Self-Created Pill Recipe

There were only a few people left on the Dragon Boat at this point. Including Long Lie and the two law enforcers, there were only seven people on the boat at most, making it quite empty.

Thinking back to the boat that had been full of people when they arrived, but only seven remained when they returned, everyone felt heavy-hearted and remained silent.

Long Xuan wasn't familiar with anyone on the ship, so he wasn't exactly sad, just a little wistful.

He walked to the bow of the ship, to where Long Lie had been standing, and whispered, "I helped you win seven High-Grade Unusual Gu Insect, so hurry up and give me that Supreme-grade Spirit Silkworm."

Even now, he still thinks about that Supreme-grade Spirit Silkworm, and his risk to help Long Lie win the bet was entirely because of that Supreme-grade Spirit Silkworm.

He has decided that his next Gu Insect will be a silkworm-type Gu Insect, and the main ingredient for supreme-grade Gu worm must be Supreme-grade Spirit Insect. This Supreme-grade Spirit Silkworm Supreme-grade Spirit Silkworm is extremely important to him, and he must acquire it.

Whether I can research and create the legendary Soul Armor depends entirely on this Supreme-grade Spirit Silkworm.

Upon hearing this, Long Lie chuckled and said, "I knew you were interested in this Supreme-grade Spirit Silkworm. It's a ten- Myriad-Year Ice Silkworm, a famous breed among silkworms, and extremely rare."

"It's a pity our clan doesn't have the Gu Recipe for this kind of Spirit Insect, otherwise I would definitely use it to refine a supreme-grade Gu worm. Why would I let you have it so easily?"

As he spoke, Long Lie took out the ten -Myriad-Year Ice Silkworm from the Insect-Rearing Pouch and secretly handed it to Long Xuan.

Long Xuan didn't have time to examine it closely, so he quickly put it into his Insect-Rearing Pouch and then handed a Storage Bag to Long Lie.

"The spicy wine I prepared for you is enough to refine gu thirty times. Are you sure you can refine gu with just spicy wine?" Long Xuan asked curiously again.

He used Four-Flavored Wine to refine Little White.

He didn't know if using only spicy wine to refine Gu would actually create a Gu, but even if it did, the combat power of the supreme-grade Gu worm refined from it would definitely be far inferior to Little White's.

"The Wine Gu is a universal Gu Recipe; any single type of wine can be used to make Wine Gu, so you can rest assured."

"I have a feeling that the Wine Gu made with your spicy liquor is definitely not simple; it might even become one of my main weapons."

Long Lie glanced at the spicy liquor in his Storage Bag, his eyes immediately lighting up like searchlights, his breathing becoming rapid, and he kept swallowing.

He forcibly suppressed the urge to take a sip, laboriously averted his gaze, and closed the Storage Bag again.

This wine is for making Wine Gu; it must not be drunk. In the end, his willpower prevailed over his cravings.

For a heavy drinker, seeing good wine but not being able to drink it is definitely a huge test of willpower.

After the two secretly completed their transaction, silence returned to the Dragon Boat. Half a day later, the Dragon Boat finally arrived above the Long Family's territory and slowly landed at the training ground. Long Lie put away the Dragon Boat and hurriedly went to report to the family head.

After exchanging glances, the others went their separate ways to their respective homes. Long Xuan greeted his senior sister and then returned to Little Poverty Peak.

... Inside a thatched hut on Little Poverty Peak, Old Long quietly looked at Long Xuan and calmly said, "I wrote to Ziyan to ask her to look after you. I'm not surprised that you've come back alive."

"But I'm quite surprised that you were able to snatch 190 Spirit-Ascending Grass from the jaws of death, right in front of two Gu King clones. How did you manage to do that?"

Long Xuan casually replied, "I don't have the ability to snatch food from a tiger's mouth. What went to the Medicine Garden was just an avatar of mine. I only managed to escape by pretending to be dead in the Medicine Garden."

"After the two Gu King clones left, I went back in to trade with the rabbit and obtained 190 Spirit-Ascending Grass in return."

"However, the Empress suddenly resurrected and took all the treasures from the tomb. That rabbit was clearly no ordinary creature, and she probably took it with her as well. It's probably impossible for you to bring any more treasures in to trade with that rabbit for the Spirit-Ascending Grass."

This is Long Xuan's explanation to the Lineage. He would say the same thing to anyone who questioned him. It's not like he's interrogating a criminal, so the Lineage wouldn't really use the Integrity Gu to interrogate him.

However, he ultimately didn't dare tell him what had happened with Long Ziyan, fearing he would be beaten to death. Long Xuan felt inexplicably guilty.

"That's a pity," Old Long sighed. "The gradual depletion of Earth Spiritual Power has led to the extinction of the Spirit-Ascending Grass. Now, the concentration of Earth Spiritual Power is insufficient, and the Spirit-Ascending Grass simply cannot be transplanted."

"That rabbit was taken away by the Empress again. The 190 Spirit-Ascending Grass will probably be the only ones the Lineage has left. No, according to the rules, you also have to get 30%, so the Lineage will only have 133 Spirit-Ascending Grass left."

"I wonder how many Marrow Cleansing Stage experts this quantity of Spirit-Ascending Grass can cultivate for the Lineage."

"You currently have fifty-seven Spirit-Ascending Grass. I only know that breaking through to the Ten Extremity Physique is more difficult than breaking through to the same level, but I don't know exactly how difficult it is. Quantitative changes in the same breakthrough material cannot lead to qualitative changes. Whether fifty-seven Spirit-Ascending Grass can help you break through is really hard to say."

"Let's give it a try. You should prepare to attempt a breakthrough now. I'll lend you this Formation Disk Formation Disk first; with it, you won't have to worry about being disturbed."

Old Long took out three Formation Flag from his Storage Bag and handed them to Long Xuan.

After all, Little Poverty Peak is not currently Mountain-Protecting Formation, so others can freely enter and exit, and use their souls to sense the situation inside.

Without the protection of an array, there's no way to break through safely in this place. If that foolish Long Lie were to rush in and disturb us, we'd Qi Deviation.

Long Xuan thought to himself, "This cheap master is actually somewhat useful." He took the three Formation Flag with both hands, but after just one glance, his expression froze, and his previous thought vanished instantly.

This Formation Disk is absolutely terrible; it's far inferior to his Ice Formation, there's no comparison at all.

In his eyes, this Formation Disk was like a sieve, full of loopholes; how could it possibly defend against anyone?

The Formation Flag even had several large holes in it. Wouldn't the barrier raised by this Formation Disk be blown down by a single sneeze from Long Lie?

That's true. Old Long is dirt poor and has a mountain of debt. How could he possibly afford a powerful Formation Disk? I was just overthinking it.

However, something is better than nothing, so let's make do with it for now. This kind of formation would definitely not work outside, but if it's placed here, no one should come to break our own clan's formation.

As for running away and hiding in the Ice Formation to break through, Long Xuan gave up on the idea after thinking about it.

He had just offended Feng Yu; how could he dare to run away now?

Although there was no deep-seated hatred between them, the possibility of him lowering himself to come and kill him because of a gambling dispute was extremely low, and he was probably worrying unnecessarily.

But he has always been cautious, and he would never take a risk even if there was only a 0.1% chance of success.

So he should just stick to breaking through at Little Poverty Peak.

Moreover, the various tribes have just experienced a major battle, and it's unknown how many people will have died. We also don't know how this matter will escalate or whether it will trigger a war. Given the uncertainty, it's best not to rush out.

Because Old Long needed to refine pills to pay off his debts, the two didn't chat for long before Long Xuan took his leave. After leaving, he immediately began preparing for his breakthrough to the Marrow Cleansing Stage.

The foundation of the Ten Extremity Physique is too strong, making it more difficult for him to break through than for ordinary people. It's really hard to say whether this Spirit-Ascending Grass can help him break through.

Just to be on the safe side, Long Xuan decided to create a Pill Formula using the Spirit-Ascending Grass as the main ingredient.

Even eating the Spirit-Ascending Grass can increase the breakthrough rate by 20%. Once it is refined into a pill, its medicinal effect will likely increase many times over, with the breakthrough rate possibly reaching 60% or even 80%.

At that time, the Spirit-Impact Pill Recipe may become the most potent elixir of its kind. Taking such an elixir would maximize his chances of breaking through to the next level, and it would also be the safest approach.

As long as one is proficient in pharmacology, creating one's own Pill Formula is much easier than creating one's own Gu Recipe. It doesn't take him much time at all. Moreover, this is only a first-grade Pill Formula, which is the lowest grade, and its pharmacology is not complicated.

So Long Xuan planted the Formation Flag at his residence on Little Poverty Peak and began his great undertaking of creating his own Spirit-Impact Pill Recipe.

Half a month later, a prescription for the Spirit-Impact Pill Recipe containing thirty-six materials was placed on the table. With a flourish of his pen, he wrote the three large characters "Long Xuan ◎Author".

This Pill Formula is quite special. Although it contains an unusually small number of ingredients, it is actually quite long.

Each ingredient was precisely labeled with its exact weight in grams, the required temperature in degrees Celsius for refining the spirit medicine, and even the time for each step, down to the second—it was extremely rigorous.

He even created his own unit of measurement for the magnitude of soul power, calling it one Xuan Force, two Xuan Force...

No one else's Pill Formula are written with such complexity, but it is precisely because of his meticulousness that his success rate in refining pills is so exceptionally high.

In his view, alchemy is not a matter of luck at all; failure in alchemy must have its reasons, and it cannot be attributed to luck.

If every step of the alchemy process is done perfectly, then there is absolutely no possibility of failure. Even without the help of a cheat code, a 100% success rate is not difficult to achieve.

After admiring his intellectual achievement one last time, he smugly put the Pill Formula into the small box and immediately set off to collect the ingredients listed in the Pill Formula.

There are only thirty-six materials, and they are all first-grade spirit medicine. He can collect them all in a short time.

He was quite satisfied with his self-created Spirit-Impact Pill. If the success rate of the Spirit-Gathering Pill was 10%, then the success rate of his Spirit-Impact Pill- Boosting Pill was 90%.

He believed that even a sow could break through the barrier with his Spirit-Impact Pill, so he really didn't believe that such a potent pill couldn't break through the solid foundation of the Ten Extremity Physique.

Among all the elixirs that help those at the Peak Spirit-Gathering Stage break through to the Marrow Cleansing Stage, his Spirit-Impact Pill deserves the top spot; no other pill of its kind can match it.

Once his Spirit-Impact Pill is released, it will be enough to shock the entire world and cause a sensation in the entire alchemy world.

However, Long Xuan was always low-key and unwilling to do anything too attention-grabbing, so he could only enjoy this heaven-defying elixir himself and had no intention of spreading it around.

Perhaps only when he becomes a powerful figure or prepares to spread his legacy will this Pill Formula reappear in the world.

Although each ingredient in the Pill Formula was very expensive, anything could be exchanged for in the Long Family's Treasure Repository as long as one made a contribution. Long Xuan collected all the ingredients in the Pill Formula in just one trip.

After collecting all the materials, he didn't delay any longer and immediately started refining the pills.

It was only thirty-six sets of materials, which didn't waste much of his time. Before Long Xuan was even finished, he had already successfully refined a batch of Spirit-Impact Pill.

He couldn't wait to open the Pill Furnace, and upon seeing the three perfectly round, golden pills inside, he showed a slight look of dissatisfaction.

This Pill Formula only contains three pills at full strength; that's far too few.

It should be noted that a full set of Hundred Flower Pill consists of a total of eighty-one pills.

That's understandable, since the types of pills are different. The Spirit-Impact Pill Recipe has thirty-six ingredients, and since mass is conserved, the number of pills produced will naturally be small.

Having the Ten Extremity Physique, which are quite difficult to break through, Long Xuan felt that he wasn't very confident about refining the three Spirit-Impact Pill. So he put away the pills, placed the three Spirit-Impact Pill into a pill bottle, and continued to try refining Spirit-Impact Pill.

He has plenty of Spirit-Ascending Grass now. Not to mention the 30% of Spirit-Ascending Grass that the Lineage returned to him, he also embezzled more than a hundred Spirit-Ascending Grass that he did not hand over to the Lineage.

He's only used one of these many Spirit-Ascending Grass so far, so he can squander them however he wants.

Soon, another period of time passed, and he maintained that incredible 100% success rate, successfully completing another batch of pills.

It should be noted that the Spirit-Impact Pill was a newly created pill type, and this was his first attempt at refining it. He was neither familiar with it nor skilled at it, yet he still managed to maintain a 100% success rate. Such an astonishing success rate would likely shock anyone who saw it.

However, that wasn't the end of it. After refining the second batch of Spirit-Impact Pill, Long Xuan didn't stop. He refined five batches of Spirit-Impact Pill before finally giving up.

Each batch of Spirit-Impact Pill yields three pills, and his success rate is 100%, meaning he won't waste a single pill. This means he currently has a full fifteen Spirit-Impact Pill on hand.

He was always cautious, and even though the potency of the Spirit-Impact Pill was already quite great, he still chose to prepare fourteen more.

Breakthroughs require a burst of energy; repeated attempts will eventually falter and exhaust you. A breakthrough achieved in one go is the best approach. Trying every now and then will only lead to repeated failures.

Long Xuan planned to either not break through at all, or succeed on his first try, so to be on the safe side, he prepared a full fifteen Spirit-Impact Pill.

He felt that even though he was Ten Extremity Physique cultivator, which was considered difficult to break through, with such preparations, his success rate should be 100%.

This advancement to the Marrow Cleansing Stage of Gu cultivation is sure to be a success. Long Xuan clenched his fists, his heart pounding with excitement. He quickly adjusted his state and officially prepared to attempt the breakthrough.