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Chapter 243: Yimu Medicine King Scripture, Grandmaster's Approach to Eternal Youth
Chapter 243: Yimu Medicine King Scripture, Grandmaster's Approach to Eternal Youth
"Jade Dew Pill?"
Inside Bing Lan Palace.
The elderly woman sat up straight in her armchair, her cloudy eyes suddenly gleaming with vitality, her back straight, and her entire being exuding no signs of old age.
With a wave of her hand, the jade bottle in Xu Jingnian's hand flew into her grasp.
Xu Jingnian glanced at the white-haired old woman with a complex expression and then lowered his head.
Since Luo Chen had entrusted him with this task, he would do his best to fulfill it.
It wasn't out of fear of the other party's cultivation level, but because his nephew, Xu Xiaoliu, had become an elder in Luo Tianhui.
Moreover!
Other cultivators might not care about the Jade Dew Pill, but for the Ice Fortress, a sect primarily consisting of female cultivators, it was a top-grade spirit pill and wonder medicine.
By offering it, Xu Jingnian would be doing a great service.
After a long while, Shi Boying put down the jade bottle in her hand, her face showing a hint of excitement.
She lifted her head and looked directly at Xu Jingnian.
"You're saying that Luo Chen wants to do business with us for the Jade Dew Pill?"
"Yes!"
"Do you know where the Jade Dew Pill comes from? Does he have a supply channel from the Feng Hua Domain, or does he refine it himself?"
"It's not clear at the moment, but I'm inclined to believe the latter."
"Oh? How so?"
Xu Jingnian explained seriously, "Luo Tianhui originated from the Far East's Dahe Fang, and they've only been in Heavenly Wave Immortal City for a year. It's impossible for them to have a supply channel from the Feng Hua Domain."
Shi Boying nodded.
In fact, it had nothing to do with the supply channel.
Even in the Feng Hua Domain, the Jade Dew Pill was a highly sought-after pill.
It was usually exclusively supplied to the Feng Hua Palace, and even the leaked lower-grade pills were in small quantities.
The reason for this situation had nothing to do with the materials but was related to the difficulty of refinement.
Ordinary loose cultivators might not know that the pill formula for the Jade Dew Pill was not hard to find.
The Ice Fortress had one! But this pill was incredibly challenging to refine.
According to the Ice Fortress's second-stage alchemist, to refine this pill, one must achieve mastery in at least three pill techniques!
Furthermore, one must also be proficient in both water and fire pill refinement methods, allowing for smooth transitions during the refinement process.
Generally speaking, an alchemist with such abilities was far beyond an ordinary second-stage alchemist.
A third-stage alchemist could refine it.
However, the Ice Fortress did not have a third-stage alchemist.
Qingdan Valley had one! Nevertheless, the market for the Jade Dew Pill naturally filtered out the majority of male cultivators in the cultivation world.
Being a second-stage pill with low profit margins, most third-stage alchemists wouldn't bother with it.
Difficult to refine and unprofitable, this was the awkward position of the Jade Dew Pill.
"Is Luo Chen's pill refinement skill truly that high?"
Shi Boying was a bit skeptical.
But Xu Jingnian affirmed, "He is indeed an alchemist with exceptional pill refinement skills!"
"The establishment of Luo Tianhui is a tool he uses to refine pills for himself."
"As far as I know, many years ago, he was already skilled in refining first-stage superior-grade pills and had the ability to improve ordinary pill formulas."
"It's highly likely that after reaching the Foundation Establishment stage, he could refine the Jade Dew Pill!"
After hearing this explanation, Shi Boying still had some doubts.
She sent out a sound transmission, and soon, Shi Lan rushed in from outside.
Upon her inquiry, Shi Lan shared everything she knew about Luo Chen.
Learning about his substantial wealth and his lease of Crimson Peak for ten years, Shi Boying finally dispelled her suspicions.
Wealth was the true reflection of pill refinement skills! Truly skilled alchemists never lacked spirit stones.
Luo Chen's wealth was a testament to his exceptional pill refinement abilities.
"The Jade Dew Pill business?"
"If he can refine it, why not sell it directly? Why specifically seek out the Ice Fortress?"
After confirming, Shi Boying had more thoughts.
The other two remained silent.
"You two may leave now."
"I'll inform you of the details soon."
Xu Jingnian nodded and left.
Shi Lan blinked, a hint of concern in her heart.
...
Shi Boying's 'soon' turned out to be a long wait for Luo Chen.
Three months passed without any news.
Unfortunately, he couldn't rush others for this matter.
So, he channeled his energy into cultivation and pill refinement.
In three months, under his leadership, the Medicine Hall of Luo Tianhui embarked on a massive pill refinement campaign! Unlike the ordinary Earthfire in Little Universe Mountain, the Earthfire of Crimson Peak was a top-grade fire vein! As a result, efficiency significantly improved.
In three months, they refined nearly twenty thousand Jade Marrow Pills.
Luo Chen even felt he had the capacity to refine more.
However, he suppressed his greedy thoughts.
Instead of refining more Jade Marrow Pills for profit, he decided to use the extra time to refine the pills he needed more, such as the Spirit Gate Pill and the Jade Dew Pill.
During this process, good news kept arriving.
First, his pill techniques, Washing Stream Hand Technique and Cloud Transformation Hand Technique, simultaneously advanced to the Proficient level, earning him two achievement points.
This allowed him to refine the Jade Dew Pill with increasing ease.
Next was Qu Lingjun!
The other party had finally refined a Middle Grade Jade Marrow Pill!
This was undoubtedly good news.
It was common knowledge that Qu Lingjun was not even twenty years old yet!
At this age, refining a First Stage Middle Grade pill, if word got out, it would likely shock the entire Heavenly Wave Immortal City.
Even the Jade Cauldron Seven Sects would scramble to snatch him up.
Perhaps some might argue that his talent was lacking?
What a joke, with such alchemy talent, even a major sect would stuff him full of heavenly treasures and earth treasures, and still be able to push him to the Foundation Establishment Stage.
For those with true talent, innate talent was never an issue.
This talent was somewhat exaggerated.
But in reality, it was as it should be.
With Master Luo Chen, who had perfected the research on the Jade Marrow Pill, there was absolutely no issue with refining techniques.
And the most crucial aspect of alchemy was proficiency.
It was the accumulated experience of countless failures.
And in this regard, Qu Lingjun received the greatest support from Luo Chen.
During his seclusion, Luo Chen had ordered Luo Tianhui to fully support Qu Lingjun's experiments in pill refinement.
In the subsequent large-scale pill refinements, Qu Lingjun served as the first assistant, helping Luo Chen.
When Luo Chen rested, he even let Qu Lingjun refine pills himself, while he watched and guided from the side, summarizing the process whether it was a success or a failure.
In summary, Qu Lingjun's ability to refine a Middle Grade Jade Marrow Pill at this age was the result of his talent, a skilled master, and a wealth of experience.
When Luo Chen saw Qu Lingjun collect fifteen Middle Grade Jade Marrow Pills, he was overjoyed.
He was so pleased that he even rewarded Qu Lingjun with the mini Spirit Gathering Array.
The only request was that this matter could not be disclosed.
And the Middle Grade Jade Marrow Pills he refined from then on were to be credited to Luo Chen.
It wasn't about claiming Qu Lingjun's achievements, but to protect him.
A tree that stands out will be blown by the wind!
Luo Chen understood this principle all too well.
"With the help of the mini Spirit Gathering Array, you can accelerate your cultivation. Supplemented with pills..."
Luo Chen paused, then instructed, "It's necessary to take pills, but you must never be greedy. Otherwise, the consequences will be dire!"
Qu Lingjun happily accepted the Spirit Gathering Array.
He also deeply remembered Luo Chen's instructions.
The master would never harm him!
Seeing Qu Lingjun's joyful expression, Luo Chen felt reassured.
For this disciple, aside from alchemy, Luo Chen had also put some thought into his cultivation.
Every month, he provided Qu Lingjun with pills, calming incense, and Essence Nourishing Spirit Liquid without fail.
Now, he had even gifted Qu Lingjun with the mini Spirit Gathering Array.
With all these efforts, Qu Lingjun's cultivation speed had greatly increased.
With the Four Spirit Roots, he could still achieve Foundation Establishment!
What the major sects could do, Luo Chen was confident he could do as well.
Wasn't it just a matter of providing resources?
He was capable of supplying the resources for a mere Qi Condensation Stage disciple.
Moreover, as Qu Lingjun became able to steadily refine Middle Grade Jade Marrow Pills, the generated income was already quite impressive.
One could even say that Luo Chen didn't need to provide for him anymore.
Qu Lingjun could achieve self-sufficiency on his own.
What Luo Chen truly needed to do was to provide guidance as a skilled master and offer protection.
After a day's work of pill refinement, Luo Chen hurried back to Heavenly Wave Peak in his Flying Vessel.
It wasn't that he had to cultivate in a Second Rank Cave Mansion.
But the last piece of good news he had was already quite some time ago.
Recently, he was in the validation period.
...
【Yimu Medicine King Scripture Grandmaster 501/1000】
In the cave mansion, Luo Chen's gaze was fixed on the void.
On the Attribute Panel, under the Techniques section, the entry for the Yimu Medicine King Scripture was shimmering with a faint light.
It had reached the Grandmaster level!
After several months of uninterrupted cultivation, along with the Fiery God Incense being used twice more each day.
He had finally raised the proficiency of his innate technique to the Grandmaster level.
This change had occurred a couple of days ago.
However, after reaching the Grandmaster level, there wasn't a clear transformation.
But Luo Chen felt that there was a subtle change somewhere.
So, these past few days, he had been closely monitoring his condition.
This time, as he examined his own body, he finally discovered a significant change in his dantian.
With a thought, a drop of Spirit Essence appeared on his fingertip.
It was his liquefied Spirit Energy!
Upon reaching the perfection of Qi Condensation, his Spirit Energy had been purified to the extreme, appearing as a deep azure color.
After Foundation Establishment, it still maintained this color.
But over the past two days, as he condensed new Spirit Essence, the color had changed.
Deep azure turned to green, brimming with vitality! Unceasing and everlasting, like eternal youth.
"This sign seems to be... the Eternal Youth Scripture?"
In his surprise, Luo Chen silently confirmed his guess.
The Changchun Gong and Yimu Medicine King Scripture, which were circulated in the cultivation world, were actually abridged versions of the Eternal Youth Scripture from the Medicine King Sect.
They only extracted some of its characteristics, while the most crucial ones were all modified.
Such as actively purifying Spirit Energy, the unceasing flow of Spirit Energy, and the everlasting vitality in the world, and so on.
It could be said that the Yimu Medicine King Scripture that Luo Chen had previously cultivated was merely a name in vain!
Each time it was activated, it only absorbed external spirit energy without any additional bonuses.
However, after reaching the Grandmaster Level, this second-rank technique, the Eternal Youth Scripture, finally showed some signs of living up to its name.
Luo Chen could clearly feel the power of this drop of spirit essence in his hand.
Compared to the spirit essence he had condensed before, this one was even purer!
Its power was also greater!
"Let me test it out and see how effective it really is!"
How to test the effects of spirit energy?
The answer, of course, is spells!
Fireball Spell, Binding Spell, Healing Spell, Earth Mountain Spell...
Under Luo Chen's control, he released all the spells he knew, both large and small.
Although it was only a minimal display, it still showed the richness of a Foundation Establishment Cultivator's spirit energy.
Ordinary Qi Condensation Stage cultivators couldn't achieve this level.
After a series of displays, Luo Chen fell into deep thought.
"I have a Five Elements spirit root, so I can cast Five Elements spells."
"I didn't realize it before, but now I know that the spirit energy produced by my main cultivation technique has such a huge bonus for spells of the same attribute!"
Yes!
During that test, whether it was the Fireball Spell or the Earth Mountain Spell, there wasn't much difference from before.
The increase in power was minimal.
But when it came to the Binding Spell and Healing Spell, the effects were particularly noticeable.
"Almost doubling the power!"
"The Yimu Medicine King Scripture... That's right! This technique should indeed give me a boost in Wood Attribute spells."
"With this, the Grand Mastery level Binding Spell won't be so useless anymore, and it can become one of my minor killing moves."
"As for the Healing Spell, I might be able to push it to Grand Mastery, and who knows, it might have miraculous effects!"
Muttering to himself, Luo Chen concluded his experiment with the Grandmaster Level Yimu Medicine King Scripture.
It was only a temporary end!
He could sense that after reaching the Grandmaster Level, this technique still had many changes to come.
It was just that the time was too short, so these changes couldn't manifest yet.
In the future, as long as he persisted in his cultivation, he would eventually grasp its essence.
Just as he was about to continue cultivating after sorting out his thoughts, a sudden thought crossed his mind.
He stepped out of the quiet room, and there was Bai Meiling, floating aimlessly beside the cave mansion's formation.
Seeing Luo Chen, she pointed excitedly outside.
"There's a telecommunication talisman!"
Luo Chen raised an eyebrow and reached out his hand.
The buzzing talisman outside immediately flew into his hand.
[Fellow Daoist Luo Chen, tomorrow morning, at the Yi Yi Cave Mansion on Heavenly Wave Peak, I await your arrival.] - Shi Boying.
Yi Yi Cave Mansion!
Luo Chen's heart stirred slightly.
On Heavenly Wave Peak, there were numerous cave mansions, divided into five levels.
Jia, Yi, Bing, Ding, and Wu.
Each level corresponded to third-rank, second-rank Superior, Middle, and Inferior grades, as well as first-rank Superior grade.
The one he currently lived in was the Ding Shi Qi Cave Mansion.
The numbers didn't represent quality, and the spirit energy concentration in cave mansions of the same grade didn't vary much.
He lived here only because the previous cultivator had moved out.
But the one ranked first could, to some extent, represent something.
Yi Yi!
This was already the best and highest-ranked second-rank Superior cave mansion below the third-rank ones.
Could Shi Boying have such a high status?
Luo Chen was puzzled, but his heart was filled with anticipation.
The other party was inviting him to discuss the Jade Dew Pill business, no doubt.
"That's good, too. Luo Tianhui has been stockpiling many Jade Marrow Pills, and I've been wondering when to start selling them."
"If we can reach an agreement here, then I'll truly have an endless supply of spirit stones!"
...
The next morning.
Luo Chen freshened up, changing into a brand-new and clean Superior grade Daoist robe.
His long black hair was neatly combed back, with a Daoist hairpin.
As he walked, his steps were like a dragon's stride and a tiger's pace, yet he maintained a carefree and natural demeanor.
Bai Meiling held a mirror and flew beside him.
"Master, you look so beautiful!"
Luo Chen gave her a speechless glance, wondering how the word 'beautiful' could be used to describe a man.
But looking at himself in the mirror, he did feel that he had changed significantly from before.
His bone structure and facial features hadn't changed much.
It was mainly his skin color, temperament, and the composure and confidence in his every gesture.
The skin color was understandable, a result of his successful cultivation and minor mastery of the Qingyuan Miaodan Technique.
But the rest was a result of experiencing too many things, nurtured bit by bit.
The ancients often said, "A well-read person exudes an aura of elegance."
But what could change a person's temperament, was it just books?
"Reading thousands of books is not as good as traveling thousands of miles."
"I, Luo Chen, have traveled far more than a thousand miles!"
With a light laugh, Luo Chen turned and walked out the door.
He looked up at the towering immortal mountain peaks, then soared like a great roc riding the wind, stirring up countless giant waterfalls.
His figure moved gracefully through the rising clouds.
He leaped over the mountains and arrived at a place shrouded in ice and snow.
Luo Chen descended step by step, his voice carrying in the distance.
"Luo Tianhui's Luo Chen, here to visit the fellow Daoist!"
(End of Chapter)
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