My Simulated Road to Immortality

Chapter 1624: Chapter 1367: Medicine King Stone Pill Secret

“Even very likely that it was the Inscription Dao Immortal who made the move!”

“After all, each True Immortal Seal Character corresponds to a law of the Immortal World. To effortlessly stack and fuse countless characters within…”

Li Fan’s expression was solemn as he levitated the Immortal Domain Chess Piece towards himself.

All holy aura had vanished with the ceasing of its unfolding. This chess piece now seemed like a mundane object, quietly lying in Li Fan’s hand.

Attempting to activate it again, the Immortal Domain Chess Piece showed no reaction to external stimuli.

“Indeed, it still requires the Medicine King Sect’s Evergreen Vital Force.”

“Moreover, the self-unfolding of the Immortal Domain Chess Piece also consumes some type of energy. The just failed unfolding process now requires a period of accumulation.”

Li Fan toyed with the smooth, icy chess piece, pondering secretly.

In the distance, the central Star Sea. The Sea of Dark Qi, stirred by the emanating aura of the Immortal Domain, did not calm down despite the cessation of the unfolding.

Instead, it seemed like pressing the acceleration key, the rolling dark qi irreversibly continued to spread around.

Intent on swallowing the entire Star Sea in one go.

Li Fan’s eyebrows were tightly knitted, and after pondering for a moment, he used [Supreme Armor Divine Technique] here.

Owing to frequent use by the Mystic Immortal Boat, the Star Sea Consciousness had already lost interest in responding to Li Fan.

But from the limited sensations…

The true intent of the Star Sea’s origin was completely unaware of the overwhelming tide of dark qi at the Star Sea’s center!

This kind of blindness while having eyes made Li Fan feel a chill in his heart.

It was like his body being bitten by countless black worms, yet its host remains blissfully ignorant.

Such a strange scene could only mean that the essence of the dark qi far surpassed that of the Star Sea’s origin!

What Li Fan had witnessed as so-called dark qi, was not its essence but merely an external manifestation.

“Premonition of the Path-obliterating Calamity…”

“The time left for me is likely not much.”

A hint of dread flashed in Li Fan’s eyes as he enveloped the people of Medicine King Sect under the protection of the Wooden Sword Mirage at the edge of the Sea of Dark Qi, bringing them all back into the Xuanhuang World.

“Elder, just now…” Medicine King Sect Master Liu Ruchen hesitated to speak.

Being enveloped by the Illusory Realm of the Wooden Sword Mirage the whole time, the people of Medicine King Sect were unable to realize that, within just a short time, they had already ventured to the central Star Sea.

In their perspective, only some accident had occurred during the fusion process of the Immortal Chess, and eventually, it ripped through the sky and vanished.

Li Fan’s expression was calm: “No need to worry, I have intercepted and retrieved the Immortal Domain Chess Piece…”

Liu Ruchen hearing this, couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Li Fan sighed slightly: “We were somewhat presumptuous; the Immortal Domain Chess Piece left by Sun Piaomiao is not so easily reincarnated into the world. The backlash from just now almost cost us our lives on the spot. Fortunately, I managed to block it.”

Liu Ruchen and others, though unable to see the rolling Sea of Dark Qi, also felt an impending sense of crisis.

All nodded in agreement: “Thank you, elder, for your timely rescue.”

Li Fan waved his hand: “It was just a small effort! The important thing is how to successfully unfold the Immortal Domain Chess Piece. Sun Piaomiao back then must have left some clues in secret.”

“It’s just a pity that later generations did not value it, resulting in the key information being cut off.”

The entirety of Medicine King Sect felt a sense of shame.

During this period, since learning about the grand capabilities of their ancestor, they continuously excavated any information regarding Sun Piaomiao they had previously overlooked.

Attempting to find other valuable clues within.

But too much time had passed, besides that travel log, Medicine King Sect Ancestor only exists within the teachings passed down orally. There were no effective results.

“Elder, I think, if there really were any other hidden information we haven’t discovered, it must exist within the Medicine King Sect itself!” Liu Ruchen suddenly proposed.

“Back then I left in a rush to avoid detection by the Ten Sects, I only took the useful items within the sect. As for other things, they were just left in place…”

Liu Ruchen’s suggestion gained the agreement of the other members of Medicine King Sect.

“Old site of Medicine King Sect, huh…” Li Fan pondered for a moment and quickly transported the several members of Medicine King Sect to their destination.

The desolate land was strewn hapazardly with piles of rocks. Weeds were overgrown, making it unrecognizable that this place was once the renowned site of Medicine King Sect a millennium ago.

But Li Fan had previously obtained the exact location of the Medicine King Sect from Jiao Xiuyuan.

“This is the Sect Main Hall… Pill Refinement Workshop, Weapon Forging Mountain…”

After several identifications, people from the Medicine King Sect finally recognized traces of the past from the remaining buildings, their tone filled with nostalgia and melancholy.

“Although there is not a single statue of the founder in the entire Medicine King Sect, I remember, it seems the master once mentioned, a place in the sect related to the founder…” Liu Ruchen frowned and pondered.

Surveying around, trying to recall the memories of his youth.

Li Fan had previously searched Liu Ruchen’s soul, and after a brief thought, he knew what the other was referring to: “You mean, the place where Sun Piaomiao used to refine medicine?”

“Ah right right!” Liu Ruchen suddenly realized and quickly nodded.

“The first time I refined medicine, it was a success and even yielded high-grade products, because of which I was arrogant. However, the master scolded, saying that when the old ancestor Sun Piaomiao succeeded in his medicine refinement, heavenly phenomena occurred, and the aroma of the pill wafted for thousands of miles. Just by smelling it, one could gain a faint effect of ingestion. It’s even rumored that the elixirs turned into spirits, developing their own minds. The gap between me and the ancestor could not be measured in terms of distance. Upon hearing this, all my arrogant feelings disappeared instantly…”

“The ancestor refined countless elixirs, none of which were left behind. All of them were distributed to the needy in the world, which is the so-called practice of healing the world and benefiting humanity.”

“But the place where the ancestor constantly refined medicine year-round, we descendants, in respect for the ancestor, even after the ancestor’s disappearance, did not occupy it for our use. Such a rule, customary over time. With time passing, the sect disciples even forgot the origin of the rule, only knowing it was a forbidden area in the sect…”

Liu Ruchen explained to everyone, while searching for the target.

“Ah, found it, this is the place.” Liu Ruchen’s aura surged, lifting the buried building ruins from underground.

Even though ten thousand years had passed, Li Fan could still vaguely discern the former appearance of this building.

It was distinctly a large square stone.

“The ancestor refined medicine, and it is said that he did not need a pill furnace. Using spiritual power as fire, and Heaven and Earth as the furnace. However, when he refined pills, he liked to sit cross-legged on this large stone.”

“As time passed, this stone has retained an indelible fragrance of elixirs. Later, our Medicine King Sect built structures around the stone and sheltered it.”

“But the ancestors of each generation have checked, and this stone is indeed just an ordinary stubborn stone.”

Liu Ruchen sniffed with his nose, showing a delighted expression, “You smell, after a myriad of years, one can still smell that faint Qing fragrance.”

Li Fan enveloped the square boulder with his divine sense, examining it carefully.

He too smelled that faint fragrance.

However, this stone, unlike other relics left by Sun Piaomiao, wasn’t a mysterious object concealed by unfathomable methods.

It was just an ordinary stone.

Of course, the method to verify it was simple as well.

A sword light flashed at his fingertips, striking the square stone.

In an instant, the stone turned into thousands of dust particles.

Liu Ruchen, who was speaking continuously, abruptly stopped.

But facing Li Fan, who looked indifferent, he dared not say much.

Watching the dust of the boulder fly in the air before landing on the ground.

The always cautious Li Fan carefully inspected it again, and indeed, it was all just ordinary dust particles.

That faint fragrance also originated from these fragments themselves.

There truly was no other unusual response.

“You guessed wrong, there’s nothing special about this stone. Think of something else,” Li Fan finally said indifferently.

Liu Ruchen nodded sulkily.

The other Elders also had a hint of embarrassment in their eyes, and they continued to search for other possible clues in the old site of the Medicine King Sect.

Except for one person.

This person’s attention, instead of drifting away because of Li Fan’s conclusion, became even more curious amidst the rubble.

“Senior…” he began to speak.

Li Fan, interested, looked at him, and related information appeared in his mind.

One of the unifiers of the Medicine King Sect, Ruan Tianxiao.

Unlike other Elders who used spiritual plants in medicine, Ruan Tianxiao habitually used animal, Demonic Beasts, and human body tissues in medicine.

Although the effects were indeed extraordinary, the blood and killing aura were too dense, and it was quite shocking to the world.

Thus, Ruan Tianxiao’s “Meat Pills” were not accepted by the public.

“But feel free to speak,” Li Fan encouraged.

“That ancestral square boulder, after shattering, actually resembles an elixir.”

“Under the form of a stone, it was still in the process of alchemy. Only by shattering the stone, at that moment, the elixir recipe truly forms…” Ruan Tianxiao said thoughtfully.

“Elder Ruan, how can you speak nonsense in front of the senior?”

“Indeed, according to your words, why did the elixir fragrance weaken after the stone shattered?”

“Where is the elixir?” A group of unifiers from the Medicine King Sect, after observing for a while, expressed their objections.

Ruan Tianxiao did not argue but simply smiled slightly: “To verify whether these fragments are truly elixir…”

“Just need to consume them!”

“Senior, I am willing to test the medicine on myself!”

The members of the Medicine King Sect instantly quieted down.

Li Fan narrowed his eyes, sizing up Ruan Tianxiao. He stretched out his right hand, and an invisible whirlwind swept by.

Gathering all the dust from the giant boulder together.

Forming a stone ball.

Tossing it in his hand, Li Fan sensed one last time: “It’s still a stone.”

“Are you sure this is an elixir?”

Ruan Tianxiao’s gaze tightly fixed on the stone pill in Li Fan’s hand, and he nodded, “I have been testing medicine on my body for years, and over time, my body forms an indescribable response to beneficial elixirs.”

“In my eyes, the fragrance from this stone pill surpasses any elixir I have ever seen by a thousandfold!”

Ruan Tianxiao stated firmly.

Li Fan seemed thoughtful.

He suddenly thought of Mo Rubing, who was in front of the Fishing Pond, trying various approaches but always unable to discover the secret.

Without the perspective of a fisherman, one cannot see the Fishing Pond.

Similarly, without the perspective of alchemy, one cannot discover the secret of this stone pill.

“Interesting.”

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I am not feeling well, that’s all for today.