Immortal Cultivation: Starting from a Pharmacy Apprentice

Chapter 221: Chapter 221: Five-Colored Earth Qi

On the evening Bai Mo came out of seclusion, Qin Wen sent a message to Mountain View Tower after getting off his shift.

The next day, those two groups of senior brothers came to his door.

"Junior Brother, you’re quite the busy man. Not like those common city Pill Masters who live pampered lives like worldly squires."

"You jest, Senior Brother. If I were truly like a commoner, how could I have ever entered the sect?"

Bai Mo stepped aside and invited them to sit in the courtyard.

"So, what can I do for you, Senior Brothers?"

There were two groups. One was from Broken Blade Peak, and they were quite friendly with Bai Mo.

The other consisted of disciples from Beast Taming Peak.

Unlike those who ran beast shops in the city, these disciples traveled far and wide searching for good beast stock, always ready to contribute to the cause of Beast Taming Peak.

The one leading the group from Beast Taming Peak was a male Cultivator with an honest-looking face.

"Let our fellow disciples from Broken Blade Peak go first."

"In that case, I won’t be polite."

The sturdy, black-robed Cultivator cupped his fist and then looked at Bai Mo.

"Junior Brother Bai, you are also of our lineage. You should know of our desire to advance."

"We’ve heard that many of our fellow disciples have benefited from your services. I was wondering if you could help us refine this Pill?"

As he spoke, he took out a folded piece of yellow paper.

Bai Mo took it and smiled as soon as he saw it.

It was for a proprietary Pill used to assist the operation of a specific technique.

It wasn’t complex to refine, not yet at the level of a Tier Two Pill.

"This Pill isn’t difficult, but the medicinal ingredients all have to be aged herbs, which aren’t easy to collect."

"No problem, we’ll provide them ourselves!"

The eyes of the three disciples from Broken Blade Peak lit up.

"In that case, we’ll be counting on you, Junior Brother. But as for the payment..."

Bai Mo raised a hand, cutting them off.

"We can discuss that later."

The three from Broken Blade Peak paused, stunned. Seeing Bai Mo turn to the disciples from Beast Taming Peak, they seemed to understand something. They exchanged glances and nodded slightly.

"And what Pill do the Senior Brothers from Beast Taming Peak require?"

The honest-looking Cultivator put on a solemn expression and took out a booklet.

"Junior Brother, please take a look. Inside is a Pill that stimulates the potential of a Demon Beast’s bloodline. Although it only lasts for a dozen or so breaths, it’s critically important."

"We must trouble you to refine it for us!"

Bai Mo opened it and skimmed through it.

The Pill Formula was scattered across several pages, interspersed with notes and annotations written in different handwriting.

Some sections, heavily emphasized with ink, seemed merely ordinary to Bai Mo.

’It must be the work of several generations of disciples from Beast Taming Peak who studied the Alchemy Dao,’ he thought.

Bai Mo lowered his gaze, examining it for a moment.

"This Pill is complex. If it can truly be refined, it should be a Tier Two Pill. I’ll do my best."

The honest-looking Cultivator was startled. He leaned forward and asked:

"Junior Brother, what are your chances of success?"

Bai Mo didn’t give a definite answer, replying casually:

"Seventy percent, perhaps. I have experience refining Tier Two Pills."

Only then did the honest-looking Cultivator breathe a sigh of relief and smile.

"In that case, we’ll be troubling you, Junior Brother."

He glanced at his fellow disciples from Broken Blade Peak.

"About the payment..."

Bai Mo smiled faintly. He already had a plan in mind.

"It’s perfect that you all came together."

The disciples from Broken Blade Peak had outstanding combat strength, and the people from Beast Taming Peak frequently traveled through the mountain forests. This suited Bai Mo’s intentions perfectly.

"Senior Brothers, when you came here, did you happen to pass through Celestial Barrier Mountain?"

"That’s right. We were hunting for Demon Beasts and happened to run into each other in the forest, so we traveled together."

The honest-looking Cultivator from Beast Taming Peak sighed.

"But the Demon Beasts in the Celestial Barrier Mountain range live up to their reputation. They are frenzied and ferocious, with almost no possibility of being tamed."

"Even if we wanted to use them for breeding, it would probably take a huge effort, and the gains wouldn’t be worth the trouble."

"Are you thinking of having us go back in there, Junior Brother?"

He glanced at the others, secretly sighing in relief.

Those who came down the mountain seeking Pills were never wealthy; they all had to find ways to get by.

Now that Bai Mo was asking them to put in some effort, none of them were afraid. After all, they were all used to hardship.

"Senior Brothers, while in the mountains, have you ever seen five-colored earth qi?"

Bai Mo chose his words carefully as he asked.

That was how it was recorded in the Pill Book, but he wasn’t sure if it was called the same thing by others.

As expected, they all looked confused.

Bai Mo felt a headache coming on. Just as he was about to explain, the honest-looking Cultivator spoke up hesitantly:

"Could you be talking about Earth’s Breath? I’ve heard that stuff comes in five different colors."

"Occasionally, some Cultivators specifically collect it for Artifact Refining."

Bai Mo was overjoyed and quickly said:

"That’s probably it! When this qi erupts, it often carries fine sand of the same color with it!"

"Then that’s the one."

The group nodded. "Are you looking for this, Junior Brother Bai?"

"Exactly!" Bai Mo said earnestly.

"My own strength is meager, and I lack the ability to venture into the mountains to search. Even the people I have on hand find it difficult just to travel through the mountains."

"Therefore, I was hoping to ask you Senior Brothers for your assistance. As for any other payment, it won’t be necessary!"

Upon hearing this, they all patted their chests and gave their assurances.

After discussing the details with Bai Mo for a little while longer, they departed at a leisurely pace.

In high spirits, Bai Mo strolled along with his hands behind his back, arriving at the Alchemy Room a moment later.

For the pill that tempered the five viscera, he had racked his brain for a long time before finally recalling an obscure ingredient from the Pill Book.

The five-colored earth qi had different properties. By matching each of the five colors to one of the five human viscera and refining them into the Pill, he figured it would have a miraculous effect.

Inside the Alchemy Room, smoke swirled so thickly it was almost impossible to open one’s eyes.

The few people inside were already familiar with the process, calmly going about their work.

As Bai Mo entered, he saw Xue Ning holding a ladle of Spiritual Spring water and pouring it into a Pill Furnace.

After Xue Ning put down the ladle, Bai Mo strode forward.

"How are things? Have you run into any difficulties lately?"

...

After the matter of the Blue Dragon River was settled, Lanshan started heading up the mountain.

With the manpower he had now, surrounding and hunting ordinary Demon Beasts was a simple matter; they could take down any of them.

They could even take on bounties to hunt Demon Beasts specified by the merchant guilds.

As was their custom, whenever they hunted something good, they would deliver some of the meat to the shop.

"Shopkeeper Bai’s Five Obstacles Pills... I’ve gotten used to them, and the more I use them, the better they seem."

Lanshan said this as he walked over, carrying half of a large, scale-covered tail in one hand and handing it to Wei An.

Qin Wen glanced at the crocodile tail and remarked with a sigh.

"Are you guys still wrestling with that swamp?"

Most Demon Hunting Teams would avoid that kind of terrain, afraid of losing their lives. Who else would do what Lanshan was doing?

But Lanshan shook his head.

"The more we explore it, the more we realize just how many hidden treasures are in there."

"That place has barely been developed. Who knows how many years’ worth of things are buried under all that muck."

Holding a Pill Book in his hand, Bai Mo strolled out and saw Wei An staring blankly at the crocodile tail.

’Something like this probably can’t be preserved by curing,’ he thought.

Bai Mo tapped him on the head with the Pill Book.

"Take it to the restaurant, have them cook it, and bring it back. We’ll have a good stew today."

Wei An did as he was told and left.

Back in the shop, Lanshan leaned against the counter and talked about what was happening on the Blue Dragon River.

But with all his men scattered, there wasn’t much excitement to speak of, so he had nothing new to report.

Finding it a bit dull, Lanshan remembered something.

"Hey! Have you guys seen Liu Yaozi lately?"

Qin Wen glanced at Bai Mo and said, "We saw him a few days ago. Yesterday, his wife came by and brought two rare medicinal plants."

"That guy must have really struck it rich."

Bai Mo knew about this. The shop assistants had been talking about it as a joke before closing time yesterday.

"Not so."

Lanshan interjected, "Three days ago, one of my men saw him fleeing in the mountains. The injuries he had... TSK TSK."

"I thought he was a goner for sure, but it looks like he managed to make it back alive after all."

Hearing this, Qin Wen tried to recall the expression on Liu Yaozi’s wife’s face from yesterday.

After a moment, he gave up with a sigh of resignation. On that fierce woman’s face, he couldn’t see anything other than ferocity.

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