Enlightenment: Beginning as a Disposable Warrior-Chapter 168 - 129: Crystal Clear Insight, Spiritual Infusion Achieved

The wine stored in the cellar won't spoil and it becomes more fragrant with age, which is why Su Mu bought six hundred pots all at once.

On that day, Su Mu brought twenty pots of wine to the clinic. When the Pharmacist saw the wine, his eyes lit up, and the Little Doctor, seeing this, pouted, "I knew you were just greedy, Master."

Cough, cough.

The Pharmacist, feeling a bit uncomfortable under his apprentice's gaze, coughed a few times, "I will prepare medicinal wine for young Su."

"Ah, Master, you!"

Suddenly, the Little Doctor cried out shyly, her ears turning bright red to the roots, and she dared not look at Su Mu again, "I, I'll help Master..."

The arrival of the Ancient River Commerce Association brought the news of Li Feiyu's deeds in Canghe County, slaying the Flower-Picking Thief Bai Yi, and the Li Family in Guzhou Town building a memorial shrine. These stories quickly spread.

For a while, the name 'Unparalleled Boxing and Stick Skills, Li Feiyu' became famous in Cyan Cloud.

The Flower-Picking Thief Bai Yi had rampaged across the Cang River for decades, infamous even in the Cyan Cloud area. Slaying such a villain and the Li Family's memorial shrine added a mysterious aura to Li Feiyu.

In recent days, storytellers have modified the tales they heard, and the teahouses were filled with applause during the day, earning as much in three to five days as they usually did in months, not unlike the Plum Blossom Knight from Shuangbai Town before.

The stories of Li Feiyu circulated in the marketplace, while Su Mu, at the center of events, lived a peaceful and tranquil life.

In the blink of an eye, three days passed again. The long stick in Su Mu's hand stirred the Cold Pool Water slowly, but bubbles continuously rose from the water as if it were about to boil.

Blood Transformation Technique (Small Success 1%)

In just five days, without any breakthroughs, Su Mu swiftly cultivated the Eighth Grade Blood Transformation Technique, one of the absolute arts of the Forging Workshop, to the level of Small Success.

That night, a scorched smell wafted from a courtyard on North Yanque Street.

"Failed again... still can't form the shape."

Su Mu frowned at a failed batch of pills in the medicine furnace. A few days ago, he had started attempting to refine the Jade Bone Pill for beyond the Third Bone Forging.

However, he encountered his first setback after achieving a Great Success in Alchemy Art.

For days, batch after batch of Jade Bone Pills failed, not a single one forming successfully. Su Mu took a pill from the medicine furnace, pinched it slightly, and it turned to powder.

"Just what went wrong... or is it my Alchemy Art not up to par?"

Su Mu thought it was likely the latter, so he carefully reviewed the recipe again and began a fresh attempt at refining.

The days that followed returned to calm for Su Mu, as if the widely spread tales of Li Feiyu had nothing to do with him. He spent his days at the Forging Workshop studying Treasure-Making Art, and his nights cultivating Martial Arts and alchemy, living each day as it came.

Time flew by like a fleeting steed, and a month passed in the blink of an eye.

During this time, adhering to the principle of "out of sight, out of mind," Lin Ruoshui lent his Cold Pool Forging Room to Su Mu, while he shamelessly moved to Chen Yuntian's Profound Iron Room.

Chen Yuntian had a fiery temper, and so did Lin Ruoshui. Neither could deal with the other, so Lin Ruoshui moved in.

One noon, while the two were forging an iron billet, their expressions suddenly changed.

"Awoo!"

Unexpectedly, a deafening wolf howl echoed from outside.

"That sound means the Spiritual Infusion succeeded. Damn it, that old Lin Ruoshui is secretly doing Spiritual Infusion without telling me. No way, I have to go check." Just as Chen Yuntian finished speaking and was about to turn around.

Out of the corner of his eye, Chen Yuntian noticed a figure beside him. He looked closely and was stunned. 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖

"Lin, you old thing, what are you doing here?"

"Chen Yuntian, are you blind? Haven't I been here these days?"

Chen Yuntian was taken aback, thinking it over, it made sense.

"If it wasn't you, then who made that noise just now?"

"Are you asking me?"

The two fiery-tempered masters were about to start a big quarrel when they both simultaneously thought of a possibility, and their raised fists suddenly hung in the air.

"Damn it, how long has that little monster been learning from you?"

"A month, I think..."

Outside the Cold Pool Forging Room, the three master craftsmen gathered. Soon, Wu Lie, the Workshop Master of the Forging Workshop, hurried over. Upon seeing the three of them waiting outside the forging room, his pupils constricted, and he swallowed hard.

"Three master craftsmen, you are outside the forging room, could it be..."

Squeak!

At that moment, the door to the Cold Pool opened.

A burst of emancipated cold air and sharpness instantly made the four outside feel like needles were pricking their backs, and their scalps tingled. Looking closely, they saw Su Mu holding a short blade that shimmered with a mysterious blue glow.

A few breaths later, that mysterious blue glow slowly retracted into the blade.

At this point, a natural white mark was visible on the blade, a complete Grade-Entering Artifact Pattern.

"Martial Master, three master craftsmen, glad to be of service!"

Su Mu cupped his fists and saluted, holding the short blade out of the forging room, the Artifact Pattern on the short blade gleaming brilliantly in the sunlight.

"Good, good, good!"

Chen Yuntian stepped forward quickly, his fingers clawing the short blade like an eagle, his eyes flashing with brilliance, repeatedly praising it. His wrinkled face trembled slightly with excitement.

Zhao Ju and Wu Lie rushed over simultaneously, while only Lin Ruoshui remained standing in the spring breeze like a pine, his five fingers digging into his palm in his sleeve, his head buzzing.

This past month, he avoided coming here to avoid being hit hard, actually waiting daily for Su Mu to come for advice, so he could boast to Chen Yuntian.

"Lin, stop pretending to be aloof, come take a look."

Finally, Chen Yuntian's booming voice awakened Lin Ruoshui, and at this moment, Su Mu felt a new peculiar gaze fall upon him.

"Good lad, you really are a monster!"

Even Lin Ruoshui couldn't help but exclaim before quickly joining the others, surrounding Su Mu and marveling at him as if he were a rare, non-human treasure.

...

In the setting sun, Su Mu finally got away from the Forging Workshop, frowning. His Fourth Bone Forging progress was slow this month, and the Bone-Forger Ointment's efficacy was declining each day.

The Jade Bone Pill matter also puzzled Su Mu, so he went to the Yunhe Clinic.

In the springtime, the Little Doctor had changed into a light yellow dress, made from the silk Su Mu had given her, and greeted him joyfully like a dancing butterfly.

This scene could not help but bring a smile to Su Mu's face, dispelling much of his annoyance.

After having a few cups of tea, Su Mu took out a prescription from his clothes and handed it over, "I'd like to ask the Pharmacist to take a look at this prescription for me."

"Oh, a prescription?"

The Pharmacist, intrigued, took it. His eyes swept over the words 'Jade Bone Pill' and immediately closed it, handing it back, "Young friend, this prescription is too valuable."

"Are you experiencing problems while refining medicine, young friend?"

Immediatly, Su Mu spoke about his repeated failures in refining and the pills' inability to form shapes.

The Pharmacist pondered with his beard for a moment, "Is this prescription intended for beyond the Third Bone Forging?"

"You have a keen eye, Pharmacist."

Su Mu's eyes lit up, looking ready to listen.

The Pharmacist sighed while stroking his beard, "I surmised something based on the name 'Jade Bone Pill'. It's rumored that after three Bone Forgings, ordinary ointments become ineffective, like a clay ox entering the sea."

"To continue Bone Forging, one needs potent secret medicines. I didn't expect this to be true..." As the Pharmacist spoke, he suddenly leaned in to sniff around Su Mu.

"Cold... the pill's dispersal might be due to a clash of properties. Perhaps young friend could try using Demon Beast Blood in the formula?"

"Demon Beast Blood?!"

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