Longevity starts from having a daughter in old age

“Master!”

“Master!”

Ye Bufan and Xiao Feng, who were tending to the medicinal field in the courtyard, quickly saluted and greeted Xu Mu upon his return.

If initially, they held some prejudice against Xu Mu, their perception had changed entirely over these three years. Xu Mu had conquered them with his profound knowledge.

Whether it was his Alchemy Skill or problematic cultivation, Xu Mu could easily answer any queries they had.

Their cultivation had hit a bottleneck, which was why they had switched to learning alchemy. However, with Xu Mu’s help, their cultivation had once again made rapid strides. It was likely they would reach the Foundation Establishment Stage before turning thirty-five.

This rate was hardly any different from the talented disciples of the Inner Sect.

Let alone, their rapid progress in Alchemy didn’t go unnoticed either.

Among the same batch of disciples who enrolled to study at the Pill Hall, most of them could only refine tier one pills, while these two could barely manage to make tier two pills.

If not for Xu Mu’s specific instructions, the two would have been over the moon with pride.

Both understood that this was a rare opportunity that a cultivator might not come across in a lifetime. Hence, they held immense respect for Xu Mu,

“Hm!”

In response to their respectful greetings, Xu Mu just nodded and answered a few of their cultivation-related questions before retiring to his room.

In fact, he didn’t put much emphasis on their cultivation and learning. But his realm was far superior to an ordinary Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator, hence even a casual instruction from him was enough for them to benefit greatly.

Additionally, his experience in teaching children surpasses ordinary cultivators, which led to this outcome.

Given their pace of progress, completing their sect’s task within twenty years didn’t seem to be a problem.

Xu Mu didn’t stress over this. As long as he reached the Golden Core Stage, missions didn’t matter to him.

Upon returning to his room, Xu Mu took out the incomplete Pill Recipes given by Du Beishuang and started carefully studying and pondering over them.

Although his attainment in Alchemy Dao was not low, it was impossible to decipher this Pill Recipe without several decades of research—it simply involved too many complexities.

Every single Pill Recipe was a crystallization of wisdom and was not easy to crack.

“I’ll have to rely on the system!”

If he genuinely had to research for decades, it would be too late.

Xu Mu began to recall the Pill Recipes he had studied and forcefully pieced them together.

Indeed, forcibly piecing together. He embedded the content of other Pill Recipes, creating a seemingly complete Pill Recipe.

He then noted down the Recipe and checked the system again.

If the cobbled-together Pill Recipe could yield any medicine, the system would display it.

This was one way of using the system.

A regular Pill Master trying to complete a Pill Recipe would have happened similarly in the initial stage. They would find similar Pill Recipes and piece together the most logical Recipe based on their experience, then gradually experiment and correct the errors.

Although there’s only a single step difference between the two, the mental and physical resources invested were poles apart.

As for Du Beishuang, the Palace Master’s son, he probably handed over this nearly impossible task to him out of sheer desperation.

By cheating with the system, Xu Mu went to the Law Transmission Pavilion of Fairy Moon Palace and borrowed plenty of materials. After more than two months, he finally pieced together a seemingly reasonable Pill Recipe.

Tier seven-intoxicating Heart Pill!

The system didn’t display the specific function. Xu Mu, based on the pharmaceutical theory inside, speculated that this pill should be akin to the mortal’s hypnotic drug.

Theoretically, a tier seven hypnotic drug could knock down even a Golden Core Stage cultivator. This was already a type of poison.

“What on earth is Du Beishuang trying to achieve by refining such a dubious pill?”

Xu Mu touched his chin and pondered.

Xu Mu didn’t think Du Beishuang would be ignorant about this pill’s effects.

Regardless of whether the other party was intentional or not, it seemed to have nothing to do with him, as long as he could exchange it for the Moonflower Immortal Dew.

“Forget it! I better focus on myself first!”

Though he did not wish to meddle in others’ affairs, Xu Mu still devised a pill to counteract the effects of the Intoxicating Heart Pill while studying medicine.

Being of tier six, Xu Mu named it the Awakening God Pill.

With all preparations completed, Xu Mu began collecting herbal ingredients.

Although the Intoxicating Heart Pill was a tier seven pill, the necessary ingredients for it were not difficult to obtain. The Fairy Moon Palace, being so powerful, produced a large amount of high tier spiritual medicines. Xu Mu only spent some Spirit Stones to easily gather all the ingredients without leaving the mountain gate.

This also helped him avoid detection by the people of Tianyang Palace once again.

Xu Mu had made up his mind not to leave the mountain for at least a decade.

After gathering all the ingredients, Xu Mu elevated his alchemy skills to proficiency in preparation for the making of the Intoxicating Heart Pill before starting the process.

The entire process went smoothly, and the pill was successfully produced.

Xu Mu deliberately kept the quality of the pill low, making it less effective than a lower-grade pill. It could only be considered barely successful, in order to avoid suspicion.

It was already near miraculous for a near-death tier six Alchemist like him to repair a Pill Recipe in such a short time. If a high-quality pill could be successfully produced, that would truly be a miracle.

The other party might suspect that he was up to something.

In fact, even in this state, the other party may have doubts.

However, in order to obtain the Moonflower Immortal Dew, Xu Mu had to take this risk.

Half a year later, Xu Mu, holding the newly prepared Intoxicating Heart Pill, met with Du Beishuang again.

“You made it?!”

At first, Du Beishuang was surprised to hear that Xu Mu had come to visit, but when he learned that Xu Mu had made the Intoxicating Heart Pill, he was utterly shocked.

Just as Xu Mu thought, the reason Du Beishuang gave him the Pill Recipe was because he had a nonchalant mentality about it.

It would be great if it succeeded, but it wouldn’t matter if it failed.

“Here’s the finished pill, please check it out, Young Master!”

Xu Mu handed the finished pill to Du Beishuang’s attendant, who then handed it over to Du Beishuang.

“You really managed to make it?”

Du Beishuang was even more amazed.

“Go, take it and test it!” Du Beishuang ordered his subordinate.

“Yes!”

A servant at his side took the pill into the palace behind to test it in an unknown way.

“Where’s the Pill Recipe? Bring it to me.” Du Beishuang ordered Xu Mu.

Hearing Du Beishuang’s words, Xu Mu did not show any intention of handing the Pill Recipe.

“Before I hand the Pill Recipe over to Young Master, I need you to fulfill your promise and give me the Moonflower Immortal Dew!”

“What do you mean by that? Are you suggesting that I would break my word?” Du Beishuang asked, visibly enraged.

“I’m unclear about Young Master’s character, it’s just a normal trade.”

Xu Mu’s tone was neutral.

In fact, he had already investigated the other party’s background and heard a lot of unfavorable rumors about Du Beishuang. Things like being critical, lustful, aspiring, boasting, being over-ambitious and arrogant.

Although he didn’t know how much of this was true or false, to ensure he could successfully get the Moonflower Immortal Dew, he felt it necessary to play the villain for once.

Upon hearing Xu Mu’s words, Du Beishuang’s expression instantly darkened.

A lowly Outer Sect Elder in the Foundation Establishment Stage, daring to bargain with him, it was simply suicidal.

“As a True Disciple of the Fairy Moon Palace, I command you to hand over that Pill Recipe immediately!”