The Fastest Without a Horse

After withstanding a devastating mountain earthquake, Morning Dawn Peak finally received a Spirit Stone subsidy.

Xiao Ran, relying on the Resonance Power and the Boundless Qi Sea, successfully forged Indestructible Body.

Xiao Ran was also shocked. His physical body pierced through Morning Dawn Peak, but he only suffered a minor scalp injury and a slight concussion.

If he weren't afraid that Morning Dawn Peak would collapse like the World Trade Center, he could have easily increased the intensity of the Resonance and remained unharmed.

Perhaps his Master wasn't really angry, but was just testing him.

Passing through the mountains without getting a speck of dirt on you, the sense of security brought by this super-strong defense is stronger than any Cultivation Level or Cultivation Method.

This made Xiao Ran feel that he could even let loose a little.

However, before surging forward, we must first fill our Qi Sea)...

Okay, it can't be filled.

I can only fill in as much as possible.

With sufficient Qi Sea, one can draw out critical strikes without causing the Master to become so irritable with every critical strike, or force a critical strike at a critical moment of life and death, thus preventing the Master from getting injured.

There are several options for stimulating the Qi Sea.

First, practice meditation and breathing exercises.

Before the end of the Dharma Ending Era, an ordinary cultivator could fully recover their Spiritual Energy by breathing one cycle.

The Spiritual Energy concentration on Zongzhi Mountain is relatively stable, but it will take two cycles of breathing exercises to recover.

Xiao Ran was at Sword-Wielding Mountain.

With his breathing speed being much slower than that of ordinary Qi Refining cultivators, a rough calculation suggests that he would only need to meditate for about 100 million years to fill his Qi Sea.

The Qi Sea was full, and the person turned into a fossil.

The second option is to eat the Spirit Body materials to prove one's path through consumption.

In the Dharma Ending Era, the number of spiritual herbs and Spirit Beast has declined sharply, and their levels cannot be raised. Unless it is a very small number of geniuses who have extremely high efficiency in absorbing Spiritual Power, they will eat Spirit Body resources raw. Most people still choose the third option.

The third option is elixirs and Spirit Stone.

After professional refining, the elixirs and Spirit Stone greatly improve the Dantian's absorption efficiency of the original Spiritual Power, which can quickly provide Spiritual Power to cultivators.

Xiao Ran had no Spirit Stone on hand, so he gave them all to his Master in exchange for Filial Piety Points.

My Master is incredibly stingy. Once the Spirit Stone are in her hands, trying to get them back is as difficult as climbing to heaven.

Xiao Ran decided to go to Hundred Herbs Peak.

Although some of my Senior Uncle's specially made pills have significant side effects, they are much more potent than Spirit Stone.

Now, with the power of resonance, the Dragon Pill Wall, and the boundless sea of qi, Xiao Ran is least afraid of side effects.

My Senior Uncle is a kind and gentle person. He is the Master's Master. We are all family. It's no big deal to steal some pills in the past.

Thinking like that.

Early the next morning.

Xiao Ran rode his sword to Hundred Herbs Peak.

Unlike the vibrant autumn colors of Sword-Wielding Mountain, Hundred Herbs Peak is perpetually spring-like all year round.

Spring is in full bloom, and insects and butterflies flutter about.

Autumn sunlight filters sparsely through the Maple Forest, a gentle breeze stirs the sea of flowers, and the fragrance of exotic flowers and rare herbs fills the mountains, where rare animals and birds flit about.

In the medicinal herb field.

While weeding and catching insects, the Chunwa and Qiuchan played role-playing games, and early in the morning they shouted in their childish voices, "Battle Emperor level experts, do you dare to dismount and fight?"

"There was a Dou Di chasing me, but I wasn't worried at all, because his horse couldn't run as fast as mine."

"I am the White Dragon Horse with hooves facing west, you dream faster than me! Giddy up!"

"This is Red Hare, it has a filial piety bonus, it has special effects, you know?"

Xiao Ran landed on his sword in the herb field and shook his head.

"Where is my Senior Uncle?"

"Junior brother is here!"

The Chunwa and Qiuchan were arguing, but when they suddenly saw Xiao Ran arrive, they all rushed over and grabbed Xiao Ran's clothes.

Pulling one from the left and one from the right, the two women secretly wrestled, quickly turning the green dress into a long skirt.

"Junior brother, you be the judge! Which horse, the White Dragon Horse Red Hare, is faster?"

Xiao Ran nodded slightly, seemingly lost in thought.

"In terms of speed, the fastest chariot is the one without horses."

The two girls looked completely bewildered.

"No horses? Aren't they infantry?"

How could infantry be faster than cavalry?

Xiao Ran nodded.

"That's how it is in my hometown."

The two girls, unable to determine a winner, persisted in their argument:

Where exactly is your hometown?

"We need to investigate and see whether the White Dragon Horse or the Red Hare is faster!"

Ha, who still rides horses in my hometown? Everyone drives cars!

Xiao Ran quickly changed the subject.

"Where is my Senior Uncle?"

The two girls pouted and said, "In the Pill Chamber."

"I've been racking my brains lately trying to figure out how to make Longevity Pill."

Xiao Ran turned and went to the Bamboo House.

Following the path beside the Bamboo House, we carefully entered the Pill Chamber through the dark, damp, and fragrant rocky path.

Pill Chamber, a blue light lingered, and the Earthfire glowed red.

The air was filled with the smell of burning.

The Profound Iron Pill Furnace, which had been rotating in mid-air, now fell to the ground, with black slag overflowing from its opening.

It looks like it exploded.

True Person Yinyue sat cross-legged on a rush mat in front of the stove.

He closed his eyes and meditated, appearing calm and peaceful, but the fatigue on his face was clearly visible.

Her sheer dress, with its distinct layers of blue on the outside and purple on the inside, accentuated her graceful and charming figure.

The body proportions are just right; if they were directly copied into a painting, it would be art, requiring no further processing.

Xiao Ran looked closely and saw that his Senior Uncle's eyebrows were furrowed and his eyelids were twitching slightly, as if he was pondering and deducing something. He was so focused that he didn't even notice Xiao Ran's arrival.

Xiao Ran felt embarrassed to disturb him, so he found a stone bench nearby, took out his sketchbook, and started drawing casually.

Before long, True Person Yinyue slowly opened his eyes.

Seeing Xiao Ran sitting quietly, she was slightly pleased. She secretly swallowed a pill, and her complexion became as smooth as a young girl's, with the fine crow's feet disappearing.

"You are much more sensible than your Master, knowing to let your Senior Uncle rest more."

Why won't Master let Senior Uncle rest?

Xiao Ran seemed to understand something, yet also seemed to understand nothing at all.

Seeing that his Senior Uncle's face had become as rosy as a young girl's, but his eyes were still tired, Xiao Ran subconsciously took out a pot of new wine and handed it to his Senior Uncle.

The other hand is holding a sketchbook.

"I can use my Senior Uncle as material and draw whatever I want. Senior Uncle won't mind, will he?"

True Person Yinyue glanced at the sketchbook, opened the wine pot, and took a sip.

The sake went down my throat and instantly filled my body, washing away all my fatigue. My whole body felt as light as a white cloud and as clear as ice and snow. Just as I felt a chill, my Dantian warmed up, as if a furnace had been lit in the snow.

This was the first time she had drunk Xiao Ran's wine.

Just a small bite, and I felt much better, both physically and mentally.

Her eyes held a clear, gentle charm, and the way she looked at Xiao Ran was different now.

"You've already drawn me naked, isn't it redundant for you to ask this question?"

Ah, this...

Xiao Ran remained completely calm and composed.

"There is beauty in dressing up."

True Person Yinyue sighed.

"I can't compete with the younger generation anymore."

"It is said that my Senior Uncle and my Master are the Peerless Twin Moons Zongzhi Mountain, so they are naturally comparable."

Xiao Ran praised his Senior Uncle enthusiastically, hoping to get more pills later.

True Person Yinyue turned around, the gentleness in her eyes fading, and she only glanced at Xiao Ran with a faint look.

"Is there something you need to talk to me about?"

Xiao Ran didn't hide anything and nodded in agreement.

True Person Yinyue shook his head, a hint of weariness flashing in his eyes.

"Sigh, who would bother an old woman like me for no reason?"

"It's just a stove explosion, is it really that big of a deal?" Xiao Ran hurriedly replied.

"The Heaven's Chosen Assembly is approaching, and I've been busy lately, but I'll come to visit you more often in the future."

"Your lips are as sweet as honey."

True Person Yinyue smiled gently, her expression a mixture of elder's kindness and captivating shyness.

"Actually, I've been waiting for you to come, but I haven't mentioned it because you've been so busy lately. You've raised Chuyan to the Nascent Soul, and you can't neglect your own Cultivation Level. There's a limit to Qi Refining, so it's time to improve your Cultivation Level as well."

My Senior Uncle still cares about me after all!

Xiao Ran felt a warmth in his heart and said, "Cultivation Level cannot be rushed. After the Heaven's Chosen Assembly, I will study the methods of advancement carefully."

True Person Yinyue was somewhat surprised, and even had a strange sense of anticipation.

"So what brings you here today?"

Xiao Ran said, "This disciple would like to ask my Senior Uncle to help me refine some pills, but Senior Uncle seems to be very busy lately. Is there a problem?"

Silver Moon sighed.

"You're just as busy, so tell me first what medicine you need your Senior Uncle to refine for you."

"I need two kinds of pills."

Xiao Ran said, "One type is a uterine-protecting pill that can stabilize the Palace Body and prevent bleeding when Master's Qi Sea experiences a sudden loss."

True Person Yinyue was suddenly startled.

"Why would Yue'er's Qi Sea be depleted instantly? Even if Chaos City were pulled back from the abyss, it wouldn't require instantaneous power, nor would it cause any bleeding."

Xiao Ran felt somewhat ashamed and didn't elaborate, only saying, "This is a little bit of unorthodox methods of this disciple."

True Person Yinyue glanced at him with a hint of coquettish resentment and anger.

"If you ever betray Yue'er in the future, your Senior Uncle will be the first to not forgive you."

"Nature."

Xiao Ran quickly explained the second reason, which was his original intention in coming to find his Senior Uncle.

"Another type is a pill that can quickly provide Spiritual Power to the Qi Sea, just like the Blood Burst Pill."

True Person Yinyue frowned slightly.

"The success rate of Blood Burst Pill is too low. I only have one left recently. I will refine it for you when I have some free time."

Too low a yield rate? In other words...

Do you have any semi-finished products?

Xiao Ran hurriedly asked.

True Person Yinyue nodded.

"There are plenty of semi-finished products out there, but eating them will almost certainly lead to death. Do you want some?"

"I'll try it."

"Try it? "True Person Yinyue frowned, completely unable to figure out what Xiao Ran was up to.

Just to be safe, she only took out a small amount of medicine residue from her fingernail and handed it to Xiao Ran. Even if Xiao Ran was poisoned, she would have a way to save his life if she was by his side.

Xiao Ran glanced at the dregs of the medicine, confirmed that they posed no danger to his life, and swallowed them directly.

The dregs of the medicine entered my mouth, feeling as if a deadly poison had rushed straight into my Dantian, violently surging into my Qi Sea, and then...

That's all.

It's not that it's gone, it's that it's spread.

Xiao Ran was very satisfied.

"Does my Senior Uncle still have any?"

True Person Yinyue was stunned for a long time, staring at Xiao Ran's lower abdomen, and roughly understood.

"It seems you've practiced some strange Cultivation Method again."

Xiao Ran did not hide anything.

"Qi Refining prodigy is like being roasted over a fire; if he doesn't take an unconventional approach, he'll easily be bullied."

Without asking any further questions, True Person Yinyue, after confirming Xiao Ran's safety, gave Xiao Ran all the medicinal dregs, which were about ten square meters in size.

These dregs were originally intended to be re-processed.

Faced with a mountain of black, grime-covered medicine residue...

Xiao Ran was so shocked that he couldn't speak.

How many experiments did you have to do to get so much residue?

Are you the Marie Curie of the Cultivation World? Apart from the dregs, True Person Yinyue took out a talisman with a handwritten pill formula on it and handed it to Xiao Ran.

"Take a look at this prescription."

Xiao Ran took the talisman and found that the characters on it were extremely elegant, combining both gentleness and strength.

"My Senior Uncle's handwriting is as beautiful as he is, but there are too many corrections... It reminds me of when I was in school doing my homework."

True Person Yinyue's eyebrows twitched slightly.

Xiao Ran hurriedly looked at the pill formula and discovered that it was the same formula for the Longevity Pill that had exploded in the furnace.

After carefully checking the pharmacology and dosage, Xiao Ran found that the prescription was so perfect that it didn't seem like his Senior Uncle's work.

"This prescription is theoretically sound and has few side effects. If the medicinal materials are of good quality, it will definitely be a top-grade longevity pill. If the quantity is large enough, it will certainly help the Sect Leader True Person overcome his tribulation."

True Person Yinyue immediately caught the subtext in Xiao Ran's words: If the medicinal herbs are of good quality...

"So it was a problem with the medicinal herbs? Which herb was the problem? The Demon Heart Grass?"

Xiao Ran climbed onto the alchemy furnace, dipped his finger in the overflowing slag, tasted it, and seemed to be deep in thought.

"It's strange. This shouldn't happen normally. If I'm not mistaken, it might be a problem with the Anorexia Flower."

Anorexia Flower is a very common medicinal herb, and the cultivation and extraction processes are extremely mature, so problems are usually not a problem.

True Person Yinyue frowned slightly. She had personally inspected the Anorexia Flower she bought and there was nothing wrong with them.

"How could the quality of the Anorexia Flower be problematic?"

Xiao Ran said, "The Anorexia Flower is not a problem. The problem is that Senior Uncle's top-grade pill formula requires a problematic Anorexia Flower. Perhaps Senior Uncle will have to plant it himself, no... it may have to be taken to Sword-Wielding Mountain for disciples to plant, and specific seeds must be selected. Senior Uncle certainly does not have time to purchase them. How about this, when we go to Chaos City this time, I will help you find some flower seeds."

"Um."

True Person Yinyue listened with rapt attention, nodding like a primary school student. Seeing Xiao Ran staring at her, she sighed again.

"I never imagined that after studying medicine for thousands of years, I would still be so far from perfect."

Xiao Ran shook his head.

"No, Senior Uncle's alchemy skills are flawless. It's just that your pill formulas are too creative, and ordinary medicinal materials may not be able to withstand them. What you are doing is something that defies the heavens and surpasses perfection. It is normal to encounter some setbacks."

With a gentle light shimmering in her clear eyes, True Person Yinyue suddenly said:

"You have such a mouth... how dare you say you don't know how to pursue women?"

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