Taking the parchment from Nangong Xuansu, Bai Yu slowly unfolded it. The writing on the dark yellow hide had already faded, and coupled with its hurried scrawl, it was difficult to make out what it said without looking closely.
[Great Medicine]
There exists a special substance on the Eternal Continent known as the Five Turbid Auras.
Its origin could no longer be traced, but according to what had been passed down by word of mouth, the Five Turbid Auras were the root of filth and suffering, the source of decay for the entire great world.
In the darkest era, someone discovered that devouring the turbid auras allowed one to glimpse an indescribable existence. That terrifying desire would consume the mind, causing uncontrollable mutations in both flesh and soul.
These mutations followed no pattern, but most people died during the process. Even if they became walking corpses, they would also turn into monsters that knew only how to destroy everything.
In order to control this power, some people attempted to refine the turbid auras together with other materials into Great Medicine.
In the hope of increasing the chances of a successful mutation.
The Five Turbid Auras were mostly produced by humans or demons that had taken human form.
According to the records, the human body was an Innate Dao Body, its very form representing heaven and earth. At the same time, humans possessed the richest emotions. When a certain emotion reached an extreme, there was a high chance that turbid auras would arise.
Therefore, if one captured an ordinary person, drove their emotions to an extreme, then killed them, there was a small chance of extracting a wisp of the Five Turbid Auras.
To stabilize that wisp of aura, the person's flesh and blood would also become one of the materials