388: Chapter 16 Huajian State_2 388: Chapter 16 Huajian State_2 Gu Wen set down the residual soul and determined his next destination.
Huajian Continent was right next door, and Xuan Yue was suspected to be there, along with Lu Chan.
Moreover, the latter was proficient in Alchemy Dao and could provide him with inspiration to reach a new level.
The Qi Sea figurine was Gu Wen’s grand path, and now his four strands of hair represented [Qi Cultivation][Foundation Establishment][Golden Core][Pill], with both the Golden Core and Pill Dao yet to be fulfilled.
He could certainly achieve fulfillment through his own research, but emulating a forerunner was clearly faster.
Alchemy Dao also involved pharmacology, which could give Gu Wen the confidence needed to treat both Chi Yu Zi and his master.
He couldn’t simply maintain their well-being and ignore the rot at the root.
At this time, Chi Yu Zi still had only her human soul remaining.
Chi Yu Zi muttered discontentedly from one side, “What’s there to see about a demoness from the Demon Path?”
“Do you have a grudge against her?”
“That’s none of your business.”
“Brother Lan, may I borrow your alchemy room?
I’m going to start concocting some Spiritual Essence Pills to see.”
“I’ll need to prepare a bit; the Earth Fire required for alchemy needs to be pre-heated with an array.”
Lan Yongning left, taking away the residual soul and evidence of the crime, leaving behind three millennial Divine Medicines.
Gu Wen took out one to observe; its patterns, spiritual essence, energy, and even the fundamentals of the Laws revealed themselves to him.
The Little Daoist Priest was about to grow his hair again.
Chi Yu Zi tugged at his sleeve and said, “You’ll need to use both Spiritual Medicines and Spirit Stones to make pills, and I happen to have some savings here.”
With that, she took out a somewhat worn Qiankun Bag.
Gu Wen sent his Divine Thought into the bag and saw piles upon piles of Spirit Stones and Spiritual Medicines, as well as countless blood-stained magic treasures and weapons.
Perhaps this was all of her savings over the last eight hundred years, including everything she had fought for life and death to obtain.
A Venerable’s entire fortune amounted to more than ten thousand spiritual swords alone.
According to what he had seen and heard along the way, weapons and magic treasures were divided into four categories: mundane, magic, spiritual, and Dao, corresponding to the four realms.
Unless one was a genius from a Major Sect, only those at the Returning to Void Stage could possess a spiritual sword.
These ten thousand swords amounted to almost half the wealth of a First-class Sect, which ruled over a state akin to a large country.
The Venerable’s wealth was equivalent to that of a thousand True Monarchs, a hundred thousand major cultivators, and a million lower-level cultivators combined.
Gu Wen asked, “How do you have so many treasures?”
“They were all obtained from my honors in the battles between humans and demons, and from the treasures that several old things blew up.
If you can use them, just take them.”
Chi Yu Zi waved her hand indifferently.
The wealth she had accumulated over eight hundred years was like dirt to her, while Gu Wen was the only relative and friend she had left in this world.
Life and death, saving graces.
She was always straightforward about these things.
“How could our friendship be compared to mere treasures?
Not to mention these treasures, even if it costs me my life, it’s not out of the question—of course, you’d need to give me a reason.”
Following that, she saw Gu Wen holding a red dress, examining it from all angles and then sizing it up against her body.
He curiously asked, “Is this for me too?”
“If you can wear it, then not out of the question.”
Chi Yu Zi gave a strained smile, clenching her fists tightly.
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The next day, in the Liuyun Sect alchemy room.
Gu Wen stepped out from the scorching heat of more than a thousand degrees Celsius, holding a blue and white pill with strands of golden light wrapped around its surface.
He handed it to Chi Yu Zi and said, “Try eating this and see how it works.”
Chi Yu Zi took the pill and swallowed it without even looking, without the slightest worry that it was poison.
“Why is it so bitter?”
“It’s not a sugar bean.”
Gu Wen observed the changes in Chi Yu Zi, her human soul slowly strengthening under the boost from the Spiritual Essence Pill.
This was different from his own method of using ‘Little Daoist Priest’ empowerment and approached the method of sealing with a Law Booklet, purely strengthening Chi Yu Zi’s own changes.
If there were enough Spiritual Essence Pills, then perhaps she could recover normally without retrieving her three souls and seven spirits.
And this kind of normalcy was the foundation that supported whether Chi Yu Zi could achieve transcendence.
I wonder if this would be useful for Master?
Injuries can be divided into two major categories: divine soul and body.
The Spiritual Essence Pill was akin to a panacea for the divine soul problems.
‘One millennial Divine Medicine for one Spiritual Essence Pill, the medicinal properties of the Divine Medicines in the Inheritance Treasure Cave Heaven can only act as adjuvant medicines.
For Chi Yu Zi to become an Immortal with just one soul, it would take about twenty…
thirty…
fifty pills to possibly succeed.’
Gu Wen made such a judgment.
It seems that looking for Chi Ling’s whereabouts is still necessary.
After a quarter of an hour, as the medicinal effect gradually kicked in, Chi Yu Zi felt that something was wrong—her body was hot, her head dizzy.
She said excitedly, “Gu Wen, it seems to be working; the medicinal effect is so powerful.”
Gu Wen saw it, but his expression was hesitant.
Pills of similar types have variable effects, and it is normal for their efficacies to have slight differences because the main and adjuvant medicines are not necessarily the same.
Like vitamins, many plants contain vitamins but also have other effects.
Among the millennial Divine Medicines given by Lan Yongning, two were extremely yang in nature, which were also required for the Spiritual Essence Pill.
In pharmacology, yang constitutes substance, and yin constitutes spirit.
But due to the Yin and Yang dualism, the really top-notch spirit-enhancing pills need extremely yang materials to be refined into extremely yin, and vice versa.
So at the moment, Chi Yu Zi was in estrus, but because of her extremely tough body, the effect was not significant.
But she preferred to believe in the strong medicinal properties and did not suspect any issues with the pill, which made Gu Wen feel that it was better not to tell her.
However, the Sword Control Sect seemed to be a Pure Cultivation Sect, and the cultivation of the Nine Revolutions Golden Pill also required maintaining a complete and pure state.
Did Chi Yu Zi know about matters of desire?
“Gu Wen, let’s go have a drink.
I saw a pretty good tavern at the foot of Liuyun Sect’s mountain.”
Chi Yu Zi grabbed Gu Wen’s arm brazenly and pulled him outside.
Gu Wen’s Divine Thought flowed like gentle water, and even passively, he could feel the extraordinary aspects of this Chi Venerable.