The abandoned cannon fodder girl's path to immortality

Chapter 239: Soul-Enriching Pill

Chen Jinshu meditated for a while inside the stone house.

The lotus birthmark on her forehead reappeared quietly, emitting a faint, warm blue light.

The wisps of poisonous miasma that tried to penetrate her body were silently refined upon contact with the azure light, eventually transforming into a subtle yet pure spiritual energy that flowed into her dantian.

"It's better than nothing." She snorted lightly, her eyes showing little disdain but rather a sense of making the best use of what she had.

Then, she stepped out of the house, flicked her wrist, and several array flags of different colors, engraved with runes, appeared in her palm. The flags moved without wind, emitting a faint, low hum.

"go with!"

With a sharp shout, the array flags transformed into several streaks of light, precisely embedding themselves in the four corners and the central floor of the stone chamber.

Spiritual energy at the fingertips, like silk threads, swiftly traced patterns in the void, the intricate array patterns flashing by and merging into the location of the array flag.

hum!
A pale white barrier of spiritual light instantly rose up, like a semi-transparent glass dome, completely enveloping the entire stone chamber and the outer courtyard.

The suffocating smell of medicinal residue and the stagnant miasma inside the Rock Residence were immediately largely eliminated.

Although the air was still thin, it could barely be described as fresh.

"It's still a bit short," Chen Jinshu murmured.

She walked towards the stone window facing the wasteland and took out several freshly cut, lush green bamboo branches from her storage bag.

These jade bamboos, imbued with a faint yet tenacious vitality, were purchased casually from a stall on the outskirts of the market at a low price.

She then carefully embedded the jade bamboo segments one by one. With each segment, she flicked her finger, and a drop of dew, imbued with pure wood spirit energy, precisely seeped into the root of the bamboo.

After doing all this, she took a step back, quickly formed hand seals, and chanted incantations.

A miniature spirit-gathering array was taken shape, with a faint green spiritual light flowing around it.

The jade bamboo stalks sprouted tender green buds at a speed visible to the naked eye, their tiny leaves unfurling and greedily absorbing the wood spirit energy that Chen Jinshu had infused into them.

In an instant, vibrant life emanated from among the green bamboo, carrying the fresh scent of grass and trees, stubbornly resisting the heavy deathly aura permeating the wasteland.

The Yinshan tit seemed to feel better; its ruffled feathers slowly calmed down, and it tilted its little head, curiously pecking at a newly grown bamboo leaf, letting out a pleasant chirp.

Only then did a faint hint of satisfaction appear on Chen Jinshu's face.

……

The following day at Chenshi (7-9 AM), in the inner market of Yaowangfang.

It was even more bustling with people than the outer quarters.

Various kinds of spiritual plants shimmered and shone on the stall.

As Chen Jinshu joined the crowd, the pheasant on his shoulder perched up more energetically, its small eyes scanning the dazzling array of stalls.

The list of spiritual materials needed for the Purple Mansion Nourishing Spirit Pill was clearly laid out in my mind.

None of them are ordinary things.

She first stopped in front of a stall filled with the fragrance of medicinal herbs.

The stall owner was a kind-looking old man. In the jade box in front of him, a Concentration Flower with pale golden stamens was emitting a gentle and nourishing aura.

"Fellow Daoist, what do you think of this flower?" Chen Jinshu asked immediately.

The old man stroked his beard and chuckled, "Fairy, you have a discerning eye! A top-grade concentrating flower bud, nurtured with the sea of ​​consciousness for three hundred years. 1,500 low-grade spirit stones, or equivalent fire-attribute materials or pills."

Chen Jinshu scanned the flower with his divine sense; the stamens were full and of sufficient age.

Without haggling, she took out two bottles of Crimson Sun Pills, suitable for Foundation Establishment cultivators to enhance their cultivation, and handed them over.

After examining the jade box, the old man's smile widened, and he carefully presented it to the old man: "The fairy is so generous!"

Next up is the purple-veined Polygonum multiflorum.

This plant requires 500 years to mature before its tuber juice can be extracted.

She searched several stalls and finally found a piece of Polygonum multiflorum, about the thickness of a baby's arm, with its skin covered in dark purple natural patterns, at a stall that specialized in selling tuberous medicinal herbs.

It contains a rich blend of earth elemental energy and medicinal properties.

The stall owner asked for two thousand spirit stones. After a moment's thought, Chen Jinshu took out a piece of "Blazing Sun Jade" of superior quality, which contained pure fire spirit power, and exchanged it.

The chalcedony mushroom is entirely white like jade, with a perfectly round cap that feels warm and smooth to the touch.

Although this item is not extremely rare, it requires the mushroom to be intact and undamaged; broken roots or cracked caps are unacceptable.

She searched patiently and finally found a plant of excellent quality in an inconspicuous corner, from a taciturn middle-aged cultivator, for 1,800 spirit stones.

The most troublesome are the Earth Fire Lotus Heart and the Rootless Spirit Dew.

The Earth Fire Lotus grows deep within the earth's fire veins, its heart containing pure fire essence and a trace of the earth's vitality.

Chen Jinshu inquired at several stalls, and all of them said they were out of stock.

Just as she was about to try her luck at the edge of the outer market, a cultivator shrouded in a gray cloak, with only half his face visible, transmitted his voice to her from the shadows at the alley entrance:
"Fellow Daoist is looking for Earth Fire Lotus Hearts? I have three here, just brought out from the 'Molten Abyss,' their fiery essence has not yet dissipated."

Chen Jinshu followed him to a secluded spot.

The other person opened their palm, revealing three lotus seeds, each the size of a pigeon egg, crimson like blood, with a faint golden flame flickering at their core, lying quietly in their hand. A scorching heat emanated from them, indicating their superior quality.

"What's the price?"

"Five thousand spirit stones, no bargaining. Or..."

"If you have pure wood spirit crystals or the inner core of a third-order wood-type demon beast, you can use them as a substitute."

Chen Jinshu frowned slightly.

This price is far above the market price, but the lotus seed extract is indeed a necessity.

After a moment's thought, she took out a small, vibrant green wood spirit crystal from the depths of her storage bag. It was no bigger than a thumb and exuded a rich, life-giving energy.

This is a byproduct of the early spiritual plant space.

A glint of light flashed in the other party's eyes, and they immediately agreed to the exchange.

The Rootless Spirit Dew is even more rare and hard to come by.

This is the essence of water that has been nurtured for thousands of years in a specific sacred place, without any roots in the world. It is extremely pure and is a spiritual liquid that harmonizes the medicinal properties.

Chen Jinshu searched almost the entire outer neighborhood until dusk on the third day, when he finally found a small, cold jade bottle containing three drops of seemingly ordinary, yet pure and imbued with a restrained spiritual energy, at an old woman's stall that specialized in selling water-related spiritual items.

The old woman asked for three thousand spirit stones, and she would only accept spirit stones.

Chen Jinshu paid in full without hesitation.

As for auxiliary materials such as star-patterned sand and azurite powder, they are much easier to obtain, costing only a few hundred spirit stones.

After three days of travel, when she finally brought back the last batch of auxiliary materials to Pan Shi Ju, even with her current Golden Core cultivation, a trace of fatigue was visible between her brows.

Most of the spirit stones in the storage bag have already been used up.

Inside the Rock Abode, the air, continuously purified by the Spirit Purification Array and the green bamboo, still carried a lingering, slightly bitter taste of medicinal residue, but was now barely usable for alchemy.

Chen Jinshu sat quietly on the stone bed and took out all the spiritual materials one by one, placing them in front of him.

She closed her eyes, and the formula for the Purple Mansion Nourishing Spirit Pill, the changes in the heat, and the hundreds of subtle key points of the fusion of medicinal properties were repeatedly deduced in her sea of ​​consciousness.

Every step requires a high degree of concentration of spiritual awareness, and no mistakes are allowed.

The environment here is harsh, the spiritual energy is mixed, and there are invisible poisonous miasma that are constantly trying to erode the alchemy furnace.

She took a deep breath, suppressing all distracting thoughts.

Then, pointing with both fingers, the Mysterious Female Treasure Furnace emerged from the sea of ​​consciousness and landed steadily in the center of the stone chamber.

The furnace lid was opened, and she looked solemn. With her fingertips drawing spiritual power, the first wisp of pure alchemical fire quietly ignited from the bottom of the furnace.

The flame was a pure bluish-white color, and the temperature was precisely controlled at a certain critical point.

"go with!"

She gave a low shout, and the star-patterned sand and azurite powder were the first to be thrown into the furnace.

As the base, it quickly melts and blends under the calcination fire, turning into a layer of evenly flowing, sparkling blue liquid that covers the bottom of the furnace.

Immediately afterwards, the chalcedony fungus was lifted by spiritual power and slowly sent into the furnace.

The moment the warm, moist Ganoderma lucidum came into contact with the star-blue liquid base, it immediately emitted a faint hissing sound, and white mist rose up.

Chen Jinshu was completely focused, his ten fingers moving rapidly like butterflies flitting among flowers, continuously casting fire control spells into the furnace.

The alchemical fire was sometimes fast and sometimes slow, sometimes like a gentle simmering fire, and sometimes like a fierce raging fire, precisely refining the Ganoderma lucidum and forcing out the jade marrow essence it contained.

The blue lotus birthmark on Chen Jinshu's forehead shone slightly, dispelling the negative energy that was disturbing her mind.

She dared not relax for a moment. Once the jade marrow essence was completely refined and transformed into a cloud of milky white spiritual liquid suspended in the furnace, she immediately added the tuber of the purple-veined Polygonum multiflorum.

Five days later.

The alchemy furnace hummed in front of him.

Chen Jinshu's eyes flashed with a sharp light. His hands formed the final, incredibly complex condensation seal, and he roared:
"The Mysterious Female returns to its true nature, the Purple Palace nurtures the spirit. Condense!"

boom!
An invisible, immense force surged into the alchemy furnace along with the hand seals.

The furnace shook violently, and then all the strange noises and lights disappeared.

Half an incense stick later, the alchemy furnace gave a soft hum.

Pure, purplish-gold rays of light streamed out from the gaps in the furnace lid, illuminating the stone chamber as if it were a celestial palace of purple and gold.

An indescribable, rich fragrance of medicinal herbs spread domineeringly, completely overpowering the musty smell of medicine residue inside and outside the Rock Residence.

Chen Jinshu's tense body suddenly relaxed, almost to the point of exhaustion.

She stumbled and had to grab the stone table to steady herself.

A relieved, weary smile appeared on his pale face, and his eyes shone with an astonishing brightness.

"Success!"