"Three qian of Coldblood Grass, five Azure Tuo Flowers, two liang of Carefree Powder... simmer over a gentle flame until a strange fragrance fills the air... temper over fierce fire until the pill's skin turns gold... breathe out Snowwing Pill qi, and the Great Snow Mountain White Lotus Pill shall be complete."
Setting down the pill formula in his hands, Chu Yun rubbed his eyes as a powerful wave of drowsiness washed over him.
Pill formulas were not so easy to understand, especially those meant to treat ailments of the heart. They were all strange and peculiar, each with its own distinctive traits.
To fully comprehend the medicinal principles hidden within these formulas—why the ingredients had to be paired in such a way, why each technique during refinement had to be combined as it was—required exceptionally profound attainment in pill refinement, as well as wisdom.
"The one hundred and seventieth pill formula..." Chu Yun neatly stacked the formulas he had finished reading to his right. To his left still lay another three thousand two hundred pill formulas.
Chu Yun possessed Emperor-class spiritual light, so his intelligence naturally surpassed that of ordinary people. He also had an Innate Body, his vigor abundant and nearly inexhaustible. Yet even so, after reading one hundred and seventy pill formulas in succession, someone as powerful as him still felt wave after wave of exhaustion.
This was exhaustion of the mind.
Chu Yun's body was an Innate Body, and his spiritual light was Emperor-class, but his soul lagged somewhat behind. Such high-intensity study of pill formulas made it difficult for his mind to endure.
Hold on. Keep holding on.
Blinking forcefully, Chu Yun picked up another formula, gathered every shred of his focus, and began to study it.
"Two hundred pill formulas!" A night passed just