Supreme Emperor of Mist

Chapter 173: Advance (1)

"Let's go back. There'll be some people that will come soon to replace your shift, so get to work and make sure to harvest as much as possible!" Qin Lan finished what he was going to say and get on the horse.

"Leave this to us, Young Master. We'll take care of this place." You Qing replied as he sent Qin Lan off from the abandoned mine. They were already here for around three days, and it was time for some of them to return to the Demon Mountain Fortress.

But only Lu Qing Yun, Yi Feng, and Qiang Shou are following Qin Lan and Peng Yan back. As for Han Xue, he's tasked with the mission to search for another vein nearby, in case there's more of them hidden around this Third Milestone marker.

After traveling for half a day, the group finally returned to the fortress. Everything seems to be running smoothly even without him.

"Qin Darling... Can I come to..." Peng Yan wanted to say something, but Qin Lan stopped her before she managed to finish what she was trying to say.

"Lady Peng, I hope what's happened out there won't change the situation between us. As I was away from the Pill Hall for three days, there are a few matters I would have to attend to first before that. Once what I promised you is ready, I'll send Zhou Mei or the two lasses to look for you." Qin Lan said.

Putting on his stern-looking expression on his face, Qin Lan steered the horse as he returned to the Pill Hall in a hurry.

Luckily, a few of the paperwork has been handled by Zhou Mei during his absence. This gave him more time to work on his personal matter. And going straight to his own Pill Refining Hall, the sign do not disturb is hung between the doors as he entered the secret chamber.

"Mountain and Sea Sublime Painting!" Qin Lan gathered his formation Qi and entered the painting once his presence is marked. He was immediately greeted by the tiny creature that looked like a dragon when he stepped on the soil inside the isolated world.

"Roar!" the dragon-like creature hops around Qin Lan as it urged him to quickly collect the Blood Balsam Leaves that's overgrown into as thick as foliage shrubs. From the way the creature behaves, it almost looked like blaming Qin Lan for not taking care of the plant.

'Take this and buried it inside the cave with a high concentration of Fire Element.' Qin Lan said as he tossed three huge Fire Elemental Bloodstones at the creature. It seems exhilarated by the Bloodstone as it struggles to drag it away after listening to Qin Lan's instruction.

"Now, let's get to work." Qin Lan stretched his limbs and warmed his muscle as he starts working with the spiritual herbs. The Thirty Blood Balsam Leaves immediately had a makeover as Qin Lan trimmed it until only the younger leaves are left on the plant.

Those that harvested are immediately turned into Blood Balsam Extract, which was put neatly inside one of the few chests he brought into this place on his first time.

As for the flowers that grow along the Willow Logs planted by Qin Lan, they're now ready for Qin Lan to collects the fruit of his effort.

Standing by the side of the first five willow logs, Qin Lan started his extracting process by placing the medicinal cauldron on the ground first. His Formation Qi soon encompassed all the flowers growing around the willow logs and forcefully extracted the secretion of nectar located inside the flower.

Close to a thousand or so drops of the secretion were extracted from his first try. The secretion quickly thickened into something like resin granules the moment it entered his medicinal cauldron.

And after repeating the same process three times, Qin Lan now had close to half a chest of the resin granules. But in exchange for them, all the flowers growing on the first five willow logs has now withered and died off. Only the climbing vines persisted on the logs.

The chest is almost filled after Qin Lan repeated the same process on the next row of five logs. By the time he finished with them, it was already nighttime inside this dimension.

'Let's get a rest after I finish absorbing the Spiritual Accumulating Pill." Qin Lan said as he closed his eyes and started to meditate.

On next morning, he repeated what he had done all the time with the Blood Balsam Leaves. It seems that the dragon-like creature is still busy with the task from Qin Lan.

'It's time to start refining the Fire Elemental Bloodstone...' Qin Lan whispered to himself as he brings out all the Bloodstones kept inside his spatial jade. Coming out along with the content is ten medicinal cauldrons about half of his height.

'How long has it been since I get so serious in alchemy?' Qin Lan chuckled as he placed the ten cauldrons surrounding him. Before starting, Qin Lan swallowed one of the Essence Transformation Pill and releasing all the Formation Qi from his body.

"Purify!" the Formation Qi was divided into ten ways as it worked like a filter that started to separates the impurities from the Fire Elemental Bloodstone. Drops of red-colored extract like coagulated blood drip out of the cauldron calmly as it gathered in a crucible Qin Lan made for this purpose.

'To think that I would struggle with something I can complete while half asleep in the past...' Qin Lan laughed at himself.

By the time the crucible is filled with the red-colored extract, Qin Lan finally relaxed and fell above the ground. His body is entirely void of all Spiritual Energy right now. But in return, ten pieces of Bloodstone Blocks were created.

'Let us start refining the Blood Genesis Pill...' using the advantage from the Essence Transformation Pill, Qin Lan started to refine the Spiritual Energy surrounding him. One unit followed by another, his body is soon filled with a considerable amount of Formation Qi.

The trusted medicinal cauldron of his soon made its appearance openly as Qin Lan fired the pot using an intense Yang properties flame. The tool turned red instantly from swallowing all the fiery force.

"10 kinds of Yao Beast's blood above eighth-level Flesh Refining!"

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"Blood Balsam Extract!"

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"Purified Elemental Blood Essence!"

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"Elusive Devilflower's Resin!"

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"Start the refining process!" the four ingredients instantly combined into one mixture once they entered the medicinal cauldron covered in flames. It was a challenge to controlling the fire once everything is inside the pot.

The evenly melted concoction soon gives out a reaction like corn kernels is popping from its shell. One rounded pellet followed by another came out as the resin granules absorbed the concoction and hardened into a singular pill.

By the time the transformation is finished, a little over a thousand pills are created from a single batch.

Each pill exudes an intense quality of blood sweetness due to the number of blood-related material is used in its creation. It was a miracle that ten different types of Yao Beast blood could actually end up tasting so sweet after mixing them together.

The Blood Balsam Extract also played a large part in the creation process due to its oily texture. It was also the reason why the mixture could combine into one entity. Furthermore, the Blood Balsam is also known for its mint-like taste and smell, along with a sweet nectar aftertaste.

This made the Blood Genesis Pill much easier to be accepted by the cultivator without feeling like they're a bloodsucker draining blood straight from the Yao Beast. As for the two remaining ingredients, they're nothing extraordinary when separated. But by putting them together, they're capable of enhancing the vitality and Spiritual Energy conserved inside the pill.

Thus, the Blood Genesis Pill was born.josei

It was a Cultivation Pill Variant that carries the same Value of Spiritual Energy as a single Bone Foundation Pill. But different from the Foundation Pill, where only one pill can be taken in at a time, the Blood Genesis Pill has no limitation on how many can be taken.

It is also considered as a unique-type cultivation resource like the Precelestial Essence. This means it would work like a miracle to those yet to enter the Bone Reconstruction Layer.

Qin Lan was tossed out of the Mountain and Sea Sublime Painting once he reached the three-hour time limit. Smiling on the floor he was sitting on, Qin Lan left the secret chamber and ordered one of the medicine servants to deliver a message to Huang Ping.

"What did you say? The pill is ready, and I should send five trusted cultivators over to the Pill Hall?" Huang Ping was nervous when he received the message. Almost wrecking his brain due to Qin Lan's last-minute notice, Huang Ping immediately selected a few people from the fifty gold sycee holders.

"Make sure that all of you obeyed the Chief Alchemist's instruction without a hint of hesitation!" Huang Ping added.

"Yes, commander!" the five cupped their fist as they made their way to Qin Lan excitedly. Their arrival ended up gathering the attention of the fellow alchemist and medicine servants inside the Pill Hall.

'So many Half-Step Bone Experts coming to the chief's private hall... Why does it feel like something is going to happen?' one particular alchemist guessed.

"Chief Alchemist Qin." the five cupped their fist together as they greet Qin Lan politely.

"There's a mat provided for everyone. Get ready to meditate as you'll be the first five people to breaking through the half-step Bone Reconstruction tonight." Qin Lan said.

"To... Tonight?" they stuttered. Who dares to make such a claim unless they had a few hundred Precelestial Essence in their hand? And would there be such a cultivator that willingly wastes those precious resources?

But surprises always came when you least expected them.

At that night itself, the disturbance created by the five cultivators breaking through their Flesh Refining shell and becoming a complete Bone Reconstruction expert turned the entire Demon Mountain Fortress upside down.

Even Sun Wu Jian was greatly disturbed by Qin Lan's swift action after returning.