A Record of a Mortal’s Journey to Immortality—Immortal World Arc

Chapter 32: Reverse Pill Skill

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“Tsk, tsk. Daoist Han’s luck is not small. This Dark Soul Grass is at least 2,300.. No, 2,400 years old. It’s more than enough to exchange for the Rhyhope pill…” Gao Bulin said with his eyes turning.

“This Dark Soul Grass can be exchanged for two Rhyhope pills,” Han Li interrupted Gao Bulin’s words.

“This… Daoist Han, I only have one Rhyhope pill with me,” Gao Bulin replied with a wry smile when he heard this.

“The Elders from the other peaks may not have it, but if the Elder from Luoxia peak, who specializes in alchemy, said that he couldn’t take out two Rhyhope pills, I don’t quite believe it. If Elder Gao is in a difficult spot, I can wait for a few days. I believe that there will be no one selling Rhyhope pills in such a big sect,” Han Li said.

Gao Bulin frowned. This time, he was really hesitant. After struggling for a long time, he clapped his hands.

“Deal!”

Han Li carefully handled the white jade box from the elderly man and with a sweep of his divine sense, there was finally a trace of a smile on his face.

The faint scent of herbs on the other party’s body was equivalent to telling him his identity as an alchemist and an ingredient of two to three thousand years might be rare to others, but it was nothing to him. It was far less useful than the two Rhyhope pills in his hand.

Gao Bulin put the wooden box in his hand under his nose and sniffed at it for a while before letting out a long sigh of satisfaction. He happily put it into his storage pouch and then before he left in a hurry, he said to Han Li, “Come find me at Luoxia peak when you have the time.”

Han Li did not leave the city immediately, but wandered around the valley. He used most of the spirit stones he had to exchange for several high level elixirs similar to the Rhyhope pill before leaving the valley and flew back to Outcloud Peak.

After returning to the cavern, Han Li saw Liu Le’er sitting alone in the hall, with one hand on her chin in a daze.

“Le’er, what are you thinking about?” Han Li sat opposite Liu Le’er and asked.

“Brother…” The little fox girl realized that Han Li was back and called out happily.

“Why are you sitting alone here in a daze?” Han Li smiled gently as he asked again.

“I’m thinking about how all these things that have happened after meeting Brother feels like a dream,” Liu Le’er said seriously.

Han Li was stunned then he smiled.

“If it’s a dream, I really hope I never have to wake up. Except for my father and mother, only Brother treats me the best. I hope that Brother will always be with me.” The little fox girl suddenly felt choked up.

Han Li looked at Liu Le’er’s expression and hesitated for a moment before he raised his hand and his two fingers touched her eyebrows.

Liu Le’er did not expect this and got a shock, but she did not move away.

“Close your eyes,” Han Li said softly.

When Liu Le’er heard this, she did not hesitate and closed her eyes tightly.

Han Li shook his head and chuckled. He also closed his eyes and started to chant.

After five minutes, Han Li opened his eyes.

Liu Le’er, who was sitting opposite him, was slightly pale and sweating at the temples.

Han Li took back his finger and said, “Okay, you can open your eyes.”

Liu Le’er’s long eyelashes fluttered slightly and she opened her eyes slowly, looking at Han Li in puzzlement.

“I’ve just imprinted the skill ‘Phantom Change’ into your consciousness. This is a high-level demon race skill that I inadvertently learnt. It’s perfect for a fox demon like you to cultivate.” Han Li smiled.

When Liu Le’er heard this, she closed her eyes to feel it, her face still looked a little lost.

“Although I will try my best to protect you, you should be able to protect yourself if I’m not around, at least until I find you.” Han Li explained slowly.

Liu Le’er heard this and thought for a while, before nodding and saying to Han Li, “I will diligently cultivate this skill.”

Han Li nodded with a smile.

Outcloud Peak, in a certain meeting hall.

“Peak Master, that person is a really high-level cultivator. Everything has been arranged and the others are not alarmed. As for Disciple-Niece Gu, she has been given a handsome reward as per your orders and I’ve also told her to never mention anything to others about that person killing the Soul Formation cultivator,” Luo Jun said respectfully to the middle-aged man in scholar clothes.

“Good. This person has a strong body. He was able to kill a Soul Formation cultivator at the Nascent Soul stage. He will be of great use to us in the future. You take care of him more, and try your best to meet his requests if he has any.” Peak Master Nangong nodded.

“Yes, Peak Master” Luo Jun replied.

“You can leave.” Peak Master Nangong waved his hand.

Luo Jun bowed and then retreated.

“Han Li…” Peak Master Nangong mumbled to himself and closed his eyes, sitting still for a moment before walking towards the back.

Naturally, Han Li did not know he was the focus of the conversation between Peak Master Nangong and Luo Jun.

At the moment, he was sitting cross-legged in the secret room of the cavern, with more than ten jade bottles and boxes on the table in front of him.

He held a small red bottle in his hand. He pulled the cork out and poured out a fiery red elixir and a strong herbal scent wafted out. After looking at it, he raised his head and swallowed it, then closed his eyes to check the situation in his body.

After a moment, he opened his eyes, his eyebrows slightly furrowed.

Although the level of this fiery red elixir was similar to the Rhyhope pill, it had no effect on him.

Han Li did not look surprised. Picking up the second bottle of elixirs, he poured out a yellow elixir and swallowed it.

The elixir melted into his abdomen, but it still did not produce any magic.

After a while, Han Li opened his eyes and picked up the third bottle expressionlessly.

Soon, he had taken most of the pills on the table in one breath, but they were useless. There was only a purple jade box and a celadon bottle left.

Han Li’s expression was dark and he could not help feeling gloomy.

It seemed like it was much more difficult to find another kind of elixir that was suitable for him than he had thought. But now that he finally arrived at the Cold Fire Sect, with his current understanding of the Spirit Imperial World, there were abundant cultivation resources here and as long as he put in the effort, he should be able to get some gains.

With this thought, he picked up the purple jade box from the table and took out a gray elixir from the box with his fingers, and drank it.

This time, Han Li’s heart moved and there was finally a trace of happiness on his face.

He only felt threads of magic emerging from the elixir, flowing through the meridians in his body and integrating into his dantian, making his magic power increase a little.

Although the effect of the gray pill was far less than that of the Rhyhope pill, it was a good thing to have found a useful elixir.

As for the elixir in the celadon bottle, there was no effect after he tried it.

Han Li let out a breath of frustration and took another gray elixir from the purple jade box, holding it in his palm.

This pill was named Gray Cloud Pill. Although its effect was to strengthen the foundation, it was more suitable for those cultivators who practiced water attribute skills. It was quite different from that of Rhyhope pill.

Han Li pondered for a moment, then suddenly stood up and walked out of the room.

When he passed Liu Le’er’s bedroom, he stopped.

Although there was a door in between, Han Li still felt the spiritual energy surging inside. It was obvious that she was cultivating.

He nodded and continued to walk outside, soon reaching the alchemy room.

This alchemy room was not big and was forty to fifty feet in circumference. The ground was a bluish black color and there was a round platform half a foot above the ground in the center of the room. There were many dark red patterns carved on it and formed an array formation.

There was a black hole in the middle of the array and the faintest flickering of flames and hot air came from it.

In the center of the round platform was a furnace that gave out strong waves of spiritual energy. It was quite extraordinary.

Han Li glanced around and then sat on a round cushion beside the furnace, waving his hand to make a hand gesture.

The red array suddenly lit up and then a bright red fire came out of the black hole and wrapped around the furnace.

Han Li first cleaned the inside and outside of the furnace, then took out the Gray Cloud Pill, throwing it into the furnace.

He did hand seals on both hands and the fire immediately moved with the spell. It split and divided into eight wisps, drilling into the furnace and a strong herb scent came out from it.

Han Li kept doing hand seals and the herb scent suddenly turned faint.

His expression did not change and he continued to cast spells.

An hour passed in the blink of an eye and the herb smell coming out of the furnace was almost gone. Instead, several distinct scents emerged.

Han Li’s actions stopped and he made another hand seal, and the fire at the bottom of the furnace was extinguished.

He waved his hand to open the lid of the furnace. The Gray Cloud Pill inside had disappeared, in its place was a pinch of colored powder.

Han Li looked at it and carefully sent out a green light and pulled out the powder.

The green light vibrated gently and suddenly, there were countless threads appearing inside, as if thousands of small hands had reached into the powder and stirred it up.

Soon, the powder was divided into dozens of different colored segments.

Han Li nodded and carefully separated the different powders into a dozen small jade boxes that he had prepared.

The secret skill he had used just now was called Reverse Pill skill. It was a secret skill he had learnt in the Spirit Imperial World and it could refine elixirs in reverse and break them down.

The purpose of this skill and for the one who created it was to break down other people’s elixirs and then try to figure out the prescription for their elixirs. A sort of reverse engineering spell.

But unfortunately, this person failed in the end. There was still a limit to this Reverse Pill skill. It only reached the level of identifying the materials used for the elixirs.

When Han Li learnt the skill, he thought it was quite interesting. He was also a master of alchemy, so he remembered it. It had been a long time since he last cast it.

Fortunately, the Gray Cloud Pill was only an elixir at the Nascent Soul stage and its level was not high. Otherwise, the skill might not have worked on his first attempt.