Chapter 314: Yao Chen: Just Feed Him Full with the Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pill!
"…A few days ago, President Fa Ma gave me a pill recipe called the Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pill. I can refine this pill during the finals three days from now and defeat that mysterious alchemist disguised as the deputy president of the Izumo Empire's Alchemist Association in one stroke!" Xiao Yan told Yao Chen in detail everything he had experienced these past few days, including the matter Fa Ma had entrusted to him.
The champion of the Alchemist Grand Meeting would be awarded a pill recipe called the Spirit-Communicating Pill. In order to have Xiao Yan win the tournament on behalf of the Jia Ma Alchemist Association, Fa Ma gave him special treatment and secretly handed over the recipe for the Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pill.
"Mm… so your idea is to refine the Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pill, win the championship, and then give the pill to Jiang Lin? I think it's better if you first deal with your own issues." Yao Chen could see through Xiao Yan's thoughts. Shaking his head slightly, he gave a more rational suggestion: "The number of Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pills you can take is limited. One pill can push you to Da Dou Shi, another can push you to Two-Star Da Dou Shi. The remaining ones you can give to Jiang Lin."
"That brat's cultivation method is becoming more and more refined, and the top-tier bloodline talent in cultivation is beginning to show in him. Even with pills, you may not be able to catch up. Moreover, I'm beginning to suspect that boy might not even have something like pill resistance." Having spent several days working with Jiang Lin on weapon forging, Yao Chen's understanding of him had deepened significantly. The deeper he understood, the more shocked he became.
In Yao Chen's heart, an outrageous thought began to form: That Spirit Clan kid's Dou Qi cultivation is fake! His physical realm is his true foundation!
As someone who had once been a Dou Venerate, Yao Chen's eyesight was still sharp. That was why he realized that under Jiang Lin's body-refining method, resistance to pills simply couldn't exist. In other words, as long as his physical realm could support it, Jiang Lin could directly consume Extreme Emperor Pills from One-Star Dou Huang all the way up to Nine-Star Dou Huang.
Of course, the premise was that Jiang Lin's physical realm had to be equal to or greater than Nine-Star Dou Huang!
If the Flame Mantra was a Qi cultivation method, then the Forging Flame Art was the ultimate body-refining method. Dou Qi was just for fun, merely energy to fuel the body!
"No pill resistance?!" At Yao Chen's words, Xiao Yan's pupils instantly shrank. Such an absurd constitution actually existed in this world?!
"Of course, don't exaggerate it too much." Although Yao Chen had been far more shocked than Xiao Yan when he first realized it, he now adopted the demeanor of an elder, teaching the younger generation to remain calm.
"Teacher! How can 'no pill resistance' not be exaggerating?!" Xiao Yan completely failed to calm down! Only an alchemist would understand how terrifying it was to have no pill resistance. It was practically like cheating!
"Mm." Seeing Xiao Yan's agitated, bewildered expression, Yao Chen no longer maintained the elder's pretense and explained directly: "Let me ask you, when you refine Crystal Pills, have you ever developed resistance to them?"
"Uh???" Xiao Yan froze. What did this have to do with Crystal Pills?
"What connection does this have with Crystal Pills? But… true, Crystal Pills don't really have something like pill resistance. No, wait—strictly speaking, they do. For example, a third-tier Crystal Pill can only raise the body up to the third-tier. After that, if you want to temper it to the fourth tier, third-tier Crystal Pills are useless. Only fourth-tier Crystal Pills work." Xiao Yan thought for a moment, then answered.
He had taken Crystal Pills before—no, more accurately, he had refined them. Since Crystal Pills practically never spoiled, Jiang Lin made them all the time. Aside from his own needs, he gave out plenty to others.
For example, Xiao Yan still had a big bag of them. Little Doctor Fairy had one too. What Xiao Yan didn't know was that Jiang Lin had even given Yun Yun a whole bag when he visited the Misty Cloud Sect. Yes, you heard right: Jiang Lin's unit of measure for Crystal Pills wasn't by pill, but by bag.
Of course, Xiao Yan's own refining speed was very fast. At full output, he could make dozens or even hundreds of common pills in a single day. But he still couldn't compare with Jiang Lin, who could casually mass-produce them whenever he felt like it. Sometimes, when forging weapons, Jiang Lin would notice leftover scraps, toss all the "junk" into the Green Profound Cauldron, and with the residual heat, refine a whole batch of Crystal Pills.
In Jiang Lin's own words: "High-heat sterilization—just burn it clean."
Xiao Yan even remembered Jiang Lin saying that if someone with too low a realm tried refining high-tier Crystal Pills, they might fail to contain it with their Dou Qi and accidentally… expel it. And what then? "High-heat sterilization—just burn it clean."
Imagine a second-hand Crystal Pill market in the future:
A: "This premium Crystal Pill has only been refined for less than a week. I'll just spit it out for you."
B: "Who wants a second-hand Crystal Pill from a pretty girl? Both upper and lower options available."
A (opening mouth): "Quick, give it to me!"
The scene was so ruined Xiao Yan didn't even dare imagine it.
"…How is that resistance? Your comparison is like saying a Dou Huang can eat a Dou Wang pill and expect it to have the effect of an Emperor Extreme Pill. Is that the same thing?" Yao Chen glared at him. He had studied those Crystal Pills repeatedly. To put it bluntly, damn things weren't even really "pills"—they were "artifacts." Only weapon forgers could refine them; alchemists couldn't.
The grading of Crystal Pills was based on Jiang Lin's Forging Flame Art, and their principle was also derived from that technique, using its unique trait of only absorbing fire-and-metal Dou Qi.
"For us Dou Qi cultivators, eating Crystal Pills of the corresponding realm doesn't create resistance at all. Every time you eat, there's guaranteed improvement. Of course, how much depends on your level. A One-Star Dou Shi and a Nine-Star Dou Shi obviously require different amounts."
Yao Chen could already imagine: the day Jiang Lin decided to spread the special Dou Artifact [Crystal Pill], over ninety percent of the factions on the continent would have to build temples for him. That was, of course, provided other forgers could mass-produce them by the bag as he did.
"And that Jiang Lin, the path he walks is the exact opposite of ours! We eat Crystal Pills without resistance, but he eats cultivation pills without resistance! For us, cultivation pills cause resistance, but for him, Crystal Pills have no effect! Well, maybe they do for others, but not for him. For Jiang Lin, Crystal Pills only accelerate his cultivation speed. To him, they're equivalent to our cultivation pills!"
"As for us, if our Dou Qi level is too low, we can't refine high-tier Crystal Pills. This principle also applies to Jiang Lin. His Dou Qi cultivation will inevitably be restricted by his physique."
"So when judging Jiang Lin's realm, you have to measure it by his physical body. Right now, he's at the Dou Ling level, focusing on cultivating Dou Qi so that the gap between his Dou Qi and his physical body doesn't grow too wide."
Finally, Yao Chen looked at Xiao Yan with a meaningful smile:
"If you really want to give something back, then use your current status in the Forging Association, Alchemist Association, and Miteer Auction House to collect more ingredients for the Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pill."
"Jiang Lin, having finished with the Heavy Xuan Ruler of Heavenly Flame, should now also be looking for pills to advance his cultivation."
"So when the time comes, just feed him full in one go!"
Xiao Yan (holding out the Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pill): "Here, open wide!"
Jiang Lin (opening mouth): "Ah~~~"
(End of Chapter)
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