185: Chapter 175 185: Chapter 175 Liu Yong and Xiao Xiang emerged from underground, where the spiritual power unleashed by the Golden Core Elder was not something an ordinary person could withstand.
The hermit sensed danger and wanted to use the captives as a shield.
His weapon was continuously striking at the air, but sadly, they hadn’t anticipated that someone could burrow from beneath the ground to launch a surprise attack on others.
Having neglected to guard against underground assailants, they were suddenly struck by the spiritual power from two directions, exposing their hidden forms.
The bodies that were hit were sent flying, and by the time they fell to the ground again, they were lifeless.
Sun Zi’an and a group of cooks were rescued, all feeling fortunate.
It was the first time the disciples of Nangong Immortal Sect had encountered such enemies, armed with such formidable weapons.
The intensity of these weapons wasn’t due to their being magical treasures, but instead, the lethality of the substances they contained was so fearsome that it made them break out in cold sweats.
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In the Primordial Treasure Lingtian Space, Jiang Tang was fervently cultivating.
After a day and a night, he had attained a stronger body of spiritual energy through his training.
“Daddy, look, what’s this?”
Under his father’s guidance, Eryao was making steady progress.
He found a large box in the Spirit Field and ran over excitedly, not giving a second thought to the possibility of disturbing Jiang Tang’s cultivation.
Jiang Tang was almost thrown into cultivation deviation by Eryao’s shout, which nearly caused his circulating spiritual energy to surge towards his brain, inducing a cold sweat to form on his head.
“Eryao, yelling like that could cause me to suffer from cultivation deviation.”
At Jiang Tang’s reprimand, Eryao could only hang his head in guilt, his initial excitement and bouncing turning into dejection.
Examining the box in Eryao’s hands, which resembled a courier package, Jiang Tang opened it to find two books inside, unlike the jade slips commonly found in the cultivation world.
The first book had a white cover without any writing.
He looked at the second book and it was the same.
Upon opening the first book, which had appeared blank at first, text began to materialize as he flipped through it—words written in immortal script, and what was stranger, the typeface included simplified characters he had seen in his previous life.
Out of curiosity, he opened the second book.
Like the first, the moment he opened it, text that had not been there before appeared on the pages.
On it were two large characters, “Immortal Pill.”
Neither book was thick, merely a few pages each, and the paper was as thin as silk, not ordinary paper, resembling something made of Heavenly Silkworm Silk.
No secret manuals had appeared in the Primordial Treasure Lingtian Space for quite some time, so the appearance of these two books today was quite queer.
Seated in meditation within the space, Jiang Tang opened the first book of immortal scripture.
Since entering the Foundation Establishment Stage, the secret manuals he had studied at the Immortal Sect no longer suited his current, more intense training.
He spent half an hour reading the first book and trying to understand the meaning behind the words on its pages.
Jiang Tang had never had a master in his cultivation journey; all his progress was due to his own comprehension.
From this book, he learned a new cultivation technique, the Ascension Spell, which was unlike any method of practice he had experienced before.
Previous techniques involved absorbing spiritual energy from the air and medicinal substances to generate spiritual energy within oneself.
This technique, however, could make use of all objects to absorb them into his body, whether it was spiritual energy or the object’s own suction force, converting them to his personal use.
It even allowed him to use the physical strength of others, drawing the spiritual power cultivated by them into his own body.
At this realization, Jiang Tang was startled—wasn’t this the Star-absorbing Spell he had seen in a movie from his previous life?
He scrutinized the immortal script.
Did the space really want him to become a demon by presenting him with such a tyrannical secret manual?
Such domineering practices once cultivated could lead to being mistaken for a demon.
Turning his attention back to the book titled “Immortal Pill,” Jiang Tang reviewed the several alchemy prescriptions within.
Among them, two particular recipes caught his eye—one for the Vitality Pill, the other for the Soul Repair Pill.
These were precisely the prescriptions he needed.
While they seemed like ordinary single-recipe formulas, maybe it was his lack of understanding that led him to question why they would be categorised as “Immortal Pills.”
Jiang Tang looked skeptically at the Alchemy Prescription, taking out his Pill Furnace, which he hadn’t used in a long time and had kept in his Storage Bag.
Jiang Tang then released the Xuanming Spiritual Fire.
The sentient Xuanming Spiritual Fire, once set free, rotated in front of him as if it were a living entity.
Jiang Tang plucked a Vitality Flower from the herb garden.
The Alchemy Prescription also required some other herbs to complement the Vitality Flower, so he gathered these various Spirit Grasses.
Jiang Tang placed each ingredient into the Alchemy Furnace.
Controlling the Xuanming Spiritual Fire for just a few seconds, the scent of the medicine drifted out.
The lid of the Pill Furnace opened, and several green Pills jumped out as if trying to fly away.
Jiang Tang used a Jade Vial to capture those Pills, putting one Pill in each vial.
The air was thick with the fragrance of vitality.
Jiang Tang could feel that the Pills were more effective than the previous Vitality Flowers.
Jiang Tang resisted the urge to try the medicine and went on to craft the Nourishing Soul Pills.
The Alchemy Prescription for Nourishing Soul Pills required several other Spirit Grasses, which were precisely those that had spontaneously grown in the Space a few months ago and which he didn’t recognize.
During his previous injury, the Space within him was destroyed, along with many herbs.
But with the efforts of Eryao and Little Blue Ox, some were revived without seeds, and unknown herbs grew from the soil of the Space.
Besides planting the known herbs and Spirit Rice, they didn’t remove the unrecognized and seemingly useless herbs that sprouted after Jiang Tang recovered and the Space expanded, given the lack of other seeds.
This time, the Alchemy Prescription contained a diagram for each herb.
Jiang Tang discovered from the diagrams that several previously seen in the Space matched with the Spirit Grasses needed.
Jiang Tang collected the herbs according to the designs in the Alchemy Prescription and decided to refine the Pills from these two prescriptions to test their effects.
After all, what kind of function could they have to be called Immortal Pills?
Jiang Tang gathered several types of Spirit Grass and the Nourishing Soul Grass flowers, placing them into the furnace as written in the Alchemy Prescription.
He controlled the Xuanming Spiritual Fire, and after a few moments, the scent of medicine wafted through the air.
This aroma invigorated his spirit.
Eryao and Little Blue Ox drooled over the crafting of just these two types of Pills.
The two types of Pills had different functions and were more attractive to them than physical objects.
Jiang Tang used several Jade Vials to store the red Pills inside them.
Having crafted two batches of Pills, Jiang Tang did not continue and instead put away the Alchemy Furnace and reabsorbed the Xuanming Spiritual Fire into his body.
“Daddy, it smells so good!
Please give Eryao one of each of these two kinds of Pills!” Eryao pleaded cutely in front of Jiang Tang, the tiny Snow Dragon’s head salivating.
“Moo…” Little Blue Ox also wanted the Pills and was being cute in front of its master.
“Don’t rush, let me try their power first.
After I craft some more, I’ll let you have them like candy,” Jiang Tang said, gesturing for them to wait patiently on the side.
Upon hearing their master’s words, Eryao and Little Blue Ox could only drool obediently from the sidelines.
Jiang Tang first opened the vial of Vitality Charm.
As soon as the vial was opened, the Pill, as if it had its own spirit, darted out.
Jiang Tang caught the Pill and tossed it into his mouth.
As the Pill entered his throat, it instantly transformed into a powerful surge of vitality, coursing through his body.