Chapter 317 (1/2)
The Great Elder
Ning Fan had already stood within the pill refinement chamber he created temporarily inside the immortal’s abode for one night.
The gains he obtained from the previous trip were rather bountiful. The venomous worms could be used in enhancing his spirit sense while the demon blood could be used to raise his cultivation level. Besides, he also gathered a number of Dao Fruits which were items of great nourishment.
Even though he gained a lot of excellent items, he did not have much time left. To Ning Fan, the arrival of Zi Chuan served as a reminder.
The Purple Robe Palace has managed to get in the Star Palace. That is to say, the other forces are probably going to arrive here as well.
“There are still three days before the Star Gate opens. Within these three days, I have to awaken my medicine soul and use the power of the purple zoysia to help Weiliang repair her Sea of Consciousness!”
As dawn broke, birds chirped and sang.
After Xi Ran woke up, she entered the pill chamber as usual. However, as soon as she caught sight of Ning Fan in the room, she immediately felt surprised.
“Brother Lu Bei, didn’t you sleep last night?”
“Not really. To cultivators, sleep is not essential.”
“Oh. Hmm? What happened to your lips?” The little girl’s inquisitive nature began to surface.
“I bit myself.”
“Oh…”
The little girl nodded her head but the great interest within her eyes did not subside. She might be simple and naïve, but she was not silly.
The wound on his lips were clearly left by a pair of teeth. Moreover, it was bitten from the opposite direction…
How could Lu Bei bite his own lips that way?
“Today, my energy and qi have already recovered. It’s time for me to awaken my medicine soul.”
“Today? But I haven’t prepared the pain relievers for you… It’s going to be extremely painful.” Xi Ran sounded a little worried.
“It doesn’t matter.” Ning Fan replied disapprovingly.
“Er… Alright. Let me establish the medicinal formation first and you help me on the side. Nah, take this and this…”
When it comes to any matters related to medicine and pill refinements, Xi Ran no longer looked like a silly little girl. Despite the small size of her body, she had the qualities of an alchemy grandmaster.
Each of the spiritual herbs were taken out by her. Within the sizeable pill chamber, she set up the formation eyes using the medicinal ingredients. In just an hour, she finished establishing a mysterious-looking formation which was enshrouded with dense medicinal mist.
This formation wasn’t used to attack or defend, let alone trap one’s enemies. The only use of this formation was to condense medicinal qi and congeal medicinal mist.
At the moment when this formation was completed, the entire pill chamber was filled with medicine fragrance which occasionally wafted out from the room.
It was the Medicine Condensing Formation, a Low Grade Divine Transformation Realm grand formation!
Xi Ran was not proficient in the Dao of Formations. However, this Medicine Condensing Formation was one of the few formation techniques that were compulsory for her to practice among all the formation techniques she knew.
As a Peak Fifth Revolution pill refinement master, Xi Ran would of course need to master the method of awakening one’s medicine soul. After all, if she were to keep apprentices in the future, she would need to help them awaken their medicine souls and guide them to attain the Fifth Revolution.
Proud. Xi Ran’s facial expression looked extremely proud.
“Brother Lu Bei… Hmm. Wait. No, no, no. Lu Bei, my little apprentice, you can now enter the formation. I, your master, will help you awaken your medicine soul!”
Every action that Xi Ran made was orderly and systematic. Unfortunately, the words she spoke sounded childish, greatly diminishing her imposing demeanor. In fact, the words she spoke did not seem to be a conversation between a master and a disciple. They were more like words that would only exist in flirty conversations between a couple.
“Fine. Xi Ran, my little master, I’ll leave the rest up to you.”
Ning Fan laughed. After taking out the Soul Refinement Sand, he consumed every particle of it. Then, he entered the formation which was filled with thick medicinal mist and sat down in the center with his legs crossed.
“I’m counting on you!”
“D-Don’t worry. You already have a medicine soul. It won’t be difficult to just awaken it. If you depend on me in such a solemn manner, I will be really shy.”
Xi Ran’s cheeks blushed as she manipulated the formation with more care and attention.
A medicine soul was actually a special ability of a Fifth Revolution pill master.
If one fails to comprehend divine intent, then they would not be able to concoct a Fifth Revolution Pill.
If one fails to condense the medicine soul, then their pill refinement realm would remain stagnant at the Fifth Revolution.
The memories of the Ancient Chaos Emperor had given Ning Fan the inheritance of his pill refinement techniques. That inheritance, however, was only up to the Fifth Revolution.
If he wants to achieve greater heights in his pill refinement techniques in the future, he could only depend on himself.
Awakening his medicine soul was the first step!
After that, if he wishes to improve, he would need to practice his pill refinement techniques and continuously accumulate experience through refining lots of pills.
Besides, the Yin Yang Transformation and pill refining techniques had to be cultivated at the same time in order to achieve the fastest cultivation speed. Neither one of them could be neglected!
“Brother Lu Bei, use the hand seal that I taught you to condense the soul power and absorb the medicine qi! Quick!”
“Mm.”
Ning Fan took in a deep breath and closed his eyes. Afterwards, the shadows of his fingers moved rapidly and rhythmically as if they were dancing in the air.
Traces of green light seemed to be extracted from his soul. Under its light, Ning Fan looked like a man made out of green light.
Just as the green light appeared, all the medicinal qi of the medicinal formation began to surround the green light.
Moreover, after being strengthened by the Soul Refinement Sand, it eventually went into the green light, making the color of green become more and more concentrated.
The Soul Refinement Sand was like sandpaper rubbing against his soul. The process was without a doubt extremely agonizing. However, to Ning Fan, he had already endured that much degree of pain innumerable times. He was not concerned about it at all. He just focused at the green light with an excited expression.
The green light was none other than Ning Fan’s medicine soul!
The so-called medicine soul was the soul light which was condensed from the medicine qi, with the ability to sense and discern spiritual herbs!
The color of one’s soul light changes according to their pill refinement techniques. The color of a Fifth Revolution soul light was green; while Sixth Revolution was black and Seventh Revolution was purple.
The color of green meant that Ning Fan’s pill refinement realm was at the Fifth Revolution.
The darker the green color, the higher the quality of his soul light. which would mean a higher pill refinement realm!
When the green light reached a certain level of concentration, Ning Fan suddenly opened his eyes. His body gave out green qi which rose above his head, forming green clouds!
That green qi was a type of power that linked straight to one’s soul. It was the unique aura that would only be possessed by a pill refinement grandmaster!
At this moment, Ning Fan finally understood why whenever Xi Ran talked about spiritual herbs, her aura would become drastically different from usual. In actual fact, the special aura she exhibited was brought upon by the medicine soul.
“Brother Lu Bei, you did it!” Xi Ran revealed a look of excitement. She was just a naïve girl like this. She would treat anyone who was good to her well.