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Chapter 9
As Ron was browsing, he was actually only doing the flipping the pages and not reading; the actual reading was performed by the phoenix.
This resulted in quick browsing through all the ordinary books, scripts and scrolls.
The elder guarding the library on seeing such an action from Ron spoke to himself "These kids nowadays are never serious with their cultivation. Who is this kid who is wasting time? I think I have seen him somewhere."
The elder stroked his beard and was trying to recognise Ron.
After some time, The elder suddenly snapped out from the thought and said " Mmm... He must be that grandchild of the Clan elder Robert."
"It is rare to see him in the clan as he always stays with his grandparents in the capital city. But why is he presently staying within the clan? Oh.. yahh.... he must be here for the martial spirit testing ceremony."
"His maternal grandfather Robert being the elder of Boris clan helped our clan from catastrophes and raised the clan to be a leading clan in Green Plum city after becoming the Chief Commander of the Army of Seven Cranes kingdom."
"Even though father of this child was not a member of our family, he still helped the clan just because he fell in love with that girl from our clan but how unlucky that both of them went missing a year after giving birth to him leaving the child with his maternal grandparents. He even took his mother's surname."
"Poor child.... His family has done a lot for the clan and our clan owes him a lot."
Meanwhile, Ron was going through the books and scrolls one by one.
Poison plants.... rare species of herbs... Beast cores useful in Alchemy...
Time passed by.... After around two hours of reading, Ron placed the last script back on the shelf.
" Hehe..... kiddo, Now let's go shopping. We can purchase the required medicinal herbs and other materials required for alchemy" phoenix happily shouted.
Upon seeing the enthusiasm for shopping, Ron felt that grandpa phoenix was like a shopaholic young lady who is crazy about shopping.
This led Ron to imagine Grandpa Phoenix being a lady causing his body to tremble and shiver.
Ron nodded and then walked out of the library. He continued strolling down the road leading to the clan entrance gate.
He toured through the main road and looked at the stores on both sides to find the required materials.
Ron purchases each and every herb required as soon as the phoenix recognises it from a store.
"Kiddo, that green one over there, that is the leaf plasma ovule."
" that is the beast core of the one eyed demonic scorpion which is an essential ingredient."
"That one..... that red zig-zag looking thing is the root of the red phantom tree."
" Mmm.... look at that thing over there...."
"No... not that one..... the one right next to it...."
"Yes... this is the purple Maidenhair ginseng which is the most essential material for the antidote pill."
After purchasing the materials one after the other and the constant screaming of Grandpa Phoenix inside his head gave him a terrible headache.
He shook his head vigorously in order to prevent himself from fainting.
Ron decided that he should soon start learning alchemy and also gain knowledge of all plants and animal materials to avoid the constant screaming of Phoenix for future alchemy concoctions.
But to completely learn the huge pile of knowledge related to Alchemy in a short period of time was impossible and so he wished he could find a shortcut for it.
Finally, he entered a blacksmith store to purchase the last thing required, an alchemy cauldron.
As Ron entered the store, he was welcomed by a sales girl who asked "Welcome Sir, How may I help you?"
Ron replied, "I am looking for an ordinary alchemy cauldron".
The girl nodded and leads him to the showcase which displays a few cauldrons. He picks each one, examines them and finally picks a three legged cauldron.
The reason he picks each one is to allow the phoenix to feel the cauldron and select.
"How much does this cauldron cost?"
The salesgirl replied, "It costs ten gold coins, sir".
Ron asked questioningly " Isn't it a little bit costly?"
The girl spoke with a smile "Sir, this cauldron is a little bit unique as pilpa metal was used along with other materials during the forging of this cauldron."
"Kiddo, the three legged cauldron is the best among all these" Grandpa phoenix's voice sounded in his ear.
Ron nodded and took ten gold coins out from the pouch. After completing the purchases, he returned to his dwelling.
After reaching his dwelling, Ron sighed.
"I really hate shopping"
Then, Ron placed all the materials in a systematic manner and sat in a meditative position.
Grandpa phoenix spoke calmly "The Phoenix pearl is a spatial artifact, so I am going to bring all these materials into the pearl. You should take rest Kiddo while I am concocting the antidote pill. I don't have enough strength to bring you into the Phoenix pearl."
"You can use your Soul consciousness to enter the pearl only after your body completely recovers and can sense the spiritual energy but in order to sense it, your meridians need to be opened" Phoenix stated.
Ron nodded and took a rest while phoenix began concocting the pill. After half an hour, Ron woke up after grandpa phoenix's voice entered his ears.
"Wake up kiddo, here, take this pill".
Ron saw a light flash and then a pill appeared in his palm. The pill was white in colour and he swallowed it without any concern.
The Phoenix within the pearl was astonished and grinned happily.
He was happy to see the trust Ron had in him by swallowing the pill without any concern and worry.
Ron could feel the pill getting dissolved instantly.
His body started heating up and slowly he saw dark black substances secreted through the pores of the skin all over his body.
The black secretion was a mix of poison and body toxin present inside the body.
He felt as if something was burning inside his body and it was becoming more and more difficult to withstand it.
His entire body was itching and he also felt uncomfortable due to the foul smell from the toxic secretion from within his body.
He clenched his fists and gritted his teeth in a silent determined way.
This lasted for a period of time until Ron could not control himself and thus he ran and jumped into the bathtub to clean himself.
A layer of black coating was on his skin which started falling while taking bath.
When Ron walked out of the tub, he saw his body dazzling and elegant. The removal of toxins made the condition of his body improve.
Ron could feel the spiritual energy in the air.
He understood that he has recovered from the meridian blockage condition and from now on, he can begin the life of a cultivator.
"What type of Pill did you concoct, Grandpa phoenix? I was marvellous." Ron wondered.
An ordinary antidote pill would never give such a marvellous effect on consumption.
It must be a miraculous pill that not only removed the poison but also treated his blocked meridians.
Phoenix was laughing loudly.
"How can a pill concocted by me be ordinary? I am an omnipotent sage with million years of experience in the field of alchemy."
"I used these thrash herbs to make a miraculous pill called Meridian opening pill which opened up all the meridians in your body. But this pill is just a low grade meridian opening pill because it was concocted using those trash herbs. "
Ron could feel the spiritual energy of Heaven and Earth in the surroundings not just by breathing but also the pores on his skin was absorbing spiritual energy which flowed through the energy channels in his body.
Phoenix said, "Since all meridians in your body are cleared, you can sense and cultivate the spiritual energy of Heaven and Earth even many times more faster than any demon level geniuses without any restrain."
" Kiddo, Do you know that you are very lucky. You just directly broke through to the Late Seventh stage of the Body tempering realm in such a swift way just by consuming a pill even without the Martial spirit awakening and you are just a step away from breaking through to the Early Eighth stage of the Body tempering realm."
" You had a continuous breakthrough because all the primary meridians are opened which is a near to impossible task for people living in such moderate martial worlds."
The martial cultivation realms in the Sky Fortune World are classified into the Body Tempering realm, Energy condensation realm, Core formation realm, Saint realm, Saint king realm and finally the Saint Emperor realm.
The Body Tempering realm is divided into nine stages of tempering.
The Core formation realm is divided into the Mortal core realm, Heaven core realm and Divine core realm with each of them further divided into Early, Mid and Late stages.
A person usually begins his journey of cultivation after awakening the Martial spirit.
It is extremely difficult and rare for a person to cultivate before awakening his or her Martial spirit and thus Ron's condition was special.
Ron was stunned for a moment upon hearing these words and then started laughing enthusiastically.
"Grandpa Phoenix, thank you for changing my destiny. I was a cold blooded killer in the past. I never obtained any love and care as I was an orphan and never had parents or family. I grew up in an assassin training camp from childhood."
" You earnestly helped me with utmost sincerity and wholehearted conviction. I felt overjoyed to feel the care you show me and all I could do to show my sincerity to you is by taking a heavenly oath."
Ron raised his head to the sky as if looking at Heaven " I hereby take the heavenly oath and vow that I would do my utmost to help grandpa Phoenix in creating a godly body for him to possess."
Boom...
There was a sudden blast in the sky for a moment. It was the sound of thunder that occurs whenever a cultivator takes a heavenly oath.
On hearing this sound, people around green plum city looked at the sky. They knew that someone has taken the heavenly oath.
Within the pearl, Phoenix was stunned by those words from Ron and a sweet delightful smile appeared on his face.
Heavenly Oath is a powerful oath that cannot be broken in the cultivation world.
A person upon taking a heavenly oath needs to fulfil it or else that person would be affected by the inner demon which would cause his or her strength to stagnate, cultivation to drop and even death.
Thus a cultivator never breaks a heavenly oath or at least they try not to take a heavenly oath as much as possible.