Become Eternals

Effectiveness of Spirit Enhancement

There were no rats or mice on Fragrant Cloud Peak. Such a thing could not exist in a cultivation location like this, unless they were actually spirit beasts. However, ants were a common thing on the mountain.

Ants are a common part of nature, and usually live in large rock crevices that may exist all over the mountain. They posed no problems for cultivators, and were basically just a normal part of mountain life. Because of this, only a few people noticed them.

Today, however, the disciples who served around the Medicine Synthesis Pavilion were shocked to discover that countless ants were crossing to the ground towards the pavilion itself.

The disciples who were on duty gasped; there were so many ants that it was impossible to determine how many they were. The sight itself was enough to make their scalps numb. “What.... what happened !?”

At the same time, many disciples in the various pill concocting workshops exclaimed in shock, and the sound of pill furnaces exploding could be heard. Although the pill-making workshop was protected by a spell formation, they were also built on the slopes of the mountain, which meant that ants could easily enter it through various small gaps covering the mountain.

Everything is heading to one particular workshop.

It was of course the workshop occupied by Bai Xiaochun, who wore an expression of curiosity as he looked at the black medicinal pill. It was at that moment that he noticed the commotion outside, and suddenly realized that the workshop he was in happened to be filled with ants.

The ants almost went crazy, and all of them headed straight for him.

The ant apocalypse had struck Fragrant Cloud Peak! Bai Xiaochun screamed, jumping to his feet. Unexpectedly, even as Bai Xiaochun jumped to his feet, so did the ants, heading straight for the black medicinal pill he was holding.

Bai Xiaochun's scalp was completely numb, and the first thing he could do was dispose of the medicinal pill. Almost immediately after leaving his hand, the ant changed direction, pouncing on it.

The pill was instantly swallowed, turning into a ball of ants, a sight that caused blood to flow from Bai Xiaochun's face.

A moment later, the ball of ants suddenly collapsed, and the ants rushed back into the crevices and crevices. There was no trace left of the medicinal pill.

In fact, there were no ants left in the entire Medicine Synthesis Pavilion. The ants came quickly, and disappeared quickly. Of course, many disciples who lost the spirit medicines they were working on felt a little depressed by what had happened, but there was nothing they could do about it. Furthermore, the disciples on duty, after confirming that no major losses had occurred, decided not to report the strange incident.

Bai Xiaochun knew exactly why the ants were going crazy, but for everyone, the only thing they saw was the passing ants.

Bai Xiaochun's heart was still pounding in fear. There seemed to be nothing strange about the pill he had just made. However, he was very focused on doing the perfect job, a job that was even better than his previous efforts. Now that he thought about it, he realized that he had actually made some adjustments to the ratio in the last batch of Spirit Refilling Pills.

“Could the last Spirit Charging Pill be something that is very beneficial to ants?” Bai Xiaochun shook his head as he thought about how extraordinary he was. Not only could he concoct a shocking medicinal pill, he could also concoct a pill that drove ants mad.

After leaving the workshop, he heard the murmuring of depression from the other disciples, and felt a little guilty. Down, he quickly rushed away.

Several days passed, during which time Bai Xiaochun confirmed that the incident in the Drug Synthesis Pavilion did not cause any waves in the sect. Finally, he returned, paid the merit points, then chose another workshop to concoct medicine.

This time, he started working on Longevity Incense.

Concocting incense and concocting pills were two different things, and required different techniques as well. Pills are consumed, while incense is inhaled. Of course, the final form was also different, one was a pill, the other was an incense stick.

Considering what happened last time, Bai Xiaochun was very careful in the way he worked on the Longevity Incense. Two months passed, and after using ten batches of ingredients, he obtained seven servings.

He left feeling quite satisfied, seven servings of Longevity Incense in hand. Returning to the wooden cabin, he performed a triple spirit enhancement, after which the Longevity Incense turned into a deep purple color. Although the three spirit designs were somewhat faint, they were still visible. Furthermore, the feeling he got upon seeing the incense was completely different from before.

Bai Xiaochun looked seriously at the Longevity Incense, and realized that he himself was also very different from before. Previously, he had not understood anything about spirit medicine at all, but after concocting himself, he was much more knowledgeable. For example, he knew that all kinds of spirit medicines would have impurities, impurities that should not be absorbed into the body, but were difficult to separate. Such impurities can accumulate in the body and eventually become what is called a medicinal poison.

That was why many experienced members of the Inner Sect were hesitant to recommend that less experienced disciples take medicinal pills. Theoretically, many medicinal poisons can be removed from the body. However, if one consumed too many medicinal pills and accumulated too many medicinal poison, it could affect their cultivation in the future.

Therefore, depending on how much impurities were present in a particular spirit medicine, it would be classified as one of six different levels.

If the medicine was about eighty percent impure, it would be considered low-grade, which was the most common type of spirit medicine. Sixty percent of impurities were considered middle class, and such drugs were not common. In fact, only true expert pharmacists were known to manufacture such medicines.

Drugs that are only forty percent impure are high-grade, and rare. As for medicines that were twenty percent impure, it was considered superior grade, and if only ten percent were not pure, it was premium grade. It was medicines that usually only appeared at large auctions.

Then there were spirit medicines that did not have any impurities, legendary highest grade medicines.

Previously, he had not really understood what he was doing when he was doing spirit enhancement on spirit medicines. But after carefully examining the Longevity Incense, he realized that it did not make it stronger, as it did with the magic item. Rather..it actually improves the quality of spirit medicines!

The Longevity Incense he was holding right now was only forty percent impure, meaning it was a superior grade medicine!

As soon as he realized this, Bai Xiaochun became extremely excited. Then he considered the matter a little more, and decided to travel to the Violet Cauldron Peak. His goal was not to visit Big Fatty Zhang, but rather to visit the only Spirit Enhancement Hall that existed on the southern edge of the Spirit Stream Sect.

There, the Outer Sect disciples could use achievement points to obtain the help of the Elders in the Spirit Enhancement Hall to perform spirit enhancement. Although there was still a possibility of failure, many disciples frequented the place.

After taking a look at the Spirit Enhancement Hall, and also making a few secret questions, Bai Xiaochun was able to confirm that performing spirit enhancement on spirit medicine did indeed reduce impurities and make it more effective.

After returning to Fragrant Cloud Peak, Bai Xiaochun looked excitedly at the incense he had made, then finally lit one stick and took a deep breath. Almost instantly, he felt full as if he had just eaten a large meal. Furthermore, as the aura of incense spread within him, he felt warm and comfortable. It was as if the flame of his life force had been triggered, and was now burning a little hotter.

Continuing to inhale the incense, he proceeded to develop the Eternal Life Technique. As soon as the hunger struck him, he took a deep breath, and the feeling quickly faded.

The seven stalks of Longevity Incense allowed Bai Xiaochun to develop the Eternal Life Technique for half a month. During that time, he could feel his Eternal Iron Skin growing stronger.

Feeling very excited, he arranged his storage bag, then went to the market and sold some of the items he had obtained from Chen Fei and his friends. Using his advantage, he bought ten more sets of ingredients for the Longevity Incense, and once again started making medicine.

Thanks to his constant care and attention to detail, his success rate in concocting Longevity Incense increased, from seventy percent to eighty, and eventually reached one hundred percent.

However, he was still not satisfied. Although his success rate had reached one hundred percent, the quality of the spirit medicine produced was only low-grade.

His skill was not something that could be changed in a short period of time, leaving him with the only option: to use spirit enhancement to remove impurities. When he used the Longevity Incense in cultivation, he would take a deep breath and feel the true happiness that could be achieved in Heaven and Earth.

The Eternal Life Forever Technique improved every day, as did its cultivation base, which was now approaching the great circle of the sixth level of Qi Condensation.

His greatest progress was with this Eternal Life Technique. With just a little more work, he would be able to achieve great success with the Eternal Iron Skin. Bai Xiaochun's body was much stronger and more durable than before, and when he used the Throat Destruction Grap, his fingers were black more concentrated than before.

However, at that moment, the Longevity Incense began to slowly lose its effectiveness. In the end, it barely did anything, causing Bai Xiaochun to sigh. He is aware that if you take enough of a certain spirit medicine, the body will eventually adapt to it, and it will lose its effectiveness.

If he wanted to continue his cultivation, he would need spirit medicines that were even better than Longevity Incense. Unfortunately, the formula for such spirit medicines was tightly controlled. It was impossible to buy them on the market; they could only be obtained with merit points after being promoted to a day-worker apothecary.

The only other option was to go to a larger market, but such places were a bit far from sects. After considering the matter, Bai Xiaochun lit up with determination.

“I will be promoted to a daily worker pharmacist!”

Considering his experience concocting medicines, as well as his expertise with plants and herbs, it shouldn't be too much of a problem to qualify for the promotion. However, to be safe, he spent the next few days purchasing some random medicinal formulas. After concocting each one a few times, then analyzing his failure, he felt much more confident, and went to register for the daily worker apothecary promotion test.

Of course, the Promotion Test was not something held for one individual. Only if enough people have registered will the test be held. After waiting another month, even as he thought about some things about spirit medicines, his identity medal inside his handbag started to tremble. When he pulled it out, an ancient voice filled his mind.

“Tomorrow at dawn, come to Journeyman Apothecary Hall, where the exam for the promotion of daily worker pharmacists will be held.”