Food System in Cultivation World-Chapter 499 - 457: Rebirth Through Tribulation, Where Is Immortality?
In the secret chamber, the Spirit Pill entered the stomach, resulting in rejuvenation.
This scene was truly unfolding right before everyone’s eyes.
Chen Xu stared intently at everything happening.
Only the sound of cracking could be heard as Wei Li’s body, which had been hollowed out from years of heavy drinking, and his hunchback, suddenly straightened up.
He stretched his spine and limbs, and the face that was once swollen and bloated with middle age regained a youthful firmness in the blink of an eye.
The previously sparse hair suddenly became abundant, and the dull eyes regained clarity.
Apart from the unusual redness from excitement, Wei Li was now a typical image of youthful vigor.
Rejuvenating one’s youth, all with a single Elixir!
What kind of miraculous medicine is this?
If such a scene were to unfold before the eyes of the world, it would surely trigger countless frenzied pursuits.
Chen Xu’s eyes lit up.
He fixated on Wei Li, as if witnessing a world-shattering miracle, and simultaneously observing an eerie dream that should not occur in reality.
He murmured under his breath:
"Impossible, rejuvenation, could this truly be real? How could this be... that this world actually contains such a Spirit Pill!
I, I..."
As he spoke, he suddenly turned his head to look at the cauldron.
His demeanor revealed hints of faint frenzy.
Chen Xu naturally wasn’t truly frantic; in fact, his mind was terrifyingly clear at the moment.
Yet, part of the shock wasn’t entirely feigned.
Chen Xu possessed an innate talent for seeing entries, and as soon as the Red-clothed Daoist took out the pill, he clearly saw the entry on the pill:
[Ten Thousand Tribulations Rejuvenation Pill, gathered from various rare materials, refined by the True Fire of the Nine Provinces Dragon Vein.
It contains traces of Emperor’s hair, Great Scholar’s blood, Golden Core ashes...
Made primarily from the bones of thirty-two Demonic Beasts, mixed with living human essence and blood, and added with worldly greed, anger, infatuation, grievance, forming this pill.
Consuming it can instantly unleash the Essence potential of the user, turning white hair black, rejuvenating youth, and the body returning to the peak youthful state...]
Even just seeing this part, the amount of information is already incredibly formidable.
The most shocking part is that the pill contains "Emperor’s hair, Great Scholar’s blood, Golden Core ashes."
Emperor, Great Scholar, Golden Core!
It’s hard not to associate these with the Emperor, Wen Daoyuan, and certain existing Golden Core experts.
Chen Xu always suspected that Wen Daoyuan might be in distress; from this perspective, he is very likely to be continuously blood-drained.
Thus, Feng Yuanbai’s previous conjecture should be correct.
But what is the situation with the Emperor’s hair and Golden Core ashes?
Could it be that what they previously thought, that the Emperor was the instigator, was actually wrong?
Perhaps the Emperor is also trapped and harmed along with Wen Daoyuan, becoming some kind of alchemy material?
This isn’t impossible, especially since it’s well known that the treacherous minister Liu Shao controls the court...
But there are still many things Chen Xu doesn’t understand, and he feels that matters are becoming increasingly complicated.
Moreover, the entry for the [Ten Thousand Tribulations Rejuvenation Pill] is yet to be fully read.
The entry talent has a latter half:
[Note: The pill has a duration limit after consumption, lasting from a few months to some days.
The consumer is bound to perish due to the exhaustion of Essence potential, and after death, they transform into a Great Desire Blood Pill, which can be collected in large quantities to refine advanced pills.]
In other words, although the Ten Thousand Tribulations Rejuvenation Pill is a pill, the person consuming it becomes a material.
Regarding this, Chen Xu wasn’t too surprised.
After all, where in this world is there a truly free lunch?
What’s genuinely easy and drops on your head isn’t pie, but traps.
Yet, the entry for the [Ten Thousand Tribulations Rejuvenation Pill] is still not finished, there’s more:
[Consuming the Ten Thousand Tribulations Rejuvenation Pill, if activated with Innate Qi to burn away the impurities, distill the essence, a single pill can extend lifespan by ten years.]
The deadly [Ten Thousand Tribulations Rejuvenation Pill], when correctly used by Chen Xu, can extend lifespan by ten years with one pill!
Having probed this far, Chen Xu’s current demeanor had seven parts of pretense, but also three parts of truth.
He suddenly turned and gaze at the cauldron, eyes blazing as if he were observing centuries upon centuries of lifespan.
Who knows how many Ten Thousand Tribulations Rejuvenation Pills are in that cauldron?
Chen Xu seemed mesmerized, taking steps towards the cauldron in the center of the chamber.
Beside him, Wei Li burst into laughter: "Hahaha, I’ve rejuvenated, I’ve truly rejuvenated!
A hundred years of lifespan, so this is the taste of extending life by a hundred years.
I’m now full of power again, I can punch ten Zhang Lai’s to death!
To hell with cockfighting, I want to study, I can still study for ten more years, obtain titles and honor, possess fertile lands, fine homes, fine wine, and beautiful women.
What even is Zhang Lai, what indeed is he... hahahaha!"
Laughing, he also turned his head, fixing his gaze onto the cauldron once more.
"Immortal master, immortal master, I humbly request another Immortal Pill, beseeching the immortal master to grant one more Immortal Pill.
If I can get another Immortal Pill, I am certain my energy will soar again. This year I’ll become a Scholar, next year a Scholar, and the year after that an Advanced Scholar.
By then I’ll be willing to offer ten thousand ounces of gold..."
He fell back to his knees, inching closer to the cauldron while on the ground.
In the secret chamber, three people and one cauldron.
The Red-clothed Daoist stood silently and compassionately beside the cauldron, eyes lowered, watching the two people approaching the cauldron.
He awaited the kneeling person to prostrate, also waiting for the standing person to kneel.
The dust whisk beside him swept across, an invisible yet irresistible force suddenly emanated, pushing the kneeling Wei Li back.
Chen Xu likewise staggered back, barely avoiding falling straight to the ground.
The Red-clothed Daoist reprimanded: "Bastards! Seeking pills is one thing, but how can you be so greedy and shameless?"
Wei Li screamed in pain, his heated mind suddenly drenched as if by a bucket of ice water, waking up instantly with cold sweat dripping down his back.
Chen Xu’s body shook, and amidst Wei Li’s cries of "Immortal master, spare us," he approached the cauldron again.
He uttered in a low, fearful voice: "I, I..."
He merely spoke two words before rushing to the cauldron, swaying as he seemed ready to kneel.
But at that moment, Chen Xu raised a hand, moving like lightning.
He instantly grabbed the Red-clothed Daoist’s whisk, as true yuan surged from his palm like a mountain collapsing into a tsunami. 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺
The lion uses its full strength to catch a rabbit; Chen Xu was uncertain of the other’s strength, so this move was full force.
He didn’t employ magic, instead using the iron-forging techniques he’d learned from the Divine Mechanism Sect.
A tug, a pull, a snap.
The burst of Giant Strength at this moment could penetrate a mountain peak.
The Red-clothed Daoist was caught off guard, the whisk slipping from his hand, thousands of silk threads snapping like snow falling.
"Wretch!" The Red-clothed Daoist was shocked and enraged, but the backlash from the destroyed Magical Treasure vibrated through him instantly, leaving a metallic taste in his mouth.
He knew he couldn’t fight back now, and immediately moved to retreat.
But Chen Xu had a hand on the cauldron, appearing as though he intended to take the entire cauldron away.
The Red-clothed Daoist’s eyes flickered with a sharp light as he laughed derisively:
"Foolishness, thinking you can move the Earth Element Cauldron and Jade Capital’s Dragon Vein, impossible! Ah... not possible!"
