Beast Taming: Sharing Pets' Abilities-Chapter 281 - 280: Attaining Immortality Is Hard, but Refining Immortal Pills Is Even Harder!

Chapter 281: Chapter 280: Attaining Immortality Is Hard, but Refining Immortal Pills Is Even Harder!

Not long after, Gu Yuan and his two companions arrived in front of a stretch of palaces.

This stretch of palaces was vast, with gardens, rockeries, pools, and pavilions arranged in an orderly fashion, exuding a unique aesthetic appeal.

Above the main entrance of this palace complex hung a black wooden plaque inscribed with the words "Pill Cauldron Pavilion."

"This place should be where Senior Red Dragon practices alchemy and artifact refining."

Gu Yuan glanced at the three words above and couldn’t help but say.

"Dan" refers to Spirit Pill, indicating alchemy. "Ding" refers to an artifact, indicating artifact refining.

Combined, it means a place for alchemy and artifact refining.

Gu Yuan then led Ji Yuefei and Yan Xiaoling into the Pill Cauldron Pavilion with brisk steps.

At this moment, not only Gu Yuan and his two companions, but also some other cultivators had arrived here.

In this area, some cultivators were busily moving around, clearly searching for opportunities in this place.

Furthermore, Gu Yuan noticed the old, thin man who had made him feel somewhat uneasy before.

The old, thin man gave Gu Yuan a fleeting glance, looking indifferent, and promptly headed towards one of the pavilions.

As for the figures of Ji Canghai and Su Qiuyue, Gu Yuan did not see them, perhaps because they were searching for some opportunities elsewhere.

Gu Yuan scanned the surroundings briefly and led his two companions straight toward a grand, majestic hall on the left.

Upon entering the hall, Gu Yuan found it quite spacious, with gleaming and luxurious Lapis Lazuli paved floors, and on either side stood Coiled Dragon Golden Pillars, each as thick as three people embracing, standing over ten zhang tall, with each pillar coiling with a dragon baring its claws and flashing faint Spiritual Light.

On approaching them, one could even sense a faint pressure and a lurking sense of danger emanating from them.

Clearly, these stone pillars concealed some formidable array restriction.

Beneath these stone pillars were display cabinets, each containing various bottles and jars labeled with tags.

Dragon Saliva Power Gathering Pill, Cyan Pill, Mind Nourishing Pill, Golden Armor Pill, Longevity Pill, and so on.

These spirit pills varied greatly in type, meant for a range of purposes such as enhancing cultivation, nourishing the divine soul, strengthening the physique, and extending life span, truly an abundance.

As for some rare Spirit Medicines, most remained well-preserved or had been processed, making excellent materials for alchemy.

Evidently, what was displayed here must be the collection of Master Red Dragon and the Spirit Pills he had crafted.

Some of these Spirit Pills would even make the Yin God Giants envious and tempted.

However...

The surface of these wooden cabinets was also shrouded in a faint layer of restriction spiritual light, stronger than the ones outside the medicinal field.

Thus, the cultivators in the hall could only gaze longingly at the contents of these cabinets, desiring but unable to obtain them.

Gu Yuan, having realized some things from before, knew that to obtain items from the medicinal field and spirit field, one had to exchange something else for them.

This must have been a rule set by Master Red Dragon.

And it was evident that some method would also be necessary to acquire the various items in this alchemy hall.

"Oh, this is a Cyan Mist Pill."

Ji Yuefei’s gaze fell on one of the jade bottles on the cabinet, exclaiming in surprise.

Gu Yuan glanced at her: "Cyan Mist Pill? What is it?"

Ji Yuefei explained: "Brother Gu should know that I hail from Lankao Mountain, where we have several profound cultivation scriptures. In my practice of ’Jade Flower Cyan Cloud Scripture,’ several high-level Divine Techniques are recorded, and one top-grade Divine Technique requires this Cyan Mist Pill to be fully mastered."

"This Cyan Mist Pill itself doesn’t offer much in terms of healing, detoxifying, or enhancing cultivation, but being refined from the Cyan Scenery Clouds and Mist Spirit, it can repair some magical artifacts and is also very useful to me."

"I see..."

Gu Yuan nodded in understanding.

For practicing some top-grade Divine Techniques, various conditions were needed, most typically some exotic Primordial Qi or rare Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures.

Just like Gu Yuan’s Void Moon Reflected Sword Formulas, mastering it would require a Taiyin Spirit of top-grade Spiritual Object.

Whereas the practice condition for his Mirror Flower Water Moon Divine Techniques was to have a Mirage Dragon Inner Core of such a spiritual object.

This Cyan Mist Pill was obviously a similar case.

Ji Yuefei glanced at Gu Yuan and hesitated, yet managed to say, "If Brother Gu has the opportunity later, please lend me a hand."

"When we leave this place, Brother Gu would be welcome to visit Lankao Mountain, and I would treat you to our thousand-year-old Flat Peach."

Gu Yuan nodded: "Sister Ji, you’re too polite. As long as I can manage it, I won’t refuse."

The group looked around, and Gu Yuan noticed that some cultivators, like before, were taking out their belongings, intending to try exchanging for something.

However, these people all failed.

Seeing this, Gu Yuan started feeling a bit stumped, wondering if there could be another way, and then someone exclaimed in astonishment: "What? To break the restriction, you must be an Alchemy Master, or answer corresponding alchemy questions?!"

"What is this, a quiz?"

Hearing this, many people felt astonished: "What, we have to answer other alchemy questions?"

"This method is just too outrageous, isn’t it?"

"Indeed, I’ve explored many forebears’ cave mansion ruins, typically involving fighting, never encountered such a situation before..."

"Master Red Dragon is quite original indeed."

"Haha, though I’m unworthy, I’ve dabbled in alchemy, studied alchemy for decades, perhaps this time I’ll gain something."

Listening to these words, Ji Yuefei and Yan Xiaoling exchanged glances.

Breaking the restriction, acquiring treasures, or defeating some guardian fierce beast, they might have some means for that.

But alchemy—regarding that, the two of them truly hadn’t a clue...

Alchemy was one of the profound external disciplines and some advanced Alchemy Grandmasters often had remarkable enlightenment, able to integrate and apply their learning back into their cultivation, achieving Yang Spirit or even Primordial Spirit.

There’s often a saying in the Cultivation Realm:

Cultivation is easy, alchemy is hard.

Becoming an immortal is hard; crafting Immortal Pill even harder!

The greatest trait of an Alchemy Grandmaster is their ability to craft Immortal Pills.

What are Immortal Pills?

Elixirs specifically meant for the Primordial Spirit True Immortals. 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

For cultivation geniuses like them, already achieving results at this age is not easy.

At the same time also practicing alchemy, that’s obviously impossible.

Gu Yuan remained composed and said: "I happen to know a thing or two about alchemy techniques, let me give it a try."

Yet hearing Gu Yuan’s words, Ji Yuefei and Yan Xiaoling did not appear joyful, but rather with peculiar expressions:

"Brother Gu, could it be that you have also studied alchemy techniques?"

From what the two girls knew, Gu Yuan’s current age was actually not great, even younger by a few years than both of them.