72: Chapter 72 The Real Uses of White Jade Honey

"One thousand High-Grade Spirit Stones."

"One thousand High-Grade Spirit Stones to buy three Medicinal Pills?" Ding Xin's voice rose slightly.

"Are you crazy?"

"It's not one thousand High-Grade Spirit Stones for three; it's one thousand High-Grade Spirit Stones for one. Giving you those three Medicinal Pills costs three thousand High-Grade Spirit Stones in total."

Zhao Mo said helplessly,

"Actually, the original price is six hundred High-Grade Spirit Stones, but you have to wait three years. Since you are in a rush for your Undergoing Tribulation, I paid a premium."

It could only be said that Zhao Mo truly loved Ding Xin. When he underwent his own First-Nine Lightning Tribulation, he hadn't been willing to buy the Liu Clan's obstacle breaking pill. Yet, for Ding Xin's Undergoing Tribulation, he bought three at once. What was even more special was that at the time, Zhao Mo didn't even know Ding Xin was a woman.

"No way."

"Go get a refund. Even getting six hundred High-Grade Spirit Stones back would be better than nothing."

Ding Xin dragged Zhao Mo out of Tianfeng Valley and headed straight for the Liu Clan Apothecary.

"What? Returning the Medicinal Pills?"

Inside the Liu Clan Apothecary.

Zhao Mo and Ding Xin were treated like fools by others.

"Oh!"

"I wonder who it is?"

"So it's the famous True Person Mo."

Liu Yaogu looked at Zhao Mo and Ding Xin.

He was confused inwardly.

He is at the Golden Core Fifth Layer already; could it be that his Spell had no effect on him at all?

Where did this Genius come from? Why didn't he have any accidents during Foundation Establishment?

"Greetings, True Lord Yaogu."

People were coming and going in the apothecary; they still had to show respect to a Nascent Soul True Lord.

"You want to return the Medicinal Pills?"

"What Medicinal Pills?"

"The obstacle breaking pill," said Ding Xin, who was behind Zhao Mo.

"Hmph, what a joke. Since the founding of my Liu Clan Apothecary, when have we ever accepted returns on Medicinal Pills?"

"Don't cause trouble here and affect our business."

"You—"

Ding Xin wanted to argue further, but Zhao Mo hurriedly pulled her back.

"Why are you so fierce?"

"That is a Nascent Soul True Lord; aren't you afraid he will slap you to death?"

Ding Xin retorted, "What is there to be afraid of? I am now an Immortal Master at the Golden Core Fifth Layer."

However, her Aura was clearly much weaker.

"By the way, what kind of transformation Spell is that? Even a Nascent Soul True Lord couldn't see through it?"

Ding Xin said, "That is natural. This is my family's Dao technique. Let alone a Nascent Soul True Lord, even a powerhouse at the Mahayana Stage wouldn't be able to tell."

"How about it? Do you want to learn it?"

"If you want to learn, I can teach you."

At this moment, Zhao Mo finally understood why Ding Xin was always thinking about his Dead Ox.

Did the eyesight of that Dead Ox actually rival that of a Mahayana Stage powerhouse?

"By the way, where are we going?"

Ding Xin said, "To buy Spirit Medicine and Spiritual Plant materials."

"I want to practice Alchemy myself."

Zhao Mo said, "You know how to practice Alchemy?"

Ding Xin said, "I don't know how, but I know the Pill Formula."

Zhao Mo really wanted to say that having a Pill Formula didn't guarantee one could refine a Medicinal Pill, but he didn't want to discourage Ding Xin's enthusiasm, so he let her be.

"Spirit Origin Grass for one Low-Grade Spirit Stone per jin?"

"Give me one thousand jin."

"Dragon Blood Vine for two Low-Grade Spirit Stones per jin?"

"Give me one thousand jin."

Next came things like Xuan Ice Flower, Purple Clouds Fruit, Moon Essence Dew, Spirit Spring, and Earth Dragon Bone, etc. The prices were cheaper than Zhao Mo had expected.

"Are you sure this is the Pill Formula for refining the obstacle breaking pill?"

Ding Xin glared at Zhao Mo.

"You actually doubt me?"

"No, I was just wondering about the dosage for refining one obstacle breaking pill."

"I just feel like something is not right."

Ding Xin checked the Spirit Medicine and Spiritual Plant materials they had already purchased and found that only the White Jade Stone Malt was missing; apart from that, the whole process had been surprisingly smooth.

"Excuse me, do you have White Jade Stone Malt for sale here?"

"No."

"Never heard of it."

The last item, White Jade Stone Malt, left Zhao Mo dumbfounded.

They had run through the entire market and found no trace of White Jade Stone Malt.

"Strange. Is this why no one else can refine the obstacle breaking pill?"

Zhao Mo's legs were almost worn out, but there was no news of White Jade Stone Malt at all, as if the Xuan Sect had never had such a thing.

"Forget it. Only one item left; we can just look for it slowly."

Zhao Mo comforted her from the clouds.

"By the way, what does that White Jade Stone Malt look like?"

Ding Xin tilted her head.

"I don't know. I'll only know when I see it."

At this answer, Zhao Mo felt as if the sky had collapsed; it would have been better not to ask.

...

Fuyu Peak.

The Liu Clan's base, where their Old Ancestor was in seclusion.

"Yaozhen, news has come from outside that someone seems to be buying Spirit Medicine and Spiritual Plant materials for the obstacle breaking pill."

"The types collected are exactly the same as our obstacle breaking pill."

Liu Yaozhen, a senior Alchemist of the Xuan Sect, with a cultivation of Nascent Soul First Layer.

Or perhaps one should call him a senior Alchemist of the Liu Clan, as he hadn't refined a furnace of Medicinal Pills for the Xuan Sect in over a hundred years.

"Let them collect it."

"Over the years, which year has there not been someone trying to imitate the obstacle breaking pill? But has anyone ever succeeded?"

"No need to worry."

"The most important White Jade Bees are in the hands of the Old Ancestor; no one can imitate it."

...

Tianfeng Valley.

Ding Xin watched Zhao Mo adding honey to the water bucket in large chunks and fell into deep thought.

"What are you doing?"

"Feeding the ox."

"That guy loves this stuff. It just performed a handstand for me, this is the reward."

Ding Xin was already stunned.

An ox performing a handstand for you?

How bored are you two?

"How much of this stuff do you have?"

Ding Xin snatched the honey from Zhao Mo's hand. If the honey in the bucket hadn't been stirred and melted by Zhao Mo, she would have wanted to scoop it all out of the bucket.

"Plenty."

"I have hundreds of jin in my Storage Ring, and there should be more by the lake because this year's white jade honey hasn't been harvested yet."

"What do you want this for? Skincare?"

Ding Xin: "?"

What does honey have to do with skincare?

"Skincare my foot! This is the White Jade Stone Malt we spent the whole afternoon looking for."

"Ah? Honey is just honey, why is it called White Jade Stone Malt?"

"Too much."

What Zhao Mo didn't know was that honey was originally called Stone Malt or Stone Nectar; he just didn't know it himself, wasting an entire afternoon.

"Since it's needed for Alchemy, then wait a moment, I'll go harvest this year's honey too."

Zhao Mo went fully armored and headed straight for the lake.

"My gosh, how did it grow so fast?"

Looking at the beehives of various sizes in the woods by the lake, Zhao Mo felt that the growth rate of this group of White Jade Bees could compare to his own cultivation—it was too fast.

"Fortunately, this year my cultivation has broken through to the Golden Core Fifth Layer."

"I can still withstand you guys."

Zhao Mo's exterior had already become a huge bee egg, with dense White Jade Bees blocking his vision.

"I'll pry it open."

As a veteran at harvesting honey, Zhao Mo was becoming more and more rough.

"Time to go."

In order to limit the development of the bee colony, Zhao Mo left much less honey this year.

"What is this?"

"Alchemy steps?"

"Are you for real?"

Zhao Mo looked at what Ding Xin had written: Wash and chop the Spirit Origin Grass and Dragon Blood Vine, place them in a jade cauldron, and simmer over a slow fire for thirty-six hours. While simmering, process the Xuan Ice Flower and Purple Clouds Fruit separately. The former needs to be refrigerated in an ice cellar for seven days, while the latter needs to be baptized by lightning strikes. After the Spirit Origin Grass and Dragon Blood Vine have been boiled into juice, add the specially processed Xuan Ice Flower and Purple Clouds Fruit and continue refining. When the pill juice starts to become thick, add Moon Essence Dew, Spirit Spring, and Earth Dragon Bone in sequence, stirring while adding. Finally, when the pill is nine-turned, drip in the White Jade Stone Malt to solidify it, and the obstacle breaking pill is complete.

"Lightning strike the Purple Clouds Fruit?"

"That will have to wait until early spring."

Ding Xin said,

"It's a pity that neither you nor I know Lightning techniques."

Zhao Mo: "Lightning techniques?"

"Does Palm Thunder count?"

"Of course it counts."

Zhao Mo said, "That's good, give me half a day."

Saying this, he headed straight for the Scripture Pavilion.

Ding Xin watched Zhao Mo's departing back before she reacted.

"Is he planning to learn Palm Thunder in half a day?"