The Effects of the True Essence Blood Refining Pill!

"How much per portion?"

"Twenty taels."

"How many portions do you have?"

"One hundred."

"I'll take them all!"

"A ten-percent deposit. No refunds if you decide not to buy. Leave an address; they'll be delivered today. Pay the remaining balance after inspecting the goods." The old man was sparing with his words.

"Fine!"

After paying a two-hundred-tael deposit, the two did not linger in the Ghost Market and left directly.

That afternoon, the Snow Fox Heart Blood was delivered as promised. Xu Ziyi helped inspect the goods, and only after he was satisfied did Lu Yuan make the payment.

With his objective achieved, Lu Yuan said directly, "Brother Xu, I've bought everything I wanted, so I won't trouble you any longer. Farewell."

"Safe travels, Brother Qiao. I'll be stationed in Leiji Town for the coming year. If anything comes up, feel free to find me anytime. Farewell!"

Watching Lu Yuan's departing figure, Xu Ziyi fell into thought.

"Although Brother Qiao made himself look very old, he's actually quite young—barely over twenty at most. Yet his strength is far from weak. That day, he killed Tang Ying, the First Devil, and the Fourth Devil with a single slash. Though there were factors such as a sneak attack and their injuries, his own strength cannot be ignored. And when facing the Third Devil, it wasn't even a sneak attack—he killed him in just two or three moves. This shows that his strength far surpasses the Six Devils of the Snow Region."

"To possess such strength at such a young age, yet still need to come to the Ghost Market himself to buy things, means he has no powerful backing. If an opportunity arises, I could bring him into Six Doors."

The greatest reason Xu Ziyi had not tried to recruit him was that he did not know Lu Yuan's identity.

As the court's violent enforcement agency, with intelligence duties as well, Six Doors never recruited those of unknown identity.

Born into a medicine merchant family, Lu Yuan was no stranger to medicine refining. In fact, he himself was well versed in the methods of refining medicine.

The main difference between pill refinement and medicine refining lay in the pill recipe.

The parchment recorded every detail in meticulous detail—the pill recipe, heat control, timing, and so on. After wasting three batches of materials, Lu Yuan began his fourth attempt.

In truth, having a professional medicine refiner do it would have been best. But Lu Yuan feared leaking the pill recipe, so he could only fumble through the process himself.

Under the tempering flames, the various medicinal materials, mithril, and Snow Fox Heart Blood gradually fused together. Within the Alchemy Furnace, only pure medicinal potency remained.

Two hours later, the pure medicinal potency melded together and underwent a marvelous change, condensing into pills.

"Three True Essence Blood Refining Pills! Success!!"

Looking at the finished pills in his hand, Lu Yuan's eyes shone with excitement.

The True Essence Blood Refining Pills were roughly the size of a fingertip and seemed to bloom with a soft, radiant glow. Their texture was like jade, crystalline and lustrous.

At first glance, they did not look like pills at all, but rather jade beads.

"They look extraordinarily effective. Let's test them!"

Lu Yuan's gaze burned as he placed a pill into his mouth and swallowed it.

A delicate fragrance slid down his throat.

In an instant, a vast surge of vital essence rose from his abdomen. It was like tossing fire into a basin of oil—his blood and qi immediately began to boil.

It was as though invisible flames were forging his entire body. The temperature of his blood and qi rose rapidly, like scorching magma, heat radiating out through his pores.

Whoosh—whoosh—whoosh—

With his blood and qi circulating at full force, Lu Yuan could clearly hear the rushing sound of it flowing through his body. His heart beat like a war drum, pounding with powerful force.

Throughout the process, Lu Yuan felt that the efficiency of his blood and qi circulation in tempering his body was ten times greater than usual.

As though seated inside a steaming basket, hot vapor rose from his entire body. Feeling the changes within himself, he was overjoyed.

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Time passed bit by bit. An hour went by, and the medicinal potency was exhausted.

Lu Yuan abruptly opened his eyes, brimming with vitality, and grinned broadly.

"The True Essence Blood Refining Pill is at least twice as effective as the Blood Replenishing Pill!"

Lu Yuan had already taken the Blood Replenishing Pill he obtained from the bounty. One Blood Replenishing Pill could save him more than a day of effort, while one True Essence Blood Refining Pill could save him roughly three days.

In other words, the hour Lu Yuan had just spent cultivating was equivalent to three days of his previous cultivation.

"The pity is that pills can't be taken too frequently."

Every medicine carried some poison. After swallowing a pill, its effects would be absorbed in a short time, but its toxicity would remain in the body. Over the following days, the body would gradually expel it.

If one took pills continuously, before the residual pill toxins from the previous dose had been expelled, new pill toxins would accumulate. The buildup would grow greater and greater, eventually creating enormous hidden dangers.

There were also those who sought quick success and immediate gain, ignoring pill toxins and swallowing pills one after another. Their strength might rise rapidly in a short time, but once the pill toxins erupted, the losses would outweigh the gains.

Those with foresight never swallowed pills continuously. The best course was to wait until the pill toxins had been completely expelled before taking another pill.

The time needed to expel pill toxins varied from person to person. Some were exceptionally gifted and could clear them out in half a day or a day.

Others needed seven or eight days, even ten days, before they could completely expel them.

Whether the toxins in his body had been expelled, he could feel it himself.

"The pill toxins from the Blood Replenishing Pill took me about a day and a half to expel. The True Essence Blood Refining Pill is more potent than the Blood Replenishing Pill, so logically, its pill toxins should be stronger too. I wonder how many days I'll need to completely purge them."

Over the next few days, besides practicing martial arts, Lu Yuan added another task to his routine: refining True Essence Blood Refining Pills.

After using up twenty portions of Mithril, Lu Yuan obtained five batches of True Essence Blood Refining Pills, for a total of thirteen pills.

Twenty portions of Mithril alone cost as much as 3,800 taels. Including the other ingredients, the cost of these thirteen pills came to a staggering 5,000 taels!

Nearly four hundred taels per pill.

"Good heavens, what I'm eating isn't pills—it's money!"

After calculating the cost, Lu Yuan sucked in a sharp breath.

That evening, Lu Longjing, Lu Cheng, and Zhang Zhi gathered together.

With a flick of his hand, three True Essence Blood Refining Pills appeared in Lu Yuan's palm. Lu Longjing looked puzzled. "What kind of pills are these?"

"Hehe, True Essence Blood Refining Pills."

Lu Longjing was greatly astonished. "You found all the means so quickly—and even refined them already? No wonder you've been acting so mysteriously these past few days. Turns out you were holding back something huge."

"How are the effects? Are they really as described on the sheepskin parchment?" Lu Cheng pressed.

Zhang Zhi stared intently at Lu Yuan. Lu Yuan nodded heavily and said with certainty, "The effects are excellent!"

"Really?"

"Absolutely true!!"

Without the slightest hesitation, Lu Cheng tossed a True Essence Blood Refining Pill into his mouth. Lu Longjing and Zhang Zhi immediately followed suit.

The moment the pills entered their mouths, the three men's eyes widened. Steam visibly rose from above their heads.

Feeling the blood and qi within his body boil, Zhang Zhi sucked in a breath. "The effects are this strong?"

He had never taken pills in his life. This was his first time experiencing such intense medicinal potency.

Over an hour later, the three finished cultivating. Lu Longjing took a fierce stride forward and threw a punch. The air before his fist was brutally compressed, then exploded.

Feeling the explosive strength within his body, Lu Longjing was ecstatic. "I've actually undergone the Second Blood Change!!"

His aptitude was poor. For so many years, he had been trapped at Blood Refinement, never able to undergo the Second Blood Change. Yet with the aid of the True Essence Blood Refining Pill, he had actually broken through the shackles.

"Congratulations, Father." Lu Yuan smiled.

"Hahahahaha! You really do get what you pay for. The Pill Recipe we bought for fifty thousand taels truly isn't bad!" Lu Longjing beamed with delight.

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