78.The Pill Formula for Making a Fortune

Yuan Yuan felt deeply regretful. If his master used the Immortal Mastery Token, wouldn't the Baodan Sect become a member of the Taigu Pavilion? They would have so much face when going out! In this Shuijing Domain, they could practically walk around as they pleased!

Suddenly, Yuan Yuan felt that something was off. "Stolen? Master, where did you steal it from? Didn't anyone chase after you for stealing such a thing?"

Huang Zhiwen smiled and said, "Of course, there were people chasing after me, and quite a few of them! I got myself into a lot of trouble in the Tianxin Domain back then. I also met Sect Master Ye at that time. She saved me several times, and I also got to know many wandering cultivators during our escape."

"Looking back now, that period of time was really carefree and unrestrained! If I could do it all over again... Tsk tsk tsk!"

Looking at Huang Zhiwen's heartless appearance, Yuan Yuan was at a loss for words. He said in a low voice, "So, Master, you've already decided to protect Xu Shan, right? I still feel that it's a bit of a waste to let him use this thing."

"Who said I've decided to protect him? No matter how good my relationship with Sect Master Ye is, I can't just give away such a precious treasure for free. Sect Master Ye definitely wouldn't ask for it without giving anything in return. So, besides the inheritance, there must be something else valuable on Xu Shan."

"If he doesn't come to his senses, then we'll just wait for him to come to me when he does."

Yuan Yuan was about to speak again, but Huang Zhiwen stopped him. "Alright, don't ask so many questions. Xu Shan is really something! He can dominate the secret realm even at the Foundation Establishment stage. He's definitely a talented person!"

"When you have time, you can spar with him. Just blindly refining pills all day long isn't the way to go. Use your alchemy techniques to have a few rounds with him!"

"Got it, Master."

"Yeah, and... What has he been doing these days?"

Yuan Yuan thought for a moment and said, "Refining pills. He spends most of his time refining pills, and he only refines Body Forging Pills. But I feel like he wants to improve the pill formula. He's bought a lot of Flower Essence Honey Paste and Butterfly Wing Grass."

Flower Essence Honey Paste? Butterfly Wing Grass? Huang Zhiwen stroked his chin and thought. The smell of Flower Essence Honey Paste is extremely strong, but its medicinal effect is almost zero. It's basically only used as an auxiliary ingredient to suppress the strange smell of some pills. Butterfly Wing Grass is hardly used by anyone. It's a kind of useless spiritual herb.

A large amount? There isn't a single pill that can use these two things in large quantities. He's a newbie, really full of unrealistic ideas!

"Alright, let him do as he pleases. Anyway, he's paying with spirit stones. Besides refining pills, has he done anything else?"

"Um.... Practicing! The rest of the time, he practices swordsmanship. He practices until very late every day and is very diligent."

"But the swordsmanship he practices is really strange....." Yuan Yuan looked troubled.

"How strange is it? Give me a brief demonstration." Huang Zhiwen asked.

Yuan Yuan took out his flying sword, stabbed the air continuously, and then put the sword away. Huang Zhiwen was stunned. "This is just a stabbing sword move. What's so special about it?"

"Yes, but he only practices this one move! He also drew a target, and there's a flower drawn in the middle." Yuan Yuan used his hands to gesture a circle about the size of a buttocks.

"He only stabs at the center of the circle, and he stabs hundreds of times in one move. I even asked him specifically... He said this set of swordsmanship is called... something like 'Fierce Thrusting Three Thousand Times'."

"Fierce Thrusting Three Thousand Times"? When did such a crude name for swordsmanship appear in the cultivation world? And there's only one move?

Huang Zhiwen thought for a while, and the corner of his mouth twitched slightly. "This kid is hiding his true abilities! Alright, when you have time, spar with him and you'll know the gap in your strengths."

"Remember, don't tell anyone about today's things. Go out now. I'm going to refine pills."

"Your disciple takes his leave."

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In the low-level alchemy room of the Baodan Sect. An extremely strong floral fragrance filled the air, and for some reason, the air was dyed a light pink color.

Xu Shan had stuffed cloth strips into his nostrils. He controlled the fire with both hands and stared at the alchemy furnace with concentration.

This was already the eighth day of his pill refining. Although he had received some simple pill refining attempts in the Xinglan Sect, it was still extremely difficult for him to actually start refining pills for the first time.

The basic knowledge left in the "Hundred Explanations of True Alchemy" was very comprehensive. But the cultivators in the cultivation world had a really poor concept of quantification! He could only feel the changes in the fire and the guidance of the spiritual energy input through descriptions, and it was different at each stage. With the slightest mistake, a batch of pills would turn into useless pills.

This was just the most basic Yellow Rank First Grade pill, and the refining time was very short. It took him three days to refine the first batch of pills. The pill aura and the appearance of the pills weren't very good either. According to the standards given in the "Hundred Explanations of True Alchemy", they could only be considered low-grade.

However, after successfully refining the first batch of pills and gaining some experience, things started to go much more smoothly. With Zhang Biao's assistance, he could control the spiritual energy with quite a high level of precision.

By the fifth day, the success rate of refining Body Forging Pills had already increased to 50%!

Now, he had already started to try to improve the pill formula according to the descriptions of various medicinal properties and combinations in the alchemy scriptures.

The first medicinal ingredient, Flower Essence Honey Paste, this most unremarkable auxiliary ingredient was the best choice. But how to incorporate the Flower Essence Honey Paste into the Body Forging Pill was an important issue. Once the Flower Essence Honey Paste was refined with fire and mixed with other spiritual herbs, its smell would become milder, or even strange.

This single ingredient wasn't enough. Xu Shan searched hard, and his efforts paid off. He found another unremarkable thing.

Butterfly Wing Grass, a spiritual herb that was entirely pinkish-red. The spiritual energy contained in it was extremely weak. It could treat external injuries and could also only be used as an auxiliary ingredient. It could be called the lowest-grade spiritual herb.

But as its name suggests, it had a lot of powder on it. When the wind blew, it could even dye the air red. This powder was completely useless. After eating it, it only had one special effect, which was to make people sweat a light pink color...

How to combine these two things with the Body Forging Pill had been bothering him for two whole days.

Trying to develop a new pill formula was as difficult as reaching the sky for a newbie like him. The medicinal properties themselves were one thing, but after being refined and combined with other spiritual herbs, they would change dramatically. Trying to grasp these changes was still extremely difficult for his limited experience.

However, just yesterday, Xu Shan had found a solution! And it was even very efficient!

....

The pill refining process in front of him had reached the last step. Xu Shan didn't dare to relax for a moment and carefully controlled the flow of the fire.

Until after ten seconds, a fragrant smell of pills wafted out of the alchemy furnace. Xu Shan retracted his hands and let out a sigh of relief.

With one hand, he mixed the Flower Essence Honey Paste beside him with a large amount of Butterfly Wing Grass powder and kneaded it into a small pill. With the other hand, he opened the lid of the furnace and took out the unformed pill from inside.

He continued to knead the pill! Soon, a pill that was twice the size of an ordinary Body Forging Pill appeared in Xu Shan's hand.

It was still a Body Forging Pill, but now it had a filling!

Looking at the pill in his hand, Xu Shan was delighted. If the effect of this Body Forging Pill with filling could be achieved... It would be enough to make him extremely wealthy! This was the confidence of a modern person!

Xu Shan was a little excited. After contemplating for a moment... He put the pill into his mouth.

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