The Desire to Be Eternal

Chapter 16: Be Careful

Bai Xiaochun lay there in the courtyard, filled with his obsession. His body was hurting, but somehow he could tell that his skin was harder than before. That made him even more hopeful of becoming a pharmacist.

After lying there in the courtyard for more than an hour, the trembling and painful feeling finally faded. Bai Xiaochun crawled into a cross-legged position, his eyes flashing as he patted his bag to produce medicinal pills and medicinal incense.

Upon closer inspection, he took a deep breath, glanced around stealthily, then returned to the log cabin, where he once again took out the turtle.

“I can take this medicine as is. But after I made a spirit enhancement, it should be able to break my cultivation base from the third level of Qi Condensation to the fourth level. It's a pity that two-color firewood is very expensive. The oven had a few, but I was no longer a waitress there, which made things complicated. " Bai Xiaochun's excitement about medicinal pills continued to grow. After thinking for a while, he stopped hesitating and produced a one-color piece of firewood.

“i will only do basic upgrades! That'll be good enough! " He quickly lit the firewood, and the resulting one-color fire caused the first turtle design to light up. He opened the medicine bottle and poured out the three medicinal pills contained within, all as big as a longan fruit.

After performing three spirit improvements, a flickering silver design could be seen on the surface of the medicinal pill. He also increased the green incense. In the end, he sat there looking at the four different spirit medicines where he had made basic improvements. Finally, he placed an incense stick in front of him and then inserted three medicinal pills into his mouth.

Then he checked the images in the Violet Qi Cauldron Art Control manual, and followed the mnemonic when he started practicing cultivation. Immediately, the spiritual energy in his body boiled. He could now maintain his posture longer than before, and he could feel his cultivation base rising rapidly.

After the time it took for the incense to burn, a small river of spiritual energy within him flowed through his body, and he could feel that he was approaching a breakthrough to the fourth level of Qi Condensation.

"I only need to hold on for a hundred breaths of time, and I can break through!" He gritted his teeth while continuing to maintain the posture in the fourth image. His body was swollen so he felt like a ball, and cracking sounds could be heard inside him. Grain of sweat flowed from him.

It was at this point that spiritual energy began to diminish. Bai Xiaochun's eyes narrowed in concentration, and he blew a mouthful of spiritual energy into the green incense stick in front of him.

As soon as the spiritual energy touched the green incense stick, it lit up, causing the green smoke tendrils to twist like a green snake. They flew through the air, went into Bai Xiaochun's eyes, ears, nose, and mouth, and then turned into powerful spiritual energy. In a few moments, the flow of spiritual energy within him had multiplied.

Rumbling could be heard as shock waves like wind shot out from Bai Xiaochun, spreading out through the cabin and then into the courtyard. His eyes were open, and they were shining with pleasure.

"Fourth level of Qi Condensation!" he exclaimed, laughing.

He could immediately feel the spiritual energy flowing through him, by bringing about a powerful life force. He felt more agile, and when he looked down, he saw black dirt clinging all over his body. It would be the dirt inside his body that had just been forced out.

His body flickered as he floated out of the wooden hut. After tidying up the courtyard a little, he stood there feeling extremely excited. He quickly performed a spell motion and waved his finger, causing his wooden sword to fly out of his bag by holding a beam of light.

He sent her flying back and forth, eyes sparkling with satisfaction. The wooden sword was already incredible, but now combined with the cultivation base of the fourth level of Qi Condensation, it had a more conspicuous air.

“Enhancement is amazing. It would be great if I could use a three-colored flame. Such a medicinal pill would be amazing! " The more he thought about it, the more magical spirit medicines seemed to be. Regardless of whether it was in pill or incense form, it was definitely an absolute necessity to practice cultivation.

"I will definitely become an amazing pharmacist! I'll make pills live - forever never die! Then I will increase it tenfold – no, wait, I will increase it a hundredfold! " Bai Xiaochun's desire to become an apothecary grew stronger. Suddenly, he slapped his bag to hold the jade slip.

It was none other than the jade slip given to him by Hou Yunfei when they went to the 10,000 Medicinal Pavilion together. Inside are pictures of 10,000 types of plants and plants. Only Fragrant Cloud Peak possessed this type of ancient record, and it was something that all apprentice apothecaries had to master.

Of course, only 10,000 kinds of plants and herbs were just the beginning. According to Hou Yunfei, after memorizing it, you can get another volume.

With a look of determination, he circulated his spiritual energy, and images of various kinds of plants and herbs appeared in his mind. He was filled with a strange feeling, as if an entire new page of life had opened up in front of him. There was even a description of the medicinal plants needed to trade for the Longevity Enhancing Pill that Prolonged Life.

After examining the contents of the jade slip, he realized that memorizing every 10,000 items would not be too difficult. However, he was not just any old man. His goal was to become a great apothecary who could concoct Life-For eternity Pill KB.

The evil determination hidden in his personality once again exploded. This was not just memorizing a simple list; he had to carefully observe all the details of each type of medicinal plant. Only after understanding the plant fully could he move on to the next one.

Back when he was under such pressure because of Xu Baocai, he had been practicing cultivation like a madman for half a year. Now, with even greater aspirations, something similar happened.

He studied medicinal plants down to the smallest detail, until he could close his eyes and remember each other's images.

However, he still felt that it was not enough, and hoped that he could learn the actual item to make his research complete. Unfortunately, there was nothing he could do about it. All he could do was carefully research what he had, including the shape of the leaves and the pattern of his veins.

After that, he still did not feel confident enough. Next, he studied the tiny hairs growing on the plant, and even the tiny pore-like holes underneath.

Time pass. Soon, a month passed. During that time, he spent every day practicing the fourth level of the Violet Qi Cauldron Control Art, and became much more comfortable with his cultivation base. At the same time, he had not forgotten the Undead Immortal Life Technique. Every day, he endured the pain as he ran around his courtyard practicing it, simultaneously memorizing the plants and vegetation from the jade slip. Unfortunately, the jade slip did not have a table of contents, so he was not sure exactly how much he had memorized so far.

In addition to exercising in his courtyard, he often stopped by the spirit field in a corner, where he planted ten medicinal herbs.

These ten plants are winter bamboo. He had gone to the outer Sect disciple of the Fragrant Cloud Peak Mission Stele half a month before and chose a simple, harmless mission to obtain it.

Bai Xiaochun did not dare to forget what Li Qinghou had told him. The sect disciples needed to complete at least one mission every half year; it was the sect rule that Bai Xiaochun had maintained firmly in his mind.

The merit point rewards for this mission were significant, and could actually be higher depending on how many items were handed over in the end. It was a simple mission, but it required a bit of a waste of time; he had to take care of the plants for three months before he could hand over the mission.

Of course, winter bamboo could be catalyzed by the spiritual energy of a cultivator, which would make it grow faster. Unfortunately, Bai Xiaochun did not have time to test that method, and only planted seeds in his spirit field once he returned.

"You grow very slowly," he said, staring at the spirit field. From the description in the jade slip, he knew that winter bamboo required a lot of spiritual energy to grow properly. If the land it was growing on did not have strong spiritual energy, then the cultivator needed to add spiritual energy personally.

He crouched down and took out a handful of earth from the spirit field. After a while, he muttered, "I bet this spirit field does not have enough spiritual energy, and that is why the winter bamboo spirit grows so slowly.

"What can I do to get the spiritual energy of the spirit field to become a little stronger …?" After a moment of thought, his expression lit up, and he reached out his right hand, which in it manifested a turtle wok.

He looked at the frying pan, and then returned to the spirit field, and his eyes began to shine.

"If this frying pan can enhance anything, then .. I should be able to do spirit enhancement in the spirit land, right?" Feeling very curious all of a sudden, he quickly dug out the winter bamboo seed, then filled the turtle with spirit soil and produced a one-color piece of firewood to conduct the test.

Immediately, the silver light lit up, and the earth spirits in the turtles shone with the basic spirit enhancement design. The light quickly faded away, but the spirit land clearly emitted a spiritual energy that was much stronger than before.

Bai Xiaochun was very pleased. Not feeling the slightest bit of discomfort, he quickly began to raise one wokful of the spirit land after another. After more than an hour had passed, when he had almost run out of one-color firewood, the entire spirit field had benefited from the enhancement of the basic spirit.

Of course, it was only the top level of the ground. He didn't have enough firewood to go lower. Therefore, since there was no basis for the spirit land, after sufficient time had passed, it would gradually return to normal.

Even so, the current spiritual energy in the spirit field had undergone a shocking transformation, shaking the earth, and was so powerful that it caused the fragrant fragrance to spin.

Bai Xiaochun immediately planted the winter bamboo seeds, then stood by the side watching. It doesn't take long before some small shoots appear and start growing quickly.

In the blink of an eye, they were almost a meter away. In fact, if the disciples in the sect who were adept at growing medicinal herbs saw what happened, they would definitely gasp. Even if a cultivator skillfully nurtured a plant with spiritual energy, they would not grow so quickly.

After all ... no one in the cultivation world has ever been so extravagant as to do spirit enhancement on the ground, all for the purpose of growing ten winter bamboo stalks …

Even famous grandmothers of spirit enhancement would never think of doing such a thing; it was too much of a waste.

Seeing that the winter bamboo was now growing well, Bai Xiaochun felt very happy. He turned around and continued running around the courtyard, simultaneously studying the plants and vegetation on the jade slip.

The sun began to set, and the sky became dark. Considering that winter bamboo stems have grown taller than one meter, and still do not seem to reach full height, it is difficult to say ….

That night, Bai Xiaochun finally took down the jade. After a ruthless hard work, he finally completely memorized 10,000 kinds of plants and herbs. He had even discovered some areas in the description of medicinal plants that revealed how they were at odds with other medicinal plants.

"Tomorrow mornings, I will search for the second volume about plants and herbs. I wonder what the tests in the 10,000 Medicine Pavilion will look like. Can I really get through it? ”

Bai Xiaochun adjusted his chin and flicked his sleeves. He had just planned on saying bold and bold words, but then, could not help but feel a little anxious. Clearing his throat, he picked up the jade slip again and began to study again. He could not shake the fear that some problems would appear in the exam.