After being reborn, all I want to do is run away.

Chapter 605 Soul Condensation in the Nether Spring

The next morning.

When Shen Xu returned to his study after breakfast, he frowned when he saw Yan Zihuai sitting in his seat reading a book again.

His relationship with Yan Zihuai is currently very fragile.

Yan Zihuai likely knows his identity as a Soul Devourer. Killing Yan Zihuai would have too great an impact, but not killing Yan Zihuai would risk exposing him.

This really put him in a difficult position.

"If Miss Yan has nothing else to do, why don't you go upstairs to read? I have some snacks I can give you."

Shen Xu placed the packaged snacks in front of Yan Zihuai.

"Brother Wu, you're so kind." Yan Zihuai smiled and accepted the snacks, but showed no sign of moving.

"Miss Yan, I have a lot of things to do and don't have time to chat with you."

"Manager Wei asked me to give this to you. Although I haven't opened it, I can tell which pill it is just by its fragrance. I wonder when Brother Wu plans to take it?"

Yan Zihuai took out a delicate little wooden box and placed it on the desk in front of her.

Upon hearing this, Shen Xu's expression changed.

What's wrong with Yun Mulin?! He just gave him something so important so carelessly.

"Is this the only box?" Shen Xu asked, frowning. He sensed that something was amiss; Yun Mulin wasn't usually so careless.

"The person who delivered the pills also mentioned a number, 'one million three hundred thousand'."

"Yun Mulin, you son of a bitch!" Shen Xu clenched his fist. If he wasn't mistaken, that guy must have failed the first time he tried to refine it, and then used his money to buy another batch of materials.

In other words, the pills in the wooden box are worth one million Nourishing Essence Pills.

No wonder that guy was too ashamed to come see him!

"I want to know what the medicinal ingredient is?" After realizing that there was nothing seriously wrong with the pill, Shen Xu asked in a deep voice.

“I’m sorry, but if I were to tell Brother Shen about the medicinal ingredient, wouldn’t that reveal the true formula for this pill? That would be an act of betrayal.”

Brother Wu wouldn't want Zihuai to cut herself off from the Yan family, would he?

Yan Zihuai got up and walked to Shen Xu, her eyes full of anticipation.

Looking into Yan Zihuai's eyes, he really couldn't understand what this woman was thinking.

But since the Soul Devourer wouldn't have any problems taking this pill, he naturally wasn't worried that Yan Zihuai wouldn't let him use the Nether Spring Water.

After consuming the pill, his identity as a Soul Devourer would likely be completely exposed. However, even if he didn't consume the pill, Yan Zihuai had many ways to prove that he was a Soul Devourer if she wanted to.

After giving Yan Zihuai a deep look, Shen Xu returned to his seat, picked up the wooden box on the table, and activated the mechanism at the bottom of the box.

As soon as the wooden box was opened, a rich and unique fragrance of medicinal herbs wafted out.

A pill the size of a longan, as black as jade, was fixed in the center of a wooden box by a groove made of brocade.

However, there were no pill patterns on it, indicating that Yunmu Forest's alchemy skills were not yet sufficient to refine a true fourth-grade pill.

However, the Three-Turn Marrow Cultivation Pill that Yun Mulin sold him was also a Grade 4 pill, and one of the higher-grade Grade 4 pills. How did he refine that pill?

"Are there any precautions to take when taking the pills?" Shen Xu asked Yan Zihuai.

"The pills can be taken with water, but the use of the medicinal guide is not something that can be done all at once, but must be continued for nine days."

"I need to stay by Brother Wu's side at all times for the next nine days to observe his physical condition in order to prevent any accidents." Yan Zihuai's expression also became serious at this moment.

"Is there anything else?" Shen Xu asked again.

"There's only this one record in the Gen clan's records..."

Although she had been looking forward to this day for a long time, she hesitated when the man in front of her was about to take the highly poisonous pill.

After all, a record is just a record. Even though she has practiced the relevant procedures thousands of times during this period, what should she do if something unexpected happens in the middle?

But the man in front of her didn't give her a chance to regret it. To her shock, he took out the pill, put it in his mouth, and swallowed it with the tea in his cup.

"You..." Yan Zihuai suddenly found herself speechless.

"I believe you." Shen Xu gave a pale smile.

Then his face instantly turned a bluish-purple color.

Shen Xu couldn't help but kneel down on the ground, letting out a suffocating, wild-like hoarse sound from his throat.

The dark erysipelas grew outward from the depths of the pupil, piercing the iris and sinking into the white of the eye.

The highly toxic Dan power transformed into inky black mirage fire, instantly igniting the gray mist of his soul. That soul flame even burned the pain itself.

Shen Xu's perception of the outside world quickly became blurred.

The crystal lotus floating above the gray mist of the soul suddenly emitted boundless clear light, attempting to suppress the raging soul fire, but its effect was minimal.

Just as the soul flame touched the void in the center of his soul.

The void suddenly began to spin faster, until it stirred Shen Xu's entire soul into a vortex like a black hole.

All the soul flames within Shen Xu's soul were absorbed into the void with lightning speed and without any resistance, under the void's gravitational pull.

As the effects of the Soul-Gathering Pill continued to be released, Shen Xu's soul was refined again and again by the intensely burning soul flames.

The Void, on the other hand, accepts all comers. No matter how many soul flames burn within his soul, as soon as any of them touch the Void, they will be completely absorbed in an instant.

In the end, even the Crystal Lotus gave up releasing its pure light, hovering above the void with two spirit keys, enjoying the void's protection.

At that moment, a purple sleeve suddenly brushed past Shen Xu's brow. Yan Zihuai held a black jade lotus cup in mid-air with her left hand, the water of the secluded spring in the cup as calm as a frozen night.

She dipped her right hand into the spring water, her fingertips shimmering with a magical light that seemed to blend ice and fire. With precise and elegant movements, she continuously plunged the spring water into Shen Xu's brow.

When the lotus cup in Yan Zihuai's hand had completely dried up, Shen Xu suddenly coughed up a piece of fine, frozen blood crystal.

Seeing this, Yan Zihuai couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

She put away the lotus platform, her fingertips brushing across the junction of Shen Xu's pupils, imprinting a blood-red mark into Shen Xu's soul.

The room fell silent again, with only the scarlet ice crystals covering the floor like snow.

After wiping the blood from Shen Xu's mouth with a handkerchief, Yan Zihuai gently picked him up and carried him upstairs.

Seeing Shen Xu unconscious in Yan Zihuai's arms, Chi Xiaorou's expression changed, and she stepped forward and asked with great concern, "What happened to Wu Hen?"

"You don't need to worry about the side effects of the pill I mentioned earlier; he'll be fine," Yan Zihuai explained.

"That's good!" Chi Xiaorou couldn't help but feel relieved.

"The pharmacy can't be without Wu Hen. Xiao Rou, go tell Manager Wei that Wu Hen has something to do today and won't be receiving guests for the time being," Yan Zihuai instructed after placing Shen Xu on the soft chair.

After Chi Xiaorou left, Yan Zihuai looked at Shen Xu's unconscious face and murmured, "How can you say it's not fate?"