Chapter 155 – Depression
Han Li picked up a jade cylinder and gently blew on it, revealing its emerald green original appearance.
He pressed the jade cylinder tightly above the corner of his forehead, and his mind slowly sank into the interior of the object, and the refining method of a kind of elixir appeared before his eyes, surprisingly, it was the refining method of the Foundation Building Dan that Han Li had been dreaming of, and the whole set of processes from the raw materials to how to condense it into an elixir was not at all small, making him both surprised and delighted.
He couldn’t be bothered to look at the other jade cylinder for a moment, and hurriedly browsed through the entire contents with his mind first. But when the mind swept through the words “must be quenched with the innate true fire to become Dan”, Han Li froze, a feeling of complete stupidity.
The innate true fire is a Daoist astral fire that only cultivators at the Foundation Establishment stage can possess, and it is a basic law that cultivators after Foundation Establishment are born with. It would gradually increase in power as the cultivator’s Qi refining and meditation, and even after reaching the JieDan stage, this true fire would have transformed into the legendary Three Flavors of Fire, which could burn everything under the sun.
But this kind of innate true fire, let the refining stage of Han Li how can cast out ah! Only after Foundation Establishment could he, then he could use it.
However, if the foundation is built, it must be refined into a foundation building dan to be able to do so, and refined into a foundation building dan can’t lack the innate true fire after the foundation is built, in this way an interlocking, can’t be unraveled the strange circle is formed.
It made Han Li depressed with the urge to hit the wall!
Finding other cultivators in the Foundation Establishment Stage to help with the alchemy of the pills would be even more impossible. This was equivalent to exposing the secret of the vial to the other party, and at that point, I’m afraid that this hired helper would become the murderer who would take his own life.
Han Li stood in front of the table distracted for a long while before taking this jade cylinder off his forehead and placing it back where it belonged. Then absentmindedly, he picked up another jade cylinder and wiped it a few times, revealing its fiery red color.
”The matter of the Foundation Building Pill can only be considered later! Let’s see what the contents of this one are first, maybe there will be other spiritually marvelous pills inside!” Han Li was also a resolute and daring person, immediately putting the Foundation Establishment Pill’s prior aside and examining this red jade cylinder again, hoping to give himself a big surprise.
”Face Fixing Pill,” these three words appeared in his mind just as Han Li’s mind entered its interior. It made him instantly feel a twinge of discomfort, but Han Li managed to reassure himself. “Although this name is called so, the effects of the elixir aren’t necessarily what one thinks it is, there might be other strange effects!”
But the next few words completely shattered Han Li’s extravagant hopes, “can make youth last forever, looks last forever” was the description of the potion’s effects, and there was no other effect!
As if Han Li had been frozen, he stood there motionless, not saying a word. But in his heart, he could no longer suppress the evil fire that rose up, and secretly cursed.
”What in the end is this library, how should have a formula a no, but is a mess of things, collection of a whole bunch! These what Golden Needle Secret Technique, Face Fixing Dan and such things, what the hell can they do for us Immortal Cultivators, how dare they also be placed here in a big way ……”
Just as Han Li felt that this trip was almost considered a waste of time, that annoying voice came up again.
”Time is up again, if it’s any more ……”
”Just come down!”
Han Li this time does not count on giving the other side another piece of spirit stone for nothing, so he picked up the jade cylinder containing the method of refining the Foundation Establishment Dan and was ready to leave this place.
However, when he was just walking down the stairs, he hesitated for a moment. He thought that although the “Face Fixing Pill” didn’t help in the slightest in refining mana, it seemed that it could still be sold to other Immortal Cultivators. And most importantly, this Fixed Face Pill doesn’t require the so-called Innate True Flame, which he is able to formulate nowadays.
Thinking of this, Han Li turned around and ran back to the table, grabbing the red jade cylinder in his hand as well before he quickly stepped back to the stairway and thumped down the stairs.
”How’s it going, little friend! Any gains?” As soon as the old man saw Han Li come down, he immediately asked with a smile on his face, but how Han Li listened to how he felt that this statement was so hypocritical.
”Old Xu, is the upstairs really the place where this sect stores its secret prescriptions for pills? How come there’s so much rags and trash, there won’t be another collection room, right?” Han Li didn’t care about the old man’s flirting, but instead asked the question he had been holding in his belly for a long time, with a depressed expression on his face.
Seeing Han Li with such a look, the old man couldn’t help but heave a sinister smile.
”Since the old man took care of this place, little friend is not the first person to have this question. Almost every newcomer who has just arrived at the Yuelu Hall and watched upstairs will inquire about this matter from the old man. However, if you want to know the origin of this matter well ……” This Xu Lao deliberately dragged out his accent, but the meaning of wanting favors in his words couldn’t be clearer.
The other side of this dead money expression, really let Han Li speechless. In front of this which is still a foundation stage cultivator, clearly is the secular world traitors driving here, living a look of iron rooster.
At this time, Han Li finally understood that the other side began to not let called uncle, but called Sun old intention. This person clearly felt that if he became a division elder, it would not be good for him to blatantly ask for favors anymore, which is why he played such a small trick to cover his ears.
Han Li raised the tip of his eyebrows, and without saying a word, he placed the two jade cylinders in front of the old man’s table with a “snap” and “pop”.
”Senior originally wanted to copy both jade cylinders, but now that I look at it, the spirit stones don’t seem quite enough! In that case, it would be better for senior to just copy one of them and forget about it, and send the other one back later.” Han Li hadn’t been in the secular world for nothing for so long, and slightly countered in case the other party’s appetite was growing.
”Junior wants to make two copies?” Elder Xu was overjoyed, his eyes widening.
”Originally, yes, but the latecomer still wants to know the answer to the question just now, so it doesn’t seem quite enough again!”
”Hehe, since little friend is so forthcoming, the question just now is of course free. The old man will make a good copy for young friend first!” The old man hurriedly copied the two jade cylinders in his hands, and took out two more white jade cylinders from the shelves behind him, and hurriedly copied them, with a look of fear that Han Li would back out.
”Copy complete, hold it!” The old man’s movements were incredibly agile, and in the midst of Han Li’s dumbfounded stupefaction, he had already finished duplicating the jade cylinders, and then threw the replicas in front of Han Li’s eyes. Then with a look that said you’re still not quick enough to pull out your spirit stones, he looked straight at Han Li.
The corner of Han Li’s mouth twitched, wanting to open his mouth to say something, but he still didn’t. After a moment of silence, he cleanly fished out twenty low-grade spirit stones from his storage pouch and handed them to the old man without saying a word.
The old man received these spirit stones with a joyful smile, and was happy for a moment. It wasn’t until he had checked these spirit stones three or four times in a row that he noticed that Han Li was still waiting for his reply.
Only at this point did Elder Xu put the spirit stones away with satisfaction, sizing up Han Li again with a look of a great gold master.
”It’s true that people can’t be recognized by their appearance! Little friend actually has such a deep family, it’s really out of my surprise. However, although the old man loves money, he is also a man of one promise and one thousand words. Today, if you have any questions, just mention them, I will definitely make you satisfied!” After the old man withdrew his gaze, he unexpectedly revealed a solemn and square image and said solemnly.
Han Li was slightly surprised, but then nonchalantly demanded an answer to the question he had just asked.
”The answer is actually quite simple, most of the pill formulas have long been lost. Not only is this true for our Yellow Maple Valley clan, it’s the same scenario for several other clans and even the entire Immortal Cultivation World!” The old man said slowly.
Han Li was stunned at his words and looked at the old man with some confusion.
”Actually, little friend, if you quiet your mind and think about it, you’ll understand. What is the value of a pill formula? Of course it is because it is able to turn the various heavenly materials and treasures corresponding to it into pills for us Immortal Cultivators to take.”
”But has it ever occurred to you, little friend, that the heavenly materials and earthly treasures in this world are very limited, and it takes hundreds or even thousands of years for the growth of each to become mature. The number of Immortal Cultivators, however, has never decreased, and is even increasing year by year. As a result, this caused the various ingredients recorded on the formula to gradually become scarce, and even slowly became completely extinct. By the time people in the Immortal Cultivation World had noticed the seriousness of this problem, the heavenly ingredients in this world had long been tapped out, and only certain special places still had a little bit left, but these places were treacherous even for Immortal Cultivators with accomplished cultivation and would not risk it easily.”
”In this way, the formula that has completely cut off the source of raw materials becomes worthless, who else would value it? Then after an extremely long period of time and several great calamities in the Immortal Cultivation World, those pill formulas gradually disappeared into history, with only a handful of them remaining. And the Foundation Establishment Pill is just one of those that survived.”