Free Web NovelChapter 326: Chapter 324: Perverse Pill Testing
What was going on?
’Have these pills been piling up for hundreds of years, or thousands?’
In that moment, Jiang Jichen knew he had been royally screwed!
’Tens of thousands of different pills... How was he supposed to test them all?’
No wonder Elder Yao had been willing to pay such a high price, agreeing to any and every condition!
’This was like selling his life to the man.’
’Ten thousand different pills... Heh... For pills refined by a Great Medicine Saint like him, a normal, powerful Trial Pharmacist would probably reach their limit after testing just a single one.’
No wonder Elder Yao was so lonely. A man with his unparalleled, world-class talent for alchemy could devise countless astonishing new Pill Formulas.
The pill vault held all the new pills he had refined and accumulated since becoming a Great Saint Alchemist.
They had been sealed away all this time, never once tested!
Now, these pills, sealed away for nearly a thousand years, could finally see the light of day.
Elder Yao urged impatiently, "Quick! First, test this Body Tempering Pill I refined a thousand years ago. It was the very first Pill Formula I improved after becoming a Great Saint Alchemist!"
While Jiang Jichen was still in a daze, Elder Yao reached out and made a grasping motion. An ancient pill bottle flew from the deepest corner of the vault and landed in his hand.
Without giving him any choice, he took out a pill and flicked it at Jiang Jichen.
Propelled by Elder Yao’s mysterious force, the pill pried open Jiang Jichen’s mouth, dropped inside, and instantly dissolved.
"BOOM!"
The next moment, a vast and boundless medicinal power exploded within Jiang Jichen’s body. freeweɓnovēl.coɱ
Fortunately, he possessed a body at the Body Refining Innate Tenth Layer. Otherwise, that single burst would have made him explode into a thousand pieces.
Even though he had been in a daze, his reaction was incredibly fast.
The Undying Scripture immediately began to circulate, working to refine the medicinal power that had flooded his body.
The Body Tempering Pill was meant to further refine the physical body, making it even tougher.
It was especially effective for physically weak Spirit Cultivators. A successful Body Tempering Pill could strengthen their bodies, compensating for a major weakness in their cultivation. Their combat strength and survivability would see a massive, extraordinary boost.
However, the medicinal power of the Body Tempering Pill was far too potent for an ordinary person to withstand.
Elder Yao needed to neutralize some of its properties, bringing it to a level that Spirit Cultivators could actually ingest and refine.
As for Jiang Jichen, with his Undying Scripture circulating, the pill’s tempering power was refined and absorbed into his body.
Jiang Jichen could feel his physique improving. The change was minuscule, but for a body as tough as his, even that was a rare feat. He could only imagine how much a Spiritual Body Cultivator’s body would be strengthened by this pill.
Still, the medicinal power was too aggressive; an ordinary person could never withstand it.
’Hmm, neutralize the medicinal properties by another fifty percent, and some Spirit Cultivators with stronger constitutions should be able to use it!’
Sensing the power of the Body Tempering Pill detonating inside Jiang Jichen, a sharp glint flashed in Elder Yao’s eyes. He easily reached a conclusion and inscribed it onto a Jade Scroll.
And so, the Pill Formula for the Body Tempering Pill was complete, finalized.
Jiang Jichen had just finished refining the Body Tempering Pill’s power and hadn’t even caught his breath when Elder Yao’s voice rang out again. "Your Body Refining Technique is truly heaven-defying, far beyond my expectations! This is excellent. Now I don’t have to worry about you refining the power too slowly."
"Next, try the Three-Breath Spirit Recovery Pill I refined nine hundred and ninety years ago!"
And so, before Jiang Jichen could even utter a single word, another pill flew into his mouth.
"POP!"
The boundless Spiritual Power of the Three-Breath Spirit Supplement Pill dissolved, surging into his Qi Sea like a raging, endless river.
At the same time, his Qi Sea reeled from the impact, shuddering violently as if it were about to swell and burst!
If his Qi Sea hadn’t been so vast and sturdy, and his refinement speed so astonishing, it would have already ruptured.
But as the Source Character Condensing Spirit Technique began to circulate, he started refining that immense Spiritual Power at a shocking rate.
In a flash, all the Spiritual Power he had expended in his prior battles was replenished. After just three breaths, Jiang Jichen could feel his Qi Sea was once again full to the brim.
’Such a heaven-defying recovery speed... But if this were anyone else, their Qi Sea would have been obliterated by the sheer force of this much Spiritual Power!’
Jiang Jichen broke out in a cold sweat.
’Elder Yao’s pills are just too terrifying.’
Meanwhile, Elder Yao’s voice piped up again. "Hmm, three breaths is too intense. Not everyone has a Qi Sea as vast and sturdy as yours, or possesses such a top-tier Qi Refining Technique. Tsk, tsk... I’ve really struck gold this time. Young Lingchen, your freakish body is truly perfect for testing pills! Right, for this Three-Breath Spirit Recovery Pill... we’ll need to make the medicinal properties sixty percent gentler and change it to a Ten-Breath Spirit Recovery Pill."
And so, another Pill Formula was confirmed. Elder Yao was ecstatic; he was completely unstoppable.
After all, he’d been bottling this up for nearly a thousand years. He trembled with excitement, shouting, "Try this Tenfold Spirit Pill next!"
And so, just as Jiang Jichen finished circulating his technique and exhaled a turbid breath, another Spirit Pill shot into his mouth.
"Fuck!"
If Jiang Jichen could have spoken, he absolutely would have hurled a string of curses at Elder Yao.
He was certain that this Elder Yao was an absolute maniac—a Grade-A, certified psychopath.
But he had no time to dwell on it. Elder Yao had fed him a Tenfold Spirit Pill. In an instant, his power would increase by a factor of ten.
And he would have to fight to vent all of that explosive power.
"ROAR!"
In an instant, his battle intent surged, and a terrifyingly powerful force flooded his entire body.
Jiang Jichen’s eyes turned crimson as he unhesitatingly threw a punch at Elder Yao.
However, Elder Yao didn’t even move. With a wave of his hand, a mystical curtain of light woven from Spiritual Patterns descended, trapping Jiang Jichen within a light barrier a few square meters wide.
"BOOM!"
Jiang Jichen raised his palms, Condensing Spirit, and unleashed a thousand palm strikes in an instant. They all landed on the mystical light barrier, the explosive might behind them ten times his normal power—utterly terrifying.
At the same time, faint cracks began to appear on his skin, his body seemingly unable to withstand the violent outpouring of such ferocious power.
However, his physical body was truly formidable; aside from the faint cracks, there were no other signs of damage. freeweɓnovel.cѳm
After bombarding the light barrier for about one hundred and twenty breaths, Jiang Jichen collapsed to the ground, utterly spent.
The Spiritual Power he had just fully recovered was completely exhausted in that short span of one hundred and twenty breaths.
And yet, the light barrier Elder Yao had created now showed faint cracks.
This left Elder Yao flabbergasted. ’This kid is like an ancient Barbaric Dragon,’ he thought.
’Only a freak like Lingchen can handle a true Tenfold Spirit Pill. For anyone else to use it, the power boost would need to be reduced from ten times to four, and the duration capped at sixty breaths!’
Elder Yao took out his Jade Scroll to record his findings. Another Pill Formula was born.
And so, under Elder Yao’s twisted, unending torment, Jiang Jichen tested pills continuously for three days and three nights—a total of five hundred different kinds!
In the face of Elder Yao’s absolute power, Jiang Jichen was completely helpless to resist.
"Here, young Lingchen, take this Spirit Fusion Pill. Focus your mind, guard your heart, and refine it completely. It will be of great benefit to you!"
Finally, Elder Yao tossed him one last pill before departing, completely satisfied.
It was as if a thousand years of pent-up frustration had been swept away in an instant. What a glorious relief!
