Enlightenment: Beginning as a Disposable Warrior-Chapter 169 - 130: Demon Beast Blood, Hiring Thugs to Kidnap (4K1)

Su Mu suddenly froze, there was no mention of Demon Beast Blood in the Jade Bone Pill formula; the Demon Beast Blood he had was for spiritual infusion in the Forging Workshop rather than for medicine.

"Is the pharmacist saying that refining pills requires Demon Beast Blood as an ingredient?"

The pharmacist's hand, which was stroking his beard, paused, and he pondered before speaking, "I haven't refined such pills myself, but I've heard that this kind of pill requires Demon Beast Blood as an introductory medicine."

Demon Beast Blood as an introductory medicine.

Upon hearing this, Su Mu's eyes flickered. If the pharmacist was not mistaken, then the Jade Bone Pill formula he obtained from Bai Yi was incomplete.

"The failures in alchemy over the past month were not due to a lack of skill."

We can't see the true face of Mount Lu, simply because we are in the midst of it!

Su Mu suddenly realized, his eyes flashed with enlightenment, and he immediately asked about the medicinal conflict.

"Bone is the iron and stone of the human body. If it is true gold, why fear the fire of refinement?" The pharmacist got up and took a piece of cow bone from the medicine cabinet, tapping it lightly to produce the sound of metal and stone.

"A prescription is like a furnace; if blended with cold blood, it's like plunging a sword into cold water, which might counteract the medicinal efficacy in light cases, or make it viciously potent in severe cases. A single careless mistake might even damage one's muscles and bones; perhaps fire attribute demon blood containing flame qi is more suitable for medicine."

"Moreover, the flame qi contained within fire attribute Demon Beast Blood is far beyond what ordinary herbs can compare to; if used to refine medicinal wine, its efficacy can at least double."

"Young friend, you've walked farther on the Martial Path than I have; I can only offer insights from the perspective of medical skills..."

"Su Mu has learned from the experience."

Su Mu looked delighted and immediately clasped his fists in a respectful gesture.

After leaving the medical hall, Su Mu increasingly felt the pharmacist's words made sense; additionally, he felt the pharmacist's background was not simple. The pharmacist had heard of the 'Gu King' in the Southern Border and had knowledge about the secret medicine beyond the Third Bone Forging.

Such knowledge didn't seem like something someone from the remote Qingyun Three Counties could possess; Su Mu had copied many medical books from the medical hall, and none contained information on these aspects.

"Perhaps the pharmacist is not from Qingyun Three Counties... most likely from Qingzhou Prefecture."

This was not an impossible thing; after all, the brothers Shangguan Feng from the Qingfeng Gang had followed their mother from Qingzhou Prefecture.

At the same time, Su Mu increasingly realized the importance of vision and experience. Initially, when he detected an issue with alchemy, his first thought was to suspect his own alchemy skills, and then he brought the prescription to seek the pharmacist's clarification.

The reason was that Su Mu had never left the Qingyun Three Counties, and his vision was limited compared to the pharmacist; it wasn't purely a difference in medical skills and alchemy.

This experience made Su Mu more determined to leave Qingyun County one day.

After returning home, Su Mu took out the parchment recorded with the Jade Bone Pill formula again and compared it with the ancestral Three-in-One Body-Strengthening Soup he got from Master Zhou Mountain.

Regardless of the handwriting or the parchment, it was evidently more ancient than the ancestral formula from Master Zhou Mountain; the possibility of Bai Yi tampering with the formula was extremely low, it was indeed an old formula.

Su Mu's eyes flickered, and he quickly thought of two possibilities.

One, there could be two parts to the formula, one being the prescription, and the other being the Demon Beast Blood used as an introductory medicine.

Two, using Demon Beast Blood as an introductory medicine might be a commonly understood consensus, and the person who recorded the prescription did not write it down, assuming that successors would know.

Su Mu leaned more towards the second possibility, which could explain why the pharmacist was able to pinpoint the issue just from the name of the prescription.

"It's worth a try... Demon Beast Blood..."

Su Mu immediately thought of the Demon Slayer Bureau of Canghe County. He recalled the exchange list of Demon Beast Blood from the Demon Slayer Bureau in Canghe County, which mostly consisted of cold-attributed Demon Beast Blood.

"Even so, the Demon Slayer Bureau of Canghe County must have channels to obtain other Demon Beast Blood."

But for now, Su Mu was not inclined to make another trip to Canghe County.

"Tomorrow, I'll first ask the three masters at the Forging Workshop; there might be other ways to obtain Demon Beast Blood."

If one wants to forge a Grade-Entering Treasure Artifact, Demon Beast Blood is almost indispensable; Su Mu believed the Forging Workshop most likely has ways to obtain Demon Beast Blood.

The next day, Su Mu arrived early at the Forging Workshop.

"Master Lin."

"Kid, I don't want to see you these days; go find the ones with the surnames Chen or Zhao."

Upon seeing Su Mu coming, Lin Ruoshui quickened his pace, avoiding him desperately; Su Mu helplessly sped up to catch him, "Master Lin, I have a question to ask."

"Hmm?"

Lin Ruoshui stopped in his tracks and suspiciously turned around to look. This kid had mastered spiritual infusion silently after a month and completed it with his own hands, and hadn't sought Lin Ruoshui for guidance during the past month, yet now he had.

"Tell me, kid."

"Master Lin, do you happen to have any channels to obtain Demon Beast Blood?"

"Demon Beast Blood..." Lin Ruoshui's eyes fixed on Su Mu as he listened, "Come on, I'll take you to see the Martial Master; you can discuss any ideas directly with him."

"Thank you, Master Lin."

Soon, Lin Ruoshui led Su Mu to the tranquil little courtyard in the depths of the Forging Workshop. Upon seeing Wu Lie, Su Mu got straight to the point about his purpose.

"Uncle Wu, I wish to obtain some Demon Beast Blood infused with flame qi; I'll cover all expenses myself."

"In Our Qingyun Three Counties, Demon Beasts are nearly extinct, so Demon Beast Blood must be brought in from outside the Three Counties. The Forging Workshop co-operates with the Qingyun Government Office and can obtain it through the office and commerce channels."

"I can help Xiaomu negotiate, but if there is no available fire attribute Demon Beast Blood, at a minimum, it will take a month, possibly even longer; how much do you need, Xiaomu?"