All Things as Materials, Creating Pills with Fortune, Heading to the Scripture Repository

Qingyun Back Cliff.

Xu Luochen was earnestly imparting his knowledge of the Way of Alchemy.

Ye Ping, meanwhile, listened intently.

"Little Junior Brother, all medicine has a degree of toxicity; this is an unchangeable iron rule."

"However, if you want to truly refine a Poisonless Pill, do you know what the core is?"

Xu Luochen asked.

"I don't know."

Ye Ping thought for a moment, but he couldn't come up with an answer.

If "all medicine has a degree of toxicity" was an iron rule, then theoretically, it was impossible to refine a Poisonless Pill.

Even though he hadn't refined pills before, Ye Ping understood some traditional Chinese medicine knowledge from his previous life.

The toxins in medicinal ingredients were varied and strange. A certain herb might be a great tonic, but it could be too yang. Therefore, someone with a weak constitution couldn't consume overly potent tonics, as it could easily lead to death.

To suppress this excess yang, yin-nourishing herbs had to be added. But yin-nourishing herbs also had their drawbacks. You would then need to add other herbs to reduce the toxicity of the yin-nourishing herbs.

Once several herbs were added, mixed toxins would arise.

Therefore, to solve this problem was theoretically impossible.

Another point was that a Poisonless Pill could also be understood as an all-purpose pill, suitable for any constitution, any being, and any situation.

Thus, Ye Ping genuinely couldn't think of any way to resolve Pill Toxin.

However, Xu Luochen smiled calmly and then spoke slowly.

"Actually, it's very simple. If you don't use medicinal ingredients, then there won't be any Pill Toxin?"

Xu Luochen said.

Upon hearing this, Ye Ping was stunned.

At first glance, it seemed to make sense.

But if you don't use medicinal ingredients, can you still refine pills?

Brother Luochen, although I don't understand anything, I'm not an idiot.

In an instant, Ye Ping fell silent.

He didn't know what to say.

It felt a bit outrageous.

Sensing the shift in Ye Ping's expression, Xu Luochen showed no panic. Instead, he spoke with even greater composure.

"Junior Brother Ye, do you think Senior Brother is trying to fool you?"

Xu Luochen asked, his expression calm.

"Of course not."

Ye Ping shook his head, immediately denying it.

Although he did have some doubts, Ye Ping didn't actually feel like Xu Luochen was trying to trick him. He just found it a bit outlandish.

The next moment, Xu Luochen chuckled lightly.

"You have doubts, and that's normal. But if the alchemy I teach you is the same as ordinary alchemy methods, how could it be called unique?"

Xu Luochen said with a confident smile.

Hearing this, Ye Ping immediately fell into thought.

That's right. How could something taught by a Peerless Expert be the same as what an ordinary person would teach?

Before Ye Ping could speak, Xu Luochen continued.

"Little Junior Brother, it's normal for you to have doubts because you don't understand, you don't comprehend, and therefore you are confused."

"It's like when you were still an ordinary person in the mortal world, and someone told you that there are peerless Sword Immortals in this world who can shatter a star with a single sword strike. Would you believe them?"

Xu Luochen said slowly.

Upon hearing this, Ye Ping suddenly understood.

That's right. Many things aren't impossible; it's just that I can't do them, so I think they're impossible. But just because I can't do them doesn't mean others in this world can't.

With that thought, Ye Ping immediately spoke.

"Thank you, Senior Brother, for clearing my doubts. This Junior Brother was being short-sighted."

Ye Ping finally understood, and even felt ashamed. He never expected to become someone with a narrow perspective one day.

"Don't blame yourself." Xu Luochen smiled gently and then continued.

"The secret to Poison-Free Alchemy lies in not needing medicinal ingredients. Little Junior Brother, the art of alchemy involves no more than three steps: obtaining medicinal ingredients, refining them with spiritual fire, and finally, condensing the pill with Daoist Magic."

"However, what is the fundamental essence of medicinal ingredients?"

Xu Luochen looked at Ye Ping and asked earnestly.

What is the fundamental basis of medicinal ingredients?

Ye Ping frowned, unsure how to answer the question.

Seeing Ye Ping hesitate for a long time, Xu Luochen spoke up.

"The fundamental basis of medicinal ingredients is spiritual energy."

"Heaven and earth spiritual medicines all grow in places with spiritual energy, so medicinal ingredients are a condensed form of spiritual energy."

"However, why do medicinal ingredients have toxicity? It's because spiritual energy is pure and untainted, the most pristine substance between heaven and earth. But as they grow, they become contaminated by the acquired five elements, naturally accumulating impure energy."

"This is how toxins are formed."

"Therefore, poison-free alchemy is about directly discarding the medicinal ingredients themselves and directly condensing heaven and earth spiritual energy using supreme Daoist magic to create top-grade pills. Do you understand?"

Xu Luochen's words were pearls of wisdom. The last sentence, in particular, struck Ye Ping's mind like a great bell.

Directly condensing heaven and earth spiritual energy with supreme Daoist magic to create top-grade pills?

This!

This!

This!

If Ye Ping had doubted Xu Luochen was joking before, after hearing this theory, he was utterly shocked.

He had no room for doubt anymore because the theory sounded incredibly correct.

What do the heavenly treasures in the cultivation world contain?

They contain spiritual energy.

So, Xu Luochen was absolutely right.

Medicinal ingredients were just a different form of spiritual energy.

And the reason medicinal ingredients had toxins was because they were contaminated by acquired five-elemental energy.

This was the difference between innate and acquired.

It was like how a person is an innate body before birth.

But after birth, they immediately become an acquired body.

Unless one doesn't breathe, eat, or drink, and doesn't come into contact with any of the five elements, but that's simply impossible.

Brother Luochen's theory seemed complex, but as Ye Ping pondered it carefully, it appeared quite simple.

Condensing pills directly from heaven and earth spiritual energy.

Such pills would naturally have no pill toxin, because they weren't refined from medicinal ingredients but condensed from heaven and earth spiritual energy.

"Junior Brother understands."

Ye Ping was completely convinced by his Brother Luochen.

The lingering doubts in his heart vanished instantly.

"Good, very good. Since Junior Brother Ye has understood, all the steps for the poison-free alchemy method are recorded in this book. Study it carefully, and come find Senior Brother when you can successfully refine a pill."

Xu Luochen spoke and handed a book to Ye Ping.

"Thank you, Senior Brother, for bestowing this method."

Ye Ping accepted the alchemy book with great solemnity, his eyes filled with excitement.

The method of poison-free alchemy.

If he could master this alchemy technique, wouldn't he be able to level up by consuming pills in the future without worrying about side effects?

"Little Junior Brother, do you have any other questions? If there's anything you don't understand, feel free to ask."

After giving the secret manual to Ye Ping, Xu Luochen continued to ask.

If there was nothing else, he would leave.

However, when it came to questions, Ye Ping did have one.

"Junior Brother does indeed have a question, and I hope Senior Brother can clarify it."

"What is it?"

"Senior Brother, if one hasn't cultivated, can they still consume a Qi Cultivation Pill?"

Ye Ping asked with great curiosity.

Can one consume a Qi Cultivation Pill without cultivating?

Xu Luochen answered affirmatively with almost no hesitation.

A Qi Cultivation Pill is a great tonic for Qi Cultivation cultivators, but for those without cultivation, consuming it will have no effect. At most, it can nourish the spiritual meridians.

Xu Luochen said this, as it was common knowledge.

Giving a Qi Cultivation Pill to a mortal who wasn't a Qi Cultivation cultivator wouldn't kill them or cause them to explode, but its effect would be minimal, only nourishing the spiritual meridians. Only some major sects or cultivation families would do this.

After all, a single Qi Cultivation Pill was quite valuable. Who would use such a thing to nourish their spiritual meridians?

"Understood, thank you for your guidance, Senior Brother."

Ye Ping nodded, having understood.

However, Xu Luochen quickly continued, "If you have any further questions in the future, you can go to the Scripture Repository and look through the alchemy books and secret manuals. Most problems are explained in the books."

Xu Luochen kindly reminded him.

Although the Scripture Repository didn't have many books, it had quite a lot of foundational texts. Many common knowledge issues were also written down, which would save Ye Ping the trouble of getting stuck on such minor problems.

Upon hearing this, Ye Ping suddenly realized.

He had been focused on comprehending the sword marks during this time, so he had forgotten about the existence of the Scripture Repository.

With this thought, Ye Ping thanked Xu Luochen once again.

"Alright, Senior Brother won't bother you any longer. Junior Brother Ye, study the Way of Alchemy diligently. Come find me again after you've refined a pill. Don't rush if you can't do it, after all, there are three thousand paths to the Dao."

Xu Luochen gave one last reminder before leaving, a smile on his face, in excellent spirits.

Look at what it means to be a role model.

Look at what it means to teach and guide.

Look at me.

Then look at Senior Disciple Brother?

Sigh, he has no patience at all.

How will he inherit the Sect Leader position in the future?

Should I compete for the Sect Leader position with him later?

Xu Luochen was in a wonderful mood, even starting to consider whether he should compete with Su Changyu for the Sect Leader position.

And at this moment.

In the back cliff.

Ye Ping began to examine the secret manuals on Poison-Free Alchemy.