Recently, I haven't had much free time to return to the space and check on the contracted pets. I had promised to throw a welcome party for the little blood wolf, but it was delayed by various matters. Fortunately, the animals in the space are getting along very harmoniously.
The Director even took the blood wolf directly back to the apartment in the space city, and they threw a party themselves.
When facing the ancient city in the space, the little blood wolf was not entirely unfamiliar with its surroundings. After all, its father, oh, that adult blood wolf killed by Wuchenzi, had described the human world to it.
But when it followed the Director back into the space of Lu Heng's world, the little blood wolf indeed felt a sense of strangeness.
These houses or buildings were extremely unfamiliar to it. In its limited life, it had never heard of them.
And after the Director brought it back to the apartment, the television inside refreshed its understanding.
"What is that?"
The little blood wolf could not sense any life signs from the black object hanging on the wall, yet it could not only emit sound but also display many flashing images.
"That's a television. You'll be surprised the first time you see it. I was startled too when I first saw it," the antelope patiently explained to the little blood wolf.
"Oh. Is it alive? I can't feel anything." The little blood wolf tilted its head, pondering.
"No, it's a box made by humans. It plays some recorded human scenes and sounds, but don't worry, the people or animals inside won't come out," the antelope continued to explain patiently.
"Master is truly powerful, stronger than any human I know. He can create such amazing things." The little blood wolf thought with admiration, as there were no such strange things in its world.
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The next day, Qingcheng Mountain.
The sun had been up for a long time, and Lu Heng slept until he woke up naturally.
He got up, returned to the space to quickly change his attire, fed his contracted pets again, and then exited the space once more, stepping out of the small courtyard.
Yesterday, Wuchenzi had arranged to meet him today to watch him refine pills, but Wuchenzi's pill refining time was not early in the morning, so Lu Heng did not wake up early.
After walking for a while, he finally saw a young man in disciple attire. The man was carrying a basket on his back, seemingly returning from picking herbs.
Lu Heng quickened his pace, approached him, and asked, "Excuse me, where does Wuchenzi refine pills? Could you possibly guide me?"
The man stopped, glanced at Lu Heng's attire, then bowed to him before saying, "I presume you are Mr. Lu. I will take you to our ancestor 'Liaowu's' pill room."
"Haha, thank you for the trouble. I hope I'm not delaying you from drying your herbs."
"No, these herbs can be dried later. It won't cause any delay."
Then, the man led Lu Heng quickly towards Wuchenzi's pill room.
"'Liaowu' ancestor, I have brought Mr. Lu. He said he had an appointment with you."
"You're here. Look, I forgot to have someone guide you. Come in quickly." Then Wuchenzi said to the guiding disciple, "Alright, you can go back now. Remember to collect ten more points from your master today."
The man was overjoyed, bowed to Wuchenzi and Lu Heng again, "Thank you, ancestor. This disciple takes his leave."
Lu Heng entered Wuchenzi's pill room and looked around with great curiosity. In the center of the room was a pill furnace, but it was much smaller than the one Lu Heng had seen for the first time.
The room was filled not with various herbs, but with various books on pill refining. Lu Heng casually picked up an herb and asked Wuchenzi, "Are all these herbs grown by yourselves? I saw that disciple just now, he seemed to have just returned from picking herbs."
He didn't say it, but seeing that the disciple's clothes were neat and clean, with only a little mud on the soles of his feet, he concluded that most of the herbs here were likely grown by themselves.
"Haha, young friend, your guess is correct. We have many medicinal fields in the back mountain. If our Danyang Sect is not famous for its various cultivation techniques or martial arts, then in terms of pill refining, we are almost unmatched by other sects," Wuchenzi said confidently, stroking his beard.
"Is it all thanks to you?"
"Precisely, hahaha."
"Hehehe."
"What kind of pills do you refine here? Although you say the Danyang Sect is famous for its pills, the disciples in your pill path don't seem as numerous as people in other places."
"Alas, this is why pills are so rare. To refine pills, one must possess both fire and wood attributes. Very few people can achieve this, which almost discourages many from even thinking about refining pills."
"Why is the fire attribute also necessary? If we are simply changing the properties of herbs, the wood attribute is understandable. For fire, as long as one can start a fire and control the heat properly, it should be enough, right?"
"Not so. We have discovered that fire attributes are actually divided. Some people's fire is not suitable for refining pills. Those fires are mostly ordinary red flames. Only those who possess the Netherworld Fire can refine pills."
"Netherworld Fire?"
"Young friend, look." Wuchenzi's palm was now burning with a cluster of dark blue flames.
"What's the difference?"
"Only pills refined with this Netherworld Fire can be called pills. This flame can gather the mixed herbs into pills, which ordinary fire cannot do."
Lu Heng raised an eyebrow. He didn't possess this kind of flame. The fire attribute he mastered was only that red flame. Even at his current level, he had not evolved this dark blue flame.
"Does this flame appear when one reaches the Dao Comprehension level?" Lu Heng asked his inner question.
"To be precise, one can tell whether they possess the Azure Nether Fire as soon as they comprehend the fire attribute."
Lu Heng nodded, then looked at the rows of shelves in the pill room. "Do you sell these pills outside? I remember the variety of pills I saw in Jinyang City was not very large."
"How could the pills I have here be sold in such a small place? My pills are supplied to the royal families of various countries. Generally, outside, you can only find them resold at high prices. You won't see them in ordinary places?"
"Why don't you refine more? After all, the more you sell, the greater your profit."
"Not so. The reason my pills are hard to come by is mainly that the medicinal ingredients for refining pills are rare and difficult to obtain. You see, when I went to pick the Holy Spirit Fruit last time, I couldn't find any. I don't know which damned person dug up the entire root of that herb, and I couldn't find any trace of it..."
Lu Heng touched his nose. He felt like sneezing.
"Are there no substitute herbs?"
"It's not that there aren't any, but the medicinal effects will be weaker. I insist on perfection when refining pills, so how can I mix them with other medicinal materials?"
Lu Heng...
"But it's alright, the Holy Spirit Fruit in another location is also about to mature. I'll go pick it in a few days."
"Oh? Are there many of these Holy Spirit Fruits? Then it doesn't matter."
"How could there be? The place where the Holy Spirit Fruit grows is extremely tricky. It needs to be dark and damp, yet sunlight must be able to shine on its fruit. There are only a few places on the entire Shenyuan Continent that meet its growth conditions."