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Medicine Peak
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Biodata
| Feature | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Medicine Peak (药峰) |
| Affiliation | Azure Cloud Sect |
| Occupation/Role | Sect peak responsible for pill production, alchemy, spirit-beast husbandry, and combat training |
| Status | Active |
| First Appearance | 1 |
Background / History
Medicine Peak is one of the Azure Cloud Sect's five peaks. It supplies pills to the sect, giving it particularly high standing among its disciples despite Artifact Peak being regarded as stronger overall. The two peaks maintain an intense, long-running rivalry. 4
Shen Xiyue became Medicine Peak's chief disciple after breaking Artifact Peak's previous monopoly over the sect-wide chief-disciple position, further escalating the conflict between the peaks. 4 Her development of the Purple Foundation Pill is strategically important: a successful version could improve disciples' Foundation Establishment prospects and strengthen Medicine Peak's political position. 1 6
Medicine Peak's internal balance is disrupted when its former chief disciple, Jiang Huaijin, returns after being presumed dead for fifteen years. His return creates competing factions between his supporters and Shen Xiyue's followers. 36
Organization
| Division / Position | Function |
|---|---|
| Alchemy Hall | Specializes in alchemy. 19 |
| Fire Hall | Focuses on practical combat and killing. 19 |
| Peak Master Mu Xuanyi | Golden Core Realm peak master of Medicine Peak. 37 |
| Chief Disciple Shen Xiyue | Leads Medicine Peak's younger generation and oversees major alchemy projects. 1 4 |
| Former Chief Disciple Jiang Huaijin | His return creates a second competing center of authority on the peak. 36 |
| Elder Gu Yang | Medicine Peak elder involved in inspecting Spirit Oxen and overseeing peak interests. 13 37 |
| Deacon Huang Yi | Oversees Medicine Peak's outer sect disciples. 5 |
Facilities and Resources
- Alchemy Room — Contains an ancient pill furnace and an Ancient Array used in high-level pill refinement. 1 18
- Ancient Array — Uses selected people as medicinal catalysts to absorb their “innate destiny” and generate unique spiritual energy for alchemy. Mortals without spiritual roots are especially valuable catalysts. 18
- Cowshed and rear mountain pastures — Houses Spirit Oxen whose milk is an important supplementary ingredient for Medicine Peak's alchemy. 4 6
- Spirit Fields and beast sheds — Shen Xiyue personally controls several mu of Spirit Fields and multiple sheds for raising Spirit Beasts. 4
- Main peak pavilion — A three-story obsidian structure used by Shen Xiyue. 19
Alchemy and Pill Production
Purple Foundation Pill
The Purple Foundation Pill is a variant of the Foundation Establishment Pill intended to greatly increase the success rate of Foundation Establishment. Its first successful refinement produces three pills after repeated furnace explosions are resolved by lowering the furnace temperature. 1 2 3
A later refinement fails after an added supplementary ingredient causes mortal medicinal catalysts to become violent and explode. 18 19 Li Jun proposes using Spirit Oxen to neutralize the ingredient's ferocity through their digestion and milk; this approach contributes to a subsequent successful refinement of an improved Purple Foundation Pill. 19 26
Spirit Ox Milk
Spirit Ox milk is essential to Medicine Peak's alchemy. The cowshed must provide thirty buckets daily to the pill room, and the thirty oxen assigned to Shen Xiyue are considered premium stock. 6
Li Jun uses the Fusang Hand to treat the oxen after discovering they were affected by poisoned oak leaves. Their unusually good condition later draws Elder Gu Yang's attention. 7 13
Medicinal Catalysts
Medicine Peak employs mortals with matching birth dates as medicinal catalysts in its Ancient Array. Though Shen Xiyue initially states that the process will only cause temporary weakness, later refinements demonstrate that failures can kill the catalysts violently. 1 18 19
Internal Conflict
- Shen Xiyue's faction — Supported by Huang Yi and associated with the continued development of the Purple Foundation Pill. 6
- Jiang Huaijin's faction — Gains momentum after the former chief disciple returns, with supporters attempting to seize resources such as rear-mountain meadows. 36
- Liu Pan'er and Lu Jinxuan — Operate against Li Jun during the Black Rock Mine expedition; Lu Jinxuan is implied to be aligned with Liu Pan'er's faction. 39 40
- Artifact Peak rivalry — Competition extends from chief-disciple status to resources and operational influence within the Azure Cloud Sect. 4 27
Relationships
- Azure Cloud Sect — One of its five constituent peaks and its principal supplier of pills. 4
- Artifact Peak — Principal rival; the two peaks compete fiercely at every level. 4
- Shen Xiyue — Chief disciple whose alchemy projects, Spirit Oxen, and political ambitions are central to Medicine Peak. 1 4
- Li Jun — Outer sect disciple assigned to the cowshed; assists with Spirit Ox care, medicinal processing, and Purple Foundation Pill refinement. 5 6 19 26
- Yin Caiwei — Initially works around the cowshed, later passes Medicine Peak's assessment and joins Alchemy Hall. 6 26
- Mu Xuanyi — Peak master who directs disciples to protect Medicine Peak's interests during the Black Rock Mine excavation. 37