Chapter 293 The Idea Behind the Supreme Elixir

“Yao Wu, is this the person you spoke of?” the Three-Star Dou Zun asked, their voice raspy. “Why is he just a greenhorn?”

Yao Wu was about to speak, but Shen Wen had already stood up.

He looked at the two elders, offering no wasted words, simply raising his hand.

The next moment, a silver-gray light surged from his palm, instantly enveloping the entire valley.

The expressions of the two elders changed drastically, their Dou Qi surging wildly within their bodies as they tried to break free.

But that Space Power was too overbearing, giving them no chance to resist whatsoever.

“This is... Space Solidification?!”

“Dou Sheng? No, that’s not right...”

The two were terrified, only to find they couldn’t even make a sound.

Shen Wen did not give them more time to think.

A warm golden light shone from his palm.

Great Universal Salvation Technique.

The golden light poured into their bodies like a tide, washing over their Souls.

Struggle, fear, and anger flashed in their eyes, but in less time than it takes to brew a cup of tea, all emotions receded like a tide, leaving behind a calm as deep as a pool.

“Greetings, Venerable One.”

The two prostrated on the ground, their attitudes extremely respectful.

Shen Wen withdrew his hand and nodded.

Yao Wu watched from the side, secretly clicking his tongue in amazement.

He had seen Shen Wen use this method several times, but every time he watched it, he felt it was incredible.

A dignified Dou Zun, just like that, had been converted.

Shen Wen looked at the two and asked: “What are your names?”

The Three-Star Dou Zun said: “Your subordinate is Yao Ming.”

The Two Star Dou Zun said: “Your subordinate is Yao Gu.”

Shen Wen gave a hum, then asked directly: “Do you know of this person named Yao Ming?”

The two looked at each other, and Yao Ming said: “Replying to the Venerable One, Yao Ming is the previous Clan Chief.”

“But he suddenly went missing years ago, and the position of Clan Chief fell to the current Yao Xiaotian.”

“Rumors in the clan say that Yao Ming is already dead,” Yao Gu added. “It was Yao Xiaotian who said so himself.”

Shen Wen shook his head: “He is not dead.”

The two were stunned.

Shen Wen continued: “He was merely suppressed, somewhere within the Nine Serene Earth Nether Python clan.”

“After you return, find a way to determine his exact location.”

Yao Ming and Yao Gu bowed simultaneously: “Understood.”

Shen Wen looked at the three of them, his tone indifferent: “The three of you hold high status within the clan, and it will be convenient for you to act.”

“From now on, coordinate with each other and find Yao Ming’s whereabouts as soon as possible.”

“Remember, only investigate, do not touch. Once the location is found, report it immediately; do not act rashly.”

The three replied in unison: “Yes.”

Shen Wen gave a few more instructions regarding the details of passing information, then waved his hand to let them leave.

The three figures turned into streams of light and quickly disappeared into the clouds.

Shen Wen stood in place, looking at the direction they left, his expression calm.

He didn’t think he had the luck of Xiao Yan, to just bump into the place where Yao Ming was suppressed.

Since he couldn’t find it, he would let others find it.

Within the Nine Serene Earth Nether Python clan, there were now Yao Wu, Yao Ming, and Yao Gu, each with their own connections.

With the three working together, as long as they acted carefully, sooner or later they would be able to unearth that place.

After returning to Pill City, Shen Wen’s mind sank completely into the deduction of the zun ji pill.

He sat cross-legged in the Quiet Room, a blank Jade Slip spread out before him, pen in hand, but he hesitated to put it down.

The zun ji pill.

He had been pondering this Medicinal Pill for some days, and the general framework of the Pill Formula had already taken shape, but the core key had yet to be unlocked.

The problem was that the improvement of a Dou Zun was completely different from that of a Dou Zong.

The improvement of a Dou Zong, frankly, was to make the Dou Qi in the body more compatible with Space Power, allowing one to mobilize more Space Power for their own use. This was a process of quantitative change, which a Medicinal Pill could achieve because he could use the medicinal power to forcibly catalyze this affinity.

But a Dou Zun was different.

Upon reaching the Realm of a Dou Zun, it was no longer “mobilizing” Space Power, but “controlling” it.

Although it was only initial control, it had already touched the level of “understanding.”

Every improvement was not just an increase in Dou Qi, but a deeper understanding of Space Power. This was mysterious and profound, and could not be achieved by forcefully stuffing medicinal power.

And going further up, the Dou Sheng Realm was even more exaggerated.

That was “creating space.”

At that level, it was no longer just simple understanding and control, but the ability to open up one’s own Small World in the void.

Dou Zong, regulation.

Dou Zun, control.

Dou Sheng, creation.

Three Realms, three watersheds, each more profound than the last.

What the zun ji pill needed to do was help the Dou Zun jump over that threshold of “understanding” and directly obtain a deeper perception of space.

But understanding was something intangible and untouchable; how could it be stuffed into a Medicinal Pill?

Shen Wen leaned back in his chair, his brow furrowed.

He closed his eyes, repeatedly deducing various possibilities in his mind.

Medicinal power could not carry perception.

Soul Power could, but that was the Alchemist’s own, and could not be sealed into a Medicinal Pill for others to use.

Unless...

He suddenly opened his eyes, a flash of light appearing in them.

Formation.

A Medicinal Pill couldn’t carry it, but a Formation could.

A Formation itself was an information carrier that could solidify a certain rule or the way a certain power operated in the form of runes.

What if those “understandings” of Space Power were engraved into the Medicinal Pill using a Formation?

Not engraved on the surface of the Medicinal Pill, that was too shallow and easily destroyed by Pill Lightning.

Rather, using the medicinal power as Formation patterns, a complete spatial Formation would be constructed inside the Medicinal Pill.

After consuming the Medicinal Pill, the Formation would operate within the body, and those understandings of Space Power would naturally emerge in the cultivator’s mind, subtly integrating into their perception.

Shen Wen followed this line of thought, and the more he thought about it, the more feasible it seemed.

Medicinal power as Formation patterns, the Medicinal Pill as the foundation.

This process did not conflict with Alchemy itself; on the contrary, it could be integrated into one.

During Alchemy, the refining of medicinal materials and the Fusion of medicinal power were all part of the process of engraving Formation patterns. By the moment the Medicinal Pill was formed, the Formation would also be completed.

This required the control of medicinal power to reach the extreme and a sufficiently profound understanding of Formations; neither could be missing.

Ordinary Alchemists, even if they knew this method, could not do it.

But for Shen Wen...

He raised his eyebrows slightly.

He had been gnawing on the Detailed Explanation of Shangqing Formations for these days, and although he still couldn’t understand the Heavenly Stars Great Formation, the basic spatial Formations and Spirit Gathering Formations were already deeply ingrained in his heart.

Using a Formation to accommodate spatial understanding.

This idea was feasible.

Shen Wen no longer hesitated, picked up his pen, and began to write on the Jade Slip.

This time, the deduction went much more smoothly.

With the Formation as the skeleton and the medicinal power as the patterns, every step of adding medicinal materials and controlling the flames was closely coordinated with the rhythm of the Formation’s construction.

A brand new Pill Formula gradually took shape under his pen.

Several days later.

Shen Wen put down his pen, looked at the Jade Slip full of text in front of him, and let out a long breath.

It was done.

The Pill Formula for the zun ji pill had finally been deduced.

But he was in no hurry to refine it.

Although this Pill Formula had been deduced, it still needed to be verified. There were some key points he couldn’t figure out on his own and needed to find someone to look at.