Chapter 319 - 294: 1 Year

Chapter 319: Chapter 294: 1 Year

In the Secluded Meditation Chamber.

Barely half a month had passed when the sealed Stone Gate suddenly trembled. Then, the Array Prohibition dissipated, and the Stone Gate slowly opened.

Wangcai shot to its feet. Seeing Chu Mu walk out, it immediately darted over.

Chu Mu caught the pouncing Wangcai and played with it for a moment before focusing his attention on his Dantian again.

The Fire Spirit Root Supplement Pill, wreathed in flames, seemed... unchanged from half a month ago.

Chu Mu’s expression was a little odd. After confirming the effects of the Fire Spirit Root Supplement Pill, he had naturally expected to refine it completely in one session of seclusion.

But the result was that no matter what method he tried, he couldn’t seem to affect the Fire Spirit Root Supplement Pill at all.

The only thing he could do, it seemed, was let the pill passively release its medicinal effects.

This was the first time he had ever seen an Elixir that couldn’t be actively refined.

But its effect on his Spirit Root was very clear.

In just half a month, he tested his Spirit Root and found that his Fire Attribute had already surpassed fifty percent, reaching around fifty-three or fifty-four percent.

After confirming its effects and struggling with it for a while, Chu Mu couldn’t be bothered with it anymore.

He estimated that at this passive rate of release, it would probably take a very long time for the pill to be fully dissolved and refined.

He waved his hand, and the Pill Book inheritance from Zhao Yu appeared in his grasp. Sitting on the steps by the door, he extended his Divine Sense into it and began to browse its contents.

For the next few days, Chu Mu didn’t leave his residence, focusing all his energy on the Jade Scroll. Under the effect of the Spiritual Radiance Blessing, his thinking and intelligence soared, and his ability to learn and comprehend skyrocketed.

In just a few days, he had integrated the vast amount of information from the Jade Scroll into his own Alchemy System.

On the eighth day, he put the Jade Scroll away. With a stir of his Divine Sense, a blank Jade Scroll appeared in his hand. He recalled for a moment, then engraved several Pill Recipes into it.

He had already collected several Pill Recipes for Foundation Establishment Realm cultivation, and this Alchemy Inheritance contained several more.

After some consideration, he selected three of them as his primary focus for gathering ingredients.

One, of course, was the Gong Palace Pill. Although its recipe was extravagant, he had refined it many times and was skilled in the process.

The second was the Yunhuo Pill, which he had acquired at a trade fair he attended previously.

The third came from Zhao Yu’s inheritance... the Spiritual Milk Pill.

The Gong Palace Pill and the Yunhuo Pill were not much different; both were Elixirs that supported Foundation Establishment Realm cultivation.

But the Spiritual Milk Pill... while it was also an Elixir that supported Foundation Establishment Realm cultivation, its main ingredient was actually the Bell Stone Spiritual Milk, which could be called a Body Refining Holy Medicine!

He still hadn’t used even a drop of the several bottles of Bell Stone Spiritual Milk he possessed. He was unwilling to waste any of it, pinning his hopes on finding a Pill Recipe that could maximize the Spiritual Milk’s effects.

However, this Spiritual Milk Pill recipe...

Chu Mu hesitated slightly. The recipe felt to him just like those that came with the Body Refining Technique back in the mortal world—flashy but impractical, failing to fully bring out the effects of the Bell Stone Spiritual Milk.

Bell Stone Spiritual Milk was a Body Refining Holy Medicine. From what he understood, it was even significantly effective for Fake Pill Cultivators.

Yet this Spiritual Milk Pill recipe was limited to only the Early Stage of Foundation Establishment.

Using it like this was clearly an enormous waste of the Bell Stone Spiritual Milk.

’What if... I improve it?’

The idea suddenly occurred to Chu Mu.

He had previously set aside the Bell Stone Spiritual Milk simply because his understanding of the Alchemy Skill was very superficial.

But now, that knowledge base was gradually becoming complete. ’Surely, just improving the recipe shouldn’t be a problem, right?’

Chu Mu wasn’t entirely sure. He extended his Divine Sense into his Storage Ring, where Spirit Materials and Spirit Medicine were piled up like mountains. After carefully identifying them for a long time, this wild idea in his mind slowly solidified.

He had several bottles of Spiritual Milk. Given the amount he possessed, if he used it as the main ingredient for Alchemy, he could refine at least a dozen batches of Elixirs.

Moreover, with the efficacy of the Spiritual Milk, the refined Elixirs would likely be Tier Two Upper Grade at the very least...

He was lost in thought when he suddenly seemed to sense something. He took out his Sound Transmission Order, and a voice sounded in his ear.

He pondered for a moment, then waved his hand. The several Puppets outside the Secluded Meditation Chamber all disappeared into his Storage Ring.

With another wave of his hand and a series of seals, a Cleaning Skill swept through the room, removing all remaining traces. He patted Wangcai, then headed out of the courtyard...

...

In the wasteland mountains Southwest of the Jingbei Mountain Range, a Flying Boat streaked across the sky. From within the mountains, several pillars of light suddenly erupted.

Shooting toward the heavens, the pillars of light struck the Flying Boat with precision in an instant. Several deafening ROARS echoed as shockwaves swept out, dispersing the clouds.

Several large holes, each a few meters wide, appeared on the speeding Flying Boat. The vessel, once streaking through the sky, now visibly faltered and looked as if it would fall at any moment.

At that moment, several more pillars of light shot up from the mountains. Accompanied by more thunderous ROARS, the faltering Flying Boat finally gave way, disintegrating and exploding in mid-air, raining down on the earth as a shower of fire.

Misfortunes never come singly.

On the ground, several figures became visible. Immediately after, a barrage of fierce attacks shot toward the figures fleeing from the destroyed Flying Boat.

In the sky, Chu Mu streaked through the air, a helpless look on his face.

Since returning to the Artifact Hall a year ago, he had naturally drawn much closer to the fierce, drawn-out battle on the front lines.

He wasn’t too worried, though. After all, no matter how extravagant the Righteous Alliance was, they wouldn’t be so wasteful as to send Artifact Refiners to the front lines.

But in the past year, the grueling war between the two sides had evolved rapidly, and its intensity had only grown stronger.