Witchcraft and Gu Pill Physician - A Great Emperor's Legacy

"Right now, the most urgent thing is to find a pill that can cure the Sinister Insect's poison as soon as possible."

That was what he was most likely to accomplish at present.

He carried the legacy of a Great Emperor of the Pill Dao. If he couldn't even find a pill to cure the poison, he might as well smash his head against a wall and die.

So Ling Yun thought.

He didn't want the Spirit King to die. He had assimilated the original owner's memories, and although his feelings were nowhere near as deep as the original owner's, he had come to accept this father.

In those memories, the Spirit King was a figure who held up the heavens and stood firm upon the earth. From childhood, the original owner had resolved to become a powerful man like him, and after the Spirit King fell into his slumber, the original owner had suffered the most.

It was just that the original owner was reserved, unlike Ling Fei, who wore every emotion on his face.

Ling Yun closed his eyes and contemplated the Great Emperor of the Pill Dao's legacy that the system had passed on to him.

Witchcraft and Gu Pill Physician!

He was the source of the Great Emperor of the Pill Dao's legacy bestowed by the system, and a Great Emperor from the ancient era. His fame was nowhere near as great as the Heavenly Talisman Great Emperor's, but he was a terrifying figure whose very mention made people turn pale.

This Great Emperor was reclusive and little known. His bizarre methods were impossible to guard against, and he was unrivaled in both medicine and poison. Still more terrifying was his mastery of the Pill Dao: his methods reached the heavens. He had created many pill formulas renowned throughout the ages and could even refine immortal pills that might not appear in ten thousand lifetimes!

In the world today, pills had nine grades and twelve tiers.

The first tier corresponded to the Body Tempering Realm, the ninth to the Supreme Realm, and the twelfth to the Emperor Realm.

Immortal pills, however, stood above the twelfth tier and did not belong to this world!

The Witchcraft and Gu Pill Physician had refined an immortal pill with his Great Emperor cultivation. Relying on that one pill, he had survived the incomparably terrifying Great Dao Tribulation and ascended!

A Great Emperor with so little presence turned out to be a ruthless powerhouse who successfully ascended.

Ling Yun marveled inwardly.

From the primordial era to the remote antiquity and then the ancient era, across so many epochs, few of the Great Emperors born had become immortals and departed.

The Witchcraft and Gu Pill Physician's legacy is the Ancient-Transcending Alchemy Classic. It has three sections: Witchcraft and Gu, Medical Treasury, and Pill Scripture. Most of its contents and legacy come from the Pill Scripture.

But Witchcraft and Gu and Medical Treasury are not to be underestimated either. Their methods are endlessly varied, and they contain countless strange and unfathomable things. At certain times, they can produce unexpected results. They could be called an encyclopedia of medicine and Gu.

The Poison-Inducing Technique Ling Yun had used to seal the poison in the Spirit King was one of the techniques from Medical Treasury.

Ling Yun immediately immersed himself in it. He did not study it in detail from the beginning, but continued searching the Witchcraft and Gu section for a way to deal with the Sinister Insect.

"Although the Sinister Insect is a yin and evil insect, its strange poison is the rare yang Sha poison. The victim's entire body and five viscera feel as though they are burning, their Spiritual Yuan evaporates, and their blood gains intensely searing and corrosive properties. Almost their entire body will be consumed by the yang Sha Qi."

Ling Yun frowned as he read the passage. The symptoms described must have been excruciating, yet the Spirit King had endured them all, a testament to the firmness of his will.

"Those who have long been ravaged by yang Sha poison can use the Twenty-One Ice Mystic Needle to release the strange poison completely. Ice Mystic Needles are made from lone cold ice heart and are single-use items. They are exceptionally effective at countering yang Sha poison and work wonders when used to remove Sinister Insect poison."

Ling Yun was overjoyed at once. But when he saw what came next, he paused.

"Lone cold ice heart is found mostly in the Thirty-Six Territories of the Heavenly Pole Northern Region and is quite rare. Once extracted, it must be sealed in ten-thousand-year cold jade to prevent its ice spirit Qi from dissipating."

The Thirty-Six Territories of the Heavenly Pole Northern Region? What kind of place is that...

Ling Yun frowned.

Although the Eastern Desolation is described as vast and boundless, it goes without saying that this is only how it appears to people of low standing.

In other words, the Thirty-Six Territories of the Heavenly Pole Northern Region must lie beyond the Eastern Desolation. In that case, the Eastern Desolation is very unlikely to have lone cold ice heart. After all, it is a spiritual treasure that can only form in a land of extreme cold, and the Eastern Desolation doesn't seem to have any such place.

Even if it does, without ten-thousand-year cold jade to seal it, any lone cold ice heart brought out would lose much of its spirituality and fail to meet the conditions for curing the poison.

Ling Yun was bitterly disappointed.

But he did not give up. Witchcraft and Gu contained many methods for curing and using poison, and he had only seen one so far.

Without wasting time, he read on.

After most of the day had passed, Ling Yun had ruled out one detoxification method after another. At last, he found something!

Cold Essence Pill.

Ling Yun's eyes lit up.

I didn't expect to end up using a Pill Dao detoxification method after all. Although Witchcraft and Gu has many ways to use and cure poison, I can't find many of the required materials under my present circumstances.

Pill refining is more common, and clearly better suited to the current situation.

The Cold Essence Pill was a detoxification method he had found in Witchcraft and Gu.

Without a moment's pause, Ling Yun opened the Pill Scripture section to search for information on the Cold Essence Pill.

Found it!

At last, without pausing, Ling Yun began reading through the method for refining the Cold Essence Pill.

"The Cold Essence Pill is an ice-attribute pill, but its medicinal properties are mild. It is highly effective at counteracting most yang Sha poisons. However, it is a slow method of detoxification and must be administered three times."

Ling Yun nodded slightly. Finding a pill formula like this was already no easy feat. After all, with the Spirit King's Manor's current resources, it was unlikely that he could find the spiritual herbs needed to refine other high-tier pills.

"The four main ingredients needed for the Cold Essence Pill are Ice Essence Grass, Cold Marrow Liquid, spirit warmth jade, and azure spirit flower. The supplementary herbs are..."

At last, Ling Yun let out a long breath.

Ice Essence Grass is the hardest to obtain. It's a peak-grade fifth-tier treasure herb... I don't even know whether the Spirit King's Manor has any.

Cold Marrow Liquid is much the same. It's a high-grade fifth-tier treasure medicine, and even a single drop is incredibly expensive.

As for the other two-spirit warmth jade and azure spirit flower-they're both fifth-tier treasures as well.

Just the combined price of these treasures comes to over ten million low-grade spirit stones...

Ling Yun couldn't help sucking in a breath.

Ten million low-grade spirit stones was almost half the contents of the manor's treasury. As the heir, Ling Yun had previously been allotted only a thousand spirit stones a month. Now, refining a single batch of Cold Essence Pills would cost ten thousand times that amount.

And that was only the four main ingredients. There was also a whole array of supplementary herbs, which would only drive the total price higher.

None of that is the real problem. What I fear most is that even after spending half the treasury, we still won't be able to find all the treasures.

Ling Yun couldn't help growing worried.

But there was nothing he could do about that; he could only rely on Madam Wang for those matters. All he could do was master the art of pill refining in a short time and successfully refine a peak-grade fifth-tier Cold Essence Pill!

Peak-grade fifth-tier? Damn, that's a whole major realm above where I am now! Even the Talismans I've just started refining are only low-grade fifth-tier!

Ling Yun was frantic.

If I'd known so much would happen, I should have studied the Pill Dao first... But plans can't keep up with change. I was focused on protecting myself before, so I could only refine Talismans to stay alive.

Pacing back and forth inside the small house, Ling Yun finally put aside those unnecessary worries.

Rather than waste time here, I'd better start preparing! I'll need a pill furnace to refine pills, as well as all kinds of low-tier spiritual herbs to practice with.

Luckily, I refined a lot of Talismans some time ago... Maybe I should sell them...