Chapter 2737 - 2729: Jing Ling’s Intimidation (Second Update)

Chapter 2737: Chapter 2729: Jing Ling’s Intimidation (Second Update)

Feng Jun listened to Elder Bian Ji’s words and realized he might have fallen into another cognitive trap.

This is... very annoying. Are cultivators from the End-Fa Plane really so ignorant? So he smiled, "It’s not the Nascent Soul Soul-Stabilizing Pill."

"Then this... I have a disciple who has also reached Nascent Soul Early Stage," Elder Bian Ji didn’t want to offend Feng Jun; his emotional intelligence was slightly higher than Immortal Yi Jue’s, "very proficient in alchemy; he can help identify the Golden Core Stage Soul-Stabilizing Pill."

He wouldn’t guess a Dust Level Soul-Stabilizing Pill—he wanted to respect the other party. He even had to emphasize, "The disciple with the highest cultivation level among mine has already reached Nascent Soul High Stage, but the one who truly inherits my teachings is this Nascent Soul Initial Stage one."

Alchemy cultivators certainly recognize cultivation levels, but Elder Bian Ji doesn’t consider cultivation level a hard standard. He’s over two thousand years old and only at Nascent Soul Eighth Layer, yet he thinks the Nascent Soul Initial Stage disciple can inherit his legacy.

Feng Jun thought for a moment and asked, "Elder Bian Ji, can you keep a secret?"

"I’m someone who dislikes gossip the most," Elder Bian Ji smiled indifferently. With so many mysteries in alchemy, isn’t that enough for him to research? To divulge secrets and stir up strife... How bored must one be to do that?

So Mountain Master Feng, after all, you’re a loose cultivator, so the mindset might be slightly lacking. However, I can see through but won’t say through!

Instead, he added, "If it’s a common Nascent Soul Soul-Stabilizing Pill, I think the probability is low... not to mention, the Xuanhuang Sect has already monopolized the Qingming Nine-Section Lotus, and the Green Lotus Sect has clashed with them several times."

The Qingming Nine-Section Lotus is a Heaven and Earth Treasure, greatly beneficial to a cultivator’s cultivation, particularly for Xuanhuang and Green Lotus Sect cultivators, and it’s the main material for making the Nascent Soul Soul-Stabilizing Pill. Unfortunately, the more it’s used, the scarcer it gets.

Because of the decrease of Qingming Nine-Section Lotus, the Nascent Soul Soul-Stabilizing Pill was lost.

This cause and effect isn’t wrong; as the main material became scarcer, Soul-Stabilizing Pills became hard to concoct. Additionally, tailor-made Soul Consolidating Powders gradually became more prevalent, so the pursuit of Nascent Soul Soul-Stabilizing Pills dwindled, thus... it unintentionally became forgotten.

Alchemy Dao also reverse-engineered the Nascent Soul Soul-Stabilizing Pill, yielding dozens of possibilities, so it wasn’t completely lost. However, without Qingming Nine-Section Lotus to verify the pill formula, it’s currently in a state of suspension.

"Please hold on, Senior," Feng Jun waved his hand, "I’m talking about Emergence Soul-Stabilizing Pill, please take a look."

"Emergence... Emergence Soul-Stabilizing Pill?" Elder Bian Ji couldn’t help but exclaim, "How could you have an Emergence Soul-Stabilizing Pill?"

The challenge with Nascent Soul Soul-Stabilizing Pills is not only stabilizing the soul but also stabilizing the nascent soul. Yet, with Emergence Soul-Stabilizing Pills, it’s not just the nascent soul within the body, but a pill that can stabilize the emerging true nascent soul.

In other words, Soul-Stabilizing Pills at the Emergence level have excellent therapeutic effects on all damaged soul bodies.

For soul bodies like Lin Feihu, Ma Sanniang, even inhaling a whiff of Emergence Soul-Stabilizing Pill would produce excellent results if damaged.

Of course, for the Yin Spirit Bigwig’s cultivation level, Emergence Soul-Stabilizing Pills wouldn’t catch their eye. Moreover, their injury mainly involves source damage, so using only Soul-Stabilizing Pills holds little significance.

Currently, Tianqin should still have Emergence Soul-Stabilizing Pills, though they are rare to find. But such a pill can guarantee the recovery of the Emerged Soul Body’s true nascent soul, thus being highly valued.

Elder Bian Ji knows there’s still one and a half Emergence Soul-Stabilizing Pills within alchemy dao, and the reason there’s half is because it used to be three-quarters. Three hundred years ago, a Nascent Soul High Stage soul was severely damaged, and they used a quarter piece, as there wasn’t time to prepare Soul Consolidating Powder.

Just a quarter piece stabilized the disciple’s soul and nascent soul. After some adjustments, the serious ailments vanished.

Anyway, Elder Bian Ji doesn’t believe Feng Jun can have Emergence Soul-Stabilizing Pills. With the foundation of alchemy dao, there’s only one and a half—they publicly claim there’s only half a pill; they don’t even dare to announce the full pill.

Yet Feng Jun found it amusing, "Senior, aren’t you allowing anyone to have a bit of destiny?"

Elder Bian Ji was first stunned, then nodded, "Alright, it was my mistake. Which era is your Soul-Stabilizing Pill from?"

"I’m not quite sure of the era," Feng Jun shook his head, "I only wish to ask you to see... Can you determine the duration of its efficacy?"

"Duration... This shouldn’t be a problem," Elder Bian Ji nodded; the duration meant everything to him, "though I advise you not to hold too much hope; with the reduction of Heaven and Earth Treasures, people value the ’stability’ more."

Stability, of course, is good, but it’s also lost the possibility of further progress, however... There’s no choice; survival is paramount.

Feng Jun took out a bottle and poured out a pure and clear pill, "I’m entrusting this to you."

"Oh?" Elder Bian Ji’s eyes lit up, reaching out to capture the pill on the obsidian tray. However, at this moment, a surge of consciousness suddenly locked him from where Jing Ling was.

Jing Ling has recently regained some strength, but its biggest shortfall is that the magical treasure that houses it is only at Dust Level, so even if it wants to attack, the power is very limited. It’s not impossible to exert itself, but it isn’t like an indisciplined dog that would destroy its own home!

It’s quite satisfied with its current situation; though it can’t restore its strength all at once, it’s already adjusted its mentality. Recovering bit by bit each day is quite nice, compared to the miserable daily life on Mars; it’s like comparing heaven to earth.

There’s no need for Feng Jun to say anything; it will actively monitor all possible negative changes. Indeed, Elder Bian Ji’s actions were a bit too much, and it immediately issued a warning.

If this scoundrel dares to continue, it doesn’t mind using its realm to suppress him directly. Mere Nascent Soul High Stage, truly not worth looking at.

Elder Bian Ji’s perception isn’t bad either; he instantly realizes he’s being watched by an indescribable entity, absolutely certain that the other party has the ability to kill him instantly.

No wonder it can intimidate an existence like Buqi Zhenjun! He immediately reacts to the other’s identity, forcibly halting himself, and speaks with a bitter smile, "Mountain Master Feng, I just wanted to help with the identification."

After saying this, he suddenly realizes his back is soaked with sweat, and the spiritual energy within him seems to have been drained instantly, rendering him weak enough to collapse. Indeed, the old saying is true—there’s great terror between life and death.

Feng Jun bows towards the direction of Jing Ling, speaking in a stern voice, "Thank you, senior, for your care."

No matter his relationship with it, in front of outsiders, he must adopt the proper stance.

Then he looks at Elder Bian Ji, speaking with a slightly playful tone, "Elder, do you really need to have it in your hands to identify it?"

Of course, it’s not like that. In fact, Bian Ji can guess the quality just by looking at the color of the elixir.

Moreover, with his status, he wouldn’t stoop to lying—even if he could deceive the other party temporarily, in the future if others talked about how this proud genius of the Alchemy Dao couldn’t even distinguish an Emergence Soul Consolidating Pill, he truly wouldn’t have face.

So he can only laugh dryly, "It’s been a long time since I’ve seen a ’Great Prosperity’ type elixir, especially a Soul Consolidating Pill. I got a little impulsive and wanted to examine it carefully."

"Great Prosperity" is a term unique to the Alchemy Dao, based on dividing the grades of treasures used in pill refining. The best, of course, is "Chaos," followed by "Distinct Fields," and then "Great Prosperity," which comes from the era of cultivators during Great Prosperity.

Now, Tianqin has long passed the Great Prosperity period, clearly entering an era of resource scarcity. During Great Prosperity, Qingming Nine-Section Lotus Root was just a common treasure material, but now it’s used as a "nearly extinct" rare treasure.

"A Great Prosperity elixir?" Feng Jun touches his chin, a hint of anticipation in his eyes, "How long will the effects last?"

"Well... I’ll still need to calculate," Elder Bian Ji replies after a pause, "I need to get closer to identify it. Pill refining isn’t constant; I hope you understand this.

"Go ahead," Feng Jun gestures with his hand, speaking with a smile, "I hope it’s good news."

Elder Bian Ji carefully moves the obsidian plate containing the Soul Consolidating Pill closer, taking two sniffs and squinting as he calculates, murmuring, "Millennium Gold Thread Perilla, Xuantian Ghost Fruit... The effects should last from fifty to three hundred years."

Feng Jun looks at him in surprise; this time span is... really quite long, isn’t it?

However, this is the limit Elder Bian Ji can estimate. He expresses awkwardly, "Unless you let me scrape a bit of powder, I really can’t refine it further, but Great Prosperity era elixirs have few restrictions..."

He points to the Soul Consolidating Pill, shaking his head helplessly, "To be honest... it’s kind of a waste to refine such treasures into this pill."

Well, he now has a bit of Elder Dianjing’s tone, surprisingly starting to complain about the alchemist.

But Feng Jun is indifferent; this elixir wasn’t refined by him, "Can it stabilize the soul for Emergence High Stage too?"

"If the treasures are good enough, certainly," Elder Bian Ji nods, looking at the elixir as if he wishes to grow an extra hand, "Within the Emergence Stage, the soul’s growth should be unrestricted... maybe half would be enough to heal the early Emergence Stage."

Upon these words, his eyes show deep regret—truly feels for it.

"Half would be enough?" Feng Jun furrows his brows, "What if it’s not enough?"

Yi Jue is currently at Nascent Soul Peak, calculated against the maximum effect time of three hundred years, she has a high probability of not breaking through to the fourth layer of Emergence, but what if the surplus isn’t sufficient, then what should be done?

Elder Bian Ji shakes his head, sighing, "I’ll need to scrape some powder off to make an accurate analysis."

It’s just that a moment ago Jing Ling scared him, otherwise with his research drive, he might have directly commenced scraping.

"Then forget it," Feng Jun shakes his head, "It’s not that big of a deal; I’ll just feed her a whole pill."

"Who is this for?" Elder Bian Ji blinks, contemplating whether he should offer one of his own mid-Emergence Soul Consolidating Pills for exchange.

"Immortal Yi Jue," Feng Jun replies solemnly, "When we were out, she suffered some harm."