I Became the Alchemy Master by Picking Up Trash-Chapter 83 - 82: Qianyuan Memories

As the number of Star Beasts continually increased, their bodies grew larger, and the attack power of the Glazed Pearl gradually became insufficient.

The woman in white gracefully raised her hand, her fingers quickly forming hand gestures, causing eighteen Glazed Pearls to immediately spread out, each pearl’s position held great significance. Li Xing stood amidst the beast horde like a spectator, watching how the woman formed the array.

Once the eighteen Glazed Pearls occupied their respective spots, the woman changed her hand gestures again, and the Glazed Pearls suddenly transformed into spindle shapes, adorned with a jade green hue, resembling leaves.

Every leaf instantly split from one to two, two to three, then three to millions, and the entire battlefield was instantly shrouded in a rain of leaves.

"Swish swish swish swish—!" Like slicing fruits, countless Star Beasts perished under the leaf rain.

Star Beasts spawned by the mist charged forward endlessly, the woman grew tired of killing, changing her hand gestures again, and the Glazed Pearls suddenly fell to the ground, sinking into the earth.

The Glazed Leaf Rain vanished, with no barriers to hinder the Star Beasts, they charged red-eyed toward the woman, not knowing they had just entered the Great Array formed by the Glazed Pearls.

The woman who was just in sight suddenly disappeared, the Star Beasts within the array had their vision obscured by the formation, believing they had run a hundred miles, yet they were merely circling in place.

Finally, a higher intelligence Star Beast realized something was amiss, and furiously unleashed an Elemental Attack, only to trigger the hidden Reflection Array.

All attacks reflected by the array increased in power, striking the Star Beasts in the formation, effectively making the beasts kill themselves, swiftly covering the array with a layer of Star Beast corpses.

Once all the beasts inside perished from their own Elemental Attacks, the Glazed Pearls flickered slightly, the formation transformed, and the corpses of Star Beasts were moved away. The array gate opened, allowing another batch of beasts to enter, and the slaughter resumed.

Li Xing stared closely at the woman in white, observing her manipulation of the Glazed Pearls, only perceiving the array’s myriad transformations, profound beyond comprehension, not realizing the passage of time.

Once the woman demonstrated all the transformations of the Thousand Leaf Slaughtering Array three times, the mist and Star Beasts, along with the plain battlefield, vanished.

The woman shrunk the ground to an inch, stepping swiftly before Li Xing, sizing her up with curiosity.

Li Xing was shocked, not expecting the woman to be an undissipated Divine Sense, quickly bowing: "Junior Li Xing, pays respect to Senior!"

"Oh? You... are not from Qianyuan Realm?"

Li Xing respectfully replied: "Senior, your wisdom is unparalleled. Junior comes from the three thousand small worlds, fell into a space rift, and arrived here."

"Are you a cultivator?"

"Yes."

The woman nodded, her eyes sparkled with more life.

"Do you know what the outside world is like now? Are the people of Qianyuan thriving?"

"To reply to Senior, the people of Qianyuan cultivate using Elemental Power, although harassed by Demon Beasts, the population has reached a hundred billion, the populace lives in peace, harmony prevails."

The woman exhaled long, finally showing a hint of a faint smile.

"That’s good, our efforts were not in vain."

Li Xing felt something in her heart, suddenly asking: "Senior, are you perhaps one of the Thirty-Six Sages?"

The woman chuckled lightly, showing a nostalgic expression: "It’s been a long time since anyone called me that. My name is Mo Fu, and I am a cultivator from Yunmeng Realm among the three thousand great worlds."

Li Xing asked: "Why did Senior come to this place?"

Mo Fu slowly opened her mouth, recounting a tale of Qianyuan:

"Ten thousand years ago, this was still Qianyuan Realm among the three thousand great worlds. At that time, extra-dimensional demons caused chaos, attempting to use Qianyuan Realm as a stepping stone to invade the human cultivator world."

"Cultivators from various great worlds came to Qianyuan Realm by order of the Immortal Realm to expel demons and safeguard the Dao. My Cliff Hidden Sect was naturally obliged as the first sect of Yunmeng Realm."

"The order came suddenly, we did little preparation and were transported here. Only upon arrival in Qianyuan Realm did we realize our nightmare had just begun."

"Although Qianyuan Realm is one of the great worlds, it differs greatly from my Yunmeng Realm, with Chaos Qi coexisting with Spiritual Energy. Yunmeng Realm completed the chaos to spirit transformation ten thousand years ago; cultivators are accustomed to using Spiritual Energy for cultivation. We Yunmeng Realm cultivators struggled to circulate Zhoutian in Qianyuan Realm, let alone fight, and suffered heavy casualties."

The woman sighed slightly, appearing sorrowful:

"Thankfully, cultivators from other worlds who came to aid were not as troubled by Chaos Qi, after intense battles, the extra-dimensional demons were defeated and fled. Yet, the world barrier of Qianyuan Realm was damaged due to the war, causing the entire world to collapse into fragments."

"I, along with thirty-five other Yunmeng Realm cultivators, were reduced to powerlessness, failed to escape before the realm transmission array was destroyed, and were trapped here. Fortunately, this is the largest Qianyuan Fragment, with remnants of the world barrier still resisting cosmic gales, stabilizing after the initial collapse."

"After Qianyuan Realm’s collapse, the Heavenly Dao was incomplete, Chaos Qi and Spiritual Energy grew more mixed, we struggled to enhance our cultivation. We lost contact with the Immortal Realm and Yunmeng Realm, unable to find a way to leave, everyone became disheartened, some even lost the will to live."

"In despair, we discovered that humans existed on this Qianyuan Realm Fragment, but compared to Spirit Plants and Demon Beasts, they were too weak."

"Watching these primitives strive to survive, we felt compassion. To pass the time, we decided to lend a hand. Thus, thirty-six of us joined forces to create a sanctuary and impart survival techniques to them."

"While interacting with the people of Qianyuan, we discovered that although most of them lacked complete дantian, they naturally possessed strong physiques, more than us cultivators, resisting Chaos Qi’s erosion, and could sense the power of the five elements amidst mixed Spiritual Energy for their use."

"Therefore, we designed a Cultivation Technique suitable for the people of Qianyuan based on their physique, teaching it to them. With the help of this technique, although Qianyuan’s people couldn’t fly or move mountains and seas like cultivators, they gained the power to protect themselves from Demon Beasts. Hence, they venerated us as the Thirty-Six Sages."

Indeed, the identity of the Thirty-Six Sages turns out to be cultivators from the cultivation world.

"Senior, did you later leave Qianyuan Continent, finding a way back?"

The woman shook her head, showing a peaceful smile: "We didn’t leave but instead exhausted our lifespan and entered Nirvana."

"The people of Qianyuan regard us as deities; if we died before them, it might affect their mindset. So, when our end was near, we would seek out remote mountains and forests to carve out a cave dwelling, entering Nirvana inside."

It seems the Thirty-Six Sages devoted all their efforts and emotions to the people of Qianyuan, even Mo Fu in her remaining soul would inquire first about them.

Mo Fu: "Li Xing, this Glazed Hand Bracelet was crafted by the founding ancestor of Cliff Hidden Sect, though engraved with characters like Array Pearl, in Yunmeng Realm none could wield it, hence only serving as a sect emblem, worn by the Sect Leader’s Disciple."

"After I wandered here, the Glazed Pearls encountered Chaos Qi, transforming into a Great Array, protecting me. Though my body died, my soul couldn’t return, I still hoped someone could take this item back to Cliff Hidden Sect. Heaven’s mercy, allowing me to meet you before my remaining thoughts dissipated."

"I have demonstrated the operation method of the Thousand Leaf Slaughtering Array to you without reservation. Since you have received my inheritance, you are bound by cause and effect with Cliff Hidden Sect. Should you have the opportunity to leave someday, may you return the bracelet to its rightful place."

"Yes, Junior will surely fulfill Senior’s trust."

The woman nodded, showing a peaceful expression, as her figure gradually vanished.

Li Xing suddenly recalled something, shouting: "Senior—! You’ve been in Qianyuan Realm for so long, do you know where Chaos Qi is most concentrated?"

The woman’s features were already indistinct, but she still answered with her last bit of Soul Power:

"Such places are a dead zone for us Yunmeng Realm cultivators, I feared them and avoided them, why would I seek them out? Yet, since Qianyuan Realm has both Chaos Qi and Spiritual Energy, its world origin should contain a lot of Chaos Qi, just uncertain if any Origin Stone could be within this fragment..."

Mo Fu’s voice and figure completely vanished, Li Xing’s Divine Sense jolted, expelled from the illusion.

Sunlight blazed outside the window, only a few hours had passed yet to Li Xing, it felt like several days.

Qi Ming knocked on the door outside: "Sister Xing, wake up quickly, we’re going to be late—!" 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

"Oh, coming!"

Li Xing wore the Glazed Hand Bracelet on her wrist, a thought caused the beads to vanish from sight, visible only to her.