Imperial Pill

"All right, if there's nothing else, get lost and cultivate."

Gu He looked at the excited Liu Ling, waved a hand, and said sternly, "Remember, while cultivating, you must not neglect your alchemy training either."

"Yes, Master." Liu Ling answered cheerfully before leaving the courtyard in high spirits.

He had already made up his mind to enter seclusion upon returning and make a final push for Six-star Dou Zhe.

He would not leave seclusion until he broke through!

"That brat really won't act without seeing the prize." Gu He shook his head helplessly, then looked at Xiao Yi Xian beside him and said softly, "Good disciple, since you like this courtyard, go pick a room for yourself. There are plenty of vacant rooms here."

"Mm." Xiao Yi Xian nodded, her beautiful eyes surveying the courtyard as delight appeared on her face.

"Go on. Make good use of your time cultivating, and don't tarnish your master's reputation." Gu He spoke calmly before walking toward his room.

"System, display my status panel."

At Gu He's silent command, a screen of light suddenly appeared before him.

Host: Gu He

Age: Thirty

Alchemist Rank: Seventh-Grade Alchemist

Cultivation: One-Star Dou Emperor

Cultivation Method: Purple Sun Art (Earth Rank, Mid Level)

Soul Cultivation Methods: Nether Soul Art (Seventh Grade Soul Power Cultivation Method), Soul Devouring Art (Emperor Grade)

Skills: Blazing Flame Palm (Mystic Rank, High Level), Flame Eagle Claw (Mystic Rank, High Level), Myriad Poison True Scripture

Divine Abilities: Empowerment, Void Projection

Physique: Seven Orifice Exquisite Pill Heart

Other: Battle Saint Trial Card, Nine Nether Flame, Crimson Snake Cauldron...

Looking at the status panel before him, Gu He fell into deep thought.

In less than a month since arriving in this world, he had gone from a Three-Star Battle King to a One-Star Dou Emperor.

His cultivation had undergone a complete transformation.

His alchemist rank had also risen from Sixth-Grade Alchemist to Seventh-Grade Alchemist.

It could be said that Gu He had initially accomplished his first goal.

He possessed the power to protect himself.

A Seventh-Grade Alchemist, coupled with the strength of a Dou Emperor, was enough for him to walk sideways through the Jia Ma Empire.

After all, with his status as a Seventh-Grade Alchemist, no one in the Jia Ma Empire would choose to offend him.

But this was not enough.

Gu He had never been one to easily settle for his current circumstances.

Besides, there was still a force hidden within the Jia Ma Empire that made Gu He wary.

Soul Hall!

Gu He had read the original work, so he naturally knew that Soul Hall had likely already infiltrated the Jia Ma Empire.

He simply did not know whether Yun Shan had already colluded with Soul Hall at this point.

In the original work, Yun Shan's lifespan had been nearing its end. Left with no other choice, he colluded with Soul Hall.

In the end, with Soul Hall's help, he successfully broke through to the Dou Zong realm.

Later on, many of the Misty Cloud Sect's elders also successfully broke through to the Dou Emperor realm with Soul Hall's assistance.

On the surface, Soul Hall's help had brought a qualitative improvement to the Misty Cloud Sect's overall strength.

Yet little did they know that it had all been Soul Hall's scheme.

Soul Hall sought only powerful soul bodies.

In the end, the souls of the Misty Cloud Sect's elders, and even Yun Shan's own soul, were devoured by Soul Hall to strengthen themselves.

Thinking of Soul Hall's methods, a grave expression appeared on Gu He's handsome face.

Those of Soul Hall were devoted to capturing powerful soul bodies.

When it came to soul strength, no one could compare with alchemists.

If news of his breakthrough to Seventh-Grade Alchemist spread, Soul Hall would likely set its sights on him immediately.

With his current strength, if he encountered Soul Hall, he would definitely gain no advantage.

At that moment, Gu He suddenly felt that his current situation was extremely dangerous.

Strength!

He had to speed up the improvement of his strength!

Any method would do, as long as it could make him stronger.

With that in mind, Gu He studied his status panel and considered how to further improve his strength.

The best method was naturally to take in disciples and find talented students.

But finding talented disciples who met the system's requirements was hardly so easy.

The two disciples currently under his wing were both temporarily unable to trigger the system's return mechanism.

Therefore, if he wanted to improve his strength, he could only seek another method.

Gu He had considered heading to the Tagor Desert and taking Qing Lin, who possessed the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, as his disciple.

But the problem was that it was too far away.

Moreover, if he rashly entered the Tagor Desert, he might very well encounter Medusa.

In the original work, Medusa seemed to have taken the Green Lotus Core Flame around this time.

If he went to Stone Desert City now, he might happen to run into Queen Medusa.

Queen Medusa was a Nine-star Dou Huang. If Gu He encountered her head-on with his current strength, he might end up like Hai Bodong.

Therefore, Gu He would not rashly venture into the Tagor Desert before he possessed absolute power to protect himself.

After pondering for a long time, Gu He finally thought of a way to increase his strength.

That was alchemy!

Gu He had inherited the Ninth-Grade Alchemist Inheritance, so countless pill formulas were naturally preserved in his mind.

Among them were quite a few pills suitable for the Dou Emperor realm.

Very quickly, Gu He selected one kind of pill.

The Imperial Pill.

The Imperial Pill was a Sixth-Grade Pill.

After a Dou Emperor consumed an Imperial Pill, they could directly rise by one or two levels. Its effects were exceptionally heaven-defying.

However, each person could only consume one Imperial Pill in their lifetime.

A glint flashed through Gu He's eyes as he thought of the Imperial Pill's effects.

This is the one!

But then Gu He fell into confusion again.

The medicinal ingredients needed to refine the Imperial Pill were also extremely precious.

It would probably be impossible to gather them all in a short time.

If he spent a large amount of time searching for medicinal ingredients, he might as well use that time to take in more disciples. It simply was not worth the loss.

"Looks like I'll have to pay Yun Yun a visit tomorrow." After a moment, Gu He made his decision.

Soon, night fell.

Gu He looked at the sky and stopped thinking further. He turned, sat cross-legged on the bed, and began cultivating.

In an exquisite room not far from Gu He, Xiao Yi Xian lay on her bed, staring intently at the scroll in her hands.

It was the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture they had obtained from the cave treasure that day.

As she looked at the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture in her hands, Xiao Yi Xian's pretty face was filled with curiosity.

Although she had dreamed of becoming an alchemist since childhood,

for some reason, she was deeply interested in the path of poison, and she had displayed extraordinary talent for it.

Over the years in Qingshan Town, some mercenaries had once set their sights on Xiao Yi Xian and wanted to possess her.

Yet relying on poisons she had learned to concoct herself, Xiao Yi Xian had always dealt with them cleverly and escaped danger unscathed.

On the bed, Xiao Yi Xian carefully turned the scroll's pages, reading with great seriousness.

"Mm, the Calamity Poison Body?"

"What kind of physique is that?"

Near the end of the scroll, a passage caught Xiao Yi Xian's attention.

"On the lower abdomen of one who possesses the Calamity Poison Body lies a slender, hidden seven-colored line. This seven-colored line will grow as the concentration of poison power within the body increases. When the seven-colored line extends to the heart, it will mark the Calamity Poison Body's strongest state. At the same time, its possessor will suffer the agony of ten thousand poisons devouring their body..."

Seeing this, Xiao Yi Xian's pretty face changed. She subconsciously touched her lower abdomen, and her complexion gradually turned pale.