Chapter 186: Refining the Wild Dragon Snake Internal Pill

Three days later.

On Longshe Shan, Shang Hongxue looked up toward the summit, feeling a bit worried.

"Brother Chuyang."

During these three days, Longshe Shan had some disturbances, shaking a few times, and then fell silent.

The spiritual spring water became turbulent, and its spiritual aura concentration rose considerably; this change caught Shang Hongxue's attention. After Brother Chuyang disappeared, Longshe Shan began to show such changes, and she felt that something must have happened.

Pressing her hand to her heart, she lowered her head and whispered, "Brother Chuyang, could it be that something happened to you?"

"Could it be?"

Soon, Shang Hongxue shook her head, shaking off her inner unease and that thought.

She continued planting spiritual herbs with Zhang Nongqian, weeding together, and teaching the mother‑daughter pair knowledge of spiritual herbs.

"Each spiritual herb is different, requiring a different environment. Some herbs prefer more water and need occasional watering—once every three days, without fail, otherwise they grow very slowly."

"Some herbs dislike water and need a drier setting; for example, the herbs before you now must not be watered frequently. The mist water of Longshe Shan is sufficient, no watering needed. If over‑watered, these herbs will die, so you must remember that."

"You must remember the characteristics and various properties of each spiritual herb—some are poisonous, some are not; some require careful nurturing, others do not need such attention. Every herb has a corresponding care method; you must not be careless or sloppy."

"Nongqian sister, have you remembered?"

Zhang Nongqian kept nodding; the little mind stored the points Shang Hongxue taught, committing each spiritual herb to memory so she would not forget. These are the foundation of her livelihood; having mastered the talent of planting, she will not be despised in the future.

Liu Yuer also strained to remember, determined not to forget any detail. Longshe Shan is wonderful—carefree, without many worldly entanglements or dangers. She likes it here; to stay, she must prove her worth.

They all know that Longshe Shan does not support idlers; to remain permanently, you must achieve some results.

Thus the two work hard, learning to plant spiritual herbs and studying their various characteristics and properties, thereby proving they are useful and can assist Chen Chuyang. In that way, they will not be rejected by him nor driven off the mountain.

They do not wish to return to their former place, nor deal with those disgusting people.

Since arriving at Longshe Shan, they have lived a quiet, stable life, without so many disgusting people or petty troubles.

Shang Hongxue spares no effort in imparting these points to them, hoping they will master them and become self‑sufficient, so they can help others; thus Brother Chuyang can relax and practice his cultivation with peace of mind.

She, too, can continuously stay by Brother Chuyang's side, sharing a two‑person world with him—that is a selfish wish of hers.

Below the cave.

At the bottom of the pool.

The sleeping Chen Chuyang suddenly opened his eyes; his surrounding true qi erupted, forming a vacuum zone.

The water could not soak him; his body slowly rose to the surface and then hovered in midair.

Chen Chuyang rose slowly, stepped onto the shore, and breathed heavily.

"Hoo—hoo—hoo."

"I'm still alive; I was almost taken out. How lucky."

He lowered his head, glanced at his injured body; he had been unconscious these past days, constantly using the spiritual spring water to heal himself.

The surrounding formations suffered an attack, and some formations were destroyed.

He glanced at the formation at the cave entrance; it was severely damaged and needed to be re‑set.

The formations inside the cave became increasingly damaged the closer they were to the entrance.

He reached out, scooped up a small carp that appeared in his palm, transmitted a strand of true qi to it; the stunned carp trembled a few times and opened its eyes.

Big eyes stared at small eyes.

Chen Chuyang smiled.

"Hahaha."

"Heheh."

The little carp also laughed there, laughing loudly.

It revived; they are still alive.

After the hearty laugh, Chen Chuyang examined the carp's body, found it injured, and inserted a Dragon Blood Pill to aid its recovery. The carp began to recuperate; Chen Chuyang released his grip and returned it to the water.

Chen Chuyang pulled out a bottle of Wild Dragon Snake blood, opened it, swallowed a bottle, found it insufficient, and took another.

He drank three bottles of Wild Dragon Snake blood in succession, sat down, and crossed his legs to cultivate.

One day later.

He opened his eyes again, true qi flowing around him, and his damp clothes steamed dry.

He summoned the Hunyuan Bell; the damage it had suffered was already repaired, with no harm to its core.

"A mid‑grade Spiritual Artifact is just a mid‑grade Spiritual Artifact; it's durable."

After inspecting, Chen Chuyang put away the Hunyuan Bell, then looked at the massive Internal Pill in his storage pouch and felt excited.

"Wild Dragon Snake Internal Pill, finally in hand—hahaha."

Chen Chuyang stared intently at that Internal Pill, his hands beginning to seal it as true qi enveloped it; after a check, the pill showed no issues. He intended to refine the Internal Pill, but…

After pondering for a long time, he decided to restore the formations first.

He rose, inspected the formations, and began repairing them one by one.

He started with the nearby formations, repairing them for several hours, then reached the cave entrance, where the formations were severely damaged.

He quickly took out a spiritual stone, set up a formation on the spot, found it could not be repaired, and re‑arranged it.

Each newly arranged formation sealed the spiritual energy fluctuations within the cave realm and also blocked external disturbances.

Having finished all this, half a day passed.

Chen Chuyang gradually arranged from the outside to the inside, re‑entered the Wild Dragon Snake cave realm; the situation inside was terrible—the peak had shifted, and the cave had collapsed.

All the original formations had vanished.

Chen Chuyang was not in a hurry; he first set up formations.

After completing the formation at the breach, he glanced at the corpse and turned away.

The Wild Dragon Snake Internal Pill is in hand; the rest can wait.

Wild Dragon Snake corpse, next time, I'll come again to take you.

At this moment, they cannot act rashly; if it happens again, they could be truly ruined.

Leaving the Wild Dragon Snake Cave, they sat beside the spirit spring water and cultivated cross‑legged.

The inner pill inside the storage bag, the Wild Dragon Snake inner pill, must not remain in the storage bag; refine it early, and be at ease sooner.

Just in case, they summoned a Primordial Bell and a Giant Fire Alchemy Furnace, sitting entirely inside the Alchemy Furnace, sealing themselves.

Double Protector, double absorption, ensuring the Wild Dragon Snake inner pill's essence does not leak out.

After completing all this, Chen Chuyang took out the Wild Dragon Snake inner pill and began smelting.

The Wild Dragon Snake inner pill is too large to be drawn into the dantian.

It needs to be smelted, shrunk, then sealed within the dantian to provide for future cultivation.

This smelting takes ten days.