Ten days ter, on Qingxia Peak, one of the nine peaks of Yuhua Sect, half the mountain.

  Zhao Heng hurried back to the sect, and upon reag the medial herb garden outside Qingxia Peak, he used a mystical crystal to activate the fg and parted the fog sea to ehe spiritual fields.

  Upoering, he immediately saw a tall, otherworldly beauty in white standing in the ter of the spiritual field.

  "Sister Yun... what are you doing here?"

  Yun Qingxue g Zhao Heng and replied irritably, "You’ve been gone for half a month. If I hadn’t happeo e here to check, many of these spiritual herbs would have withered."

  Feeling embarrassed, Zhao Heng scratched his head and apologized, "Sister, it’s my fault. I entered an attack from a mystical beast while gathering herbs and got injured, which deyed my return."

  "You were injured?"

  Only then did Yun Qiice that Zhao Heng's face was a bit pale and that he looked like he had just recovered from a serious illness.

  She frowned slightly and asked, "Is your injury serious?"

  "It’s nothing, I’m almost fully recovered," Zhao Heng replied.

  "That’s good to hear. Given the circumstances, I’ll only deduct half a month’s supply from you this time. Don’t let it happen again!" Yun Qingxue said with a cold expression.

  Upon hearing this, Zhao He grateful. Missing half a month of supply for half a month of absence was quite generous. Though Yun Qingxue appeared indifferent, she was still kied.

  Zhao Heng quickly expressed his gratitude, "Thank you, Sister Yun. By the way, about the matter you promised me st time..."

  "You mean refining the Bone Refining Pill, right? Don’t worry, as long as you gather the medial ingredients, I’ll help you."

  Ecstatic, Zhao Heng hurriedly handed over a bulging bag from behind him.

  Yun Qingxue looked surprised. "You’ve already gathered the materials?"

  Zhao Heng nodded repeatedly, "Yes, Sister, do you think these are enough?"

  Yun Qingxue opehe bag and looked at the overflowing materials, including the heart of a Bone Refining Realm mystical beast. She nodded.

  "That’s enough. I’ll go bad start refining right away. e to my cave in three days to collect the pills."

  With that, Yun Qingxue pihe bag with two fingers and gracefully turo leave.

  Watg her elegant figure depart, Zhao Heng couldn't help but excim, "Wow... someone capable really is graceful!"

  After Yun Qingxue left, Zhao Heuro his hut, locked the dhtly, and then took out three packages.

  One tained 400 mystical crystals, another held a batch of spiritual medies, and the st was a small beast skin bag taining the Yin Wind bsp;and Nine Lives Burning Blood Keique manuals.

  These were all the gains from Zhao Heng's ret outing.

  These items were taken from Liu Hong, Bone Refini disciples, and a few miseous disciples of the Yuhua Sect.

  Although Zhao Heng had nearly lost his life in Cow Horn Mountain, the harvest was unpreted.

  "Indeed, one ot prosper without risk and fortune!" Zhao Heng sighed with heartfelt feeling.

  Of course, the most satisfying thing for him was eliminating his aremy, Liu Hong.

  Thinking of this, Zhao Heng took out a small notebook from his sleeve, tore off the page that had "Liu Hong" written on it, and bur.

  "From now on, I focus on recovery. Once Sister Yun refihe Bone Refining Pill, I break into the Bone Refining Realm.

  Once I bee an outer sect disciple, my status will rise, bes will improve, and I live in peace!"

  Zhao He a bright future being to him.

  , he didn’t immediately use the resources he had obtained but tio cultivate to heal his injuries.

  Although he had taken many healing medies and was aided by the perfect version of the Qing Song Jue, Zhao Heng was rec quickly but hadn’t fully healed yet.

  After resting for ahree days, Zhao Heng had recovered about 80-90%.

  Acc to their agreement, he went to Yun Qingxue’s cave, eagerly awaiting the pletion of his Bone Refining Pill.

  However, he waited from m until evening before Yun Qingxue finally emerged from her cave, her hay.

  Without waiting for Zhao Heng to speak, Yun Qingxue calmly said, "The refining time for the pill has been slightly extended. Please wait ahree days."

  Zhao Heng was surprised but didn’t think much of it and immediately returo his hut.

  After ahree days, Zhao Heng came back to Yun Qingxue's cave to wait.

  He waited for a full two hours.

  "Boom...!"

  Suddenly, a muffled noise erupted from Yun Qingxue's cave, and the ground trembled slightly.

  After a long while, Yun Qiepped out of the cave, her pristine white dress aiful face, resembling jade, still had some bd gray stains.

  Although Yun Qingxue’s expression remained calm, a hint of embarrassment was hard to hide.

  She said to Zhao Heng, "You... e ba three… no, ten days to collect your pill."

  Zhao Heng's mouth twitched slightly, and an uneasy feeling arose in his heart.

  He couldn’t help but ask, "Um… Sister, have you refihe Bone Refining Pill before?"

  Yun Qingxue frowned and replied unhappily, "Of course! I’ve refi at least a huimes!"

  Zhao He a bit reassured, but then he heard Yun Qingxue add in a very low voice,

  "I’ve only succeeded… once or twice."

  "Uh..." Zhao Heng was momentarily speechless.

  Seemingly worried that Zhao Heng didn’t trust her alchemy skills, Yun Qingxue hurriedly added, "Don’t worry, my master who taught me alchemy is a genius. Even he said my level of refining the Bone Refining Pill is suffit, and I don’t o tiudying under him!"

  Upon hearing this, Zhao He his eyelids twitg and thought, "Sister, are you sure your master meant you were capable and not that he was afraid you would waste his materials?"

  Of course, Zhao Heng didn’t dare to say this out loud.

  Helpless, he expressed his thanks again a obediently.

  However, Zhao Heng’s hopes for Yun Qingxue being able to refihe Bone Refining Pill had signifitly diminished.

  He even started to sider whether to gather another batedial ingredients or simply save up 1,000 mystical crystals to buy a Bone Refining Pill.

  In the following days, Zhao Heng no longer waited outside Yun Qingxue's cave, fog entirely on nurturing his body.

  Soon, a month had passed since he returo the sect.

  This m, after a night of cultivation, Zhao Heng pleted his st cycle of energy and blood circution.

  "Huff...!"

  Exhaling a breath of turbid air, Zhao Heng opened his eyes, his gaze bright and his plexiohy.

  After a full month of recuperation, Zhao Heng had pletely healed his injuries aored his vitality.

  The perfect version of the Qing Song Jue not only left him without any lingering ailments but also solidified his cultivation base even further.

  At the same time, Zhao Heng's Crag Stone Fist, Bone Refining Step, and even Gazing Teique had all improved.

  In addition, Zhao Heng had made a point to visit the Miseous Peak to inquire about news regarding Liu Hong.

  The news of Liu Hong's disappearance had already spread throughout the Miseous Peak. Initially, it caused some u and even armed the sect's enfort team.

  However, after a thh search yielded s, the matter was soon fotten, allowing Zhao Heng to finally rex.

  Seeing that the Bone Refining Pill had yet to be produced, Zhao Heng had pletely given up hope and began sidering his pn.

  However, just as he finished his m cultivation, a red fg pced by his bed suddeed light, indig that the formation outside the spiritual fields had been activated.

  The only people capable of activating this formation, aside from himself, were Yun Qingxue.

  Zhao Heng was startled and hurriedly left the hut, only to see a figure approag through the fog sea.

  Yun Qingxue appeared just as ethereal araordinary as before, but upon closer iion, one could see that her hairpin was slightly loose, her hair somewhat disheveled, and her dress was quite wrinkled.

  Most notably, her clear, spring-like eyes had some bloodshot veins in them, suggesting she was quite fatigued, yet Yun Qiill maintained her usual calm demeanor.

  Without waiting for Zhao Heng to speak, Yun Qiossed a jade bottle to him.

  "The pills are ready. o thank me!"

  Zhao Heng caught the bottle, stunned for a moment. When he looked up, Yun Qingxue had already turo leave, her back disappearing into the distance.

  Zhao Heng stared in disbelief at the jade bottle in his hand, feeling a twinge of guilt.

  "It seems Sister Yun's alchemy skills are quite formidable. I really shouldn’t have doubted her abilities."

  Eagerly, Zhao Heng opehe bottle, leaned in to smell it, but couldn’t help but frown.

  Instead of the refreshing fragrance he had expected from the pills, the first st that hit him was a burnt odor.

  "Um… what’s going on?"

  Curious, Zhao Heng tilted the bottle and poured out a pill.

  But at the moment he saw the pill, Zhao He as if his mind was about to wither.

  "This… is this a Body Refining Pill!?"

  In his palm y an irregur, gray-bck object, its surfaeven and cracked, looking as if it had been plucked from the ground, with even some debris falling off...

  If Zhao Heng hadn’t knower, he would have thought it was just a piece of stone pulled from the muddy earth.

  Meanwhile, Yun Qingxue, who had e to deliver the pills, had already rushed bato her cave.

  Just before entering, she couldn't help but look baervously.

  Seeing that Zhao Heng hadn’t followed, she let out a sigh of relief and muttered to herself,

  "Although this pill doesn’t look great, at least it’s densed. It’s just a little weaker in efficacy, but it’s still sidered a successful refi, right?

  And... he probably hasn’t seen a Bone Refining Pill before, so he’ll likely think this is what it looks like.

  Yes, it has to be like this!"

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