Chapter 486 - 242: Immortal Pill (Part 2)
Chu Xuan heard this and silently complained: Isn’t it just a stubborn personality, won’t turn around until hitting a dead end?
"This pill is called the ’Life Creation Pill’, originally a supreme-grade elixir, it is said to seize the creation of heaven and earth, possessing the power to revive the dead, embodying the ultimate representation of the path of life."
"The grandmaster specially modified the pill formula, removing second-class ingredients like true dragon heart blood, and added a drop of immortal blood and an undying immortal fruit, aiming to forcibly elevate its quality through their ranks."
"Moreover, only one pill is crafted per batch, concentrating the medicinal power to the utmost, truly a last-ditch effort."
"To refine this pill, the grandmaster spent a full sixty years, exhausted all his efforts, and lastly, to improve the success rate, the pill adopted the ’Sealing and Nurturing Method’, hiding the cauldron within the spirit vein, nurturing it for over a thousand years."
"Before ascending, the grandmaster said, if the pill succeeded, upon its emergence, celestial phenomena such as pill clouds crossing the sun, flowers blossoming in the void, and the celestial sound of the Dao would appear, with the pill’s fragrance spreading three thousand miles, and even a significant chance of attracting a thunder tribulation."
"Moreover, this pill might develop sentience and flee on its own, if it escapes, even if the grandmaster came back to life, it would be hard to retrieve..."
The guests listened to Mu Yunzi’s eloquent speech and couldn’t help but yearn in their hearts, completely captivated as if they could already imagine the spectacular scene when the pill is born.
Of course, some cultivators felt regret, this Immortal Pill seems to be for healing, wouldn’t it be great if it enhanced cultivation?
Chu Xuan had to agree, he was thinking of exchanging this pill to break into the seventh realm, this is the Life and Death Three Profound Realms, once surpassed, he could formally advance to a high-level cultivator, possessing the power of "domain".
But this pill seems to be quite useful for beauties. If the effects of the "Merak Immortal Pool" weren’t that strong, or were mere rumors, exchanging it for this pill to increase battle strength would be great too.
Just then, the sickly-looking gray-robed old man spoke up: "May I ask, Mu Daoist friend, does this pill have the effect of extending life?"
Mu Yunzi was stunned for a moment before saying, "This pill is one of vitality, presumably it should have the ability to extend life, but it’s not its primary function."
"If Yang Daoist desires such a grand pill, our sect has the supreme-grade elixir ’Nine Revolutions Life-extending Pill’, if you can pay the price, our sect can also..."
The elder surnamed Yang merely shook his head slightly, this pill is the treasure that made the Lingshu Pill Sect famous, and the only supreme-grade life-extending elixir still producible in this world, how could he not know? He had already consumed it through intermediaries, and further consumption would be ineffective.
Mu Yunzi contemplated and guessed a bit, he felt somewhat regretful and said:
"I don’t know if this pill can be successful, although our sect still retains the formula for the ’Life Creation Pill’, two of its main ingredients have disappeared from the world, having the formula doesn’t mean it can be crafted."
At this moment, Shangguan Qufeng, the long-browed cold-eyed middle-aged daoist secretly transmitted: "May I ask, True Immortal, does this pill have the effect of suppressing or even eliminating calamities?"
Mu Yunzi found it curious, calamities? Three disasters nine difficulties, isn’t that the trouble of ancient cultivators? Why is anyone concerned about such powers nowadays?
He calmly replied: "This is not the main effect of the Creation Pill, but if calamities wear down the physical body and soul, it still has a slight suppressing effect temporarily."
Shangguan Qufeng nodded, his family insisted he ask about this, but if the effect is only this, he’d rather see the pill fail to prevent the old demon from gaining respite and stirring trouble.
At this moment, Songxue Old True Immortal also curiously asked: "Mu Daoist friend, will the pill succeed or not? The Pill Sect has nurtured the cauldron for a thousand years and cared for it day and night, you should have some idea in your heart."
Mu Yunzi shook his head: "It’s not that simple, the first few hundred years, there were still some movements in the cauldron, but later nothing happened, we dare not open it rashly to avoid failure, and only a year ago did the time come."
"We juniors dare not open it, leaving it specifically for my emergence from seclusion, hence there’s this grand alchemy convention."
Although Mu Yunzi spoke with an uncertain tone, everyone felt he must’ve had some assurance to hold this convention.
Otherwise, if this cauldron of ’Immortal Pill’ were to fail, wouldn’t it greatly embarrass the Lingshu Pill Sect? And tarnish the reputation of his family’s grandmaster?
In fact, Mu Yunzi didn’t have much assurance, he thought nothing of a failed pill, today’s his own promotion ceremony, naturally he wanted it as lively as possible to satisfy his vanity.
Even if the pill failed, he had a prepared excuse, might even use the green wood treasure cauldron left by the grandmaster to brew another batch, with nine pills with the power to break cultivation bottlenecks, randomly gifting them, wouldn’t people be grateful for his kindness?
Thus, Mu Yunzi answered a few more of his fellows’ questions, keeping everyone’s curiosity piqued before taking out a white duster, pinching a spell with his hand, repeatedly swinging the duster, casting alchemical spells into the large bronze cauldron.
With each golden spell infused into the cauldron body, the originally calm cauldron gradually emitted gentle green light.
The cauldron body also began humming, an intangible vitality spread throughout the venue, making everyone feel lighter, merely breathing made them feel refreshed.
Many guests were instantly excited, whispering to each other: "It’s done, it must be done."
But Mu Yunzi found it amusing, it was the cauldron’s transformative power, the cauldron hasn’t even been opened yet.
Of course, he himself felt anxious and excited, even knowing the probability of success was rather low, but what if?
With eighty-one spells infused into the cauldron, under countless eager gazes, the cauldron lid resounded loudly! Then soared into the sky.
The gray-robed elder’s eyes widened massively, bloodshot veins faintly visible, appearing somewhat fierce.
When the lid rose, under Mu Yunzi’s control, he prepared to reseal it, preventing the sentient pill from fleeing.
But to everyone’s surprise, the cauldron opened, yet where’s the pill? How come it can’t be seen?
Moreover, the promised heavenly phenomena, what "pill clouds crossing the sun" and other marvels, none appeared, not even a trace of pill fragrance, thunder tribulation was nonexistent.
No, where’s the promised "Immortal Pill"? Just this?
Many cultivators couldn’t help but show disappointed expressions, seems it still failed, after all, who crafts a pill for over a thousand years.
Some high-level cultivators who came specifically for the pill were even more disappointed, the gray-robed old man slightly lowered his head, his gaze faintly expressing resentment, suspecting Mu Yunzi fooled him into coming just to offer support.
Due to the cauldron’s shielding, ordinary cultivators couldn’t use Divine Sense to probe inside, but Chu Xuan’s eyes faintly shimmered with multi-colored light, using the passive vision granted by "Seven Luminaries Divine Light," he saw a spherical pill inside the cauldron.
But it appeared dull and gray, completely without the luster an "Immortal Pill" should have.
Mu Yunzi, as the artifact handler, naturally saw clearly, he somewhat confusedly summoned the pill from afar.
This scene made the originally disappointed guests brighten up, maybe there’s still hope?
But as the pill emerged, everyone had the chance to probe it with their Divine Sense, discovering the pill seemed wasted, devoid of Spiritual Qi.
Yet Mu Yunzi solemnly held it in his hand, closed his eyes for detailed examination, which gave everyone undue hope...
After a long while, Mu Yunzi opened his eyes, coughed and said: "From my perspective, this pill, partially succeeded!"
"What does partially succeeded mean?" The gray-robed elder slightly frowned, asking the question everyone wanted to ask.
Mu Yunzi somewhat helplessly said: "The grandmaster forced the Immortal Pill, what should’ve succeeded has succeeded, but still lacks one final breath."
"If that breath was completed, even if not an Immortal Pill, it would’ve been supreme among the supreme, but in its current semi-finished state, who knows how much efficacy remains."