At his current level, the elixir energy can achieve the same effect, a fact that Lin Yao has already tested and confirmed.
However, this effect is too weak, so weak that it is not worthwhile. Therefore, Lin Yaocai has never used Dan Qi to improve his strength, because it is not worth it.
At this moment, Lin Yao was not taking the pills to improve his cultivation level. His sole purpose was to replenish his healing energy, and the effect in this regard was already quite remarkable.
It used to take half an hour of meditation to recover a certain amount of healing true energy, but after taking a "Life-Giving Pill", the same effect can be achieved in less than three minutes. If one takes a super "Life-Giving Pill" with spiritual energy, the healing true energy can even be restored to its peak condition in one fell swoop. As a result, Lin Yao's support for Xiao Cao was significantly strengthened, allowing Xiao Cao to slightly reverse its decline.
"Yaoyao, keep it up! That stinky Mingjin has also increased its power. I wonder how much witch power it can control. We must destroy it!" Xiaocao encouraged Lin Yao. At this moment, her condition had improved, and she had a chance to say a few more words to Lin Yao.
"Give me the pills! I want the pills!"
Exhausted, Lin Yao had no energy to talk much. He had been on the run for dozens of hours, then constantly cultivating and piercing through the fog, which was very mentally taxing. In particular, when piercing through the dark primordial witch power, his spirit was affected by the violent influence of the witch power, which caused some damage.
Without a word, taking advantage of the brief respite provided by Lin Yao's support, Xiao Cao released all the pills from her leaf axils, scattering them into the deep hollow formed by Lin Yao's crossed legs and groin. She managed to prevent these precious pills from spilling onto the muddy ground.
Regardless of what kind of pill it was, Lin Yao would grab it and stuff it into his mouth.
Fortunately, he had never refined any poisonous pills. All the poisons remained as poisonous gas on the leaf stalks of the grass, without forming pills. This saved the equally busy grass the effort of identifying the pills, and allowed Lin Yao to take medicine at will.
The potent tonic pills didn't matter, because the generated healing true energy was quickly sent to the little grass and then instantly absorbed by it. The rate of consumption definitely exceeded the rate at which the pills generated it, which also prevented Lin Yao from dying from excessive true energy.
The emerald green "Year-Round Pill" mixed among the many elixirs played a significant role.
This elixir, possessing immense vitality and spiritual energy, was successfully converted the moment it was inhaled and circulated with true qi. This allowed Lin Yao to maintain the channel between himself and the small grass. The small grass, in one fell swoop, separated the bright green aura of the bright gold from the rich, dark primordial witch power, forming two distinct blocks of green and black.
After an unknown amount of time, when Lin Yao had finished all the pills, Xiao Cao still had a problem. "Yao Yao, you just need to work a little harder. A mysterious connection has formed between Ming Jin and the original witch power. I can't completely sever their relationship. If I don't continue to put in a little more effort, I'm worried that it will regain its power."
Oh no! The pills are all gone!
Lin Yao reached down and found nothing between his legs. He searched carefully but couldn't find a single pill. This was a big problem!
"Little Grass, we're out of pills. My cultivation speed can't keep up with the consumption," Lin Yao said helplessly.
"Ah~~~!" Little Grass exclaimed, "This is it! Although I have the upper hand now, I have no follow-up strength. I have a feeling that once I can't suppress Mingjin, it will eat me up."
"Yaoyao... I'm so glad to have lived with you for so long. I hope you'll remember me if Mingjin doesn't get back at you." Xiaocao's tone suddenly turned somewhat sad, and the content shifted abruptly. For a simple ancient being like her, things were straightforward and straightforward; she had no habit of speaking in a subtle or tactful way, especially when it came to important matters.
Lin Yao knew this was Xiao Cao's true nature, and he felt quite sad.
This is how someone was put into a life-or-death situation by the "Thousand Mountain Gu," and in the blink of an eye, they are about to lose the little grass, or even their own life. It's just too unlucky!
Although saddened, Lin Yao never stopped cultivating. Whether he succeeded or not was one thing, and whether he tried hard or not was another.
As the saying goes, "Man proposes, God disposes." As long as one has tried, strived, and taken the initiative, one will have no regrets.
Luck can sometimes be the key to success or failure, but it should never be used as an excuse to give up or to stop striving for improvement!
"Yaoyao, I'm so sorry..." Xiaocao's voice suddenly weakened.
Without Lin Yao's continued support of medical true energy, the suppressed Mingjin aura suddenly and violently merged with the primordial witch power, instantly engulfing the grass.
Perhaps because they both possess intelligence, Mingjin did not sever Lin Yao's connection with Xiaocao this time, but instead directly suppressed Xiaocao.
The leaf axis withered and died at a visible speed. The slightly trembling withered branches were like a knife to Lin Yao's heart. The grass that had given him new life and accompanied him for more than two hundred days and nights was withering and decaying right in front of him. The sight of death made Lin Yao extremely unwilling and angry.
The medical energy was completely exhausted, with not a trace left in the meridians. There was only a tiny bit of original energy seed in the chest area. This seed was for generating new energy and could not be expelled from the body. Unless the energy was broken, this trace of energy would not disappear.
etc!
Chest!
Besides the seed of healing true energy in his chest, there was something else!
Fake alchemical fire! There's even fake alchemical fire!
The color of this pseudo-elixir fire changed again, skipping directly from light blue to a cyan color. The faint cyan flames danced slowly in his chest, seemingly devoid of heat, yet Lin Yao could sense immense energy emanating from this cyan.
So be it! Little Grass is already beyond saving anyway. Even if we use the alchemy technique to refine the Little Grass and Bright Gold in the chest with pseudo-alchemy fire, it's better than letting Little Grass die alone meaninglessly.
Even if I die, I'll take someone down with me! Clearly, Ming Jin is playing that role right now.
With his healing true qi gone, Lin Yao was relying entirely on his nearly depleted mental energy to mobilize the pseudo-dan fire. Moreover, without the protection of the healing true qi, as soon as he moved from his chest to the small grass in the same location but seemingly in another space, an extremely painful burning sensation struck his brain, almost causing Lin Yao to faint from the pain.
Lin Yao held on tightly, biting his lips until they bled. He had to try no matter what, even if it meant letting the pseudo-elixir fire burn Xiao Cao to death, because maybe that would give him a chance to avenge Xiao Cao!
The pale blue pseudo-elixir fire slowly traveled along the path established by Lin Yao and Xiao Cao. At this moment, Xiao Cao suddenly trembled its withered leaf axis, but there was no other information. Lin Yao was also almost dizzy from the heat, but at this moment he only had one thought in his mind, which was to fight to the death.
Fight to the death, never back down!
The pale blue pseudo-elixir fire finally approached the emerald green and black mist that enveloped the grass. Perhaps it had exhausted its strength in the fierce battle with the grass, or perhaps the pseudo-elixir fire itself possessed the ability to burn everything.
Like a scorching hot iron shovel plunged into butter, the pseudo-elixir fire directly burned a hole in the mist.
It works!
Lin Yao immediately became excited. He used all his mental energy, without using his hands to form hand seals, to control the pseudo-elixir fire to swirl and burn in the mist using the mental techniques of alchemy. He wanted to burn everything to ashes.
A sharp whistling sound shot straight into Lin Yao's brain, as if a needle had been inserted into his head, causing him to feel an excruciating pain that was worse than death.
Keep at it! If it's effective, keep at it even more!
Lin Yao gritted his teeth and struggled to continue controlling the burning of the pseudo-elixir fire.
Time passed second by second. It was unclear how much time had gone by, whether it was a few seconds or decades. Just as Lin Yao was on the verge of unconsciousness, the two wisps of gas, one emerald green and the other jet black, completely separated. The jet black primordial witch power rapidly spread out, instantly covering Lin Yao's entire body, while the emerald green wisps of gas dimmed, instantly shrinking in size and trembling slightly, giving the impression that it was afraid.
"Yaoyao...good job..." Xiaocao's weak voice rang out, "Keep burning it."
Hearing Xiaocao's voice again filled Lin Yao with excitement. Xiaocao was still alive! He was sure he could save her!