Eight-Step Immortal Ascension Pill

"This little thing is called Sichuan pepper, it's a medicine for dispelling cold. This is dogwood, it can also be used in medicine. But both of these are excellent for removing fishy smells, so eating them in moderation won't cause any problems!"

If Rong Li were to cook other cuisines, Rong Li research wouldn't be very in-depth.

But those who sell pigs inevitably eat scraps. The leftover pork and offal are the Rong Household's staple food. Over the decades, they have found a good way to cook them and they simply cannot swallow them.

Rong Li's pork dishes and the cooked food sold at Lie Si each had their own merits, but her pork offal dishes were undoubtedly of extremely high quality, with the aroma of some medicinal herbs perfectly integrated into the ingredients.

Yi Shuo was eating pig offal for the first time, quickly accepted the taste and ate an extra bowl of millet rice than usual.

"Don't worry, she's a healer, she knows all the ins and outs, she's not afraid of poisoning at all," Rong Tianding interjected. "Mom, you don't need to be reserved, don't be polite to her, being polite won't help!"

With an additional imperial physician at the table, Rong Li couldn't help but quietly offer a few explanations.

After Rong Tianding added a couple more words, Yi Shuo's image as a dignified and virtuous lady was completely destroyed. After reaching out and pulling, three gleaming silver needles appeared on the back of Rong Tianding's hand.

"I'm going to die!"

Rong Tianding stood up with a whoosh.

"Grandpa Rong is no longer a useless cultivator. Grandpa Rong now knows magic. If you prick me with needles again, I will retaliate with my Divine Ability magic!" Rong Tianding shouted.

"I'll wait for you to use it!"

Yi Shuo replied without even looking up.

"If you slow down your spell, I can stick eighteen needles into your body, paralyzing your arms and rendering them powerless. If you slow down any further, I can even seal your mouth shut," Yi Shuo said.

"You wait, you wait until tonight I'll teach you a lesson!"

"If it doesn't work during the day, why would it work at night? All show and no substance!"

Yi Shuo snorted twice and started arguing fiercely with Rong Tianding.

This made Rong Li open her mouth, but she quickly swallowed back all her caution.

Lady Yourong quietly inquired whether Rong Tianding and Yi Shuo were enemies or lovers. Zhang Zhong and Jia Zhiyuan remained silent, focusing on their meal to avoid getting into trouble.

"You all need to take care of the patient, I need to eat too!"

Li Shaojun, who was watching from the other side of the room, tapped on the bed board, sighed deeply, and lay down there sullenly.

The important thing is not whether everyone eats, but whether the compensation they want will be provided.

Li Shaojun had previously quoted an exorbitant price for payment, so Zhang Xuezhou was extremely cautious with his current offer, not even mentioning the quantity, and simply let Cui Yan relay the message.

It's not hard to guess what will happen next. If the Empress Dowager is interested in Li Shaojun, he will definitely provide this batch of medicinal herbs to suppress his injuries. Everything else will depend on seeing the Empress Dowager before a decision can be made.

If the Empress Dowager has no interest in Li Shaojun and adopts a passive approach, Li Shaojun and Zhang Xuezhou will have no choice but to wait it out.

As a young man, Li Shaojun felt he could definitely outlast the Empress Dowager, especially since she was blind, tainted with the Sha Qi of a corpse, and her life hung by a thread.

This made Li Shaojun willing to endure the beating and also willing to lie down and recover from his injuries.

His physical injuries were easily treated; as long as the medicine was available, Zhang Xuezhou could simply use the Supreme Purity True Technique to heal him for a while, and that would be the end of it.

The rapid healing effect of Supreme Purity True Technique has long-term side effects on the body, causing various conditions such as weakness. It almost perfectly matches the situation where the body appears to be healed after suppressing injuries, but in reality, there are many hidden dangers.

"Once Grandpa Li successfully refines the Eight-Step Ascension Pill, he will become a person of high status!"

Li Shaojun pondered in silence the ultimate Outer Core he needed to refine, his mind filled with various thoughts.

His demand for so many potent medicines wasn't just for show; these medicines were valuable and plentiful, but some of them were also needed for his alchemy.

Li Shaojun's skill in refining Outer Core wasn't particularly high, but compared to raising his cultivation to the Sole Self Realm through his own efforts, Li Shaojun felt that the success rate of refining pills was much higher.

The Eight-Step Ascension Elixir was almost everything he pursued in his life.

As for the ultimate realm of the True Self Realm, it wasn't even on Li Shaojun's radar. After all, he was self-aware and knew very well that without talent, family wealth, power, or a great fortuitous opportunity of luck, it was impossible to reach the limit of cultivation.

"Once I slowly reach the Divine Ability Realm, I can use the Eight Steps to Immortality Pill to reach the Sole Self Realm... Oh dear, why do I suddenly think of Gongsun Hong's incredible luck? He actually stepped into the Sole Self Realm in one trip! Why can't we have such good luck!"

What Li Shaojun kept thinking about eventually turned into countless resentments, envy, and jealousy.

In order to inflict serious injury on Li Shaojun, Zhang Xuezhou and Rong Tianding were quite ruthless. Li Shaojun was unable to walk and was in pain all over his body, so he could only let his thoughts wander.

"What exactly is this 'Eight Steps to Immortality Pill' you're talking about?"

Only after Zhang Xuezhou stuffed a piece of fatty intestine into his mouth did Li Shaojun return to reality from his delusions.

"That's our Daoist School's top-tier Outer Core elixir!"

Li Shaojun muttered to himself, not expecting that Zhang Xuezhou had overheard his rambling.

"What does it do? Can it really suppress injuries?" Zhang Xuezhou asked.

"If I told you this is a secret elixir for cultivation, would you believe me?" Li Shaojun asked, rolling his eyes.

"Believe me? Why wouldn't I? You need me now, you wouldn't dare lie to me. If I find out you're lying, we're done for. I'll kill you repeatedly, and then I'll report you to the authorities that you died from serious injuries!"

"Hey Dong, don't be so heartless! I have dignity too, I'm not some worthless piece of trash!" Li Shaojun shouted.

"Look, I trust you completely, and you trust me completely. We both know each other to be capable people!"

Zhang Xuezhou and Li Shaojun didn't feel lonely together. Just like when Rong Tianding and Yi Shuo met, they could chat aimlessly, occasionally throwing in sarcastic remarks to keep them entertained.

"I still want to go find Kong Anguo!"

"You don't even know where he lives, why do you insist on visiting him?"

"The treasure-refining technique you gave me is unreliable! I've tried refining that wooden staff over and over again, but I still haven't succeeded!"

"Does Kong Anguo really make you successful?"

"He's a descendant of Kong Household, he's very worldly-wise, it's always a good idea to ask him!"

"If he's a descendant of the Kong Household, then I'm a descendant of the Li Household... When you visit him, please take me with you!"

"What?"

"I haven't mastered that vine yet. Sometimes it works to bind people, and sometimes it doesn't. I'm wondering if there are other methods!"

Zhang Xuezhou sought out Kong Anguo to learn more about items related to Spirit Root.

He was thrilled by Cai Ma's description of the Five Elements Spirit Root Treasure, but when Li Shaojun mentioned that the rattan was no different from the green wood he used, Zhang Xuezhou suddenly felt that the green wood, like the Green Rock Staff, had become a common commodity.

This dampened his enthusiasm for idle chatter considerably.

It wasn't until an eunuch announced outside the Zhang residence that "Dongfang Shuo, the scholar-official at the Golden Horse Gate, is to receive the reward" that Zhang Xuezhou's mind began to stir.

Regardless of whether he can get any better medicine in the future, Zhang Xuezhou has already gotten his hands on it.

As long as the Empress Dowager rewards him according to his needs, the medicines he needs for the first stage of cultivating the Longevity Technique will be provided.