Douluo Continent: Martial Soul Pill Devouring, I am the True Path of the Tang Sect

"No, I haven't figured it out yet."

Qin Qi spoke up. He didn't actually have one, but he had a learning space. Anything he had seen could be replicated in the learning space.

Although it's impossible to actually absorb the drug's effects, studying its pharmacology is not a problem.

He can bring these to his second great-grandfather and the others so that they can study the prescription.

"Hey, Grandpa, have you finished watching? If you have, hurry up and come out."

At this moment, from a distance, Dugu Yan spoke loudly.

The Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye is extremely dangerous; ordinary people would die within a short time if they got close.

Dugu Bo withstood the attack thanks to his profound cultivation, Qin Qi withstood the attack thanks to his Five Treasures Protective Technique, while Dugu Yan did not get close.

"Okay, Yan Yan, we'll be right out."

Dugu Bo responded with a sound.

"Kid, let's go to my other herb garden. You should find the herbs you need there."

After Dugu Bo finished speaking, he walked outside, and Qin Qi followed behind him to meet up with Dugu Yan.

Then we went to another medicinal herb garden, where the herbs were also very precious.

However, it was much more ordinary than the one next to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye. Qin Qi collected some of it to refine into pills.

"I won't say more, but I'll remember your kindness. I'll definitely help you if I need it in the future."

Qin Qi looked at Dugu Bo and spoke.

"This is just paying you back what you paid before; it's hardly a favor."

Dugu Bo smiled and spoke.

"Hahaha."

Qin Qi smiled but didn't say much. If he was going to be paid, why would he have brought him here?

Why bring me to see the Yin-Yang Well of Ice and Fire? It's clearly Dugu Bo who's helping me out.

"You can use that Yin-Yang Well to refine poison pills; it will benefit you. I'll tell you the method of using Water and Fire to temper gold pills in a bit."

"But Dugu Yan shouldn't go. She's in poor health, and if she gets too close, something might happen."

Qin Qi reciprocated by speaking up as well.

"Ah."

Dugu Bo nodded. Friendships are built on give and take; there's no need to say more.

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In the evening, Qin Qi entered the study space and showed all the medicinal herbs to the two old men.

"Great stuff, really great stuff!"

"A thousand-year-old ginseng? I've never seen anything like it in my life! It's a treasure! A real gem!"

"This is a Ganoderma lucidum, and it looks to be at least several hundred years old!"

The two old men stared wide-eyed at the medicinal herbs Qin Qi had brought, and couldn't help but exclaim in amazement.

They lived in a very late period of time, which could be described as the end of the Dharma era.

The various rare and precious materials have already been almost entirely consumed by our predecessors, so they can only pick up the scraps.

Take Tang Jiaren for example, the oldest ginseng he has ever seen is a hundred years old, and those that are several hundred years old are just legends.

"Gentlemen, stand at attention and be steady. We have something else to show you."

Qin Qi revealed a mischievous smile. What he was showing the old men were herbs picked from ordinary medicinal fields.

It can be eaten, but what he's about to take out is the finest, divine quality!

"You kid, we were indeed a little surprised just now, but we've been through more storms in our generation than you've eaten meals."

"Nothing can scare us."

Tang Shiying looked at Qin Qi, feeling that he had been a bit embarrassed by his loud outburst, and said with a stern face.

"Ahem, Uncle Ying is right."

Tang Jiaren coughed twice and then spoke.

"Then you two take a good look."

As Qin Qi spoke, he took out two medicinal herbs, the Eight-Cornered Mystic Ice Grass and the Fiery Apricot and presented them to the two men for their appraisal.

"This is...this thing contains the ultimate ice poison and the ultimate fire poison!"

Tang Jiaren glanced at it, reached out and touched it, and instantly one of his hands froze into an ice block, while the other burned into a charcoal.

"Each of these substances is highly poisonous and fatal when taken alone, but they can be combined with other ingredients."

"Use other medicinal herbs as an adjunct... no, no, it's nothing, forget I said anything, forget I said anything."

As Tang Shiying was speaking, he suddenly realized that he might have misspoke, so he quickly spoke up.

“Grandpa Gao, Grandpa Madam, there are no outsiders here. Tell me what you’re thinking.”

Qin Qi ran to Tang Shiying's side, took her hand, and shook it back and forth like a spoiled child.

"nothing."

Tang Shiying refused to say anything no matter what.

“Hey, Uncle Ying, just tell me. Since you let it slip earlier, it’s too late to hide it now.”

Tang Jiaren shook his head and said helplessly.

"Oh, it's all because this thing is too precious. I was momentarily distracted and made me slip up."

"Alright, Qin Qi, stop shaking me. I'm telling you."

Tang Shiying sighed and spoke.

"Please speak, Grandpa Gao, I'm listening."

Qin Qi's eyes were practically gleaming; he felt that the two old men were definitely about to pull out something good.

"Each of our sect's techniques has its own extended secret methods. The Five Treasures Body Protection Technique has the Earth and Wood Flowing Infusion."

"The Illusionary Body Barrier has its own illusionary body, and Instant Strike and Fleeting Step also have unique secret techniques. Qi Poison also has its own secret techniques."

Similarly, there are secret techniques for concocting poisons.

Tang Shiying spoke up.

Chapter 81 Poison Refining Secret Techniques: Five Poisons Protection Method, Dugu Bo's Astonishment

"The secret art of poison concoction?!"

Qin Qi showed a surprised expression, as Qi Poison and Poison Barrier each have their own unique secret techniques.

But there were secret techniques involved in poison concoction, something he never expected.

"Do you know the history of my Tang Clan's poison-making?"

Seeing Qin Qi's surprised expression, Tang Shiying sighed. Since he had already let it slip, he might as well just tell the truth.

"I've heard that there was a genius in the beginning who thought that physical poisons were not effective."

"So Qi poison was developed, but the initial Qi poison did not have the blessing of the Five Treasures Protection Method."

"That genius accidentally poisoned himself to death while making poison."

Qin Qi nodded. Tang Jiaren had told him about this before, and he remembered it very clearly.

"Ever since that genius died, people have begun to study safe methods of poison making."

"The predecessors succeeded, but the power of their Qi poison was much weaker than that genius's Qi poison."

"Some people have developed secret techniques to ensure their own safety while retaining the potency of the toxin."

Tang Shiying sighed and spoke.

"Yes, yes, yes, please continue, Mr. Gao."

Qin Qi became even more curious about what this secret technique was like.

"We now rely on the three Qi—lung metal, kidney water, and heart fire—to refine Qi poison, while the liver wood and spleen earth serve as a protective barrier for us."

"The first step in mastering this secret technique is to combine the Qi poison with the Five Treasures Protection Technique, turning the Five Treasures into the Five Poisons."

Tang Shiying looked at Qin Qi and felt a little worried, but he still spoke up.

"The Five Poisons... The Qi Poison refined from the Three Qi is enough to kill a person. If all five poisons are present, then the person is doomed?"

Qin Qi asked with some confusion.

"Indeed, even a god would die if all five poisons were present, but there is always an antidote for every poison."

"The person who developed this secret technique was also a genius. He developed the Five Poisons Protection Technique based on the method of fighting poison with poison."

"The poisons of metal, fire, water, wood, and earth are based on the mutual generation and restraint of the five elements."

"Each of the five toxins is an extremely deadly poison that can kill upon contact, but when the five toxins are combined, they become non-toxic."

"And because you have five kinds of deadly poisons in your body, other external toxins will no longer be effective against you."

Tang Shiying spoke up.

"This...this is like walking a tightrope high in the air. If there is even the slightest mistake, it will be certain death!"

Qin Qi's expression immediately turned serious. He now understood why Tang Shiying didn't want to talk anymore.

Like the Tang Clan's Dan Shi technique, the Five Poisons Protection Technique is a cultivation method where success or death is the only outcome.

"That's exactly why I didn't want to say it. You're doing just fine by proceeding with your poison-making process step by step."

There's no need to take a risky move.

Tang Shiying began to offer advice.

"Um, Grandpa Gao, may I ask you a question? Since this technique has a name, has someone mastered it before?"