Junior Uncle is too cunning.
Chapter 298 Alchemy
The Six Ding Divine Fire was the first time Chen Fusheng had ever seen one of the Ten Divine Fires, and his eyes were filled with envy.
In fact, both humans and immortals have desires. They want more than they have, and the desires of immortals are even stronger than those of mortals.
As the saying goes, "If saints don't die, thieves will never stop." Even saints find it hard to control their desires, let alone a weapon refiner, for whom any kind of divine fire is something they dream of.
Watching Taiqing slowly light and cool the fire, adjusting its intensity from time to time, gave him a feeling of smooth and effortless movement, allowing him to understand for the first time what it meant to possess superb skills.
Taiqing was very fast at refining pills. Even the Nine-Turn Immortal Pill was like an ordinary thing in his hands. He was indifferent and showed no emotion. He truly lived up to the principle of not being happy with external gains or sad with personal losses.
If it weren't for the radiant glow emanating from the Eight Trigrams Furnace, Chen Fusheng would have thought he had failed.
The sky above the Great World of Taiqing was slowly covered by lightning tribulation, with a magnificent momentum. If it weren't for the fact that it was currently in chaos, it would have already attracted a great deal of attention.
With a bang, the lid of the Bagua Furnace was blown open, and nine golden pills shot out from it. The pills were covered with nine-star pill patterns and shone with golden light, just like innate spiritual treasures.
Chen Fusheng looked at the pill pattern and was overjoyed; the Nine-Turn Immortal Pill was complete.
The nine immortal pills, each bearing a nine-star pattern, represent the pinnacle of perfection. This connection to the previous examples sparked further ideas for refining innate spiritual treasures.
With a series of loud booms, a bolt of lightning struck down, its power and intensity no less than that of Chen Fusheng's Great Luo Tribulation.
The elixir, originally the size of a fist, shrank under the pounding of the lightning tribulation, losing its initial dazzling brilliance and soon becoming the size of a thumb.
At this moment, the tribulation of lightning was coming to an end. With the final strike, the tribulation of lightning slowly dissipated, and auspicious five-colored clouds rose up.
Before it could even react, all nine elixirs burrowed inside, seemingly having developed an instinctive reaction. If nurtured for tens of millions of years, it might even become a spirit!
The colorful auspicious clouds could not withstand the devouring of the nine Nine-Turn Immortal Pills. In no time, they were completely devoured, and each one returned to its original state.
Just as Chen Fusheng breathed a sigh of relief, he saw the nine immortal pills instantly scatter and flee towards the outside world. He tensed up at first, then glanced at the Taiqing Saint beside him and smiled inwardly.
With the Supreme Saint of Taiqing present, let alone elixirs, even a quasi-saint might not be able to save their lives.
Before Chen Fusheng could finish his thought, Grand Master Xuandu took out a purple-gold gourd-shaped spiritual treasure from his robes and gently shouted at the scattered elixirs, "Collect."
The elixirs that had been trying to escape seemed to be frozen in place, and were soon brought back.
"The Purple-Gold Gourd!"
Chen Fusheng's heart stirred, and he instantly thought of this magical treasure. Perhaps it is not well-known now, but it is from the same lineage as Lu Ya Dao Ren's Immortal-Slaying Gourd, and its power must be considerable.
Seeing that the Sage Taiqing had put away the Eight Trigrams Furnace and disappeared, Chen Fusheng felt a little relieved. Despite his nonchalant demeanor, he was actually quite stressed. After all, facing a sage like this, a transcendent "monster," with such a vast difference in their levels of existence, it would be a lie to say he wasn't nervous.
He glanced at Grand Master Xuandu with a hint of envy. As the only son of the Taiqing Saint, he could eat elixirs and use innate spiritual treasures at will.
This Purple Gold Gourd is a top-grade innate spiritual treasure. Chen Fusheng only has one at most, and it's the newly acquired 12th-grade Pure World White Lotus. Adding the Treasure-Dropping Coin in Li Shundao's possession, that's only two!
Indeed, people can't be compared, and immortals can't be compared! If Grand Master Lingbao and Yun Zhongzi knew this, they'd probably strangle him!
"Who are you trying to provoke? I'll show you what it's like to show off."
Grand Master Xuandu took out another jade box from his bosom, poured nine elixirs from the purple-gold gourd into it, and handed it directly to Chen Fusheng.
Chen Fusheng took it casually, and judging from its quality, it was actually a low-grade innate spiritual treasure. How extravagant!
Even he, a master craftsman, had never been so extravagant. He took out three immortal pills from the jade box and gave one to each of the three spirit treasures to Grand Master Yun Zhongzi of Xuandu.
Yun Zhongzi and Lingbao happily accepted it without any hesitation. Grand Master Xuandu, however, was a little embarrassed. After all, he wasn't the one who refined the pills; he had only led the way. Now, accepting a Nine-Turn Immortal Pill from Chen Fusheng made him somewhat hesitant.
As a disciple of the Sage Taiqing, I had seen the Nine-Turn Immortal Pill before, but I had only actually taken one or two. Moreover, with pills like this, the effect is greatest only on the first dose; subsequent doses are actually less effective than the first one.
Even if someone were incredibly wealthy, they wouldn't dare keep consuming Nine-Turn Immortal Pills just for a one-in-a-lifetime chance. That's not just extravagance, it's sheer stupidity. If Grand Master Xuandu dared to say that, Taiqing would definitely slap him to death.
Even if Taiqing could refine the Nine-Turn Immortal Pill, its main ingredients were extremely scarce. To refine it, one would need top-grade innate spiritual fruits or herbs. Although the prehistoric world was not lacking in spiritual objects, those that reached this level were extremely rare.
Currently, the only reliable source of peaches is the Queen Mother of the West's peaches, which ripen only once every nine thousand years. Next is the ginseng fruit from the Earth Immortal Zhen Yuanzi, which takes even longer to mature, requiring over ten thousand years, and only thirty fruits are produced each time, which is simply not enough to go around.
As for the other ten spiritual roots, the green lotus and gourd are long gone, the green willow has already taken human form and does not bear fruit, and the bitter bamboo, hibiscus, and laurel tree are also non-fruitful plants.
As for the apricot tree, it does bear fruit, but it only produces two fruits in its lifetime, so it's basically not very useful.
So, of the ten spiritual roots, only the peaches of immortality, the ginseng fruit, and the yellow plum are suitable for alchemy. Before the yellow plum was available, Taiqing, as the senior disciple of the Daoist sect and a saint, was too embarrassed to ask the Queen Mother and Zhen Yuanzi for one.
After all, it's not worth incurring favors for some spiritual fruits. This meant that although Taiqing was highly skilled in alchemy, he lacked the corresponding spiritual herbs to refine, proving that even a skilled cook cannot make a meal without ingredients.
This is why Chen Fusheng gave him a yellow plum, and he accepted it. If it were something else, even a top-grade spiritual treasure or a Nine-Turn Immortal Pill that had already been refined, Taiqing would probably have to consider his mood before accepting it.
However, even a Nine-Turn Immortal Pill, especially one refined by Huang Zhongli, would be extremely tempting for Grand Master Xuandu, who had already advanced to the Quasi-Saint level.
It's not just the immense magical power it contains, but the profound Dao of Huang Zhongli contained within this Nine-Turn Immortal Pill, which is what Grand Master Xuandu values so highly.
Even if he couldn't advance two minor realms at once like Chen Fusheng, any progress would be enough for Grand Master Xuandu. After all, once you reach the Quasi-Saint realm, ordinary spiritual herbs and fruits are no longer of much use.
There are very few things in this world that can attract him, and the Nine-Turn Immortal Pill is one of them.
Chen Fusheng noticed Grand Master Xuandu's hesitation, smiled inwardly, and slowly said, "What? Senior Brother Xuandu, do you think what I'm giving you is a bit too little?"
"How could that be?" Xuan Du hurriedly waved his hand, looking at Chen Fusheng's teasing face, he breathed a sigh of relief, and the atmosphere immediately became much more relaxed.
"Alright, Senior Brother Xuandu, just take it. If it weren't for you, we wouldn't have been able to see our Grand Master Uncle. Besides, consider this elixir as an advance payment for the alchemy fee. If I need you to refine elixirs in the future, I won't give you any more."
Grand Master Lingbao and Yun Zhongzi also advised from the side, "Don't listen to this kid's nonsense. Since he gave it to you, senior brother, just take it. Anyway, this kid has quite a few elixirs now, so it's normal for him to show some respect to his elders."
Chen Fusheng smiled bitterly to himself. Although he was somewhat unwilling to listen to Yun Zhongzi, he was indeed a junior in terms of age.
After hearing what Grand Master Lingbao and Yun Zhongzi said, Grand Master Xuandu slowly accepted the gift and gave Chen Fusheng a grateful look.
Chen Fusheng felt relieved; he had successfully done this favor, which was no easy feat!
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