35: Chapter 35 This matter can be cured

Xia Shaoxin used a reverse psychology tactic: "Senior Brother Liang, you are looking down on people. If you dare to give me a Pill Formula, I dare to make it for you to see."

The reverse psychology tactic worked.

The night breeze was cool, and one should have been calm.

Senior Brother Liang Ruoran, however, became annoyed and took out a blank talisman paper.

"I will teach you the formula I accidentally learned before right now!"

The talisman paper floated in the air. He pinched the two ends of the talisman paper with his hands while performing hand seals, chanting incantations. Soon, a ray of light flashed across the talisman paper.

Looking closely, some symbols had actually appeared on the talisman paper.

Xia Shaoxin was extremely shocked. What kind of Spell was this?

"This is the unique method of passing on skills for us Alchemists," Senior Brother Liang Ruoran explained proudly. "Refining a Medicinal Pill is an act of seizing the creation of heaven and earth. Passing on a Pill Formula cannot be done by word of mouth, otherwise, it would be disadvantageous to the Alchemist."

He threw the talisman paper to Xia Shaoxin.

"I wasted my energy to create this Pill Formula that is destined to never sell, just to make you realize the reality and give up in time, so as to avoid even more suffering in the future."

He paused, then chuckled: "By persuading you to quit like this, I should gain some Karma."

He cleared his throat and said solemnly: "If you can learn this Pill Formula, I can help you get some medicinal ingredients. If you cannot learn it, recognize the reality early and give up on this idea."

Xia Shaoxin took the talisman paper and asked: "How many ways are there to learn a Pill Formula? I only know two."

Senior Brother Liang Ruoran was shocked: "You have learned other Pill Formulas?"

"Yes."

Xia Shaoxin did not want to say more; showing was better than telling.

He quickly used the methods he had learned, performed the hand seals, and chanted the incantations.

Unfortunately, neither attempt succeeded.

Seeing him looking the part, Senior Brother Shao Junwei cautiously asked Senior Brother Liang Ruoran: "He isn't just putting on an act, is he?"

Senior Brother Liang Ruoran's eyes went blank, and he nodded, saying: "No, he actually did it right. However, doing it right is useless; I used the third universal learning method."

Xia Shaoxin was very earnest and requested Senior Brother Liang Ruoran to teach him the third method of learning a Pill Formula.

"What kind of medicine can you make?"

"I can make a qi and blood pill," Xia Shaoxin said.

"If you learned to make a qi and blood pill, going into the Jianghu and selling it to those Martial Artists is actually quite good. It is a way to make a fortune."

"I heard that Sect Disciples use them too."

Senior Brother Liang Ruoran waved his hand: "A qi and blood pill is not of much use to a Qi Refiner. Unless they cannot buy a qi and blood pill, no one wants to eat this stuff."

Hiss, why is there also a qi and blood pill?

"Simply put, those that need to be thrown into a furnace to be refined are called 'Medicinal Pill', while those that even you, a mere Mortal, can make, can only be called 'qi and blood pill'."

Oh! Xia Shaoxin felt as if he had been enlightened.

"It is quite rare for a Mortal to be able to refine ordinary Pill Formulas, no wonder you are so persistent. Fine, no one else learns this Pill Formula anyway, so I will give it to you."

He carefully taught the third method of learning a Pill Formula.

Traditionally, Alchemists only use three secret methods to pass on skills, which are actually three sets of universal codes.

Senior Brother Shao Junwei, who was on the side, watched blankly.

His innate talent was creating Magical Artifacts; Pill Formulas were useless to him, and even if he listened, he could not learn them.

Xia Shaoxin grasped it very quickly. He held the talisman paper in his hand, performed the hand seals, recited the incantations, and it ignited without fire.

A faint light cut through the night and poured into his brow.

Senior Brother Shao Junwei opened his mouth wide: "You can really learn a Pill Formula?"

Xia Shaoxin closed his eyes, and new knowledge emerged in his mind.

It turned out this Pill Formula was called the "Five Poisons Spirit Gathering Pill". Its refining logic was to convert the poison of Poisonous Insects into something similar to Spiritual Qi to temporarily suppress the toxic miasma on a person's body.

Thereby allowing one to approach items that are repelled by Spiritual Qi.

This Pill Formula was once popular in the past.

Later, because Disciples who cultivated the Dao of purity and inaction had no use for it, and those affected by toxic gas erosion had slim chances of Cultivating, it naturally became useless.

Xia Shaoxin did not quite understand the profound mysteries of it, swallowing it whole; as long as it worked, that was fine.

The core medicinal ingredients were five types of Poisonous Insects.

He had previously sacrificed them all at Dawu Mountain, and they were all Advanced Poisonous Insects worth over twenty thousand.

The other auxiliary medicines were not anything precious; he just did not have them on hand.

Senior Brother Shao Junwei teased Senior Brother Liang Ruoran: "It is only you Alchemists. We, the artifact makers, would not have such things that a Mortal can learn."

Senior Brother Liang Ruoran was very dissatisfied: "You cannot even make medicine that a Mortal can make, yet I can make pots and pans for Mortals to use!"

Senior Brother Shao Junwei snorted: "You Alchemists, even your secret methods for learning are universal; there is no secret to speak of."

Senior Brother Liang Ruoran rolled his eyes: "Brother Shao, don't some of the Magical Artifacts you make also get used by Mortals?"

Senior Brother Shao Junwei was left speechless by the retort.

Xia Shaoxin opened his eyes, and a bright light was lit in his heart.

All his fatigue was swept away.

He opened his mouth and asked: "I heard that the Chiyan Sect has a market that sells all kinds of items?"

Senior Brother Liang Ruoran shook his head: "Don't ask. The things sold at the Sect's Baotong Tower must be traded with Spirit Stones. Do you have Spirit Stones?"

Xia Shaoxin was stunned: "What is a Spirit Stone?"

"A type of stone that can be taken as a Medicinal Pill. It only circulates within the immortal Sects. It is normal that you have not heard of it."

"Is there any place in the Sect that sells ordinary medicinal ingredients?"

Senior Brother Shao Junwei said: "There is a market at the foot of Tengyun Peak that allows outsiders to go there and trade. I also occasionally take some Magical Artifacts that Mortals can use to sell there."

"Many thanks!" Xia Shaoxin sincerely thanked the two.

"The small Magical Artifacts I make are not wanted in the Sect, so selling them to Mortals is fine; it makes the best use of everything. Collecting some silver is not because I need silver, but because I do not want my things to seem cheap." Senior Brother Shao Junwei frowned and explained unnecessarily.

Xia Shaoxin politely expressed his understanding.

He thanked the two again for their help, bent his waist, and bowed deeply.

There was no need to stay up late tonight; he would go back and get a good night's sleep.

...

Waking up the next day, he felt much more energetic.

When everyone got up, Xia Shaoxin asked Nangong Yi if he could take a half-day leave in the afternoon after finishing his morning chores.

As soon as he finished speaking, his roommates jumped up.

"No! You just arrived a few days ago and are already asking for leave? We are already short one person, and we still have to do your work!"

Xia Shaoxin apologized with a smile: "Everyone has times when they are inconvenienced."

Everyone cursed angrily: "You are a newcomer; you should be doing more to begin with. You still dare to ask for leave? Absolutely not."

Nangong Yi said coldly: "Do not ask me for leave. The morning chores are daily routine tasks, and the afternoon chores are arranged by the deacon. Go talk to the deacon."

"It is useless to talk to anyone. We will have the deacon kick you off the mountain; do you believe it?"

Everyone walked out the door, picking up brooms while cursing and swearing.

Just amidst the noise, a figure appeared at the entrance of the servant courtyard.

Nangong Yi saw him, his face full of smiles. He trotted forward and bowed: "Senior Brother Liang, why are you here? Are you passing by, or are you here to assign us tasks?"

The one who came was none other than Senior Brother Liang Ruoran.

He had heard everything the crowd said about Xia Shaoxin just now.

"I am here to find someone to help me do some private work and run an errand."

Nangong Yi patted his chest: "No problem. My people, whoever you fancy, just pick."

"I know you are all very busy every day. If I take one person away, won't you be more tired?"

"Hehe, it is fine, just a little bit more tired. The Elder said that doing chores is equivalent to body tempering, which is very helpful for future Cultivating."

Senior Brother Liang Ruoran reached out and pointed at Xia Shaoxin: "Just him."