't exist at all.
Si Xiaonanquickly followed in his footsteps.
Just then, an explosion sounded from the entrance of the Alchemy Palace. Five streams of light carried murderous intent, charging directly toward Loki, who walked at the very front.