Chapter 241 - 127: Alchemy Lecturer, Golden Yuan Pill Formula (Seeking monthly tickets in 9k combined chapters)_5
But things were more complicated than he had imagined.
He had ultimately made assumptions.
There were three main ingredients for the Golden Yuan Pill: the Purple Gold Vine, the Profound Bone Grass, and the blood of a Third Realm demon beast or higher.
The Purple Gold Vine and Profound Bone Grass were relatively easier to obtain. He had seen them in the Green Cloud Peak High-grade Spirit Field before. Although the quantity was not abundant, he could still get them as long as he put in enough effort.
The problem was the blood of a Third Realm demon beast or higher. It was important to understand that a Third Realm demon beast was comparable to someone in the Foundation Establishment Late Stage. Let alone killing them, it was already rare to find such demon beasts with this level of strength.
Liang Sheng was no longer a rookie to the Cultivation World. He knew that within the area of the Three Sects and Six Orders, the Human Clan held supremacy. There were naturally demon beasts too, but it was extremely difficult to find those that had reached the Third Realm or above.
After all, how could the existence of humans allow other races to grow and become stronger?
No wonder there is a presence of hunting grounds in the back mountains of various sects, including the Dan Ding Sect. This might also be due to the alchemical ingredients required.
Logically speaking, as long as the sects could keep a hunting ground, obtaining Third Realm demonic beasts should be easy. However, the growth period of these demonic beasts was the biggest issue.
The time required for a demonic beast to grow was too long.
Although a Third Realm demonic beast was comparable to a cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Late Stage, it took at least a thousand years for a demonic beast to reach the Third Realm. Their lifespan was many times that of humans.
Furthermore, in order to temper the combat abilities of the disciples, the sects would often allow them to enter the hunting grounds to improve their abilities. This made it even more challenging for the demonic beasts to survive.
Although ordinary disciples were prohibited from entering certain parts of the back mountain, allowing the demon beasts to grow naturally, the growth time was simply too long.
As a result, very few Foundation Establishment disciples could obtain Golden Yuan Pills, often due to various objective reasons such as insufficient cultivation level or imperfect realms in their later stages.
It was not without reason that Loose Cultivators only dreamt about establishing their foundation. Attaining the Golden Core Realm was practically impossible.
Furthermore, cultivators faced bottlenecks, and the success rate of refining Golden Yuan Pills was not guaranteed. Because of this, even sect disciples would struggle to break through to the Golden Core Realm.
No wonder it was said that sect disciples who managed to establish their foundation before the age of one hundred had a chance to reach the Golden Core Realm. This was because they had more time to experiment and even wait for a second opportunity to take the Golden Yuan Pill.
At this point, Liang Sheng understood the predicament he was in and could not help but heave a sigh of helplessness. It seemed he had to plan carefully to refine the Golden Yuan Pill on his own.
Fortunately, the breakthrough to the Foundation Establishment Late Stage was still far away.
Purple Gold Vine, Profound Bone Grass…
If he worked hard to earn points, he could exchange them for the plants. Although these were the main ingredients for the Golden Yuan Pill, he had seen them available in the exchange list of the Internal Affairs Office. However, it was the blood of a Third Realm demonic beast that was virtually absent from the exchange list.
His cave mansion was suitable for cultivating a small spiritual field in the backyard for growing Purple Gold Vines and Profound Bone Grass. So obtaining these spiritual plants was not an issue.
The key to refining the Golden Yuan Pill lied with the blood of a Third Realm demonic beast. Once Liang Sheng understood how to accomplish this, he immediately had an idea. He still had many points on hand.
With that in mind, Liang Sheng headed straight to the Internal Affairs Office and the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall without hesitation. When he emerged, he had more than twenty kinds of spiritual plant seeds.
Among them, more than ten kinds of spiritual plant seeds were meant to distract, with only a few actually being prepared for the Golden Yuan Pill. In addition to the seeds, he also exchanged for other items, acting like someone who had just struck it rich and was making large purchases.
Upon receiving news of Liang Sheng’s emergence at the Reception Hall, Feng Yida hurried to the Green Cloud Peak, only to find Liang Sheng had entered closed-door cultivation once again. He couldn’t help but stare in amazement.
This guy truly was the king of competition.
Having completed his previous point-earning tasks, he would constantly enter closed-door cultivation now. Moreover, he had just emerged not long ago and had entered closed-door cultivation once more.
Could it be that Junior Apprentice Brother Yang Cheng was doing this to avoid him?
After all, he had previously left a message asking Junior Apprentice Brother Yang Cheng to contact him after emerging from closed-door cultivation so they could discuss the Alchemy Lecturer position at Welcoming Guest Peak in detail.
At this moment, Feng Yida had indeed misunderstood Liang Sheng, because he was so preoccupied with the Golden Yuan Pill that he had no time to deal with the matters of Welcoming Guest Peak.
Afterward, Liang Sheng stayed in his cave mansion, spending dozens of mid-grade spirit stones and thousands of low-grade spirit stones to build a Gathering Spirit Array, before cautiously planting the Purple Gold Vine and Profound Bone Grass seeds.
However, it would take decades for these spiritual plants to mature. Fortunately, they only required a stable environment. As long as the early years were devoted to nurturing them with the Spiritual Rain Technique, they could grow without such meticulous care in the later stages.
The dense spiritual energy of the Dan Ding Sect made this possible. If Liang Sheng was in the marketplace, he would have to do nothing but stay by the side of the spiritual plants, wholeheartedly nurturing them.
If not for this, the spiritual plants within the Green Cloud Peak High-grade Spirit Field would indeed require Foundation Establishment disciples to guard day and night. How would they find the time to cultivate?
By the time Liang Sheng had finished planting the spiritual plants and they had completed their germination phase, half a year had already passed.
It was only then that Liang Sheng could heave a slight sigh of relief. With his mind at ease, he finally had the time to check the messages on his identity jade plate’s communication jade slip.
Previously, there were mostly greetings from Feng Yida, which only ceased in the past one or two months. It seemed that there had been some issue at Welcoming Guest Peak, which was why he had been contacting him so frequently.
However, now that he had obtained the Pure Yang Pill Scripture, Liang Sheng naturally had no intention of undertaking long-term tasks anymore..