Yinshan Record

Chapter 779 Unpredictable Fortune and Misfortune: The Spirit Seed Pill

Chapter 779 Unpredictable Fortune and Misfortune: The Spirit Seed Pill
Outside the Lingyu Hall stood thirteen enormous bronze vats, each as thick as five people could hug, filled with a dark green liquid that emitted a faint fragrance under the sunlight.

More than twenty disciples dressed in black short robes combed their hair up, revealing their forearms and calves, and used brushes to dip into the fragrant liquid to wash the medicinal herbs inside.

Each large vat was a full ten feet tall, so they could only carefully scoop out the medicinal herbs by stepping on the long ladders placed on top of the vats, and then wash them carefully.

This kind of work is almost torture, but the disciples in front of them are obviously enjoying it.

This time, the Longevity Sect accepted more than seventy disciples. Yao Ning'er rejected more than twenty of them. Including Lü Zheng, they were all accepted by Su Che and worked here doing chores.

Today, their task was to wash the medicinal herbs Su Che would use for alchemy. They were so happy because Su Che had told them that he would award prizes to the three people who worked the hardest.

That is, the elixir personally refined by "Yang Sui".

At this moment, Su Che was wearing loose plain clothes, his hair disheveled, sitting on the high platform in front of Lingyu Hall, lying on a rocking chair, drinking tea, and watching the disciples below work.

Sitting next to Young Master Su was a handsome man with a clear and bright face. His face was so beautiful that it was almost eerie. His hair color was completely different on the left and right sides. The left side of his hair was jet black, while the right side of his hair was crimson.

He was lying in a rocking chair just like Su Che, but instead of drinking tea, he was resting with his eyes closed.

Behind the two, Sun Cheng carefully tended the tea stove, continuously feeding small pieces of charcoal into it.

A chill rose from the teapot on the red clay stove, continuously absorbing the heat from the charcoal fire.

"Senior Brother Hua, how does my tea taste?"

Su Che put down his teacup and turned to look at the other half of Hanako Ryu.

This is one of the eight leaders of the Longevity Sect, with the Six Desires Demon Venerable Lingkong behind him.

"The tea is of average quality, but the warm and yang energy emanating from within is quite rare, which shows that you are very skilled."

As one of the eight leaders of the Longevity Sect, Hanako Ryu's expertise in alchemy is beyond question. Of course, he can see that the tea leaves in the teacup are nothing special.

What makes it truly remarkable is that it has been refined using alchemical techniques, and is no longer considered an ordinary item. In particular, the small amount within it represents the primordial yang energy of all things, sufficient to harmonize yin and yang, and replenish blood and qi.

Ordinary tea leaves are now considered a top-grade medicinal material.

"If it looks alright, why not have a couple more drinks?"

As Su Che spoke, he glanced at Hanako Ryu's teacup, who only took a small sip and then stopped drinking.

Hanako Ryu didn't answer directly, but continued speaking.

"Brother Dao has brought out twelve Nether Lock Five Dragon Pills this time. Counting the three from before, that makes a total of fifteen."

"good."

Su Che nodded and said, "According to the result of our previous discussion, all the Five Dragons Locking Pills I have here will be handed over to Brother Ziliu for sale. As for the price, we can naturally lower it a bit."

Hanako Ryu looked at Su Che with a serious expression.

This Changsheng Sect Buxu is similar to Huagu and Jin Yunu; he doesn't have much of the flamboyant and unrestrained demonic style. Instead, he has the ethereal and otherworldly air of a Xuanmen master.

Hanako Ryu took a sheet out of her sleeve and slowly placed it on the tea table.

This is the price Su Che offered to Hua Ziliu; the various medicinal herbs and treasures listed here are the reward for these fifteen Netherworld Lock Five Dragon Pills.

"Brother Dao, I can't handle this batch of goods."

At that moment, both of them could hear that Sun Cheng, who was serving him, was feeling his heart pounding so hard it felt like it was going to jump out of his chest.

He was the person who handled this matter and also bore the heaviest responsibility.

If a conflict were to arise between the two families, not to mention others, he himself would not be able to get past Su Che.

"Ok?"

“Brother Dao, this Netherworld Locking Five Dragons Pill represents a crucial opportunity to establish your dominance. It is a breakthrough pill, and countless cultivators outside are waiting for such a treasure to achieve the Core Formation.”

Hanako Ryu's voice was calm and indifferent, as if he were talking about something that had nothing to do with him.

"Is that so? Fellow Daoist, you are already a Void Stepper, why bother with those who haven't even reached the Rejuvenation Core stage..."

“This is a key to the next level.”

"so?"

"Even those at the Void Step and Rejuvenation Pill stages have relatives and younger generations they want to mentor. That's the value of this Netherworld Locking Five Dragon Pill."

Hanako Ryu looked at the Yang Marrow.

He also sent people to investigate the man's background, but all the answers were that they knew nothing.

Aside from knowing that this person was personally led into the sect by the Demon Lord of Hemp Robes and was highly valued by this Demon Lord of Six Desires, the only other thing they knew was that this Yang Marrow came from the void beyond the realm.

Hailing from beyond the realm, he is an expert in alchemy and is deeply favored by the Demon Lord in Hemp Robes…

These descriptions, mixed together, create an image that Hanako-ryu simply cannot understand.

What does this person really want from cooperating with me?
"Brother Dao may not know the market value of the Five Dragons Locking Pills that our sect refined last time. The owner of each pill was someone of great importance. I can't consume all of these pills by myself."

Su Che looked at Hanako Ryu; this kid wasn't one to hog all the food.

To have reached the Void Step Realm within the Demonic Sect, one must not be someone blinded by greed.

"Brother, why don't you speak frankly?"

"With Senior Brothers Hua Gu and Jin Yunu around, why would you consider cooperating with me, fellow Daoist?"

good question.

Su Che smiled slightly upon hearing this, "This is exactly what I've been waiting for."

"Brother Dao, have you seen the prescription I wrote?"

"nature."

"Brother Dao, do you remember that there is a Great Sun Fire Essence inside?"

Hanako Ryu naturally remembered the Great Sun Fire Essence in the Yang Marrow List. The so-called Great Sun Fire Essence is an extremely special metal that can only be refined by absorbing a huge amount of true solar fire in the outer void.

Therefore, this Great Sun Fire Essence is less a metal and more a storage container for some kind of true solar fire.

Unfortunately, Hanako Ryu was holding a large amount of Great Sun Fire Essence.

Because within the entire Longevity Sect, only his master, Venerable Lingkong, wandered in the void all day long, and often bestowed upon them rare and precious materials from the void.

But what does this Yang marrow need the essence of the Great Sun Fire for?
The need for the essence of the great sun fire means that the person in front of them must work on mastering the most ferocious and uncontrollable true fire of the sun.

Hanako looked at Su Che cautiously.

"One of the main ingredients of the Five Dragons Locking Pill is dragon blood, but I have never taken any from the warehouse, and it was not added to this batch either."

Su Che said, glancing at Hanako Ryu.

"Because I changed the prescription."

Hanako Ryu smiled upon hearing this.

Is this even worth mentioning? Everyone knows you must have altered the prescription. The question is, how did you alter it?

"I remember that all the Glazed Dragon Beard Grass in the sect came from your disciples, fellow Daoist?"

Su Che's eyes were fixed on Hanako Ryu, not missing any change in the other's expression.

The Glass Dragon Beard Grass is a relatively uncommon medicinal herb. This herb only grows on the shores of Dongting Lake in the Central Plains, and it is said to be the essence of the Dongting dragon clan.

Su Che flipped through the records within the Changsheng Sect and found that almost all of the Glazed Dragon Beard Grass in the Changsheng Sect's inventory was sent into the warehouse by Hua Ziliu in the last hundred years.

This is also the main reason why Su Che insisted that Sun Cheng make contact with Hanako Ryu.

The Hanako school has connections with certain forces in the Central Plains.

These people provide him with a large amount of local specialties every year in exchange for certain outputs from the Longevity Sect.

Su Che was very curious about which faction was doing this in the Central Plains.

And what can the Changsheng Sect offer them?

"Brother Dao used Glazed Dragon Beard Grass to replace the dragon blood, but what about the Yin Demon needed for the Netherworld Locking Five Dragon Pill?"

Hanako-ryu is very interested in how exactly the formula for the Yang Sui pills should be modified.

Successfully refining an elixir is one thing; being able to modify the formula is another.

The differences are worlds apart.

Moreover, the Yang marrow did not utilize the most important Yin Demon at all.

The elixir of the prestigious Southern Wilderness Demonic Sect is so powerful that even Yin Demons don't use it. Wouldn't it be shocking if word got out?

"Yin Demon? Of course I have some in stock."

Su Che said slowly.

"It's just existing inside my little brother's body."

Offering oneself to the demon?

Upon hearing this, Hanako Ryu couldn't help but take a second look at the Yang marrow before him.

He's a tough character.

"So the reason you're cooperating with me, brother, is because I possess the Great Sun Fire Essence and the Glazed Dragon Beard Grass?"

“That’s right, I’ll cooperate with whoever has these two items.”

Su Che pointed to the form next to him as he spoke.

"Of course, the other things on it are also important."

"Of course."

Hanako-ryu nodded.

Su Che looked at the Demonic Sect's Bu Xu before him. The reason he needed the Great Sun Fire Essence was because he was preparing to cultivate the Great Sun Nine Profound True Method.

Although Daoji is currently trapped by the Heavenly Demon and cannot make any progress,

However, through these few days of alchemy, Su Che came up with another idea: to try to use the secret techniques in the "Taiyi Donghua Jade Book" to see if there was a way to improve his own skills.

As for something like the Glazed Dragon Beard Grass, it was naturally of no use to Su Che. The reason he made so many demands was simply to have Hua Ziliu use his network in the Central Plains to let Su Che see clearly which force was behind him.

So all of this was just the beginning of testing the waters.

The Longevity Cult, Su Che thought, looking at Hua Ziliu, really was a good place.

The reason given for Yang Sui is self-consistent.

Hanako Ryu felt that none of this was a problem.

The cup of steaming hot tea beside him was a demonstration of his exquisite alchemy skills. The ability to transform such a small thing into something magical was truly remarkable.

At least within the Longevity Sect, this kind of succession is very difficult to achieve.

The fact that they needed the two medicinal herbs, Great Sun Fire Essence and Glazed Dragon Beard Grass, to cooperate with him was a plausible reason.

After all, he was the only one in the sect who had a large stock of these two items.

This also explains why Yang Sui sought him out instead of Hua Gu and Jin Yunu.

They don't have any goods on hand.

Hanako Ryu decided to take this batch of goods and then see how Yang Sui would act next.

"If that's the case, then I can rest assured."

Hua Ziliu gently wiped the pills refined by Su Che and gathered them all into his sleeve.

"I will have the materials you need sent over immediately, but there is one more thing."

This demonic cultivator, Bu Xu, stared intently at Su Che.

"I heard that one of Brother Dao's servants has recently become quite skilled. Despite not having practiced any supernatural powers, he was able to lift that large cauldron."

Su Che looked at Hanako Ryu.

He never expected that news of Lü Zheng's affair would reach his ears.

It seems that everyone in the Longevity Sect has been keeping an eye on me.

"Didn't he fail to lift it?"

"Brother Dao, there's no need for us to discuss these trivial matters of your disciples acting arrogantly and fooling people."

"So, what Brother Hua means is..."

"There are many other sects around our sect. It would be better to investigate this kid. Perhaps you could leave him to me."

Hanako spoke with considerable seriousness.

"Oh?"

"Someone has already suggested that this kid be brought in at the next meeting of the Eight Families' leaders."

It turns out he wanted to have a message with himself.

"It's just a small matter."