Learn Alchemy, Live a Good Life—New Book, Please Collect

Learn Alchemy, Live a Good Life—New Book, Please Collect

The Five-Colored Golden Lotus was a sacred medicine.

Legend had it that swallowing this golden lotus could condense a Five-Colored Lotus Vein, bringing endless benefits. Such a thing was sought throughout the world yet never found; not even the Great Luo Holy Land could possibly possess it.

Although Junior Sister Ziyun before him possessed extraordinary divine abilities, surely she did not have something like this?

"Junior Sister, this item...?"

Lu Changsheng could not help but ask.

"Senior Brother, I obtained this item by chance. I thought that since Senior Brother has only just stepped onto the path of immortality, you would need Marrow Cleansing, Nurturing the Origin and Strengthening the Foundation. That is why I came to give it to you."

Ziyun directly stated her purpose.

At that moment, Lu Changsheng fell completely silent.

He finally understood a principle.

As long as your looks were high enough, an iceberg could turn into a furnace.

A Five-Colored Golden Lotus! If such a sacred object were taken out into the open, it would surely stir up a storm of blood and carnage. Yet someone had simply given such a precious thing to him. What did he rely on? Wasn't it his looks?

After sighing inwardly, Lu Changsheng began his performance.

"Junior Sister, your senior brother cannot accept this."

With a face full of righteousness, Lu Changsheng directly refused Junior Sister Ziyun's kindness.

"Why? Could it be that Senior Brother finds this item beneath him?" Junior Sister Ziyun was slightly surprised. She had never expected this senior brother of hers to refuse.

"Not at all. Your senior brother knows what this item is. But precisely because I know what it is, I must refuse."

"Over these years, your senior brother has heard rumors about you. Though you are a woman, Junior Sister, you have overpowered countless heroes and become the second-ranked disciple of Great Luo. To others, you possess peerless fortune, but your senior brother understands."

"Over these years, Junior Sister, you have ventured into forbidden zones, entered perilous lands, subdued flood dragons in the Eastern Wasteland, and vanquished demons in the Western Desert. Who knows how many brushes with death you endured before earning your achievements today? You speak lightly of this golden lotus, saying you obtained it by chance, but though your senior brother does not know all the dangers involved, I can still guess one or two."

"So your senior brother will not take it. Junior Sister, use it yourself. With the Langya Holy Realm about to open, this item is all the more crucial to you. To me, it would merely be icing on the cake."

Lu Changsheng's words brought tears to Ziyun's eyes.

Though she was proud, aloof, and cold, she was still a woman. Every word Lu Changsheng spoke struck straight at the heart.

That was right. In the eyes of others, she had been born accompanied by strange phenomena, with peerless fortune and abundant luck. But what was the reality?

How many life-and-death trials had she undergone? How much suffering beyond what any human could bear had she endured?

The world could not see it, nor did they wish to. They would only believe what they chose to believe.

At this moment, Ziyun was utterly speechless, unable to control her emotions.

If before, she had merely been drawn to Lu Changsheng by his aura, then now things were different.

What was hardest to find in this world?

A kindred spirit was hardest to find.

Someone who understood you was the hardest to find.

With that thought, Ziyun put away the Five-Colored Golden Lotus. She took a deep breath, unwilling to let Lu Changsheng see her in such a state. She said nothing more.

Instead, she turned and left, silently swearing in her heart.

"Once I obtain my fortune, I will surely bring Senior Brother the legendary Nine-Colored Golden Lotus!"

She swore to herself, then departed.

Leaving behind a somewhat bewildered Lu Changsheng.

Why did she just leave like that?

She turned hostile at the drop of a hat?

Did she have to be so straightforward?

Hey! I haven't finished speaking yet!

Are you giving me the Five-Colored Golden Lotus or not?

Hey! Junior Sister, I'm not going to stand on ceremony anymore. I want it! I want that thing!

Lu Changsheng was dumbfounded. She left before he had even finished speaking?

The Five-Colored Golden Lotus!

A peerless sacred medicine for Nurturing the Origin and Strengthening the Foundation!

And just like that, it slipped through his fingers?

Aaaahhhhh!

Why the hell was I putting on airs?

Hey! Come back!

Since transmigrating into this immortal cultivation world, this was the first time Lu Changsheng felt like such a Sand Sculpture.

A supreme sacred object like the Five-Colored Golden Lotus was just gone.

He took a deep breath.

Lu Changsheng looked at Junior Sister Ziyun as she left, not knowing what to say.

But this was only a minor interlude.

Though he was rather surprised that Ziyun possessed the Five-Colored Golden Lotus, it was not important to Lu Changsheng.

What mattered now was inheriting the position of Eldest Senior Brother.

As the Eldest Senior Brother, the leading figure of the entire Great Luo Holy Land, he clearly needed something that set him apart.

Relying on looking handsome alone definitely would not do.

He had to show some real substance to win everyone over.

Cultivation was out of the question.

He could only take an unconventional path.

Pill refining!

Yes, that was right.

Lu Changsheng could only place his hopes on pill refining now.

If he attained a certain level of mastery in pill refining, he would not disgrace the title of Eldest Senior Brother.

With that in mind, Lu Changsheng began a new struggle.

However, to become a qualified pill refiner, one needed three things.

Medicinal ingredients, a pill furnace, and pill formulas.

Medicinal ingredients were the foundation of everything, while the pill furnace was the tool for refining pills. As for pill formulas, they were the most crucial of all.

Only with these three things could one attempt pill refining.

As it happened, the Great Luo Holy Land naturally had all three.

Starting small, Lu Changsheng took out a paper crane and wrote the items he wanted on it. Then he tossed it into the air. Before long, someone would place what he needed onto the paper crane and send it back to him.

It was a very simple immortal art, yet in Lu Changsheng's eyes, it was filled with novelty.

Half an hour later.

A giant paper crane flapped its wings as it flew over, carrying a huge pile of books.

These books were all materials related to pill refining.

To study and constantly practice what one had learned—was that not a joy?

Afraid that he might refine pills that killed whoever ate them, Lu Changsheng felt he should read more books. Otherwise, if something truly went wrong, he would never be able to shake the blame.

"General Outline of Pill Refining: Part One"

"General Outline of Pill Refining: Part Two"

"Ten Years of Qi Refinement, a Hundred Years of Pill Refining"

"Pill Refining Is an Amazing Field of Study"

"Learn Pill Refining and Live a Good Life"

"The Story Between Me and Pill Refining That Has to Be Told"

The books were a mixed bag, and their contents were all excellent. Unfortunately, their authors were terrible at naming them.

Though the titles were tacky and awful, the content was excellent, and Lu Changsheng read them with utmost seriousness.

In this immortal martial world without electronic products, reading brought people joy.

And so, bit by bit, time passed.

During this period, Lu Changsheng truly immersed himself in pill refining.

He had originally thought pill refining simply meant taking medicinal ingredients, simmering them in a pill furnace into medicinal liquid, then condensing it into pill pellets.

He had never expected pill refining to contain so much knowledge.

It was absolutely not something one could master in a short time.

What excited Lu Changsheng most, most, most, most of all was this:

Pill refining was somewhat similar to chemistry.

The same medicinal ingredient, grown for different numbers of years, could produce pills with different effects.

Under heaven, there were hundreds of millions upon hundreds of millions of types of medicinal ingredients, yet fewer than five hundred thousand pill formulas. This meant there were still many pills waiting to be discovered.

If he happened to stumble into refining some kind of supreme-grade pill by accident, perhaps his name would be remembered for generations. Would that not secure his position as Eldest Senior Brother?

Thus.

Lu Changsheng studied the art of pill refining like a madman.

And so, in the blink of an eye, the day of the Great Luo Gathering arrived.