“Three? Isn’t this… a little too many?” Li Qing was slightly moved, but he still refused.

“Don’t worry, there are a total of eighteen immortal pills in this batch. It can be considered more than enough.” Patriarch Hanshan put the three immortal pills into a jade box and forcefully stuffed them into Li Qing’s hand.

“Then thank you!” Li Qing accepted.

“Don’t tell anyone about this. Just say that I only gave you an immortal pill. Do you understand?” Patriarch Hanshan said solemnly.

“What about the other two?”

“I will announce to the public that only sixteen immortal pills have been refined in this batch. In any case, only we know the exact number.” Patriarch Hanshan smiled.

“Why are you so cautious?”

“Most of this batch of pills will have to be handed over to the sect. The rest will be mine. If they find out that you have so many pills in your hands, they will definitely be dissatisfied and cause trouble.”

“Why should a sect take the lead in refining your own pills? Isn’t this too unreasonable?” Li Qing frowned.

“This was discussed beforehand. Don’t pay any attention to this matter. Do as I say anyway.” Patriarch Hanshan said with a bitter smile.

Since he didn’t want to say more, Li Qing couldn’t ask anymore. In any case, with Patriarch Hanshan’s status, there wouldn’t be any trouble.

Li Qing solemnly put away the three immortal pills. This time, he was finally at the peak of his cultivation, and the big stone in his heart fell.

“The Immortal Pill has already been refined. I wonder when you plan to leave?” Patriarch Hanshan asked.

“Tomorrow.”

Patriarch Hanshan said reluctantly, “I had a good time talking to you. I wanted to keep you for a while longer, but you are a disciple of Fire God Sect. It’s not suitable for you to stay here for long. It’s good to leave early.”

He took out a book and handed it to Li Qing. “This book is a summary of my many years of experience in alchemy. Perhaps it will be helpful to you!”

Li Qing took it over and gratefully said, “This junior is truly grateful. I will never forget it if I don’t have teeth!”

A day later.

Li Qing left Chaos City and flew into the sky.

“Xiao Jin!”

A loud and clear cry came from the distant sky. A golden streak of light rushed over and Xiao Jin’s figure quickly appeared in front of Li Qing.

Xiao Jin was still sitting on Xiao Bai’s back, looking very excited.

During this period of time, Li Qing wanted to stay in Chaos City to refine pills. Naturally, he couldn’t take care of the two of them, so he let Xiao Jin take Xiao Bai into the sky and let them play by themselves.

Xiao Bai had a message token with him. He could tell when Li Qing was leaving Chaos City at any time, so it would be convenient for him to come back and meet up.

“You two, where have you been all this time?” Li Qing smiled.

“I didn’t go anywhere. I just wandered around here. If I have time, I’ll kill the demonic beasts for a tooth sacrifice.” Xiao Bai said.

“Let’s go. We’ll leave immediately.”

A day later, they landed in a city to rest.

“Have you heard? A few days ago, there seemed to have been a massacre in the Landscape Continent.” Someone was discussing.

“Tucheng? Who dares to be so bold? Could it be that the people of Diabolism did this horrible thing?”

“I’m not sure. I heard that the city is located in the remote area of Jing Prefecture. It is extremely remote and there aren’t many experts guarding it. As a result, it was easily broken through.”

Hearing this, Li Qing narrowed his eyes and said, “Jing Zhou? A remote place?”

A bad premonition arose in his heart. Could it be that city?

“What’s wrong, big brother?” Xiao Bai asked.

“Nothing.” Li Qing shook his head, feeling a little distracted.

…

Two hours later, Li Qing saw Yin Qianyu in an inn. Every time they went to a place, they would arrange a meeting place.

“Congratulations on your success in refining the Immortal Pill. It’s a step closer to saving your beloved woman.” Yin Qianyu smiled.

“It’s all thanks to your help.”

“Now that you have obtained the Immortal Pill, the matter here has basically been settled. Are you planning to leave for the Central Region immediately?” Yin Qianyu asked.

“Almost. But I just heard some rumors. Please help me investigate.”

“What rumors?”

“There was a massacre in Jingzhou. Help me find out the details.” Li Qing said seriously.

“Alright!” Yin Qianyu did not ask any further and turned around to leave.

“I hope it’s not as I thought.” Li Qing sighed.

“The people of the Myriad Devil Sect are so kind. They have helped us so much along the way.” Xiao Bai tilted his head and said.

“How are they?” Li Qing shook his head and laughed, “The Myriad Devil Sect is not a good man and woman. It just shows a good side in front of us. Don’t look at how much they have helped us, they will pay us back in the future.”

“You want to pay them back? But we seem to owe them a lot of favors.”

“Yes, I owe you so many favors, and my conflict with the Myriad Devil Sect is getting deeper and deeper.” Li Qing sighed.

“Now I suddenly understand why Yin Tianhong didn’t choose to rescue him directly and instead used this method to help me.”

Half a day later, Yin Qianyu returned with a faint worry on her face.

“How is it?” Li Qing asked.

“Your premonition is very accurate. The massacre has something to do with you.”

Li Qing’s heart thumped.

Yin Qianyu continued, “The city that was slaughtered is Jiang Yuan City! It has been a few days since the incident happened, and it has only spread here now.”

Li Qing’s expression darkened as he gritted his teeth and said, “Who is it that dares to do such a thing! There are innocent people in Jiangyuan City, and they can do it!”

“The enemies are all masked and no one has discovered their identities. If we do not investigate carefully, it will be very difficult to know who the murderer is. This matter may be a trap. The purpose is to lure you out.”

“Looks like someone wants to deal with me!” Li Qing’s eyes flashed with a cold light.

News of his return to the Eastern Region had long since spread, and he had even reached the top of the Earth Rankings. Naturally, it attracted the attention of those who were interested. Even though he possessed the strength to contend against Void Realm experts, the attraction of Dao Artifacts was too great, and there would still be people who chose to take risks.

“Even if it’s really a trap, I won’t let them be so arrogant. I will definitely make them pay the price for this matter.” Li Qing slammed the table.

“Actually, this matter is not as exaggerated as you think. It is said to be a massacre of the city, but not many people seem to have died.”

“Do you really mean it?”

“Perhaps the other party was afraid of revealing his identity. At that time, there were very few experts sent to attack Jiangyuan City. Although their combat strength was far beyond, they were still lacking in manpower. It was impossible to kill all of them. According to my estimation, the number of casualties was only a few thousand, and the rest escaped.”

“A few thousand people, isn’t that enough? Such a grudge, even if I knew there was a trap, I would still have to rush over!” Li Qing’s gaze was firm.

“Alright, I also know that I can’t stop you. I just hope to be careful. You still have a heavy burden on you, and your woman is still waiting for you to save her.”

“Don’t worry, since I dare to enter the tiger’s den alone, I’m naturally confident of escaping.”

Yin Qianyu took out a talisman and handed it to Li Qing, saying, “If you encounter any danger to your life, activating this talisman will protect your life!”

Li Qing casually took it over and saw that there was a word written on the talisman: Demon!

Yin Qianyu already knew of his strength and dared to say that this talisman could protect his life. One could imagine that this item must be very powerful.

A day later, Li Qing flew to the border of Jing Zhou and landed from the sky.

He had taken Xiao Bai and Xiao Jin into Yin-yang Chaos Bottle, and there would probably be a fierce battle to prevent them from being affected.

Not long after, he arrived in front of Jiangyuan City. Looking at this once prosperous city, it was now completely different from before, leaving behind only a pile of ruins and smoke.

In such a large city, it was empty. There was no one inside, only corpses lying on the ground.

“Why are we attacking ordinary people? The Su Clan and I have already left Jiangyuan City, but they are still unwilling to let go of us!” Li Qing’s expression became even colder.

Every step he took made his heart heavy.

“I’m the one who harmed you! Blood hatred can only be repaid with fresh blood!” Li Qing’s eyes slowly glowed with purple light, like purple tears. The surrounding wildflowers and weeds were affected by this aura, and all of them withered away, losing their life energy.

Before he arrived at the Su Clan’s mansion, his divine sense swept through it and he could sense the tyrannical aura emanating from it.

The enemy was inside!

“You’re finally here! As I expected!” An old man walked out of the Su Clan’s mansion.

“Who are you?” Li Qing’s voice was deep.

“It doesn’t matter if I tell you. I am the Grand Elder of Mountain River Sect. You can call me Daoist White-browed!” The old man’s aura grew stronger and stronger. A seventh level Void Realm aura was emitted, and a terrifying pressure enveloped the entire Jiangyuan City.

Li Qing’s pupils constricted. “So it’s Daoist White-browed who used a White-browed Spear that shook 30,000 kilometers of mountains and rivers back then! As a supreme expert of the Righteous path, aren’t you afraid of the Heavenly Alliance’s sanction if you kill innocents like this?”

“As long as there is no evidence, who can do anything to us?” The old man laughed heartily.

“The heavens and the earth are inhumane, using everything as a puppy. How can we Void Realm experts care about the lives of a bunch of ants?” Behind him, another Void Realm expert walked out of the ruins, blocking Li Qing’s path of retreat.

“A Void Realm Seventh Layer and a Void Realm Fifth Layer. You Mountain River Sect are so powerful!” Li Qing’s expression was solemn.

Mountain River Sect was a Dao Realm expert from ten thousand years ago-the legacy left behind by the Mountain and River people. In the entire Eastern Region, it could be considered a great power.

Compared to the glory of ten thousand years ago, the Mountain River Sect was slowly declining. Since the Mountain and River Realm cultivators, there had never been a Dao Realm expert, but there were still many Void Realm experts guarding the sect.

The current Mountain River Sect had five Void Realm experts, the strongest of whom was the White-browed Adept in front of them. His cultivation had reached the seventh level of the Void Realm.

In order to deal with Li Qing, even the strongest members of the sect had been sent out. It could be seen that they were indeed prepared.