sinovels Chapter 94 Acting Palace Master
Chapter 94 Acting Palace Master
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After flying out of Elder Tianding's cave, Fang Qing did not return directly to Xuanbi Cave, but instead prepared to go to the Pill Hall.
That old man Tianding still wants me to inherit his mantle—
He chuckled inwardly and cursed, then seemed to ponder something:
This "sweet rain water mixed with the profound mysteries of the Dao Foundation" has a moderate healing effect, but it seems to possess the characteristic of "nourishing things silently," which is quite beneficial for a cultivator's hidden injuries to their foundation.
Hidden damage to the foundation!
This is an injury far more terrifying than losing a hand or foot. A cultivator who fails to break through a bottleneck, or who overstimulates their body's potential, or who uses forbidden techniques, may suffer a backlash, severely damaging their foundation and causing them to fall in cultivation level, making further progress impossible. In more severe cases, it can lead to death and the dissipation of their cultivation.
Even with healing pills, it may not be able to completely repair the damage, and it may even leave hidden dangers that may not be immediately apparent, but could affect future breakthroughs in higher realms!
For example, the injuries left behind by failing to establish a foundation or even failing to form a core are fundamental injuries that are extremely difficult to heal completely.
Like Qin Ruxue, who barely succeeded in Foundation Establishment after three attempts, she was considered to have exhausted her potential. In terms of the sect's treatment before, she was not as good as Fang Qing, who succeeded in Foundation Establishment on the first try.
In this situation, it seems my Sweet Rain Water might be of some use? At least it can protect the cultivator from serious injury and prevent them from falling below a major cultivation level.
I don't know about the Core Formation aspect, since the Sweet Dew Water is of a very low level, but for a Qi Refining Level 9 cultivator, the effect seems comparable to a Foundation Establishment Pill?"
Indeed, the ancient Shu Taoist arts are profound and mysterious, revealing a completely new world, and their combat power is not to be underestimated.
He is currently a sword cultivator at the early stage of the Foundation Establishment stage, but he feels capable of fighting against late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators here!
This represents the early stage of the Dao foundation of the powerful Daoist lineage of ancient Shu, comparable to the late stage of the Qi Refining Dao Foundation Establishment!
"That Lou Jin, a sword cultivator at the late Foundation Establishment stage, can't possibly defeat someone at the early Core Formation stage?"
Fang Qing didn't feel confused about the mismatch between the different realms; on the contrary, he felt it was perfectly reasonable.
Qi cultivation and breath control are different systems, so how can they be strictly one-to-one correspondences?
Once one reaches the Purple Mansion stage, the gap will obviously be even greater—could a late-stage Purple Mansion Grand True Person be comparable to a Nascent Soul old monster?
He felt he had to reassess the value of being a cultivator from the Ancient Shu Purple Mansion.
For example, that Grand Master of the Purple Mansion Sword Cultivation—Master Yanbo!
It was already quite extraordinary—within this blessed land, there was even a [Stomach Earth] deity—who knows, that's why he died!
However, I haven't reached that level of cultivation yet; I'm only at a lower level now. These speculations are like the blind men and the elephant—laughable indeed!
Whoosh!
Fang Qing descended into the escape light and arrived at the gate of the Pill Palace.
"Greetings, Martial Uncle!"
The two Qi Refining disciples guarding the temple gate dared not be negligent and immediately bowed in respect.
"Fine—take me to the medicine storeroom!"
When Fang Qing spoke, the two disciples exchanged a glance, both feeling a chill run down their spines. They wanted to refuse, but didn't know how to say it.
Although this person is a Foundation Establishment cultivator from Dan Island, he has neither a position in the Dan Hall nor a Heavenly Cauldron Elder's token. If he were to open the medicinal herb warehouse and take away precious medicinal herbs, he might only be punished with a three-cup slap on the wrist, but the disciples guarding him would be in serious trouble.
Fang Qing naturally noticed the hesitation of the two disciples, smiled and nodded, taking out the bronze token given to him by Elder Tianding: "Now?"
"So it was Elder Tianding who gave the order. Uncle Fang, please!"
The two disciples breathed a sigh of relief and quickly led Fang Qing to a huge storeroom behind the Bronze Hall: "Uncle-Master, the restrictions here are not something we can open; you will need to do it yourself—"
"Um."
Fang Qing scanned the area with his divine sense and recognized the disciple guarding the pharmacy; it was Hua Lingsu.
The woman bowed with utmost respect, but he merely nodded slightly before taking out a bronze token, forming hand seals, and infusing it with magical power.
Stab it!
A ray of light appeared on the bronze token, sweeping across the warehouse door.
Crackling sounds!
A multicolored barrier appeared and then quickly faded away, and the gate slowly opened, revealing a huge interior space of the warehouse.
A series of light screens appeared, protecting the medicine shelves in every place completely.
Many of these formations have heat-preserving and moisture-retaining effects, which can better preserve the medicinal properties of the herbs.
Of course, some medicinal materials require storage under high temperature or extremely cold conditions, so there are special areas in the warehouse.
Fang Qing walked among them, casually glancing around: "A mid-grade, second-tier 'Nine Serpent Core'?"
"A second-tier superior-grade spiritual herb—the 'Purple Glow Spirit Flower'?"
"Tier 3 turtle blood? What a huge jar—could it be from that sea turtle? Hmm, there's also some broken tier 3 turtle shell, which is also a top-quality medicinal ingredient—"
After the round, Fang Qing was slightly disappointed.
The medicine storehouse mainly contains first- and second-tier materials; the only third-tier materials are turtle blood and shells from sea turtles, which are clearly scraps.
Clearly, the real third-tier spiritual herbs, as well as the core materials for the Sea-Covering Turtle and the Chaotic Sea Serpent, must all be on that Ancestor Ruan Zhixuan.
"Fortunately—the materials for a second-tier high-grade Breakthrough Pill don't need to be third-tier—and we can gather about half of them here."
Fang Qing was straightforward and didn't stand on ceremony. He waved his token repeatedly to open the light screen and took the precious medicine he needed.
Since he's now in charge of Dan Island, he naturally has to maximize his own salaries first; that's a basic quality of a professional manager.
He not only took the medicinal materials needed for the Breakthrough Pill, but also several other healing and recovery pills, basically taking a little of each.
Of course, there was a sense of proportion; the problem wasn't completely eradicated.
Later, if the sect summons Dan Island to refine Breakthrough Pills—I can keep some materials; this is normal alchemy losses, after all, my alchemy skills are inferior to Tian Ding's.
After leaving the medicine storehouse and resealing the restrictions, Fang Qing was in high spirits.
Hua Lingsu, who was responsible for guarding the medicine storehouse, looked like she was about to cry.
Fang Qing paid no attention to the feelings of his subordinate and went to a hall behind the Pill Hall.
This hall is where Tianding handles his daily official business.
He looked around and then sat down in the seat of the Heavenly Cauldron.
"Junior Brother Fang, you—"
A Foundation Establishment alchemist entered and was taken aback by Fang Qing's actions.
"Senior Brother Han————"
Fang Qing smiled slightly, recognizing the person as the second-tier alchemist surnamed Han who had given him his assessment years ago.
He took out the bronze token and coughed, "Sigh—I don't want to work hard either, but Senior Brother Tianding insists on entrusting me with this important task."
Elder Han's face flushed red and then pale, as if a dye vat had been opened, but he finally bowed respectfully and said, "I am Han Qingfeng, paying my respects to the Acting Hall Master!"
"Hmm, what major events have occurred on Dan Island recently?"
Fang Qing flipped through a few jade slips on the table and casually asked a question.
"The daily alchemy tasks on Dan Island were already arranged by the Heavenly Cauldron Palace Master; we just need to follow the steps."
Han Qingfeng was an honest man: "It's just that in a little over a year, when it's time for the selection of true disciples again, we might need to prepare to refine another round of Foundation Establishment Pills—we also need to inform the Dragon Transformation Pool to kill second-tier dragon serpents and take their demon cores. If there aren't enough demon cores, as is customary in the past, we would also notify the sect to conduct a deep-sea fishing spree—but it's obviously not suitable to do that recently. In my opinion, we should just write to the sect leader and refine as many Foundation Establishment Pills as we have demon cores—"
He looked at Fang Qing, and thought to himself: With Junior Brother Fang's alchemy skills, even with our support and that third-grade spiritual spring, he might not be able to refine many genuine pills. After all, Foundation Establishment Pills are ranked as second-grade high-quality pills, and in the past only Senior Brother Tian Ding had a relatively high chance of success. We can't just use inferior pills to make up the numbers, can we?
The sect has twenty-five true disciples, which requires at least twenty-five genuine Foundation Establishment Pills. In previous years, this was a top priority on Pill Island.
"In addition—our sect is facing a major battle, and there is a severe shortage of various healing and recovery pills—we have heard that the demonic cultivators in the Extinction Sea Alliance are skilled in fire magic, and we also need elixirs to cure fire poison—"
It must be said that Han Qingfeng truly lives up to his reputation as an elder of the Pill Hall; he handles every matter with remarkable efficiency.
"good!"
Fang Qing clapped his hands in praise: "Senior Brother Han is indeed mature in handling matters—"
"No, no, no—" Han Qingfeng waved his hands frantically, embarrassed to admit that he had long coveted the position of the Lord of the Pill Palace and was quite familiar with its workings.
"I will now sign the decree appointing you, Senior Brother Han, as the Vice Hall Master, effective immediately."
Fang Qing was overjoyed. It was rare to find someone who could do the work and take the blame. What was there to wait for?
"what?"
Han Qingfeng couldn't quite explain his feelings and stood there stunned.
The summit of Hanquan Peak.
After finishing the matters at the Pill Hall, Fang Qing came here immediately and used his token to open the external array.
Everywhere you look, there is the sound of birds singing and the fragrance of flowers.
The surrounding rocks are warm and smooth like jade, and at the top of the mountain is a jade pool, which contains the only third-level spiritual spring of the Azure Sea Sect.
This third-tier spiritual spring has always been used by the Heavenly Cauldron, but now it has naturally been given up.
"What a wonderful spring! According to the classification of water veins, this should be a third-level cold spring."
Fang Qing transformed his [Ji Shui] magic power, reached out and picked up a sliver of spring water, but felt no coldness at all, instead feeling a bit warm.
"A third-tier spiritual spring, its chill is contained—Tian Ding has probably used various kinds of spiritual water and herbs to maintain this spring. The spring water is rich in medicinal properties and is a rare and precious elixir for Qi Refining cultivators—"
"It's rare that the Heavenly Cauldron has stopped working—this spiritual spring is temporarily at my disposal, and I can refine quite a few pills from it."
For a water-based alchemist, having a good spring is like a martial arts master obtaining a divine weapon, which would more than double their power.
"With my alchemy skills and water control techniques—using this low-grade third-tier spiritual spring, I might be able to reliably produce three genuine Foundation Establishment Pills!"
"Furthermore, this spiritual spring has abundant water, which may even allow it to advance to the middle grade of the third rank—the Water and Fire Elixir Technique—"
The Water and Fire Elixir Technique is only somewhat effective on second-grade low-level cold springs; expecting it to work on third-grade low-level spiritual springs would be asking too much.
However, Fang Qing felt that with his own mastery of water magic, if he carefully studied it, he might be able to improve this third-order spiritual spring by one grade using the "Water and Fire Elixir Technique".
However, there are many difficulties involved. First of all, one must refine fire liquid that is close to the third rank in order to have any chance of improvement.
Fang Qing hadn't expected his family to succeed; he simply saw it as a research topic that could improve his family's [Ji Shui] cultivation.
"This is a rare opportunity; let's refine some pills first—"
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