Chapter 61: Ten Complete Great Replenishment Pill

Shi Quan put the Alchemist Furnace back into the System Space.

Shi Quan took out a booklet, briefly wrote down the medicinal properties of a few herbs, and then began to cultivate to recover.

At noon the next day, Dugu Bo was the first to return to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

"Grandpa Dugu."

"Eat something first. Yan Yan is up above; I will bring her down after you finish eating."

As he spoke, Dugu Bo took a lot of food out from the Soul Guidance Device at his waist.

Shi Quan had originally planned to go back to buy some food today before returning, but he had not expected Dugu Bo to bring him food, and quite a lot of it at that.

While eating, Shi Quan handed the medicinal properties of the few herbs he had written down yesterday to Dugu Bo, "Grandpa Dugu, I tried it yesterday. If I specifically focus on sensing, I can indeed sense a portion of the herbs' medicinal properties, but the process is quite troublesome and slow, and I can only sense a general idea. I don't know if I can be of any help to you."

Dugu Bo looked at the booklet in his hands, his eyes full of surprise. Although the content in the booklet was not very detailed, one thing was certain: Shi Quan's sensing of the medicinal properties was correct, because Dugu Bo recognized some of the medicinal materials in the booklet, and the summaries in the booklet matched the actual medicinal properties of the materials themselves.

"Grandpa Dugu, I am not sure that my sensing is absolutely correct. My content can only serve as a reference; you still need to test the specific medicinal effects."

While speaking, Shi Quan also paid attention to the changes in Dugu Bo's expression, because the medicinal power of the Immortal Herb not far from his side had already been absorbed by the Alchemist Furnace. At such close range, if Dugu Bo did not notice, then he could safely and boldly continue to absorb the medicinal power of other Immortal Herbs and Spirit Herbs.

"Hahaha, I know. Eat quickly." Dugu Bo said with a beaming smile. After finishing the booklet in his hands, he asked, "Xiao Quan, why don't you stop returning to the academy for this period and help Grandpa confirm the medicinal properties of all the herbs in the herb garden first?"

"No problem." Shi Quan agreed with a smile; he had originally wanted to stay at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, so he naturally went along with the suggestion.

"Then I will trouble you, Grandpa Dugu, to come and bring me some food every day."

"Hahaha, no trouble, no trouble, this is what Grandpa should do."

As soon as Shi Quan finished eating, Dugu Bo lost no time in bringing Dugu Yan down to begin purging the poison.

Practice makes perfect.

An hour later, Dugu Yan finished that day's poison purging.

Judging by the current progress, the toxins in Dugu Yan's body might still need another month.

Following the departure of the two.

Shi Quan immediately lost no time in starting his great cause of extracting the medicinal power of the herbs.

Cyan light flickered continuously within the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. In less than half an hour, the Alchemist Furnace had finished extracting all the medicinal power from all the herbs.

The content on the light screen changed again, turning to "Energy Absorption in Progress," with a progress bar below.

According to the screen's content, the Alchemist Furnace still needed to absorb a certain amount of energy before it would begin refining the pill.

The speed of the progress bar was not slow; in just a quarter of an hour, it had already risen by twenty percent. It would take about an hour or so to finish absorbing.

It had been almost an hour since Dugu Bo left. To prevent Dugu Bo from suddenly returning and discovering the existence of the Alchemist Furnace, once the progress bar reached forty percent, Shi Quan put the Alchemist Furnace back into the System Space, preparing to continue tomorrow.

A day passed quickly.

At about the same time as yesterday, Dugu Bo brought food and arrived at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well again.

After helping Dugu Yan complete the poison purging for the third time, Dugu Yan's hair color also showed some subtle changes; at the roots of her originally purple hair, a trace of faint black had appeared.

After the two left, Shi Quan immediately took out the Alchemist Furnace again. After an hour of absorption, the light screen of the Alchemist Furnace finally changed again, turning to "Refining Pill in Progress."

The originally palm-sized furnace suddenly enlarged. In just a few breaths, it had exceeded two meters, and at the same time, a scorching aura was emitted from the furnace.

It was the same progress bar, but the speed of refining the pill was significantly slower than the speed of absorbing energy. A quarter of an hour passed, and the progress bar remained at one percent. At this speed, it was feared that it would not be finished even in a full day and night.

Shi Quan certainly could not leave the huge furnace in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Shi Quan originally intended to put it back into the system's Storage Space, but discovered that all functions of the Alchemist Furnace would stagnate.

The Alchemist Furnace was emitting a powerful energy aura, and the Snow Jade Bracelet could not store it. Fortunately, there was the Hundred Treasure Bag.

After putting the Alchemist Furnace into the Hundred Treasure Bag and confirming that it was still refining the pill, Shi Quan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The Ten Complete Great Replenishment Pill refined from more than fifty kinds of Immortal Herbs and Spirit Herbs—just thinking about it made him excited. Once the pill was refined, he didn't know how great an improvement it would bring.

Just like that, another three days passed.

"Grandpa Dugu, this is the new medicinal property information." Shi Quan skillfully handed the booklet to Dugu Bo from the Snow Jade Bracelet, but today he had a hesitant look on his face.

Dugu Bo, that shrewd man, saw the change in Shi Quan's expression at a glance and took the initiative to ask, "What's wrong, Xiao Quan? Is there something you want to tell Grandpa?"

Shi Quan paused, then said, "Grandpa Dugu, I want to ask you for a herb."

"It's just a herb, you can just ask for it directly. Would Grandpa not give it to you?" Dugu Bo smiled faintly and asked suspiciously, "Xiao Quan, did you sense that there is a herb that is very suitable for you? Why don't you tell Grandpa first? Let Grandpa help you see if it's safe."

Shi Quan smiled and touched his head, pointing to a corner of the herb garden, "It's that bamboo that looks very similar to the Ink Jade Bamboo."

"Perhaps because my second soul ring for my Blue Silver Grass was an Ink Jade Bamboo, I actually had a feeling the first day I came here that this bamboo seemed very suitable for me. I originally thought it was just my illusion, but from the cultivation sensing of these past few days, this feeling has become clearer and clearer, so I want to study it to see if I can consume this bamboo."

Shi Quan chuckled and looked at Dugu Bo, "What do you think, Grandpa Dugu?"

"This bamboo is indeed very similar to the Ink Jade Bamboo spirit beast. I have also studied it before; this bamboo is extremely tough, and within that toughness, it carries a bit of rigidity. It might be a little useful for making weapons. In my opinion, it doesn't even count as a medicinal material. Consume it?" Dugu Bo shook his head, "I'm afraid this bamboo cannot be consumed."

"No wonder he sits on a treasure mountain without knowing it..." Shi Quan sighed silently in his heart.

The dignified Ink Jade Divine Bamboo was directly disparaged as worthless by Dugu Bo.

Shi Quan spoke at the right moment, "Grandpa Dugu, in my sensing, this bamboo contains very strong medicinal power. I feel that this medicinal power can not only improve my martial soul, but even bring a not-so-small improvement to my strength. I still want to try."

"Is that so?" Dugu Bo was a bit surprised after hearing Shi Quan's words. After walking closer and carefully looking it up and down again, he still shook his head and said, "If you like it, this bamboo is yours. Take it and study it yourself. However, Xiao Quan, I still have to remind you that you cannot just eat medicine randomly. Since you say it is medicine, then you must be careful yourself."

"Understood." Shi Quan nodded with a smile and agreed.

With Dugu Bo's permission, things were simple.

The reason he suddenly asked Dugu Bo for the Ink Jade Divine Bamboo was very simple: the Ten Complete Great Replenishment Pill in the Alchemist Furnace was about to be successfully refined.

When cultivation ended today, Shi Quan noticed that the progress bar on the Alchemist Furnace had already jumped to eighty percent.

At most, it would take another day or two.

By getting the Ink Jade Divine Bamboo in advance, and taking advantage of these two days to finish refining the Ten Complete Great Replenishment Pill, he could attribute the martial soul changes and strength improvements brought about by consuming it to the Ink Jade Divine Bamboo.

However, Shi Quan was also worried that the medicinal effect of the Ten Complete Great Replenishment Pill would be too strong, and that relying solely on the Ink Jade Divine Bamboo would arouse Dugu Bo's suspicion.

Because he had absorbed the soul ring of an Ink Jade Bamboo spirit beast, the Ink Jade Divine Bamboo was currently the best choice and the easiest to explain.

Another day later.

Shi Quan watched as the progress bar for the Alchemist Furnace in his Hundred Treasure Bag reached one hundred, his expression filled with uncontrollable excitement. As the alchemy concluded, the scorching heat emitted by the Alchemist Furnace dissipated, and it slowly shrank, returning to its previous palm-sized appearance.

He took the Alchemist Furnace out from the Hundred Treasure Bag and pressed it lightly; the top of the Alchemist Furnace opened, and a blood-red, jade-like medicinal pill covered in patterns appeared inside.

Shi Quan carefully took the medicinal pill out of the Alchemist Furnace and put the Alchemist Furnace back into his System Space.

After examining the medicinal pill in his hand from top to bottom, the entire pill looked like a seamless whole; it did not emit any unique medicinal fragrance, nor did it have any special feeling, simply appearing just like a piece of blood jade.

"This medicinal pill looks too ordinary, doesn't it? And it absorbed the medicinal power of so many Immortal Herbs." Shi Quan looked at the pill in his hand hesitantly, suspecting that the Alchemist Furnace had skimmed off the profits.

"I'll know once I eat it." Shi Quan gripped the pill tightly in his hand, his gaze falling on the Ink Jade Divine Bamboo not far away.

Before eating it, he still had to set things up to create the illusion that he had consumed the Ink Jade Divine Bamboo.

He summoned his Blue Silver Grass to dig the Ink Jade Divine Bamboo out from its roots and then moved it to an open space; the Blue Silver Grass, after using Hardening, struck the Ink Jade Divine Bamboo, but could not even leave a single mark, which showed just how hard the Ink Jade Divine Bamboo really was.

However, no matter how hard the Ink Jade Divine Bamboo was, it possessed no intelligence of its own, and once removed from the soil, it was nothing more than a lamb waiting to be slaughtered; its roots were its weakness.

Following the roots, Shi Quan spent a great deal of effort, and only then did he manage to break open the internal nodes of the Ink Jade Divine Bamboo from the root position.

Using a jade vessel, he collected every single drop of the bamboo sap from inside the Ink Jade Divine Bamboo; perhaps because the Alchemist Furnace had already extracted the medicinal power of the Ink Jade Divine Bamboo, there was only a tiny bottle of bamboo sap left inside.

After putting away the bamboo sap and storing it in his Hundred Treasure Bag, then putting the Hundred Treasure Bag back into his System Space, Shi Quan leaned against the Ink Jade Divine Bamboo and sat cross-legged, creating the illusion that he had consumed the Ink Jade Divine Bamboo; he opened and closed his mouth, and the blood-colored Ten Complete Great Replenishment Pill went straight into his stomach.