Chapter 00304: The Rootless Snow Mist Pill
# The Rootless Snow Mist Pill
Chapter 304
Novel: Abandon The Universe
Chapter 304: The Rootless Snow Mist Pill
The Zhi family was the most mysterious immortal clan in the Moon Mirror Immortal Court.
However, no matter how mysterious they were, everyone speculated that the Zhi family might not have an Immortal Emperor.
But now, the man speaking was indeed an Immortal Emperor from the Zhi family—Zhi Sha.
Not only was he an Immortal Emperor, but he was also at the mid-stage of the Immortal Emperor realm.
Beside him, aside from Zhi Qianshan, there was another expert from the Zhi family, Zhi Hu, a master of formations.
Zhi Hu, a dark-skinned man of average build, was not only a sixth-grade grand immortal formation master but also an Immortal Venerable.
Zhi Qianshan hesitated for a moment before speaking, "This time, when I saw Lan Xiaobu, I suspect his cultivation might have surpassed the Great Yi Immortal realm."
"Surpassed the Great Yi Immortal realm? Could it be that you were mistaken last time?" Zhi Hu asked, puzzled.
Zhi Qianshan replied uncertainly, "I’m not sure if I was wrong last time, but I feel like his cultivation is improving at an astonishing rate every day."
Zhi Sha narrowed his eyes and sneered, "Regardless of whether Lan Xiaobu is a Great Yi Immortal or a Great Zhi Immortal, as a late-stage Immortal King, Qianshan, you have no reason to be mistaken. The only possibility is that Lan Xiaobu truly advanced from the Great Yi Immortal realm to the Great Zhi Immortal realm in just over a year. If he was already at the peak of the Great Yi Immortal realm, that wouldn’t be too surprising. For a grand immortal alchemist, advancing from the peak of the Great Yi Immortal realm to the Great Zhi Immortal realm is relatively simple. But if he wasn’t at the peak before, then the problem becomes much more serious. No matter what, we must take this person with us."
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Lan Xiaobu was a seventh-grade immortal alchemy king.
With the Cosmic Dimension Matrix at his disposal, he could construct fourth and fifth-grade immortal herbs at an astonishing speed.
In just over a day, Lan Xiaobu had fully grasped the medicinal properties of all one hundred immortal herbs.
What made Lan Xiaobu curse inwardly was that, according to the herb models constructed by the Cosmic Dimension Matrix, he discovered a divine sense imprint in one of the Moon Snow Flowers.
It was clear that if he hadn’t noticed this during the alchemy process, the imprint would have disrupted the structure of the pill, resulting in a batch of ruined pills.
Lan Xiaobu sneered.
As expected, these materials weren’t meant for the first-place winner.
Not only had they tampered with the herbs, but they had also placed a divine sense imprint in the Moon Snow Flower.
How shameless.
Aside from the Moon Snow Flower, none of the other herbs had been tampered with.
Clearly, the person who set the question knew that, apart from the Moon Snow Flower, no other herb could be used to refine a pill that surpassed the original answer.
This also showed the caution of the question-setter, who was worried that someone might actually use the Moon Snow Flower to refine a fifth-grade immortal pill.
If they were so worried, why include the Moon Snow Flower in the first place? Why not just replace it with a common herb?
The Moon Snow Flower had disgusted Lan Xiaobu, but the results from the Cosmic Dimension Matrix’s construction of the other herb models had pleasantly surprised him.
Particularly, the Mystic Mist Silk, which he had initially overlooked, gave him a huge surprise.
The Mystic Mist Silk could perfectly fuse water-attribute immortal herbs with some metal and fire-attribute herbs.
The reason the Moon Snow Flower conflicted with herbs like Twin Kun Night Orchid, Renhui Bamboo, and Deep Rock Ginseng was due to their conflicting attributes.
It wasn’t that herbs with conflicting attributes couldn’t be used together in alchemy, but rather that specific alchemy techniques and auxiliary herbs were needed.
The Mystic Mist Silk before him was undoubtedly the best auxiliary herb.
According to the characteristics and usage methods provided by the Cosmic Dimension Matrix, this herb would make it several times easier for Lan Xiaobu to construct a fifth-grade immortal pill with the Moon Snow Flower as the main ingredient.
But that wasn’t the biggest surprise.
The biggest surprise was the Rootless True Glazed Fruit.
The Rootless True Glazed Fruit could incrementally increase the medicinal properties.
If he added the Rootless True Glazed Fruit to a pill with the Moon Snow Flower as the main ingredient, following specific alchemy techniques and refining methods, the medicinal properties wouldn’t explode all at once but would instead form a gradient.
This gradient would make the alchemy process much more convenient.
Moreover, Lan Xiaobu suspected that using the Rootless True Glazed Fruit to fuse with the Moon Snow Flower might not even require him to use spatial rules to preserve the Moon Snow Flower’s medicinal properties from dissipating.
However, this would take a lot of time, and Lan Xiaobu couldn’t afford to spend that much time researching it here.
With this in mind, the prerequisites for using the Moon Snow Flower as the main ingredient in a pill were sufficient.
Now, what he needed to do was find auxiliary herbs that could enhance the medicinal properties and stabilize the pill’s structure.
There were eighty to ninety third and fourth-grade immortal herbs here, more than enough for him to find the auxiliary herbs he needed.
After finding the first batch of auxiliary herbs, Lan Xiaobu began constructing his pill formula.
Then, using the Cosmic Dimension Matrix, he built models to determine whether the pill could be successfully refined.
On the second, third, and fourth days, Lan Xiaobu constructed over a thousand pill formula models, finally settling on the Rootless Snow Mist Pill.
The main ingredient of the Rootless Snow Mist Pill was the Moon Snow Flower, with the most important auxiliary herbs being the fourth-grade Mystic Mist Silk and the fifth-grade Rootless True Glazed Fruit.
According to the pill formula model constructed by the Cosmic Dimension Matrix, the success rate of this formula was over 90%, and it was a genuine fifth-grade immortal pill.
The pill’s effect was to remove pill toxins and enhance a cultivator’s potential.
If such a pill were truly refined, it would undoubtedly drive people into a frenzy to obtain it.
On the fifth day, the final day of the alchemy competition, Lan Xiaobu prepared all the herbs and took out his cauldron.
The first herb he re-examined was the Moon Snow Flower, as it was the main ingredient.
Lan Xiaobu carefully removed the divine sense imprint and then repeatedly inspected the Moon Snow Flower.
The quality of this batch of pills would depend on the purity of the Moon Snow Flower’s extraction, so he aimed to refine it to nearly 100% purity.
The Earth Immortal flame rose, and the cauldron was cleaned.
Lan Xiaobu began refining each herb and placing it into the cauldron.
According to his constructed formula, the Moon Snow Flower would be added last.
Once the Moon Snow Flower was in the cauldron, he would use his spatial rules to condense the pill, slowly compressing the space to lock all the medicinal properties within the pill.
The Rootless Snow Mist Pill required sixty-four different herbs, ranging from third to fifth grade.
For an average immortal alchemist, just refining these herbs would likely take several days.
Lan Xiaobu, however, completed the refinement of all the herbs in just over two hours, then added the Moon Snow Flower.
This was the most critical part.
Although Lan Xiaobu’s spatial rules had locked all the energy within the cauldron, he still tried to lower the temperature of the Moon Snow Flower as much as possible.
"Pop!" A faint cracking sound was heard.
Lan Xiaobu knew this was the precursor to the Moon Snow Flower’s medicinal properties dissipating.
However, he had prepared for this situation and had simulated it countless times.
The Cosmic Dimension Matrix had also constructed many pill-forming models.
As the Moon Snow Flower’s medicinal properties began to dissipate, the spatial rules immediately locked twelve clusters of medicinal liquid.
At the same time, the dregs were discarded, and the pills began to form under the alchemy techniques.
This was different from other immortal pills.
While other pills required the medicinal liquid to be nurtured immediately after removing impurities, with corresponding alchemy techniques to cultivate the liquid, each pill of the Rootless Snow Mist Pill was nurtured in a unique spatial environment.
At this moment, within the space where Lan Xiaobu was, the spatial rules were crystal clear.
If a divine sense were to enter the cauldron, it would feel as though it had penetrated into a vast, boundless void.
In reality, there were only twelve pills in the cauldron.
Each pill seemed to exist within its own space, and within these spaces, under the influence of various alchemy techniques and Dao rhythms, the pills were continuously condensed and compressed.
Pill rhythms began to form within the pills, and pill patterns slowly appeared on their surfaces.
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As the five-day time limit approached, almost all participating alchemists were in the process of refining their pills.
Those who had already finished were few and far between.
Some had failed their first attempt and were now using the remaining herbs to start a second batch.
Despite the restrictions in place, flashes of light could be seen within the barriers, indicating that some alchemists had experienced cauldron explosions.
Lan Xiaobu, however, let out a sigh of relief and used his latest pill-collecting technique to gather the twelve pills.
Each of the twelve pills emitted a faint medicinal aroma, with pill Dao rhythms flowing through them.
If not for the five purple-gold pill patterns, one might mistake these for ninth-grade immortal pills when holding them.
In fact, this was due to Lan Xiaobu’s addition of Purple Rain Golden Phoenix.
The Purple Rain Golden Phoenix was a seemingly useless herb, but it had one unique property: it could stabilize the medicinal properties of certain herbs and elevate the grade of the pill.
It was an important auxiliary herb for the Rootless Snow Mist Pill.
This was something Lan Xiaobu had learned through the models constructed by the Cosmic Dimension Matrix.
If he had tried to figure this out on his own, even if he could have done it, it would have taken far longer than a few days.
Each of the twelve pills was a top-grade fifth-grade immortal pill, capable of removing pill toxins.
With the addition of the Mystic Mist Silk and the Rootless True Glazed Fruit, these pills were undoubtedly top-tier fifth-grade immortal pills in both quality and value.
If such pills couldn’t secure first place, then Lan Xiaobu had no choice but to admit that the alchemy competition had no sense of fairness.
Regardless of whether he won first place or not, Lan Xiaobu knew that after handing over these pills, he would have to flee.
Would Teng Jilou protect him? Ha, Lan Xiaobu didn’t even consider it.
No matter what, his life was his own responsibility.
After packing up everything, Lan Xiaobu didn’t sit for long before the barrier around him vanished.
A bell chimed, and Mu Zifeng stood up, announcing loudly, "The alchemy competition time is up. Those who have not stopped their actions will receive zero points."
In fact, Mu Zifeng didn’t need to say this.
Those in the competition area who were still working had already received zero points.
Imagine being in the middle of a tense alchemy process when the Earth Immortal flame suddenly disappeared.
Even the most skilled alchemist would likely ruin their batch of pills.
And the moment Mu Zifeng stood up, the Earth Immortal flames vanished.
"Everyone, place the pills you’ve refined into the groove on the top right corner of your table. The pills will not be transported away. The area where each alchemist is seated has a formation that will assess the grade of the pills and assign a score. There will be no human interference, ensuring fairness and impartiality. The final rankings will be displayed on the leaderboard above, so this alchemy competition is fair and just," Mu Zifeng’s voice reached everyone’s ears.
Many in the square began to praise the Mo Xuan Alchemy Competition.
It was indeed a fair and just event.
The four judges were merely overseeing the process and did not interfere with the pill evaluations.
Such rankings were the most credible.
Only Lan Xiaobu sneered inwardly.
Fair and just? Your Grandpa Lan has two words for you: haha.
(That’s all for today’s update.
Goodnight, friends!)
(End of Chapter)