Cultivating for a hundred lifetimes to ascension

Chapter 189 Beginner's Attempt at Bone Marrow Spirit Pill Crafting

The next morning, Zhao Sheng finished his daily exercises, then, adeptly maneuvering his flying sword, he flew to the base of Dusk Peak.

As the sword light dissipated, Zhao Sheng entered the mountain from the foothill cave entrance and walked through a long corridor to arrive at the area in front of the Earth Fire Room.

Today, the guards at the door had been changed. Just as Zhao Sheng was about to enter, he was stopped by a nearly ten-foot-tall armored giant man.

"Where's your pass token? Without the token, you cannot enter!"

This armored giant, clearly not the brightest, failed to notice the Guest Token Zhao Sheng had intentionally worn on his waist.

Zhao Sheng silently shook his head, then released the aura of his Foundation Establishment Realm.

"I have an appointment to meet someone in the Earth Fire Room. Please step aside!" Read latest stories on My Virtual Library Empire

"Foundation...Elder, please go ahead!"

The armored giant sensed Zhao Sheng's Foundation Establishment aura and was immediately startled, hastily acknowledging his error.

He stepped back two paces, but then hesitated, looking awkward and unsure whether to stop Zhao or not, settling only for a conflicted gaze upon Zhao.

Seeing this, Zhao Sheng found it rather amusing and took off his Guest Token, presenting it to the man: "Do you recognize this?"

The giant scratched his head and sheepishly said, "I recognize it, that's a Guest Token. Elder, please go ahead! I've only been here for a couple of days. If I offended you earlier, I ask for your forgiveness!"

Observing the man's quick apologies, Zhao Sheng lightly nodded to him and walked into the corridor.

After walking a few hundred meters through a passage paved with fireproof bricks, Zhao Sheng arrived inside a very spacious circular stone cavern.

The temperature inside the cavern was very high, averaging over forty degrees, with the dry hot air mingling with various medicinal smells and the fragrance of elixirs.

This cavern was entirely built from precious fire-resistant stones, nearly thirty to forty yards in diameter and five to six yards in height.

Around the cavern walls, there were eight nearly identical black corridors, each two yards high and about a yard wide, and above each corridor entrance, runes like A, B, C, D, and so on were engraved.

At the moment, the cavern was completely silent with no one inside, but occasionally, a muffled explosion could be heard from deep within the corridors, and curses faintly drifted out from the Earth Fire Rooms.

According to Jin Dancheng, the alchemy rooms of Dusk Peak had a total of eight Earth's Core Fire Columns, divided into sixty-four Earth Fire Eyes, meaning there were sixty-four Earth Fire Rooms.

The closer to the front the sequence number of the Earth Fire Room in each corridor was, the better and more stable the quality of the Earth Fire, and correspondingly the higher the success rate of alchemy.

The D Class Earth Fire Room on the A path was Jin Ming's dedicated alchemy room, and Zhao Sheng's destination was also here.

After Zhao Sheng transmitted a message using his Divine Sense, the stone gate quickly opened automatically.

As Zhao Sheng entered the room, Jin Ming got up from his cushion, smiled wryly, and shook his head: "Taoist Zhao, you really gave me a big surprise! Had I known your basic skills were so solid, I wouldn't have let my apprentice embarrass himself."

Waving his hand to close the stone gate, Zhao Sheng took a few steps forward, smiling: "Mr. Jin, don't blame me. I also didn't expect your apprentice taught him so simply and superficially."

Jin Ming, gesturing for Zhao Sheng to sit down while looking dejected, said, "That's also my fault for not clarifying beforehand! But, have you ever heard the ancient proverb, 'All things can be made into medicine, all things can be used in alchemy'?"

Zhao Sheng nodded upon hearing this and replied with a smile: "I understand what you mean, Mr. Jin. Regarding the step of processing medicinal materials, of course, I would not take it lightly."

"Exactly! It's indeed gratifying that Taoist friend, as a newcomer to the Alchemy Dao, could grasp the true essence of this. Ordinary alchemists only use processed Spiritual Medicine for their alchemy, but they don't realize that a true Alchemist would personally process Spiritual Medicine, getting familiar with and precisely controlling every aspect of its medicinal properties. The Spirit Pills produced this way would not only be greater in quantity but also superior in quality by three parts.

As for Alchemy Masters and even Alchemy Dao Masters, these outstanding individuals are truly capable of turning decay into miracles. The creation of each new type of Spirit Pill often coincides with more unknown medicinal properties and medical theory being elucidated, meaning there is new development in the path of alchemy.

Taoist Zhao, have you ever heard of the 'Bone Marrow Spirit Pill'?"

Zhao Sheng nodded slightly: "The Bone Marrow Spirit Pill is quite well-known; of course, I have heard of it."

Jin Ming, becoming more animated, said excitedly: "Do you know that 5,000 years ago in Tianzhu Realm, there was no Bone Marrow Spirit Pill? No one thought then that demon beast brain marrow could be used in alchemy.

It wasn't until the arrival of Master Chen Mo, when he was still an Alchemy Apprentice, that he first conceived this idea. After nearly 60 years of painstaking research, Master Chen Mo finally succeeded in creating the first Bone Marrow Spirit Pill: Dragon Whisker Fish Marrow Pill."

Without needing Zhao Sheng to prompt, Jin Ming spoke faster, "The Fish Marrow Pill could enhance a Cultivator's spiritual power, and moreover, it was very affordable. This simply went against conventional elixir theory. Thus, upon its debut, the Dragon Whisker Fish Marrow Pill immediately sparked an unprecedented major debate. In the Shattered Star Sea Alchemy World, few supported Master Chen Mo, with most criticism and ridicule, some even felt that Dragon Whisker Fish Marrow Pill was highly dangerous and needed to be destroyed as soon as possible.

At this critical moment, Master Chen Mo then created the second type of Bone Marrow Spirit Pill: the Octopus Marrow Pill made from transformed sea octopus brain marrow. Octopus Marrow Pill also belonged to the elixirs capable of enhancing a Cultivator's spiritual power."

At this point, Jin Ming spread his hands mockingly and laughed: "Following Octopus Marrow Pill came the Golden Crystal Beast Marrow Pill, and then a series of Bone Marrow Spirit Pills. Master Chen Mo, with hard facts, refuted the world's doubts about him. Those alchemists who ridiculed him had their faces metaphorically slapped swollen. Today, after thousands of years of expansion and improvement, Bone Marrow Spirit Pills have grown into a famous category among Spirit Pills."