After transmigrating, I cultivated immortality by smelling the scent.

Chapter 229 Internal and external troubles

Before long, Ye Xiaobai arrived at a place in Lingmiao Mountain where spiritual energy was abundant.

The concentration of spiritual energy was several times that of where Ye Xiaobai used to be.

This is indeed the location of the alchemist alliance president's cave dwelling.

Soon, they arrived at the entrance of a formation. Liu Rumei took out a special token and opened the formation door.

Although Ye Xiaobai did not recognize the formation in front of him, he knew that the formation was of a high level.

With such a protective formation, safety would definitely be greatly improved. Ye Xiaobai thought to himself when he could set up such a high-level formation for his cave.

Seeing Ye Xiaobai's curious eyes, Liu Rumei explained with a smile, "The formation in my father's cave is a seventh-order formation, comparable to the defensive capabilities of a sect's mountain-protecting formation."

"However, the price is also extremely high, costing tens of thousands of spirit stones every year. Only the president of the Alchemist Alliance can enjoy this special treatment."

No wonder everyone wants to be the president of the Alchemist Alliance; the benefits alone are the envy of countless cultivators.

"The benefits aren't just the formidable defense; cultivators can also achieve twice the results with half the effort inside. It's several times more effective than a typical high-level spirit-gathering array!"

"I see!"

After hearing Liu Rumei's introduction, Ye Xiaobai became even more eager to have such a powerful formation.

However, the purpose of this trip is still alchemy; other matters will be considered later.

"Let's greet my father first, and then we can go refine the pills!" Liu Rumei suggested.

"No problem, it's true that I've been at Lingmiao Mountain for quite a while, but I haven't had a chance to visit Chairman Liu yet!"

In a short while, the two arrived at Liu Rulong's room.

There weren't many people in the room, except for a middle-aged woman who was taking care of Liu Rulong.

However, as soon as Ye Xiaobai entered the bedroom, he smelled a lot of herbs. Ye Xiaobai guessed that these should be the smell of some healing medicines that Liu Rulong had been taking recently.

"Father, Ye Xiaobai has come to refine pills for you!" Liu Rumei said, walking up to Liu Rulong's side first.

Upon hearing this, Liu Rulong looked in Ye Xiaobai's direction and said with a smile, "Xiaobai, you're here! I'll need your help with the medicine refining this time!"

At this moment, Liu Rulong's voice had lost its usual booming tone, and instead became weak, clearly indicating that his injuries were more serious than Liu Rumei had described.

"President Liu, you're too kind. Today, I will do my best to refine the pills for you!"

Upon hearing Liu Rulong's weak voice, Liu Rumei quickly went to his side, grasped his arm, and asked in confusion, "Father, why has your condition worsened?"

"I'm fine, I just didn't expect my original injuries to be more serious than I imagined!" Liu Rulong explained.

"Aunt Liu, has anything unusual happened recently?" Liu Rumei asked the middle-aged woman beside her.

Upon hearing this, the woman surnamed Liu was initially taken aback by her nervousness, but quickly regained her composure and said cautiously, "Miss, nothing unusual has happened. The guild leader has been taking the healing pills that were prepared beforehand as usual."

"Alright, you can go now!"

"Yes!"

The woman surnamed Liu then slowly left the room. As she passed by Ye Xiaobai, Ye Xiaobai politely nodded in acknowledgment.

As the woman surnamed Liu brushed past Ye Xiaobai, Ye Xiaobai clearly smelled a special scent of spiritual herbs.

This scent is that of the Netherworld Grass. However, the Netherworld Grass is not used to make healing pills, but rather is a spiritual herb commonly used by evil cultivators who practice yin and evil techniques.

"What kind of pills has President Liu been taking lately?" Ye Xiaobai asked after the woman surnamed Liu left.

"They're all healing pills similar to the Great Rejuvenation Pill. What's wrong, Xiaobai?" Liu Rulong asked curiously.

"President Liu, I can smell the scent of Netherworld Grass in your room. This Netherworld Grass is a spiritual herb commonly used by evil cultivators, and it can even damage the spiritual sense and nascent soul of ordinary cultivators like us!"

"No way, you mean there are evil cultivators in my cave?" Liu Rulong was shocked upon hearing this and asked in disbelief.

"Yes, Ye Xiaobai, you must be joking. My father's cave is full of familiar people. How could there be any evil cultivators there!"

"Are you mistaken about the smell? The Netherworld Grass and the Orchid Grass smell very similar, and the Great Rejuvenation Pill contains the Orchid Grass!"

"I'm not saying there are evil cultivators in President Liu's cave, but I'm certain that there must have been Netherworld Grass in your room. I suspect it was added to your Great Rejuvenation Pill, which is why President Liu's condition has worsened!"

"Just check the Great Rejuvenation Pill that Chairman Liu has been taking recently, and see if there is any Netherworld Grass in it!"

Upon hearing this, Liu Rumei was also skeptical, but felt it was best to have it checked just in case.

As expected, the Netherworld Grass was indeed detected in the Great Rejuvenation Pill.

The Great Rejuvenation Pill is only a sixth-grade healing pill. Previously, Liu Rumei had personally refined it for her father. However, she had been too busy recently, so she directly arranged for Aunt Liu to get some goods from the Alliance. Unexpectedly, this caused a problem.

After confirming that there was something wrong with the pills, Liu Rumei was so angry that she gritted her teeth and smashed the box of Great Rejuvenation Pills in her hand to pieces.

Then he shouted, "Which heartless bastard dares to try and harm my father!"

"Keep your voice down. It seems the people in the Alchemist Alliance want me to go down sooner!" Liu Rulong said helplessly.

"Didn't Uncle Song also support Father? Why can't Father continue to be the president?" Liu Rumei asked, puzzled.

“Your Uncle Song has a good relationship with your father and I. He doesn’t have many desires, and he’s not interested in being the president or vice president.”

"The other elders in the alliance are very dissatisfied with the current situation, feeling that they are not enjoying enough benefits!"

"However, what they don't know is that our Alchemist Alliance has been declining in recent years. The number of excellent alchemists is decreasing year by year, and the number of high-grade spiritual herbs is also decreasing."

"It's very difficult for the alliance to maintain its high welfare levels while its revenue is decreasing!"

"Father, didn't you explain this to the elders in detail?" Liu Rumei asked.

"Of course they said so, but the elders said that the Alchemist Alliance's profits have decreased, so they told the alchemists below to spend more time refining and selling pills!"

"When the Alchemist Alliance's profits started to decline, we had already increased the workload for the alchemists below."

"Everyone is already complaining that they don't have time to cultivate."

"If we continue to increase the number of pills that the alchemists below us can refine, I'm afraid many alchemists will have to leave the Alchemist Alliance. Without alchemists, what kind of Alchemist Alliance is this!"

Ye Xiaobai had not expected that the Alchemist Alliance was now in dire straits, and that its president had been ambushed and suffered a significant reduction in his cultivation.

"Father, it seems we should consider this matter more carefully. Let's refine the Azure Sea Nascent Soul Pill for you first to restore your cultivation. We'll have to figure out other things later," Liu Rumei said helplessly.

"This is the only way to go!"

Afterwards, Ye Xiaobai and Liu Rumei arrived at a secluded spot in a cave and began to formally refine the pills.