The Invincible Supreme Medical God-Chapter 1183 - 622: Great Magic (Part 2)
"Hmm?" Big Fatty Zhang said, his eyes wide open.
"Listen, big brother, you don't need to worry," Yan Xiaobao said, proudly pounding his chest. "I solemnly swear, if I concoct any medicines on Violet Cauldron Peak, I won't attract any lightning. Seriously, I'm a man of my word. Plus, I can now make Third-level Spiritual Medicine. When I'm done, I'll give you a whole bottle!"
When Big Fatty Zhang heard Bai Xiaochun mention Third-level Spiritual Medicine, his heart thumped. The local market had Third-level Spiritual Medicine, but the prices were astronomical. Considering what Yan Xiaobao was offering him, he wouldn't refuse. Besides, with his promise, Big Fatty Zhang just needed to think for a moment to thoroughly enjoy himself.
"No problem at all. I don't have any place to make medicine here, but I'm friends with the brother who manages the Immortal Cave. If we grease the wheels a bit, he can secretly let you into an inner disciple's cave. Of course, this isn't a long-term thing."
"Not long-term!" Yan Xiaobao said, eyes filled with excitement. "Not long at all. Half a year at most!"
Big Fatty Zhang nodded. After Yan Xiaobao left, it took the time of an incense stick burning for him to come back proudly with a Command Badge in hand.
"It's done," he announced. "It's not a great Immortal Cave, but it has a medicine dispensation workstation. It's very close by; I'll take you there."
Yan Xiaobao let out a cheer and then lavished more praise on Big Fatty Zhang. With joyous enthusiasm, Big Fatty Zhang led Yan Xiaobao to the Immortal Cave.
For an Immortal Cave, it was relatively simple and rough, very small, not like his cave back on Xiangyun Peak. However, it had a medicine dispensation workstation, which was enough for Yan Xiaobao.
Sitting there looking very satisfied, he took a deep breath and said, "Big brother is truly a loyal friend!"
Feeling touched, he reminded himself not to use the Lightning Detox Grand Magic for any experiments. He also couldn't test mysterious pills on animals. As for the explosive pill furnace, he was confident he could avoid that situation. Considering all this, he was assured that nothing would go wrong due to his medicine dispensation.
"Now it's time to study more methods to clean impurities!" he calmed himself, made some spiritual plants, and began detailed analysis. Slowly, he immersed himself in the Medical Path. In the first month on Violet Cauldron Peak, Yan Xiaobao worked quietly in the Immortal Cave. The disciples around him didn't notice he was there. Big Fatty Zhang started to relax. At first, he often visited Yan Xiaobao, watching his dispensation work, but eventually, he stopped coming so often.
But... another month passed.
Looking at the pill in front of him, Yan Xiaobao's eyes sparkled. After a close examination, he started to laugh. During a month's work, he made four major efforts to find a new method to clean impurities, and now, he had finally found a new direction.
"Using external force to impact the pill is one method. But another method is to clear the spiritual medicine from within!
"Yan Xiaobao, you are truly a genius. Hahaha! I know exactly what to do. By using the principles of mutual enhancement and inhibition, I can generate a burning ability even while concocting the pill, which will eliminate impurities. Once the impurities are expelled, the final pill will no longer be toxic!" More and more excited, he took a deep breath and started working.
After organizing all the medicinal plants and then feeding them into the pill furnace, he began adding more plants not part of the pill formula, recording everything he was doing.
Four days later, he once again found himself in a state full of challenges. Circling the pill furnace continuously, he occasionally adjusted the Earth Flames, sometimes adding other spiritual medicine, diluting or strengthening the mixture according to his intuition.
As night fell, Yan Xiaobao's voice of excitement gradually rose along with the sound of the pill. Soon, the furnace began to shake and then emit a wisp of harmful black smoke. Yan Xiaobao quickly waved his sleeve, blowing the smoke out of the Immortal Cave, where it floated high into the air. Some of it was eventually absorbed by the clouds above Violet Cauldron Peak, some drifting towards Green Crest Peak.
After the Immortal Cave was cleared of smoke, Yan Xiaobao hurried to the pill furnace to peek inside. It contained a pill, which he took out for inspection. It was clearly a toxic pill; however, whereas previous versions were one hundred percent impure, this version was only about ninety-nine or ninety-nine percent impure.
He was delighted, now certain that he was on the right track. All he had to do was continue striving to find a perfect element combination method.
"Hahaha! This mixed method is more low-key. No lightning. No thunder. I won't disturb anyone else at all!" He was very happy, for he didn't want to incur the wrath of other disciples due to his concoction work.
Feeling very satisfied, he sat cross-legged to meditate for a while. After completing his daily routine, Dragon Mammoth Sea Formation Scripture, Immortal Eternal Life Skill, and Waterwop Kingdom, he returned to the pill furnace to begin concocting once again.
He was completely devoted to his work. Daily, he would concoct four to five batches, each time expelling black smoke, which he blew out of the Immortal Cave, lifting it into the sky.
Ten days later, he was thrilled to find that out of ten batches, four were toxic pills, with impurity levels steadily dropping. Recently, they had decreased to around ninety-seven percent. This was clearly a decline from the previous one hundred percent level.
It wasn't the only progress he'd made. The pills emerging successfully also contained fewer impurities. If he continued down this path, he'd be able to consistently produce Intermediate Third-level Spiritual Medicine.
His eyes burned with passion, having completely zoned out the outside world due to his obsession with medicine concoction. It was almost like being in secluded meditation. He kept careful records, constantly making adjustments as needed. Before long, he increased his productivity to the level of producing seven to eight batches per day. Black smoke rose almost constantly into the sky. Half a month later, he was delighted to find that the impurity level in the toxic pills had dropped to ninety-five percent.
After staying at Violet Cauldron Peak for two months, many disciples on Xiangyun Peak began to breathe a sigh of relief. They weren't sure where Yan Xiaobao had gone, but they could feel that peace had been restored.
Besides Big Fatty Zhang, no one else on Violet Cauldron Peak knew that Yan Xiaobao had come there to concoct medicine. However, due to him, all sorts of things were happening on Hong Kong Yunfeng. As Big Fatty Zhang heard more stories, he began to tremble.
He couldn't imagine that Yan Xiaobao could cause such a huge sensation on Xiangyun Peak. Although a bit nervous, Yan Xiaobao was constantly quiet, drawing no attention whatsoever. Gradually, Big Fatty Zhang started to relax again.
Time flew by. By now, Yan Xiaobao had been conducting his concoction work for three continuous months. The black smoke kept rolling out of the Immortal Cave, until it eventually began to attract the attention of nearby Violet Cauldron Peak Priests. However, none of them thought too much about it.
Big Fatty Zhang was calmer than before. However, he recently discovered something troubling, which was that it had started to rain on Violet Cauldron Peak. It was peculiar rain, considering it only fell on Violet Cauldron Peak and nowhere else.
The rain was also dirty; if it landed on you, it would leave dark streaks. Gradually, other disciples on Violet Cauldron Peak began to notice, and people started to doubt what was happening. As for Bai Xiaochun, he crazily focused on pill concoction... up to about fifteen batches a day so far.
He almost never rested and began to look a bit pale and thin. As for the toxic pills, their impurity levels continued to drop. They were now around ninety-two to ninety-three percent.
"Another few months and I can reduce the toxicity level below ninety percent. Then they will be considered low-grade spiritual medicine!" Filled with a surge of excitement, Yan Xiaobao became further engrossed in his concoction. Meanwhile, a buzz of voices outside was building.
Big Fatty Zhang suddenly walked along a path through Violet Cauldron Peak, and the rain started getting heavier than before. Meanwhile, a pungent smell began to spread. Then, Big Fatty Zhang's eyes widened as he realized the rain splashing on him indeed hurt. Moreover, his clothes... began to dissolve.
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