Chapter 48 (2/2)

Only when the Poisonous Demon Cane in Tang Xiu’s hands became smaller did Tang Xiu’s thought strayed again. The boiler then exploded without exception.

“No, the problem is not because of me. It should be because of this Poisonous Demon Cane!” In the first attempt, Tang Xiu felt that he wasn’t careful. But for the second attempt, Tang Xiu’s mind was only distracted for a moment as to figure out where the problem was.

Tang Xiu took out a knife and scraped a layer of powder on the tip of Poisonous Demon Cane.

At the next moment, mixed and various images from the Immortal World uncontrollably gushed out and filled Tang Xiu’s mind.

“No wonder _The Heavenly Art of Cosmic Genesis_ said that concocting the Body Refining Liquid is very difficult, and the success rate is very low. It turns out that it’s not because it’s difficult to control one’s feelings in the concocting process, but rather that the hallucinatory effect caused by the Poisonous Demon Cane is really hard to guard against.”

When Tang Xiu wanted to start the third concocting attempt, he saw the remaining materials on the floor, causing him to become cautious.

After he hypothesized the concocting process in his mind, Tang Xiu analyzed each stage that the boiler had the possibility to explode at.

In the next moment, Tang Xiu scraped a layer of powder down from the Poisonous Demon Cane again and directly applied it onto his own skin.

There was no accident at first. Then, Tang Xiu’s mind got distracted again.

“Fortunately, I promptly thought about this possibility. Otherwise, it would have wasted more materials. This Poisonous Demon Cane is really too powerful. It can permeate into the human skin’s pores and affect people’s thoughts.” A trace of fear was revealed from Tang Xiu’s complexion as he looked at the iron stick in his hand.

Although Tang Xiu could be said to have reached the peak in alchemy and pills’ concocting in his past incarnation, but he didn’t dare to boast that he knew everything about the raw materials for medicines. This Poisonous Demon Cane was precisely one of the herbs he hadn’t known of yet. He could only seek it out through the aid from looking at its picture that was recorded on the prescription above the Heavenly Art of Cosmic Genesis’s record.

The respective materials and ingredients needed to concoct the Body Refining Liquid were written above the Breathing Practice line in the Heavenly Art of Cosmic Genesis’s record. However, there was no information about each material’s properties on it.

It was quite fortunate that Tang Xiu was very familiar with most of the materials. The one that he had yet to know was only the Poisonous Demon Cane.

Had it been others that were blindly concocting the Body Refining Liquid, it could be said that that person would possibly fail hundreds of times. It was because any slightest error would lead to failure in concocting the Body Refining Liquid.

Even if it were Tang Xiu, he was also unable to say that he would have a 100% rate of successfully concocting the Body Refining Liquid. He was only a bit familiar with the Poisonous Demon Cane’s property. Tang Xiu believed that if he were to completely understand the Poisonous Demon Cane’s properties, he could guarantee that he would be successful in concocting the Body Refining Liquid.

In the next few hours, Tang Xiu did not rush to concoct the Body Refining Liquid and instead repeatedly researched the Poisonous Demon Cane diligently. Only after another hour did Tang Xiu believe that he had completely grasped the Poisonous Demon Cane’s nature and began to concoct the medicinal liquid again.

Boiling the bloods’ essence…

Putting in Star Spirit Grass and Green Jade Ore Essence powder…

Putting in internal organs and flesh…

Stirring…

Holding one’s breath…

Closing the pores…

Shielding off the five senses…

Doing all the steps in thorough and orderly procedures…

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Time passed by unknowingly.

Tang Xiu’s mind and heart completely hung in the air, undisturbed and fiercely thumping.

Suddenly, a crackling sound sounded from the Poisonous Demon Vine in his hand, causing his heart to slow down by half a beat. In an almost unsubconscious state, Tang Xiu opened his eyes.

The medicinal liquid in the boiler had turned into a golden color as it also exuded an exotic and refreshing fragrance.

“Have I succeeded?” While looking sluggishly at the medicine liquid for a moment, he found that the fear for it to explode didn’t happen. The medicinal liquid color was exactly the same with the record, causing Tang Xiu’s eyes to burn with a boiling and hot light.

Tang Xiu hadn’t noticed that his clothes had been completely drenched in sweat at this moment, as beads of sweat had also permeated on his forehead. He was just like someone that had been drowned and just got fished out from the water.

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Notes:

1. I forgot to add that the Supreme Art of Quintessence Space in the previous term has been changed into the Heavenly Art of Cosmic Genesis.

2. Fierce Beast (Xiongshou) wrote by the author in previous chapters just changed into Monster Beast (Yaoshou). Please don’t ask me whether it was intentional or not XD. Anyways, I think the author has just found his style after 40+ chaps. I have fully read RFTIW until the latest chaps in raws (Chapter 903), he got better in writing style, although I also found a lot of plot holes… well… what can I say…

3. I was trying to keep the consistencies with the terms transliterated by the previous translators, especially for the stages of the Heavenly Art of Cosmic Genesis. However, I was just pondering when I read the contents in the raws. I think that the first stage in the Stars Tyrannical Body Stage was not Breathing Practice, but Vitality Tempering. 练气 (Lian qi) usually transliterated into Breathing Practice. But for the cultivation stage in this novel, I have to change it into Vitality Tempering.

*[Long Taos]: side characters in Chinese operas who perform acrobatics and fight scenes

*[12.47 to 13.07]: don’t ask me about the tree sap