Chapter 48: Such an Outstanding Lin Mo

Lin Mo sneered and said, "You haven't eaten anything good either, falling for the sugar-coated bullets of the Demonic Sect."

Senior Sister Leng Hanyue raised her hand to beat Lin Mo, but just as she extended it, she reconsidered. Realizing she probably couldn't beat him anymore, she could only pull back her little fist in chagrin.

Senior Sister Huang Doudou picked up a skewer and said, "This time we have officially infiltrated the Demonic Sect. Next, we must be extremely careful in everything and not reveal any flaws."

Senior Sister Leng Hanyue smiled confidently, "Senior Sister, don't worry. Most of the time, I am ridiculously clever."

The three of them rolled their eyes at the same time and said in unison, "You are the one we worry about the most!"

Given Senior Sister Leng Hanyue's inability to clearly recognize her own intelligence, Lin Mo and the others held a vote and unanimously agreed that she must never be allowed to act alone within the Soul-Devouring Beast Sect, otherwise she might actually get turned.

The few of them discussed the direction of their next actions, making sure to figure out the purpose of the Demonic Path Cultivators so they could transmit the information back to the Sect and shatter the Demonic Path's plans in one fell swoop.

The night passed without incident. The next day, Branch Master Zhang Yuanqing looked at Lin Mo as if he had met a long-lost father.

With a kindly face, devoid of any demeanor of a Demonic Path Cultivator, he asked, "Little brother? I heard you know Alchemy?"

Lin Mo nodded, "I only know a little bit."

"How much is a little bit? What's your success rate?" Branch Master Zhang Yuanqing pressed on.

Lin Mo scratched his head with an embarrassed look, "A little bit is just a little bit. The success rate is alright, and they are basically nine-pattern Medicinal Pills. However, because it's an ancestral incomplete Pill Formula, there might be some side effects."

Branch Master Zhang Yuanqing slapped his thigh, "What a talent! I didn't expect you to be such a talent. Defective Medicinal Pills are exactly what we Demonic Sect Cultivators need. Wouldn't it be great to sell them to Loose Cultivators then?"

Lin Mo and the others secretly mourned for the Loose Cultivators for three seconds. As the bottom tier of the cultivation world, the lives of Loose Cultivators were truly too bitter.

Lin Mo hesitated and said, "But I don't have a Pill Furnace right now."

"The Sect will handle it."

"I don't have Spiritual Plants yet."

"The Sect will handle it."

"I'm still lacking a hundred million Spirit Stones."

"As long as you successfully make the pills, I will apply for a reward for you from the Main Branch."

Branch Master Zhang Yuanqing waved his hand grandly, "Comrades, let's not fear difficulties. As long as we can successfully make the pills, whenever we encounter difficulties, we will solve them."

Lin Mo nodded, suddenly feeling a sense of laying down one's life for one who truly appreciated him.

No one had ever trusted him like this before. He must seize this opportunity to heavily scam these Demonic Path Cultivators and teach them a lesson that they shouldn't trust others so casually.

Lin Mo smiled crookedly, "Branch Master, prepare a quiet room for me. I will record the Materials I need on a Jade Slip. Just have you and the Pill Furnace ready, and at that time, you can have a few Senior Sisters help me as Protectors."

Branch Master Zhang Yuanqing nodded, "Everything will be as you say, as long as Medicinal Pills can be refined. However, if you fail to make the pills, don't blame this Branch Master for being impolite."

Lin Mo nodded, "Branch Master, rest assured."

Lin Mo was full of confidence. Alchemy was mere child's play. Although he had never refined Medicinal Pills before, if he couldn't refine them well, could he not even ruin them?

Inside the quiet room, Lin Mo wrote down many Spiritual Plants. Besides the enlightenment pill, he also wrote down many other Medicinal Pills he needed. As a Demonic Path Disciple, if one didn't know how to embezzle and take bribes, what kind of Demonic Path was one even in?

"Silver Star Grass, Marigold, Scorpion Tail Grass, Five-Poison Fragrance…"

After Branch Master Zhang Yuanqing confirmed the list of medicinal herbs, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly as he said with heartache, "Although there are quite a few precious herbs, with the ability of our branch, we can still get them all. I hope you can refine the Medicinal Pills."

Branch Master Zhang Yuanqing thought to himself, "With so many precious medicinal herbs, if you can't refine the Medicinal Pills, I will definitely make a human lantern out of this fellow."

Lin Mo said confidently, "Branch Master, rest assured. It is precisely because these Medicinal Pills are expensive that the success rate is even higher."

Although Branch Master Zhang Yuanqing felt something was a bit off, thinking that Lin Mo and the others had no way to leave the Demonic Sect and their lives were pinched in his hands, they surely wouldn't try to hoodwink him.

He threw the Jade Slip to Wang Dabiao, "Go, collect these medicinal herbs according to what Lin Mo said. If the Spirit Stones are not enough, go to the Treasure Pavilion to get them."

Wang Dabiao answered cautiously, "Branch Master, our Treasure Pavilion was emptied last month, and there are no Spirit Stones left in the branch now."

Branch Master Zhang Yuanqing glared, slapped Wang Dabiao across the face, and said angrily, "Useless trash! If there are no Spirit Stones, won't you go steal or rob? If worst comes to worst, our branch still has so many Spirit Beasts, won't you have them if you go sell a few? To think you are still a Demonic Path Cultivator!"

Wang Dabiao responded with an aggrieved face, "Understood, Branch Master."

If he weren't a man, his tears would almost have fallen. The branch being so poor that they couldn't even afford to eat had not been a matter of just one or two days. Branch Master Zhang Yuanqing was going too far, venting his anger on him, an ordinary little deacon.

Before leaving, Wang Dabiao glared hatefully at Lin Mo and the others. If it weren't for them, he wouldn't have been disciplined by Branch Master Zhang Yuanqing.

Over the next few days, the entire Soul-Devouring Beast Sect served Lin Mo and the others with delicious food and drinks.

Wang Dabiao's legs were almost running to exhaustion outside. He secretly sold a few valuable Spirit Beasts of the Sect, but the Spirit Stones he raised were still not enough.

Having no other choice, he could only pick up his old trade of a bandit Cultivator and rob the passing Loose Cultivators.

Once he even encountered a Cultivator whose Realm was higher than his. Fortunately, Wang Dabiao reacted quickly, otherwise this time next year would be his anniversary of death.

Finally, he managed to gather enough Spirit Stones and returned to the Soul-Devouring Beast Sect looking battered and bruised.

Even so, Branch Master Zhang Yuanqing was still unsatisfied: "Useless trash, it took you so long to get just this little bit of Spirit Stones. If I had gone myself, it would have been settled long ago."

Wang Dabiao was already used to it. There was no helping it; rank crushed people.

A freshly made Storage Pouch was handed into Lin Mo's hands, stained with the blood and tears of Wang Dabiao collecting Spirit Stones and Spiritual Plants.

Branch Master Zhang Yuanqing gave a look, "Wang Dabiao, you and the three of them will act as Protectors together for Little Brother Lin."

On the way to the quiet room, Senior Sister Huang Doudou was still somewhat uneasy and secretly transmitted her voice, "Junior Brother, can you do it? Or should I find a way to break out now?"

Lin Mo didn't reply, but gently shook his head, signaling the other party to rest assured.

…

Arriving inside the quiet room, at this time he was the only person there. Lin Mo was not in the least bit anxious; instead, he pulled out a book titled Introduction to Alchemy and read it with great relish.

He even shook his head from time to time, muttering, Like this and like that, like that and like this. So it turned out that Medicinal Pills could be refined so simply!

He pulled out the Pill Furnace that Branch Master Zhang Yuanqing gave him. In order for Lin Mo to successfully refine Medicinal Pills, Branch Master Zhang Yuanqing had truly racked his brains, somehow managing to find a top-grade Spiritual Artifact from somewhere.

According to the method taught in Introduction to Alchemy, Lin Mo first warmed the furnace with pure Yang flames, and then successively threw the medicinal herbs into the Pill Furnace.