The First Immortal of Destiny-Chapter 709: Seven Emperors Marrow Pill_1
After several Shichen of fierce battle, over a thousand evil Gu Cancer creatures, including a Class IV Gu Cancer, were all eradicated by Qian Xiaofeng and more than a hundred Red Flame Sect elites.
Among them, more than a dozen cultivators from the Red Flame Sect fell.
Most of them were annihilated during the intense battle with the Class IV Gu Cancer that infiltrated the Formation. Their defensive magic and Protective Spirit Energy were broken, and they were infected by tiny Gu insects.
If they did not cross a certain threshold, cultivators could use specially made Detoxification Pills to suppress and eliminate these Gu insects. However, those hit by the Spells of the Class IV Gu Cancer could not even be suppressed by Elixirs. This led them to become new Gu Cancer creatures, eventually killed by their fellow members.
The remaining Sect cultivators, after cleaning up the battlefield, returned to the mine to continue mining Spirit Stone ores.
「Green Cloud Cave, GuanYun Mansion.」
Shen Mo's eyes were half-closed, the Soul Refining Flag floating by his side, emitting a faint blood-red glow.
In front of him were the Fire Chi Cauldron, alchemy materials, and other items. The Samadhi True Fire burned fiercely in the cauldron. The phantom of Fire Chi constantly swallowed and spewed flames, aiding the True Fire to better smelt the medicinal ingredients.
At this moment, a small part of his mind was connected to dozens of Class III Demon Soul Generals, constantly monitoring the situation of thousands of his disciples.
Logically, if these disciples encountered dangers beyond their ability to withstand, they would seek his help through the Demon Soul Generals in their teams, so he wouldn't need to divert his attention to constantly monitor them.
However, the Cancering Realm was far more dangerous than the Red Flame Zone. Natural disasters, Evil Spirits, or evil Gu Cancer creatures all possessed the ability to wipe out an entire team instantly. Even peak cultivators at the Spirit Sea Realm could perish in an instant without a chance to call for help.
While Shen Mo diverted a small part of his mind, it had no effect on his Elixir making, but it provided an extra layer of insurance for his disciples who were out exploring.
Of course, once they left Green Cloud Cave to search for resources, they would inevitably encounter dangers to varying degrees. Unless an entire team faced a crisis of total annihilation, Shen Mo would not easily intervene, even if there were casualties.
Consider Qian Xiaofeng's team, for example. They encountered a Class IV Gu Cancer capable of infiltrating the Formation. If they had been unable to resist, Shen Mo would have intervened and slain the Gu Cancer. However, they ultimately succeeded, at the cost of more than a dozen members, in turning the Gu Cancer into a rainbow-colored mist. Consequently, Shen Mo abandoned the thought of rescuing them.
Over the past two months, he had intervened a total of three times.
The first time, a team was about to be swallowed by a five-colored torrent formed from countless tiny Gu insects. This torrent, resembling raging Spiritual Qi or a breached great river, was on the verge of engulfing the entire scavenging team.
Shen Mo used the Pure Yang Pupil Skill. Under its power, everything his gaze fell upon ignited with Pure Yang Fire. He quickly turned this torrent of Gu insects into a raging sea of flames, which even burned out a small patch of Spiritless Land, thereby saving hundreds of disciples from being swallowed by the Gu insect torrent.
Otherwise, their protective Immortal Law and Protective Spirit Energy wouldn't have lasted long. They would have been quickly eradicated and transformed into evil Gu Cancer demons!
The second time was due to a terrifying natural disaster caused by the constant decay and withering of the Cancering Realm.
Red Flame Sect Members discovered a large number of rare flowers and exotic herbs in a valley. While they were gathering them, the land and mountains for hundreds of li around suddenly collapsed and overturned, nearly causing them to be crushed and buried deep underground.
Afterwards, Shen Mo shattered the rock and mountains with a single sword strike, carving out a path to survival for them!
The third time, a team encountered a Class V Gu Cancer comparable to a Heavenly Monarch of the Divine Bridge Realm.
This Class V Gu Cancer didn't even act. It merely glanced at the scavenging team, and nearly half the Sect Disciples instantly transformed into Gu Cancer creatures.
Shen Mo engaged it in a remote confrontation, barely managing to force it back several thousand li, thus saving the lives of the other disciples.
However, the disciples who had already become Gu Cancer demons could not be saved and had to be killed.
This Cancering Realm is truly perilous.
Thankfully, the preparations were thorough, and the casualties among my disciples are still within an acceptable range... At this rate, after about three more months of gathering resources in the Outer Realm, we should have enough Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures and High-Grade Spirit Pills to last me two months.
According to my previous calculations, departing from the Cancering Realm, we should be able to reach the Immortal Realm in about a month and a half.
Unless some unforeseen circumstances arise, this should be enough!
Just then, there was a new change in the Elixir concoction in the cauldron.
Immediately, Shen Mo swiftly formed a series of hand seals and sent them into the cauldron to complete the final step: condensating the Core and shaping the body!
A short while later, waves of a peculiar medicinal aroma wafted from the cauldron, followed by seven different lights flashing in succession.
"Success!"
Shen Mo swiftly lifted the cauldron's lid. With a grasp of his hand, he retrieved nine brilliantly glowing Elixirs and stored them in a Jade Vase set aside.
This batch of Elixirs was Grade Six, but they weren't refined according to any existing elixir recipe.
The current Red Flame Sect had amassed nearly all the foundational knowledge of the entire Red Flame Zone in alchemy, talismans, artifacts, and arrays from the past millennium. Even so, Grade Six elixir recipes were pitifully scarce.
After all, compared to the Heaven Patrolling Zone, the Immortal Path in the Red Flame Zone was not considered prosperous, and consequently, the overall standard of its Alchemy Path was also unsatisfactory.
Over the past thousand years, the individual with the highest attainment in the Alchemy Path within the Red Flame Zone was Baoyang True Master, the founder of the Alchemists Alliance. It was said that, like Shen Mo, he had reached the rank of Grade Five Alchemist. However, he perished three hundred years ago without leaving any Alchemy Path inheritance behind.
Therefore, Shen Mo, leveraging his own attainments in alchemy, comprehended ancient beast bone recipes from the ancient battlefield of immortals and demons. Using the Ganoderma Marrow Pill and the Three Emperors Marrow Pill as templates, he reverse-engineered a Grade Six Elixir with similar efficacy and named it the "Seven Emperors Marrow Pill"!
As the name suggests, there are seven types of principal ingredients in this Elixir. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢
Besides ganoderma, Reishi, and Blood Lotus, the other four principal ingredients came from diverse sources: rare flowers from the Heaven Patrolling Zone, exotic herbs from the Outer Zone's Fairy Flower Valley, and one principal ingredient was even the tears of a captive Sound Ghost demon!
The difficulty of concoction is extremely high, but its medicinal effects are also exceedingly potent.
Even Shen Mo, after consuming it, could clearly feel the medicinal properties nourishing his Essence and Qi, accelerating the recovery of his power of chaotic Yuan.
In recent years, my progress in the four auxiliary professions, such as the Alchemy Path and Talisman Path, has been somewhat slow, Shen Mo mused as he put away the Jade Vase, his gaze falling upon the Destiny Panel.
[Destinied Lord: Shen Mo]
[Cultivation: early-stage Divine Bridge Realm]
[Talisman Path: Grade V (7037/12000)]
[Alchemy Path: Grade V (8460/12000)]
[Forge: Grade V (2988/12000)]
[Array Path: Grade IV (4176/9000)]
After establishing the Red Flame Sect and acquiring the foundational knowledge of the Hundred Arts of Cultivation from the various powers in the Red Flame Zone, his proficiency in all auxiliary professions had improved significantly, but soon stagnated again.
The reason was simple: Shen Mo's current mastery in alchemy, talismans, artifacts, and arrays had nearly reached the pinnacle of the Red Flame Zone. He could no longer absorb substantial knowledge from predecessors. Just like with refining the Seven Emperors Marrow Pill, he had to rely on constant personal exploration to make further progress.
Once I ascend to the Immortal Realm, perhaps I can break new ground, allowing these skills to advance dramatically once more!
