Chapter 618: External Path Golden Elixir Refined

Chen Mobai: "I've slain two third-tier demonic beasts and obtained two inner cores. I need Master Yan to help me refine them into Outer Dao Golden Cores."

Yan Shaoyin: "A small matter."

Chen Mobai: "These three pill formulas are exclusively for your use; you must not pass them on to anyone else."

Yan Shaoyin: "No problem."

Chen Mobai: "Finally, every time you refine these three types of pills, I want half!"

As soon as this third demand was made, Yan Shaoyin was no longer so agreeable. He frowned, looking somewhat reluctant.

Yan Shaoyin: "Previously, Brother Zhou Shengqing and I collaborated on refining the Golden Liquid Jade Return Pills. How about we continue with that model of cooperation?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Mobai understood Yan Shaoyin's concern. The sheer quantity and preciousness of the herbs required for these three pill formulas meant that even with Revert Heaven Valley possessing the largest medicinal field in the Eastern Wilderness, a single failure would cause significant distress for a long time. If Chen Mobai wanted half of the refined pills, then he would also need to provide half of the raw materials for their refinement.

"First, we need to help refine two Inner Dao Spiritual Plants!"

"Senior Sister Sheng, you've also worked hard," Chen Mobai said, offering an excuse he had long prepared, though it was also true.

"Indeed, it lives up to its reputation as an ancient sect's pill formula; it can even harmonize the 'ruler, minister, assistant, and guide' components so perfectly. It's just a pity that some of the medicinal ingredients are extinct, and we'll need to find substitutes." This person actually possessed extraordinary attainments in alchemy.

Chen Mobai understood the Eastern Wilderness's tendency to constantly hinder progress, but he preferred internal competition. He was even planning to upgrade Yan Shaoyin's sect's grand competition, allowing Foundation Establishment cultivators to participate in the future. He believed the Foundation Establishment cultivators of the sect wouldn't shy away from competition!

"Master, the Green Cicada is quite satisfied with the soil here; it can grow and sprout." Upon hearing this, Chen Mobai immediately assented.

When Grandmaster Nan Shan took Shen Muzong to Little Leaf Mountain in the Flower Kingdom, he earnestly advised them, fulfilling his duty. "If the Earth Spirit Root value could be raised above 80 points, and another wisp of Creation Qi were added, would it then be possible to cultivate the Primordial Dao Fruit?"

Shen Muzong then turned to thank Jin Danxi, who had specifically rushed over. Since they needed to use the Reverting Heaven Furnace and the power of the fourth-tier fire vein there, they had to trouble her to travel. Jin Danxi, however, shook her head, showing no concern. She was quite interested in refining Outer Dao spiritual plants, so this assistance could be considered gaining this cultivation method for free. This time, because Chen Mobai was present, Grandmaster Nan Shan reluctantly opened his pill reserves, allowing Jin Danxi to select some suitable healing pills.

Therefore, facing Chen Mobai, who possessed the pill formulas, Yan Shaoyin inherently lacked confidence. In that case, Chen Mobai could begin preparing for the advancement of his Enlightenment White Tea. This was because he didn't want Core Formation cultivators in the Eastern Wilderness to breakthrough or elevate their realms using the pills he refined.

Huh…

Wenren Zhuoming's eighth-tier Enlightenment White Tea was only upgraded after being fed the essences of eighteen different tea trees from the Gou Mang Daoist Academy. That was to plant different tea trees along the same ley line, and then, through a specific guiding technique, allow the roots of the Enlightenment White Tea to absorb the tea essence from the Green Cicada spiritual trees. Shen Muzong had always kept this method in mind after learning about it.

"This Immortal Sect spiritual tea seed, given to me by Wenren Zhuoming, has a very effective method for advancement, besides natural growth." Although it was unknown how many more types of spiritual tea were needed, Wenren Zhuoming was diligently working towards that goal.

After Jin Danxi finished reading the letter in her hand, having returned from Cloud Dream Marsh and recuperating from her injuries, she nodded slightly. After the refinement was complete, she bid farewell and departed.

"After all, as an alchemist, he cared for high-tier spiritual plants as if they were blood relatives." After all, he also understood the knowledge of artifact refining and alchemy, so he could provide some assistance.

"If Shen Muzong had no plan at all and merely intended to dig up the Green Cicada spiritual trees, it was obvious that the three precious tea trees would only wither and die."

"The Jian Kingdom borders the Flower Kingdom, and there are actually dragon vein energies within the mountain ranges along the border. I plan to first transplant the Green Cicada spiritual trees there." If used to plant the three Green Cicada spiritual trees, it could only be described as barely sufficient.

For this purpose, Sheng Zhao specially dug an entire storage bag full of spiritual soil from Little Leaf Mountain in the Flower Kingdom. The good news, however, was that this tea tree survived after being planted in Little Nan Shan. But compared to true dragon vein spiritual soil, it was still somewhat insufficient. After the Green Cicada spiritual tree planted in Little Nan Shan took root, its spiritual energy immediately dropped a level. Facts proved that the All-Encompassing Mother Qi was indeed effective. If Sheng Zhao hadn't dripped a few drops of undiluted Tai Sui liquid, it's estimated that the originally low-grade eighth-tier Green Cicada spiritual tree would have suffered a significant decline in quality.

Because he was unsure if his All-Encompassing Mother Qi could simulate the effect of dragon vein immersion, Shen Muzong followed the method he had discussed with Grandmaster Nan Shan. He found two spiritual hubs of dragon vein branches in the Jian Kingdom and planted two of the tea trees there, to prevent a total loss if the one in Little Nan Shan died. The Flower Kingdom civilization, which nurtured dragon veins, once ruled several distant countries, and Jian Kingdom was one of them, so there were also some dragon vein branches within Jian Kingdom. However, compared to the vast spiritual fields in the Flower Kingdom that could plant continuous acres of Coiling Dragon Spiritual Rice, the dragon vein branches in Jian Kingdom were probably at most a few dozen mu (acres).

"If she were to travel through half of the Eastern Wilderness under Yan Shaoyin's command, would she then be able to gather a complete wisp of Creation Qi?" The continuous gains made Shen Muzong feel that keeping Chen Mobai confined to Little Nan Shan on ordinary days was perhaps too wasteful.

Chen Mobai thought about it and felt it was acceptable. Shen Muzong also told him everything he knew, because if it was successfully cultivated in the future, he could get half. "Let's just store them in the Jian Kingdom for now."

If they had arrived a few years later, it might have become a copper-armored zombie causing havoc in all directions. Shen Muzong's spiritual sense surged out, and he discovered that the buried corpse inside the tomb had already grown fur and its skin had turned verdigris green. A golden flame descended from the sky, instantly incinerating the zombie and the deep underground tomb into ashes.

"Thank you for your hard work, Master Yan. This is the formula for the Nirvana Pill." It's unknown which geomancer found such a geomantically auspicious place. "So, the artifact refiner must naturally also be the best in the Eastern Wilderness!" After Grandmaster Nan Shan finished examining the Nirvana Pill, he still didn't quite understand some aspects of the Longevity Sect's ancient pill formula, so he immediately consulted the Longevity Sect's Holy Son before him. "Indeed, Grandmaster Nan Shan is the top alchemist in the Eastern Wilderness. "So that's what Orchid Dew Grass is... Of course, spiritual stones were given."

After a deep discussion about the two pill formulas, Grandmaster Nan Shan was already deeply convinced of Shen Muzong's identity as the Holy Son of the Longevity Sect. The more thoroughly Grandmaster Nan Shan understood the pill formulas, the better. For the pill formulas given to Grandmaster Nan Shan, Shen Muzong had already replaced the Immortal Sect's medicinal ingredients with their Heavenly River Realm names. For some unavailable ones, he provided alternative names and annotated their effects and growing environments. After all, the types of spiritual teas in the vast Heavenly River Realm were even more numerous than those in the Immortal Sect.

"We also need an artifact refiner to assist. Should I find someone, or should Liu Wenbai call Yan Shaoyin's nephew-disciple, Wang?" Chen Mobai mainly guarded the two of them while also providing some assistance. Among them, the main contributors were Chen Mobai and Jin Danxi.

Although Jin Danxi was refining an Outer Dao item for the first time, she had already communicated all the crucial points with Chen Mobai before the refinement, so she cooperated smoothly, purifying the residual essence from the inner core. After the first Outer Dao Golden Core was completed, the three of them didn't rest but worked in one go, also refining the second water-attribute demonic beast inner core. After the final step of transforming the demonic energy within the inner cores into immense power that could be wielded by a human body, all three of them breathed a sigh of relief.

Not long after, at Solitary Peak in Revert Heaven Valley's forbidden area. "Alright!" Solitary Peak truly lived up to its reputation as a fourth-tier fire vein of the Eastern Wilderness; the Earth's Core True Flame continuously gushed out, absorbed by the third-tier Reverting Heaven Furnace. It refined various medicinal herbs into multicolored liquids, which were then, drop by drop, used to cleanse the demonic beast inner cores according to a special method.

Shen Muzong placed the two Outer Dao Golden Cores, one emerald green and one blue-white, into pre-prepared jade bottles, and then handed over the second pill formula. However, he still remembered what he had promised Shen Muzong.

Strictly speaking, he was the one asking for help, but in the Heavenly River Realm, pill formulas were even more precious. Furthermore, although there was only one fourth-tier alchemist in the Eastern Wilderness, there were others, even more skilled than Yan Shaoyin, in Dongwu and Dongyi.

After their exchange, Chen Mobai was even more impressed by the young Shen Muzong.

"He must achieve Nascent Soul formation before this Liu Wenbai, and absolutely not allow Revert Heaven Valley to return to its state during the Primordial Ancestor's time." He watched the colorful clouds carrying the three tea trees depart into the sky, silently reciting the formula for the Infant Nurturing Pill in his heart, his gaze growing sharper.

To transplant these three precious tea trees, Shen Muzong specifically had Chen Mobai return to Giant Wood Ridge to bring Sheng Zhao over. Through her Myriad Spirit Insight communication, she selected the three Green Cicada spiritual trees that were most inert and willing to be moved. Shen Muzong exerted great magical power, directly pulling up the tea tree's root system and the surrounding soil. Very quickly, three holes appeared in the center of the tea forest on Little Leaf Mountain's summit, causing Grandmaster Nan Shan immeasurable heartache. Thinking thus, Chen Mobai closed his eyes, no longer watching Shen Muzong and his disciple digging the earth.

After Shen Muzong, Sheng Zhao, and Chen Mobai left the Flower Kingdom, they followed the dragon veins to a lake named Flying Dragon Pond on the border of the Jian Kingdom. And besides discovering a spiritual hub of a dragon vein branch, Chen Mobai also found a wisp of Creation Qi there. "That was equivalent to the foundation of a Heavenly Earth Spirit Root!" This time, Shen Muzong did not take a share; he directly let Sheng Zhao keep it in her cauldron, to slowly refine it after returning to Little Nan Shan.

At that moment, Sheng Zhao, who had skillfully planted one of the tea trees on the central island of the lake using the Myriad Spirit Insight, joyfully waved to Shen Muzong, reporting on the transplant's status. "Master, the dragon vein branch is coiling right here, forming a spiritual hub."

After planting that Green Cicada, Sheng Zhao then led Chen Mobai towards another dragon vein branch. However, their luck wasn't as good this time. They arrived in Yan Kingdom, at the Fire True Hall.

"We'll establish this place as a branch courtyard of Little Nan Shan. I'll set up a formation, and a bit later, Wenbai will post a task on the Spirit Treasure Pavilion to recruit a disciple skilled in spiritual plants to look after this tea tree." As for the third tea tree, it was to be taken to Little Nan Shan for planting.