Immortality and Cultivation: Starting with Harvesting the Talents of Demonic Beasts

Chapter 12 Aoki Snake Seed
"This is the remaining stock of inferior and defective [Wood Essence Pills] for seven months, all of them are here."

Master Mo pointed to a stack of long wooden boxes on the table, and then carefully explained to Lin Changheng how to deal with these inferior pills.

Lin Changheng only realized what was happening after hearing this.

It turns out that the method for processing the inferior 【Mu Yuan Dan】 pills is not complicated, but it has a threshold and is extremely time-consuming and energy-intensive.

This is also the fundamental reason why he only gave Lin Changheng the Crimson Flame Pill in the first place.

He needs to reverse the twelve pill-making techniques, which involves incorporating the essence and blood of demonic beasts into the twelve steps of pill synthesis.

The purpose is to extract the essence and blood of the Green Wood Snake contained within.

Only advanced alchemists can do this!
Then they were all sent back to the Xu family and were not sold to outsiders.

It can be used to cultivate the larvae of a type of fish in the Blackwater River, laying a foundation for them, resulting in a higher survival rate and better future growth.

However, because it was too time-consuming, Mo Shi always took it back to his clan every year and handed it over directly.

Despite being repeatedly asked to clean it himself, Master Mo shamelessly did so, leaving the clan feeling helpless and at a loss for words.

But after doing it so many times, Master Mo felt quite embarrassed. Now that Lin Changheng had come to him, he simply handed it over to him without hesitation.

Young people should do more and learn more; it won't do them any harm!
Before Master Mo could even utter those words of persuasion that would make his old face burn, Lin Changheng took the initiative to take over, which moved Master Mo deeply!
Then, watching Lin Changheng gather eight inferior Wood Essence Pills and three Crimson Flame Pills into his arms and carry them tightly downstairs, this attitude towards the mission filled him with deep emotion.

When it comes to accepting disciples, one should emulate Lin Changheng!
"Wait!"

Suddenly, Master Mo shouted, stopping Lin Changheng.

"What happened to Master Mo?"

Lin Changheng's heart skipped a beat.

"Take this. It's a storage bag I used before. It's about the size of a square meter. Don't be offended. Consider it a congratulatory gift for your advancement to Alchemist."

A stream of magical energy carrying a gray storage bag flew over.

"How could that be?! Thank you so much, Master Mo. I would cherish this treasure more than I can afford!" Lin Changheng's eyes shone brightly.

"Hehe, no need for thanks, just go!"

……

Lin Changheng, who had just finished reciting the alchemy formula in the alchemy room and returned to the small cultivation room on the first floor of the shop,

With a wave of his hand, he took out the last of the eight long wooden boxes containing the Wood Essence Pill from his storage bag.

He had long heard of the wonders of storage bags; even the lowest-grade storage bag in a single space was worth a hundred low-grade spirit stones.

It's 30% more expensive than a low-grade magic weapon.

Second-hand storage bags with obvious signs of use can fetch sixty or seventy spirit stones, but there's hardly a market for them. People are afraid they'll be sold off as stolen goods, which would cause trouble, so they avoid them like the plague.

When he first received the storage bag, he played with it for a long time, putting it in and taking it out, before carefully hiding it under his robes to avoid being seen.

"continue!"

Lin Changheng was very patient. He could have extracted all of the Green Wood Serpent's essence blood at once, but he did it slowly.

A dozen or so are extracted each day.

It took me more than ten days to finish smoking, and this is the last time!
Even if Master Mo suddenly stopped them, even if he checked the storage bag, he wouldn't find anything unusual!
This is the steadiness that belongs uniquely to Lin Changheng!
He opened the long wooden box, looked at the dozen or so inferior pills in front of him, and simply reached out and brushed them aside.

At the same time, the mind connects with the [Yuan Ding] at the center of the sea of ​​consciousness.

call out!
With a flash of blue light, the essence and blood of all the inferior [Wood Essence Pills] were instantly drained.

Then, it sank into the sea of ​​consciousness. The primordial cauldron rippled slightly, and the rosy light spread out. In addition to the two treasure seeds, one gold and one red, another emerald green treasure seed was revealed.

[Green Wood Serpent Treasure Seed - Spirit-Seizing and Rebirth in Progress]

[Spirit Stealing: 79/100]

[Effects: Miscellaneous demonic beast bloodline, naturally endowed with wood element, possesses innate talents: entanglement, poison neutralization, and miasma spewing. Upon successful spirit-stealing, one can choose to refine one of these talents.]

"We've collected almost 80% of it! In another two or three months, this [Azure Wood Serpent Treasure Seed] will be able to successfully seize the Spirit!"

A hint of satisfaction flashed in Lin Changheng's eyes.

He himself hadn't expected to advance to this stage in such a short time. "Entanglement, poisoning, miasma spray... which should I choose?"

Lin Changheng had been struggling with this decision for a while. Apart from Entanglement, both [Poison Dissolving] and [Spraying Miasma] seemed promising. Today, he finally had an idea.

"Detoxify!"

Lin Changheng decided to choose something that could be used for self-defense.

Unlike high-level cultivators, Qi Refining stage cultivators have limited methods and rely heavily on poisoning techniques, resulting in a wide variety of poisons being used in endlessly.

Moreover, this place is not far from the border of the wilderness, where there are countless poisonous insects and beasts, and poisonous gas and miasma are often seen. I don't know how I fell into this trap.

Whether it's a "large-scale reclamation" or a "small-scale reclamation," there are quite a few cultivators who have been poisoned, injured, or had their cultivation paths completely destroyed.

Having a method to neutralize poison makes me feel much more at ease.

Having figured this out, Lin Changheng touched the crimson treasure seed again and took a look.

[Fire Crow Treasure Seed - Level 1]

[Spirit Stealing: 22/100]

Yes, the progress is proceeding as planned.

……

Next, Lin Changheng began to take stock of his current belongings.

Quite generous.

He originally only had one spirit stone left.
Last month, I refined one-tenth of the pills, which was five [Crimson Flame Pills]. I sold them to the shop at market price and received ten spirit stones in return.

Adding the three pills given to the apprentices, and subtracting the twelve pills spent on the six [Blood Replenishing Pills] that would last for half a year, there are two pills left.

This isn't the big deal.
The key point is that he also had twenty-five genuine Crimson Flame Pills hidden in his storage bag, and the five sets of materials he originally stored were also refined into pills!

At market price, that's fifty low-grade spirit stones!
One of them was taken by Lin Changheng himself.

It was indeed effective; Lin Changheng estimated it was equivalent to five days of arduous practice.

But this one, Lin Changheng would need to spend half a month to completely refine and slowly absorb.

Moreover, a small amount of erysipelas is lurking within it, but it is still present.

Lin Changheng was somewhat worried and consulted Master Mo about it. The answer he received was to eat it in moderation.

It is recommended to take one genuine [Chiyan Dan] pill per month, as the benefits outweigh the risks.

Exceeding this number will do more harm than good.

If you take the premium "Red Flame Pill", the medicinal effect will be stronger and the erysipelas will be minimal. You can try taking two pills a month.

It's equivalent to half a month of arduous training!

He also encouraged Lin Changheng to work hard in this direction to refine the product.

He cited his own experience as an example, saying that the success rate of producing high-quality pills in one batch was only about 10%, and that not every batch could produce them.

Some extremely poor mid-grade alchemists can't even refine a low-grade high-quality pill in their entire lives.

……

"Premium pills..."

Lin Changheng walked thoughtfully on his way home.

He considered himself quite skilled at refining the Crimson Flame Pill, but after seeing the exquisite pill that Master Mo had taken out, he realized that he was still far from perfect.

I tried many times, but still failed.

"Could it be that the fire control is insufficient? Or the scorching process is not thorough enough?"

Thinking this, I suddenly saw a slender figure knocking on my door.

I couldn't help but be stunned.

(End of this chapter)