Chapter 47: The Break Character Technique

Pill Cauldron Peak.

"The most important thing for us alchemists is to learn to break through the limitations of thinking. Pills don't necessarily have to enhance the strength of the user. For example, this Ten-Ox Strength Pill I refined." Wu Ming spoke eloquently in the Pill Cauldron classroom, explaining the principles of alchemy in simple terms.

The disciples below took notes quickly; these precious principles of alchemy were hard to hear in the outside world.

Alchemists in the outside world valued inheritance; the saying goes that teaching the apprentice starves the master, so learning alchemy in the outside world was fraught with difficulties.

Pill Cauldron Peak was different; they were eager to teach everything they knew, dumping their ideas onto the new junior brothers and sisters.

Alchemists in the outside world valued tradition; the saying goes that the ancestors' methods must not be changed, so getting the outside world to understand the alchemy principles of Pill Cauldron Peak was fraught with difficulties.

Wu Ming was very proud to see the junior brothers and sisters listening carefully.

The Dao Sect hadn't only recruited Lu Yang, Meng Jingzhou, Man Gu, Tao Yaoye, and Li Haoran this year. Because those five had such strong talents and stole the spotlight in the Dao Sect, people subconsciously ignored the other new disciples.

Excluding those five, there were many disciples with dual spiritual roots, triple spiritual roots, or unique skills who were the backbone of the future Dao Sect.

Those listening to the lecture were the new disciples who had chosen to apprentice at Pill Cauldron Peak.

They had been studying at Pill Cauldron Peak for over a year and were still exploring the ways of alchemy.

"Many cultivators have the habit of taking pills during battle to burst out with strength several times their own, using that momentary explosive power to catch their opponents off guard and win."

"Victory is certainly good, but this practice causes several times the power to surge through the meridians. The meridians are only so wide; rashly impacting them causes great damage, and in serious cases, it can damage one’s foundation, which is detrimental to cultivation."

"Our duty as alchemists is to cure illnesses and save people, so we must try to prevent this situation."

"To this end, I painstakingly studied and visited a friend next door who is proficient in summoning arrays, and finally researched this Ten-Ox Strength Pill."

"The pill contains a miniature summoning array. After taking it, it uses the body as a medium to summon ten water buffaloes to help kill the enemy."

"Senior Brother Wu, where are these ten water buffaloes summoned from?" asked a cute junior sister who was listening carefully.

Wu Ming smiled and said: "They are called from the spirit fields."

The food in the canteens and restaurants was mostly grown in the Dao Sect’s own spirit fields.

Being able to grow such high-quality rice and other food had very high requirements for soil, fertilizer, and farming methods.

The Green-Eyed Water Buffalo clan worked hard in the spirit fields. The Green-Eyed Water Buffalo clan was immensely strong, with powerful strength, ranging from the Qi Refining stage to the Nascent Soul stage, and there was even an old Buffalo King at the Soul Transformation stage, which was terrifying.

When the Third Elder was young and hot-blooded, he went to the spirit fields and pushed the buffaloes aside to plow the land himself for a whole night. The buffaloes mentioned here were the Green-Eyed Water Buffalo clan.

The Green-Eyed Water Buffalo clan loved to butt horns with each other, so Wu Ming contacted them to see if they could be summoned during battle, and the Green-Eyed Water Buffalo clan readily agreed.

"As alchemists, you must be like me, think from another perspective, stand in the shoes of the pill user, think about why they need to take the pill, whether there are side effects, and whether there is a better solution."

Wu Ming wrote his results on refining the Ten-Ox Strength Pill into a paper and submitted it to the authoritative work in the alchemy world, *Pill Fire*. The person in charge of *Pill Fire* was shocked by Wu Ming’s wild ideas and turned around and submitted it to the authoritative work in the summoning world.

It had now been successfully published.

Wu Ming also knew his ideas were too advanced and needed to give cultivators some time to adapt, so he set the price of the Foundation Establishment-level Ten-Ox Strength Pill very low, requiring only one hundred contribution points.

You know, even the fried dough sticks sold in the canteen cost one hundred and fifty contribution points.

Wu Ming even marked its function on the exchange list: "Taking it grants the strength of ten oxen," which was quite thoughtful.

Lu Yang fell into deep thought.

If you say this pill is fake, it really does allow the user to have the strength of ten oxen. The introduction and function are completely consistent, not watered down at all.

But if you say this pill is real, you always feel something is wrong.

Where exactly did the problem arise?

He couldn't figure it out.

The ten Foundation Establishment-level water buffaloes were plump and strong, and their charging toward the tiger demon was extremely imposing.

Facing these wild buffaloes, let alone the tiger demon being at the half-step Golden Core stage, even if it were at the Golden Core stage, it wouldn't dare be rammed by such a group of water buffaloes.

No matter how much the tiger demon excelled in strength, it couldn't compare to the strength of the buffalo demons.

Still the same saying, although Pill Cauldron Peak was unreliable, it had never made a mistake in efficacy. The ten summoned wild buffaloes could definitely defeat the tiger demon.

Seeing this, Man Gu and Meng Jingzhou subconsciously relaxed their mindset.

The battle was decided; the tiger demon was powerless to turn the tide.

The tiger demon’s eyes were wide open, its fur bristling, as if it also knew it couldn't defeat these ten water buffaloes.

In that case, take one down with it!

Just then, only a boom was heard, and the Mountain God Temple collapsed.

The Mountain God Temple was already teetering, and it collapsed after a casual ram by the ten water buffaloes.

For a time, dust and heavy rain mixed together, blocking their vision.

The tiger demon seized the opportunity, all four limbs exerted force simultaneously, leaped high, dodged the buffaloes' attack, and pounced fiercely at Lu Yang, moving as fast as thunder!

Only this human must die!

The water buffaloes were clumsy and not good at jumping, so they didn't react to this change.

Man Gu and Meng Jingzhou exclaimed. They had relaxed their vigilance and it was too late to save Lu Yang.

Everyone present was panicked, except for Lu Yang, who remained calm.

He had long guessed that the tiger demon would fight to the death and try to take him down with it.

One must know that a cornered beast’s struggle is the most dangerous!

Lu Yang didn't dodge or evade, using the spell "Inch-by-Inch," shrinking himself and his sword together.

The tiger demon pounced on nothing. Lu Yang arrived directly beneath the tiger demon, restored his size, and green spiritual energy flowed on the blade, finally gathering at the tip.

"Break!"

Lu Yang performed the "Break Character Technique." The Blue Edge Sword was unstoppable, piercing through the tiger demon’s thick fur. With a squelch, it pierced through the tiger demon’s abdomen, and the bloody sword tip poked out from its spine.

This was a sword move he had learned at Tianmen Peak. Among all sword moves, it had the strongest offensive power. This strike would drain most of his spiritual energy and could not be used easily.

In the previous battle, Lu Yang had already figured out the tiger demon’s weakness: the very center of its abdomen had the poorest defense.

Lu Yang released sword energy. Azure sword energy as thin as cow hair bloomed from within the tiger demon, like countless long needles piercing through it.

A crackling sound like firecrackers came from inside the tiger demon, traveling all the way up its spine to its crown.

The tiger demon bled from its seven orifices and fell to the ground.

Lu Yang was exhausted and gasping for air, leaning against the wall, signaling Man Gu and Meng Jingzhou to assist Lanting in eliminating the demon.

Seeing her husband die, the female tiger demon became even more ferocious and wanted to fight to the death. Lanting could barely suppress this cornered beast.

Before Man Gu and Meng Jingzhou could join the new battle, the water buffalo demons turned and charged at the female tiger demon.

The female tiger demon couldn't dodge in time and was trampled into a bloody mess by the water buffaloes.

The battle ended.

Lanting opened her mouth, thinking of the various strange rumors about the Dao Sect that her senior sisters had told her. She hadn't believed them before, but now she believed seventy percent of them. ===== CHAPTER 48 =====