New Pill: Essence Nurturing Pill!

Lu Yuanwu paused on the other end of the phone before nodding. "I can give you the coordinates for the Era of Dharma Decline Dungeon, but the Luo Tian Assembly Dungeon closed three years ago. No one can enter it anymore..."

Su Xing was taken aback for a moment, then understood.

Three years ago in the Simulator meant that, in the Real World, there were still three years until the Luo Tian Assembly Dungeon closed.

Su Xing still had every chance to explore that Dungeon.

So Su Xing said, "It's fine even if it's closed. Send me the coordinates for both Dungeons!"

Lu Yuanwu nodded and added a reminder. "Sure, but while the natives in the Era of Dharma Decline Dungeon aren't very strong, it's still somewhat dangerous for you. You'd better have two Heavenly King Level Experts protect you at all times."

Su Xing agreed, then hung up.

Before long, Lu Yuanwu sent over the coordinates for both Dungeons.

Su Xing immediately grinned when he saw them.

What a coincidence. Both Dungeons were inside Kyoto City. If he had the time, Su Xing could go in and give them a try.

However, the Era of Dharma Decline Dungeon still posed some danger to Su Xing. It would be more prudent to go after his cultivation broke through.

An hour soon passed, and the Immersive Simulation ended. Su Xing's consciousness returned to the Real World.

In the Real World.

Su Xing lay in his dormitory, casually picked up a cup of cola, and took a gulp. He felt as though he had just awoken from a dream.

"Immersive Simulation... what an incredible experience! This is absolutely a great opportunity to gain insights and information..."

Su Xing took a deep breath and only came back to his senses after quite some time.

After steadying himself, Su Xing chose to continue the simulation.

In the dormitory, you asked Lu Yuanwu for the coordinates of the two Dungeons.

You summoned the two Heavenly King Level Experts and told them that you needed peace and quiet while refining pills. No one was to disturb you, and they were not to approach your dormitory.

The two Heavenly King Level Experts held you in great respect and quickly nodded in agreement.

After confirming that no one was spying nearby, you entered the Spiritual Field Blessed Land.

You spent two hours refining a batch of Organ Refinement Pills, then used the rest of your time to cultivate.

Every day, you persisted in eating Spirit Rice and consumed large quantities of Spirit Chicken Eggs to replenish your stamina. Your Body Tempering Cultivation rapidly advanced. In addition, you spent several hours each day cultivating with Spirit Stones.

In the seventh year, your Body Tempering Cultivation broke through to Bone Forging Realm Great Completion, but your Qi Cultivation remained at Foundation Establishment Stage Great Completion!

In the eighth year, you cultivated diligently and made tremendous progress, but the spiritual qi in your body was still insufficient for you to break through to the Golden Core Stage.

In the ninth year, you attempted to refine a Low-Grade Pill called the Essence Nurturing Pill. The Essence Nurturing Pill could not only strengthen a cultivator's Spiritual Sense, but also purify the spiritual qi within their body. It could help you break through to the Golden Core Stage.

Among the ingredients for the Essence Nurturing Pill, only the Essence Nurturing Grass was relatively precious. Fortunately, you had planted plenty of Essence Nurturing Grass in advance, so you began attempting to refine Essence Nurturing Pills.

Since you had mastered the refinement of more than ten ungraded pills and knew the recipe for Organ Refinement Pills, you could be considered an initiate on the path of alchemy. Thus, your Alchemy Technique for Essence Nurturing Pills improved rapidly.

You spent two hours each day refining Organ Refinement Pills to complete the Great Xia Military's mission, and another two hours cultivating. Other than that, you spent nearly all your time refining Essence Nurturing Pills.

In the first month, you attempted to refine twenty-eight batches of Essence Nurturing Pills. Only one batch achieved Pill Formation, while the other twenty-seven all failed.

By the third month, you had not lost confidence and instead became even more diligent. Your progress was rapid. You refined thirty batches of Essence Nurturing Pills, with five successful batches.

By the sixth month, you continued refining Essence Nurturing Pills. At this point, your Pill Formation rate had reached fifty percent. Out of every ten batches of Essence Nurturing Pills, you could successfully refine five.

Unfortunately, the continuous pill refining over the past few months had exhausted all the Essence Nurturing Grass you had accumulated. Now, with no Essence Nurturing Grass left, you could no longer continue refining pills.

Fortunately, over the past half year, you had accumulated enough Essence Nurturing Pills. These pills could purify your spiritual qi, and you were confident that you could break through to the Golden Core Realm.

However, you did not want to break through directly into the Golden Core Realm, because that would only result in the weakest kind of Golden Core. According to the Evergreen Cultivation Technique, Golden Cores were divided into three grades: Low-Grade Golden Core, Mid-Grade Golden Core, and High-Grade Golden Core.

So you began continuously refining and compressing the spiritual qi within your body. The process was extremely painful, but your willpower was astonishing, and you gritted your teeth and persevered.

In the tenth year, Throughout the Past Year, you had continuously tempered the spiritual qi within your body. You could feel its Spiritual Qi Quality becoming increasingly pure, so you began trying to consume Essence Nurturing Pills.

According to the Li Fire Alchemy Technique, Essence Nurturing Pills differed from Organ Refinement Pills. The medicinal properties of Organ Refinement Pills were more violent and intense, and could cause bodily damage or even death for cultivators with insufficient constitutions. Essence Nurturing Pills, however, were much gentler. Even Qi Refinement Stage cultivators would not suffer any harm from taking them.

You took out a custom-made Jade Box. The Jade Box could prolong a pill's medicinal efficacy and slow the loss of its potency. Inside were over a hundred finished Essence Nurturing Pills, accumulated by you over the previous few months.

You took out an Essence Nurturing Pill and swallowed it. Its medicinal effect was indeed gentle. You only felt a wave of comfort spread through your body, while the spiritual qi within you seemed to be continuously washed by a gentle breeze, becoming ever more condensed.

You spent several hours absorbing the medicinal power of the Essence Nurturing Pill within you. Carefully sensing the changes in your body, you discovered that your total spiritual qi had increased by roughly one percent, while its quality had also risen by one percent.

Overjoyed, you took one Essence Nurturing Pill every day for the next three months. You felt the spiritual qi within you become inexhaustible, and your mana became more than twice as abundant as before. Your cultivation was still at Foundation Establishment Stage Great Completion, but your strength had increased severalfold at the very least!

Su Xing was stunned when he saw this. They were both at the Foundation Establishment Stage, yet one's strength could actually increase severalfold!

"It seems my previous cultivation wasn't solid enough! As expected, the path of cultivation requires constant exploration..."

"But Foundation Establishment Stage Great Completion is already several times stronger than a Silver Rank Professional... Now that my strength has increased severalfold again, wouldn't that make me comparable to a Gold Rank Professional?"

Su Xing's heart stirred. At this rate, once he broke through to the Golden Core Realm, he would likely be comparable to an ordinary Master Level Professional. By then, he could fully explore the Era of Dharma Decline Dungeon.

With that thought, Su Xing continued the simulation.

In the twelfth year, after two years of cultivation, you felt that your cultivation had become increasingly solid. You had a sense that you were about to break through to the Golden Core Realm...