novelraw Chapter 323: Creating a Pill Recipe
Chapter 323: Creating a Pill Recipe
After some time, a large group of people arrived at the location.
Staring at the rushing river, the faces of the Teng Clan’s Gu cultivators darkened. Many of them leaped into the water, frantically searching for the figure that had vanished into the river.
However, Shui Juanyun’s escape into the water was like a fish returning to the sea—how could they possibly locate him so easily?
“Patriarch, Zhu Jiuge’s senior brother has died. He was a genius from the Sacred Gu Academy. Having him die here will make things difficult for us to explain,” said an elder as he approached the Teng Clan Patriarch, his expression grim.
“This matter is not our concern. The one who killed him was a Gu cultivator from the Shui Clan. Let them deal with it—it has nothing to do with us.”
“What about the others? Have they all been captured?” The Teng Clan Patriarch’s expression turned cold.
“The other Shui Clan Gu cultivator also disappeared without a trace, as if he evaporated into thin air—it’s very strange.
“The rest of the people, however, have all been caught. Even the one who used spatial abilities to escape was captured by the Ancestor.
“It was that person who destroyed the Earth Spirit Tree. The Ancestor hasn’t killed him yet but has detained him. He also confiscated the two Earth Spirit Fruits he had.
“The last Earth Spirit Fruit wasn’t found on any of the bodies. It must have been taken by the boy who dissolved into water.”The elder’s face showed a hint of resentment. If it weren’t for wanting this person to suffer before dying, he would have already torn him to pieces and fed him to the dogs.
The Teng Clan Patriarch’s face twisted into a cruel smile as he hissed, “The mastermind hasn’t died yet? Excellent.”
“Subject him to the Ten Extreme Tortures of the Gu World! Don’t let him die. Station an alchemist by his side at all times—when he’s about to give out, feed him a healing pill. Don’t worry about the cost.”
“He doesn’t have much lifespan left, does he? If we let him die of old age in prison, it would be far too merciful.”
“I’ll make him consume a Centennial Lifespan Gu. Even if his lifespan is about to end, I’ll forcibly extend it so I can torment him for another hundred years.
“And after those hundred years, when he dies, I’ll extract his soul and toss it into the Soul Refining Banner to continue torturing him for eternity.”
Everyone who heard these words shuddered, breaking into cold sweats.
To extend a prisoner’s life by feeding them a Centennial Lifespan Gu just to torture them further was unheard of.
The Centennial Lifespan Gu was so precious that even Gu Kings would go mad for it. The allure of extending one’s life by a hundred years was irresistible to anyone.
Yet the Patriarch planned to use this priceless treasure on a prisoner solely to prolong his suffering.
What kind of grudge was this? To what extent did the Patriarch hate this person?
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Meanwhile, Long Xuan had already fled to a safe distance, far beyond anyone’s reach.
His current disguise as a middle-aged man was no longer usable, so he changed his appearance again, this time adopting the look of a handsome young man.
Once he reached a range where even a Gu King couldn’t sense him, Long Xuan finally stopped to catch his breath. Taking out a map, he began plotting his next move.
His immediate goal was to create his own recipe for the Earth Spirit Pill and use it to break through to the Spiritual Sea Stage.
Additionally, he needed to refine the Tribulation Gu. He already had all the materials required for refining the Tribulation Gu; the only thing missing was a suitable location.
If the Heaven-Devouring World Toad sped up its transformation in places abundant with treasure energy, then refining the Tribulation Gu required a location rich in lightning energy to expedite the process.
He had to find a lightning-dense area for this task. Otherwise, refining the Gu inside Da Ming’s belly would take an extremely long time.
Soon, Long Xuan identified a place on the map called Thunder Swamp.
Located at the intersection of the Dragon Soaring Empire, the Glorious Moon Empire, and the Flaming Court Empire, this place was an ungoverned zone.
The area was vast, yet it belonged to no empire. Most fugitives and demonic cultivators from the three empires would flee here, turning it into a paradise for criminals, rife with chaos and slaughter.
In this lawless land, there were no rules, only the law of the jungle where the strong preyed on the weak. The wicked thrived here.
This infamous place, filled with demonic cultivators and devoid of a single righteous soul, was called the "Land of Sin".
The Thunder Swamp was located slightly north in the Land of Sin. It was a peculiar terrain where lightning flashed and thunder roared incessantly every day. The continuous thunder made it one of the forbidden zones of the Gu World, a place nearly impossible for humans to set foot.
This forbidden land, dense with lightning, was also the perfect location for refining the Tribulation Gu. Once the Tribulation Gu was successfully refined, he would need to create a self-created pill to enhance aptitude, summon a thunder tribulation, and let the Tribulation Gu devour it to complete its first transformation.
During this time, he also had to deduce the third layer of the Ten Absolute Scripture, the third layer of the Purgatory True Demon Technique, and the third layer of the Heavenly Demon Soul-Splitting Devine Art.
There was indeed a lot to do, and Long Xuan faintly felt a twinge of pain in his liver.
After quickly organizing a plan for what lay ahead, he set off for the Thunder Swamp.
This time, however, he didn’t travel on foot. Instead, he cleverly crawled into Da Ming’s belly.
Da Ming bounded forward, leaping hundreds of meters with each jump, covering the distance much faster than Long Xuan ever could.
Long Xuan arrived at a floating island and entered a large villa located there, where he began working on his pill formulas.
This villa, of course, had been built for him by the Suo Gu and was a luxurious structure completely designed to fit human dimensions.
In addition to the villa, the island also featured an alchemy room, a distillery, a refining workshop, and other buildings.
With a free labor force at his disposal, Long Xuan used it to the fullest.
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Three months later, in the villa.
Long Xuan stretched lazily, gazing at the two self-created pill recipe on the table, his eyes brimming with a sense of accomplishment.
As his knowledge of pharmacology grew more profound, his speed in creating pill formulas also increased.
He hadn’t expected to create a heaven-defying pill recipe capable of summoning a thunder tribulation at such a fast pace.
Pill recipes capable of summoning thunder tribulations were exceedingly rare in this world. Such recipes were the dream of every alchemist, who took immense pride in refining spirit pills capable of summoning tribulations.
Once a recipe capable of summoning a thunder tribulation appeared, it would drive all the alchemists in the Gu World into a frenzy.
And now, such a heaven-defying recipe was created by him, Long Xuan. He couldn’t help but feel proud; this achievement was enough to shake the entire alchemy community.
This pill recipe was based on the Heaven-Mending Fruit as its primary ingredient and could enhance one’s aptitude by two grades without altering their attributes.
Raising aptitude by two grades was no trivial matter. If he could enhance his aptitude by two grades, he would undoubtedly reach the upper-middle class.
With an upper-middle aptitude, he would be capable of overpowering most Gu cultivators in this world.
How could such a heaven-defying spirit pill not summon a thunder tribulation?
Long Xuan didn’t bother wasting brainpower naming the pill recipe and simply called it the Heaven-Defying Pill.
The other pill recipe was based on the Earth Spirit Fruit as its main ingredient, producing the Earth Spirit Pill. This pill recipe maximized the medicinal power of the Earth Spirit Fruit, increasing the success rate of breaking through the Spiritual Sea Stage by 80%.
Such a success rate was outrageously high.
This was the result of directly modifying the recipe’s potential.
At first, he ambitiously wrote on the recipe’s description that the Earth Spirit Pill had a 100% breakthrough rate, but the recipe showed no progress.
Unwilling to give up, he adjusted the description to a 90% breakthrough rate, but the recipe still showed no progress.
In the end, he reluctantly compromised, writing an 80% breakthrough rate. This time, the recipe finally showed progress.
Long Xuan exhaled deeply. This indicated that, in theory, an 80% breakthrough rate was the limit of the Earth Spirit Fruit. It could no longer be improved under any circumstances.
He had pushed the medicinal power of the Earth Spirit Fruit to its utmost potential. This pill recipe was now absolutely perfect, leaving no room for further improvement.
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