Free Web NovelHe was 4,224 years old.
The little sprout °• N 𝑜 v 𝑒 l i g h t •° in front of him was older than the Great Yu's reign.
And... a Medicinal Pill?
A Seven-Aperture Dragon-Tiger Pill that turned into a human?
Li Mo thought, 'All things have spirits.' Inside the World Seed, there was even a talking hammer.
It seemed that a Medicinal Pill turning into a human was not so hard to understand after all.
It was just that he also had many Medicinal Pills that were incredibly rare, yet none were so miraculous.
"The Sect says I have an Innate deficiency, which isn't entirely wrong, I suppose."
Tang Xiaobao stroked his little chin:
"Master also says I'm a bit lacking."
"Lacking what?"
"Common sense."
......
Li Mo felt that what Xue Lao said might not be about his physical body.
The two took their books and, both heading to Dan Ding Peak, went together.
"Oh, right, Li Shidi, you're in the Jade Liquid Realm now?"
Midway, Tang Xiaobao asked.
"Yes."
Li Mo nodded.
"Junior Brother, you're so abnormal."
Tang Xiaobao said sincerely.
......"Thank you for the compliment."
Li Mo took it as a compliment.
Tang Xiaobao sighed with some distress: "If this continues, the next time I see you and Junior Sister Ying Bing, I'll have to call you Senior Brother and Senior Sister."
The Nine Heavens and Ten Earths revered martial arts, and most Sects ranked Disciples by strength, and Qingyuan Sect was no exception.
So he used to be the Senior Brother of Dan Ding Peak.
Now he was the Junior Brother.
"Don't worry, Senior Brother Xiaobao, you'll always be my Senior Brother."
Li Mo remembered the other party's astonishing age and promised solemnly.
"No wonder the Sect says Li Shidi has the demeanor of an ancient gentleman; you're quite a good person."
Tang Xiaobao smiled happily and then clenched his fists:
"I'll work hard too, striving to enter the Xuan Dan Realm before you two."
"Oh, right, Li Shidi, will you come watch me practice later? Master will be there too."
"Sure."
He was already going to find Xue Lao, and coupled with a bit of curiosity about Tang Xiaobao's practice, Li Mo agreed without much thought.
Soon.
The two arrived at Dan Ding Peak.
Among the peaks, this one had the most flourishing vegetation, and a strange fragrance could be smelled everywhere.
Li Mo took a few more breaths, finding it quite pleasant.
Ascending to the summit, this was where the True Disciples and the Peak Elder Xue Jing lived.
The furnishings were extremely simple: a small courtyard with a huge dragon-tiger pill furnace in the center, just like the one Li Mo had seen in the medical hall.
At this moment, beneath the Pill Furnace, blazing flames danced, the temperature extremely high.
Xue Jing and two True Disciples, one male and one female, were just performing Alchemy.
All three were focused intently on the Pill Furnace, each performing their assigned task.
The male True Disciple was responsible for adding new Materials, and the female True Disciple was responsible for clearing out the residue.
Xue Jing, on the other hand, was entirely focused on controlling the flames, extracting and purifying the medicinal Materials.
Now was not the time to interrupt, so Li Mo and Tang Xiaobao quietly watched from the side.
"Add the Yellow Yuan Fruit." freewebnøvel.coɱ
After Xue Jing spoke, the male Disciple quickly took out a thumb-sized, crystal-clear fruit.
Other than the Black Fiend Wood Oil used to increase the heat, Xiao Li did not recognize any of the other Materials.
Fortunately, Tang Xiaobao was there to explain.
"The Yellow Yuan Fruit has a mild medicinal property. When it's integrated with other main Materials, it can make their medicinal power more active."
"Next, Master should add the Dust-Separating Flower."
"What is a Dust-Separating Flower?"
Li Mo had no ambition to become a Pill Master, but he was curious about the Alchemy process.
He had read about it so many times in novels, but seeing it with his own eyes was a first.
"The Dust-Separating Flower is naturally used to separate medicinal power."
"I see."
Li Mo saw Xue Jing take out a jade shovel and stir the Materials inside the Pill Furnace, and he felt a strange sense of déjà vu.
He couldn't quite pinpoint what was strange.
At this moment.
Xue Jing said solemnly again:
"Bring the Treasure Pill True Liquid."
The male Disciple immediately looked serious and carefully took out a basin containing a pool of pale golden liquid.
It was clear that this was a very precious material. free𝑤ebnovel.com
It contained a rich, vibrant life force.
"Treasure Pill True Liquid?"
Just hearing the name, Li Mo felt it sounded very impressive.
"Mm, it's my bathwater."
Tang Xiaobao whispered.
Li Mo: "....."
There was no need to explain everything in such detail.
"High heat to reduce!"
After pouring the so-called Treasure Pill True Liquid into the Pill Furnace, Xue Jing added more Black Fiend Wood Oil.
Li Mo finally realized where that familiar sense of déjà vu came from.
"Isn't this just stir-frying?"
"What about the grand, sophisticated Alchemy process?"
Xiao Li covered his face.
"There isn't much difference between the two, you know."
Tang Xiaobao blinked.
Li Mo: ".....It seems there's nothing wrong with that."
Cooking emphasizes ingredients, Alchemy emphasizes Medicinal Pill Materials; the order is crucial for the former, and the same applies to the latter.
Moreover, both require extremely precise control over the heat.
The only difference was probably that Alchemy was more dangerous.
If a dish wasn't cooked well, it would burn, but a Medicinal Pill could explode due to conflicting medicinal properties.
At this moment.
The thrilling and exciting Alchemy process was over.
"This batch of Green Snake Blood Spirit Pills is complete."
Xue Jing exhaled in relief.
He had known Li Mo had arrived, so he turned his head and smiled:
"This pill is good for Body Refining, but unfortunately, it was specially ordered by Fu Tu at a great price, so I can't spare you two."
"Thank you for your concern, Xue Lao."
The meeting between the old and the young was quite harmonious.
Old Xue had always had a good impression of this grand-Disciple.
"You, ah, I don't know what to say about you."
Xue Jing looked at Li Mo, who had changed greatly from before, and chuckled:
"How did you manage to get into the Wu Jian Trial and even take first place?"
"It was a series of coincidences, really."
Li Mo humbly cupped his hands: "My Inner Breath is rather special, and it just happened to be able to erase the aura on the Hall Courtyard Swallow."
"Have some tea."
Xue Jing gestured for him to sit down.
Li Mo naturally sat down on a nearby red sandalwood chair and casually brewed two cups of tea.
He learned it from Ice Cube.
"You did well."
Xue Jing picked up his teacup and took a sip:
"Keep your Hall Courtyard Swallows; from now on, we can grasp any movements of the Rain Listening Pavilion in Ziyang Prefecture immediately."
"But their Hall Courtyard Swallows have a very unique method of creation; your Inner Breath can actually erase the aura on them?"
If the Hall Courtyard Swallow were so easy to break.
The Rain Listening Pavilion would not be so feared in the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths.
Let alone assassinating kings and emperors.
"You'll know once you see it."
Li Mo flicked his finger, and a wisp of dark red Inner Breath shot out, landing on the pill residue from earlier.
Crackling—
A small flame quietly burned, as if eternal.
The pill residue, which hadn't been refined even by the high temperature of the Pill Furnace, was slowly disappearing, being completely burned away.
Xue Jing's eyes narrowed, and a strong gleam appeared in his pupils.
After a long time, he let out a long sigh:
"Old man, how foolish I was....."
"I should have taken you as my Disciple no matter what back then."
If this flame were used for Alchemy, his future achievements would surely be extraordinary.
"Why do you say that, Xue Lao?"
Li Mo gave a wry smile.
He had heard the old men say this many times.
"Even I, an old man, can at most purify Medicinal Materials to ninety-nine percent."
"If you practice, you might be able to achieve one hundred percent."
"You are simply a natural talent for Alchemy."
Xue Jing said with considerable emotion.
If Elder Han He were here, he would definitely say that Li Mo was a natural talent for blacksmithing.
After all, forging also emphasized heat control.
Xiao Li also had a hammer that could forge Mystic Weapons...
"Master, Master."
"You've finished refining the Medicinal Pill, now it's time to refine me."
Tang Xiaobao crawled into the Pill Furnace, and his buzzing voice echoed from within.
Li Mo was a bit silent.
Since Alchemy was like stir-frying.
Then wasn't this similar to self-stewing in an iron pot... *cough*, an unwarranted association.
"Hmm?"
Xue Jing froze for a moment, looking at Li Mo.
"On the way here, Senior Brother Xiaobao told me everything."," Li Mo said.
Xue Jing nodded, saying nothing more.
He intentionally wanted Li Mo to observe Alchemy more, which was why he had sent the other two True Disciples away but kept him there.
"Whoosh—"
He pointed at Tang Xiaobao's glabella from a distance.
Immediately, a Medicinal Pill fragrance that made one's Soul stir emerged.
Li Mo was thoughtful.
It seemed that before, Xue Lao had used special means to seal the aura and medicinal power on Senior Brother Xiaobao, which made him no different from an ordinary child.
Subsequently, Xue Jing became solemn, his hair standing on end, making him appear even more ethereal.
An invisible domain spread out.
The Dragon and Tiger coiled on the Pill Furnace seemed to come alive.
The tiger's mouth and the Dragon's maw both opened, spewing out raging flames.
