Chapter 400: Hidden Motives
Two days later, inside the Soul Library, Long Xuan gazed at the alchemy recipe filled with intricate writings on the table and revealed a slight smile.
The Enlightennt Tea had indeed proven its worth. In just two days of external ti, he had successfully developed the Estrus Pill.
The Estrus Pill's effect was simple yet astonishing—it induced mating in spirit insects, ensuring that they laid eggs.
Such an effect was nothing short of heaven-defying. As long as there were enough Estrus Pills, the number of peak-grade spirit insects could be increased at will, and the best part was that it had no side effects on the insects.
Of course, it wasn’t without drawbacks. The biggest issue was the rarity and cost of the materials. Due to these constraints, the Estrus Pill could not be mass-produced.
The difficulty in acquiring large quantities of the pill ant that even gathering ten thousand Gold-Eating Insects would take him considerable ti.
However, Long Xuan was already satisfied. At worst, he would simply wait a hundred or even a thousand years—he had plenty of patience.
After so thought, he put away the recipe for the Estrus Pill and took out a blank sheet of paper.
He felt that the original Estrus Pill was too heaven-defying and was reluctant to hand it over.
Thus, he decided to develop a weakened version of the Estrus Pill with reduced potency.
The weakened version would ensure a 100% egg-laying rate for high-grade spirit insects and below, while peak-grade spirit insects would require a stroke of luck to lay eggs.
At that mont, Long Xuan suddenly felt a faint throbbing pain in his brain. He understood that, despite having six more days left, he was already nearing his ntal limit after developing two alchemy recipe.
Enlightennt Tea had side effects.
While it could push the brain to operate beyond its limits, it greatly exhausted ntal strength. As a result, it could not be consud frequently—roughly once every fifty years was the safest interval.
After formulating two different pills, his mind was already at its breaking point, and he had little ti left.
Long Xuan dared not delay. Clenching his teeth, he imdiately began working on the weakened version of the Estrus Pill.
Creating a new pill recipe was difficult, but simplifying an existing one was far easier. The weakened Estrus Pill wouldn't take too much of his ti.
anwhile, on his right side, Duan Tianwu, who had been ditating with his eyes shut, suddenly smirked. It was clear that his own research had also succeeded.
He had developed the Inheritance Pill.
Once consud, it would instantly grant the user a specific inheritance, saving them from spending centuries learning a skill. It was truly a heaven-defying creation.
However, all miraculous pills had drawbacks, and the Inheritance Pill was no exception.
One major flaw was that it required a living person as a refining ingredient, which was considered a significant drawback for righteous Gu cultivators.
Additionally, his version of the Inheritance Pill was not yet perfect. While it could seal a person’s inheritance inside a pill, it would also carry that person’s will into the pill.
Absorbing too many different wills was dangerous—it could lead to ntal instability and eventual madness.
Yet, even with these flaws, this pill could still be considered a divine-grade creation.
For example, a fourth-grade Inheritance Pill could allow a novice to instantly possess the skills of a fourth-grade Alchemist or a fourth-grade Blacksmith.
Such an alchemical creation was utterly heaven-defying!
In the Gu Realm, becoming a fourth-grade Alchemist before the age of fifty was nearly impossible. Across ten thousand years, only two exceptions had appeared—Ancestor Burning Heaven and himself.
Had this pill existed earlier, the current Alchemy Competition’s fourth-grade participants would have been overflowing.
This severely disrupted the world's balance, and he was reluctant to hand it over.
After so thought, he remained motionless, deciding to use his remaining ti to create another pill recipe.
His brain was already aching, nearing its limit due to the effects of Enlightennt Tea.
Researching another pill on the sa level as the Inheritance Pill was clearly impossible at this stage. However, he could still create a recipe for a pill that required less research ti.
As a demonic cultivator, his first instinct was to focus on pills that used living beings as ingredients.
Why not throw a Gu King into the alchemy furnace and refine its entire spiritual energy into a pill?
A Spirit Gathering-stage Gu cultivator only needs to consu this pill to absorb the spiritual power of a Gu King, instantly becoming a Gu King-stage expert at the initial level. However, the price of this forced advancent is that their cultivation will forever be stagnant, unable to progress even an inch.
A pill as demonic as this would never appeal to talented Gu cultivators, but for impoverished and untalented rogue cultivators, it would be sothing they would fight over desperately.
This is an against-the-heavens pill capable of mass-producing Gu Kings for a clan. Any power that possesses this pill recipe could easily dominate an entire region.
It goes without saying that such a pill recipe would be fought over by major factions at any cost. Its value is self-evident.
Since the grading standard for the fourth round of the competition is based on the value of the pill, Duan Tianwu was absolutely confident that this pill would earn him the highest score.
A smirk appeared on Duan Tianwu’s lips as he imdiately began researching the Gu King Pill. Yes, that was the na he gave it—Gu King Pill. He didn’t bother coming up with a more creative na since he wouldn’t be using it himself.
At this mont, to his right, Ancestor Burning Heaven also relaxed his furrowed brows, a faint smile forming on his lips.
After days of enlightennt, he had finally succeeded in creating the formula for the Hundred Lives Pill.
The Hundred Lives Pill allows a person to recall mories from their past life. However, it is not limited to just the most recent past life—there is a high probability of awakening past life mories upon consumption, with a smaller chance of recalling mories from lives further back, potentially even from the last hundred lifetis.
However, the further back the mories, the lower the probability of recalling them.
At the sa ti, every pill has its limitations, and the Hundred Lives Pill is no exception.
Upon consuming the pill, the mories recalled are random and only a small segnt can be rembered—it is impossible to recall an entire past life in full detail.
This ans that after taking the Hundred Lives Pill, the mory one recalls might just be a trivial, useless fragnt of daily life, wasting the precious opportunity entirely.
This flaw exists because the pill’s grade is simply too low.
A re fourth-grade pill is far from being able to support the imnse dicinal power required to recall an entire past life.
To achieve such a feat, nothing less than a twelfth-grade pill would suffice.
Ancestor Burning Heaven sighed in his heart. The current version of the Hundred Lives Pill was far from satisfying.
However, it was fine. Since the mories recalled were random and limited, he would compensate with quantity instead.
If he consud one hundred Hundred Lives Pills, he refused to believe that every single recalled mory would be sothing mundane.
But then, Ancestor Burning Heaven's expression darkened again, and his earlier joy vanished.
Despite its many flaws, the ability to recall past life mories was still far too heaven-defying. How could he willingly hand it over?
After so contemplation, he decided to hide the recipe for the Hundred Lives Pill and use his spare ti to create another pill recipe instead.
The enlightennt tea’s dicinal effects were already mostly exhausted, making it impossible to create another pill on the sa level as the Hundred Lives Pill. In that case, he would use the remaining dicinal power to create a new pill that was at least decent.
After thinking for a mont, his frown disappeared, and a plan quickly ford in his mind.
He was a demonic cultivator who stood tall and unyielding. If he were to create a pill, it would naturally have to be a devilish one.
Thus, he decided to throw a group of Gu cultivators into a pill furnace, refining their soul power together into a single pill.
This pill would be nad the Soul Supplent Pill. Inside, it would contain the soul essence of multiple Gu cultivators, allowing the user to increase their innate soul power upon consumption.
This was truly a brilliant idea. A sinister smile curled at the corners of Ancestor Burning Heaven’s lips.
While this pill might not be as heaven-defying as the Hundred Lives Pill, its ability to enhance innate soul power was still sothing that could be considered an against-the-heavens dicinal effect.
He refused to believe that submitting such an incredible pill recipe wouldn’t earn him the highest score in this round of the competition.
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