The next morning, John woke up and stared at the ceiling, thinking about the previous day's events. Although he knew it was the truth, he still found it hard to believe that he could cultivate.
John got up from his bed and walked over to his wardrobe, donning his favorite black robe. He then walked downstairs and found his mother in the kitchen making breakfast.
"Oh you're awake. I've made so breakfast John. Sit and eat" his mother said as she saw John walk into the kitchen. John sat down at the kitchen table and started eating the eggs and bacon his mother had cooked for him.
"I guess I'll head over to the dicinal Pavillion today and get so blood refinent pills" thought John while eating his breakfast.
The Blood Refinent realm required one to consu various dicinal pills used to stimulate the blood's potential. By drawing in the natural energy of the pills, the blood could be refined and purified, increasing its quality and potency. It was the last step in the Body Refinent realm, at which point one could tackle the Mist Creation realm.
After finishing his breakfast, John bid his mother goodbye before heading out the door and towards the dicinal Pavillion. He walked for ten minutes before arriving in front of a grand building.
The six sided dical Pavilion stood seven stories tall with dark red walls and gray eaves. The interior was decorated with carved beams and statues of various pill Elders of the past. Each floor contained various dicinal pills and ingredients, with the rarity and price of the items increasing with each floor.
John walked into the pavilion and looked around for a bit, before he was greeted by a middle aged man with a friendly face.
"Hello young master, it's been a long ti since I've seen you in here. What brings you here this ti?" asked the man with a smile on his face.
"Elder Barus, it's been a while. I'm here to get so Blood Invigoration pills" replied John.
"Blood Invigoration pills?" Questioned Elder Barus. "Those are for Muscle Refinent cultivators looking to break through to Blood Refinent. What do you need these pills for?"
"I broke through to Muscle Refinent recently, and I want to attack Blood Refinent" replied John. Although the Elder didn't need to know the use for his pills, John felt no need to hide it from him.
"You can cultivate now? When did that happen?" asked the shocked Elder.
"Recently" replied John with a slight smile on his face, but he elaborated no further.
The shocked look on Elder Barus' face slowly faded as he replied "Well, that's fantastic news for the clan. I'll go gather the standard amount of pills each mber uses to break through to Blood Refinent. Be right back" replied the Elder before heading through a doorway in the back of the building.
John started to wander around the first floor, looking at the various items available for purchase. Before long, John heard footsteps behind him and turned around. He saw Elder Barus return carrying a jar.
Elder Barus handed the jar to John before saying "Five blood refinent pills are inside. This should help you break through to the Blood Refinent realm"
John thanked the elder as he took the jar, browsing the items around the pavilion a bit more before heading outside. John walked straight back ho and into his bedroom, before he sat down in a ditative position. John placed the jar in front of him and cald his mind. After sitting these for a few minutes, John took out the first red pill and popped it into his mouth.
As the pill dissolved in his stomach, John could feel his body heating up. His blood started rushing, and he felt the energy in his body start to increase. John quietly observed the changes in his body, and after a few minutes, the effect of the pill died down.
"Although it's the last stage in the Body Refinent realm, going from Muscle Refinent to Blood Refinent is the quickest of the Body Refinent realms. All I have to do is eat these five pills and stimulate my blood's potential, at which point I'll have reached Blood Refinent" John thought excitedly to himself as he grabbed the next pill and popped it into his mouth.
Body Refinent was split up into five stages; Organ Refinent, Bone Refinent, Tendon Refinent, Muscle Refinent, and finally Blood Refinent. From Organ Refinent to Muscle Refinent, one had to ingest dicinal pills and slowly infuse their essence into their body, a process which normally took months for each realm. Only Blood Refinent was able to be tacked in such a direct manner.
John continued the sa process for the remaining pills, and after all five pills were consud, John expected to feel an increase of power as his blood was refined and purified. But after consuming the fifth pill, John felt no different than before, just slightly hotter from the pills' effects.
"What the hell? Why didn't that work?" John thought as he tried to figure out how he had failed to advance. It was quite common logic that cultivators only needed five Blood Invigoration pills to advance to the Blood Refinent realm. There were so cases where cultivators needed more, but those were all cases where the cultivator had rare variant body types or powerful ancient bloodlines.
John thought about the situation for so ti but couldn't seem to figure anything out. "Well, I guess I'll just go grab so more pills and hopefully that will solve it" John thought while getting up and leaving his bedroom. He walked back to the dicinal Pavilion and found Elder Barus.
"Elder Barus, can I have so more Blood Invigoration pills please?" asked John.
Elder Barus turned around and was surprised to see John back so soon. "What do you need more pills for John?" asked Elder Barus.
"I failed to advance to the Blood Refinent realm, and so I ca back to get so more" responded John with a sheepish look on his face.
"You failed? That's odd. Maybe the batch was defective. Anyways, give one minute and I'll be back with another batch." replied Elder Barus as he walked towards the back of the building. Elder Barus returned a few minutes later with a new jar of pills and handed them to John.
"This jar has ten pills, just in case. Once you're done, please co back and return any unused pills" Elder Barus said to John. John thanked the Elder before walking back to his room. He closed the door and sat back down in his ditative position.
After a few minutes of gathering himself, John popped a pill in his mouth. He felt his blood start rushing faster as his body heated up again. After a few minutes, the effect wore off and John returned back to normal.
"What the hell? Still nothing? I refuse to believe I can't break through" John thought to himself as he popped another pill in his mouth. An hour later, John looked helplessly at the empty jar in front of him, his cultivation still stuck in the Muscle Refinent realm.
"I refuse to believe this. I need more pills" John said as he stord out of his bedroom, before running back towards the dicinal Pavillion. Arriving in front of the building, John stord inside and found Elder Barus cataloging so dicinal ingredients.
"I need more pills" John exclaid to the elder as he walked closer. The surprised Elder Barus looked up to see John storming towards him, a look of displeasure all over his face.
"John? What's the aning of this? Are you taking these pills and selling them? There's no way you took them all yourself and still haven't broken through" replied Elder Barus angrily.
"Why would I sell the pills? I already can buy whatever I want in the clan as long as I ask my father. I have no need to get money from the pills. I took all fifteen pills you gave and I'm still in the Muscle Refinent realm" John replied furiously.
Elder Barus stared at John, at a loss for words. He was about to open his mouth when John spoke up. "Just give all the blood refinent pills you have. I'll return any of the unneeded ones."
"Do you have any idea how valuable these pills are? Although they're not that expensive, they're used to raise all the youths of our clan" replied Elder Barus, so visible anger on his face.
"Whatever the cost of the pills, my father will cover them. Please, just give all the pills you have. I'll return any pills I don't end up using" John replied in an exasperated tone.
Elder Barus stared at John for a few monts before sighing deeply. He turned around without a word and walked to the back of the building. A few minutes later, the elder returned with a large barrel and placed it in front of John.
"There are over one hundred pills in this barrel. These are all the Blood Invigoration pills we have. Please just return whatever you don't use back to as soon as possible" said Elder Barus with a defeated look on his face.
John took a look at the barrel before saying "Thank you Elder. I promise to return the unused pills as soon as I'm finished" He excitedly collected the barrel before rushing off back to his room. Once more, John found himself in his room, a barrel of pills in front of him.
"It's got to work this ti. I refuse to believe I'm stuck at Muscle Refinent" John thought to himself as he popped a pill in his mouth. Ti ticked away as John popped pill after pill, the barrel getting emptier and emptier while John grew more and more frustrated. About to lose his wits, John popped the sixtieth pill into his mouth, when all of a sudden,
"Boom!"
The sound of a muffled explosion escaped John's body as he suddenly coughed up mouthful after mouthful of black blood. The sll of the black blood assaulted John's nose, slling like a rotting carcass. After a minute of throwing up black blood, John finally managed to stop and catch his breath.
"I finally succeeded. I finally broke through to the Blood Refinent realm" John said to himself, his face full of excitent.
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