From breaking the limits of archery to achieving martial arts godhood

Chapter 91 Smiling Golden Ginseng and Tiger Bone Grass

"Hey buddy, do you sell Smiling Golden Ginseng at your pharmacy?"

"Smiling Golden Ginseng? This stuff is quite rare. The last time our shop received one was three years ago."

"Really? Well, I'm sorry to bother you."

"Sir, won't you buy anything else?"

"No."

Chen Xun waved his hand and turned to leave the pharmacy.

Walking down the street, Chen Xun frowned, his mood not good.

He visited almost every pharmacy in Changfeng County, but failed to buy a single [Smiling Golden Ginseng].

Forget about 30-year-old ones, there aren't even 10-year-old or 20-year-old ones.

Some pharmacies were out of stock, while others sold the goods to their regular customers as soon as they were received.

The goods were sold out before Chen Xun even arrived.

Therefore, it is practically impossible to sell [Smiling Golden Ginseng] in a pharmacy.

"Forget it, since we can't buy the Smiling Golden Ginseng, let's give up on refining the Golden Bone Pill and try refining the Bone Refining Pill instead."

The Bone Refining Pill is about 50% more potent than the Bone Tempering Pill.

Of course, it still can't compare to the Golden Bone Elixir.

The Golden Bone Pill is more than twice as potent as the Bone-Refining Pill.

One pill is equivalent to four or five Bone Tempering Pills.

The key is that it provides purer medicinal power, which has a greater effect on the cultivation of martial artists in the Golden Bone Realm.

Moreover, Chen Xun has no resistance to the Golden Bone Pill.

It's important to know that whether it's a powder or a pill, taking too much can lead to drug resistance in the body.

Even though Chen Xun's absorption efficiency of the drug is several times that of an average person, he cannot escape the effects of drug resistance; at most, he can only postpone the time when he is affected.

The effect of Chen Xun taking one Bone Tempering Pill now is only 80% of that of the first time he took it.

If taken in large quantities, the effect will continue to decrease rapidly until it has no effect on Chen Xun at all.

This is why many wealthy people, even with abundant resources, cannot raise their cultivation level to a very high level.

If he had enough Golden Bone Pills, Chen Xun would probably be able to reach the peak of the Golden Bone Realm and break through to the Blood Exchange Realm very soon.

Now it seems that this idea has basically failed.

Afterwards, Chen Xun changed his face and clothes again and visited various pharmacies once more.

This time, he wanted to buy the medicinal materials needed for the Bone Refining Pill.

There are nine medicinal herbs in total, the main ingredient being a 20-year-old tiger bone grass.

This type of grass usually grows near tiger dens.

Collecting them isn't difficult; the challenge lies in collecting those from very old years.

Because tigers also eat tiger bone grass.

After giving birth to cubs, tigresses can recover their strength more quickly by eating tiger bone grass.

Therefore, it is virtually impossible for wild tiger bone grass to be 20 years old.

Only artificially cultivated tiger bone grass can reach a 20-year age.

In Changfeng County, the only place that cultivates Tiger Bone Grass is the Shenquan Sect.

The Divine Fist Sect has a mid-grade Yellow Rank fist technique called the Tiger Venerable Fist, which requires observing the divine essence of a tiger to cultivate.

Therefore, the Divine Fist Sect built a tiger park outside Changfeng County, where dozens of tigers were kept.

The tiger enclosure contains a large quantity of tiger bone grass, including some that are twenty or even thirty years old.

These ancient Tiger Bone Grasses are generally only available at the Divine Fist Pharmacy, run by the Divine Fist Sect.

Of course, other pharmacies also have them, but they are about 10-20% more expensive than [Divine Fist Pharmacy].

There was no other way; other pharmacies sourced their goods from outside, and the shipping costs were a significant expense.

After comparing the prices of Tiger Bone Grass at several pharmacies, Chen Xun decisively chose to buy it from Divine Fist Pharmacy.

In conclusion, the ingredients for one dose of Bone Refining Pill require approximately forty taels of silver.

The majority of the cost was spent on purchasing Tiger Bone Grass.

On the market, a single Bone Refining Pill sells for one hundred taels of silver.

Although the efficacy of the Bone Refining Pill is only 50% higher than that of the Bone Tempering Pill, its price is not only 50% higher, but 1.5 times higher.

Of course, the difficulty of refining it is incomparable to that of refining the Bone Tempering Pill.

Otherwise, it wouldn't have been possible to sell it for a high price of one hundred taels.

After purchasing twenty sets of materials, Chen Xun went straight home to begin refining them.

Chen Xun failed to refine it the first time.

The reason is that the cooking time was not properly controlled.

After reflecting on the reasons for the failure and reviewing the entire process, Chen Xun began refining again.

This time, Chen Xun succeeded immediately.

If other pharmacists knew about this, they would probably be green with envy.

You have to understand, for them to succeed once, they need to fail countless times.

After succeeding once, Chen Xun never failed again.

The remaining eighteen materials were all refined by Chen Xun into Bone Refining Pills.

A total of fifty-two pills were produced.

Producing nearly three pills from a single batch of materials is an extraordinary achievement.

Most pharmacists are considered great pharmacists if they can produce two pills from one set of materials.

But this is not Chen Xun's limit.

Given enough materials to refine the pills, he can push the yield close to the material limit.

Just like Chen Xun is now refining Bone Tempering Pills, one set of materials can yield five pills.

This is the limit of the material; the entire refining process produces almost no impurities.

After spending an entire day refining so many Bone Refining Pills, Chen Xun began to consume the pills and cultivate.

"Not bad, the effect is indeed much better than the Bone Tempering Pill."

Chen Xun felt a surge of heat rising through his body, and his mood was invigorated.

Two hours passed after Chen Xun had exhausted the medicinal effects of a Bone Refining Pill.

Furthermore, the progress in the Golden Bone Realm has finally moved forward one step.

【Bone Forging Realm (Golden Bones 1%)】

"So hard."

Chen Xun extended his right index finger and poked it into the table, piercing right through the surface.

This is a special change that occurs when the entire index finger bone is tempered into a golden bone.

Gold is immortal and incredibly strong.

For most of the time after that, Chen Xun stayed in his room and devoted himself to cultivation.

However, he would occasionally go out for a while, seemingly to take care of something.

Ten days have passed in the blink of an eye.

【Bone Forging Realm (Golden Bones 32%)】

The progress of the Golden Bone Realm has increased to 32%, and the bones of Chen Xun's arms have been completely tempered into a light gold color.

The bones from the sole of the right foot to the lower leg were also tempered into a light gold color.

This gave Chen Xun's hands and right foot strength an even greater boost.

Chen Xun estimated that the strength in his hands now probably exceeded five thousand jin.

This power is already enough to overwhelm ordinary Blood Exchange Realm martial artists.

A newly awakened ordinary Blood Exchange Realm martial artist has a strength of only a little over three thousand jin, which is no match for Chen Xun's current strength.

As the number of blood transfusions increases, the strength of a Blood Transfusion Realm martial artist will increase again, but the increase will not be much.

However, Chen Xun might not be able to defeat a martial artist who has undergone a blood exchange once.

Their strength lies not in raw power, but in their control over the power of qi and blood.

At this point, they were able to attach the power of their internal energy and blood to their body surface to enhance their defense and attack.

Therefore, the fists and feet of a martial artist at the Blood Exchange Realm are more powerful than weapons.

Unless you possess a divine weapon.

Basically, every martial artist in the Blood Exchange Realm knows a few basic martial arts skills.

When a martial artist in the Blood Exchange Realm drops his weapon, it doesn't mean he's giving up; rather, it means he's entering the second stage.

"The effects of the Bone Refining Pill are beginning to weaken."

Chen Xun swallowed a Bone Refining Pill, feeling the medicinal power surging out after the pill dissolved, and frowned slightly.

This is the 35th Bone Refining Pill he has taken.

Over the course of ten days, Chen Xun refined an average of three Bone Refining Pills per day. The medicinal power of each pill was enough to advance Chen Xun's progress in the Golden Bone Realm by a small amount.

If Chen Xun doesn't develop resistance to the Bone Refining Pill, a little over a hundred pills would be enough to push his cultivation to the peak of the Golden Bone Realm.

Unfortunately, this damned drug resistance has still emerged.

"The effect has decreased by about 5%."

After completing his cultivation, Chen Xun made a general summary.

Don't underestimate the 5% figure; as Chen Xun continues to consume large amounts of Bone Refining Pills, his decline will accelerate.

It is estimated that if Chen Xun does not consume 100 pills, the Bone Refining Pill will not have any effect on his cultivation and may even be harmful.

The accumulation of unrefinable medicinal power within the body is a burden and therefore harmful.

"It seems I still need to refine some Golden Bone Pills."

Thinking of this, Chen Xun lost all interest in cultivation. He tidied his appearance and went out.

At that moment, the sky was clear and the weather was perfect.

Chen Xun's depressed mood dissipated somewhat.

But some people are in a very bad mood.