387: Refining the infant pill

Mu Feng brought his two pets and quickly moved towards the central area.

After advancing to the Nascent Soul stage, his current escape speed already surpassed that of the Gale Boat.

Naturally, he no longer needed to take it out for travel.

“The treasure chest you’re looking for should be in the area ahead. The guarding Yao Beasts there seem to have either been completely dealt with by you or have retreated.”

As soon as he flew into the central area, a red prompt appeared before Mu Feng’s eyes.

“Retreated?”

“As expected of Shapeshifting Yao Beasts, they knew they couldn't stop me and left in advance.”

Originally, Mu Feng had wanted to kill a few more Shapeshifting Yao Beasts to obtain the Materials he needed, but now it seemed these Yao Beasts were much smarter than he had imagined.

After seeing Mu Feng instantly kill three Shapeshifting Yao Beasts, they directly gave up guarding the treasure chest.

“Alright, that makes things easier for me too.”

He had already made plans, but he didn't expect the other party to have left in advance, which saved him trouble.

After several consecutive steps in the air, Mu Feng landed steadily in the crystal treasure chest area mentioned in the System prompt.

“It should be here.”

Mu Feng released his Divine Sense and searched for a while.

Soon, he saw the crystal treasure chest placed on a tall tower in the central area.

“Found it!”

Mu Feng excitedly moved forward, simultaneously activating his Spiritual Eye Divine Power to survey the surroundings.

Although the System prompt said it was safe, out of caution, he still looked around again.

“They really did run away in advance.”

He glanced at the empty space where the high platform used to be; some Yao Beast aura still lingered there.

It seemed there should have been guarding Yao Beasts there originally.

Now that the place was empty, it certainly saved him trouble.

He quickly jumped onto the high platform.

Mu Feng reached out and directly took out the crystal clear, bright treasure chest before him.

“This is a crystal treasure chest.”

Mu Feng glanced at it, confirmed it was correct, and directly opened it.

“System Reminder: Heavenly Martial Body Tempering Art Third Layer Medicinal Bath Pill Formula x1”

“System Reminder: Mysterious Rubbing x1”

“System Reminder: Level 10 Yao Core x1”

“System Reminder: Spirit Treasure x1”

“System Reminder: Top-Grade Spirit Stone of various attributes x1”

....

As soon as the box opened, a large number of items appeared before Mu Feng.

Mu Feng reached out and scooped them up, collecting all the items.

Then, he directly took out a return-to-city talisman and returned to the city on the spot.

It wasn't that he wasn't curious about these treasures.

It was because he had just killed a Middle Stage Nascent Soul from the Flying Spirit Race, and this was still their Forbidden Ground, so leaving quickly was the Righteous Path.

“System Reminder: Do you want to disassemble the crystal treasure chest?”

“Disassemble!”

Under normal circumstances, Mu Feng rarely disassembled treasure chests.

But this time was different.

Because he remembered that to upgrade his Immortal Cave to its ultimate form, he needed crystal Materials.

These Materials could only be obtained by disassembling crystal treasure chests.

Of course, this might not be the only way.

However, Mu Feng now had the Fusion Ring, and with enough space, he naturally didn't need treasure chests as storage slots.

Coupled with his need for this crystal, he naturally disassembled it.

“System Reminder: Crystal x5”

As the red prompt appeared, the crystal treasure chest in Mu Feng's hand disappeared, directly turning into five pieces of crystal Material.

“I didn't expect the Materials for this ultimate Immortal Cave to be so easy to gather,” Mu Feng sighed.

Fortunately, his words were not overheard.

Otherwise, he would have been scolded again.

This ultimate Immortal Cave alone required ten million Spirit Stones, and then one Top-Grade Spirit Stone of each of the Five Elements.

Finally, it also required five crystals.

The fastest way to get these crystals was to disassemble them from crystal treasure chests, but these crystal treasure chests were treasures that were hard to come by.

Moreover, the ones guarding these crystal treasure chests were all powerful Shapeshifting Yao Beasts.

Without the level of a Late Stage Nascent Soul Cultivator, wanting to obtain a crystal treasure chest was simply a pipe dream.

Just these few points were enough to stump countless people; it was not easy to gather at all.

Only because his strength was sufficient and his luck was good enough, he was able to gather all the Materials in such a short time.

If it were a normal person, it would be impossible to gather them without three to five years.

However, on the other hand, Mu Feng remembered that when he disassembled a special treasure chest during the Trial Tournament, the special Material that dropped seemed to be a Material for upgrading the ultimate Immortal Cave.

But then, the ultimate Immortal Cave upgrade scroll didn't require this Material, which made Mu Feng a bit confused.

“Forget it, maybe it's like the huo yan grass, not in the Pill Formula, but used in other aspects.”

Mu Feng shook his head.

He placed the crystal clear crystal in his Storage Ring.

Just then, the return-to-city talisman was also ready.

A flash of white light passed.

When he opened his eyes again, he had already returned to his Immortal Cave.

This exploration yielded quite a lot of gains.

And he returned in a hurry, so he hadn't carefully checked many things.

Now he could finally look.

Thinking this, Mu Feng patted his Storage Ring, and the items he had hastily put into it earlier poured out again.

Mu Feng checked them one by one.

“System Reminder: Do you want to learn the Heavenly Martial Body Tempering Art Third Layer Medicinal Bath Pill Formula?”

The first item was the Heavenly Martial Body Tempering Art Third Layer Medicinal Bath.

This was Mu Feng's goal for this trip.

“Learn!” Mu Feng nodded.

“System Reminder: You have learned the Heavenly Martial Body Tempering Art Third Layer Medicinal Bath Pill Formula. You can view the specific details in the Workshop.”

“Open the Workshop!”

Mu Feng was no stranger to this medicinal bath. As soon as he learned it, he immediately opened the Workshop to view it.

Soon, the method for preparing the medicinal bath appeared before Mu Feng's eyes.

“Heavenly Martial Body Tempering Art Third Layer Medicinal Bath Pill Formula: Top-Grade Spirit Stone of various attributes x1, Five Elements attribute Level 9 Yao Core x1, Shapeshifting Spiritual Ginseng Essence x100ml, Life Continent Dew x200ml, any True Spirit Bloodline x500ml.”

The items for the third layer medicinal bath were much more numerous than the previous two layers.

Just the Top-Grade Spirit Stones alone required five.

Level 9 Yao Cores also required five.

Following that, Shapeshifting Spiritual Ginseng Essence, Life Continent Dew, and any True Spirit Bloodline were all exceptionally precious items.

“Sigh, it seems I'll have to bleed heavily again this time.”

Looking at the names of those precious medicinal herbs in the Pill Formula, Mu Feng felt a huge headache.

However, fortunately, he wasn't particularly anxious.

With his current combat power, even without cultivating his Physical Body strength to the Nascent Soul stage, he could still rampage across this map.

He closed the Workshop and looked at the second item.

The second item was still a rubbing.

Mu Feng was used to this; he figured it must be a Treasure Trove left behind by the powerful being who created this Cultivation Technique.

This item wouldn't show any indications until he cultivated to the third layer.

Mu Feng glanced at it and put it away.

The next item was a Yao Core, containing immense energy.

Mu Feng directly checked it.

“Level 10 Yao Beast Tuolong Inner Core: Dropped after killing the Level 10 Yao Beast Tuolong in the Immortal Cave. Extremely precious, can be used to refine Medicinal Pills or create Spirit Treasures.”

“Level 10 Yao Beast Tuolong Inner Core!”

In fact, Mu Feng had already seen it once when he was collecting these items earlier.

However, the inner core of this Level 10 Yao Beast was too precious, so he still couldn't help but blurt it out upon seeing it again.

This item was an extremely valuable Alchemy Material for him.

Mu Feng remembered that one of the Materials for refining the soul forming pill was this Level 10 Yao Core.

He put the Yao Core away and shifted his gaze to the last treasure.

This was a pair of rings, one with a red fiery sun pattern and the other with a white moon pattern.

Mu Feng knew this was a Spirit Treasure, but he had to check its specific functions.

He immediately picked it up and examined its information.

“Name: Sun Moon Ring”

“Grade: Spirit Treasure”

“Effect: All-purpose Spirit Treasure, combining defense, enemy confinement, and attack. Powerful and unpredictable.”

....

“It's an all-purpose Spirit Treasure!”

“Excellent!”

Mu Feng's face was filled with excitement as he looked at the description of this treasure's effects.

Such all-purpose treasures were always exceptionally precious.

“System Reminder: Do you wish to refine the Spirit Treasure Sun Moon Ring?”

“Refine!” Mu Feng nodded.

The refinement of a Spirit Treasure was similar to that of a Magic Treasure, both requiring the infusion of Divine Sense and essence blood.

Although it was Mu Feng's first time refining this Spirit Treasure, he had refined two imitations before, so he was naturally not unfamiliar with the process.

After a series of operations, he successfully refined it.

“System Reminder: Spirit Treasure Sun Moon Ring refined successfully!”

As the prompt appeared, the control method for the Sun Moon Ring directly entered his Sea of Consciousness.

This Sun Moon Ring had a total of three sets of control methods, corresponding to defense, enemy confinement, and attack.

After silently memorizing them, Mu Feng made a gesture, and the Sun Moon Ring disappeared into his body, directly settling onto the tender white arm of the Nascent Soul in his body.

The difference between a Spirit Treasure and a Magic Treasure or ancient treasure was that a Spirit Treasure could nourish the Nascent Soul and be directly used by it.

This way, even if the Physical Body was destroyed, the Nascent Soul could still control the Spirit Treasure to fight.

During combat, one could even directly make the Nascent Soul within the body Soul Emergence and control the Spirit Treasure in hand to attack the enemy.

Both the power and release speed were much stronger than controlling it with the normal Physical Body.

“Hehe, this is good.”

Mu Feng used his Divine Sense to scan his body, looking at the Sun Moon Ring on his Nascent Soul's palm, his face full of joy.

With the Spirit Treasure put away, all the items in this crystal treasure chest had been viewed.

After all, he had seen many Top-Grade Spirit Stones, so there was nothing special to look at.

Mu Feng was quite satisfied with this treasure chest, especially since the last two or three items exceeded his expectations.

But then he remembered that this was a treasure chest even higher in grade than a diamond treasure chest, and Mu Feng felt relieved.

With the treasures from the crystal treasure chest viewed, Mu Feng extended his arm, and the ring of the Nascent Soul birdman he had killed earlier landed in his hand.

He had left in a hurry earlier and hadn't carefully examined this item either.

Now he could take a look.

The birdman was already dead, so refining the Storage Ring was not difficult.

With his current Divine Soul strength, he naturally refined the Storage Ring in his hand in minutes, then poured out its contents.

A small mountain of items appeared before him.

Mu Feng quickly removed some irrelevant items.

Soon, the items inside the Storage Ring were all sorted out by him.

Mu Feng reached out and picked up the few head-sized Yao Cores.

“Tsk tsk, I didn't expect this birdman to have so many Shapeshifting Yao Cores and Primordial Spirits.”

Mu Feng counted them.

There were three Level 8 Yao Cores and one Level 9 Yao Core in the Storage Ring.

Among them, these Yao Cores happened to be of the Five Elements attribute, which solved his urgent need.

However, on the other hand, he should first use the current Level 9 Yao Core to refine some Medicinal Pills needed by the Nascent Soul.

The remaining ones would then be used as Materials for refining the medicinal bath.

After checking the Yao Cores, Mu Feng took out a small jade bottle emitting a strong vital force.

As soon as the lid was opened, a rich scent of life rushed towards him.

Seeing this, Mu Feng's eyes lit up with joy.

Because he recognized this item, and it was something he currently needed.

That's right, this item was precisely the Life Continent Dew, which was needed for both the medicinal bath and the soul forming pill!

“I didn't expect this birdman's Storage Ring to contain so much Life Continent Dew. This is all a bargain for me now!”

Mu Feng took a look.

There was at least 1000ml or more of this Life Continent Dew, enough for his use.

After carefully covering it, Mu Feng excitedly looked at the other items.

Unfortunately, none of the remaining items made Mu Feng's eyes light up again.

However, at the very end, he did find two more Top-Grade Spirit Stones, which was a small consolation prize.

After collecting all the scattered Materials, Mu Feng thought for a moment.

He directly opened the Transaction Channel and uploaded the Shapeshifting Yao Beast Materials and a few Shapeshifting Yao Cores he had just obtained.

The purpose was naturally to gather two sets of Top-Grade Spirit Stones.

Both the ultimate Immortal Cave upgrade and the medicinal bath required a complete set of Spirit Stones of various attributes.

He was still short of some.

After uploading, Mu Feng immediately walked to the forging room.

He had already gathered all the Materials for the two types of Nascent Soul Medicinal Pills in his hand.

He could take advantage of the time he was uploading to the Transaction Channel to refine them.

After winning first place in this Trial Tournament, his Pill Furnace and Artifact Refining Furnace had both been upgraded to Top-Grade Magic Treasure level.

They would also provide additional attributes when used for Alchemy.

He lit the fire and activated the Pill Furnace.

Then, Mu Feng opened the Workshop and brought up the Cultivation Infant Pill Pill Formula.

“Cultivation Infant Pill: Crimson Fire Golden Lotus Seedpod x1, Dragon Pattern Flower x3, Han Ji Fruit x1, Level 9 Yao Core x1, any attribute Top-Grade Spirit Stone x1.”

He had already gathered all the Materials.

Mu Feng reached out, took out the prepared Materials, and placed them into the Pill Furnace.

The refining speed of the Top-Grade Pill Furnace was very fast.

The Cultivation Infant Pill, which normally took half an hour to refine, was completed in just seven or eight minutes.

“System Reminder: Cultivation Infant Pill refined successfully. Alchemy experience increased by 500 points!”

“System Reminder: Cultivation Infant Pill x5”

Mu Feng reached out and grabbed a Cultivation Infant Pill to examine it.

The shape of this Cultivation Infant Pill was very unique; it wasn't a normal round or oval Medicinal Pill, but rather looked like a small baby.

Mu Feng clicked his tongue in wonder, truly a case of 'using form to supplement form'.

After examining it, Mu Feng directly checked its attributes.

“Name: Cultivation Infant Pill”

“Grade: Perfect”

“Effect: After consumption, it can enhance the strength of the Nascent Soul, making it more condensed.”

...

A newly born Nascent Soul was very fragile, making it difficult to move independently from the body.

Now with this Cultivation Infant Pill, it should no longer be difficult.

He closed the Medicinal Pill information, but Mu Feng was not in a hurry to consume it.

Instead, he continued to open the Workshop and brought up the Pill Formula for another Medicinal Pill.

“Name: Shapeshifting Spiritual Ginseng Pill”

“Description: Refined from Shapeshifting Spiritual Ginseng blood, Agate Horn, Thousand Leaf Dew, and Level 9 Yao Core.”

“Effect: A Medicinal Pill for increasing cultivation for Early Stage Nascent Soul.”