Eternal Life: Hundredfold Rewards

Chapter 424 - 243: Tier Three Upper Grade Alchemist, Great Rejuvenation Pill (Part 2)

Heaven rewards the diligent, and after three days, the first batch of Great Rejuvenation Pills was finally completed.

"Luckily, I didn’t waste the scarce materials."

Qi Chuan felt somewhat relieved in his heart.

The materials were limited; wasting even a single portion would mean one less available.

Then Qi Chuan put away the two pills of Great Rejuvenation Pill that had formed.

This time, only two pills were successfully formed, and the remaining four were wasted pills.

But Qi Chuan was still content.

He always had low expectations for the first batch of pills, considering it good as long as some were successfully formed.

With the extensive understanding of Great Rejuvenation Pill’s refinement provided by the Hundredfold Critical Strike, the success rate of the second batch would be much better.

After refining the Great Rejuvenation Pills, Qi Chuan immediately consumed one and began to cultivate.

Soon, a Grand Circulation was completed.

[You activated the Profound Celestial Spirit Devouring Sword Technique, absorbed Spiritual Qi, refined the medicinal power, triggered a fifteenfold critical strike, and gained fifteen times the reward. Your First-Grade Nine Orifice Golden Core has grown slightly.]

Qi Chuan introspected his Dantian and indeed found that his First-Grade Nine Orifice Golden Core had received some enhancement.

"The effect of the Great Rejuvenation Pill is quite satisfactory."

Qi Chuan nodded slightly, quite pleased with the Great Rejuvenation Pill.

However, the materials for the Great Rejuvenation Pill caused him some headache, as the remaining portions were definitely insufficient.

After cultivating for some time, Qi Chuan began to activate the Celestial Punishment Thunder Prison Visualization Method to cultivate his Divine Soul.

After breaking through to the Core Formation Late Stage, Qi Chuan paid more attention to his Divine Soul.

This time, Qi Chuan was determined to break through his Divine Soul to the Nascent Soul Stage before reaching the Nascent Soul True Monarch Realm.

It was different from any previous attempt, as it was something he must and would achieve.

First, to advance to the Nascent Soul True Monarch Realm, he had to preemptively utilize the Spirit Devouring Sword Forging Technique to derive the Tenth Layer of the Profound Celestial Spirit Devouring Sword Technique.

This was extremely important; his ancestor, the Profound Sword True Master, likely fell at this hurdle.

And for deriving cultivation methods, the Divine Soul was crucial.

It was as challenging as reaching the heavens to derive the Tenth Layer Sword Technique with a Core Formation Late Stage Divine Soul.

Although using a Nascent Soul Stage Divine Soul for derivation might not guarantee success, it was significantly easier. Besides, the Hundredfold Critical Strike provides convenience for deriving cultivation methods, so Qi Chuan was not worried about failing in the derivation.

Additionally, when he was breaking through the Core Formation bottleneck, he did not experience a Heart Demon, the reason for which was still unclear.

But Qi Chuan intended to replicate the conditions of breaking through the Core Formation bottleneck, hoping to also avoid or mitigate the impact of a Heart Demon when breaking through to the Nascent Soul.

When breaking through to Core Formation, his Divine Soul had already entered the Core Formation Stage, so his Divine Soul must advance to the Nascent Soul Stage before breaking through to Nascent Soul.

Two months passed in the blink of an eye.

During these two months, Qi Chuan occasionally went out to deal with some formidable Demon Insects that the Immortal Sect disciples could not handle.

He spent the rest of his time cultivating.

In these two months, both his cultivation level and Divine Soul received significant improvements.

On this day, after finishing his temporary cultivation in the Cave Mansion, Qi Chuan stepped outside to check on the Demon Insects in the area he was guarding.

Just as he stepped out, a Foundation Establishment disciple hurriedly rode the Escape Light and landed before the Cave Mansion. With a somewhat anxious expression, he cupped his fists and reported to Qi Chuan, "Elder Qi, something urgent!"

"Speak slowly," Qi Chuan calmed the disciple with a gesture: "Is it that a Core Formation strength Demon Insect has appeared in the area I’m guarding? Tell me the location, and I will immediately go to resolve it."

Qi Chuan assumed the issue was with his guarded area.

However, the Foundation Establishment disciple shook his head repeatedly and said, "No, Elder Qi, it’s at Elder Qu’s area, where an extremely powerful Core Formation Late Stage Demon Insect has appeared. Elder Qu is finding it challenging and troublesome to handle, so he sent someone to our area requesting Elder Qi to go for support immediately."

"Oh? It’s at Elder Qu’s area?" Upon hearing this, Qi Chuan was a bit surprised.

But he dared not waste more time, merely leaving a sentence, "I understand," before transforming into a startling rainbow, rushing towards the direction of Qu Xuanlei’s guarded area.

A Core Formation Late Stage Demon Insect was quite rare; the next level would be the Tier Four Demon Insect of Nascent Soul strength.

At least in the past few months, Qi Chuan had never encountered one.

The higher the grade of the Demon Insects, the more bizarre their methods and the harder to deal with.

Qu Xuanlei finding it difficult to handle was a perfectly normal situation.

The area guarded by Qu Xuanlei was at the Bingma Position.

Soon, Qi Chuan arrived at the Bingma Position, seeing from afar that Qu Xuanlei was entangled with a Giant Cockroach Demon Insect about sixteen zhang in size.

"Certainly fierce!" Seeing the Giant Cockroach Demon Insect from afar, Qi Chuan couldn’t help but have a slight change in expression; the Demon Insect was both ferocious and disgusting.

"Junior Brother Qi, you’ve finally arrived; come and help me deal with it quickly."

Seeing Qi Chuan’s arrival, Qu Xuanlei’s expression was immediately filled with joy.

He dared not confront the Giant Cockroach Demon Insect directly, resorting to every trick to entangle it, striking and retreating without letting the insect get close.

Even so, the long-range Divine Techniques of the Giant Cockroach Demon Insect were quite difficult to deal with, causing Qu Xuanlei significant headache.

Now, seeing Qi Chuan was like seeing a timely rain.

In the Myriad Flowers Immortal Sect, there were only three Core Formation Late Stage cultivators.

The Sect Leader, Zhao Ming, guarded the mountain gate and had not come to the frontline. Aside from himself, it was Qi Chuan.

Qu Xuanlei always preferred to resolve issues internally within the Immortal Sect rather than bother external forces.

If Qi Chuan couldn’t come, he would have to notify the other Core Formation Late Stage forces at the frontline.

After all, the Junior Brothers and Sisters in the Early and Middle Stage of Core Formation within the Immortal Sect found it difficult to deal with a Core Formation Late Stage strength Demon Insect.

"Alright, Senior Brother Qu."

Qi Chuan nodded.

He then opened his mouth, and the Tier Three Upper Grade Flying Sword Qingchun Sword transformed into a brilliant light, flying out. With Sword Intent enhancement, it flickered into three sword shadows, slashing towards the Giant Cockroach Demon Insect from different tricky angles.

Simultaneously, Qu Xuanlei rapidly activated the Golden Core in his Dantian, unleashing his techniques without reservation towards the Giant Cockroach.

Before Qi Chuan’s arrival, he was cautious about the Giant Cockroach Demon Insect’s counterattack methods, always holding back some cards, not daring to fully unleash.

Now with the two of them teaming up and supporting each other, his concerns dissipated, and he withheld nothing. After all, if the Giant Cockroach Demon Insect targeted him, Qi Chuan would also step in to assist.

Despite its strength, the Giant Cockroach Demon Insect was ultimately at a Core Formation Late Stage level.

Qi Chuan and Qu Xuanlei, two against one, expended some effort and time to finally slay it.

Watching the three Qingchun-colored sword rays crisscross, slicing down and cutting the Giant Cockroach Demon Insect driven to the brink into several pieces, Qu Xuanlei could not help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Then he looked at Qi Chuan and said with a smile, "Junior Brother Qi, your strength is truly becoming more formidable; now I fear I might be somewhat inferior to you."

Though the battle was a joint effort against the Demon Insect, he could sense that throughout the confrontation, Qi Chuan seemed somewhat unfazed, handling everything with ease.

In contrast, even in the combined effort, he remained quite tense, not daring to be careless.

Though lacking concrete evidence, he vaguely felt that Qi Chuan’s strength seemed to have surpassed his own.

By conventional logic, that shouldn’t have been possible.

After all, he had been immersed in the Core Formation Late Stage for many years, while Qi Chuan had only recently broken through to the Core Formation Late Stage, so how could his strength surpass his own?

But given Qi Chuan’s consistent track record, it seemed quite plausible.

Thus, even if it was a vague suspicion on Qu Xuanlei’s part, he was already ninety percent sure and essentially convinced he had guessed correctly.

"Senior Brother Qu is joking; let’s take care of the Demon Insect’s body first." Qi Chuan merely smiled and shook his head, without explaining much about his strength level.