Chapter 41

The advanced potion for the Martial Origin Realm is one of the least sophisticated Extraordinary potions.

The quality of an Extraordinary potion can usually be determined by the form of the final product.

First-stage potions, including the advanced formula for the Martial Origin Realm, are typically decoctions.

In simple terms, it involves pouring water into a medicine pot and boiling the ingredients!

Even though this process may differ somewhat from ordinary people boiling medicine, for the outer dormitory students who have studied at the Mystic Gorge Academy for a year, they are fully capable of handling it.

As for second-stage Extraordinary potions, including the advanced formula for the Martial Extreme Realm, the final product is often in the form of a powder, which is not something that can be easily produced, such as the "Purifying Powder" used by Shang Xia to advance to the Martial Extreme Realm.

Above powders, according to Shang Xia's knowledge, there are also injections and tinctures, but he is not quite sure which stage of Extraordinary martial artists they are specifically for.

After searching through the six brocade cloud carriages, the five people who had gathered enough Extraordinary materials began to prepare to boil the decoctions according to the advanced formulas.

However, due to the mutual influence between Extraordinary potions, if they were too close to each other, the potions being made simultaneously would very likely fail.

But because of the urgency of time, it was impossible to make the five advanced potions one by one, so the five of them had to leave the valley and try to maintain as much distance as possible from each other.

Jiao Haitang, looking at her classmates each carrying Extraordinary materials and climbing over the hill, said with some concern, "If the five of us are so far apart, if someone encounters danger, even Senior Brother Shang might not be able to rescue them in time. This is just boiling the potion; if the five of us take the potion and advance individually, the distance between us will have to be even greater..."

Jiao Haitang also had her own advanced formula, but unfortunately, she was one of the three who did not gather enough Extraordinary materials.

At this moment, Shang Xia was browsing through the item lists on each of the six brocade cloud carriages.

Apart from the inventory lists held by the granary officer and the escorting officer Yuan, each brocade cloud carriage had its own item list, recording every item in the carriage.

He had already made it clear that as long as it did not hinder their actions, anyone could take as much as they wanted.

On the surface, the reason was to prevent the benefit from falling into the hands of the Cangling martial cultivators and to allow more classmates to advance to the Extraordinary stage. In reality, how could Shang Xia possibly let himself suffer a loss?

Not taking advantage of this legitimate and justified opportunity to gain a lot, would he instead be noble and wait for the Mystic Gorge Academy to praise him verbally?

However, hearing Jiao Haitang's concern, Shang Xia seemed somewhat absent-minded and said, "Don't worry, there's nothing dangerous around this hill!"

Seeing that Jiao Haitang was about to speak again, Shang Xia added, "Within a ten-mile radius, everything is under my control. Even if they find a place to advance, I will know in advance if any danger approaches."

Jiao Haitang, being a perceptive person, immediately recalled the silver light that had severed the head of the Azure Sparrow outside the valley, and immediately associated it with the mutated swallow that Shang Xia had escaped with. Her eyes lit up, and she said, "Senior Brother, is it the mutated swallow?"

Shang Xia looked at her with some surprise. Although he knew this girl was sharp, he did not expect her to immediately think of the mutated swallow. He nodded and smiled, "Exactly!"

"That's great, congratulations, Senior Brother!"

Jiao Haitang's joy was not just flattery. She knew very well that once they left this place, the wide-ranging patrol of the mutated swallows in the sky would be a crucial guarantee for their safety.

Of course, what Jiao Haitang did not know was that although Shang Xia had tamed only one mutated swallow, the entire mutated swallow colony was now serving him.

Otherwise, Jiao Haitang's expression would have been even more interesting!

"Unfortunately, there is no content about the Two Poles Realm martial arts in any of the six brocade cloud carriages."

Shang Xia, somewhat disappointed, threw the item list back into one of the brocade cloud carriages.

Advanced potions, martial arts techniques, martial skills, and martial arts mystiques are the four most important foundations for Extraordinary martial cultivators at each level.

Among these, advanced potions are self-explanatory, as they are the key to advancing in cultivation.

Martial arts techniques have the function of integrating and strengthening the corresponding cultivation energy of martial cultivators.

The most significant feature of this function is to minimize the possibility of the Extraordinary martial cultivator's internal energy going out of control.

Martial skills can effectively assist the new energy in the absorption or refinement of the old energy, further strengthening the new energy.

Martial arts techniques and martial skills complement each other, but there is a small difference between them.

Both can strengthen the new energy after advancement, but the former moves the new energy within the body to strengthen it, while the latter refines the old energy and integrates it into the new energy to strengthen it.

It is worth mentioning again that the most direct effect of advanced potions is to stimulate a small amount of new energy within the old energy.

Apart from this small amount of new energy, there is still a large amount of old energy in the martial cultivator's body.

For example, although Shang Xia had already opened his dantian and even used a bit of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to transform a large amount of Yin-Yang energy at the moment of advancement, he had already far outpaced many newly advanced Martial Extreme Realm martial cultivators from the start.

However, in reality, there was still a large amount of Martial Origin Realm energy in his body. Without the integration of martial arts techniques, if the new and old energy clashed, it could lead to a loss of control at any time.

Although the Taiji Yin-Yang diagram he had manifested in his dantian could temporarily maintain balance and partially transform Yin-Yang energy, its actual effect was far inferior to that of a true Martial Extreme Realm martial arts technique.

Unfortunately, Martial Extreme Realm martial arts techniques are valuable, and Shang Xia had only hoped to find one among the six brocade cloud carriages, but he was ultimately disappointed.

Although he did not find a Martial Extreme Realm martial arts technique, Shang Xia unexpectedly found three things that interested him.

One was a potion stored in a fire sand bottle.

The fire sand bottle is made from volcanic ash and can effectively prevent the loss of energy from fire-attribute potions and Extraordinary materials.

The potion in the bottle is a second-stage Extraordinary potion that is highly effective for cultivating fire-attribute energy. Shang Xia recognized it as the Red Crystal Powder.

This potion is a specialized auxiliary potion for Extraordinary martial cultivators in the Martial Extreme Realm, and it is only useful for those who follow the fire path in the Two Poles Dao.

Shang Xia had initially wondered whether the Yin-Yang energy in his body could be strengthened with the Red Crystal Powder.

However, when he opened the bottle, the energy from the potion immediately resonated with the Yin-Yang energy in his body, and he knew that this potion might be effective for his cultivation.

This led Shang Xia to wonder whether the energy in his dantian was the Yin-Yang extreme he had anticipated, or more inclined towards the ice and fire extreme.

Recalling the ice and lava phenomena in the small lake under the simultaneous appearance of the sun and moon, Shang Xia felt a bit unsettled.

He needed to find a suitable martial arts technique as soon as possible. Only by effectively and finely controlling the energy in his dantian could he truly explore the mysteries of the Yin-Yang energy in his body.

Another item was a brush!

A brush made from the tip of a thorn wolf's tail, also known as a thorn hair brush!

The thorn wolf's hair is extremely resilient and can even pierce through steel with the penetration of energy, making it an excellent material for making brushes.

Shang Xia had already achieved a certain level of proficiency in making martial talismans and could be considered a first-stage talisman master.

Although the only martial talisman he could currently make was the Thunder Pattern Talisman, and he had to use a century-old lightning-struck wood talisman and the essence of thunder condensed by a martial arts mystique to achieve the quality of a first-stage talisman,

With this thorn hair brush in hand, Shang Xia was confident that he could try to make the Thunder Pattern Talisman without the century-old lightning-struck wood talisman, using ordinary talisman paper or boards.

Moreover, he could attempt to make various first-stage talismans, not just the Thunder Pattern Talisman.

"With this thorn hair brush, I can at least use it until I become a second-stage talisman master!"

Shang Xia happily hid the brush in his sleeve.

In his view, the value of this brush was almost on par with a low-grade weapon!

The third item was a box of talisman jade!

Talisman jade is different from jade talismans. The former is actually a blank jade talisman without any talisman patterns, while the latter is a type of talisman, and a relatively advanced one at that.

Shang Xia had just found a thorn hair brush in one of the brocade cloud carriages, and then he found a box of talisman jade in another.

If these two items had not been found in different carriages, Shang Xia would have suspected that they belonged to the same person.

Generally, the carriers used to make talismans are divided into two types: general-purpose and specialized or custom-made.

General-purpose carriers are easy to understand, the most common being talisman paper, which can be used to make various types of talismans.

Specialized carriers, on the other hand, are like the century-old lightning-struck wood talisman board Shang Xia used, which is only suitable for making Thunder Pattern Talismans or other lightning-related talismans, with obvious power.

However, general-purpose talisman carriers also have different qualities. The box of talisman jade in Shang Xia's hand is a higher-quality carrier than ordinary talisman paper.

This talisman jade can not only be used to make various types of talismans like talisman paper, but it also has a higher success rate and greater power when making talismans.

The box of talisman jade Shang Xia obtained contained thirty-six pieces, each about two inches long, one inch wide, and two-tenths of an inch thick.

In terms of value, it was almost equivalent to the two boxes of twelve century-old lightning-struck wood talisman boards he had previously obtained.

"Using this quality of talisman jade to make first-stage talismans seems a bit wasteful."

Shang Xia's eyes sparkled as he thought, "Now that I have advanced to the Martial Extreme Realm, why not try making second-stage talismans?"

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Calling for the collection of all fellow Daoists!