Chapter 95: Chapter 95
“Was the elixir I know like that?”
The Divine Physician fell into confusion as he looked at Jeok-geom and Seol Ran, who were performing energy circulation breathing.
“There is definitely poisonous energy, but it seems there is more spiritual energy ingested than that…”
He shook his head side to side.
Poison was harmful to the body.
That was an obvious proposition.
Occasionally, sects that mainly practiced poison arts, such as the Sichuan Tang Clan or the Five Poisons Sect in the Outer Realms, would consider poison as an elixir, but they were only a very small minority.
However, it was said to be an elixir containing poison.
It was a story that denied his common sense.
“Heoheo. Is this a dream or reality.”
It was right in front of his eyes.
As the Sect Leader of the Heavenly Central Medical Sect, he hadn’t learned martial arts deeply, but he had learned enough to protect his body to some extent.
However, even he could tell.
The energy flowing from Jeok-geom and Seol Ran was clearly due to the elixir.
‘I am curious how he made it.’
Once he acknowledged it, curiosity arose.
At that time, the two who were circulating their energy staggered to their feet.
They had tired faces, but the two moved faster than expected, starting a fire and placing a pot on it.
Following that, Cheon-hwi added herbs.
Some of them were things he knew.
Starting with the Nine-Leaf Herb used in the Golden Spear Medicine, the Water Bell Flower used as internal injury medicine, and some other herbs.
And the last thing that went in was a yellow flower, and the Divine Physician frowned upon seeing it.
‘He is mixing all that?’
The culprit of the poisonous energy felt from the pill was not an ordinary poisonous herb, but wild arsenic.
‘To use a poisonous herb with such extreme poison… Ah no. I still don’t know.’
The Divine Physician stared fixedly at Cheon-hwi’s actions.
The wild arsenic that went in between the herbs.
It didn’t match at all.
At that time.
“That is…?”
Cheon-hwi started to put in heaps of other poisonous herbs as well.
The Divine Physician looked at it as if asking what he was doing, as it seemed like he was trying to make a poison pill.
‘If he keeps doing that, the moment someone eats it, they will die…!’
At that moment, the Divine Physician opened his eyes wide.
It was because a brilliant idea suddenly struck his mind like lightning.
“Curing poison with poison…”
He swallowed his shock.
The method of treating a poisoned person with poison was also written in the Heavenly Central Medical Sect.
However, it was a method only used when the situation was taking a turn for the worst.
“He is crazy.”
He was surprisingly bold.
If he made a slight mistake, it was a method that could result in losing one’s life from poisoning.
“Who would think of making an elixir in that way unless they were crazy.”
He clicked his tongue at Cheon-hwi, who had chosen a method that risked his life just for an elixir.
But did he know.
What Cheon-hwi saw was the ‘Elixir Crafting Method’, which described an elixir made with demonic energy far more vicious than poisonous energy.
“He would die if he made a slight mistake.”
The Divine Physician, who knew the method, stroked his beard.
“Putting herbs there, then poisonous herbs, then wild arsenic…”
The Divine Physician, who kept reciting the herbs and poisonous herbs Cheon-hwi put in, felt a sense of regret.
‘However, the mixture is a bit lacking. If he’s going to use poison to cure poison, it would be better to just put in more poisonous herbs.’
His mouth was itching to speak.
‘He should put in poisonous herbs instead of those herbs!’
Seeing Cheon-hwi continuously adding herbs, the Divine Physician eventually couldn’t hold back and shouted.
“Put more poisonous herbs in there!”
“Yes?”
Cheon-hwi looked at the Divine Physician, who was suddenly giving him advice.
“The extreme poison of wild arsenic can only be neutralized by combining all the remaining poisonous herbs. That amount is severely lacking!”
“Is that so? Well, if you say so.”
At the subsequent explanation, Cheon-hwi put all the remaining poisonous herbs in with a convinced expression.
When more poisonous herbs went into the boiling liquid, a terrible stench burst forth.
“Ke, kek.”
“Ugh.”
As Jeok-geom and Seol Ran freaked out and tried to step back, the Divine Physician approached closer.
“Do you have Dragon Carapace and Iron Carapace Stone?”
“I don’t have them.”
“Tsk.”
The frowning Divine Physician clicked his tongue.
“It would be better to have them. Dragon Carapace will replenish yin energy, and Iron Carapace Stone will amplify the energy of the elixir even more.”
“I will have to look for them later.”
The moment Cheon-hwi nodded.
“Do so. Those two are absolutely essential when making the Great Restoration Pill.”
“Is that so? The Great Restoration Pill too… Huh?”
What? He knows how to make the Great Restoration Pill?
Cheon-hwi was slightly surprised for the first time.
The Great Restoration Pill of the Shaolin Temple was an elixir of rare excellence with an unknown manufacturing method.
But now, the Divine Physician was revealing the ingredients that went into the Great Restoration Pill.
“Do you know how to make the Great Restoration Pill?”
“The person who helped in making the Great Restoration Pill was the Ancestral Founder of our sect.”
“Then how do you make it?”
“Do you want to know? I could tell you, but this is a secret art of our sect…”
The Divine Physician subtly glanced sideways at Cheon-hwi showing interest.
Looking as if to say ‘Do you want to know?’, Cheon-hwi calmly turned his head away.
“Then never mind. Even if I knew, I couldn’t make it right now anyway.”
“Ah, I will tell you.”
The Divine Physician became flustered and spoke as Cheon-hwi tried to move on as if he had no interest.
“The Great Restoration Pill is made by boiling Hollow Blue Stone Milk, thoroughly simmering Ten Thousand Year Fire Carp and Ten Thousand Year Snow Carp, sprinkling Dragon Carapace and Lapis Lazuli, applying oil, and decocting for a very long time.”
He wondered if it was special, but the manufacturing method was similar to the Demonic Fire Seven Brilliance Pill.
As expected, the most important thing was the foundation.
Throwing in all the precious ingredients and taking a long time to make it with care.
It was simple but a more effective method than anything else.
“And as for other pills…”
As time passed while they conversed like that, Seol Ran spoke to him.
“Martial Uncle, it is done.”
“Is that so?”
Cheon-hwi moved immediately and skillfully put his hands into the pot, compressing it firmly.
“Hmm. The color on this one is good.”
A satisfied smile spread across Cheon-hwi’s mouth as he looked at the compressed pill.
He split it right in half and threw it.
“Catch.”
Jeok-geom and Seol Ran caught it in resignation.
Afterwards, the half elixirs soon went into the mouths of Jeok-geom and Seol Ran.
Around the time the two were performing energy circulation breathing.
“But why are you using poisonous herbs instead of spiritual creatures or spiritual herbs?”
The Divine Physician asked Cheon-hwi.
Why was he using poisonous herbs?
That was simple.
“They are cheap.”
Just as he said, he wanted to use good ingredients, but it was not an easy task to procure enough ingredients to make a lot in a short period.
So inevitably, the most efficient method he could find was poisonous herbs.
Other than those trying to assassinate or sects that practiced poison arts, there was no one seeking them, so they were cheap.
‘Tsk. If it was during the time of the Heavenly Demon Cult, I would have made them without even caring about these things.’
He recalled the ingredients he had used when making elixirs during the Heavenly Demon Cult one by one.
The Flower Leaf Radiant Water Herb, a spiritual herb that blooms once every hundred years.
Including the holy water Heavenly Demon Milky Liquid purified by Heavenly Demon Fire, and the Hollow Blue Stone Milk containing hundreds of years of energy.
Those were the things scattered everywhere in the Heavenly Demon Cult.
To the point of making the Hundred Year Fleeceflower, treated as an elixir by ordinary sects, look like trash.
Cheon-hwi erased the thoughts he was having.
The past was the past, and the present was the present.
The Mount Hua Sect couldn’t procure them.
“And spiritual herbs are hard to get, so we can’t make them in massive quantities.”
“Hmm. That is true.”
By the time the Divine Physician acknowledged and was convinced.
‘Is this also an opportunity.’
Jeok-geom, who was circulating his Plum Blossom Qi Art, had complicated feelings.
It was painful to ingest the elixir.
However, the results were just as certain.
‘My internal energy is already a handful… Keok!’
Suddenly, Jeok-geom’s body shook with a rattle, and at the same time, veins bulged all over his body.
And his complexion turned dark and dull.
Uaaak!
Not even a groan escaped due to the intense toxicity that was completely different from the poison earlier.
I am dying! I am going to die!
His head felt like it would break, and his stomach throbbed as if things were going wild inside.
It was then.
[How many times have I told you to keep your wits together.]
Cheon-hwi’s sound transmission pierced his head.
A, ah, no! How are you telling me to endure this pain?
He wanted to shout right away.
But he was currently in a state of energy circulation breathing. Furthermore, he couldn’t move an inch because of the pain.
As if reading Jeok-geom’s mind, Cheon-hwi sent a sound transmission again.
[If you can’t absorb all the energy you just gained, the pain will continue to persist.]
What did you say?
It was a sound that left him dumbfounded.
Oh my god! Is Martial Uncle trying to kill me now!
Jeok-geom gritted his teeth.
Damn it! I don’t want to die!
Jeok-geom hurriedly focused on his Plum Blossom Qi Art.
However, performing qigong while grabbing his throbbing head was a great ordeal.
Was that all.
The poisonous energy continued to stimulate his stomach, and fatigue crashed into his entire body.
Aak! Save me!
It was a series of pain that made him think, ‘If hell exists, wouldn’t it be here’.
However, Jeok-geom, who had a strong desire for life, endured the pain and gritted his teeth.
Fi, finally!
Soon, the moment he absorbed all the energy.
Hwaaak!
Hot heat soared from inside his stomach.
The pain that continuously tormented him disappeared as if washed away, and his body grew warm.
It was a comforting heat that felt just like getting into a hot spring.
‘Ah.’
It felt like his body was melting down.
Was this the Daoist paradise?
Around the time he was gradually melting into that atmosphere.
Kkeueuk…
A loud burp came out of his mouth.
It was refreshing.
He felt very good.
It was to the point where he felt like he was floating on clouds and thought he could command the entire world right away.
‘Heuheuheu.’
Such sudden changes made the liberated Jeok-geom fall into a delusion.
‘I ended up dying after all.’
He laughed deliriously and slowly opened his eyes.
Fortunately, what welcomed him was not a Daoist paradise or hell, but Seol Ran.
“Junior Sister?”
“Senior Brother?”
The two who called out to each other laughed at the same time.
“I lived!”
“I didn’t die!”
Perhaps it was because they lived, the two who shouted loudly sprang to their feet.
“Uh?”
“My body is light.”
The two examined their bodies here and there.
They moved only slightly, but the change felt surprisingly certain.
The tingling pain caused by poisoning was gone, and the fatigue had completely vanished.
What took its place instead was vitality!
The desire to perform martial arts right away dominated their bodies.
While they were at it, they pulled up their internal energy.
Paaang!
The air exploded outwards, and the aftermath swept past Cheon-hwi and the Divine Physician.
“This mixture is definitely the best.”
The Divine Physician’s advice was effective.
“Hmm, hmm. In addition to making elixirs, our sect also has various other miscellaneous studies. How is it? Thoughts on properly learning…”
The Divine Physician stopped talking and frowned.
“This damn punk.”
The Divine Physician trembled his fists in anger.
Understandably so, as Cheon-hwi had already gone to Jeok-geom.
“Martial Uncle!”
Meanwhile, Jeok-geom welcomed the approaching Cheon-hwi with a resonant voice.
‘Haha, as expected of Martial Uncle!’
He seemed to have forgotten all the pain he had experienced throughout the day today.
Looking at the excited Jeok-geom, Cheon-hwi said.
“Let’s send a letter to the Flying Wind Merchant Guild.”
“A letter?”
Jeok-geom scratched his head and asked.
“What kind of letter is it that…”
As if waiting, Cheon-hwi replied.
“You just need to tell them to send us all the remaining poisonous herbs or herbs if they have any.”
A moment later, Cheon-hwi, who had sent everyone out, stroked his chin and closed his eyes.
‘I am done with the elixirs.’
Fortunately, making the elixirs could be easily resolved with the help of the Divine Physician.
Now there was only one thing left.
It was a method to rapidly grow the first-generation disciples and Plum Blossom Swordsmen, not to mention the second-generation disciples.
What would be good?
The best thing was a life-or-death struggle.
As soon as he had that thought, he naturally recalled his training in the Heavenly Demon Cult in the past.
In particular, he recalled the life-threatening gates he entered when joining the Cult.
That was really vicious indeed. However, my skills did improve quickly.
Even thinking about it now, it was a vicious place.
Huh? Wait a minute. That is not bad?
The gates are not demonic arts, right.
Cheon-hwi’s eyes flashed.
One essentially had to enter them when joining the Heavenly Demon Cult. The ten gates that were a hellish training ground.
Namely, the Ten Gates of the Heavenly Demon!
Cheon-hwi went into conceptualizing it immediately.
‘This is difficult to do alone.’
It was different from making elixirs.
The Ten Gates of the Heavenly Demon was quite large, and it was a gate composed of complex formations.
Therefore, a considerable amount of manpower was needed, and a talent well-versed in formations was also needed.
I can’t request it from the Heavenly Demon Cult.
Cheon-hwi, who had been thinking, half-opened his eyes.
‘Then is that the only place?’
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