Chapter 64 - Walking on The Poisonous Path (2/2)
No matter how he looked at it, it seemed like he was going to melt Li Changshou!
However, Li Changshou replied, “A useless pill.”
The corners of Jiu Wu’s mouth twitched, and he was about to beg for mercy.
However, Elder Wan Linyun’s smile disappeared at that moment. He looked serious and asked, “Why is it useless?”
“The medicinal properties have been neutralized.” Li Changshou frowned and continued, “The White Fire was originally a gentle, and neutral fire. Now, the temperature in the pill is neutral, and the medicinal properties of the herbs are offset…
“Although a pill can be formed, it will be useless.”
“Oh?” Wan Linyun took half a step forward with his walking stick.
Jiu Wu hurriedly stepped forward and bowed. “Elder, this young junior is highly regarded by my master. If I offend you, please forgive me on account of my master!”
Wan Linyun glanced at the short Daoist Jiu Wu and remained silent. He continued looking at Li Changshou and asked, “You said medicinal properties, but these are obviously poisonous.”
Li Changshou had a slightly nervous expression. However, he lowered his head and bent down to say the words that he had been waiting to say for decades. Given the things that the Elder Wan Linyun had done in his life, he felt that the words he was going to say would most likely pierce Wan Linyun’s heart.
“Poison is a type of medicine, just like how culinary dishes can be sour, sweet, bitter, and spicy. It’s the same for herbs.”
Everyone in the house fell silent. Liu Feixian turned to glare at Li Changshou, his eyes filled with anxiety.
What kind of nonsense was that?
How can he cla.s.sify poison and medicine as the same thing!?!
The short Daoist, Jiu Wu, sensed that a pair of eyes was staring at him from above. He looked up and happened to see Wan Linyun’s narrow eyes and… Wan Linyun sneered coldly.
The elder said, “Can I borrow him for a few days?”
“Please, go ahead.”
“Okay.” Wan Linyun nodded and said to Li Changshou, “You, follow me.”
Li Changshou lowered his head and acknowledged. After bowing to Jiu Wu and Liu Feixian, he slowly left the place and followed behind the elder.
Before he could take more than ten steps, Elder Wan Linyun turned his head and asked, “How do you refine the Dark Jade Pill?”
“I only know the remnant formula. The main ingredients are three portions of Nether Water and two Eagle Orchids that are between a thousand and three thousand years old…”
“Why do the Eagle Orchids have to be between a thousand to three thousand years old?”
“Even if the medicinal properties don’t clash with each other, they can’t help but affect each other. If it’s too old, the medicinal properties will be too strong. That would easily break the balance of the pills. I read a sutra that says that it’s not true that the older the pill, the better. It’s most important for it to be of an appropriate age.”
“Where did you see that sutra?”
“In the outer hall of the Dao Repository. There are a few bookshelves there that contain a lot of sutras regarding alchemy. I have read them carefully and pondered over many things… Could it be that you have written those sutras about poison?”
“Hehe, not bad.”
While they were chatting amidst the breeze, the two of them disappeared on a narrow road.
“Phew…”
Jiu Wu heaved a sigh of relief and wiped the cold sweat off his forehead.
The Heaven Immortal Elder did not show any signs of being a Heaven Immortal just now. However, the fact that he had poisoned a Heaven Immortal was really hair-raising…
The slightly chubby immortal came over and asked, “Where… is this junior from? I’ve never seen such an amiable Uncle-Master before!”
“You call that amiable?”
Jiu Wu glared at Liu Feixian and was about to reply when he suddenly thought of something and shook his head. “Don’t ask me. I can’t say anything.”
Liu Feixian tilted his head and frowned.
…
Half a month later…
In the evening, Li Changshou rode on a white cloud and left Pill Tripod Peak calmly to head towards Little Qiong Peak.
There were no hiccups along the way. When he returned to the Little Qiong Peak, Youqin Xuanya was already gone.
Upon returning to the Pill Chamber, he took out a twenty-feet-tall black Pill Chamber from his Dharma treasure that doubled as a storage s.p.a.ce. His expression did not change much.
After he activated the various array formations around him, he switched the beams and used paper effigies to guard the place. He then entered the secret underground chamber and sat behind the desk with a stern expression.
He brushed his left hand across the table and placed some jade pendants and jade bottles all over the table…
Li Changshou smiled and felt emotional.
Finally, he had squeezed everything out of the Elder’s… Poison Sutra!
He even obtained a large number of poisonous pills from the elder!
However, he also owed him a huge favor because of that. In the future, he had to find an opportunity to return the favor and sever the karma.
Those poisonous scriptures were very important to Li Changshou.
The poisonous pills that the Elder Wan Linyun had asked him to bring back as samples were even more important!
That could solve a huge problem for Li Changshou— giving an explanation to the sect about where the poisonous pills that he might use, and could kill Heaven Immortals had come from!
He could just say that they were given by Elder Wan Linyun.
There was no such thing as a free-for-all opportunity in this world. It was nothing more than a plan that would span across years and decades.
This toxic Immortal Elder…
The elder’s signature cold smile appeared in Li Changshou’s mind, and Li Changshou grinned widely.
Actually, his personality was quite cute. He was focused on refining poisonous pills and wasn’t too scheming.
Suddenly, Li Changshou felt something… itching between his legs.
It was similar to the itchiness that would often appear in his armpit lately.
Hiss…
What the h.e.l.l?
Li Changshou tilted his head and quickly stopped thinking about the poison-refining elder. He carefully observed his condition and confirmed that there was no problem with his s.e.xual orientation.
He was shocked. He thought that he had suddenly developed some strange fetish after looking at the “Aged Beauties” painting.
Li Changshou frowned.
What’s wrong with me? My body has been behaving strangely lately.
He felt that he had to strengthen his immortal foundation after becoming an immortal.
…
A moment ago…
In the Moon Elder Hall of the Heavenly Courts.
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