Hell Emperor.

Chapter 329 Xia Wei - Collection
"Turning the golden wheel..."

After hearing what Xia Wei mentioned, Su Miao's pupils shrank.

Li Fei'e noticed her strangeness and asked, "What's wrong, Sister Su Miao, do you know anything about the Golden Wheel?"

Su Miao took a deep breath and glanced at everyone. She was a little hesitant, but when she thought of Shen Qingge's promise, she spoke:
"This rotating golden wheel was an important magical instrument of Xiniu Hezhou in the past. Its function is not only to open the path of reincarnation, but also contains many secrets. However, it has disappeared now. Only the master of the Golden Wheel Palace knows how to forge it. I didn't expect that you have seen it..."

After a pause, Su Miao seemed to have thought of something and asked again: "By the way, where did you see the Golden Wheel? If you can take me there to see it, maybe I can figure out the secret of King Kong City and gain an advantage in opening the ruins later."

After hearing what Su Miao said, everyone's eyes lit up, and Xia Wei answered: "It is in a place called Vajra Temple."

Su Miao frowned: "From the name, it seems that the place is the mortal temple of the Lord of the Golden Wheel Palace... If we go there like this, we will definitely encounter a lot of obstacles."

In response, Xia Wei simply said, "Don't worry. The monks there killed and robbed merchants and committed many evil things. I have already purged them and there is no one to stop them now."

Thinking of the innocent souls who had suffered before, Xia Wei gritted her teeth, and murderous intent burst out of her eyes. Even Su Miao couldn't help but look at her again. Her aura of hatred for evil and sharpness like a knife even frightened Su Miao.

"It doesn't sound good... You slaughtered the Golden Wheel Palace Master's temple on earth, didn't you suffer his revenge?" Su Miao scratched his head, confused.

Li Fei'e sighed, "The Lord of the Golden Wheel Palace sent out the ghost immortals in the palace, and we fought for a while before we barely won. It was also in that battle that Sister He overdrew her soul potential, which led to her collapse."

Su Miao was a little speechless, and couldn't help asking: "Why do you do this? You just need to show your identity as the descendant of Xuannv. I don't believe that the people there dare to embarrass you. Why do you have to do this?"

Xia Wei glanced at her and said, "Of course it's for justice! Now that I've seen it, I won't just sit there and do nothing."

Seeing that the situation had become somewhat stagnant again, Shen Qingge slowly spoke to ease the atmosphere and said, "Master Su Miao, we killed the attacking ghost fairy, and we will inevitably be retaliated by the Golden Wheel Palace in the future. I wonder how much Master Su knows about the Lord of the Golden Wheel Palace?"

"The Lord of the Golden Wheel Palace..."

Su Miao blinked and thought, "I only heard from Grandmother Mingji that the Lord of the Golden Wheel Palace was quite ambitious in the past, but unfortunately he finally fell under the feet of the evil demon, and even the main account in the palace was voluntarily handed over to Lord Mo Luo."

Seeing that everyone was puzzled, Su Miao shook her head and did not continue talking about this topic. She said, "In this case, could you please take me to the place where the Golden Wheel is so that I can find out what's going on?"

"of course can."

Faced with Su Miao's proposal, everyone agreed without hesitation.

Although returning to the Vajra Temple meant going back in time, which was completely opposite to everyone's original goal, they could not care about anything else when they thought that Nan Linghe's soul only had one month left. Helping Su Miao complete the task assigned by the Lord of the Netherworld Palace so that they could return to the Netherworld Palace and get the elixir to save Nan Linghe was the top priority at the moment.

"I'm not going."

But at this time, Xia Wei made a different decision.

Li Fei'e was secretly anxious and asked hurriedly, "Why? Sister Xia Wei obviously cares so much about Sister He, why doesn't she come with us?"

Xia Wei just said: "I'd better go collect the materials for alchemy. No matter what, as long as I collect all the materials and give them to Fairy Yaoyin, I can make a soul-healing elixir. Compared to exploring the ruins of King Kong City, I prefer this method."

Everyone nodded. What Xia Wei said was not a bad idea. Now that the troops were divided into two groups, no matter which side achieved results, it could save Nan Linghe's soul that was about to collapse. It was much better than putting all the treasures on one side.

"I'll go with you." Hua Xiaomei said at this time, "Thanks to the pursuers who attacked us earlier, we also got the Earth-Shrinking Stone from the Golden Wheel Palace, which can move a thousand miles in an instant. The Earth-Shrinking Stone can only be used by ghosts, not living people. If we make any progress, I can come back and pass on the news as soon as possible."

Hua Xiaomei's proposal was approved by everyone, and Ren Changhong also said:
"I'll go with you, too. The route you take to the Vajra Treasure Wheel Temple is a well-traveled one, so you won't run into any trouble. You can be quite safe. But collecting materials is a bit tricky. Whether it's a hundred-year-old Bodhi leaf or a ten-foot-long earth dragon heart, they're not easy to get. I'm only one step away from becoming a ghost fairy, so I can help you collect materials."

Hearing this, Xia Wei was a little curious and asked, "Do you know where to find these materials?"

From Yao Yin, Xia Wei learned the names of the materials that needed to be collected, but when it came to where to find them, she was at a loss and had to look to her companions beside her for help.

Ren Changhong looked solemn and answered slowly: "This ten-foot earth dragon heart must be taken from a living earth dragon. Once taken out, it must be preserved with special means. If it is left for too long, the heart will lose its activity, and it will have no effect when used to make pills."

Xia Wei listened to this and couldn't help but nodded: "So, we only need to kill the earth dragon to get the earth dragon heart? But where can we find this earth dragon?"

Hua Xiaomei smiled and said, "I know this. Wherever an earthquake occurs, there must be traces of earth dragons. We just need to go to the core area of ​​the earthquake to find the earth dragons."

Listening to the discussion, Su Miao seemed to have thought of something and could not help but sigh, "There is one more thing you forgot to mention. The Earth Dragon Heart must be ten feet wide and thick. Most ordinary Earth Dragon Hearts are less than ten feet wide, and some are even smaller. They cannot meet the requirements of alchemy at all. If you can't get a ten-foot Earth Dragon Heart, even if you force it into medicine, the effect of the pill will be greatly reduced, and it will not be able to help your friends."

Su Miao said this, and Ren Changhong glanced at her and snorted coldly, "I don't need your reminder. I know these things, but I haven't had time to tell them yet."

Su Miao snorted and didn't answer. Ren Changhong took the initiative to suggest leaving with Xia Wei. In addition to finding materials for Nan Linghe, he didn't want to stay with Su Miao all the time. After all, the two of them had a bad quarrel before. It was conceivable that if he went to the Vajra Baolun Temple with Su Miao, he would not have peace along the way.

Xia Wei took a deep breath and kept Su Miao's reminder in mind: "So, we have to go find those powerful earth dragons?"

"Being powerful is not enough, it must be a demon king-level earth dragon." Ren Changhong nodded, confirming Xia Wei's statement, "Only a demon king-level earth dragon has a ten-foot earth dragon heart in its body."

"The Demon King?... It's a pity that the last Demon King was defeated by Sister Fei Moth, otherwise, I would like to experience how powerful the Demon King is!" Xia Wei spoke slowly, with undisguised confidence in her eyes.

The monster beasts at the level of monster kings correspond to the practitioners who have reached the immortal level. Monster beasts have a unique advantage in fighting because of their strong bodies. After becoming monster kings, that advantage will be infinitely magnified, and they are often very difficult to deal with.

The name of the Demon King is enough to scare any practitioner, but Xia Wei is not afraid at all. Her words are even filled with a desire to fight. Even Ren Changhong looks at her differently after sensing this. That kind of courage is not something that everyone can possess.

"Compared to the earth dragon heart, what we should be more worried about is the hundred-year-old Bodhi leaf." As if he had thought of something, Ren Changhong also showed difficulty, "Even the thousand-year-old Polygonum multiflorum is just a rare medicinal material. There are always places to buy it, but this Bodhi leaf is extremely difficult to find."

Xia Wei was puzzled and asked, "Why is this? Is it because this item is too precious?"

A hundred years and a thousand years, the time it takes for the two to grow is ten times as long. Logically speaking, since thousand-year-old Polygonum multiflorum can be bought, then the hundred-year-old Bodhi leaves should not be difficult to obtain. But judging from Changhong's worried tone, the Bodhi leaves are the real trouble.

Ren Changhong sighed and said slowly: "You don't know that the Bodhi tree has long been extinct in the world. I estimate that there is not a single Bodhi tree grown in the entire continent. Where can we find Bodhi leaves?"

"how come……"

Hearing this, Xia Wei's face changed, and she felt uncontrollable worry in her heart.

The Bodhi trees are extinct, so where can we find Bodhi leaves? Moreover, they don’t have to be ordinary Bodhi leaves, they have to be hundred-year-old Bodhi leaves?
Is it possible that the hope that was finally ignited will be completely extinguished before even starting to try?

Everyone looked bitter, with indescribable pain welling up in their hearts. Yao Yin sighed, "The recipe for this Soul-Calling Pill is a classic recipe that has been passed down for thousands of years. The materials used were quite common in the past. But now the world has changed, and many things are no longer the same as before. Those common materials in the past are no longer so easy to obtain now..."

Xie Xinyu touched her chin, as if she had thought of something, and glanced at Yao Yin: "Fairy Yao Yin, I heard that those powerful alchemists can improve the recipe of the pill through their own attainments, and replace it with medicinal materials with similar properties. You are so powerful, can you improve the recipe of the Soul Summoning Pill? Replace it with a material similar to the Bodhi leaf?"

After hearing what Xie Xinyu said, everyone's eyes lit up again. Improving the pill formula did sound like a good idea. As long as they used materials with similar properties as substitutes, they could also complete the refining of the Soul-Calling Pill.

Yao Yin was a little embarrassed: "That's what I said, but it's not as simple as you think. To improve the pill formula, it takes thousands of attempts and multiple tests on different practitioners before the replacement of medicinal materials can be completed. Pills like the Soul-Calling Pill are not ordinary pills that improve realms. Their function is to heal the disintegrating soul. If you are not careful, not only will it not heal the disintegration, but it will make the injury worse. Are you really willing to let me do this?"

Everyone was completely dumbfounded when they heard this. The recipe for the elixir that had been passed down for thousands of years was finally finalized after repeated confirmation by countless alchemy masters. The properties of the medicinal materials could be said to be just right. Now the materials could be replaced at will. What would they do if something went wrong?
Hua Xiaomei coughed dryly and said uncertainly: "Sister He's luck is better than we thought. Maybe this is a good thing for her? Maybe after replacing the materials, the effect of the elixir will be greatly increased..."

There was silence all around, and no one responded to Hua Xiaomei's words.

Although Nan Linghe was lucky, this time, it involved the injury of the soul, and no one dared to take such a risk. If something went wrong, it would undoubtedly be a result that no one wanted to see.

"No... We can't take this risk." Xia Wei said firmly, and she was unwilling to let Yao Yin replace the materials, which would cause unknown changes to the effects of the pill.

Everyone fell silent. That was what they said, but where could they find the Bodhi leaf?
Xia Wei sighed and said, "Is it true that there are no Bodhi trees growing in this world? Not even one?"

Ren Changhong pondered for a moment before speaking: "Maybe there are still some in Xiniu Hezhou. There used to be a Yama Palace in the west, called the Bodhi Palace, where the most luxuriant Bodhi trees grew, but where we are now, there is not a single one left. We must find another way..."

At the end, Ren Changhong seemed to have thought of a solution and said, "Come to think of it, when I was working in the Demon Palace, I did deal with the ghost messenger from the Western Blood Pond Palace. With this relationship, maybe I can cross the continent and bring back the hundred-year-old Bodhi leaf from the West."

Before Ren Changhong finished speaking, he heard Shen Qingge refute: "No, without the status of a Demon Palace Shura to rely on, crossing the continent is very dangerous, especially in Xiniu Hezhou without the suppression of the Equality Formation. It is not a place that ordinary people can go. Even ghost immortals may not be able to protect themselves."

Ren Changhong was somewhat helpless: "If that's the case, then what should we do? This Bodhi leaf won't appear in front of us by itself, right? There's no way to replace the material, and it's hard to collect. Can we just let the situation get worse?"

At this time, Su Miao seemed to have thought of something, and slowly said: "I remember that the classics left by my master recorded that the ruins of King Kong City were an absolutely closed environment, and there was a Bodhi tree growing in it. Even after countless years, it has never withered."

"what?"

Upon hearing this, everyone's eyes lit up. They never expected that the whereabouts of the Bodhi leaf would end up back in the ruins of Vajra City, which immediately gave everyone hope.

"Let's set off now without further delay. The sooner we achieve our goal, the sooner Sister He can recover. Given her current state of collapse, every extra day is torture."

Xia Wei spoke up immediately, and everyone started to act. Shen Qingge led the others and flew back to the Vajra Temple, where Su Miao explored the secrets of the Golden Wheel. Xia Wei, Hua Xiaomei and Ren Changhong, the two ghosts, collected the materials needed to refine the Soul-Calling Pill.

(End of this chapter)