Chapter 142

Yaoguang Courtyard.

After sending off the brothers and sisters who came to offer congratulations, Yin Qi returned to the backyard.

Opening the bow box, inside lay a bow body that was silver-gray all over, along with a dark black bowstring. At the same time, a murderous aura hit his face, making one feel as if they were on a battlefield, with the sounds of clashing metal and galloping horses in their ears.

If his Primordial Spirit weren't powerful, he would likely have been injured by this murderous aura.

"Good bow!"

Yin Qi exclaimed.

This bow had been passed down for over a hundred years, and no one knew how many experts it had shot and killed, causing the bow to be stained with a terrifying murderous aura.

Placing this precious bow in the courtyard, anyone with a Primordial Spirit below the Object Manipulation Realm couldn't even get in.

It was fortunate that he had cultivated to the Manifestation Realm, otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to project his spirit.

This Zhenhong Bow belongs to the peak of mortal artifacts.

Before he learns artifact refining, this bow will be useful.

Hanging the Zhenhong Bow in the study, Yin Qi went to the alchemy room to prepare for alchemy.

He was already in the Marrow Refining Realm, so naturally, he was refining Marrow Cleansing Pills, which could cleanse the marrow and wash away impurities.

It was just that this kind of Marrow Cleansing Pill already belonged to the category of low-grade spirit pills, and with his cultivation at the third layer of Qi Refining, he could only barely manage to refine it.

He had previously scrapped several furnaces, throwing over ten thousand taels of silver worth of medicinal herbs down the drain.

As of now, only the last portion of medicinal herbs remained.

Not bad, he was already at the third layer of Qi Refining.

Actually, if calculated properly, he had been cultivating immortality and refining Qi for nearly four months.

It was just that he had been using True Qi to temper his physical body, which was why he had remained at the first layer of Qi Refining.

Later, after breaking through to the Marrow Refining Realm, he stopped using True Qi to refine his marrow, so his cultivation of immortality progressed extremely quickly.

Using True Qi to refine marrow could not compare to the effects of medicinal pills.

Because of this, he had purchased many rare spirit herbs to refine Marrow Cleansing Pills, but he had scrapped several furnaces.

"This time, I must succeed!"

Yin Qi encouraged himself, and after calming his mind, he proceeded with the alchemy in an orderly manner.

As one rare spirit herb after another was thrown into the alchemy furnace, Yin Qi used the fire control technique, using True Qi to fuel the flames so that the medicinal effects between the herbs could perfectly fuse.

Executing the fire control technique consumed a lot of True Qi, but fortunately, it wasn't a continuous output.

Taking advantage of the gaps, he hurriedly recovered his True Qi.

Just like this, stumbling along until evening, a glint flashed in his eyes as he smelled the strange medicinal fragrance emanating from the furnace, and his whole body seemed as if it were about to float away.

A moment later, as the furnace trembled slightly, an even richer medicinal fragrance wafted out, permeating the entire alchemy room.

"It's done!"

Yin Qi was overjoyed; he hurriedly cut off the True Qi supply and moved the fire basin away from under the furnace.

At this moment, the medicinal fragrance wafting from the furnace reached its peak.

Ten-plus minutes later, the furnace finally cooled down quite a bit.

Yin Qi hurriedly stepped forward to open the lid; inside, only two pills had formed, while the others were black, gooey ointments.

Although they were failed products, they still smelled enticing.

For ordinary martial artists, this ointment also had a strong effect, but the medicinal toxins were too heavy, making it not worth the gain to consume.

"This is the Marrow Cleansing Pill!"

Yin Qi took out the bright red Marrow Cleansing Pill, sealed it with beeswax, and put it into a pill bottle.

He went to the practice room and took one.

Once the pill entered his stomach, it quickly turned into a majestic and scorching airflow that surged toward his spine.

Yin Qi hurriedly struck a pose and began practicing the Human Emperor Fist.

The blood and Qi in his body surged, his essence, energy, and spirit converged into his spinal marrow, and in coordination with the medicinal effect of the Marrow Cleansing Pill, he tempered his spinal marrow.

As time went on, the blood and Qi in his body became increasingly vigorous, unexpectedly breaking through like a hot knife through butter, reaching the middle stage of Marrow Refining from the initial stage.

This single pill saved him at least two months of bitter cultivation time!

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Yin Qi withdrew his fist and stood still, exhaling like an arrow.

He slowly calmed his boiling blood and Qi while also thinking about how to make money.

The gold and silver on him were basically used up; he either had to sell the items bestowed by the Gan Emperor or find a way to open up new sources of income himself.

Among the Gan Emperor's rewards, the most valuable were naturally the Snow Ginseng Organ-Nourishing Paste and the Ice Soul Purple Ganoderma Pill.

It was just that these items belonged to the category of secret medicines, which basically only flowed out from the imperial palace; if he sold them, it would be very easy to be investigated, and at that time, his cultivation might be exposed.

Because these were secret medicines for the Viscera Refining Realm, if he were still in the Viscera Refining Realm, he couldn't sell them.

Since that was the case, he would sell the Marrow Cleansing Pills.

………

Night fell.

Yin Qi quietly left the Duke Mansion and arrived outside the Danding Pavilion.

The Danding Pavilion primarily dealt in cultivation secret medicines.

The princes, nobles, and high officials in Yujing City were basically their clients.

Like the Yin Duke Mansion, they had to purchase a batch of cultivation secret medicines from the Danding Pavilion every month, often costing ten thousand taels of silver.

Although night had fallen, the Danding Pavilion hadn't closed yet.

Yin Qi walked in wearing a veil hat.

A veil hat, which is a bamboo hat with black gauze hanging down the edges, could block people's line of sight.

Seeing a guest arrive, the shop assistant greeted him enthusiastically, "This guest, I wonder what you need? We have both secret medicines for treating various injuries and secret medicines needed to assist in cultivation; we have everything."

Yin Qi deliberately used a hoarse voice and said in a low tone, "Oh, I want secret medicine that can refine marrow; do you have that too?"

The shop assistant gave a dry laugh and said, "Guest, you are joking. Secret medicine that can refine marrow is extremely rare in the world; keeping it for one's own use isn't enough, so how could it be circulated? Even for secret medicine for Viscera Refining, we can't get much stock every year. Before it's even brought out for sale, it's already been reserved by people years in advance."

Yin Qi chuckled lightly, "Is that so? It just so happens I have a Marrow Cleansing Pill here that can cleanse the marrow and wash away impurities; I wonder if you are interested in buying it?"

"Marrow... Marrow Cleansing Pill!"

The shop assistant's pupils constricted, and his breathing became somewhat rapid.

He hurriedly bowed and said, "This guest, please come into the private room inside. I cannot make the decision on this matter; I need to go and invite the manager."

Marrow Cleansing Pill—although he had never heard of it.

But this matter was too big, and he didn't dare to make a decision on his own.

What if it were real?

……

Private room.

Yin Qi didn't wait long before an old man wearing a brocade robe hurried over.

He cupped his hands and said, "I am the manager of the Danding Pavilion; I wonder how to address you, sir?"

Yin Qi used his hoarse voice to say, "Let's talk directly about the Marrow Cleansing Pill; are you interested in buying it?"

"Buy, of course I'll buy it!"

The manager said repeatedly, "However, I need to verify the pill first to see if it is genuine."

Yin Qi nodded, took the pill bottle from his bosom, and handed it over.

The manager carefully took the pill bottle and walked to the table to sit down.

He opened the bottle stopper, poured out the pill, and then took out a specially made small spoon, broke the beeswax, and took a small spoonful of the pill.

This small spoon was very small, only slightly larger than a needle's eye.

After resealing the beeswax, the manager put the small spoonful of the pill into his mouth and slowly closed his eyes, but soon his expression changed, his eyes opened wide, revealing a look of shock.

Although it was only a small spoonful, it contained extremely strong medicinal power that surged straight toward his spinal marrow.

This was undoubtedly a spirit pill for marrow refining!

Yin Qi said indifferently, "How is it?"

The manager said solemnly, "It is undoubtedly a spirit pill for marrow refining. The Danding Pavilion will take this Marrow Cleansing Pill; how about one hundred thousand taels of silver?"

"Too little!"

Yin Qi said indifferently, "As far as I know, even a slave who is an Innate Martial Master costs at least two hundred thousand taels of silver. This Marrow Cleansing Pill of mine is enough to raise someone from the initial stage of Marrow Refining to the middle stage; you are being too insincere."