Dual-wielding! 100x proficiency, I'll grind my way to godhood!

The next afternoon, Chen Mo arrived at the foot of Longhu Mountain. Looking up at the misty, rolling mountains, a hint of anticipation flickered in his eyes.

His purpose for this trip was very clear: to find useful elixirs and medicinal herbs in Longhu Mountain, preferably ones that could replace the Blood Tempering Pill.

As Chen Mo walked up the mountain path, he visited all the Taoist temples and legitimate Chinese medicine clinics on the mountain, but the more he walked, the colder he felt.

The medicinal herbs here are all common and readily available on the market, with mild medicinal properties. They are not even worthy of being compared to the Blood Tempering Pill, let alone being comparable to it.

After finally reaching the most central part of the mountaintop, the Celestial Master's Mansion, we found the vermilion gate tightly closed, with a cold sign standing at the entrance bearing the striking words "Tourists Keep Out".

Chen Mo frowned and stopped an old Taoist priest sweeping the stone steps by the roadside to ask about the situation.

The old Taoist priest didn't even raise his head before slowly speaking.

"Don't waste your time. The Celestial Master's Mansion here is not a place you can just walk into. It's only open to the public for a few days a year. Even if you're a high-ranking official, you'll still be turned away at the door."

Chen Mo was inevitably disappointed when his high expectations were suddenly dashed.

The goal is right in front of you, but you can't even get through the door.

He didn't leave immediately, but instead slowly strolled around the high walls of the Celestial Master's Mansion. When he reached a secluded side gate, a faint fragrance of medicine suddenly wafted out through the crack in the door.

The next second, Chen Mo's eyes suddenly lit up!

His sense of smell, honed by his mastery of traditional Chinese medicine, was incredibly sharp. In an instant, he detected a faint scent within the complex medicinal fragrance, a scent that was remarkably similar to the main ingredient of the Blood Tempering Pill!

There were clearly people drying herbs in the courtyard. Chen Mo stood outside the tightly closed side door, neither knocking nor calling out, but speaking softly, his voice carrying clearly into the courtyard.

"Six kinds of medicinal herbs are drying in the courtyard. The three on the left are three-year-old Yanghe grass. They have been dried for too long, and their medicinal properties have been reduced by 30%. The two in the middle, Xuanshen and Maidong, should not be placed together. Their medicinal properties clash. If they are dried for another half hour, the medicinal effect of Xuanshen will be completely wasted."

As soon as he finished speaking, the courtyard fell silent, with only the rustling of the wind through the leaves.

A moment later, with a creak, the side door was pulled open from the inside.

The one who opened the door was an old Taoist priest with white hair and beard, dressed in a neat Taoist robe. He was clearly a person of high status in the Celestial Master's Mansion, and was the mansion's foreign affairs elder.

The old Taoist priest looked Chen Mo up and down, his eyes full of surprise. He clearly hadn't expected that this young man, who looked so young, could describe the details of drying herbs in the courtyard so accurately, even through the door.

Chen Mo didn't beat around the bush and got straight to the point.

"Master, I would like to borrow the ancient medical books and prescriptions from the Celestial Master's Mansion."

Upon hearing this, the old Taoist priest's surprise vanished instantly. He waved his hand dismissively, his tone leaving no room for refusal.

"No way! The Celestial Master's Mansion's medical manual is never open to outsiders, and the pill formulas are secret treasures passed down from generation to generation by our ancestors. Let alone borrowing them, we would never allow outsiders to see them."

After saying that, the old Taoist priest raised his hand to close the door, clearly intending to keep Chen Mo out.

But Chen Mo didn't panic or argue. He just looked at the old Taoist's hand as he closed the door and calmly continued speaking.

"Wait a moment, Daoist. Yanghe grass is warm in nature and should be dried in the morning and collected in the evening. You have dried it for a whole day, which has caused it to lose its pure yang energy. Scrophularia nourishes yin and Ophiopogon japonicus moistens dryness. If the two are dried together, their medicinal properties will counteract each other. Just place them separately in a ventilated place for half a day..."

He continued from where he left off, explaining clearly from beginning to end the logic behind the combination of several medicinal herbs, the taboos of sun-drying, and the key points of processing.

Every detail is extremely precise; even the young disciples in the Celestial Master's Mansion may not be able to fully grasp these intricacies.

The old Taoist priest abruptly stopped closing the door, looked up at Chen Mo again, and his expression had completely changed.

From initial wariness, it turned into deep surprise:

"Who...who exactly are you? Which famous doctor did you study under?"

"I learned medicine from my elders at home since I was a child, and I only have a basic understanding of pharmacology."

Chen Mo responded calmly, without mentioning his background, only reiterating his purpose.

"I really just wanted to find a substitute for the ancient elixir formula, and I had absolutely no intention of coveting the Celestial Master's Mansion's secret treasures."

The old Taoist priest stared at Chen Mo for a long time, noticing his open and honest eyes and composed demeanor, which suggested he was not a person with ill intentions.

After hesitating for a while, he finally stepped aside and made a gesture of invitation.

"Come in."

Finally, he had reached the threshold and a turning point had arrived. Chen Mo breathed a sigh of relief and followed the old Taoist priest into the alchemy room of the Celestial Master's Mansion.

Upon entering the alchemy room, Chen Mo's gaze was immediately drawn to the ancient medical books covering the walls. The shelves were filled with densely packed thread-bound books, all of which were rare and precious ancient medical texts.

He strode to the bookshelf, his gaze sweeping across the shelves before finally settling on a yellowed, worn-out, handwritten rare book on the top shelf. He reached out and took it down, and saw that the cover read "The Record of Supreme Elixir".

As Chen Mo casually flipped through a few pages, his pupils suddenly contracted and his heart leaped!

The logic behind the pill formulas recorded here is exactly the same as that of the pill formulas in the Tianxuan Continent!

Although the names of the medicinal herbs are completely different, their medicinal properties and the principles of combining herbs and their auxiliary ingredients are perfectly aligned.

To put it simply, it's the same medicinal properties manifesting in different plants on Blue Star and Tianxuan Continent!

As long as he can thoroughly understand this rare book, he will be able to completely connect the pill formula systems of Blue Star and Tianxuan Continent, and he will definitely be able to find alternative medicinal materials for the Blood Tempering Pill!

"Master, may I borrow this rare copy of the book to make a copy?"

Suppressing his excitement, Chen Mo asked.

"No!"

The old Taoist priest shook his head without even thinking.

"This is a unique copy written by the patriarch himself. It will never be lent out, and photography is not allowed."

"May I stay a few more days and read through it at my own pace?"

Chen Mo asked again.

The old Taoist priest continued to shake his head, his tone resolute.

"You have one hour at most. When the time is up, you must leave."

Looking at the invaluable rare book in his hand, and considering that he only had one hour left, Chen Mo couldn't help but feel a sense of anxiety.

One hour is enough!

He said no more, pulled up a chair and sat down, placing the "Supreme Elixir Record" flat on the table, his mind racing with the Great Completion Realm alchemy techniques.

Each page reveals the medicinal properties, compatibility principles, and key points of refining the herbs, while simultaneously providing a quick comparison, deduction, and integration with the refining principles of the Blood Tempering Pill.

Time passed slowly, and Chen Mo was completely immersed in the book. He turned the pages slowly, but he thoroughly understood each page.

When he turned to the formula for "Sanyang Guiyuan Dan", he suddenly stopped.

The three main ingredients in the prescription—Liyangcao, Chunyangguo, and Shaoyangteng—are all extremely yang and potent medicinal properties.

Although its efficacy relies on yang energy to promote the circulation of qi and blood, which is different from the way the Blood Tempering Pill tempers muscles and bones, the underlying medicinal properties and compatibility logic are as much as 70% similar!

Chen Mo's eyes lit up, and he understood what was going on.

He continued to flip through the pages quickly, and in less than half an hour, he had finished reading the entire rare book.

When I closed the book, I had memorized the entire contents of the rare book perfectly, and all the logic behind the prescriptions was fully understood.

"It's almost time, I'll see you out."

Upon seeing this, the old Taoist priest stepped forward to see the guest out.

Chen Mo suddenly looked up and asked.

"Master, do you have the three herbs—Fierce Yang Grass, Pure Yang Fruit, and Lesser Yang Vine—in your alchemy room?"

"Yes, what do you want to do?"

The old Taoist priest looked puzzled.

"May I borrow your alchemy furnace? I need to refine pills."