The Journey of Immortal Cultivation-Chapter 753 - 419: The Thing Called Reputation
With such relentless tenacity, the Northwest Alliance soon spread the saying: "When fighting the Hidden Stream’s Demon Soldiers, you must take their lives while they are sick. Otherwise, after a few days, the wounded will return to the battlefield revitalized and full-hearted like vigorous dragons and tigers, even more ruthless and bloodthirsty, making it a typical case of getting bitten when failing to kill the snake."
The reason is simple: the Red Cloud Plateau is adjacent to the Bashe Forest, and all injured soldiers from the Hidden Stream that are rescued back to the forest are comforted by the Power of Growth of Ba Snake, allowing the critically wounded to stay alive, while those with minor injuries heal even faster. Not to mention that within the Hidden Stream resides a vast team of Pill Masters, able to provide an endless supply of elixirs for these demons.
What’s more, the troops of Hidden Stream are far more disciplined and military-like than the common human Immortal Sects. In Ning Xiaoxian’s view, although Hidden Stream has a long history of transition into a Demon Sect, it still maintains the rudiments of an army, with the smallest unit being a hundred soldiers overseen by a Travel Commander, which is much better than the chaotic individual fighting of human Immortal Sects.
At the same time, the combat methods of human cultivators are also observed by the Demon Soldiers of the Hidden Stream. The soldiers who return to the forest after a battle spread tales of the cultivators’ cowardice, fear of death, and love of life. Ning Xiaoxian even heard a Scorpion Demon boasting triumphantly, "My arm was chopped off, and yet I could still take on seven and knock out those soft eggs!" Those who heard rolled their eyes—who doesn’t know that a Scorpion Demon has six arms?
The Northwest Alliance, helpless, had no choice but to seek help from the nearest force—the Fengtian Prefecture. The Fengtian Prefecture, known for its formidable demon soldiers on the North Line, has a demanding reputation across the world. However, the Master of Fengtian Prefecture had recently fallen ill and refused visitors, and the Second Young Master Miluo, citing the immense pressure of combat on the North Line, refused the request of the Northwest Alliance to send troops.
Hidden Stream is indeed a thorny and tough bone to chew, by nature vengeance-seeking, and their residence in the Bashe Forest, which has been managed by the Hidden Stream for thousands of years, is as tough as iron. Unfortunately, the vast Continent has many rare herbs that are unique to the Bashe Forest. It’s clear to anyone with eyes that Fengtian Prefecture, seeing no advantage in this war, is unwilling to lend a hand. Besides, in this world where demons and humans coexist side by side, if you say that across the Continent demons favor kin over reason, they probably have even more of a soft spot for Hidden Stream in this battle.
By this point, Ning Xiaoxian couldn’t leave the Ba Snake Mountain Range, as Hidden Stream had already issued a wartime special decree to all forest guards: no members of Hidden Stream are allowed to go out unless permitted by the Sect Leader, otherwise, they will be put to death without mercy! Even though Langya is anxious to get out of the Ba Snake Mountain Range, he is not willing to leave the Hidden Stream at this critical time, so Ning Xiaoxian, who shoulders heavy responsibilities, is temporarily unable to leave and can only suppress her anxiety and wait quietly. Besides, this Demon Sect has deep ties with her, and she is also very concerned about the direction of the battlefield.
She had enjoyed a few days of rest at the outset, but as the friction between Hidden Stream and the Northwest Alliance escalated to armed conflicts, including her, all Pill Masters began to get busy. Under the command of Qingluan, they would either start refining elixirs or treat the wounded. The life force of demons is inherently many times more tenacious than humans, and with the protection of the Power of Ba Snake, treatment is not difficult. Qi Zai and Qingluan had long been affectionate, and she had been told of Ning Xiaoxian’s exceptional Alchemy Skill, so the task assigned to her was to refine elixirs.
Only then did the Demon Soldiers truly witness the miraculous effects of Ning Xiaoxian’s refined elixirs. Even the most common Resurrection Pills, Blood Replenishing Pills, and Detoxification Pills, as long as they came from her hands, their effectiveness was at least two to three times better than regular products. Especially the Recovery Pill that accelerates limb regeneration, after she had seen the regeneration of a tiger demon’s arms around Miluo, she made adjustments to this type of medicine. After the Demon Soldiers took these medicine pills, within 32 hours, they were sure to regenerate severed limbs and fully recover the wounds. Although the newly grown limbs were still somewhat weak, Ning Xiaoxian’s Recovery Pill was already more than twice as powerful than what other Pill Masters could refine. Normally, even if the Demon Soldiers could get this kind of medicine, it would take them half a month to regrow their limbs.
With the escalation of combat outside, this seemingly inconspicuous medicine alone had quickly made her a renowned figure within Hidden Stream. As soon as the Demon Soldiers knew they had been given medicine refined by Ning Xiaoxian, they immediately smiled broadly.
Why could they recognize it? It’s simple, the elixirs she produced all had a unique sweetness! And her output of refining Elixirs was extremely high; when others were refining one furnace of Elixirs, she could refine three or four—that’s because inside the God Demon Prison, there’s Qiongqi helping her refine elixirs. If the stockpile of Elixirs really gets tight, she could also bring an ordinary Pill Furnace into the God Demon Prison and let Changtian do it himself if necessary.
