Ancient Sky Fiend - Chapter 42

Chapter 42: A Master of Refining Pills

That request was something Yun Shu didn’t expect, but he still nodded and said, “As long as it’s within my abilities!”

He dared not refuse Senior Ye. Otherwise, he would definitely be taught a good lesson.

Yun Shu believed that this man must have committed some dreadful crime, and he would command Yun Shu to do something significant.

Was he going to ask Yun Shu to help him get out of this place?

But Yun Shu was totally unable to do so!

“Since you can come all the way here, you should be good at using the sword. Stab your sword into my three acupoints: Yu Tang, Shen Feng, and Tian Chi. Use your full strength!” said Senior Ye.

For a second, Yun Shu thought he misunderstood something. Was he asking him to attack him?

“Seriously?” Yun Shu was hesitant.

“Don’t ask. Just do as I say!” Senior Ye roared at Yun Shu.

Yun Shu secretly used his golden pupils and cast a quick glance at Senior Ye.

No wonder!

In Senior Ye’s chest, there were three clusters of black miasma that were preventing his Spirit Qi from flowing smoothly. Clearly, he needed someone else’s power to remove that obstruction.

However, if Yun Shu did so, Senior Ye was bound to be hurt.

“I have an idea, Senior Ye. Will you please listen?” said Yun Shu, giving the middle-aged man a palm-hold-fist salute.

“Spit it out!” Senior Ye looked quite impatient.

“Senior, you’re asking me to stab your acupoints, so I assume that something is blocking your meridians. If I do so, this will do great damage to your body,” said Yun Shu.

Hearing Yun Shu’s analysis, Senior Ye seemed to be a bit amazed. A few days ago, he indeed had a fight with that chatty old man. Although he did win, his meridians were damaged.

And to his surprise, this young boy could make out the cause and also told him the possible consequence.

“Then what’s your plan?” asked Senior Ye, whose tone had obviously softened.

“This is just my opinion, Senior Ye. I suggest I infuse some Spirit Qi into your Tian Tu and Xuan Ji first and send the Qi further to Hua Gai. Meanwhile, direct your own Spirit Qi in Zhong Ting to Shan Zhong. Once the two flows join, the blockage in Yu Tang will be broken.

“Afterward, the combined Qi will do a complete circulation in your body. During the process, the congestion in Shen Feng and Tian Chi will be gradually removed. This will take a bit longer, but it will do no damage to your body,” explained Yun Shu.

Senior Ye’s eyes instantly lit up when he heard Yun Shu’s plan. He had always been a straightforward man who preferred solving problems in the simplest way possible. Rarely would he ever consider the potential consequences.

However, after hearing Yun Shu’s suggestion, he instantly realized that this young man’s plan was much better than his.

“Good. Then do what you want!” He looked down at Yun Shu and smiled.

“Please relax, Senior Ye!”

Yun Shu quickly sprang to his feet and came in front of Senior Ye. Straightening his fingers, he poked Senior Ye’s acupoints in his chest.

“…Good job!” shouted Senior Ye.

Although Yun Shu had only reached the Aqua Sky Realm, his mastery of Spirit Qi was impressive indeed.

Given the acupoint massage, Senior Ye’s blood and Spirit Qi circulation was instantly strengthened, which made him feel much better.

After a while, Yun Shu stopped his treatment. Senior Ye’s complexion looked healthier than before.

“You’re young, but you surely know a lot!” Senior Ye smiled at Yun Shu. His attitude had become a lot nicer.

“My pleasure!” Yun Shu also smiled.

“Boy, you really did me a big favor. Want me to teach you something?” proposed Senior Ye.

That was a reasonable offer, but a second later, Yun Shu shook his head. “Thank you very much, Senior Ye. It was nothing, and please don’t worry about it. Taking some rest should be your top priority right now. I have two pills here. I know they’re nothing to you, Senior Ye, but they can help you recover faster.”

Yun Shu took out the pills and showed them to Senior Ye.

The reasons why Yun Shu would turn down Senior Ye’s offer and provide him with his own pills were, in fact, simple.

First, Yun Shu had the Book of Three Thousand Fiends and the sword intent he learned from the steles. There was no need for him to learn more from someone else.

After all, trying to learn too many things at the same time would do Yun Shu no good in his cultivation.

Second, even though Yun Shu had no idea who Senior Ye was, obviously, he wasn’t a nobody. Despite the fact that this important man was now trapped.

Instead of learning a couple of martial skills from Senior Ye, Yun Shu deemed it better to save the favor until when there was a more urgent need!

Thinking like this might appear slightly too realistic, but Yun Shu had no bad intention at all.

“You have pills here in this valley?” Senior Ye felt quite surprised again.

“Take them!” Yun Shu threw the two pills at Senior Ye.

Senior Ye’s hands were bound to the pillar, so he directly inhaled the pills into his mouth.

“These are made from grade one ginseng… No! The pills are made from grade two supreme ginseng and grade two Ice Flowers!” Senior Ye nodded. “Only two kinds of herbs are used in making the pills, but they still have good efficacy. Admirable!”

Yun Shu didn’t expect Senior Ye to know so much about alchemy!

Senior Ye could immediately tell the ingredients just by ingesting the two pills.

“Senior, you know how to refine pills?” asked Yun Shu.

Facing such a question, Senior Ye laughed. “Do I know how to make pills? Boy, I’m not bragging; very few people in this world know how to refine pills better than I do!”

So Senior Ye was a master of alchemy!

Yun Shu’s heart instantly went wild with joy and excitement. He took a deep breath and gave Senior Ye a palm-hold-fist salute. “Senior, do you know about any pills that can treat dead meridians?”

This was for Su Lingwen, of course.

“There are a couple of them, but if there are too many dead meridians and the damage is from many years ago, it’ll be tricky.” Senior Ye frowned.

Yun Shu explained Su Lingwen’s situation to Senior Ye.

Senior Ye remained silent for a while, and finally, he sighed. “According to your description, that girl’s meridians were indeed damaged many years ago. It’ll be complicated to fix them!”

Yun Shu wasn’t discouraged at all by the answer. “Senior Ye, you said it’s difficult, which means it’s not impossible, right?”

Senior Ye nodded. “That’s right. To completely fix her meridians without doing any damage, only a kind of pill called Huitian can do the job. But it’s a grade four pill. Finding the ingredients is hard, but refining it is even more so. As far as I know, in the sect, I’m the only one capable.”

Yun Shu hurriedly bowed to Senior Ye. “Please tell me the recipe and the ingredients!”

Seeing that Yun Shu was so determined, Senior Ye sighed. “If having the recipe was enough for making the pill, the world would be full of alchemists. Still, since I owe you a favor, I’ll teach you the formula. Let’s make this clear beforehand: there’s no guarantee at all that it will work.”

Yun Shu was excited by just the slightest possibility. “Thank you so much, Senior Ye!”

However, Senior Ye quickly waved his hand. “Don’t rush to get so excited. Before learning to refine pills, you have to know how to turn your Spirit Qi into a flame first! To do so, either you have to be a genius who’s born with Life Flame, or you have to learn fire-type martial arts! Now, I’m going to teach you a set of said martial skills. If you can’t grasp it in three days, though, you will need to give up.”

After his instructions, just when Senior Ye was about to tell Yun Shu the cultivation method, Yun Shu slowly reached out his hand.

Bang!

A brilliant cluster of fire appeared over Yun Shu’s palm.

“You’re talking about this, right?” Yun Shu asked.