Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)-Chapter 391: Pills and Poison Belong to the Same Family

“Well, how was it? Did I cultivate it successfully?”

“What you’ve mastered is...” The Everlasting Immortal Fairy struggled with her limited vocabulary, finding it hard to answer Lu Yang’s question. “It counts as Cosmos in Palm, just that...the size isn’t quite right.”

She gestured with her hands. “It’s about the size of a village. You should call this move ‘Village in Palm.’”

Lu Yang examined the miniature space in his palm. It’s indeed not big. But ‘Village in Palm’ sounds terrible. He tried to reason, “How can you call it a village? Although the space is a bit small, it’s still a universe! Look, there are stars orbiting! It should be called ‘Small Cosmos in Palm!’”

The Everlasting Immortal Fairy scoffed. “Oh, please. It’s just some sand grains spinning and pretending to be stars.”

She blew on Lu Yang’s palm, scattering the sandy “stars” away.

Seeing his ruse fail, Lu Yang could only admit defeat. “Fine, Village in Palm it is then. At least it’s still a spatial spell.”

He quickly shelved the naming issue in the back of his mind, focusing instead on how to properly cast the spell. “If Cosmos in Palm can bring an entire world crashing down and render everyone unable to resist, then Village in Palm should be able to do the same!”

Lu Yang imitated the Everlasting Immortal Fairy and pressed his right hand downward. “Village in Palm!”

Boom! A gigantic hand descended from the sky. It was the size of a village and overwhelmingly oppressive, shaking people mentally more than it did physically. Before fully descending, the hand gradually faded and vanished.

“Huff, huff...” Lu Yang gasped heavily, devouring spirit qi like a drowning man rescued to shore and desperately gulping mouthfuls of air.

He hadn’t dispelled Village in Palm intentionally; his spirit energy simply couldn’t sustain it. This single attempt had drained all his spirit energy.

The Everlasting Immortal Fairy shook her head. “This move is still too difficult for you.” Even a child’s version of Cosmos in Palm isn’t what Golden Core cultivators can cast.

That said, if this move could be fully unleashed, no Golden Core cultivator could withstand it! Not even a peerless Golden Core prodigy should dream of standing a chance!

Lu Yang soon devised a solution. “Perhaps I can consume pills while casting Village in Palm.”

Sitting cross-legged, he spent around ten minutes adjusting his mood before trying again. He whipped out his medicine gourd filled with Great Rejuvenation Pills—his best friends since childhood. Popping one into his mouth, he attempted to cast Village in Palm again.

Just like before, the giant palm vanished before it could land, and Lu Yang collapsed to the ground in exhaustion. “No, one pill isn’t enough.”

Another ten minutes later, Lu Yang swallowed three Great Rejuvenation Pills and attempted to cast Village in Palm again.

The giant palm vanished mid-air again.

“Three pills are still insufficient?” Lu Yang gnashed his teeth. Just how many Great Rejuvenation Pills would it take?

Five pills, six pills, seven pills, eight pills, nine pills, ten pills...

Finally, Lu Yang reached a conclusion. I need to stuff my mouth completely with pills.

This begot another question. I can’t swallow the pills with my mouth stuffed full, but if I swallow them one at a time, I won’t recover fast enough.

“Right, I can ask Seventh Elder for help!” As the Central Continent’s premier pill-concocting master, Seventh Elder can surely create pills that rapidly restore one’s spirit energy!

Moreover, since Lu Yang had gifted Seventh Elder a sentient Herding Sky Grass, Seventh Elder had offered to concoct pills for Lu Yang three times. There’s no time like the present!

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Lu Yang found Seventh Elder tending to a pill furnace. The pill scent assaulted his nostrils, and with just one whiff, it was clear that it was not poisonous.

“Haha, my meticulously crafted Realm-Breaking Pill is finally complete!” Seventh Elder laughed heartily, immensely proud of his unprecedented creation.

“Congratulations, Seventh Elder!” Lu Yang approached Seventh Elder only after he was done to avoid disrupting him.

“Ah, Lu Yang! It’s a pity you’re at the Golden Core Stage; you can’t test my newly crafted Realm-Breaking Pill. This is an unprecedented pill!”

Lu Yang was slightly hesitant. Based on Seventh Elder’s words, it seems that ingesting his pill can advance one to the Golden Core Stage. As far as I know, such pills have existed for ages.

Seventh Elder waved his hand. “How could the pills crafted by those laities compare to mine? The Realm-Breaking Pills in the outer world are crudely made and devoid of any aesthetics!”

Lu Yang ventured cautiously. “And the pill you have crafted...”

“Those pills outside only elevate Foundation Establishment cultivators to the Golden Core Stage. That’s way too average!

“These few Realm-Breaking Pills I have concocted not only achieve that, but can also downgrade Nascent Soul cultivators to the Golden Core Stage!”

Lu Yang, “...”

Seventh Elder’s abysmal reputation in the outside world is not without a reason.

Although pills and poison belong to the same family, and most pill-concocting masters are more or less well-versed in toxicology, those who developed both skills equally like Seventh Elder are rare.

Lu Yang recalled his first visit to Pill Cauldron Peak, where he passed out due to a pill’s fragrance. Under Seventh Elder’s guidance, every disciple there excelled in the principles of poison, their expertise not at all inferior to their skills in pill concoction. Of course, even if they concoct pills, there’s no guarantee that they don’t contain toxins, perfectly embodying the philosophy of pills and poison belonging to the same family.

“It’s fate that we met; here, have one.” Seventh Elder flicked a pill with blue patterns into Lu Yang’s lap. “Why are you looking for me?”

“Here’s the thing. I’ve recently mastered a spell that drains enormous amounts of spirit energy. My spirit energy runs out halfway through casting the spell, and I’m forced to stop. I have tried to consume Great Rejuvenation Pills while casting, but the restoration rate couldn’t keep up with the depletion rate. I was hoping you could concoct a pill that would replenish my energy rapidly.”

“Hmm, you’re not the first to encounter such a situation. It’s not difficult to concoct one. Come, let me examine your meridians.”

Seventh Elder grabbed Lu Yang’s wrist and was slightly surprised. “When I was at your cultivation stage, I never possessed such prodigious spirit energy reserves. This doesn’t make sense. With your storage capacity, no spell should exhaust all of it.

“Oh, it doesn’t matter even if you’re unwilling to say which spell it was. It’s normal for cultivators to have their own secrets. For instance, Old Nine has an ancient ferocious beast sealed within him, and Old Four kept a collection of erotic spring palace illustrations[1] under his bed when he was a kid.”

Lu Yang felt that these secrets were not exclusive to cultivators. “It’s not that I’m unwilling to say it, but simply because it’s complicated. Let me demonstrate.” He was not worried that this would expose the Everlasting Immortal Fairy’s existence. Everyone would assume that Big Senior Sister had taught it to me.

Moving to an open area, Lu Yang slammed his palm down, and a gigantic palm descended from the sky. It blotted out the sun and engulfed the mountain peak, the astonishing gust of wind from the palm flattening the grass beneath it.

Then, the gigantic palm vanished mid-air.

Witnessing the display, Seventh Elder’s pupils constricted. I’ve never seen a move like this before. Judging by the sheer momentum just now, this isn’t a move a Golden Core cultivator should be capable of executing. For Lu Yang to be able to do so has already defied logic.

“What an impressive spell! What’s the name?”

Lu Yang declared with an air of gravitas, “A unique art from ancient times, a legacy of immortals, and a supreme mighty ability—Village in Palm.” ƒrēenovelkiss.com

Seventh Elder’s head swiveled sharply toward Lu Yang. Why do I feel that the spell’s name doesn’t match the lead-up?

1. “Spring palace illustrations” are basically erotic illustrations. One of its uses was actually for sex education. ☜

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