Becoming a Saint From the Iron Armor Skill

Chapter 367: Chapter 191: Black Lotus Holy Pill

「The next day.」

Chen Cheng’s parents were up early as always. Mu Xiaowan was cultivating the Martial Dao by the garden.

Meanwhile, Chen Cheng locked himself in his bedroom, counting the Money Bags he had looted the previous night.

Perhaps all Martial Artists were insecure, as they tended to carry their most important possessions on their person.

The looting habit Chen Cheng had developed in the City Guard Department rarely failed him, and his haul was naturally bountiful!

A thick stack of silver notes, many gold coins, and scattered silver taels, adding up to nearly twenty thousand taels of silver.

This just went to show that the Blood Saber Gang truly deserved its reputation as the number one gang in the Dongcheng District; every single one of its leaders was stinking rich.

There were also several Mid-level Saber Technique Manuals. Most of these Secret Manuals were duplicates, and all of them were handwritten copies.

They were copies of two Saber Technique Manuals: the *Five Tigers Duanmen Saber* and the *Thunder God Saber*.

There was one Saber Array Manual, a copy of the *Hundred Ghosts Night Marching Blade Array*, which also included the Superior Saber Technique, *Hundred Ghosts Night March*.

Unfortunately, it was only a rather crude handwritten copy and lacked the Fundamental Diagram.

The most valuable items were a single Low Grade Bone Tempering Pill and two Low Grade Muscle Strengthening Pills.

However, these three Elixir Pills were different from the Low Grade Bone Tempering Pills and Low Grade Muscle Strengthening Pills Chen Cheng had seen before.

Their color and smell were similar to ordinary Low Grade Bone Tempering and Muscle Strengthening Pills, but the stench of blood was much thicker.

This was especially true for the Low Grade Bone Tempering Pill; amidst the thick stench of blood, there seemed to be a malevolent aura.

Chen Cheng held it in his hand to inspect it closely. He could almost sense a vicious and cruel energy, as if he were facing countless evil spirits.

’Malevolent and wicked, the pill hides a vicious will! This seems to be one of the legendary Elixir Pills refined using an Evil Technique!

And here in Linji City, the only Elixir Pills made with an Evil Technique that one might encounter are the Black Lotus Holy Pills from the Black Lotus Sect.

This... I got my hopes up for nothing!’

Chen Cheng sighed softly as he examined the Elixir Pill.

In the Great Yu Martial Arts Realm, the most orthodox Alchemy Method involved refining Elixir Pills from Demon Beast Materials.

But Elixir Pills refined with Evil Techniques were typically made from the essence blood of Martial Artists—a method characteristic of the Demon Sects.

Because the materials for these evil pills shared the same origin as Martial Artists, their medicinal power was extremely easy to absorb and refine during Cultivation.

They had very low requirements for a Martial Artist’s aptitude, and they boosted Cultivation Progress at an astonishing rate.

This was why Demon Sect Techniques were often easier to master quickly.

However, these evil Elixir Pills also had significant drawbacks.

The human body’s Innate Origin is outwardly manifested as Essence, Qi, and Spirit—three elements that are fused and indivisible.

A Martial Artist’s essence blood inevitably contains remnants of their Divine Thought, which cannot be removed even through intense refinement by fire.

And since a single Elixir Pill often requires the essence blood of many Martial Artists to be created...

...it typically contains numerous different Divine Thoughts.

When cultivating with them, one must use auxiliary Demon Sect Techniques.

Otherwise, as the pill’s power suffuses the body, the Divine Thoughts within it will also seep in, causing a backlash against the Cultivator’s mind.

In mild cases, this leads to mental confusion; in severe cases, the person loses their sanity and goes completely berserk!

Even with the aid of Demon Sect Techniques, a Cultivator’s mind would still be significantly affected. This is what causes Martial Artists from Demon Sects to become so vicious, cruel, greedy, and bloodthirsty.

The Black Lotus Sect’s Black Lotus Holy Pills, however, were different from other Elixir Pills refined with Evil Techniques.

They first used the essence blood of Martial Artists as fertilizer to cultivate Black Lotuses, and only then used the Black Lotuses as ingredients to refine the Elixir Pills.

This way, the pills no longer contained any Divine Thought and wouldn’t cause a backlash for the Cultivator, thus overcoming the primary defect of evil Elixir Pills.

At the same time, they retained the advantages of evil Elixir Pills: extremely low aptitude requirements and incredibly fast cultivation speed.

The Black Lotus Sect calls itself the Black Lotus Sacred Sect, preaching that "When the Black Lotus blooms, all methods are mastered." These Black Lotus Holy Pills are one of the tools they use to delude people and recruit new members.

Many Jianghu Martial Artists, whether because of their limited Martial Arts Talent or because they couldn’t obtain orthodox Elixir Pills from the Major Sects...

...often couldn’t resist the temptation and would choose to either join the Black Lotus Sect or purchase Black Lotus Holy Pills through various channels for their Cultivation.

Little did they know, once they started Cultivating the Martial Dao with Black Lotus Holy Pills, they themselves would find it difficult to escape the fate of becoming fertilizer for the next batch.

The lowest-ranking members of the Black Lotus Sect, known for having ’Demon Hide,’ practiced Evil Techniques, and a Bloodthirsty Demon Wolf could easily track their aura.

However, the aura of those who cultivated the Martial Dao using Black Lotus Holy Pills was not much different from that of an ordinary Martial Artist, making them untraceable by a Bloodthirsty Demon Wolf.

This was one of the reasons the Black Lotus Sect dared to call the Elixir Pills refined from Black Lotuses ’Holy Pills’.

One could cultivate freely without fear of being tracked. No wonder so many Martial Artists couldn’t resist the temptation.

’The Black Lotus Sect Headquarters is located right outside Linji City. I’m afraid there must be quite a few Martial Artists cultivating with Black Lotus Holy Pills!

The waters in Linji City still run deep!’

Chen Cheng muttered to himself, his vigilance growing.

The disappearances of Yan Jian and Zhou Hongjun had always been unsolved cases.

Chen Cheng had always had a faint suspicion that the Black Lotus Sect was likely responsible for both of their disappearances.

’They were probably abducted by those Demon Sect members and used as fertilizer for Black Lotuses!’

After all, if the Four Great Clans of the Inner City had sent someone, whether it was the Shen Family killing Zhou Hongjun or the Wang Family killing Yan Jian, they would have left a body behind.

They wouldn’t have just vanished without a trace.

’The Demon Sect... they truly are a scourge that everyone should have the right to destroy. Although I’ll have experts from the Shen Family with me when I leave the city to slay demons, I still need to be extremely careful!

The Black Lotus Sect’s fiends are active outside the city, after all. I have no desire to end up as fertilizer!

These so-called Black Lotus Holy Pills are harmful things. I can’t keep them!’

Chen Cheng put away the silver notes and the Cultivation Technique Manuals. As for the Elixir Pills, he casually crushed them into powder, dissolved them in water, and poured the mixture onto the flowerbeds in the courtyard.

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