Chapter 79: Blood Fiend Pill

On this piece of animal skin, there was a record of a second-stage pill called the "Blood Fiend Pill."

According to the description, once the pill was successfully refined, it could provide cultivators with a large amount of blood fiend energy.

This blood fiend energy, different from the pure spiritual energy refined by cultivators, could still enhance the cultivation of those who practiced the blood path.

Luo Chen immediately thought of the blood path cultivator Xiao Wuyan, who was personally executed by Wang Yuan on the Dao Discussion Platform.

"Blood path pill?" Luo Chen's eyelids twitched violently.

Wang Yuan couldn't help but ask, "Can you refine it?"

Luo Chen was at a loss, "Brother Wang, you're overestimating me. This is a second-stage pill; how could I possibly refine it? Besides!"

He paused, his expression becoming very serious.

"This is a demonic path pill. If I refine it, I will die a very ugly death, and so will you."

The Jade Cauldron Sword Sect was very strict about the demonic path.

Or rather, in the entire thirty-six domains of the Far East, there were no demonic path sects at all.

Even sects like the Huanhuan Sect, which were both righteous and evil, had to follow certain rules when taking in disciples, and they had to operate under the name of the Heavenly Fragrance Tower.

Just looking at the ingredients listed on the animal skin, Luo Chen felt a chill run down his spine.

Cultivator's essence, Yellow Spring Yin Fiend, and a large amount of Purple River Carriage.

Each of these ingredients had nothing to do with the resources commonly used by righteous path cultivators; they were purely from the evil and demonic paths.

Let alone refining the pill, just collecting these main ingredients would get one killed by the Jade Cauldron Sword cultivators if noticed.

Wang Yuan also knew this situation and couldn't help but sigh, showing a look of reluctance.

"Unfortunately, if I had such a pill to assist me, I could even advance to the Foundation Establishment stage without a Foundation Establishment Pill."

"Is it that useful? Wait a minute?"

Luo Chen looked at the man in front of him in surprise, "Can you advance to the Foundation Establishment stage without a Foundation Establishment Pill?"

"Who told you that advancing to the Foundation Establishment stage requires a Foundation Establishment Pill?" Wang Yuan countered.

Luo Chen was stunned.

He carefully recalled the people and events he had encountered in his past cultivation years.

Those with Heavenly Spirit Roots could break through to the Foundation Establishment stage without any bottlenecks and did not need a Foundation Establishment Pill.

There were also cultivators with Dual Spirit Roots who, with the help of other auxiliary pills, managed to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage by chance.

Not to mention, he knew someone who had once attempted to advance to the Foundation Establishment stage without a Foundation Establishment Pill.

Fu Xiuxiu!

After the first group meal, Bai Meiling had mentioned Fu Xiuxiu's experience.

She had a Dao Companion who was once a disciple of the Jade Cauldron Sword Sect but was demoted to the outer sect to manage the sect's assets after failing to advance to the Foundation Establishment stage.

Later, he became dispirited and indulged in pleasure.

Perhaps out of concern for her Dao Companion's decline, or perhaps because she felt she had accumulated enough, Fu Xiuxiu once attempted to advance to the Foundation Establishment stage without a Foundation Establishment Pill.

However, she failed.

Although she failed, due to her special constitution, she did not suffer much backlash and had recovered after years of recuperation.

It was precisely because of this that the Divine Talisman Pavilion valued her, promoted her to an executive, and even planned to bring her back to the sect.

Thinking about it this way, the Foundation Establishment Pill didn't seem to be a necessity?

Wang Yuan said calmly, "I am not following the traditional path of a Qi Cultivator but focus mainly on body refinement. Although I also practice Qi cultivation techniques, if my physique is strong enough, the qi and blood in my body will undergo a qualitative change, allowing me to forcefully cross the Foundation Establishment threshold."

"And this Blood Fiend Pill is undoubtedly a miraculous elixir that can make my qi and blood undergo a qualitative change."

Miraculous elixir?

But it uses the lives of cultivators and even mortals as its main ingredients!

The two fell silent.

Wang Yuan reached out to take back the animal skin from Luo Chen.

Unexpectedly, the animal skin did not move, as the other end was tightly held by Luo Chen.

"Hmm?"

Luo Chen looked up and said seriously, "Brother, let me keep this pill formula for now!"

"I will try to replace the main ingredients and refine a pill suitable for you."

Wang Yuan looked deeply at Luo Chen and withdrew his hand.

"Then keep it with you."

Luo Chen carefully wrapped the animal skin and stored it in his waist storage bag.

As they were about to leave, he turned around and couldn't help but say,

"I don't know what other good things you got from Xiao Wuyan, but the blood path is ultimately not tolerated by the Jade Cauldron. Body refinement, though not suitable for longevity, is still the righteous path. Brother, be cautious!"

"Okay."

A simple "okay" was all Wang Yuan said, and it was unclear whether he had really taken it to heart.

On the way home, there were no longer four people, but only two.

Qin Liangchen had gone to the Slanting Moon Valley to help Murong Qianlian with some matters at the medicine hall.

So, only Luo Chen and Gu Caiyi were left.

A man and a woman walked on the main road of the outer city, which was bustling with people.

The road, once full of yellow mud, had changed. It was now sprinkled with gravel, and under the constant trampling of people, it had gradually become compact.

This change did not happen overnight.

It had been slowly happening since before the grand opening of the Dao Discussion Platform.

The Jade Cauldron Sword Pavilion was gradually developing the outer city.

With a better environment, more visiting cultivators would choose to stay.

The more people, the more spirit stones the major sects could earn.

The outer city, though more crowded now, was actually safer than before.

After all, the reputation of the Jade Cauldron Golden Core still had a lingering effect.

The Sword Pavilion no longer had only Miao Zhen as a Jade Cauldron Foundation Establishment cultivator; another inner sect Foundation Establishment cultivator was specifically responsible for the Dao Discussion Platform.

Looking at the changed streets of the outer city, Luo Chen couldn't help but sigh.

The Great River Market was becoming increasingly prosperous, and the lives of cultivators were improving.

Of course, this referred to mid-to-late-stage cultivators; the lower-level Qi Cultivators still suffered greatly.

"Thank you, Luo Chen."

"For what? Although you joined the Broken Mountain Gang, you earn much less than you did at the Heavenly Fragrance Tower."

"That's not the point. Staying in that place for too long made me feel strange."

Gu Caiyi's gaze wandered, and a genuine smile appeared on her face.

During this time, after resigning and staying at home, her schedule had gradually become normal, and her social relationships were no longer as chaotic as before.

"Besides, with you leading the Pill Hall, it will definitely develop better in the future."

Luo Chen smiled, "You have so much confidence in me?"

Gu Caiyi tilted her head and stared at Luo Chen's handsome profile.

"Big Brother Qin told me that you have a share in the Pill Hall. Don't you want to earn more?"

Luo Chen smiled slightly and did not continue the topic.

How much he would earn from the Pill Hall was decided by Mi Shuhua and others of the Broken Mountain Gang.

But how much the Pill Hall could earn was up to him.

In this process, he would absolutely not let himself lose out.

He had never seen a chef in any restaurant who starved himself!

"Let's go home. I heard that Sister Xiuxiu is cooking tonight and inviting us for a farewell dinner."

Mentioning Fu Xiuxiu, Gu Caiyi was taken aback.

As a woman, the other person seemed to always be on the right path: a disciple of a prestigious sect, a Dao Companion of a major sect, and a former Foundation Establishment aspirant. Now, she was about to leave for a distant place to become a disciple of the Divine Talisman Sect.

Compared to her, Gu Caiyi was still struggling in the small place of the Great River Market.

To say she wasn't envious would be a lie.

But to talk about jealousy was far from it.

That was a woman who had a harder life than her but lived more resiliently.

And what if she struggled in the Great River Market?

Wasn't the small man by her side also facing everything optimistically?

She smiled lightly, and two shallow dimples appeared on her beautiful cheeks.

"Let's buy two cucumbers on the way home!"

"Cucumbers?"

"Every year at this time, the Spirit Source Hall sells a type of spiritual fruit that is between a fruit and a vegetable, with a very good texture!"

"Sure! But you pay."

"Cheapskate, I'll buy them!"

(End of Chapter)