Mortals: Take Mo Juren at the start

Chapter 1247 Medicine God Sect and Tenglong Pill

The last time he went into seclusion, it lasted for fifty years, but he still couldn't break through. At that time, Mo Juren realized that the bottleneck he was facing was far more solid than he had imagined.

It's not so easy to truly break through.

To ensure everything goes perfectly, he must solve two problems at the same time.

Firstly, the level of one's bloodline must be raised as soon as possible. Secondly, one must find pills similar to the 'Breakthrough Pill' and in large quantities.

Only by taking such a two-pronged approach can we truly break through the bottleneck.

Before he left, he had instructed Zeng Lu to do his best to collect resources and relevant information, but only a year has passed, so he probably hasn't gained much.

However, to his surprise, after casually asking the other party a question, he received a pleasant surprise.

The other party learned some information about elixirs. Just a month ago, the 'Medicine God Sect' of the Xuanwu Realm issued a message.

Sect Master Xue Changyun planned to refine a batch of "Primordial Essence Pills" and had been preparing for it for more than ten years. All the other necessary materials were ready, but two key auxiliary ingredients were missing.

One is 'Mysterious Jade Marrow', and the other is 'Phoenix Blood Grass'.

Although they are only auxiliary medicines, these two substances are even rarer than the main medicines, especially nowadays, they are becoming increasingly difficult to find.

Even the Medicine God Sect, a force renowned throughout the world for its alchemy, spent over a decade searching for these two items but still failed to find them, demonstrating just how precious they are.

Left with no other choice, the Medicine God Sect issued a message: whoever could find either of these two items and bring them over could exchange them for a share of the pill.

Although it may only be 10%, it is still a significant number.

Xue Changyun was no ordinary person. He had once received personal guidance from Yuanlong Ancestor, one of the Ten Great Alchemists of the Human Race, which made his alchemy skills advance by leaps and bounds.

It was under his leadership that the Medicine God Sect rose from an insignificant little force to its current renowned status in just a few thousand years.

Although it is far from being comparable to those super-powerful factions, it is still not to be underestimated.

For someone like Xue Changyun, each time he refines pills, it's no small matter. Usually, one batch of pills can produce around a hundred pills, and one batch is at least ten or more.

This couldn't be more suitable for Mo Juren.

The so-called "Chongyuan Pill" is a pill similar to the "Breaking Realm Pill". Both have the effect of breaking through cultivation bottlenecks. Compared with the latter, although the Chongyuan Pill is of a lower grade, its effect is more powerful.

Although theoretically, Breakthrough Pills are more mysterious and have different grades, ordinary low-grade Breakthrough Pills only work for Nascent Soul stage cultivators, while mid-grade Breakthrough Pills are for Deity Transformation stage cultivators. In addition, there are high-grade Breakthrough Pills, which are for Void Refinement stage experts.

In comparison, the Chongyuan Pill is far inferior. Although it also has three grades, and even a top grade, it only refers to the quality of the same batch of pills and is far less prestigious than the Breakthrough Pill.

The Qi Refining Pill only works for Nascent Soul stage cultivators breaking through bottlenecks. The higher the quality, the better the effect. Moreover, at this stage, it is even more suitable than the Breakthrough Pill.

Even more crucially, the difficulty of refining the Breakthrough Pill is beyond imagination.

Since Master Xiao Yan of the Ziyun Temple passed away a hundred years ago, no one in the cultivation world has been able to refine this pill. Not to mention the middle grade, there is no low grade either. The remaining "Breakthrough Pills" are becoming increasingly rare.

However, the Chongyuan Pill does not have such restrictions. Firstly, there are many cultivators who know how to refine this pill, and secondly, most of the materials used in it can be found.

Only a few types, such as 'Mysterious Jade Marrow' and 'Phoenix Blood Grass', are relatively scarce, but as long as these two materials are sufficient, this pill can be made in any quantity.

However, on the other hand, precisely because this pill is relatively easy to refine, its usage has increased significantly, which has indirectly led to a decrease in the number of 'Mysterious Jade Marrow' and 'Phoenix Blood Grass' materials in existence.

Thousands of years ago, this situation was not so obvious, but now, finding these two items has become increasingly difficult.

Ironically, this trip to the far north was not in vain, as it yielded him a great deal of gains.

The collection of eight experts at the Integration Realm contains countless treasures, many of which are rare and precious items.

When Mo Juren was taking stock, he happened to find 'Mysterious Jade Marrow' among them, and there was quite a lot of it, which was just right to be used this time.

On the contrary, the 'Phoenix Blood Grass' was a bit of a problem, as it was not found in the harvest.

As the name suggests, 'Phoenix Blood Grass' is a special spiritual herb that is nourished by the blood of the Heavenly Phoenix. It must be at least 30,000 years old, and the older the better.

Of course, the Heavenly Phoenix Blood here is not the pure True Spirit Heavenly Phoenix Blood, which would be far too precious to be used by a mere Qi Refining Pill.

This is just a general term; it only needs to contain the bloodline of the Phoenix Clan.

Even so, this thing is still rare and hard to come by. The bloodline of the Heavenly Phoenix is ​​so precious, who would be willing to use it to water spiritual herbs? Therefore, it is usually caused unintentionally.

Most importantly, it needs to be created in the years they are born, which greatly increases the difficulty of its creation.

Under normal circumstances, there are only two places in the entire Three Realms and Seven Lands where Phoenix Blood Grass can be born: one is the Ye family among the True Spirit Families, and the other is the Black Phoenix Clan among the Seven Great Demon Clans.

Of course, it is possible that such places also exist outside the Three Realms and Seven Lands, but they are too far away to be relied upon.

"Phoenix Blood Grass?" Mo Juren stroked his chin. He really didn't know what to do about it, but it didn't matter. Anyway, he already had the Profound Spirit Jade Marrow, which would be enough to exchange for 10% of the 'Primordial Essence Pill'. As for the Phoenix Blood Grass, he naturally didn't need to worry about it.

There's another thing: the Medicine God Sect is located in the northern region of the Xuanwu Continent, and it's only less than ten million miles away from the Heavenly Fiend Valley. At his speed, it would only take him one or two months to travel that distance.

Wouldn't that be perfect? ​​Once I get the pills, I can take the opportunity to visit Heavenly Fiend Valley and resolve the Purple Lightning problem at the same time.

Thinking of this, Mo Juren was in a great mood. Just as he was wondering when to set off, his expression suddenly changed, and he took out a token from his pocket.

As a message entered his mind, Mo Juren immediately looked ashamed. Without hesitation, he put away the token and headed straight out of the cave.

...An hour later, in the market town of Tianyuan City.

Mo Juren descended from the sky and walked along a blue stone alley for a distance before arriving in front of a three-story building that was entirely white.

The sign above the door clearly read "You Ran Ju" (悠然居). He was very familiar with this place. Ever since he and Xiao Yunhuang had been here once, he would often come here whenever he was in the market and had time.

He came here after receiving a message from Xiao Yunhuang, and then accepted the invitation.

He walked through the gate, waved away the waiter who was about to greet him, and went straight to the top floor. When he arrived at a room, he didn't say hello and just pushed the door open and went in.

In just a moment, he saw the familiar figure in the seat by the window. Who else could it be but Xiao Yunhuang?
It had been a year since I last saw him, and he still looked as charming as ever. However, the moment I saw him, my face turned cold, and I looked very angry.

Mo Juren couldn't help but chuckle, and walked straight to the other person to sit down.

He didn't say anything, and seemed not to notice the other person's abnormality. Instead, he poured himself a cup of tea and then leisurely sipped it.

This was something Xiao Yunhuang hadn't anticipated. Shouldn't he be apologizing to her immediately? Why did he just start drinking? Wasn't his act of being angry just for nothing?

Her bright eyes were fixed on the other person. After a while, seeing that he remained calm and unmoved, she finally couldn't hold back any longer and asked angrily:

"Don't you have anything to say?"

"I've been busy treating Senior Hua these past few days, so I neglected you, Miss. It's my fault, and I apologize." Mo Juren put down his teacup and gave a sincere reply. However, upon hearing this, Xiao Yunhuang was stunned.

The reason she was angry was that the other person had been back for almost half a month without telling her. She had been worried and anxious all year, but now he had forgotten about her. Naturally, she felt resentful.

She had prepared countless words to berate the other person and make them realize their mistake, but before she could even open her mouth, the other person immediately apologized, and their attitude was very sincere.

This made her, who had prepared so much to say, momentarily speechless. Then, hearing the other person mention Hua Qingyao, her attention was immediately diverted.

"Um... how is Senior Hana doing?"

"Fortunately, she woke up more than ten days ago and is currently in the recovery phase..." Mo Juren nodded slightly, and upon hearing this, Xiao Yunhuang immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Hua Qingyao had stayed in her sister's cave for a period of time before. Both she and her sister were there at the time, and she received a lot of guidance from her sister on cultivation.

She had always been very grateful, and now that she heard the other person was alright, she was naturally happy for them.

"I heard from Senior Feng Yu that your operation in the far north didn't go too smoothly. Did you encounter any danger?" Putting aside her thoughts, Xiao Yunhuang asked again.

"Danger was inevitable, but fortunately it all ended without serious harm. Everything is over and there's no need to mention it again." Mo Juren shook his head slightly, looking like he didn't want to say more.

This immediately caused Xiao Yunhuang to show her 'dissatisfaction' again, and then she pretended to be angry again, saying...
"You're always like this, can't you explain in more detail?"

"It's better not to say anything. Besides, there are some things I don't know how to explain." Mo Juren still didn't agree. Other things were fine, but in the secret realm, it was really too illogical for a Nascent Soul cultivator like himself to defeat a Tribulation Transcending level being. No one would believe it if he said it, and it might even cause unnecessary trouble.

It was obvious that Fairy Phoenix Feather knew this as well, which is why she did not reveal anything to Xiao Yunhuang.

"Tell me if you want, I don't want to hear it anyway!" Xiao Yunhuang rolled her eyes at the man in annoyance, but she wisely stopped asking. However, her slender left hand suddenly flipped gently, and a small jade bottle about an inch tall appeared amidst the flashing purple light.

Without saying anything, he simply pushed the jade bottle forward.

“This is…” Mo Juren couldn’t help but be taken aback.

"Aren't you facing a bottleneck? I happened to return to my clan not long ago and obtained a 'Soaring Dragon Pill,' which should be able to help you."

"You!" After hearing the other party's explanation, a complicated look flashed in Mo Juren's eyes. Xiao Yunhuang knew that he had been in seclusion for fifty years without making a breakthrough and had encountered a bottleneck, but she did not expect that he would keep it in mind and even specially find pills.

The Soaring Dragon Pill is a renowned treasure in the cultivation world. Its effects are similar to those of the Breakthrough Pill, but it is gentler and has no side effects.

The Tenglong Pill is just as effective as the Breakthrough Pill in breaking through bottlenecks, but its price is extremely high because the medicinal materials required to refine it are too precious.

Therefore, under normal circumstances, given a choice, almost no one would be willing to refine this pill, but would instead choose other similar pills, such as the Chongyuan Pill, etc.

Only powerful forces with abundant resources would actually have the idea of ​​refining this pill.

From this, we can deduce that the Tenglong Pill in front of us must have been refined by a high-ranking member of the Xiao family and was intended for Xiao Yunhuang. However, we never expected that he would give it to us.

The most difficult thing to accept is the kindness of a beautiful woman. Mo Juren was moved, but he did not want to accept it.

I can get more than ten 'Chongyuan Pills' right away, which is enough for me. Why should I keep the 'Tenglong Pill'? Wouldn't that be the same as taking away the other party's opportunity?

Thinking of this, he immediately pushed the jade bottle back.

This action naturally caused Xiao Yunhuang's expression to change slightly. Before she could ask why, Mo Juren offered an explanation:
"You may not know this, but a year from now, the Medicine God Sect of the Xuanwu Realm plans to start refining the 'Chongyuan Pill' and has announced that anyone who possesses 'Xuanling Jade Marrow' and 'Phoenix Blood Grass' can exchange them for 10% of the pill."

"The Primordial Essence Pill!" Upon hearing this, Xiao Yunhuang was immediately surprised. She was well aware of the situation of the Medicine God Sect, but she never expected that they would actually intend to refine the 'Primordial Essence Pill' and even allow others to exchange it.

This is indeed an extremely rare opportunity! If we could really exchange even 10% of this pill, it would be far more useful than bringing a single Tenglong Pill with us.

But on second thought, it doesn't seem that easy. Both the 'Mysterious Jade Spirit Marrow' and the 'Phoenix Blood Grass' are rare items that can only be encountered by chance. How could they be obtained so easily?

However, when she looked at Mo Juren again, especially at his confident and composed expression, she became even more suspicious.
"Do you perhaps possess the Mysterious Jade Spirit Marrow, or perhaps the Phoenix Blood Grass?"

“You’re not stupid. I do have ‘Mysterious Jade Spirit Marrow’ and I’m already planning to go to the Medicine God Sect. I can exchange it for 10% of the ‘Primordial Essence Pills’ there.”

"I see!" After hearing Mo Juren's explanation, Xiao Yunhuang finally understood. If she could really get a large number of 'Chongyuan Pills', then the Tenglong Pills she gave away would indeed be insignificant.

Thinking of this, she felt inexplicably lost, took the jade bottle back into her hand and clutched it tightly, not knowing what to say.