Chapter 251 - 191: Soul-Nourishing Spirit Pill (2)

Qin Xuan’s face lit up with excitement, his voice rising unconsciously.

"A single pill can increase my Cultivation by five years?!"

’Doesn’t that mean this Pill’s effect is even better than the Red Snake Vermilion Fruit from before!’

"It was originally supposed to increase it by at least fifteen years, but you’re just too monstrous. You possess three Star Palaces, and you have more Positional Divine Techniques than you can count on one hand. The effects of an ordinary Pill on you are reduced by at least seventy percent."

Qin Xuan gave an embarrassed smile.

The Cyan-robed Little Daoist Child lay sprawled over the desk, his head down as he wrote with a flurry of strokes. A moment later, an incredibly detailed Pill Formula, with every step clearly marked, materialized out of thin air.

"Here, take it. It’s still missing a few supplementary ingredients. You’ll have to figure out how to gather them yourself."

The Cyan-robed Little Daoist Child asked, "By the way, why the sudden interest in Alchemy? I thought you were more into studying Artifact Refining."

"My Cultivation is too low. I can never feel at ease."

Qin Xuan gave a bitter smile and explained in detail to the Cyan-robed Little Daoist Child how he had been targeted by a Returning Void Dao Venerable in the Vermilion Bird Star Domain.

"No wonder! I was wondering why I had a missing piece of memory and haven’t slept well for years. It turns out I was suppressed by a Dao Venerable’s Qi Mechanism."

The Cyan-robed Little Daoist Child was nearly scared to death. He patted his chest, saying with lingering fear, "It’s a good thing you didn’t take out Lord Huang’s—my—true body back then. Otherwise, you would’ve gotten me killed!"

Qin Xuan was puzzled. "Senior, why do you say that?"

"You’re still too weak, kid. Knowing too much isn’t good for you, so don’t ask random questions." The Cyan-robed Little Daoist Child placed his hands on his hips, putting on the airs of an elder.

"Sigh." Qin Xuan sighed and tossed the Eight Desolates Forging Fire Furnace straight into his Reverse Scale Space.

"You ungrateful brat! You just toss Lord Huang away after you’re done using me!"

The Cyan-robed Little Daoist Child was so angry he started cursing, but his voice grew fainter and fainter.

Qin Xuan picked up the Pill Formula from the desk, and his eyes grew brighter the more he read.

"Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant."

’So this is how you can refine a Pill!’

...

The Cyan-robed Little Daoist Child had even modified the Pill Formula specifically for Qin Xuan’s status as a Demon Cultivator and the Yin Yang Demon Refining Furnace’s unique attribute of refining demonic beasts.

Several of the missing Righteous Dao supplementary ingredients were replaced with Demon Dao Spiritual Plants instead.

"Still need three Tier Two Yin Condensing Flowers, ten stalks of Meridian Grass, and seven taels of five-hundred-year-old Blood Jade Marrow Mushroom powder..."

Qin Xuan put away the Pill Formula and went to the Holy Sect’s Contribution Hall.

Perhaps because he had advanced to the Purple Mansion realm, the person who received Qin Xuan this time had changed. It was now the Director of the Artifact Department, Song Hao, a cultivator at Purple Mansion Fourth Level!

Song Hao had thick eyebrows and large eyes. He looked quite surprised to see Qin Xuan and blurted out subconsciously, "Junior Brother Qin, you’re not dead?"

Qin Xuan froze, and his expression immediately darkened.

’This guy has no filter,’ he thought. ’How can he curse someone to death the moment we meet?’

Song Hao quickly realized his slip of the tongue and immediately apologized. "I am Song Hao, Director of the Artifact Department. I spoke too quickly and without thinking. I hope Junior Brother Qin can forgive my blunder."

Qin Xuan didn’t know Song Hao and just wanted to gather the pill ingredients as quickly as possible. He handed over a newly written list and got straight to the point, "Apologies for the trouble, Senior Brother Song. I was wondering if I could exchange for the following Spiritual Plants..."

"Junior Brother Qin, you’re planning on performing Alchemy? One moment, I’ll have someone fetch them."

Song Hao beckoned with his hand, and an Incense Master at the Foundation Establishment Eighth Level immediately scurried over with a fawning expression, taking the list with both hands in a low bow.

While they waited for the Spiritual Plants to be retrieved, Song Hao stated the prices, "Yin Condensing Flower, eight hundred thousand Contribution Points each. Ten stalks of Meridian Grass for three million Contribution Points. And then there’s the five-hundred-year-old Blood Jade Marrow Mushroom..."

Song Hao chuckled. "The total comes to ten million Contribution Points. How will Junior Brother Qin be paying?"

Qin Xuan was stunned. "That cheap?"

"Huh?" Song Hao was completely bewildered and almost didn’t know how to react.

Qin Xuan instantly realized just how badly he had been ripped off by Jin Wuhai. He was so furious he nearly ground his teeth to dust, and he took a deep breath.

"I don’t have enough Contribution Points right now. Senior Brother Song, can I pay with Spirit Stones?"

"Of course. As a Purple Mansion True Demon of the Sect, Junior Brother Qin is entitled to a special exchange rate. One hundred low-grade spirit stones are equivalent to one thousand Contribution Points. If you have enough, one million low-grade spirit stones will cover it."

Qin Xuan decisively tossed out more than ten Storage Pouches of various shapes and sizes. "Then I’ll pay with Spirit Stones."

He paid the Spirit Stones in advance, but the Spirit Medicines had not yet been brought over.

So, Song Hao began to subtly probe Qin Xuan about Jiang Xiaofeng and Ruan Fusheng, curious as to how he had escaped their pursuit.

Qin Xuan credited Liu Mobai, explaining that he had escaped disaster by fleeing to the Star Ruins.

"Junior Brother Qin, you have good fortune. Those two Altar Masters are not kind men," Song Hao said, shaking his head.

However, Song Hao was only half-convinced by Qin Xuan’s story. That is, until Qin Xuan mentioned Pang Tunyun. Song Hao’s eyes instantly lit up.

"So it was Master Demon Child who intervened!"

Song Hao wanted to ask more, but Qin Xuan brushed him off with an excuse and instead asked about the whereabouts of Jin Wuhai.

’Damn it, that bastard really ripped me off for so much back then!’

’Tens of millions of Contribution Points, all swallowed up by that bastard. Even if the prices were inflated because of the Foundation Establishment Chaos War, there’s no way it should have been more expensive than a Tier Two Spiritual Object!’

"Not long ago, Junior Brother Jin opened his True Mansion and went to the Blood Pool Sword Tomb to obtain his final Sword Talisman."

Song Hao looked Qin Xuan up and down and said, "Observing your dense Demonic Essence, Junior Brother Qin, I imagine you’ve already reached Purple Mansion Second Level Cultivation. Why haven’t you gone to the Blood Pool Sword Tomb yet?"

Hearing that Jin Wuhai was hiding in the Blood Pool Sword Tomb, Qin Xuan couldn’t help but sneer inwardly.

’He’s clever enough, I’ll give him that. He knew he offended me and immediately found a place to hide.’

’You can run, but you can’t hide forever.’

’This time, if I don’t beat the shit out of you, my name’s not Qin Xuan!’

Qin Xuan said, "I just returned from the Star Ruins and haven’t stabilized my Cultivation yet. May I ask, Senior Brother, when is the next time the Blood Pool Sword Tomb will open?"