The Invincible Supreme Medical God-Chapter 1180 - 621: Chasing Dreams

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"Why is chasing my dreams so difficult?" he thought. "It's not my fault. Uncle Li is the one who made me focus on my research..." Sighing, he walked around until he reached his Immortal Cave, where he sat and stared into space.

Earlier that year, Yan Xiaobao often went to Li Qinghou to ask about issues that arose in the concoction of medicine. Li Qinghou often found himself surprised by these questions. The depth of Yan Xiaobao's exploration in the Medical Path was unusual for an ordinary pharmacist.

Paired with Yan Xiaobao's incredible achievements with the Stele, Li Qinghou couldn't help but be full of expectations. However, everyone has different understandings of the Medical Path, so Li Qinghou didn't answer any of Yan Xiaobao's questions. Instead, he encouraged him to conduct his own tests. Only by doing so could he develop his own Medical Path. If he just followed the crowd, he would never make a name for himself as a Master of the Medical Path. Additionally, most pill recipes originate from the experimental results of generations.

"No. My dream hasn't changed. Uncle Li was right. The only things truly belonging to you are the ones you acquire yourself. Even if it gets harder, I still won't give up!" Clenching his teeth, he decided that even if he couldn't test his mysterious pills, he could still continue to devote himself to the Path of Medicine.

"I will definitely become a magical Master Alchemist!" Taking a deep breath, he returned to his medicine concoction workstation, where he immersed himself wholly in pill concoction.

Time flew by. In the blink of an eye, several months passed. As far as Third-level Spiritual Medicine was concerned, Yan Xiaobao's confidence and skill level had increased. He solved one problem after another and soon discovered that Third-level Spiritual Medicine wasn't that difficult after all.

However... a bigger problem loomed.

Despite his best efforts, and his much greater proficiency in Third-level Spiritual Medicine, it was very difficult to improve his success rate. Generally, out of ten batches of pills, five would succeed. Out of the other five, one would produce an unidentifiable mysterious pill, and four would be considered toxic.

He began to go a bit mad. Even spirit enhancement had no effect on the toxic pills. Only through spiritual enhancement could low-level pills be elevated to a higher level.

Though he didn't realize it, his focus on medicine concoction had reached an obsessive-compulsive level. Unless he could achieve the perfection he pursued, he would feel uneasy.

"Impurities! How can I get rid of those impurities!?" As he stared at the pile of toxic pills he'd collected, his eyes turned bloodshot. After some thought, he considered going to ask Li Qinghou. But when he remembered how Li Qinghou encouraged him to make his own observations and experiments, he clenched his teeth and threw himself even more madly into problem-solving.

Days passed. Eventually, people started noticing that Yan Xiaobao had become quiet again. No explosions, no animals running amok. Everything was peaceful, though for some, the newfound silence was hard to get used to.

Unfortunately, good things never last forever... A month later, in the middle of the night, Yan Xiaobao sat before his pill furnace, his hair disheveled, frantically performing spell gestures to control the Earth Flames. As he fed more medicinal plants into the furnace, his eyes grew more intense.

"This is it. Almost finished. I'm sure this time I'll solve all the problems. This is what I call creativity! I added Thunder God Vine, Lightning Detox Flower, rose, and Yin Yang thistle, and invented a new technique. It must be able to clear the impurities. It will surely work. This is Yan Xiaobao's one and only... Lightning Detox Grand Magic!" With his excitement, the pill furnace began to tremble, and the fragrance of medicine wafted out. Outside, the moon hung high in the cloudless night sky above Xiangyun Peak.

Suddenly, a layer of clouds formed, and a bolt of lightning struck towards Xiangyun Peak. When it hit Yan Xiaobao's cave, the cave's spell formation quivered, and some lightning even pierced through the spell formation, and a stone from his Immortal Cave fell onto the pill furnace.

Bai Lingchun's wild laughter accompanied the crackling lightning inside the Immortal Cave. After the lightning disappeared, he excitedly rushed towards the pill furnace.

Unfortunately, the only thing left inside was some ashes and swirling smoke.

"Too much Lightning Detox Flower!" he thought, pulling at his disheveled hair, looking like a mad scientist. With that, he procured more medicinal plants and began preparing the ingredients.

Many of Xiangyun Peak's disciples saw the lightning and noticed that it seemed to have landed on Yan Xiaobao's Immortal Cave.

"So... even God is tired of Yan Xiaobao?"

"That must be it. Heaven truly has eyes! Sending lightning to end him..."

People had various thoughts about what was happening, and many rejoiced at Yan Xiaobao's apparent misfortune. Some elders even noticed the lightning and were very surprised. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

"Even Li Feng didn't attract lightning when concocting medicine. According to legend, only 7th-level Spiritual Medicine and higher attracts Tribulation Lightning. What is Yan Xiaobao doing?"

Three afternoons later, laughter rang out from Yan Xiaobao's cave. Staring at the pill furnace, his hands flashed in a gesture of double-handed spells. Spiritual power erupted, Earth Flames raged. Bai Xiaochun roared, slapping the surface of the pill furnace with both hands.