nyslfriends Chapter 262
Chapter 262
A black flower?
"What's this?"
Zhao Mu observed it carefully but didn't find anything special about the black flower. It was in the middle of a large spirit vein, but there wasn't the slightest fluctuation of Spiritual Qi on it. It seemed out of place.
Jin Fei explained, "This is the Soul-cleansing Flower that only grows in large spirit veins. It's not a Spiritual Medicine and has a short lifespan. It only lasts for a short period of time from budding to blooming, like a flash in the pan. However, it's the main ingredient for refining the Soul-cleansing Pill."
"As the name suggests, the Soul-cleansing Pill has the effect of cleansing and purifying the soul. Beginner cultivators don't need to cultivate the soul, but once their cultivation increases, their increasingly strong physical body and weak soul will no longer be able to effectively adapt. At that time, they need to start improving the strength of their soul."
"Even without the Soul-cleansing Pill, one can still refine and strengthen the soul. However, just like the difference between congenital and acquired martial arts, the initial quality of the soul determines the upper limit of the soul's growth. The most precious thing about the Soul-cleansing Pill is that it can cleanse the soul of filth and impurities, making the soul's quality purer. This greatly increases the potential of the soul's evolution, just like letting the soul enter the congenital realm."
After listening to Jin Fei's explanation, Zhao Mu immediately understood the value of the Soul-cleansing Flower.
Improving the quality of the soul might not be of much use to ordinary cultivators, but to cultivators who wanted to go further and even pursue the Great Dao of immortality, it was a rare treasure that could only be found by chance.
Zhao Mu's heart itched unbearably.
However, just as he was about to reach out to pick the Soul-cleansing Flower, he was stopped by Jin Fei.
"Son-in-law, you can't rashly pick the Soul-cleansing Flower. This Soul-cleansing Flower is extremely delicate. Once it leaves a large spirit vein, it will instantly wither. You must refine it on the spot after picking it to perfectly retain its medicinal effects."
Zhao Mu's eyes widened.
"What grade is this Soul-cleansing Pill?"
"The Soul-cleansing Pill has no grade, but the difficulty of refining it is comparable to immortal pills. After all, the Soul-cleansing Pill is a good thing that even immortals can't refuse."
Zhao Mu's eyes darkened.
He could barely refine a cauldron of ninth-grade Spiritual Pills, but immortal pills … he didn't even need to think about it.
Zhao Mu didn't have the ability to do so.
He could only look at Jin Fei.
Jin Fei smiled awkwardly, "I'm sorry to disappoint you. I'm only good at killing people. I'm not up to the task of refining pills."
"Wouldn't that be a missed opportunity?"
Zhao Mu felt very regretful.
This Soul Cleansing Flower bloomed in the blink of an eye. If he missed this opportunity, he wouldn't be able to find another one. Even if he went to look for an alchemist now, it would be too late. Not to mention, Zhao Mu didn't think that there were many people in the Immortal Martial Continent who could concoct immortal-ranked pills.
"That might not be the case. Young Master, look."
Zhao Mu saw that the medicine corpse suddenly opened its mouth and swallowed the Soul-cleansing Flower like an old cow eating young grass. Then, it began to chew and savor the aftertaste.
Before Zhao Mu could stop it, the Soul-cleansing Flower had been completely eaten by the herb corpse.
Just as Zhao Mu was about to curse, he suddenly came to a realization. He pointed at the Herb Corpse and said, "Could it be that you want to say that this Herb Corpse can preserve the medicinal effects of the Soul Cleansing Flower?"
"Young Master, you're really smart."
Jin Fei said, "The body of the Herb Corpse is a treasure bowl. It can absorb the power of all herbs and transform it into its own flesh and blood. When the Soul-cleansing Flower is swallowed by the Herb Corpse, the Herb Corpse's flesh and blood will contain the medicinal power of the Soul-cleansing Flower. Using this method, it can preserve the medicinal power of the Soul-cleansing Flower to the greatest extent and won't disappear when the Soul-cleansing Flower withers. In fact, in the Vast Thousand World, many herb-gatherers rely on this method to gather herbs. Some alchemists even don't hesitate to ruin their great future just to refine themselves into Herb Corpses."
Eh.
He felt that it was a little unsightly.
For the sake of resources, cultivators were truly willing to go to any lengths.
"How will I extract the medicinal power in the future? I can't possibly dig out his flesh and blood to refine pills, right?"
At the thought of that, Zhao Mu felt uncomfortable from the bottom of his heart.
"That won't be the case. The medicine corpse's body is still very precious and can't withstand such consumption. A grandmaster-level alchemist has a method to extract the medicinal power from the medicine corpse's body. The more brilliant the method, the purer the medicinal power extracted."
Only then did Zhao Mu heave a sigh of relief.
He immediately made up his mind. After returning this time, he would cultivate alchemy with all his might and strive to become an alchemy grandmaster as soon as possible.
This would be difficult for others, but for Zhao Mu, it was just a matter of taking in a few more disciples.
At this moment, the medicine corpse moved again.
He continued to walk toward the depths of the spiritual vein.
There seemed to be more spiritual herbs there.
Zhao Mu immediately followed him.
Not long after, another medicinal herb with a unique aura appeared in the spiritual vein.
"This is a 500-year-old heart-returning grass. It's only an entry-level treasure medicine. It's not worth much, but it has the effect of guarding one's heart and concentrating one's mind. If young master's mental state isn't good, you can use it to make tea and refresh your mind for a whole year," Jin Fei explained after taking a look.
She seemed to be omniscient and knowledgeable of everything.
"I thought you don't know alchemy?
Why are you so familiar with these medicinal herbs? "
"Even if I haven't eaten pork, I've seen pigs run. I've traveled in the Great Wide World for so many years. Although I don't know how to refine pills, I've met countless divine alchemists and immortals. I've learned some knowledge from them."
"Amazing. I've really picked up a treasure." Zhao Mu chuckled and could not help but reach out to pinch Jin Fei's face.
Jin Fei was speechless.
What kind of identity and background did she have? Not to mention that she was trapped in the Immortal Martial Continent, but back then, in the Great Wide World, she was also a royal retainer who was admired wherever she went. In this lifetime, no one dared to pinch her face like this.
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Zhao Mu knew her identity, but he did not seem to care about her past at all. He only treated her as an ordinary girl.
This made Jin Fei feel somewhat uncomfortable for a while.
Despite her helplessness on the surface, Jin Fei could not help but feel a little sweet inside. She had never experienced Zhao Mu's attitude toward her in the past.
She did not resist.
Zhao Mu did not think too much about it. He plucked the Heart Returning Grass and continued to follow the herb corpse.
Along the way, they went deep into the earth vein, and along the way, they harvested a lot. Almost all of the medicinal herbs they encountered were at least of the level of Treasured Medicine. There were even some that had reached the ninth grade and were over two thousand years old.
By the time he reached the end of the earth vein, Zhao Mu had already harvested more than twenty stalks of precious herbs.
As for the spiritual herbs, he was too lazy to count them. There were at least three to four hundred of them.
In addition to the Soul Cleansing Flower that was eaten by the Herb Corpse and some High Grade Spirit Stones that were unearthed along the way, this trip was really fruitful.
In fact, for a large Spirit Vein, Spirit Herbs could only be considered as a bonus. The Spirit Stones hidden deep within the Spirit Vein were the main dish.
However, mining spirit stones was too time-consuming. It required a large number of manpower and resources. Zhao Mu was not in a hurry at the moment. When the Saint Prime Devil Sect's territory expanded to the depths of the Ten Thousand Demons Forest, he would think of a way to organize manpower to mine the spirit stones and other minerals in this spirit vein.
Back on land, Zhao Mu bathed in the sunlight again, and her spirit became joyful.
As a Pure Yang Body, he still preferred bright places. He really couldn't adapt to the dark underground world.