Chapter 8: The Green Arrow Talisman

The Immortal Sect inherited many systems from the previous civilization on Earth, such as the requirement for all medicinal pills sold on the market to list all their ingredients on the packaging.

This means that the formula for each type of pill must be included with the product.

However, if one wants to refine a pill based solely on the formula provided, it is almost impossible.

The combination of modern pharmaceutical techniques and alchemy is so complex that it would take days to explain. Therefore, although the formulas for medicinal pills are public knowledge, the refinement and production of pills remain a monopolized industry.

However, every time a major academy or Daoist institute develops a new pill, it requires a huge amount of resources, and it is only right that they make money. Otherwise, no one would be willing to invest in the pharmaceutical industry relying solely on the subsidies from the Immortal Sect.

The Purple Fire Pill from the Crimson Dawn Academy is specifically designed for practitioners in the middle stage of the Qi Cultivation realm to break through to the next level.

Among these, the success rate of breaking through from the fourth to the fifth layer of Qi Cultivation is the highest, around 60-70%. However, the success rate of breaking through from the fifth to the sixth layer is halved, only about 20-30%.

Moreover, if a practitioner has a higher affinity for water, the effect is halved again; if a practitioner has a higher affinity for wood and fire, the success rate can be increased by 10%.

Despite this, the Purple Fire Pill remains the most popular among similar pills.

Because of its mild nature, the Crimson Dawn Academy has refined the Purple Fire Pill's production process over hundreds of years to the point of perfection, eliminating any pill toxicity.

After taking it, one only needs to use the Qi Nourishing Technique, common among the masses of the Immortal Sect, to cultivate for ten to fifteen days to resolve any aftereffects of the forced breakthrough.

Chen Mobai had good luck.

Since the Purple Fire Pill is made primarily from the "Purple Sun Chrysanthemum," a specialty of Danxia City, which contains a thread of Yang Fire Purple Qi, using water Qi to nourish and resolve it can be highly effective.

This Water Mansion is built on a second-grade mid-quality water spirit vein, where the water Qi is most concentrated.

Two days later.

Chen Mobai opened his eyes with a look of pleasant surprise.

Feeling the smooth flow of spiritual energy within his body, he confirmed that his fifth layer of Qi Cultivation had been thoroughly stabilized.

It took less time than he had expected, which could only mean that he had underestimated the power of the second-grade mid-quality water spirit vein.

However, this was not his fault, as he came from an ordinary family and had never cultivated in a place of such high spiritual energy before.

He took out the box of glass beads he had bought earlier.

One, two, three... until the fifth bead emitted a colorful glow and slowly rose from his palm, Chen Mobai smiled happily.

He might really be able to reach the sixth layer of Qi Cultivation before the college entrance exam.

He stretched and got up.

Chen Mobai began to examine the Water Mansion again.

It was still the same as usual, unchanged.

Over the past two days, he had also consulted Old Ding, using the excuse that his private tutor had seen his rapid progress and increased the difficulty of his lessons, presenting him with the complex restriction as a challenge.

Old Ding, believing that his teaching had been very effective, was greatly pleased and, after carefully inquiring about the characteristics of the complex restriction, combined his teaching experience to provide two methods for breaking it.

The first method was similar to what Chen Mobai had thought: using a powerful restriction-breaking talisman to strike the weakest point of the restriction, breaking it by force.

The second method was to use a clever approach. Although a complex restriction is powerful, it is a combination of multiple spells, intricately linked. Breaking just one of them can cause the entire restriction to malfunction, even leading to its automatic collapse if the person who set it up was not skilled enough.

Old Ding, being a proud person, gave Chen Mobai the second method.

He suggested using a forbidden magical tool to isolate the water spirit vein's energy supply to the Water Mansion, then breaking the restriction step by step once it was exposed.

However, Chen Mobai was penniless, and the only magical tool he had was a children's version of the Demon Subduing Sword hanging in his room, which, due to the Light Spell cast on it, barely qualified as a low-grade first-class ornamental magical tool.

Checking the Immortal Sect's online market, he found that the cheapest magical tool that met the requirements cost 500 merit points.

He could only resort to the first method.

Chen Mobai took out three talismans with green arrows carved on them, his face showing pain.

These were mid-grade first-class "Green Arrow Talismans," each worth 35 merit points.

After consulting Old Ding for two days, Chen Mobai learned that the best way to break an unfamiliar water restriction was to use wood-based spells or talismans.

Using fire to attack water is naturally the most effective.

However, if the hidden power of the water restriction far exceeds the initial estimate, the intense reaction between water and fire could harm the person breaking the restriction, potentially leading to fatal consequences.

Wood also overcomes water, but it does not stimulate water spiritual energy as intensely as fire. Even if the restriction's power is unusually strong, the aftermath would not be too severe.

The "Green Arrow Talisman" has a similar power to the "Water Sword Talisman" that Chen Mobai had considered and added to his shopping cart.

The "Water Sword Talisman" can form a transparent water sword that can be freely manipulated and can last for up to fifteen minutes.

The "Green Arrow Talisman," when released, forms green arrows based on the practitioner's cultivation level, with a maximum of six arrows at once.

Chen Mobai, at the fifth layer of Qi Cultivation, can release five arrows.

Although it was a bit wasteful, there was no other choice; this was the most suitable talisman for breaking the restriction.

To ensure success, Chen Mobai not only used all his savings but also sold the blank talismans he had accumulated during his free time, barely managing to gather enough merit points to buy the three "Green Arrow Talismans."

"If there's nothing valuable inside after breaking the restriction, I'll be so broke I'll bleed," Chen Mobai muttered to himself, gathering his spiritual energy and even activating his "Wood Armor Talisman" to prevent any unexpected accidents during the restriction-breaking process.

Rushing water sounds suddenly filled the air.

To Chen Mobai's wide-eyed disbelief, a hole opened in the spherical light barrier surrounding the entire Water Mansion, and two figures fell through it.

One was old, with gray hair and holding a black flag, his eyes sharp and piercing.

The other was young, with an ordinary face, wearing a brown robe, and immediately maintaining a two-meter distance from the old man upon landing.

The two of them, along with Chen Mobai standing in the front hall, formed a triangle, each staring at the others.