Chapter 120: Forming the Pill (3)
A pill spirit with the same cultivation as the Ancestral Daofather Zhang Daoling! He was not a true immortal, but was still a half immortal!
âWhat on earth is this creature? Where did it come from?â Pondering for ages, Xu Yangyi decided not to care for it. Only when he concocted pills in the future would he have to find someone for protective magics. The only thing he was sure of was that a pill spiritâs cultivation wouldnât surmount the alchemistâs cultivation.
As for protective magics, was it a problem? He dared to bet that as soon as he sounded out a few matters later on, he only had to open his mouth and many people would be willing to cast protective magics!
Calming his mood, Xu Yangyi began to understand that which he had just gained from the pill spirit. The effect⊠couldnât be considered common, but it also couldnât be regarded as outrageous. It was to never forget with a passing of the eyes, an eidetic memory! No matter the number of times he looked at something, starting from now, he would no longer forget with a single glance. Regardless of how many times something was said, he only needed to recall it and it would be absolutely remembered.
This was the special effect beared by the pill spirit of moments ago.
âItâs similar to a lottery, huh.â Xu Yangyi laughed and looked towards the medicinal pill in his hand. Black and round as a ball, the three-mark Minister pill was like a blaze as it laid quietly in his hand. For Qi Condensation cultivators, the Spirit Strengthening Pill didnât offer too great of a restriction in advancement. It was Foundation Establishment that was a difficult single-log bridge that all men struggled to cross. However, even like so, there were also many people before a minor boundary that couldnât cross the opposing bodily limiter. The Spirit Strengthening Pill reinforced their spiritual sense to smash the crux of the bodily limiter.
Nonetheless, he had no use for the medicinal pill. Right now, his qi was approximately around 30% of the middle-stage Qi Condensation realm. The distance from his next advancement was still at least seven to eight years.
Silent for a brief moment, he called out in his spiritual sense: âLi Zongyuan, Mao Baâer, come in.â
Less than ten minutes later, Mao Baâer and Li Zongyuan walked in, mean-mugging each other. Just as he entered, Mao Baâer shouted oddly: âMy sweet ancestor!!!â
The Soundsink stone had been chaotically swept everywhere in the cultivation room. There was also a tremendous scar with a radius of ten meters on the wall! As for the high-grade Spirit Focusing Formation⊠it had long since been interrupted on the wall it was carved on. Repairing it would hefty expensive.
âHoney! Canât you not think of me when youâre wrecking things?! Do you want me to bend over and wear myself out for you until my dying day?!â Mao Baâer slapped Xu Yangyiâs chest with his paw, his tone proper and his words stern: âWhat the hell are you doing?! You say youâre gonna do something, so youâre just gonna do it?! Were you banging on the wall for fun?! Tell me, which shameless wench was it that seduced you?! This Dao Master will go waste him straightaway!â
âDao Master?â Li Zongyuan disdained: âAre you dreaming?â
âEven if Iâm not one now, Iâll certainly be a Dao master later on!â Mao Baâer coldy snorted: âWhoâs like you? An emotionless peon without aspiration or pursuit. Who gave you the courage to speak with This Dao Master? To stand at my side to only set off This Dao Master is your supreme glory, yet you still donât fall back?â
Li Zongyuan evidently wasnât an opponent for this crude canine in the struggle of tongues. After rolling his eyes, he walked in front of Xu Yangyi, yet just as he was about to open his mouth, a paw obstructed him.
âYou actually dare to strive for favor with This Palace⊠Huan Huan, you are becoming more and more unsightly in speech.â [1]
Who?! Who is Huan Huan?!
Li Zongyuan fumed in burning rage and clenched his pearly teeth so hard that they seemed to crack. Nonetheless⊠he had truly come to see struggle for favor...
âOkay.â Xu Yangyiâs mood was already settled, and he laughed: âMao Baâer, what realm are you at right now?
âThe initial stage of Qi Condensation.â Mao Baâer rolled his eyes at Xu Yangyi: âNot caring about other people one bit and not even the teensiest considerate. Where did that cute little kid from the past go?â
Xu Yangyi listened as if he hadnât heard Mao Baâer and nodded, looking towards Li Zongyuan: âAnd you?â
âCongratulations on leaving seclusion, master.â Li Zongyuan didnât care for the surroundings and bowed: âI have already reached the bottleneck of the initial stage.â
Xu Yangyi ohâd in understanding. After Li Zongyuan had evolved, what breed he was likewise couldnât be made out. Only the space inside his stomach had increased by a fold.
âTake this.â Xu Yangyi stretched his hand and flicked, and a black object flew out: âEat this here, and youâll immediately break through to the middle stage afterwards.â
âYes.â Li Zongyuan received it customarily and brushed an eye over it. He bowed habitually and laughed: âMany thanks, masâŠâ His words were left unfinished.
No way, that canât be right!
The recent object was a bit familiar to the eye! He seemed to have witnessed it many times in ancient cultivation video recordings, educational films, and other assorted materials on the internet! The second half of master had been unspoken. Li zongyuan seemed to have been struck by a paralysis technique. His head was cracking like a machine, and he twisted the top of his hand, only glancing, but no longer capable moving his gaze away.
This shape⊠This spiritual force fluctuation⊠This medicinal aroma⊠Donât tell me⊠Could it beâŠ? I-impossible⊠Master has to be playing a joke on me. Oh, thatâs right, he said he was pill concocting. This surely isnât the refined pill⊠Is this a jelly bean? An M&M? Thatâs definitely how it is, hehehe⊠Iâm really smart, thereâs no way Iâm mistaken...
But⊠thatâs also wrong⊠How could an M&M give off a medicinal aroma? If itâs not chocolate...
âM-M-M-MasterâŠâ As Li Zongyuan raised his head, his complexion was already deathly white. His hands were madly trembling, and he couldnât even string together words. He only looked at Xu Yangyi, dumb as a wooden chicken. He wondered whether his tongue had been tied into a knot.
Mao Baâer unexpectedly didnât say anything, as well. Instead, he looked at center of Li Zongyuanâs hand in shock, and then towards Xu Yangyi, and then at the black object again, and then at Xu Yangyi once more⊠A boundless looping.
âThis is⊠T-this is, this is a p-p-pillâŠâ Li Zongyuanâs face flushed red and white. Tremendous happiness smashed his thoughts into fine mush like a meteor, but he dared not to be too excited because he was afraid once excitement went over his head, the despair would be so great he wouldnât be able to bear it.
âI just refined it. It just so happens that you can use the Spirit Strengthening Pill to break through.â Xu Yangyi laughed, paying no mind.
Eat this pill. I donât even need a week to pop out another one. Whatâs the big deal?
The beginning of anything was difficult. It could even be said that Xu Yangyi had restored the Eternal Alchemy Canon step by step, all by himself. All procedures and essentials were in his brain. All parts of it were damaged, and didnât it have to be said it was for the second time? [2]
The Spirit Strengthening pill! These three words were sketched in light shade, deemphasized, yet  heavy!
âT-this is r-really a p-pill?â Li Zongyuan finally spoke what seemed to be a complete sentence. Merely, he hadnât detected that as he spoke these words, his eyes were bloodshot.
âItâs not pill elixir?!â Mao Baâer was no longer of mind to be crass and lowly, and he immediately barked.
âDo you thinkâŠâ Xu Yangyi comfortably stretched out his body: âYou need a sip of water to bite it down?â
âMaster!!!â Unexpectedly, in the next second, Li Zongyuan promptly kneeled, his head touching the floor: âI-Iâm ready to give my life and everything for you!â
There was no need to choose. There was essentially no need for hesitation. The Dao of Pills⊠had appeared in the world! It had truly surfaced in the world! Moreover, it was grasped in his hand!
Li Zongyuan understood⊠He knew everything. Back then, Xu Yangyi had indeed been concocting pills with the medicinal ingredients he had bought! Furthermore, it wasnât pill elixirs, but genuine pills! The Dao of Pills!
The future days of a demon familiar living at the side of a pill master truly wouldnât be too ample! In this instant, Li Zongyuan had been thoroughly converted in heart. He dared not to hold an inkling of a minor devious thought.
âSpud!â Mao Baâerâs eyes were erupting with fire: âIt really is a pill! You were really messing with Pill Dao?!â
âOf course.â Xu Yangyi laughed: âLater on, thereâll be many places where Iâll have to use cash. You can order dessert.â
âUse your goddamn %@$#!!!â After Mao Baâer obtained confirmation again, he shortly began to jump around and shriek: âFuck me! Fuck me!!! This really fucking is the most fantastic story of the century!â
âThe Dao of Pills! Pill Dao! The fucking Dao of Pills! Lost for almost two hundred years! Two centuries! You were actually able to do it!â
âWhatâs cash? Hot damn! Me order dessert?! Iâll order a damn dessert! As long as you fucking open your mouth, the cash is going to pour straight into your pocket!!!â Mao Baâer swiftly fell into incoherent rambling, his mouth filled with crude words. However, this indicated how abnormally excited he already was! [3]
âMaster! In this entire world, you alone possess this item! You alone!â Li Zongyuan stood up as well. Because of excessive shock and excitement, his voice was crowing: âSir, whatever price you state is the price thatâll be! I dare to bet youâll certainly become a genuine big shot! An apex cultivator!â
âThe specific operations can be put off until later.â Xu Yangyi waved: âAre you still not taking it? This is the first medicinal pill in two hundred years.â
âY-yes! YES!!!â Li Zongyuan faltering took the medicinal pill. His gaze obsessed, even as he placed it at the side of his mouth, he was so slow that he dared not to swallow it.
âWhat?â Xu Yangyi furrowed his brows.
âMaster..â Li Zongyuanâs chest rapidly heaved up and down: âT-this item is too precious. I-I-I canât part with it⊠You! What the heck are you doing?! I ainât done with you! WIND EDGE TECHNIQUE!!!!!â
A half-meter long wind edgeâevidently, Li Zongyuan had employed his maximum power in an instantâwildly shot towards a swiftly fleeing husky who was standing up like a human and cupping a medicinal pill in his two paws.
âLet go of it!!!â Li Zongyuanâs eyes flushed red, threatening to split wide. The loud-voiced Xu Yangyi scooped clean his ears, but the him of this very moment was already unable to deal with much and charged towards Mao Baâer like he was insane. Just now, taking advantage of his inattentiveness, this lowly dog had robbed the medicinal pill and ran off without even saying a word!
Mao Baâer didnât utter a noise, scurrying towards the entrance at a lightning speed. From what could be seen of the speed of his wagging tail, his present mood was very cheerful.
But in any case, Li Zongyuan was of heart to kill Mao Baâer! This was a medicinal pill! Not a pill elixir! The Dao of Pills that once again been born into the world after two centuries! The first medicinal pill! It was also compatible with his own boundary! One that his master even bestowed upon him! It had actually been robbed from under his eyelids by this stupid dog!
âGurk!â A tongue suddenly flew out from his tongue, launched swiftly at Mao Baâer. Mao Baâer heard the sound of the wind and skipped in fright: âAre you fucking playinâ for real?!â
âNo shit!â Li Zongyuan clenched his teeth so hard that they seemed to crack: âReturn it!!! Otherwise, I wonât rest until your dead!!!â
âEnough.â Xu Yangyi opened his mouth in the end, and Mao Baâer froze in step. Li Zongyuanâs expression struggled extremely, yet he also came to a halt. He was debating whether to truly kill this dog.
âGive it to him.â Xu Yangyi knitted his brows: âAnyways, its not like you wonât get it later. Whatâre you in a rush for? Youâre not even at a bottleneck.â
âHow can you be so calm?!â As soon as Mao Baâer heard this, his hairs stood on edge: âI braved a life-or-death crisis here to steal this thing! Why does it seem like its none of your business?!â
âDo you know what this is? Do you know of its commemoration value?! Do you knowâŠâ
âWhat you stole is mine.â Xu Yangyi laughed: âIâll give you a week. Propose a complete medicinal pill promotion project. If you donât accomplish it, Iâm going to switch managers. Besides, I need three months to refine twelve medicinal pills. I can give it to you for advertisement.â
âNo need!â Mao Baâer and Li Zongyuan began to screech almost at the same time: âMedia hype?! Unnecessary!â
âAuction! An auction sale! It has to be auctioned!!!â Mao Baâerâs eyes emitted the brilliance of money: âI fucking guarantee that the entire cultivation world is going to go wild because of this!!!â
[1] Huan Huan is the name of a main character from a Chinese drama called âThe Empresses in the Palaceâ. Huan Huan is supposed to be kind of a lonesome but lovely young woman who seeks the emperorâs favor. Apparently, Mao Baâer really likes this show.
[2] I think what Xu Yangyi is referring to here is that he gained the Eternal Alchemy Canon for the first time from the Burning Heavens Revelation (which was a ruined partial off-shoot) and then the Eternal Alchemy Canon is so ancient that it doesnât translate well into modern speech (seconds versus breaths), so it is a âsecond timeâ.
[3] As ever, Mao Baâer is one for eloquence. Few things about his speech. The word âdamnâ here is Chinese slang for âp*n*sâ. In Chinese this is stylized as J8, since the word for p*n*s is the pinyin âji1ba1â The 8 in chinese is ba, so this is why this slang is formed like this. In case its not obvious, when Xu Yangyi tells Mao Baâer to order dessert, its him telling Mao Baâer to screw himself because dogs and chocolate are a no-go. I guess Iâll add another thing here. Whenever you see me censor something as %#@^, itâs not really me censoring, but more of a âfill in the blankâ of how awful something is. The most literal thing that is being said in such circumstance is âyour motherâs v*g*n*â. Not exactly easy to localize and sound good. âHot damnâ in Chinese is literally âThatâs a prostitute/hookerâ. Has the connotation of âHoly sh*t/F*cking Hellâ
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