After transmigrating, I cultivated immortality by smelling the scent.

Chapter 34 The Secret

Ye Xiaobai returned and resumed his familiar meditation and cultivation.

The next day.

Ye Xiaobai rushed to the alchemy room, eager to have Xiao Lele check the authenticity of his newly purchased alchemy furnace.

As expected, he arrived too early; Xiao Lele hadn't come yet. Ye Xiaobai wasn't in the mood to deal with the spiritual herbs, so he paced back and forth.

Before long, Xiao Lele arrived. Seeing Ye Xiaobai pacing back and forth, she immediately asked with concern, "Junior Brother Ye, is something urgent?"

Upon hearing Xiao Lele's voice, Ye Xiaobai couldn't help but run over to her and say, "Senior Sister Xiao, you're finally here. I bought a pill furnace yesterday, but I don't know if it's real or fake. I need you to take a look."

After saying that, Ye Xiaobai immediately took out the alchemy furnace and placed it next to Xiao Lele.

"Then let me see."

Xiao Lele looked at the alchemy furnace and observed it carefully. Then she also injected spiritual energy to feel the changes.

After a moment, Xiao Lele stood up, looked at Ye Xiaobai, and hesitated slightly, not knowing what to say.

Ye Xiaobai quickly asked, "Senior Sister Xiao, is this a fake alchemy furnace?"

"No, this alchemy furnace is indeed a genuine second-grade alchemy furnace."

"That's great!" Ye Xiaobai said excitedly.

"However, there's a problem."

"what is the problem?"

"It's just that part of the formation at the bottom is damaged."

"Huh? Can it still be used?" Ye Xiaobai's hopes were dashed.

"Go to the place that repairs alchemy furnaces; they should be able to fix it."

"That's good then." Ye Xiaobai was finally relieved.

After confirming the specific details of the alchemy furnace, the next step was the daily work of the alchemy room.

Before anyone knew it, Wei Yize arrived. Ye Xiaobai greeted him, not wanting to make things too awkward.

Wei Yize snorted coldly and ignored Ye Xiaobai, going back to his work.

Ye Xiaobai stopped talking and focused on his work, while also having Xiao Lele demonstrate the refining of the Bigu Pill.

After two days of learning, Ye Xiaobai felt that he had almost mastered the refining of the Bigu Pill, and all that was missing was the pill furnace.

In the afternoon, Ye Xiaobai also asked for leave, saying that he needed to repair the alchemy furnace.

Ye Xiaobai first went to the market to find a place to repair alchemy furnaces, and an hour later, the furnaces were perfectly repaired.

Although it cost 100 spirit stones, Ye Xiaobai obtained a perfectly intact second-grade pill furnace. Adding the 100 spirit stones he had spent before, it came to 200 spirit stones.

I heard that buying a new Grade 2 alchemy furnace costs 800-900 spirit stones, and some array-type alchemy furnaces even cost over a thousand spirit stones. In any case, Ye Xiaobai still made a fortune this time.

With light steps and humming an unknown tune, Ye Xiaobai happily set off to Stone Bell Mountain to search for treasure.

Shizhong Mountain is located near the junction of the Baihu Sect and the Qingyun Sect. There is also a Sunset Lake there, which is named after the beautiful scenery at sunset.

And Stone Bell Mountain is located at the mouth of Sunset Lake.

Ye Xiaobai, dressed in an ordinary blue robe, avoided the crowded routes and walked briskly.

Having already reached the ninth level of weapon refining, Ye Xiaobai could fly on a sword, but it consumed too much spiritual energy. Since he rarely traveled far, he was reluctant to buy a flying magic weapon.

With the help of spiritual power and the Lightness Technique, the speed was quite fast, and in the blink of an eye, they were already a hundred miles away.

If this continues, too much spiritual energy will be consumed, which will be detrimental to dealing with emergencies. Ye Xiaobai slows down every now and then to recover.

The journey was relatively smooth, and an hour later, Ye Xiaobai arrived safely near Stone Bell Mountain.

Ye Xiaobai quickly opened the map that the stall owner had drawn last night. Looking at the hand-drawn map that looked like a chicken crawling across it, Ye Xiaobai couldn't help but curse the stall owner in his heart.

"Holy crap, this guy's drawing skills are even worse than mine!"

Fortunately, Shizhong Mountain is not large, and its approximate location is not difficult to find using the map.

It's still worth a look, but we only found the general location. Ye Xiaobai was speechless and really wanted to beat up the boss.

Ye Xiaobai estimated that the distance should not be far, so he activated the One Breath Smells a Thousand Miles Technique, and as expected, he found the location in a short while.

Before long, Ye Xiaobai arrived at the cave dwelling of the rogue cultivator.

Upon entering the cave, one is greeted by the smell of rotten wood, mixed with the smell of rust and the aroma of unknown spiritual herbs. However, the aroma of these herbs is different from that of the alchemy furnace.

Ye Xiaobai took a few steps inside, and the scent of an unknown spiritual herb lingered on an open space, indicating that the herb had been dug up from this spot earlier.

Looking up and around, there were signs of digging everywhere. It seemed the owner had dug the place up to the bone, making it even more difficult for him to find any treasure.

Could it be that I made a wasted trip today? Ye Xiaobai immediately felt something was wrong. He clearly smelled the same scent as the rare spiritual herbs that clung to the alchemy furnace nearby. There was no mistake.

Ye Xiaobai immediately calmed down and activated his "One Breath, a Thousand Miles" technique again. Without any suspense, he quickly and clearly located the direction of the scent.

The faint scent came from a wall inside the cave. There was something hidden inside that wall, Ye Xiaobai guessed as he looked at it.

Ye Xiaobai launched a flying sword attack, and with a "bang," the flying sword did not shatter the wall, but instead caused a fluctuation in the array at the point of attack.

There was definitely a problem. Ye Xiaobai naturally didn't understand formations, let alone how to break this unknown formation, so there was only one way.

Miracles happen with brute force? This was the only method Ye Xiaobai could think of. With that thought, Ye Xiaobai immediately took action, channeling his spiritual power to launch his flying sword into attack.

Ye Xiaobai still had some attack talismans in the storage bag, and he was reluctant to waste them here. In case of any trouble, he would definitely be helpless without the assistance of the talismans.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!" The sounds of flying swords colliding with the formation echoed inside the cave.

After an unknown amount of time, Ye Xiaobai's spiritual energy was completely depleted. He checked the formation and found it hadn't suffered much damage. It seemed the formation was originally of a relatively high grade, but fortunately, time had passed, and its defensive capabilities had greatly decreased. Therefore, Ye Xiaobai's Qi Refining stage strength gave him the possibility of breaking through the formation.

Ye Xiaobai estimated that at this rate, even if he used all the attack talismans in his storage bag, it would still take him about a week to break the formation.

When Ye Xiaobai left the sect, he asked for half a day off. He hadn't been back for too long, and it would be a little troublesome to explain later.

While recovering his spiritual power, Ye Xiaobai pondered how to quickly break the formation.

After a while, Ye Xiaobai's spiritual power had fully recovered, but he hadn't thought of a way to quickly break the formation.

Ye Xiaobai took a deep breath, preparing to increase the attack power of his flying sword.

As the familiar fragrance of the spiritual herbs wafted over, Ye Xiaobai suddenly had a flash of inspiration. The formation was intact, yet the fragrance of the spiritual herbs was overflowing. Could this be a loophole in the formation?

Thinking of this, Ye Xiaobai was so excited he almost jumped up. Perhaps he could break the formation without brute force.

Just as Ye Xiaobai was about to break the formation by following the flow of the spiritual herb's fragrance, a group of uninvited guests suddenly appeared outside the cave.