Chapter 363: Mingwu Elixir

"I can refine this elixir, Elder, but I need some time."

He Ping looked at True Person Ruokai.

True Person Ruokai asked: "How long?"

He Ping said: "About five or six days."

He wasn't certain.

Because He Ping's elixir refining required enhancement.

Moreover, he needed to thoroughly comprehend the 【Mingwu Elixir】 formula from scratch—he had never refined this elixir before.

And He Ping also wanted to enhance the materials for the Mingwu Elixir.

He certainly couldn't refine it within a short time.

"Can you guarantee it will be mid-grade?" True Person Ruokai asked He Ping again.

He Ping nodded: "I cannot refine it myself, but my master truly can refine mid-grade..."

"Elder, simply wait here!"

"In five days, I will give you a batch of twelve mid-grade 【Mingwu Elixirs】."

"Hehehe..." True Person Ruokai smiled warmly at He Ping, though his tone was icy: "It's not that I don't believe you, but this matter is crucial, and the materials for Mingwu Elixir are exceedingly precious!"

"What if you waste my materials and fail to produce even one batch of mid-grade Mingwu Elixir?"

"How can I trust you?"

He Ping asked: "What do you propose, Elder?"

True Person Ruokai said: "You must provide items of equal value as collateral!"

True Person Ruokai's demand was not unreasonable.

After all, the value of a fourth-grade elixir is extremely high.

One Mingwu Elixir can be exchanged for ten batches of 【Chaoyuan Elixir】—that's how precious it is.

He Ping thought for a moment and said: "Elder... I don't have anything valuable to give you... how about you take a look at these elixirs of mine?"

"If you like, you can hold onto a few bottles for now!"

He Ping spread his hands.

True Person Ruokai said: "I don't even look at these elixirs."

He Ping nodded.

What to do?

This business had to be secured today.

After all, he had brought five sets of materials.

After enhancement, that becomes ten sets—enough to refine ten batches of Mingwu Elixir. After refining those ten batches and enhancing them again, that's twenty batches.

Four times as much!

Not to mention how much spirit stone this could earn—just keeping this for personal use would be an absolute advantage later.

Who knows how much the Supreme Mingwu Elixir could enhance one's enlightenment?

"How about this, Elder? Let me leave these items with you as collateral?" He Ping pulled out two jade boxes.

Inside the jade boxes were two different items.

One was ten-thousand-year ice marrow!

The other was crimson fire crystal!

Both were primordial heavenly treasures imbued with rule-force.

True Person Ruokai opened them, glanced once, then nodded: "These two items are still slightly less valuable than mine... but..."

"Leave them here!"

"I'll grant you credit for your sincerity!"

"Yes..." He Ping retrieved the five sets of materials and bowed: "Elder, please wait here while I deliver these to my master for refinement!"

"Within five days, I will not fail your trust!"

"Go!" True Person Ruokai waved his sleeve.

He Ping took the five sets of materials and left the elixir shop, heading straight for his small courtyard.

He knew True Person Ruokai's spiritual sense was vast—he was surely watching him right now.

But it didn't matter.

Halfway there, He Ping suddenly teleported.

The next instant, he appeared inside his own courtyard.

"This..." In the elixir shop, True Person Ruokai had been monitoring He Ping constantly. When He Ping teleported out of his sight, True Person Ruokai was stunned: "Teleportation?"

"A Golden Core cultivator at the second layer can teleport?"

"This is a Golden Core passage!"

"Remarkable! Remarkable!"

Upon learning He Ping had achieved a Golden Core passage, True Person Ruokai relaxed—he believed someone with a Golden Core passage would never covet his meager possessions.

In his courtyard, He Ping slowly ascended to the third floor.

The courtyard had several third-grade arrays: the Spirit-Sealing Array and the Alert Array.

Even a Nascent Soul cultivator couldn't spy on him.

He quietly took one set of materials and tossed it into the Treasure Basin, then calmly studied the 【Mingwu Elixir】 formula.

The formula was already in his elixir compendium, 【Jin Dan Ji Lu】.

After studying for a full day, He Ping fully mastered the Mingwu Elixir formula.

Inside the Treasure Basin, the materials had been enhanced into two sets.

Their quality had also improved.

Refine!

First batch: He Ping began normally.

Boom...

The elixirs flew out!

The Ancient Xuan Cauldron opened.

Refining began!

Result: twelve duds.

Looking at the twelve duds, He Ping exhaled in relief: Duds are good...

Second batch!

He Ping carefully added the 【Century Immortal Wine】 from Chunyu Workshop as a spiritual liquid to neutralize the fire nature.

Two more hours passed—the elixirs were complete.

But their grade was low—only low-grade.

Twelve low-grade Mingwu Elixirs.

Clearly, though He Ping could now refine beyond his realm using his powerful spiritual sense—even with spiritual liquid enhancement—he could only produce low-grade fourth-grade elixirs.

He still needed the Treasure Basin.

He took out the Treasure Basin and placed the elixirs inside.

The next day, it produced twelve mid-grade and twelve supreme elixirs.

Of course, the mid-grade ones were deliberately controlled.

He held one mid-grade elixir in his hand.

His spiritual sense surged into the elixir—the elixir's properties instantly fed back into his mind.

Name: Mingwu Elixir

Grade: Fourth-grade mid-grade.

Effect: After consumption, the user's enlightenment increases by one fold for one year.

Exactly as legend described.

He put away the mid-grade ones and took out the supreme ones.

Name: Mingwu Elixir

Grade: Fourth-grade supreme!

Effect: After consumption, the user's enlightenment increases by three folds for three years.

Three folds?

Three-fold increase means four times total...

Hiss!

So fragrant.

His Dao comprehension speed becomes four times faster.

One year of your insight equals four years of others'.

Extremely Biantai.

Continue enhancing.

Another day passed—the duds were also enhanced by He Ping.

All of them became top-grade.

From then on, He Pingsheng stopped refining and collected all the remaining materials, swept the room, and vanished with a teleportation from the small courtyard.

When he reappeared, He Pingsheng was already near the northern gate of the city lord's mansion.

After walking for half a stick of incense, he arrived at his elixir shop.

Whoosh…

Seeing He Pingsheng arrive, True Person Ruokai immediately rose from his chair, nervously asking: "It's been less than five days—little brother, did you succeed?"

He Pingsheng smiled and pulled out a porcelain bottle: "True Person Ruokai, I have not let you down—it's done!"

"This batch produced twelve pills—all mid-grade!"

"True Person Ruokai, please check if there's any issue!"