Chapter 287: Different Species (2/2)

While some of these species like spirits and ghost appeared naturally, the others are related to beasts and humans. It was the same in Yan Dalu as Chang’an.

“I cannot help but wonder where all these different races come from,” Yuan Bailong could not help but mutter, causing Bai Tianyi to turn to him, as he could tell what the puzzled man was confused about.

“Ghosts are those who have unfinished business in the world,” Bai Tianyi began. “When they die, their soul power does not vanish and instead lingers. It then starts absorbing heaven-and-earth essence until it can make a spirit body, and that is how they are formed.

“Spirits are different. They can be rivers, mountains, trees, herbs—even pills could become spirits. Anything that suddenly gained enlightenment, or was located somewhere with dense heaven-and-earth essence for thousands of years, and then gained sentience.

“Then the rest are actually made from the union of beasts and humans. When I began cultivating, these races were known as ‘halfbreeds.’ Back then, when all continents were still connected, humans and beasts could mate with one another. They lived in harmony with each other, and love between them flourished.

“Then one day, like a switch had been flipped, all children born between the two races would die. It became impossible to successfully mate with someone not from your own race all of a sudden, and as to why no one knows.

“As time went by, the halfbreeds became new races; some became demons, others merpeople. Some became centaurs, and others became multi-eyed citizens like yourself.

“It is hard to say what happened back then, but I saw how the races emerged. I imagine that something changed in the very lifeblood of the world. Even someone as strong as I was incapable of doing such a thing, so it must have been something that came from beyond our world.

“The four species of beasts, humans, spirits, and ghosts were the only original races in our continents.

“It is also why demons, for example, look like a mixture of a beast and a human. They have human bodies with beastly features such as horns, paws or hooves. They are different from Primordial Beasts as they cannot change between the shape of a human or a beast; they are stuck being a mix of them both.

“The same happened to centaurs. They are not able to change their figures; they are neither beast nor humans, and thus they are considered their own race.

“However, these races exist on different continents. Back before the land was split into many smaller continents, they decided to live in their own areas. They grouped up with their own kind, and thus they have been sequestered away from the rest of the races when the big split happened.

“That is why only humans and beasts live in Chang’an. Here in Yan Dalu, all the multi-eyed experts reside. On other continents, other races live. But it seems that you know a lot about the other races?” Bai Tianyi looked at Yuan Bailong who had been listening with rapt attention.

“No,” he admitted. “I have met a demon before. There was one with the latest delegation from the Demon Phoenix Continent. I did not think there were this many species of creatures in this world, but it makes sense when you say that they were halfbreeds before.”

Xue Wei was also listening with curiosity. He did not know much about many other races than beasts and humans, so he had never expected that once upon a time, mixed breeds were this common, while now they were nearly impossible.

After having talked for a few hours overall, Xue Wei finally returned to his pill room where he began concocting the pills for the Yuan and Gu families.

Although Xue Wei knew that he had to be fast in concocting the pills, he was also aware that it was a process that could not be rushed. If he tried rushing, then they would definitely be flawed or low purity.

He needed to give the concocting his full attention, especially when making the Rainbow Pills. They had to be profound grade, or they would fail, and the materials needed to make just one Rainbow Pill were so much that it would hurt his heart if just one failed.

Not long after, Xue Wei had made a few batches of Sky Knight Pills, Spring Powder Pills, Jade Flow Pills, and Star Sand Pills.

The Jade Flow Pills were made with a Jade Flow Flower as the main ingredient, and it has the medicinal properties of boosting one’s soul power absorption. It attracts all soul power in the air and allows for one to easier cultivate spiritual energy.

Star Sand Pills were a strange type of pill with a risky trade-off. To make them, they required Star Sand, a small, crystalline type of sand that sparkled like the stars. This type of pill would boost one’s battle strength threefold for the duration of an hour; however, once the hour was over, their strength would be incredibly weak for a full day afterward.

Originally he had not planned on making any Star Sand Pills, but after considering that they would go into battle, the pills could easily save their lives, so he decided to produce a few batches just in case.

Xue Wei spent the whole night working on these four kinds of pills, constantly improving his alchemical proficiency as he completed the batches.

When the next day arrived, Gu Bing’er and Yuan Bailong arrived once more, this time bringing with them the materials for the Rainbow Pills. Xue Wei exchanged the other pills he had concocted with them, after ensuring that he had also kept a few for his own friends.

After that with ingredients in hand, he once more locked himself up within the pill room, where he put his full attention towards creating Rainbow Pills. The Gu family had brought materials for seventeen pills while the Yuan family only had the materials for fourteen, a slightly higher amount than they’d originally anticipated, as the families had scrambled to get as much as they could after hearing how powerful the pills were.

He failed three times in total, so after handing fifteen pills to Gu Bing’er and thirteen to Yuan Bailong, Xue Wei got ready to begin the next step of his plan.

However, before he had the time to go, he was reminded that he was no longer caring for just himself and thus he spent a day accompanying Luoluo, playing games with her and telling her stories, before putting her to sleep for the night.

Only after spending the day with his new little sister did he leave the house, a knowing smile plastered on his face.