Chapter 118 - Grade 5 Medicinal PillsLeaping away, Lu Shaoyu"s figure immediately disappeared from where he was. He could go out and train for a bit, but his injuries were more or less healed.
In a dense forest, large trees covered the sky. In the forest, a three meter tall giant bear was staring intently at Lu Shaoyu. This giant bear"s entire body was pure white without any other colors.
"Late Second Order demon beast." Lu Shaoyu could feel that the giant bear"s aura had already reached the late stage of Rank 2 Demonic Beast. Even a first level Martial Master could do nothing to it; it was a demonic bear with thick skin and thick flesh.
"Roar …" A terrifying roar came from the Earth Demon Bear"s mouth. At the same time, its gigantic body flew across the ground at an extremely fast speed, slamming its huge forelimbs towards Lu Shaowu.
"Big guy, I"ll take care of you." Lu Shaoyu didn"t turn around to run. His feet trembled and his body quickly dodged the Earth Demon Bear"s attack. This Earth Demon Bear had thick skin and tough defense, but it was a bit c.u.mbersome and agile.
"Mountain Splitting Palm." With a light shout, Lu Shao You dodged. A pale yellow palm print appeared in his hand and smashed towards the gigantic Earth Demon Bear. He increased his speed and struck the Earth Demon Bear"s back with his palm.
"Bang …"Lu Shaoyu felt as if his palm had landed on a rock. His palm felt a little numb, while the Earth Demon Bear"s body only staggered forward a few steps.
"Roar …"
The Earth Demon Bears roared and turned around to heavily smack its left arm towards Lu Shaobo. Its powerful force suppressed the air current to the point of whistling through the wind.Lu Shaoyu quickly retreated, but he couldn"t fight this big guy head on. He was the only one at a disadvantage in a head-on clash. His hand formed a seal and the surrounding spiritual energy instantly gathered.
In Lu Shaoyu"s hand was a red coloured road. Around the red broadsword, spatial ripples rippled outwards and a sharp whistling sound of wind could be heard.
"Blade Soul Slash."
The red road condensed by the Spiritual Energy in Lu Shaowu"s hand instantly broke through the air currents. The air currents swept through the air, and like a mountain crushing down, it brought with it a violent force as it hacked towards the Earth Demon Bear."Roar …"
Watching Lu Shaoyu"s attacks, fear appeared in its eyes. The intelligence of low-level beasts was not high, and as long as they felt fear, they would want to escape. They were not like wild beasts, but rather wild beasts, who did not even know about death and would disregard everything to kill their enemies, making them even more difficult to deal with.
However, high level demon beasts, wisdom and humans were without a doubt difficult to deal with.
The huge red saber slashed through the void, directly causing spatial tremors to occur. The energy from the slash caused sonic booms to ring out in the air, and the saber light created an afterimage, carrying with it a terrifying might. A blinding light flashed as it ruthlessly struck the Earth Demon Bear.
"Bam!"
The faint yellow halo around the Earth Demon Bear"s body distorted for a moment. In an instant, the halo started to crack and crack, and a terrifying energy finally exploded forth. An incomparably sharp force spread out and even the surrounding s.p.a.ce began to distort.
The enormous body of the Earth Demon Bear was split into two halves, and the blade light dissipated into the air.
"As expected of a Profound Rank spirit skill." Even Lu Shaoyu was impressed by the strength of his Saber Soul Skill. At the sixth stage of the Warrior Level, he was able to use this Black Rank Spiritual Skill to kill a late-Second Stage Demonic Beast. This was equivalent to saying that he could use this Saber Soul Skill against an ordinary first stage Martial Master.
Profound level spirit skills were also separated into heaven, earth, dark, yellow, star, Chen, sixth rank, ordinary small family would have a primary rank Yellow level martial skill, and a Yellow level spirit skill was even more difficult. As for Profound level martial skills and spirit skills, they were also great treasures in big sects, and with every increase in rank, their power would increase by a level. Even a primary rank Profound level spirit skill and a high rank Yellow level spirit skill were like heaven and earth.
As for the Four Divine Arts, Lu Shao You wasn"t sure if it was a martial skill or not. After all, the Vermillion Bird Art was different from ordinary martial skills, but Lu Shao You knew clearly that his current Vermillion Bird Art should be his strongest technique. Although the Vermillion Bird Art was a high grade Yellow Rank martial skill, its power was much stronger than the blade and soul skills. If it were to fuse with the Vermillion Bird Art like last time, then the Vermillion Bird Art would be even more powerful and terrifying.
As for his second technique, it was undoubtedly a blade soul technique. The third was a water type martial skill, Raging Sea of Flames. Right now, he still lacked a wood type martial skill and a wind type martial skill.
After tidying up a bit, Lu Shaowu headed back home. It was about time to go back, since he had a Dragon Tooth Gra.s.s on him. Looking at the little black dot on his palm, Lu Shaowu forced a smile.
On the way back to the cave, Lu Shao You saw the Poison Marshal resting. His face was pale and his breathing was slightly better. The wound on his shoulder had already healed.
"Have you found the Dragon Tooth Gra.s.s?" Sensing that Young Master Lu had returned, the old man opened his eyes and asked with an anxious look in his eyes.
"Yes." Lu Shaoyu took out the Dragon Tooth Gra.s.s he had prepared and handed it over to the Poison Marshal.
It had nine strands of leaves that were like a beard. The gra.s.s itself was bent, so it was called the Dragon"s Tooth Gra.s.s. The Dragon"s Tooth Gra.s.s had the ability to detoxify poisons, strengthen one"s spirit energy, and also had the miraculous ability to strengthen one"s mind. Thus, its value was extremely high.
"I want to concoct pills. Be quiet and don"t disturb me." The black robed elder was overjoyed. He immediately looked at Lu Shaoyu and said. His expression was no longer as cold as when he looked at Lu Shaoyu.
"Go ahead." Lu Shaowu retreated to a corner of the cave. He was rather interested to see how this Poison Marshal Awakened Soul Poison concocted pills.
"Dang …"The Soul Poison Marshal took out a Cauldron from his storage ring. Lu Shao You had also noticed this. A person who could wear a storage ring on his finger definitely had a high status.
This Cauldron was a meter tall and had a dark green body. There were numerous patterns on it that emitted a faint l.u.s.ter. The quality of the Cauldron was also quite good. Lu Shao You felt that this Cauldron wasn"t inferior to his Fire Dragon Cauldron.
At the same time, the hands of the Poison Marshal began to form a seal. Spiritual Energy filled his hand and poured into the Cauldron, causing a roaring flame to fill the Cauldron. This flame was extremely hot, causing the temperature in the cave to quickly rise.
When the temperature rose to a certain level, Lu Shao You saw the Eldest Young Master controlling the fire with the Soul Poison Marshal. The level of proficiency was far beyond his own, and in his eyes, he was dazzled.After which, the Soul Poison Commander took out quite a number of medicinal ingredients and threw them into the medicinal cauldron one by one. The flame within the medicinal cauldron had already reached an exceptionally accurate level.
This was the medicine that the Poison Marshal had taken out. Lu Shaowu was also surprised, as they were all expensive items. It seemed like the Poison Marshal was at least at the fifth grade.
Watching the soul poison marshal refine the medicine, Lu Shaoyu became more and more surprised. The soul poison marshal was extremely precise with regards to soul force and fire, not wasting any of the materials, and his speed was also extremely fast.However, there were quite a few of these herbs that needed to be refined and it would take a while for him to refine them. Watching the Soul Summoning Poison Marshal refine, Lu Shaoyu learnt a lot from it. Sensing the aura of the Soul Summoning Poison Marshal and the t.i.tle of Poison Marshal, Lu Shao You guessed that the Soul Summoning Poison Marshal had probably reached the level of Spirit Commander.
At this moment, the Soul Summoning Poison Commander was also calmly refining. One could tell that he did not dare to be careless. Step by step, he was tirelessly refining various medicinal ingredients.
It wasn"t until the next day that all of the herbs were refined, and the hands of the Poison Marshal changed once again. He let out a long breath of impure air, and immediately began to fuse with the spirit liquid refined from the herbs.
The hands of the Poison Marshal danced in the air as the flame within the Cauldron whistled, bringing with it a strong medicinal fragrance. Everything within the Cauldron was invisible to Lu Shaoyu and he could no longer feel it, but from the aura and the medicinal fragrance within the Cauldron, one could tell that the elixir was slowly forming at a steady pace.
Time slowly pa.s.sed by, and the aroma of medicine in the cave became denser and denser.
… ….
Another day pa.s.sed, and the smell of the medicine in the cave had reached a berserk level. Even Lu Shaoyu was shocked by the smell. What rank of pill was this? Even the smell of the medicine contained berserk power.
"Buzz buzz …"
The medicine cauldron began to vibrate non-stop with a buzzing sound. It was as if there was a berserk energy rampaging within the cauldron, causing it to appear extremely magical.
"Gather my Core." The Soul Poison Marshal let out a soft cry and his hand seal changed once again. The entire cauldron trembled even more violently as a formless energy immediately spread out.
"Clang!"A crisp sound rang out from within the Cauldron. At the same time, the lid of the Cauldron was flipped over and a green, half-sized, baby"s fist flew out of the Cauldron. It hovered around the cave.
Violent energy erupted as the pill radiated with a blinding light. As the pill flew out of the cauldron, an enormous energy pressure enveloped the cave, before transforming into a beam of light that shot out of the cave."Rumble."
There was a loud bang in the valley as a pillar of light shot up into the sky. It was followed by the collapse of rocks within the cave. Only after some time did it stabilize.
At this moment, the Poison Commander was holding a green colored medicinal pill in his hand. The glow on the pill was withdrawn. The rich medicinal fragrance and wild and violent energy were unable to hide it.Lu Shaoyu"s face turned pale. Under this violent energy, he had suffered a lot. Under this violent energy, he had no choice but to circulate his true energy to resist.
"What rank is this pill?" Lu Shaoyu couldn"t help but ask. For a pill to be able to cause such a commotion when it was taken out of the cauldron, it was truly terrifying. He guessed that this pill should be a Grade 5 pill, but he wasn"t sure what Grade 5 pill it would be. Lu Shaoyu had never come into contact with such a pill before.
I"m only a mid-tier fifth-grade, while my body is injured, I can only refine a rank 5 pill, which can barely help me recover. I need to heal my injuries now, I estimate that it will take around ten days. The Poison Marshal said.
"I think I"ll stay. If you don"t give me the antidote and leave, then what should I do?" Lu Shaowu said.
"Then you stay." Poison Marshal looked at Lu Shaoyu for a moment, then swallowed the pill in his hand and began to heal his injuries.
In these ten days, he just so happened to train for a bit and managed to completely recover from his injuries. He threw a Grade 3 pill into his mouth, and Lu Shaoyu also wanted to take the opportunity to refine some pills to increase his strength, the last time he had used the Vermillion Bird Incantation on the fifth level Martial Master"s true energy. Now, he could only rely on refining pills to increase his true energy.With regards to the Grade 3 Elixir, Lu Shaoyu still cared a little about it. As for the Grade 2 Elixir, Lu Shaoyu ate it as a snack, because the Grade 2 Elixir was no longer of much use to him. Now that he was a Seventh Stage Warrior, even if he had 300 Grade 2 Elixirs, he would not be able to increase his strength by a single level.
A moment later, Lu Shaoyu also started to adjust his breathing. As soon as the pill entered his mouth, it immediately turned into a huge wave of energy. Lu Shaoyu slowly started to refine it.In the process of refining, Lu Shaowu lost track of time. Ten days wasn"t long, and ten days later, the old man in black slowly breathed out a mouthful of foul air and woke up.
"Huff, huff …"
Lu Shaoyu also stopped cultivating. He felt that his dantian"s Qi Sea was filled with true energy and had reached the level of a seventh stage middle stage warrior. Refining pills did not have the same effect of directly devouring true energy.
"It"s only been ten days, but you seem to have improved quite a bit." The soul poison marshal looked at Lu Shao You and was slightly surprised. With Lu Shao You"s qi and energy remaining unrestrained, he was naturally unable to hide it from him.
"How is your old injury doing?" Lu Shaoyu"s complexion had improved quite a bit as he looked at the Poison Soul Marshal. The aura around his body had also become stronger. It was likely that his injuries were already over."It"s fine. It"s still too early to recover." The Poison Marshal"s expression darkened as he recalled his injuries. He turned to Lu Shaowu and said, "Brat, you"ve got guts. Normal people would be so scared that their bodies would tremble in front of me."
"Why do I have to be so scared that my entire body is trembling? Although your strength is very strong, there"s no reason for you to just kill me, right?" However, he was a bit worried. If this Poison Soul Marshal were to casually take his life, he really wouldn"t have any place to go to in order to redress his grievances.
Humph, it doesn"t matter whether I used it or not in front of you, it doesn"t matter even if you flatter me. If I want to kill someone, I will kill them then, no one can stop me, I don"t care about anyone else. The Poison Marshal said.
"Go, where are we going …" Lu Shaotian stared blankly.
"My nemesis would never have thought that I would be sent back to the Ancient Regions after suffering such a great loss. However, I will do the exact opposite. I will return to the Ancient Regions now. I will get my revenge sooner or later." Even Lu Shao You couldn"t help but shiver when he saw the cold look in the soul poison marshal"s eyes. It was obvious that this soul poison marshal"s enmity was not ordinary."To the Archaeus region …" Lu Shaoyu had heard of the Ancient Regions. Pa.s.sing through the entire misty mountain range would be the Ancient Regions, but pa.s.sing through the entire misty mountain range would take at least half a year. Even riding on a flying demonic beast would take at least two months.
"You"re not asking me to go with you, are you?" Lu Shaoyu asked in a low voice. There were many high level demon beasts in the depths of the Misty Valley, and Lu Shaowu didn"t want to go. Besides, he had to go to the Cloudy Sun Sect.
"That"s right, I haven"t fully recovered from my injuries. I need someone to order me around." The Poison Marshal gave Lu Shaowu an answer.
"I"ll give you an old woman to play with. I"ll help you look for a young woman if you like her. I don"t want to go to the Archaeus region. Can you just spare me?" Lu Shaowu said.
"You can leave at any time, but I"ll give you the antidote a year from now. When the time comes, come find me in the Ancient Regions for it, if you can find me." The poison marshal said softly.
"You are ruthless..." His little life was still in the opponent"s hands, so he could only allow himself to be manipulated."Let"s go find a mercenary group to go to the Archaeus region. We"ll go with them." The soul poison marshal said to Lu Shaoyu.
"Fine." In the Misty Capital Mountains, there were a number of mercenary groups heading to the Ancient Regions. On the way, the mercenary groups would pick spiritual medicines and catch demon beasts. They would also escort merchants or other people from the Ancient Regions and the Spirit Martial Continent through the mountains.
Without enough strength, it would be impossible to pa.s.s through the Misty Capital Mountain Range. In the depths of the Misty Capital Mountain Range, rank 3 demon beasts were common, and even rank 4 demon beasts were common. If one was unlucky, it was possible for a rank 5 demon beast to appear.However, this mercenary group had a great harvest every time. Generally, there would be spirit people amongst them. From what Lan Ling said, Lu Shaoyu knew that the White Wolf Mercenary Group was a mercenary group of this size.
However, the White Wolf Regiment had been completely wiped out by an Elder of the Ten Thousand Beast Sect in a single night. From this, it could be seen how powerful the Ten Thousand Beast Sect was.
Lu Shaoyu followed the Poison Marshal as they left the valley. The Poison Marshal took a look at the direction and walked forward. He asked Lu Shaoyu, "Do you know if there"s any place for mercenaries to rest?"