Chapter 94: Baize Blood
Su Wei confidently smiled. “Human Sovereign, you must be joking. There isn’t a single pill I, Su Wei, can’t refine.”
He then added, “The process of refining a Pureblood Pill is easy, but the difficulty lies in gathering rare herbs. For example, the White Ganoderma Root that grows beneath the ten-thousand-year-old snow in the extreme north. It’s pure white and blends perfectly with the snow, making it indistinguishable even with divine sense. You have to dig through the snow and find it with your own eyes. I spent a year searching and didn’t find a single one…”
“White Ganoderma Root.”
A pure white herb was placed in front of Su Wei.
“Then, there’s the Flame Grass, which only grows when watered with Golden Crow Blood. Right now, the only place with Golden Crow Blood is on the Great Sun itself, and only there might you find Flame Grass. But the moment you pluck it, a remnant will of the Golden Crow will appear, and only by defeating it can you…”
“Flame Grass.”
A crimson herb was placed in front of Su Wei.
“The pill also requires the Essence of Earth, which has an innate instinct to avoid harm and is extremely hard to find…”
A lump of pitch-black soil was placed in front of Su Wei.
“A complete molt from a Flood Dragon transforming into a True Dragon—these are nearly impossible to find…”
A fully intact Flood Dragon molt was placed in front of Su Wei. Jiang Li gestured for him to continue.
Whatever else he needed, he could just say it—everything was available in the system shop.
“…There’s nothing else really. The rest are quite common. Which bloodline do you want to refine?” Su Wei had expected to spend a long time preparing, but seeing all these rare ingredients laid out before him caught him completely off guard.
The young attendant’s mouth twitched slightly. She was well aware of the ingredients needed to refine a Pureblood Pill. Her master had called them “common” herbs, but in reality, they were impossible to buy with spirit stones. They could only be obtained through barter or by venturing into the most remote, uninhabited regions.
“Common” meant they were common within the herb storage of Pill Refining Peak.
“Baize Blood.”
Su Wei’s eyes widened slightly, instantly grasping Jiang Li’s intent.
There was only one known beast in the world with Baize Blood flowing in its veins.
The mixed-blood Baize Emperor.
A Pureblood Pill had only one function—to purify a beast’s bloodline.
Unlike humans, who cultivated by refining spiritual roots, beasts relied on their bloodline to grow stronger. The purer their bloodline, the more powerful they became.
Of course, a bloodline’s advantage only lasted until the Soul Formation Stage. To break through the Tribulation Stage, they still had to rely on their own efforts.
To this day, no known beast had ever reached the Tribulation Stage.
“This is troublesome.” Su Wei frowned. “Refining a Pureblood Pill requires a catalyst. To refine a specific bloodline, you need a drop of fresh, pure blood from that lineage—and it must be collected within the last twelve hours.”
If it were Kunpeng, Qiongqi, Lu Wu, True Dragons, or Qilin, that would be easier. These pureblood beasts could still be found. If Jiang Li went to ask them for a drop of true blood, they would likely be more than happy to slice their wrists and give him an entire pool.
But Baize? There were no pureblood Baize in the Nine Provinces.
Jiang Li searched through the system shop but couldn’t find it either.
His expression turned strange.
A few days ago, the system had issued a quest.
【Mission Issued: To earn academic credits, you accept an academy task and travel to the Great Wei Dynasty. There, you become enemies with a group of companions. Outnumbered, you fall off a cliff during the conflict and accidentally stumble upon a tomb—a burial site of a Soul Formation Stage cultivator. Obtain this cultivator’s inheritance.】
【This mission is not recommended to be abandoned.】
【Reward: One drop of fresh Baize Blood, a cultivation technique that enhances explosive power, and a Great Rejuvenation Pill.】
Jiang Li had never seen a mission labeled not recommended to be abandoned. He decided he had to complete it.
However, the mission was a bit tricky.
Obtaining an inheritance wasn’t an issue for him. The bigger problem was—how was he supposed to know which Soul Formation cultivator’s inheritance to claim?!
The Great Wei Dynasty had buried countless Soul Formation cultivators. Even they themselves didn’t know the exact number. These cultivators secretly passed away and buried themselves—who could possibly track them down?
So, he assigned several commanders from the Human Sovereign Hall to search for tombs of Soul Formation cultivators beneath cliffs, and he would check them one by one.
At first, Jiang Li was just curious. But now, he was more suspicious than anything else.
This mission had come at too convenient a time—so much so that Jiang Li wondered if the system could predict his needs and issue tasks in advance.
That didn’t quite make sense though. Most of the previous mission rewards had been useless. Why was the system suddenly being helpful now?
As Jiang Li was deep in thought, he was interrupted by a message from his Remote Communication Talisman.
He answered it instinctively, saying, “Old Bai, what do you want? I’m already at your Dao Sect.”
There was a brief pause on the other end before a voice finally responded, “…It’s me, Jingxin.”
“Oh, oh, sorry, my bad. I got distracted. What’s up?”
Noticing that there were others around Jiang Li, Holy Maiden Jingxin gave him a meaningful glance.
Jiang Li understood the signal and bid farewell to Su Wei, saying he’d figure out the Baize Blood situation himself. Then, he flew out of Pill Refining Peak.
“What’s going on?”
“Ancestral Master Hongchen has run away from home.”
“???”
“This is the letter she left behind.”
Holy Maiden Jingxin showed Jiang Li a note from the Mortal World Celestial.
Going out for a stroll. I’ll be back in a few days. Don’t worry, I’ve brought plenty of spirit stones.
—Hongchen
Holy Maiden Jingxin explained helplessly, “Master always wanted to go out and have fun, but we were afraid she’d cause chaos if she did, so we kept stopping her. I guess she got fed up. But instead of forcing her way out, she secretly slipped away from the sect.”
A Celestial-level cultivator leaving the sect she founded was no small matter. Even without memories of her past life, it was still effortless for her.
This was serious. Jiang Li had already witnessed the charm of the Mortal World Celestial firsthand. Her beauty was beyond mortal comprehension—it could throw the entire Nine Provinces into turmoil.
“Wait here. I’ll consult an expert in finding people.”
Jiang Li ended the transmission and sought out the Yin-Yang Heaven Seal, asking it to trace her whereabouts through karmic connections.
“Mortal World Celestial? I vaguely remember her.”
When she arrived in the Nine Provinces, the Yin-Yang Heaven Seal had yet to develop intelligence and only had a hazy impression of her.
It scoffed at the idea of her beauty. “Her charm might work on people, but do you really think it could move an Immortal Artifact?”
“Exaggerated nonsense. I refuse to believe anyone can be so beautiful that anyone would fall for them.”
Even as it spoke, it activated its power over karma.
This time, the Yin-Yang Heaven Seal’s ability worked instantly—it located her with ease.
“She’s in Feng City of the Great Wei Dynasty.”
The Yin-Yang Heaven Seal wanted to go see for itself, but Jiang Li didn’t dare gamble on how powerful the Mortal World Celestial’s charm truly was. If the seal got infatuated and started enlightening more artifacts, things would get out of hand.
He ordered it to stay put in the Dao Sect and not spread word of this matter.
With the painful memory of nearly being shattered by Jiang Li still fresh, the Yin-Yang Heaven Seal obediently complied. Curiosity was important, but survival was more important.
Now that he had a general location, Jiang Li flew to Feng City and swept the area with his divine sense.
He quickly found the Mortal World Celestial.
She was shopping.