49: secret medicine

Upon arriving at the Scripture Depository, Li Qi quickly found the Martial Arts Cultivation Technique he needed.

Three-Colored Qi Flame Skill!

This was a very interesting Martial Arts Cultivation Technique, capable of transforming the True Qi within the body into flames to attack enemies.

In Li Qi's memories, there were quite a few Martial Arts Cultivation Techniques with flame attributes, such as Kumozhi's Flame Blade from "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils," Huoyun Xieshen's Fiery Cloud Palm from "New Drunken Dragon Tiger Gate," and Duan Lang's Sun-Devouring Sword Art from "Storm Riders," etc. All these Martial Arts Cultivation Techniques were related to flames and could use flames against enemies.

And the Three-Colored Qi Flame Skill that Li Qi was looking for was also like this!

As one's Cultivation of the Three-Colored Qi Flame Skill deepened, the flames that could be catalyzed would become stronger and stronger, and as the temperature of the flames increased, their color would continuously change.

The weakest was red flame.

Then came blue flame.

Finally, there was green flame!

However, the most miraculous aspect of the Three-Colored Qi Flame Skill was not its use in attacking enemies, but its utility in the refining of certain secret medicines, such as... Qi Condensation Pill!

The Qi Condensation Pill was a good item, one of the many secret medicines in the Pine Crane Longevity Sect.

This pill could condense and purify the Martial Dao True Qi within the body, greatly benefiting Martial Artists in the True Essence Realm, and even being very helpful for Breakthrough into the True Essence Realm.

For ordinary Martial Artists wishing to Breakthrough their Realm, to liquefy the Acquired True Qi in their bodies into Innate True Essence, a crucial step was to continuously condense and purify their Martial Dao True Qi, constantly refining it.

Otherwise, the process of True Qi liquefaction could very likely fail, and even if they barely succeeded in Breakthrough and entered the True Essence Realm, the hidden dangers later would not be small.

Therefore, for all Martial Artists in the True Qi Realm, the Qi Condensation Pill was an extremely important secret medicine!

And refining the Qi Condensation Pill just happened to require the use of the Three-Colored Qi Flame Skill!

After Li Qi found the information for the Three-Colored Qi Flame Skill, he went to the Disciple in charge on the first floor of the Scripture Depository and said, "Senior Brother, I would like to exchange for the Cultivation Technique of the Three-Colored Qi Flame Skill."

"Three-Colored Qi Flame Skill?"

The Disciple in charge looked at Li Qi in surprise: "You want to refine secret medicine, don't you?"

"Yes."

"The difficulty of refining secret medicine is not low. Are you sure you want to exchange for this Three-Colored Qi Flame Skill? After all, earning contribution is not easy, I suggest you reconsider."

"Of course, I am sure."

The Disciple in charge's persuasion was also out of goodwill; many Disciples before had come to exchange for this Cultivation Technique, all with the idea of refining secret medicine.

However, this Cultivation Technique was not easy to Cultivate, and secret medicine was even harder to refine. Many people had encountered difficulties and wasted their contributions.

Seeing Li Qi's resolute demeanor, the Disciple in charge said no more. He took the contribution jade coin Li Qi handed over and gave the Cultivation Technique of the Three-Colored Qi Flame Skill to Li Qi.

"Here, keep it safe, don't lose it."

"Thank you."

"Eh? You look very unfamiliar? I don't seem to know you..."

"It's normal that Senior Brother doesn't know me, I'm new, I just arrived today."

"New?"

"You wouldn't happen to be... Li Qi, would you?"

"You know me?"

"Of course I know. Chu Han told us. That kid tells everyone he meets that a new Disciple named Li Qi is about to join the School, and how amazing Li Qi is. So I naturally heard about it."

Li Qi couldn't help but smile wryly upon hearing this: "I've made everyone laugh."

The Disciple in charge waved his hand and laughed heartily: "Haha, today I finally get to meet the man himself."

Next, Li Qi spent another 30 contribution points to buy the Pill Formula and Materials for refining the Qi Condensation Pill, then he departed.

Upon returning to his residence, Li Qi closed his door tightly, flipped through the entire Three-Colored Qi Flame Skill, had the System record this Martial Art, and then began to strengthen it.

After consuming 200 potential points, he successfully Cultivated this Martial Art to the Major Achievement Realm.

With a raise of his hand, a green flame floated up from Li Qi's palm. The flame warped the air, and astonishing heat radiated from it.

"So this is the flame of the Three-Colored Qi Flame Skill... and it's even green flame."

Most Cultivators of the Three-Colored Qi Flame Skill could not reach this Realm; at most, they would master the next-tier blue flame. Green flame required an extremely high level of mastery over the Three-Colored Qi Flame Skill, but Li Qi had mastered this flame in just the short span of a cup of tea.

The green flame continuously burned in Li Qi's palm, and Li Qi could feel the Martial Dao True Qi within his body rapidly burning and being consumed. However, because he had also Cultivated the secret art Mountain River Qi Circulation Technique, his total True Qi and True Qi recovery speed had greatly increased, allowing him to maintain the green flame's burning for a long time.

Slightly swaying the green flame in his palm, Li Qi felt the power within this flame. If he were to throw it out and detonate it... it would be enough to blow his entire courtyard sky-high!

"What a truly excellent Martial Arts Cultivation Technique."

After dispersing the green flame in his palm, Li Qi left his courtyard again and headed towards another important place in the School.

The Pill Chamber.

This place was secluded, well-equipped, and specifically for refining secret medicines.

The Pine Crane Longevity Sect had nearly three hundred Disciples, and such a large number of Disciples required an enormous quantity of various secret medicines daily, far more than a few Elders could manage.

Therefore, many of the School's secret medicines were refined by the Disciples themselves, especially some of the more basic ones.

The Elders of the School were much stronger but few in number; they usually only handled the refining of a small number of core secret medicines, such as... heavenly fragrance pill.

As for secret medicines like the Qi Condensation Pill, they were usually refined by the School's Disciples.

Upon arriving at the Pill Chamber, Li Qi found the Disciple in charge there and said, "Senior Brother, I need to use a Pill Chamber to refine secret medicine."

"Using a Pill Chamber for one day requires 10 contribution points."

"I'm sorry, my contribution has already run out."

"Then you can't use it. Come back when you've earned enough contribution."

"Senior Brother, please see... can you make an exception?"

Saying this, Li Qi handed over a 100-tael silver note.

In the School, contribution and silver were not interchangeable, but this did not mean silver was useless. Seeing the 100-tael silver note in Li Qi's hand, the eyes of the Disciple in charge of the Pill Chamber flickered.

Li Qi continued, "I will use the Pill Chamber for one day, and the 10 contribution points will be on credit. I will definitely make up for it within three days."

After a moment of silence, the Disciple in charge accepted Li Qi's silver note: "Remember what you said. Go in."

After all, it was only 10 contribution points, not a large amount, so there was no situation where he couldn't pay it back.

Moreover, Li Qi was willing to pay an additional 100 taels of silver, which showed great sincerity. If the silver note were converted into gold... that would be ten taels of gold!

Ten taels of gold was not a small sum of money anywhere.

Earning ten taels of gold for a three-day credit—no matter how you looked at it, this deal was not a loss!

The Disciple in charge did not make things difficult for Li Qi and allowed him to enter the Pill Chamber smoothly.

There were twelve Pill Chambers here. Li Qi chose an empty one and entered it. After sitting down in front of a pill cauldron in the chamber, a smile appeared on his lips.

"Alright, I can finally start refining Qi Condensation Pills."