Bu Zhi glanced over the spirit herbs listed in the formula. Most were fairly common medicinal plants, with only a few rare spirit herbs. This showed that the Five Elements Foundation Nurturing Pill was not particularly difficult to refine, nor would it consume excessive materials. Yet one of its primary ingredients made Bu Zhi's breathing instantly grow much heavier.
Five Elements Spirit Stones!!!
The moment he saw those four words, Bu Zhi knew that this formula had not been obtained by Akatsuki by chance. Its appearance was full of purpose.
Its purpose was to consume the vast quantity of Five Elements Spirit Stones held by Akatsuki.
Before this formula appeared, Five Elements Spirit Stones had been extremely precious, but there were very few uses for them, and the required quantities were small. The Five Elements Foundation Nurturing Pill was different. It required a huge amount of Five Elements Spirit Stones to refine successfully, and they were indispensable. That meant anyone wishing to refine this pill would have to gather enough Five Elements Spirit Stones.
But that was precisely the crux of the matter. Five Elements Spirit Stones were companion items born around spirit bodies with complete mastery of the five elements. They could not be obtained through cultivation like ordinary medicinal herbs. In other words, aside from the tiny amount available in the outside world, anyone who wanted this special medicinal catalyst had to go through Akatsuki.
Because the only known cultivator with complete mastery of all five elements was Akatsuki's Azure Dragon Divine Envoy.
"Divine Envoy Zero Burial, is this Five Elements Foundation Nurturing Pill useful to all cultivators, or only certain ones? How effective is it at improving Spirit Roots?" Bu Zhi felt as though his heart was about to leap out of his chest.
He could not