Chapter 63

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Some medicines have very strong effects, but the time intervals will be very long. Some can even increase one's power by ten years in a single use, but they can only be used again after five or six years. Although the increase in power is fast, most people would not use them. This is because the sudden increase in power is hard to control, and the foundation becomes shallow, easily causing stagnation in one's realm. On the other hand, power that increases gradually can be digested bit by bit, not only without side effects but also beneficial for the growth of strength.

As for why there are such time intervals, it is likely due to human factors. After reaching saturation, the body naturally rejects further "intake." Since this time interval varies for each person, and even for the same person, there can be differences at different times.

Different people have different constitutions, which can absorb different amounts of medicinal power. For the same person, this difference is due to personal growth. As one's power grows to a certain level, the capacity expands, allowing for a larger amount of saturation.

These are all common medicines that can be used repeatedly. Some power-increasing medicines, however, are not common and can only be used once in a lifetime. After using them once, they cannot be used again. The benefit is that these non-reusable pills and the common reusable medicines do not share the same time interval. In simple terms, they are independent of each other. As long as you have the conditions, you can take them every day, but the premise is whether your dantian can handle it.

These one-time pills are directly evaluated based on the amount of power they increase; the more, the better...

Bu Zheng now needs to determine whether his pill is a one-time use or can be used repeatedly. If it is a one-time use, it can be sold at a high price. If it is reusable, it depends on how long the time interval is.

This will only be determined after he absorbs the medicinal power, which means he needs to finish this cultivation session.

Time passed, but Bu Zheng didn't know how long when he first opened his eyes. He only knew his feeling, which was one word—

"Awesome!"

His whole body felt comfortable, as if he were basking in a warm spring breeze, and every cell in his body was breathing, making him feel very smooth.

"The effect of this medicine is really good, but unfortunately, it's not a one-time use..." Bu Zheng concluded that this medicine could be taken repeatedly. For most people, this would be a cause for joy, but he found this result unsatisfactory.

This is because he wanted to sell it for money, and a one-time use would fetch a much higher price. Most importantly, the ingredients for such a pill are hard to find. After so many years, no one has found them in ancient ruins, indicating that they are very rare. His finding them this time was just luck.

The remaining ingredients can only make one batch, and if successful, it would yield about five or six pills. This quantity is too small, and it would be better to sell qi-refining pills, where quantity is key.

The only thing that made Bu Zheng happy was that the medicinal properties of this pill might only last half a month, which is much longer than qi-refining pills, yuan-cultivating pills, true qi pills, and even true essence pills.

Even at the Earth level, true qi pills are the mainstay, and true essence pills are only used long-term by important people.

Of course, this doesn't mean that Bu Zheng's pills are better than theirs, as his can only be used for half a year. Others use them long-term, and only if Bu Zheng can consistently have them in the future can he say he is better in this aspect, but only in this aspect.

"Huh, it's already been three days? I've been sitting in meditation here for three days?" Bu Zheng saw the timer in the alchemy room and noticed that it had been more than three days. This timer is used to measure time during alchemy, and it only took a few hours to successfully create the pills, indicating that he had been cultivating for three days.

But thinking about it, this is quite normal. Cultivation has no sense of time, and sometimes it can last for years. A few days is nothing.

"Perfect, I'll make another batch and use up the last of the materials." Bu Zheng reset the timer and started a new batch.

Speaking of the timer, it uses "hu" as the unit, accumulating only in this unit. For alchemists, the smaller the time unit used for timing, the more accurate it is. (Note: Ten hu equal one second, and here, a second is the same as a modern second. Ancient definitions of seconds and hu are not fixed, but these two units exist, so it is set that a second is a modern second. Also, 300 seconds equal one zi, and three zi equal one ke!)

This time, Bu Zheng's alchemy went even more smoothly, and another loud sound marked the end of this session. The quality of the pills seemed even better this time, with a more obvious glow, though still faint. Bu Zheng noticed this but dismissed it as an illusion.

This time, the number of pills increased by one, from five to six, and the color seemed a bit better, indicating that Bu Zheng's alchemy skills had improved.

Each time he alchemizes, Bu Zheng's alchemy skills become more proficient, especially with experimental alchemy.

He wrapped the pills in the same cloth, took a shower, cooked a good meal to reward himself, and then tidied up other matters. Bu Zheng then took out the array formation secret manual to read.

"Wait, I got a book this time, I don't remember what it was, I should check it out." Bu Zheng suddenly remembered something at this moment.

In the Nan Kui ancient ruins, when Bu Zheng was alone while Chu Xiong and others entered the underground palace, he found an entrance to a room above the underground palace and went in. Inside, he discovered that the room seemed to be independent and not connected to the underground palace.

To be precise, it was not connected to the underground palace at that time. There was an entrance below the room, but it was blocked by soil and had been dug out before, but it seemed impossible to dig through.

In short, someone had seen this room but quickly abandoned it. Such rooms are too common in the Nan Kui ancient ruins, and no one would spend much time on them.

At that time, Bu Zheng didn't have much time, but his special talent noticed something unusual about the room. One stone brick seemed different from the others, though the difference was slight and might not be noticeable even with careful observation. Even if discovered, it might be considered a construction error or a natural change over the years.

Bu Zheng also thought these possibilities were likely, but he still checked the stone brick and found it to be a clever mechanism. The surface of the stone brick was a thin stone plate, and removing it revealed a very intricate mechanism box.

Bu Zheng had never seen such a mechanism box before, but he knew it was not an array device. It was locked by a clever mechanism and could only be opened with a specific method.