The Demon Slayer Martial Saint Begins with Insect Refining

Chapter 99 Second-level Beast Yuan Dan

Cai Peng handed over the elixir recipes, three in total, all written on old animal skins.

Su Yan glanced at it and recognized the words on it.

The first-grade top-grade elixir, the Five Elements Pill, uses five-colored fruit as its main ingredient. The Five Elements enter the stomach and remain undigested for three months, emitting traces of medicinal power that stimulates qi and blood and strengthens the internal organs.

The first-grade top-grade elixir Zhenyuan Dan is made with white jade ginseng as the main ingredient and several other herbs as auxiliary ingredients. The elixir can transform into Zhenyuan and improve one's cultivation.

The first two types of elixirs are used on warriors in the Yangyuan realm to improve their cultivation and strengthen themselves.

If the Five Elements Pill is used properly, when one reaches the Great Perfection of the Blood Moving Realm, one can refine the five internal organs in advance and speed up the breakthrough.

If one has entered the Yang Yuan realm, it is of utmost importance to nourish the internal organs and meridians, so the effect of the Five Elements Pill is quite good.

In fact, it is this Zhenyuan Pill. Although it seems simple, there are even two or three methods of refining it, and the main ingredients can be replaced according to the medicinal properties.

The key is to transform the medicinal power into true essence to nourish the body for cultivation.

"Why are you here?"

Su Yan asked casually.

Cai Peng replied, "I got it from a few lone wanderers."

They were robbers, so it was not surprising for them to find anything on the robbers.

However, Su Yan just smiled and didn't believe that this was something they had just looted in the past few days.

Compensate or give up struggling?

A first-grade, top-grade elixir recipe is precious enough, and for a force, being able to produce elixirs continuously is of great value.

Although I only took a quick look, both the Zhenyuan Pill and the Wuyun Pill have good effects.

Moreover, these two recipes were just an introduction. What they really wanted to offer Su Yan was the third recipe - the second-grade low-grade Beast Yuan Pill.

"Using wild beast bones and blood as the main ingredients, supplemented by white jade ginseng, dragon bone vine and other materials, it is refined into a pill that can nourish the wild beast's demon essence and accelerate the growth of the bloodline."

The wild beasts are powerful, and their natural bloodlines allow them to possess even greater strength and talent.

But there are also limitations. The more powerful the wild beast's bloodline, the longer it will take to grow.

If the supply of resources is insufficient, sometimes a warrior may spend his entire life and still not be able to cultivate a wild beast to maturity.

The Beast King Sect is famous for training wild beasts as war pets, not only because they can make contracts, but also because their martial arts techniques contain secret methods that promote mutual growth, as well as various corresponding elixirs.

"How many medicinal herbs have you prepared?"

When Su Yan asked this, Cai Peng's pupils shrank visibly, and he lowered his body a few degrees: "Time is short, we only prepared one and a half medicinal herbs, and we still need to collect more."

He knew that Su Yan saw through their intention in offering these things, which was to ask for forgiveness.

Although those subordinates who died must have also wanted to break free from the control of the insect eggs.

But the real driving force behind this is still these five leaders in the Yangyuan realm.

If it succeeds, it would be good. Just scatter like birds and beasts and escape from this place immediately so that Su Yan won't find us.

But now that it has failed, there must be an explanation.

"I will continue to collect information. I will stay here for a few days. I will also gather all the information about the various families in Yuncang Town."

"Yes, sir."

Cai Peng breathed a sigh of relief, as did Ding Meng, Yang Kun and others.

Since Su Yan continued to give orders, it proved that they were still useful.

Everyone put all their things outside Su Yan's room, then left and went down the mountain to find out the news according to Su Yan's instructions.

"Red Gold, Black Cloud Steel, and Threaded Iron—three thousand kilograms of first-grade ore. If they didn't rob the Tianfeng Weapon Shop's mining team, I'm afraid they have another storehouse."

Looking at the harvest in front of him, Su Yan smiled and immediately released the jade beetle.

[Jade Beetle 215/400 (Mature)]

The jade beetle has been devouring metals all the time, and it has also been taking pills such as the Blood Strengthening Pill, so its growth rate is not slow.

There are so many first-level metals now, which should be enough for it to grow to the transformation stage.

"A second-level beast essence pill should be of great help to the insect master, but there is only one and a half portions of the medicinal materials. I'm afraid it's not suitable for training. Instead, the Five Elements Pill and True Essence Pill are more suitable for training."

[Second-level Insect Master 97/1000]

[Features: Insect Bone Armor]

[Insect World: 100 cubic meters]

[White Bone Centipede 131/200 (Growth Stage)]

[Red Armor Scorpion 173/200 (Growth Stage)]

[Blood locust 241/400 (mature stage)]

During this period, both the White Bone Poison Centipede and the Red Armored Scorpion were constantly devouring elixirs such as the Blood Strengthening Pill and the Poison Dragon Pill, so their growth rate was naturally not slow.

But compared with the previous progress, it has naturally slowed down.

As the strength increases, the medicinal strength of the elixir required by the insect will naturally become higher.

It is naturally difficult for the Blood Strengthening Pill alone to keep up with the demand.

On the contrary, the blood locusts, which have not yet undergone metamorphosis, have grown rapidly with the supplement of the Blood Strengthening Pill and a large amount of wild beast flesh and blood, and are now not far from the metamorphosis period.

Su Yan summoned the three-headed insects together and let them devour the blood of the wild beasts prepared by Cai Peng and others.

Then he took out the alchemy furnace, lit the charcoal fire, and prepared to refine the elixir.

"We harvested quite a few medicinal herbs this time. Combined with the herbs Cai Peng and the others collected, we should be able to refine a few batches of Five Essence Pills and True Essence Pills."

"The main purpose of Zhen Yuan Dan is to nourish Zhen Yuan. The main ingredients are spiritual herbs that replenish Yuan Qi, such as white jade ginseng. Perhaps we can also mix the herbs and refine a few more batches."

Alchemy requires recipes. Some recipes are so delicate that even the slightest mistake in the temperature or the ingredients may lead to failure.

However, some pills have single functional requirements and are not so restricted in terms of raw materials, such as Zhuangxue Dan and Zhenyuan Dan.

If you are familiar with pharmacology and have strong alchemy skills, you can make similar pills by adjusting the proportions of medicinal materials.

The medicinal strength and effect may be slightly different, but it will definitely not be a useless pill.

His ability to identify medicines has reached a high level, and his basic alchemy skills are also at a high level. Naturally, preparing first-level pills is nothing for him.

The fire was burning brightly, and Su Yan placed the alchemy furnace on it, and the temperature soon transferred to the furnace.

Su Yan was very familiar with the process. He placed the corresponding medicinal materials into the furnace according to the recipe, and continued to burn them to remove impurities.
Three days passed in a flash. During these three days, except for eating and sleeping, he put all his energy into refining the elixir.

The more skilled you are at refining pills, the better the effects of the pills you make will naturally be.

On the first day, three furnaces of Five Essence Pills were refined, one furnace containing 5 pills, and the next two furnaces contained 7 and 9 pills respectively.

On the second day, there were two furnaces of Five Essence Pills and three furnaces of True Yuan Pills.

On the third day, he prepared a new formula for the Zhenyuan Pill and refined four more batches, which consumed 70% to 80% of the medicinal materials.

"35 Five Essence Pills and 74 True Essence Pills, enough for a while."

Su Yan finished packing the pills, his eyes bright and his spirits high.

[Basic Alchemy: Transformation]

After three days of continuous alchemy, the basic alchemy skills were pushed from great success to the highest level.

The techniques, heat, and skills of alchemy. The most basic and solid skills went through his mind one by one. It seemed that as he mastered the basic alchemy skills, his hands became more flexible.

In Yuncang Town, even Xu Zhongdao couldn't beat him in alchemy now.

"If we want to improve the art of alchemy, we should evolve special skills on the basis of it, just like the blood arrow." The art of alchemy is extended from the martial arts. The more prosperous the martial arts develop, the more techniques there will be in alchemy.

There is no doubt about this.

However, for Su Yan, refining the second-grade low-grade Beast Yuan Pill is completely sufficient now.

"grown ups."

From outside the door came the voice of the cunning sheep-stalker Yang Kun.

"Come in."

The door was pushed open by Yang Kun, who respectfully held a box of medicinal herbs and placed it in front of Su Yan.

The smell of medicine filling the room made Yang Kun's expression change slightly, and he was surprised.

This medicinal fragrance. What an amazing alchemy skill. Is there another alchemist like this around Yuncang Town besides Baicaotang?

He lowered his head slightly, so Su Yan couldn't see the change in his expression. He vaguely guessed Su Yan's true identity in his heart. Could he be from Baicaotang or some other force?

"These are the herbs I collected during the past two days. Together with the herbs I gave you earlier, they are enough for about four Beast Yuan Pills."

"well done"

Su Yan nodded slightly. This collection speed was quite good.

Yang Kun, the Cunning Sheep Old Man, continued, "The latest news we've heard from down the mountain is that the Xiaoshan Society, the Seven Swords Martial Arts School, and the Golden Ape Martial Arts School have withdrawn from the competition for guardianship of Gulin Mountain. The Golden Ape Martial Arts School has no time to fight for a second guardianship, and the Xiaoshan Society and the Seven Swords Martial Arts School seem to be due to a promise."

Su Yan raised his head slightly and looked at Yang Kun, thinking: "Has this news started to spread?"

"When will Gulin Mountain open?"

"I heard it's five days later."

When Su Yan came out, the specific opening time of Gulin Mountain had not yet been decided, but now it seems that the result has been discussed.

He knew that the Golden Ape Martial Arts School would not get involved in the fight for Gulin Mountain, but he was a little surprised that the Seven Swords Martial Arts School would not even join.

Although thirty disciples died, Long Qidao would not be so cowardly.

"Any other news?"

"There will be a trade fair for Green Forest Warriors in the Hundred Thieves Cave in half a month."

"Trade fair?"

Su Yan became interested and asked, "Tell me in detail."

The cunning old man Yang Kun may have guessed that Su Yan would be interested in this news, so he explained it in great detail.

He said, "The Green Forest Trade Fair is a black market trade organized by the bandit leaders of several major mountain areas. It's led by Tiger Head Mountain's Bone-Faced Tiger King Tian Gong, along with Hundred Bandits' Cave Digger Rat Lin Xiao and Sandiejian's Red-Striped Leopard Du Erniang. They gather green forests from all over the place and sell things that are too hard to be washed in public."

Everyone makes a living by robbing, and many things such as ores, elixirs, gold and silver are relatively easy to sell.

Find an identity, make a glove, flow into Yuncang Town or surrounding counties and towns, and exchange it for gold, silver, elixirs and other things to launder the stolen goods.

But some things are so specific that you can tell who the victim is as soon as you make a move.

In this situation, I dare not act easily.

In addition to this reason, another reason is that some things are difficult to measure by value.

Although it can be exchanged for money, the money obtained cannot buy what you want, so it is not worth it anyway, so you just keep it in your hands.

This Green Forest Conference is just to give everyone a chance to try and see if they can find something useful.

If the Tiger Temple City is the marketplace for the white world, then the corresponding Green Forest Conference is the marketplace for the underworld.

"Are all the participants in the meeting from the Green Forest?"

"mostly."

Yang Kun, the Cunning Sheep Old Man, explained, "The Green Forest Assembly is organized by invitations sent out by the three leaders. The underworld forces who receive the invitations follow the address indicated on the invitations to attend the gathering. Admission costs one hundred taels of silver. Generally speaking, only well-known Green Forest figures, at least at the Yang Yuan realm, can attend. However, there are also some people with close ties to the Green Forest who receive the news."

After hearing this, Su Yan already understood that no matter how nice the name of the Green Forest Conference was, it was just a conference to sell stolen goods.

With such benefits, some people with apparent status would probably be tempted and find a reason to go and take a look.

"Sir, the visiting card has been sent to Grindstone Mountain. Would you like to go and take a look?"

"go."

Su Yan's eyes flickered: "You will go with me then."

"As ordered."

After reporting the matter, the Cunning Sheep Man was about to leave the room.

Su Yan raised his hand and threw out two bottles of Wuyun Pills and Zhenyuan Pills.

"You five can divide it among yourselves."

The cunning old man was taken aback for a moment, then nodded immediately: "Thank you for the reward, sir."

The cunning old man walked out of the room and closed the door, leaving Su Yan alone in the room.

"I think there should be some good stuff at the Green Forest Gathering. The Jade Beetle and Blood Locust are about to metamorphose. I hope the metamorphosis isn't too troublesome."

Muttering something, Su Yan took a short rest, regained his spirit, rekindled the charcoal fire, and placed the alchemy furnace on it.

After a few days of preparation, now that all the herbs are gathered, it is natural to start refining the Beast Yuan Pill without stopping.

The second-grade, low-quality elixir requires the cooperation of true essence to be refined, so this cannot be taken lightly.

Although it was Su Yan's first time to refine the medicine, his basic alchemy skills at the transformation level allowed him to operate the furnace and process the medicinal materials smoothly without any sign of sluggishness.

His true essence continued to flow into the medicine furnace, blending into the medicinal materials bit by bit, regulating the changes in the properties of the medicinal materials.
As time went by, the true essence consumed became more and more. Su Yan swallowed the true essence pill, refined the true essence to replenish it, and then continued to refine the beast essence pill.

After a full hour, when the flames began to rise, the alchemy furnace shook slightly.

The first batch of beast essence pills was finally refined.

The thumb-thick emerald green pill emitted a faint glow and had a strong medicinal fragrance that spread throughout the room.

rustling

In just a moment, the white-bone poisonous centipede, red-armored scorpion, blood locust and jade beetle had all gathered together.

The wild beasts' instincts made them realize that the four newly produced pills were good things.

Su Yan smiled and said, "Eat, eat."

He threw the four pills in his hand to the four insect servants. The insects raised their heads and swallowed the pills in one gulp.

The medicinal power dissipates in their bodies, constantly activating their blood.

More than ten minutes passed, and first the auras of the White Bone Poison Centipede and the Red Armored Scorpion suddenly changed, and their bodies and shells became a bit heavier.

Both have successfully accumulated sufficient growth from the growth stage and entered the mature stage.

His strength has been greatly improved, his power and defense have changed drastically, his appearance has not changed but his aura has become more ferocious and cold.

Another half hour later, the Jade Beetle and the Blood Locust, which were at the critical point of breaking through, both changed and entered the metamorphosis period.

[Jade Beetle 0/2 (Metamorphosis)]

[Metamorphosis: Eat the skeleton of the iron-armored lizard and one pound of gold and silver marrow]

[Blood Locust 0/3 (Metamorphosis)]

[Metamorphosis: Second-level wild beast blood marrow, red blood crystal, marrow-sucking leech]

(End of this chapter)