The Emperor of the Three Realms

chapter 163

Breaking through to the spirit realm was not a difficult task. If Jiang Chen wanted it, he had an eighty to ninety percent chance of doing so within a month.    

Although Jiang Chen wanted to do it quickly, he also did not want to be too hasty.    

The pill that he refined this time around was called “Dragon” Five-opening Heavenly Pill.    

The name is quite dominating. In fact, this was a pill that could split and form a sea of spirits.    

Jiang Chen naturally had better pills, but with the current state of the Skylaurel Kingdom, the Five Dragons Heaven Opening Pill was the limit of his abilities.    

Jiang Chen would not be able to gather the ingredients to make a better pill, and he was not sure it would succeed in its refinement.    

The Five Dragons Heaven Opening Pill was the most appropriate pill that Jiang Chen currently thought he could refine successfully.    

The good item he had tricked from Lu Wuji last time was the materials needed to refine the Five Dragons Heaven Opening Pill.    

Jiang Chen also knew very well that the success rate of this pill was not very high, so he made a very high demand for sufficient ingredients for ten tries. This way, he had enough ability to fail.    

The so-called five dragons from the Five Dragons Heaven Opening Pill actually referred to the five elements: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. These five elements are innately present in the human body, and are related to the five organs.    

The five dragons, as implied in them, were to train five types of qi and push them into becoming dragons.    

Opening Heaven means splitting the sea of spirits open.    

The pill was to combine the five types of qi into a dragon and split the sea of spirits – that was the origin of the name of the Five Dragons Heaven Opening Pill.    

Jiang Chen was well aware that even within the Skylaurel Kingdom, the Five Dragons Heaven Opening Pill should not exist.    

If this pill were to appear, it would definitely cause a commotion and public unrest.    

Of course, Jiang Chen was not that stupid so he introduced this type of pill to the market.    

This was different from the Heavenly Karma Pill and the Broad Ocean Pill. The pills only had a complementary purpose.    

But the Five Dragons Heaven Opening Pill was completely different. From many aspects, taking this pill was a mandatory step to enter the spirit realm.    

First, this pill could confirm, with ninety-nine percent certainty, that a true qi practitioner would not have an accident while attacking the spirit realm.    

If it could guarantee that there would be no accidents while attacking the spirit realm, then this would reverse everything if it appeared in the Skylaurel Kingdom.    

We should know, the practitioners at the peak of true qi realm were as numerous as the ox feathers in Skylaurel Kingdom, but less than one in a hundred had managed to invade the spirit realm.    

Some did not dare to try. They were afraid that if they failed, they would die and their training was erased.    

Some people are out of date to try and they know that they are unlikely to succeed, so they give up.    

Some tried, but failed. They are paralyzed or dead.    

Those lucky few managed to get through their efforts and get rid of the mortal coil to become a spirit, becoming a spirit realm practitioner that all true qi practitioners admired and respected.    

If true qi could not be converted into spirit qi, in the end one would become a worm.    

This was the true meaning of martial dao.    

The spirit realm represented the detachment from worldly things and reaching a higher level in one's studies.    

Staying in the true qi realm meant that one had yet to let go of the earthly shackles and ultimately remained an ordinary human being. As powerful as their martial power was, after all, they were still limited. Their lifespan was still limited compared to the lifespan of spirit realm practitioners.    

Therefore, the simple function of this Five Dragon Heaven Opening Pill was enough to make everyone go crazy over it.    

However, for the pill itself, guaranteeing success invading the spirit realm was only a basic function.    

Its most important function was to me the five types of inner qi and push the qi into dragons, forming spirit oceans, attacking the spirit ocean, and unearthing the potential of the spirit ocean within the body.    

It was this function that made the Five Dragons Heaven Opening Pill prove to be the greatest.    

From Jiang Chen's interaction with the disciples of the Purple Sun Sect, he knew that a spirit dao practitioner had an incredible advantage over a true qi realm.    

But from their movements, it seemed like the creation of their spirit sea had not been too successful. Their potential excavations are also very focused.    

From start to finish, he had seen the Purple Sun Sect disciples show potential almost only from the water attribute.    

The water attribute was only one of the five types of qi.    

In the greater world and the greater existential realm, if one was able to dig one or two areas, they were almost at the lowest level of existence and a non-mainstream practitioner.    

Even if they entered the spirit realm, their potential was usually at worst, their births were at the lowest, and their qualifications were the same as those of poor practitioners.    

If these unfortunate practitioners did not have the ability to obtain good pills and split the sea of spirits from their own hard work and training, they were often considered the lowest level of existence in the training world.    

The phrase 'one who is an expert in the civilian field will become poor, and one who is an expert in the military will be rich' is not a haphazard expression.    

If one does not have a strong family background and abundant wealth, being left behind by a single step due to a lack of strong economic support means being left behind for life.    

Few geniuses with extraordinary potential were able to trample many practitioners with their amazing abilities. These peerless geniuses did exist among the poor practitioners, but they were very, very few. It was like looking for a needle in a haystack and it was something that happened out of luck and not through searching.    

The current Jiang Chen, when compared to a sect disciple, was indeed a poor practitioner.    

Born to a minor duke in a mediocre kingdom, he lacked a strong family background, patronage, strong economic support, and a strong family, and it does not enjoy an endless supply of resources.    

“Whether it is the Eastern Kingdom or the Skylaurel Kingdom, everything came to a halt along my martial path. While life goes on, there is no rest in the path of martial arts. Looks like I have to speed up my pace.”    

…    

Old man Fei did have many forts in the capital. It was similar to a cunning rabbit that had three holes in its burrow.    

“Chen Young, this is one of the best pill rooms in the capital. There was no disturbance from the surroundings and the location was more isolated. Whaddya think? If you don't like it, I'll take you to another.”    

“No need, this is fine.” Jiang Chen understood that the conditions of the Skylaurel Kingdom were like this, so he was very demanding.    

Old man Fei hesitated, a fawning expression on his face, but he stopped after opening his mouth. “Chen Young, I'm quite curious, what pills are you perfecting?”    

“What, you curious?”    

Old man Fei nodded his head like a chicken pecking at rice. "Yes yes! Young Chen, your movements are powerful and uncontrollable with talent, full of mystery and unfathomable. I want to know about anything about young Chen.”    

“Don't nag me. These pills are of no use to you, so don't waste too much time thinking about them. Right now, the neighborhood patrols around for me for the next ten days to half a month. Remember, do not let strangers approach within a hundred meters of this place.”    

After hearing that this pill was of no use to him, the old man's curiosity eased up a little. Hearing that Jiang Chen wanted him to observe the surroundings, the old man did not reject him, but he was somewhat excited to leave.    

What the hell does this mean? This meant that Jiang Chen was going through the first steps to receive it!    

Young Chen was a genius under the protection of a mysterious expert. Old man Fei felt that it was an honor for him to be recognized and accepted by the young Chen.    

“Please calm down, young Chen, I will drag out anyone who dares to interfere with your pill refinement and cut it into pieces to become fertilizer for the Qingyang Valley. Ah, it's a pity that I can't observe young Chen's refining pills. What a pity.” The old man begged him with a pitiful look.    

Jiang Chen chuckled when he knew that the old man was the most expert at pushing his luck. He did not engage in a conversation with her and directly walked into the pill room.    

Although there was no pill refining formation, it had to be said, old man Fei was still quite competent. This pill room had been prepared quite well, with all the equipment required in full readiness. Jiang Chen did not need to prepare anything. He only needed to bring his own raw materials to begin with.    

The Five Dragon Heaven Opening Pill had five types of materials corresponding to the five elements namely metal, wood, water, fire, and earth.    

There are over eighteen additional ingredients.    

The refining process of these pills was quite complicated and detailed, as well as the refining process was also quite long. It would require tremendous energy and concentration, so Jiang Chen wanted to utilize the pill refining formation.    

Jiang Chen sat cross-legged in front of the pill cauldron and he used the Eye of God to closely observe the quality of the cauldron, making sure there were no problems with it.    

He then observed other purification tools, such as lighters and tinder.    

Those were all the basic tools of a pill expert, and these were the important steps before refining a pill.    

There was not the slightest accident that could occur during the pill refinement process. The pill will fail miserably and wasted in case of an accident, and the ingredients will be wasted.    

These materials are hard to come by. It was impossible to gather everything in the Skylaurel Kingdom if one did not have a certain path, and it would be difficult to buy everything in a short period of time even if one had the money for it.    

“In the end, I have to thank that idiot Lu Wuji. If not for him firmly and diligently committing a foolish act and angering Elder Ning and Shi Xiaoyao, this matter would probably not be as smooth as this.”    

Jiang Chen revealed a mischievous smile at the corner of his lips as he looked at the featured ingredients. Lu Wuji really is Santa Claus!    

Even Jiang Chen hesitated. Is it better to destroy this opponent, who looks smart on the surface but is actually as stupid as a pig, or better to let him live?    

If considered carefully, it seems a good thing to keep an opponent like this as Santa Claus.    

The first lighters were lit, then the second, third, fourth, and fifth lighters.    

There were five fires in total.    

There is also the art of lighting a fire. The relevant flame was required depending on what type of pill was refined. There is a big difference between a metal fire, a wood fire, and so on.    

Jiang Chen lit a fire according to the relationship between the five elements and warmed the pill cauldron.    

He has done all these steps carefully and according to how he should progress in all those steps.    

Jiang Chen had performed these refinement steps many times in the past few days. He was sure nothing was missed.    

The five main ingredients are then added to the pill cauldron in order, with additional ingredients afterwards. They are mixed according to the proper fire, slowly boiled with the appropriate fire…    

Although Jiang Chen had simulated all sorts of details many times before, he also felt the number was many and it was quite exhausting.    

This was Jiang Chen — if any pill experts were to blow up the spirit realm, they would probably spit out blood before making it through one process.    

After being trained in “Boulder's Heart”, Jiang Chen's mental concentration was more than ten times that of an ordinary person. Even so, he still felt a little tired after undergoing those steps one by one.    

It is a good thing that after following these steps, the next is manual operation. This was his test of control over fire. It requires manipulation and observation skills. With the level of his God's Eye, it shouldn't be a big deal.    

Time passed in seconds and minutes. Jiang Chen looked as green smoke began to billow from the pill cauldron. This green smoke had actually steamed all of its ingredients, and it was trash and the rest of the spirit materials.    

Upon seeing the green smoke getting dimmer, Jiang Chen knew that the fire was almost ready. This is the end of the process, and it is certain whether the pill is successful or not.    

In that case, even someone as calm as Jiang Chen felt a faint sensation of blood flowing in his veins. This was the first time he had refined pills so seriously.    

As a pill expert in his previous life, Jiang Chen felt tragic as he became restless regarding whether the Five Dragons Heaven Opening Pill was successful or not, yet it also felt an infinite power to continue fighting for.