chsdbacks Chapter 420 Asking the Truth and the Poison Master
Chapter 420 Asking the Truth and the Poison Master
Chapter 420 Asking the Truth and the Poison Master
"I wonder what treasures the Yu family will send?"
Chen Beiwu looked at the last congratulatory gift and activated the Heavenly Gang True Scripture.
"despair!"
The lid slides open backward, revealing two items placed side by side on the left and right.
On the left is a pure white jade bottle about three inches tall, with the words "Wenzhen Dan" (meaning "Asking for the True Elixir") written on it.
On the right is a gold-stamped invitation made from special animal hide.
Chen Beiwu picked up the jade bottle and the note, his divine sense stirred, and his eyes revealed a look of understanding.
The congratulatory gift from the Yu family was simple: in addition to congratulating Chen Beiwu on attaining the Dao True Monarch and presenting the gift, they also invited him to become a cultivation lecturer for the younger generation of the Yu family, to impart the Great Dao of Golden Elixir.
"Hey."
While Chen Beiwu was pondering, Schiller did not forget his duty. He stepped forward, opened the stopper of the restricted bottle, and sniffed it.
The elixir inside the bottle was non-toxic and smelled very good. It contained many fourth-tier mystical herbs that it had never seen before, so the medicinal effect should be very potent.
There are no safety concerns, so you can take it with confidence.
"What did the post say?" Golden Egg asked curiously.
"The Yu family invited me to serve as a cultivation mentor, to teach the younger generation of the Yu family the Great Dao of Golden Core." Chen Beiwu raised an eyebrow, looking surprised.
The Yu family showed great sincerity, stating that during his tenure as the Yu family's cultivation mentor, regardless of the number of times he preached, the Yu family would definitely offer him a True Inquiry Pill as a reward for every fifty years of service.
"Eek?" (Is this a high reward?)
Zhiling raised her head, somewhat surprised.
After fifty years of hard teaching, I finally obtained a single pill. This reward is quite generous.
Sensing Zhiling's doubts, Chen Beiwu shook his head slightly.
The little one is a princess of the Seven-Tailed Purple Fox clan, and not a human cultivator, so she doesn't know the importance of the True Essence Pill.
While the fourth-tier Xuan Dan, which typically enhances the power and cultivation of a Nascent Soul True Monarch, is precious, it can be purchased at the Wanbao Society with high-grade spirit stones or exchanged through other means.
However, this True Pill is different; like the Qianxingzhi, it is a non-saleable item that is almost never circulated in the Immortal Alliance market.
The reason is simple: the Wenzhen Pill is a secret pill for breaking through realms that only the Thirteen Immortal Sects possess.
This elixir neither increases magical power nor nourishes the spirit; its only effect is to be taken when encountering limitations in one's cultivation level.
At that time, the Nascent Soul True Monarch will be able to perceive in the darkness the conditions for seeking truth and position that belong to him, and thus find a way to successfully break through to the next realm.
However, although the True Elixir is precious, it is not a necessary item for a Nascent Soul True Monarch's cultivation.
Even without taking the Truth-Seeking Pill, a Nascent Soul True Lord can still achieve oneness with Heaven and Man, comprehend the Dao of Heaven and Earth, gradually explore their own path to seeking truth and position, and understand the general situation of the Truth-Seeking Ritual.
However, such insights are mysterious and vague, and may not necessarily lead to the correct way of seeking truth; in fact, they may even lead one astray.
Therefore, unless there is no other way out, the vast majority of Nascent Soul True Monarchs in the Immortal Alliance will choose to take the Asking Truth Pill.
However, the Asking Truth Pill is extremely rare, and within the Jade Purity Immortal Sect, it needs to be obtained by exchanging years of cultivation.
An ordinary Nascent Soul True Monarch serving as a resident lecturer in the Jade Purity Immortal Sect needs four hundred years to obtain a True Inquiry Pill. To attain the Four Elements Dao and achieve the Perfection of True Monarch status, one needs to accumulate at least sixteen hundred years of cultivation experience.
A person with superb teaching skills can cultivate enough Nascent Soul True Monarchs to become Golden Core True Persons for their sect. They can serve as a Lecturer of the Scriptures. They can obtain one Asking-True Pill with two hundred years of cultivation, and accumulate four pills with eight hundred years of cultivation.
However, the cultivation of a Nascent Soul True Monarch not only requires the True Elixir, but also various cultivation resources similar to the Qianxingzhi (a low-end version).
If an ordinary Nascent Soul True Monarch truly wanted to rely on their cultivation years to accumulate the resources needed for breaking through to the next realm, without taking longevity-extending elixirs, they might not be able to reach the late Nascent Soul stage even if they managed to survive until their lifespan was about to end.
This is precisely why, although serving as a lecturer in a celestial sect is leisurely and prestigious, Nascent Soul True Monarchs who aspire to the path of immortality and find it difficult to rely on Daoist Immortal Clan or True Venerable Clan will generally choose to join the Star Pivot.
Even if they can't become Star Conquerors, they should still venture into the boundless star field to risk their lives and earn merits for the Immortal Alliance.
Thinking of this, Chen Beiwu looked at the pure white jade bottle, a thoughtful look in his eyes.
Compared to the seniority-based salary offered by the Jade Purity Immortal Sect, the sincerity shown by the Yu family was undeniable.
The pill in front of him was probably bait deliberately placed by the Yu family to let him personally experience the effects of the Inquiry Pill, so that they could win him over.
"Eek?" (Should I say yes?)
Zhiling tilted her head.
"No rush, let's take another look."
Chen Beiwu shook his head and probed the sky outside the cave with his divine sense.
The higher one's cultivation level, the deeper one's vision, and the more one understands the limits of heaven and earth.
For Chen Beiwu, joining a Daoist immortal clan like the Yu family was certainly a good choice, but he also needed to get a suitable price.
The few Wenzhen Pills offered by the Yu family alone were not enough to tempt Chen Beiwu.
So he took out the Nine-Turn Rejuvenating Pill given to him by the Xiao family, concentrated his mind and calmed his breath, pressed his tongue against the tip of his nose, and used the Primordial True Essence Immortal Technique to swallow it.
As the elixir enters the Yellow Court, a gentle warmth arises from the dantian and gradually spreads throughout the body.
"Boom!"
As the medicinal power of the pill spread, Chen Beiwu's bones became smooth as jade, his blood as rich as mercury, and all the acupoints in his body vibrated simultaneously, emitting trembling Dao sounds.
Before long, the medicinal power transformed into nine special true essences, which ascended along the meridians, converged in the Purple Mansion, and slowly enveloped the Dao Seed Nascent Soul in the center of Chen Bei's Martial Spirit Platform.
In an instant, the nascent soul radiated a warm and gentle light, and the nine true paths corresponding to the nine true paths of Yu Zhen, Hao Zhen, Xuan Zhen, and Zhi Zhen merged into the nine orifices of the nascent soul.
Nine cycles rotate, each performing its own function. With each integration of a true essence, Chen Beiwu's Dao Seed Nascent Soul becomes more solid, more agile, and stronger. In this way, the Nascent Soul, which originally required a hundred years of meditation and forgetting its origins, gradually becomes flawless.
Ten days later, the strange phenomena inside the cave gradually subsided.
Chen Beiwu slowly opened his eyes, the divine light in them gradually fading away.
"Nine cycles of practice yield a thousand miles in a day. A hundred years of embryonic breathing can be achieved in ten years."
A sudden realization dawned on Chen Beiwu.
Without needing to seclude himself for a hundred years, as long as the Nine-Turn Rejuvenating Pill's medicinal power is fully digested, he can naturally reach the peak of the early Nascent Soul stage in about ten years.
"How are you feeling?"
Golden Egg stared intently at Chen Beiwu, keenly sensing the change in its master's aura.
"very good."
As soon as Chen Beiwu finished speaking, a loud bang resounded in the alchemy room.
At this moment, outside the alchemy room, Tie Dan frowned as he looked at Xue Le, who had his hands behind his back and was looking around.
Even though it said it wouldn't work because the medicinal properties might clash, Schiller insisted on adding medicinal residue!
"Tell me, what happened?"
Chen Beiwu looked at the billowing black smoke rising from the alchemy room with some surprise.
Given Tie Dan's current alchemy skills, even if he failed to refine the pills, it wouldn't cause such a commotion.
It should be noted that since Tie Dan advanced to the fourth realm demon king, his alchemy skills have become increasingly superb. His success rate in refining the fourth-grade low-level Xuan Dan [Nourishing Spirit Pill] has reached a terrifying 10%, which can barely be called a half-step fourth-grade Xuan Dan master.
However, training advanced alchemists requires a lot of resources.
In order to continue training Tie Dan to become a Xuan Dan master, Chen Beiwu specially selected the Nourishing Spirit Pill, a fourth-order Xuan Dan that was not expensive to refine and could be purchased with high-grade spirit stones, for the little guy to practice with.
When Tie Dan can increase the success rate of Nourishing Spirit Pills to 30%, he will be a genuine fourth-level Xuan Dan Master.
"It was when I was refining pills that the furnace exploded," Tie Dan said truthfully.
Upon hearing this, Xue Le avoided eye contact, not daring to look at Chen Beiwu.
Chen Beiwu did not blame him; instead, he became interested. As far as he knew, Schiller was a master at planting, but not very good at alchemy.
Why are these two little guys suddenly teaming up to refine pills?
"Hey."
Schiller bowed its head in response, indicating that it simply wanted to improve the formula for the Nourishing Spirit Pill.
"It's nothing, it's just an alchemy room."
With a thought, Chen Beiwu caused the pill residue and black smoke in the pill room to compress and converge together, forming a pitch-black pill that floated in the air.
"Wait, something's not right. The recipe for the Nourishing Spirit Pill doesn't seem to include the third-grade high-quality treasures, Purple Jade Fungus and Star Crow."
Having spent more time with Tie Dan, Chen Beiwu had learned some alchemy knowledge.
"Hey."
Seeing that Chen Beiwu wasn't angry, Xue Le immediately voiced his thoughts.
It was alright if Tie Dan failed to refine pills once or twice, but after failing many times, it couldn't help but have the idea of giving him pointers on how to refine pills.
In short, it cannot allow Tie Dan to waste such excellent precious and mysterious medicines.
Upon hearing this, Chen Beiwu's expression turned somewhat strange.
Interesting, a classic case of an outsider instructing an expert.
Surprisingly, Xuele dared to give advice, and Tiedan actually dared to believe it.
These two little guys together are truly a perfect pair of geniuses!
Tie Dan nodded, indicating that that was roughly how things were.
Chen Beiwu shook his head, and with a thought, he was about to activate the Primordial True Qi to destroy the Black Pill.
Suddenly, he sensed something unusual.
"Hmm, something seems off about this pill!"
Chen Beiwu's gaze fell on the strangely charred black pill, and he keenly sensed a discordant spiritual energy.
He extended his fingertip and activated the Primordial True Essence. The charred residue on the outside of the pill gradually dissipated, leaving only a tiny, dust-like black speckle.
After a moment of contemplation, Chen Beiwu took out the third-tier magic sword from the storage ring of Shangyi Zhenjun and gently touched the dark micro-pebble with the tip of the sword.
The next moment, something astonishing happened to Tie Dan.
The micro-pebbles were not annihilated by the magic sword. Instead, the precious light contained within the sword dimmed rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye, and then turned into ashes in just a few breaths.
This annihilation is not simply destruction, but more like a plundering and pollution of spirituality and inspiration.
"What is this?"
Tie Dan subconsciously looked at Xue Le, his eyes filled with surprise.
Did it misunderstand Schiller?
Schiller wasn't causing trouble; instead, he was genuinely guiding it in alchemy, and it actually produced some excellent results!
"Hey."
Schiller blinked, then crossed his arms and looked up triumphantly.
Although it didn't know what this thing was, it didn't matter; Schiller could vaguely sense the threat it posed.
From now on, this will be the fourth-tier Xuan Dan that it guided Tie Dan to refine.
No, to be more precise, it should be Tier 4 Poisonous Gravel.
"I didn't expect that the two of you would achieve such success in the art of poison concoction." Chen Beiwu chuckled.
These poisonous pebbles may seem simple, but they contain a variety of qualities such as concealment, spiritual corrosiveness, knowledge stripping, and defilement. They can ignore the divine sense of a True Monarch and are just like ordinary gravel and dust, making them suitable for sneak attacks and assassinations.
Hearing Chen Beiwu's praise, Xue Le raised his head higher and became even more proud.
Tie Dan realized what was happening and looked speechless.
Does Schiller not understand what good and bad words are?
How can someone be proud of turning alchemy into poison?
What the master wants is the Spirit Nourishing Pill, which can enhance the cultivation of a True Monarch, not the useless Poisonous Gravel.
"Sherlock, besides the Purple Jade Mushroom and the Starry Night Crow, what other precious medicines did you add? Will you be able to continue working with Iron Egg to refine this kind of poisonous gravel in the future?" Chen Beiwu asked with great interest.
To him, a single poisonous grain was insignificant; what was rare was its unique nature—it was neither purely malevolent nor purely non-elemental—that allowed it to erode and corrupt the Nascent Soul True Monarch's Heavenly Gang True Essence and Divine Consciousness.
This means that if there are enough poisonous pebbles, their power can be stacked, and he might be able to develop a particularly insidious and powerful technique specifically for Zhiling.
This allows Zhiling to possess some powerful and protective abilities that would make even a Nascent Soul True Monarch wary, even when she is a demon general in the Third Realm.
"Hey."
Schiller looked hesitant, indicating that he might not be able to successfully refine it.
Because the ingredients it uses are very simple, they are special medicinal residues formed by combining the residues of precious and mysterious medicines in the Five Elements Yuan Forest with the five elements of mysterious energy. They contain rich vitality and are usually used to fertilize fields.
This alchemy experiment was a sudden inspiration of its, wanting to see if the dregs of medicine could be used to improve the success rate of iron eggs in alchemy.
"It's alright, no need to force it, just give it a try," Chen Beiwu thought to himself.
The main ingredient of the Nourishing Spirit Pill is a fourth-grade low-level Xuan medicine, while the other auxiliary ingredients are all third-grade high-level treasure medicines, all of which can be purchased at the Wanbao Society using high-level spirit stones.
With the resources of the Southern Wilderness, even if the experiment fails a dozen times, Chen Beiwu can afford the losses.
Upon hearing this, Tie Dan and Xue Le exchanged a glance and nodded in unison.
The next day.
Southern Wilderness, the border of the Land of Derivation.
In a secluded cave, Chen Beiwu's figure slowly appeared.
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There are eighteen days left until the Immortal Alliance Nascent Soul Ceremony begins.
To avoid any unforeseen circumstances, Chen Beiwu does not plan to return to the sect for the time being. Instead, he intends to travel around the Earthly Realm to learn about the battle situation in the three realms.
But he still remembered the promise he made to Tianyi Zhenlong.
If the battle situation in the three realms stabilizes, Chen Beiwu plans to return to his sect after the Immortal Alliance's Nascent Soul Ceremony ends, to pay homage to the Mirror Moon Sect's foundation and the Primordial Dao Artifact, [Tianyi Beiming Mirror], and perhaps gain the approval of the Heavenly One True Dragon.
Conversely, if the battle situation in the three realms deteriorates and the Mirror Moon Sect falls into a disadvantageous position, Chen Beiwu can communicate with the sect's patriarch in advance to study a counterattack strategy, plunder the other sect's fortune through war, and accumulate a Heavenly Fortune Purple Dragon fortune as soon as possible to test the effect of the Fortune-Controlling Embryo Divine Power.
Without the slightest delay, Chen Beiwu took a step forward, and his figure disappeared with the ripples in space.
An hour later, a handsome figure suddenly appeared among the crowd queuing at the entrance of Yunlong Market.
Chen Beiwu concealed his aura, stood at the end of the line, and scanned his surroundings with his divine sense.
These are Foundation Establishment cultivators who have been rotated out from the front lines. Could it be that the sect has already joined forces with the Green Wood Sect?
Chen Beiwu's heart stirred. He could see seven or eight Qingmu Sect cultivators at the front of the group, looking exhausted, travel-worn, and carrying a hint of blood.
Yunlong Market is located at the edge of the Cangyue Mountain Range and the Jingkong Mountain Range, 30,000 li away from the front-line stronghold Jingkong City. It is considered to be in the rear of the front line, and front-line cultivators can often be seen there.
Once Mirror City falls, the allied forces of the Crimson Sun Sect, Azure Spirit Sect, and Blood Fortune Sect will advance unimpeded, threatening the entire Yunlong Market.
If Chen Beiwu wanted to obtain the latest battle situation of the Three Realms War, Yunlong Market was undoubtedly the best choice.
Standing quietly among the crowd, listening to the whispers of the cultivators around him, Chen Beiwu's eyes suddenly flickered, and his divine sense locked onto the masked female cultivator who was slowly walking towards him from behind.