BTTH: DISCIPLE CASHBACK SYSTEM

Chapter 562: Pill Beast! Main Hall!

The first floor of the Pill Hall contained many alchemy rooms. The pills here were of similar grade to those found in the corridors and towers below. Since no one was around to compete with Gu He, he cleared out the entire floor with ease.

After looting all the treasures from the first level, Gu He slowly ascended to the second floor.

As soon as he stepped into the second level, he noticed that the air was laced with poison. However, the toxin wasn’t even strong enough to approach him—it was completely blocked outside his body.

The pills on the second floor were of noticeably higher quality than those on the first.

Gu He spread out his soul power and swept up all the pills he detected, storing them into his system space. In no time, the entire second floor was picked clean.

He soon found the path leading to the third level and stepped onto it.

The third floor of the Pill Hall was incredibly vast. Its surroundings were filled with many large alchemy chambers, grander in design and atmosphere than the lower levels.

However, the poisonous air here was far more intense. It could even corrode Dou Qi and posed a genuine threat to ordinary Dou Venerates.

Gu He stepped toward the first alchemy chamber within sight. The room was spacious and tidy. With just a glance, he spotted an ancient pill recipe and a sealed bottle of pills.

Judging from the faint medicinal fragrance leaking from the bottle, they were likely seventh-tier pills. As for their effects, he would need to inspect them more closely.

After raiding several more chambers, Gu He suddenly detected a white figure flicker inside one of the distant rooms.

Looking closely, he saw a small creature covered in snowy fur. It resembled a cat but was much rounder and plumper, giving off a clumsy and docile appearance.

Yet it emitted no energy fluctuations and seemed like nothing more than a normal beast.

But Gu He knew exactly what it was—this was a Pill Beast, formed from an eighth-tier pill that had undergone the Nine-Colored Pill Lightning. Despite its ordinary appearance, it was the result of a powerful pill gaining sentience.

At that moment, the little creature also noticed Gu He. It turned and tried to flee, hoping to escape his line of sight.

“Heh, trying to run after bumping into me?”

With a single thought, Gu He locked the surrounding space. The Pill Beast froze mid-step, completely unable to move.

Its eyes bulged in panic, limbs twitching helplessly.

Gu He extended his hand toward the creature and drew it into his grasp with a light wave. Even in his hand, the small beast continued trembling and struggling violently.

This was only an eighth-tier pill that had survived Nine-Colored Pill Lightning, yet its spiritual awareness was already this developed.

If it were a ninth-tier pill, the resistance would be even stronger. Fortunately, all the pills Gu He had received from the system were returned directly—none developed sentience or resisted him.

After storing away the Pill Beast, Gu He resumed scouring the chambers on this level.

Before long, he collected another five or six eighth-tier pills. However, he didn’t come across any more Pill Beasts. A pill needed to at least endure Seven-Colored Pill Lightning to have a chance of forming a beast.

Once he cleaned out the entire third floor, Gu He leisurely exited the Pill Hall.

This time, he had harvested a total of eleven eighth-tier pills, one to two hundred seventh-tier pills, and several thousand sixth-tier pills.

Although this was still far fewer than the enormous quantity in his system space, those were system returns. These, on the other hand, could all be subjected to ten-thousand-fold returns later.

Leaving the Pill Hall, Gu He began searching for the location of the ruin’s main hall.

The ancient ruins turned out to be more complex than he expected. The winding corridors made it feel like navigating a giant maze.

Fortunately, Gu He’s spiritual sense was strong, allowing him to sense far into the distance. Along the way, he even found a map.

Thanks to that, the feeling of being lost only lasted about ten minutes—then Gu He finally located the place he’d been searching for.

After stepping out from a corridor, Gu He’s view suddenly widened. He walked forward a bit more, and finally, an enormous ancient main hall came into sight.

The entire hall gleamed with a bronze-gold hue. Years of erosion had deepened the luster, and from each stone slab exuded an aura of time-worn antiquity—an oppressive sense of age that seemed to silence everything around it.

The hall was vast. A human standing inside appeared as small as an ant. At the very center of the hall floated ten massive orbs of light. Suspended in mid-air, these glowing spheres were dazzling and radiant, and within the blinding brilliance, one could faintly glimpse scroll-like objects hidden inside.

At the center of these ten light orbs stood a stone pedestal. Atop it sat a skeleton, jade-white from head to toe, legs crossed, fingers locked in a hand seal.

Gu He instantly understood—this corpse had once belonged to a Dou Saint, and not an ordinary one at that. Otherwise, its body wouldn't still emit such powerful energy after so many years.

Upon seeing the skeleton, Gu He stepped directly into the grand hall.

As he walked in, he noticed that around the towering stone pedestal were over a dozen figures sitting cross-legged. Their bodies were entirely stone-gray, resembling statues from afar, their eyes shut tight. It was impossible to tell how long they had remained like this.

These were puppets—and each of them possessed the strength of a Dou Venerate. If a group of Dou Ancestors had made it here instead, they likely wouldn’t have been able to take anything from this place.

Gu He didn’t even glance at the puppets or the ten floating orbs of light. His gaze was fixed squarely on the skeleton atop the pedestal.

That corpse was the most valuable treasure in this main hall—because hidden within its body was a Heaven-rank Dou Technique.

After observing for a few moments, Gu He stretched out his hand and grasped toward the skeleton. Instantly, all the surrounding seals shattered. The ten orbs of light fell to the ground, and the jade-white skeleton was quickly pulled toward him.

At that moment—

The dozen Dou Venerate-level puppets sitting around the pedestal suddenly stirred. In an instant, they launched an attack on Gu He, who was absorbing the skeleton.

(End of Chapter)

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