Chapter 80: Analysis and Completing the Elixir Formula
Chapter 80: Analysis and Completing the Elixir Formula
"Come, let's drink to this cup!"
"May your journey be smooth and safe, Olivia. May you travel a thousand miles and return unharmed!"
Under the moonlight, in the small courtyard, five people gathered around, enjoying a feast and drinking merrily. If an outsider were to see this, they might think it was a celebration of some joyous occasion. In reality, it was a farewell banquet for Olivia Fu.
This young woman, with her gentle and resilient demeanor, had left a deep impression on everyone. Her departure was genuinely heartfelt, and everyone in the courtyard felt a sense of loss.
Olivia Fu put down her cup and scanned the faces of her friends, lingering on Cai Yi Gu for a moment longer.
"I'm leaving, and there are some things I can't take with me. Most of them I've left for Xia Feng. But I've also prepared some gifts for you all."
"Here's a scent-removal talisman for you, Ling Xiao. You spend a lot of time at the Hundred Herbs Hall, and the various herbal scents tend to linger on your body. I know you don't like those mixed smells. With this talisman, you can periodically activate it to remove any unpleasant odors."
Ling Xiao looked at the pristine talisman in her hand, feeling both honored and surprised.
"Olivia, you're the one going on a long journey. Shouldn't we be the ones giving you gifts? How can we accept these?"
Olivia Fu gently shook her head and then pulled out two pots of spiritual plants from her storage bag.
"Here's a Moonlight Grass, Chen Luo. I know you've always liked it. Since I can't take it with me, I'll give it to you."
Chen Luo opened his mouth to decline but found himself unable to do so. The Moonlight Grass was indeed very beneficial to him. It helped him calm his mind and had even once awakened him from a heart tribulation. He later reflected on why he had encountered a heart tribulation at such a low cultivation level. Apart from overexertion and external stimuli, the complex mindset of a Transmigrator was undoubtedly a significant factor. The Moonlight Grass was truly a powerful aid in his cultivation.
While he hesitated, Olivia Fu handed another small pot to a surprised Cai Yi Gu.
"A budding Purple Sunflower. I've always wanted to grow one in the courtyard, but I always failed."
Someone's face turned red.
"I managed to cultivate this one successfully just a few days ago."
"Cai Yi, I'm giving this flower to you."
This time, her eyes held no trace of dislike for Cai Yi Gu, only a faint admiration.
"You're different from the others. You've already left the Heavenly Fragrance Pavilion, and your future might be more challenging. But I believe that even if your eyes are clouded with dust, your heart will remain clear, and you will know what you truly want. You might still find yourself in the mire, but I hope you will always grow towards the sun, just like this Purple Sunflower."
Cai Yi Gu covered her mouth, tears welling up in her eyes. Women were always so emotional.
Chen Luo held the pot of Moonlight Grass, which he had been taking care of, now truly belonging to him. He said with a slight blush, "We should be the ones giving you a gift, Olivia. You're going to a place where you don't know anyone, and you'll have to start all over again."
"Start all over again?"
Olivia Fu smiled, "Yes, leaving this place of sorrow, everything should start anew."
Seeing the melancholic expressions of her friends, she suddenly shared a piece of news.
"The Divine Talisman Sect has given me a chance. If I can successfully build my foundation within five years, I can become an inner disciple."
Everyone was surprised. She had failed once before, yet the Divine Talisman Sect was still willing to give her another chance? That must mean they would provide a Foundation Building Pill.
Olivia Fu didn't elaborate, but everyone stopped worrying about her and instead wished her success in building her foundation. They encouraged her to achieve greatness and not forget her friends!
"Are you leaving in five days?"
"I should be free then. I'll come to see you off!"
Chen Luo, as if remembering something, spoke up.
In the quiet room, Chen Luo took a Qi Nourishing Pill and practiced the Eternal Spring Technique, surrounded by the faint, soothing fragrance of the Moonlight Grass. After completing one cycle, he checked his attribute panel, and his realm progress bar had increased slightly.
After finishing his practice, he felt a mix of fatigue and joy. The feeling of getting immediate feedback for his efforts was indeed addictive.
Lying in bed, he took out the beast skin again.
"Blood Slaughter Pill, I wonder if I can directly learn it?"
He had twenty-one achievement points, enough to learn two first-tier elixir formulas.
However, the Blood Fiend Pill is a second-rank elixir.
As Luo Chen pondered, the achievement points section of his attribute panel flickered, then revealed several new entries.
【Achievement Points: 21 Points (Sufficient for introductory techniques, spells, and skills of corresponding realms)】
【Host is currently at First Rank in both cultivation and alchemy. Ten times the achievement points are required for mastery.】
【Incomplete elixir formulas of the same rank can be analyzed to complete and master them.】
Reading these three lines, Luo Chen was taken aback.
Then, he was overjoyed!
It wasn't that he couldn't master the technique; he just lacked the achievement points.
Moreover, this system had the ability to analyze and complete incomplete elixir formulas.
This meant that once he advanced to the Foundation Establishment stage, he could complete the Jade Dew Pill formula, right?
After all, the Jade Dew Pill wasn't some obscure elixir.
It was a mainstream cultivation elixir for female cultivators and those with a yin constitution, with a very good market!
Furthermore, selling this elixir wouldn't risk conflict with the Jade Peak Sword Sect or the Medicine King Sect.
This was because the Jade Dew Pill originated from beyond the Six Eastern Realms, produced by a sect in the Eastern Wasteland's Thirty-Six Realms, where female cultivators were predominant.
If he could advance to the Foundation Establishment stage and complete the Jade Dew Pill formula, it would likely become a significant source of income for Luo Chen.
Stay calm, don't panic!
Luo Chen didn't dwell on distant possibilities but focused on the present.
"Uncle Mi Huahua clearly mentioned that he has a complete elixir formula and an incomplete one."
"Perhaps I can make good use of them."
The next day, as soon as dawn broke, Luo Chen and Gu Caiyi hurried out, heading straight for the Crescent Moon Valley.
The Great River Market was remote but vast!
Because of its remoteness, most of the surrounding areas were not utilized.
The most developed area was undoubtedly the outer city slums surrounding the inner city, with tens of thousands of houses scattered in all directions.
Apart from the areas close to the inner city, most were still quite sparse.
Like Luo Chen's initial small courtyard, there were no neighbors within a kilometer.
The cultivators weren't fools.
With the tacit approval of the Jade Peak Sword Pavilion, they made reasonable use of the area.
For instance, the Li, Duan, and Nangong families, whom Luo Chen and Wang Yuan had mentioned, occupied some minor spirit veins.
As the largest local independent cultivator force, the Mountain Breaking Gang naturally wouldn't let good places go to waste.
The Crescent Moon Valley was one such place.
Upon arriving, Luo Chen felt the spiritual energy here was less dense than in the inner city but more concentrated than in the outer city.
"This place once had a star silver vein, which the Jade Peak Sword Pavilion had excavated and then left abandoned."
"Later, Chief Mi spent some spirit stones, and the Crescent Moon Valley became ours."
Sikong Shoujia pointed to the busy crowd in the valley and smiled, "Don't underestimate this abandoned mine valley. There's actually a branch of a spirit vein underground, suitable for cultivating low-rank spirit herbs."
Luo Chen and Gu Caiyi followed his finger and indeed saw large patches of spirit grass planted in spirit fields and on the crevices of the mountain walls.
Gu Caiyi couldn't help but ask, "Can it be used for cultivation?"
"It's manageable, but the results will definitely be inferior to the main spiritual vein in the inner city." Sikong Shoujia replied.
Luo Chen smacked his lips, "It's already much better than the outer city where I initially lived."
Gu Caiyi, who had also experienced renting in the outer city, sighed, "A place like this would make any independent cultivator envious!"
"Envious?"
Sikong Shoujia sneered, "They'd need the strength to break in first."
Both Luo Chen and Gu Caiyi agreed.
The Crescent Moon Valley wasn't some public restroom for anyone to enter and exit freely.
This place was home to two major branches of the Mountain Breaking Gang.
Just among the Ninth Rank Qi Condensation experts, there were four: Sikong Shoujia, Murong Qianlian, Gu Caiyi, and a hall overseer from the Alchemy Hall.
Additionally, there were six more cultivators at the Seventh and Eighth Rank Qi Condensation levels.
With this lineup, coupled with over a hundred early and mid-stage cultivators, and the easily defensible terrain, it was a fortress.
Who could conquer it without reaching the Foundation Establishment stage?
"Our Alchemy Hall is built in the safest, deepest part of the Crescent Moon Valley. Little Hall Master Luo, shall we go see your alchemy room first?"
(End of Chapter)
Chapter end
Report
