I am just a mortal, why do you all worship me as a saint?

Chapter 19: This place doesn't look like it has any reclusive masters.

Su Jinxi was somewhat prepared. The moment she opened the "Hongmeng Pharmacopoeia," she felt an extreme rejection. She immediately circulated all her true energy to prevent herself from being seriously injured.

The book exudes such terrifying power even with just a slight opening of the cover. If she were to actually open the book, wouldn't even she be unable to withstand it?

Su Jinxi was filled with doubt and uncertainty. She dared not try to turn to the next page rashly. Even she, a great demon at the tenth level of the Tribulation Transcending stage, almost couldn't withstand a single page. She definitely couldn't bear the pressure of the entire book. But Su Jinxi was certain of one thing.

This holy book is real!

Su Jinxi looked at the "Hongmeng Pharmacopoeia," and her cat tail twitched with excitement.

It is said that this book was written by the "Immortal Physician" during the Taixu period of this world. The pages are fragments left over from the beginning of the world. Even the words contain the ultimate principles of heaven and earth and the rules of the Great Dao. This thing itself is already at the semi-"Immortal" level. A true Immortal-grade magic weapon would have already been able to transform into human form and possess extremely high intelligence, instead of still being in the form of this book.

But it is said that this Primordial Pharmacopoeia actually possesses sentience, but it is unable to transform into a human.

Most importantly, it contains the contents recorded in the "Hongmeng Pharmacopoeia"!

In the field of alchemy, both the alchemist and the quality of the pills are divided into nine grades. The further down the grade, the greater the difference becomes. A ninth-grade alchemist is already the limit in this world.

But in the ancient times of the Great Void, these so-called ranks one through nine were actually all classified as "mortal ranks"!

Above the "mortal" level, there are rumored to be three grades: King, Emperor, and Sovereign. However, medical masters at these levels have long since disappeared, and those who can refine ninth-grade pills are extremely rare.

The "Primordial Pharmacopoeia," the culmination of a physician's life's work, contains the most advanced and long-lost medicinal formulas in this world. It is even rumored that the "Primordial Pharmacopoeia" contains the true essence of breaking through the shackles of the "mortal realm"!

If one can thoroughly read and understand this book...

Just thinking about it made Su Jinxi's cat fur stand on end.

But... this isn't something everyone can see.

Although Senior Gu doesn't seem to care about the book now, Su Jinxi can't pretend to be so nonchalant. This Hongmeng Pharmacopoeia is far more precious than all the rare and precious herbs in his large medicine cabinet.

"Xiaoxi, don't move around, or you'll hurt yourself."

Gu Heng's voice came from the back room.

Upon hearing this, Su Jinxi immediately stopped touching and fiddling with the items. "I'd like to know how many more of these incredible treasures you possess..."

Gu Heng must have found out about her peeking at the Hongmeng Pharmacopoeia. It's just that the warning came too late. If he had said something earlier, Su Jinxi would never have dared to open the pages of the pharmacopoeia.

At the Tribulation Transcending stage, she was not yet qualified to come into contact with such treasures related to "immortals".

"Never mind, let's cook something for her to drink."

He was sorting out the pile of "useless items" he had made while practicing system skills in the back room and putting them into his system backpack when he suddenly heard a loud noise from the outer hall. Needless to say, it must have been that stinky cat messing around and bumping into the corner of the table again.

Owning a cat is certainly a lot of fun, but sometimes cats can be quite rebellious.

However, Gu Heng had actually been raising this kitten for a few days. She didn't eat much, only drank the herbal soup he cooked. Gu Heng knew that the herbal soup he cooked was actually good for filling her stomach, but the kitten actually ate it, so she was really easy to raise.

With that thought, Gu Heng stopped what he was doing. The stove in the back room was still burning, so he took the remaining medicinal herbs from the outer room, threw them into the pot to boil, and it was cooked quickly.

He added sugar on purpose.

"Xiaoxi, come back."

Gu Heng called out, and Su Jinxi came bounding over. Seeing the prepared medicine on the table, she didn't hesitate and buried her cat head in the soup bowl.

Seeing that she had calmed down, Gu Heng continued packing his things.

Under the cover of night, Meng Yirou and Bai Feier arrived above Qingmu City. Following Bai Feier's guidance, they landed on the street next to Gu Heng's medical clinic. The reason they didn't land directly at the clinic's entrance was because Bai Feier said that the senior disliked frivolity and preferred tranquility, so Meng Yirou was also very cautious.

“Miss Fei’er, you are also a prodigy, and I am willing to believe you to some extent, but…” Meng Yirou looked at Bai Fei’er with a rather conflicted expression.

She still had doubts in her heart, because on the way here, Bai Feier had told her that Senior Gu had refined the "Star Moon Divine Water" in just about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea!

Who are you kidding?!

No matter what, Meng Yirou was already a sixth-grade alchemist at the young age of nineteen, and a personal disciple of the Palace Master of the Divine Medicine Palace. Although she couldn't refine the divine pills and elixirs on the "Divine Medicine Ranking", she had observed the alchemy of those true medical masters at the Five Regions Alchemy Conference.

That ninth-grade alchemist, who lived in the northern desert year-round and was known as the "Medicine King of the Northern Desert," had to borrow the help of six Mahayana stage experts at the Five Regions Alchemy Conference. It took him nearly a hundred days to melt down those three medicinal herbs. After that, it took him another thirty-seven days to refine the medicine before he could produce a small jade bottle of Star Moon Divine Water. Moreover, when this medicine was born from the furnace, it even caused a celestial phenomenon!

The small jade bottle of Star Moon Divine Water was immediately snapped up by numerous powerful figures who offered high prices for it. Meng Yirou still vividly remembers the shock of that scene.

Originally, Meng Yirou thought that Senior Gu would use "Star Moon Divine Water" to treat her, but Bai Feier told her that Senior Gu used an ordinary iron pot to refine the divine medicine ranked 11th on the list of divine medicines in the time it takes to drink a cup of tea.

I even witnessed him crush a 100,000-year-old ironwood tree with his bare hands.

Meng Yirou would be a fool to believe that.

“If the Holy Maiden does not believe it, she can go and see for herself. However, that senior has been in the mortal realm for a long time, and it is impossible to tell what kind of master he is. In fact, I was also full of doubts at first, but after seeing it with my own eyes, I have no choice but to believe it.”

Bai Feier smiled bitterly. She had never lied to Meng Yirou, but this matter was truly unusual.

Moreover, she wouldn't dare to lie about something like this.

"That's all."

Meng Yirou shook her head: "Since you're so sure, I have to see it for myself."

With that, she walked toward Gu Heng's clinic.

Bai Feier quickly followed.

Upon arriving at the entrance, the dilapidated state of the clinic's outer hall made Meng Yirou feel that this did not resemble the residence of some reclusive master. She went inside and scanned the area, but could not discern any clues whatsoever.

“Miss Fei’er, you said that this senior has a nine-lives demon cat as a pet, but I haven’t seen it.”

Meng Yirou looked around but didn't see the "senior" or the nine-lived demon cat that Bai Feier had mentioned.

"Well... perhaps that senior has gone out."

Bai Feier hesitated, seeing the expression on Meng Yirou's face, it seemed she would soon become dissatisfied.

"Well, I hope I didn't make a wasted trip."

Meng Yirou squinted and looked at the medicine cabinet next to her.

So she went over to see what kind of "heavenly treasures" were inside.