37: Skin, flesh, tendons and bones turn

After becoming Teacher Yan's assistant, Qin Yue finally understood why the trash he brought back from the Demon Rat mission was worth 5 contribution points.

Because the pile of dirt he shoveled from the ground contained the Demon Rat's blood.

The main Material for Blood Replenishing Powder is the blood of various Demons. The blood extracted from the dirt he brought back was enough for Teacher Yan to open a large Alchemy Furnace once.

During this Medicine Refining class, the students were refining Medicinal Pills. Of course, not too much could be used at once; each person received less than a drop of Demon blood.

During the Medicine Refining process, Teacher Yan led Qin Yue, Jin Yichuan, and Zhao Yunhe, the three assistants who had already learned to refine Blood Replenishing Powder, on a patrol through the Alchemy Hall.

It wasn't just to guide the students in Medicine Refining, but more importantly, to prevent them from blowing up the Alchemy Furnace and injuring people.

Fortunately, Blood Replenishing Powder was simple enough. Although some people failed to refine it several times and didn't succeed by the end of class, the good news was that no one blew up their furnace.

When class ended, Teacher Yan announced that from today onwards, whenever he had a class, an additional Medicine Refining guidance class would be added in the afternoon.

It would be on a voluntary basis, and any student interested in learning Medicine Refining could come, but they would need to provide their own practice Materials.

Qin Yue felt that this additional class was very necessary. Of course, he didn't need it; he could receive guidance from Teacher Yan at any time.

However, for others, if they didn't have Teacher Yan's guidance, they wouldn't be able to complete Guiding Poison into the Body by the end of the year by learning on their own.

Medicine Refining class was not like Martial Dao class and Sword Dao class. For Martial Dao class and Sword Dao class, as long as the teacher guided you on your problems once a week, you could go back and Cultivate on your own.

Medicine Refining class was different; if you blindly refined on your own, you could truly poison yourself to death.

In the afternoon, more than half of the current year's students came.

Qin Yue looked at these people and compared them to those who didn't come. He felt that those who didn't come had a more promising future.

A person's energy is limited. To meet the admission requirements of each peak at the end of the year, one needs to devote themselves wholeheartedly to the study of the corresponding courses.

With so many people coming, Qin Yue didn't believe they had truly chosen Pill Refining Peak. More people came with the mindset of learning whatever they could.

A month ago, when they had just enrolled, it was understandable for them to do this.

Qin Yue felt that those who still hadn't decided on their future goals and didn't know their strengths would not be able to enter the inner courtyard by the end of the year.

The additional courses did not disrupt Qin Yue's Cultivation rhythm.

Under Teacher Yan's guidance, he was currently researching and developing poisons for Guiding Poison into the Body, while simultaneously engaging in Martial Dao Cultivation, accumulating Blood Qi, strengthening his physical body, and practicing swordsmanship. When lacking Materials or contribution points, he would also take on two Demon slaying missions.

In just one month, Qin Yue completed the first revolution of Body Refining for his skin, flesh, and bones. Now, only the Cultivation of his internal organs remained.

Qin Yue couldn't be as aggressive with the Cultivation of his internal organs, which significantly slowed down his Body Refining progress.

Having experienced the rapid Cultivation of his flesh and bones, Qin Yue was no longer accustomed to his current Body Refining speed. So, he went back to Teacher Yan's Alchemy Hall and described his Cultivation progress and the problems he encountered.

As Qin Yue expected, Teacher Yan indeed had a solution. He took out a new Medicinal Pill: 'Organ Protecting Pill.'

Teacher Yan handed a bottle of Organ Protecting Pills to Qin Yue and then said to him:

“Don't get too happy too soon. This Medicinal Pill cannot significantly speed up the Cultivation of your internal organs.

The purpose of Organ Protecting Pill is to protect and repair damage to the internal organs. It can only prevent irreversible damage to your internal organs when you Cultivate the Nine Revolutions Body Refining Art. It cannot significantly increase the speed of Body Refining Cultivation like Frenzied Tempering Fluid.”

Hearing that the Organ Protecting Pill's effect was limited, Qin Yue became anxious and immediately asked, “Teacher Yan, is there no other way to speed up the Cultivation of my internal organs?”

Teacher Yan's expression was a little helpless when he heard Qin Yue's question. He hesitated and said, “Actually, there is a way, but I don't want you to use it.”

Qin Yue saw Teacher Yan hesitate and knew that this method might have some side effects. However, Teacher Yan didn't know his situation, and he could avoid some side effects through the System.

So he immediately said:

“What method? Teacher Yan, please tell me. If this method has side effects I cannot accept, I will not use it.”

“Alas!”

Teacher Yan sighed.

“Actually, if you want to speed up the Cultivation of your internal organs, it's very simple: start Guiding Poison into the Body now.”

“Guiding Poison into the Body? Didn't you say that Guiding Poison into the Body could only be done after Body Refining reached the first revolution?”

Qin Yue was a little confused.

Teacher Yan saw Qin Yue's question and said:

“It's true that Guiding Poison into the Body can only be completed after Body Refining reaches the first revolution. However, if your skin, flesh, and bones have already completed poison refining, you can start Guiding Poison into the Body.

Allowing the poison to enter your body and controlling it to act directly on your internal organs will allow you to accelerate the Body Refining progress of your internal organs, just as you did when you used Frenzied Tempering Fluid before.”

The most important thing for Guiding Poison into the Body is, of course, the poison. Qin Yue had consulted various books over the past month but hadn't decided which poison to choose.

Now there was another requirement: using poison to assist in the Cultivation of internal organs. So why hadn't Teacher Yan told him this before?

Thinking of this, Qin Yue asked.

“Teacher Yan, why didn't you tell me that I would also need to Cultivate my internal organs with poison when I was choosing the poison for Guiding Poison into the Body?”

“Because it's not important! This is also why I didn't want to tell you this method.”

Teacher Yan finished speaking and looked at Qin Yue,

“Child, the Qi Refining Realm is just a small part of your future Cultivation journey.

For us Martial Artists of Pill Refining Peak, Body Refining is not as important as you imagine.

If you use poison to assist in the Cultivation of your internal organs, you might succeed in one month. If you don't use it, it might take half a year to succeed. While the difference seems significant, it's actually not important.

The poison for Guiding Poison into the Body will be with you for life. Its auxiliary Cultivation effect on the internal organs should not be within your scope of consideration.

You should consider long-term development, understand?”

Qin Yue understood completely after hearing Teacher Yan's explanation why Teacher Yan hadn't told him before that he could use the method of Guiding Poison into the Body to accelerate the Cultivation progress of his internal organs.

Teacher Yan was worried about him, worried that he would be too eager for quick success to speed up his Cultivation, thereby ruining his future.

Thinking of this, Qin Yue immediately assured Teacher Yan: “Teacher, please rest assured. I will definitely prioritize my future. The poison that is more suitable for me and more useful for my future is the goal of my Guiding Poison into the Body. I will absolutely not destroy the Foundation of my future Cultivation for the sake of immediate Cultivation speed.”

Hearing Qin Yue's assurance, Teacher Yan breathed a sigh of relief. Their interactions over the past few months made him believe that Qin Yue was a sensible student. Otherwise, he would never have mentioned this method.

“So, have you chosen the poison for Guiding Poison into the Body yet? What are your directions? Tell me about them.”

Although Teacher Yan trusted Qin Yue, he still wanted to see how Qin Yue planned his future Cultivation.