Sunset Forest
A Lightning Rabbit, pierced through with eight holes, lay lifeless as Tang San quietly retracted his blood-stained Eight Spider Lances. The strength he had just expended was now fully recovered.
"The Tianxing Ginseng, it can be used to stabilize cultivation and enhance vitality," Tang San said, digging out the Tianxing Ginseng hidden behind the Lightning Rabbit. He nodded in satisfaction.
Recently, his cultivation progress had slowed down significantly, even with the assistance of the Mysterious Heaven Skill, which was now taking twice as long as before. However, Tang San didn't suspect any problem with his body, attributing the slowdown to the natural decrease in cultivation speed as spirit power increased.
"I must continue training here," Tang San decided, storing the Tianxing Ginseng in his Twenty-Four Moonlit Bridges pouch before resuming his search for more heavenly treasures.
Training in the Sunset Forest made Tang San feel like he was progressing much faster than he would be by practicing arduously at the academy. Especially with the Eight Spider Lances, each time he hunted a spirit beast, he could absorb the spirit power from its corpse, significantly reducing the time needed to restore his own spirit power. This gave him more time to search for heavenly treasures.
The direction he headed for was exactly toward the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
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This time, refining pills for Dugu Bo was somewhat easier than it had been for himself. This wasn't because the pills for himself were of better quality or that those for Dugu Bo were inferior, but rather because his pill-refining skills had significantly improved recently, along with his control over spirit power. This made the process much simpler.
Dugu Bo's martial spirit was already at an exceptionally high level, but years of poison accumulation had left his body full of holes. The Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor was a top-tier martial spirit, and its poison was incredibly potent. With proper cultivation, he should never have fallen to the level of a mere gatekeeper among Titled Douluo.
This time, the pill Gu Yi was refining aimed to restore the years of bodily damage and deficiencies that Dugu Bo had suffered. Dugu Bo and his granddaughter Dugu Yan were in different situations. While Dugu Yan's martial spirit was the Jade Phosphorous Serpent, Dugu Bo's Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor, though only one word different, was worlds apart—much like the Blue Silver Grass and the Blue Silver Emperor, albeit with a smaller gap.
Because of this, Tang San chose to use the Exquisite Blood Ginseng for Dugu Bo. This was also a type of immortal herb, but unlike others, it didn't enhance spirit power. Its only effect was to nourish the body and replenish blood vitality. Although its effects were singular, it was the most potent herb for restoring the body and replenishing vitality within the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
With the addition of other supplementary materials, this concoction could even restore Dugu Bo's vitality to that of a young man—reverting him to the state of an eighteen-year-old.
For cultivators, the most valuable time for cultivation is in youth. If one can't advance during that time, how could they possibly improve after aging and the decline of vitality? Dugu Bo had suffered because of this, which led to his current weakened state. Gu Yi could only help him this much; the rest would be up to Dugu Bo himself.
After all, even if he gave him pills that could enhance cultivation, once a cultivator reached level 90, each subsequent level was an enormous leap, with spirit power becoming almost unimaginable. Relying on pills to advance at that stage was nearly impossible. Even if possible, it would only raise him by one or two levels, not solving the core issue.
While Gu Yi was refining pills, Zhu Zhuqing and the others were also training in the Sunset Forest. No one was slacking off because they knew that strength belonged to oneself. Even if they tried to fake it now, they would be powerless in the future when faced with real challenges. Besides, no one could deceive Gui Yi. Over time, they realized that Gui Yi possessed the ability to see through people's hearts.
This time, it took Gui Yi only ten days to successfully refine the pills, producing not just one, but three pills. With these three pills, Dugu Bo's vitality would undoubtedly rival that of a young person.
"Once the effects are fully absorbed, take the next pill," Gui Yi reminded.
"Don't worry, after cultivating for so many years, I know what I'm doing."
"Next, I might need to use some more immortal herbs to refine additional pills," Gui Yi informed Dugu Bo out of courtesy, even though he knew Dugu Bo wouldn't mind.
"Go ahead and use them; I don't need them anyway. Better to use them to enhance our strength than to let them sit here." Dugu Bo was well aware that what you hold in your hand is what you truly own. After guarding this treasure for so many years without knowing much about it, and with some herbs even requiring him to be extremely cautious, it was better to let Gui Yi make use of them. After all, Gui Yi was his future grandson-in-law; using them within the family was just fine.
With that, Dugu Bo began absorbing the pill's effects. After refining pills for so long, Gui Yi decided not to continue immediately and chose to rest. After all, people aren't machines and need rest too. Plus, Zhu Zhuqing and the others still had 20 days left in their training. There was plenty of time to refine another batch of pills, so there was no rush.
Moreover, Gui Yi planned to study something else while he was here. The formation of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well was entirely due to the ancient fall of two great Dragon Kings beneath it: the Ice Dragon King and the Fire Dragon King. Even after a god's fall, their corpse remained immensely valuable, especially that of a divine beast.
However, creating such a unique environment required many coincidences. During this time, Gui Yi had made some progress in his research on the mimicry cultivation field, and he hoped to reach better conclusions using this special treasure land.
Recently, Gui Yi had been pondering the relationship between the mimicry martial spirit cultivation field and some Feng Shui knowledge he had learned in his previous life. However, he was not well-versed in it; his understanding of it was superficial and unstructured. Because of this, he had yet to figure it out.
Gui Yi began to explore the surroundings, carefully sensing every element in this environment. Perhaps the mystery lay here.
The Blue Silver King, seeing Gui Yi wandering around, even stopped its cultivation, not daring to disturb this formidable presence. It still hadn't fully recovered its life force; the previous expenditure had been too great. The only consolation was that this human didn't claim the life force for himself.
The elemental energy of the Primal Energy Domain, coupled with Gui Yi's powerful spiritual force, continued to permeate the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. The Blue Silver King could feel that it was just one step away from true success, and the elemental energy in this area was far denser than elsewhere, almost as if the surrounding elemental energy was converging towards this spot.
(End Of Chapter)