Immortal Cultivation: Starting from a Pharmacy Apprentice

Chapter 239: Chapter 239: Jade Flower Pill

Mountain View Tower was overcrowded.

It was a bustling scene, filled with Cultivators attending to business.

Bai Mo watched with curiosity. After his arrival was announced, he had to wait a full half-hour before An Caiwei finally came out.

The latter emerged with an immediate look of relief and nudged Bai Mo.

"Let’s go! We’ll talk outside!"

With that, she hastily headed for the exit.

Bai Mo hurried after her, rather puzzled.

"Why so many people today?"

An Caiwei shook her head vigorously.

"We’ll talk in a bit."

With that, she led Bai Mo straight out of Mountain View Tower and made a beeline for a nearby teahouse.

"The tea here is quite good. My senior brothers love coming here whenever they’re slacking off."

She waved a hand to call over an attendant and briskly ordered tea and snacks.

An Caiwei seemed rather agitated.

"If I’d known it would be like this, I never would’ve taken this assignment. Now I’m stuck in the city. It would be so much better to be back at the sect!"

Bai Mo couldn’t just listen to her complain, so he said,

"You don’t usually seem this busy. It’ll only be for a little while."

"Did something happen?"

An Caiwei was just about to speak when she saw the attendant approaching with their tea and snacks, so she fell silent.

Only after the attendant had left did she pick up a pastry and pop it into her mouth.

"A hundred li outside Immortal Arrival City lies the Zhu family Castle. A house servant colluded with outsiders to plunder and kill. Not one in ten of the family survived."

"Traces of a forbidden Magic were found inside the castle—one used to transfer blood essence to nourish someone else."

Bai Mo was horrified. This was undoubtedly a dark art, the kind utterly despised by righteous cultivators.

"Who would dare do such a thing within the Xuandao Sect’s territory?"

An Caiwei shook her head.

"Who knows? But the sect has ordered a thorough investigation, no matter what."

"So, my senior brothers took the initiative and turned their attention toward the local prominent families."

"The altar used to transfer blood essence in the Zhu family Castle was incredibly valuable. An ordinary person could never gather such refined materials, let alone construct it so quickly."

Her explanation made it clear to Bai Mo.

"So you’re saying the people in Mountain View Tower are from those local families?"

"So many of them?"

An Caiwei nodded.

"Quite a few. We dug up a little dirt on them, so now they’re all scrambling to ’cooperate’ with the investigation."

"They’re investigating themselves and reporting their findings. I expect we’ll have results soon."

"Right, what did you come to find me for?"

"Oh, it’s about this..."

Bai Mo explained the situation.

"I heard your friends are bringing Loose Cultivators into the sect for training. I was wondering if we could..."

An Caiwei immediately waved her hand dismissively.

"They call it ’training,’ but they’re really just being used as extra hands for the servants. It’s useless."

"The Winter Storage Skill from before is more than enough."

So it wasn’t an official sect resource. In that case, there was nothing more to say.

Bai Mo said no more on the matter.

Suddenly, An Caiwei noticed a lock of gray-white hair on Bai Mo’s forehead.

"Huh!"

"When did your hair turn gray?"

Bai Mo was unconcerned.

"It’s just a deficit from overexertion. It’ll go back to normal once I’ve recovered."

Now that he said it, An Caiwei realized his complexion was indeed poor.

"Well, in your state, can you even refine Pills anymore?"

Bai Mo gave her a surprised look.

"What Pill do you need, Senior Sister?"

"It’s an exclusive Pill from a certain faction. I managed to trade for the formula."

An Caiwei took out a folded Pill Formula with a self-satisfied smile.

"It’s very effective. They say it’s still helpful for cultivation even after you’ve reached Foundation Establishment."

Bai Mo paused.

"If that’s true, it’s a real treasure."

He took the Pill Formula and examined it closely.

"Hmm, this Pill is certainly unique."

Bai Mo mused for a moment.

"The three main ingredients are refined separately with their supplementary herbs to create their unique potencies. Then, just as the Pill Liquid is formed, the three components are fused into a single Pill."

"There are at least four critical junctures in the process. A single misstep means all previous effort is wasted."

However, the resulting Pill would indeed be incredibly potent.

"It’s just... the ingredients alone cost up to fifty Spirit Stones."

"That’s not a small sum."

Bai Mo lamented.

An Caiwei immediately looked displeased.

"Junior Brother, you’re a Pill Master now, not that poor Loose Cultivator from back in Immortal Arrival City."

"You shouldn’t be thinking about Spirit Stones! You should be seeing the immense value of this Pill Formula and be eager to explore the knowledge of the Alchemy Dao within!"

Her voice was tinged with exasperation, disappointed that he wasn’t living up to his potential.

Bai Mo just chuckled and shook his head.

"This Pill Formula wasn’t created by a single person. It looks like the collective effort of an entire mountain peak. I can see traces of several different techniques."

"The results are good, brilliant even, but the mysteries of the Alchemy Dao contained within aren’t actually that profound."

At these words, An Caiwei’s eyes flew wide open.

"You... since when did you become so arrogant?"

In her memory, this Junior Brother Bai of hers had always carried himself like a Loose Cultivator—very humble.

She never imagined he would utter such bold words today.

"I heard that this Jade Flower Pill really is the product of their entire peak’s collective effort. A single furnace batch is enough for half a year of cultivation."

"But why are you suddenly so conceited? Don’t you even know how to feign humility anymore?"

Bai Mo fell silent.

’My comprehension really is on another level now,’ he thought. ’I only glanced at that Pill Formula and could already deduce every detail with ease.’

’It had taken almost no effort, making him feel like one of those so-called geniuses with extraordinary abilities.’

After an experience like that, Bai Mo found it difficult to feign humility.

’At this rate, I’m afraid it’ll be hard for me to gauge the difficulty of Pill Formulas for Wei An and the others in the future.’

His thoughts wandered for a moment before he snapped back to the present.

"There’s no need for false modesty."

"We don’t need to refine enough Jade Flower Pills for a whole group of people. If it’s just for the two of us, I can handle the refining myself."

Bai Mo said after a moment of consideration.

He coveted this Pill as well. It was made from a hundred different herbs, including an exotic species like the Berylwater Jade Flower. The resulting medicinal power would be astonishing.

With this Pill, his own cultivation path would become much smoother.

An Caiwei’s eyes lit up.

"Really!?"

"In that case, I won’t have to find someone else to assist you!"

"Of course. Collaborating would require time to get in sync. It’s too much of a hassle."

Bai Mo nodded.

...

In the end, An Caiwei wasn’t carefree enough to abandon her senior brothers and laze about, so she returned to Mountain View Tower.

After coming to an agreement with Bai Mo, the two parted ways.

When he returned to his shop, he happened to run into Xu Ruyuan delivering medicinal herbs.

"Oh? What kind of herbs require Daoist Friend Xu to make a personal delivery?"

Xu Ruyuan greeted him, saying,

"It’s a delivery worth over a hundred Spirit Stones. I had to see it through myself."

The two chatted for a bit before Bai Mo wrote out a list and handed it to him.

"Please trouble Daoist Friend Xu to gather these herbs for me as soon as possible."

Xu Ruyuan only needed a few glances to say, "This is going to be expensive."

"No matter."

After seeing Xu Ruyuan off, Bai Mo instructed Qin Wen to go and fetch Lanshan.

Only then did he head to the back courtyard to enjoy the restorative meal his staff had prepared for him.

Demon Beast meat stewed with medicinal herbs was truly a powerful restorative.

It was just that it hadn’t been stewed long enough, so the meat was tough to chew.

’Wei An’s cooking still needs some work.’

Before he could even finish his third bowl, Lanshan arrived.

When Bai Mo saw him, his chopsticks paused mid-air. It was as if he was meeting the man for the first time.

"The Winter Storage Skill... is it that effective?"

Lanshan chuckled heartily.

"Shopkeeper Bai, don’t underestimate all this flesh. When the time comes to burn through my stored energy, my only regret will be that I don’t have more to burn."

His physique seemed to have regressed, yet his voice was louder and brimming with vitality.

As he drew near, Bai Mo felt waves of heat rolling off him—the pure, scorching heat generated by his qi and blood.

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