Chapter 1419 : Heavenly Qi of Qian
After a moment of contemplation, she spoke, "Since you have slain the Dragon Lord of Wei Sea, fellow cultivator, I presume you possess his Dragon Pearl?"
Eldrin nodded and said, "That Dragon Pearl is truly extraordinary. I intend to refine it into a supreme Chaos-Opening Treasure."
"Not yet used?"
A flicker of delight stirred in the heart of the Violet Flame Fairy, and she spoke without hesitation, "To be perfectly frank, I possess a pill recipe, yet it still requires a single dragon pearl to complete the alchemical process."
"If you are willing to hand it over, Fellow Daoist, you may name any price." Upon hearing this, a faint glimmer stirred in Eldrin's eyes.
He had no suitable alchemy formula in hand; this dragon pearl could only be used to forge a single Heaven-Cleaving Treasure for him.
Due to the limitations of artifact forging techniques, it might not even reach the upper grade. If we follow the Violet Flame Fairy's (Person Name) alchemical formula, refining it into a treasure elixir would likely be more suitable.
At this thought, Eldrin couldn't help but ask, "Might I inquire what kind of treasured pill the formula in your hands actually produces?"
The Violet Flame Immortal did not hesitate and spoke immediately, "To be frank, the pill formula in my possession is called the Dragon-Phoenix Ascension Pill."
"This elixir requires the inner cores of a True Dragon and a Celestial Phoenix, both of the eighth-rank superior grade. Upon consumption, it can assist an Eighth-Level Earth Immortal in breaking through their bottleneck to attain the Perfected Earth Immortal realm."
As the Violet Flame Fairy recounted the tale, Eldrin began to grasp the astonishing wonders of this Inner Core.
This was an extremely unique pill formula, said to grant a cultivator at the Sixth Heaven of the Earth Immortal Realm a 40 percent increased certainty of breaking through to the late Earth Immortal stage.
If an Earth Immortal at the eighth level were to consume this pill, it would also grant them a 30 percent greater certainty of breaking through to the Great Perfection stage of Earth Immortality.
Such a precious elixir was naturally of astonishing value. However, the Dragon Clan stood as 1 of the sovereign rulers among the demon tribes, while the Immortal Phoenix carried the bloodline of the Demon Emperor. Few were willing to risk offending them.
Refining elixirs using the cores of True Dragons and Immortal Phoenixes—this was a feat only the most powerful orthodox sects or individuals of astonishing status could accomplish.
The Violet Flame Immortal had cultivated for 10 million years, yet she had only managed to covertly obtain a single Phoenix Immortal Inner Elixir, demonstrating the immense rarity of such a core.
Seeing the eighth-grade, superior-tier dragon pearl in Eldrin's hand, Violet Flame Fairy felt an almost unbearable eagerness rise within her.
She possessed a foundation at the Sixth Heaven Realm, yet had been trapped at the Eighth Level of the Earth Immortal Stage for over a million years without the slightest progress. It was precisely the moment when she desperately needed a Dragon Phoenix Ascension Elixir (Divine Pill).
At this thought, she couldn't help but remark, "With my alchemy skills, I'd have roughly a 30 percent success rate in refining this pill."
"In this single batch, we can likely refine 3 precious pills. Should you be willing to entrust the dragon pearl to me, regardless of how many pills are successfully refined, I shall grant you 1 of them."
"Oh?"
Eldrin was momentarily taken aback. With the Violet Flame Fairy achieving a 30% success rate in refining high-grade eighth-tier pills, her alchemical prowess likely qualified her to attempt the refinement of supreme-grade eighth-tier pills.
At this thought, Eldrin fell into brief contemplation before shaking his head and saying, "To be frank, given my current level of cultivation, I have no need for the Dragon Phoenix Ascension Pill."
"Moreover, given the limitations of my own foundation, this treasure would likely prove useless to someone like me."
Upon hearing this, the Violet Flame Fairy's heart sank slightly.
He understood clearly in his heart that since Eldrin could kill 2 late-stage Earth Immortals, ordinary treasures would certainly fail to move him.
After much deliberation, she said thoughtfully, "I am willing to offer my exclusive alchemical formula for this trade, Fellow Daoist. What say you?"
"Oh?"
Upon hearing this, Eldrin fell into a brief, contemplative silence.
To be fair, this exclusive pill formula of the Violet Flame Fairy was truly extraordinary. However, to some extent, a pill formula is ultimately just a piece of paper.
Without sufficient Alchemy skill, even if Eldrin obtained it, it would be useless. Moreover, the essence of pill refinement lies more in the materials themselves rather than the pill formula.
Just like the Dragon Phoenix Ascension Pill, refining a single batch requires slaying 2 Earth Immortals at the late stage—likely half-step Celestial Immortals. 1 might spend a lifetime without succeeding in producing even 1 or 2 batches.
At this thought, Eldrin shook his head and said, "If the pill formula you mentioned merely refers to this Dragon Phoenix Ascension Pill, I'm afraid it falls far short."
"I know."
Violet Blaze Immortal (Person Name) let out a soft sigh, then drew a scroll of alchemy scriptures from her sleeve. "Take a look at this," she said.
"Oh?"
Eldrin took the elixir scripture and glanced at it, noticing a line of large characters inscribed on the cover: "The Profound Mystery Elixir Scripture."
This ancient tome contained approximately several 1000 alchemical formulas, ranging from first-grade recipes for the Qi Refining stage to eighth-grade formulas for the World Creation stage. Among these, the most precious were the 16 volumes of eighth-grade alchemical recipes.
Among these 16 scrolls of pill formulas, there were 2 supreme-grade Eighth Rank formulas, 5 high-grade Eighth Rank formulas, and the remainder were mid-to-low-grade Eighth Rank formulas. The 2 supreme-grade Eighth Rank formulas were respectively titled Yin-Yang Dao-Comprehending Pill (Spiritual Object) and Great Unity Golden Body Pill (Spiritual Object).
Among these 2 pill formulas, the Yin-Yang Dao-Comprehending Pill (Spiritual Object) is an eighth-grade supreme-tier Dao-Comprehending Pill (Spiritual Object). It is said that when an immortal consumes this pill, they temporarily synchronize with the celestial realm, gaining insight into the boundless power of its Dao principles.
It can be said that after consuming this pill, the likelihood of comprehending the Dao Principles increases by a few degrees.
However, the refinement of this elixir was exceptionally arduous, as it required the absorption of both Yin and Yang, the dual energies of life and death.
Within it, the yang energy was known as the Celestial Realm's Qian Tian Clear Qi, while the death energy was the Netherworld's Turbid Qi from the depths of the Underworld.
Both of these energies were supremely precious substances. It was said that the Dry Heaven Pure Qi was a manifestation of the Heavenly Dao’s source energy, while the Netherworld Turbid Qi was a form of the Netherworld’s origin essence. Such astonishing treasures were coveted even by Heavenly Immortals and mighty figures, their grade at least that of an eighth-tier supreme wonder—truly far too rare.
The Taiyi Golden Body Elixir is a supreme treasure pill for physical cultivation. It is said that consuming this elixir can increase 1's chances of attaining the Taiyi Golden Body. However, the materials required to refine this pill are extremely precious. It demands the legendary Taiyi Golden Bamboo Shoot as its primary ingredient, and only through refinement by a high-level alchemist can there be any possibility of success.
As for the Great Solar Gold Bamboo Shoot, Eldrin possessed profound understanding as well.
Eldrin now held in his hands a scroll of the Great Yin Golden Bamboo Cultivation Method,
According to the method's description, once the Jade Marrow Golden Bamboo Shoot advances to the 8th rank, it will transform into the Jade Marrow Golden Bamboo.
When the Jade Marrow Golden Bamboo reaches its peak, it undergoes nirvana and transforms into the Taiyi Golden Bamboo.
Taiyi Gold Marrow can be used for alchemy—a supreme-grade immortal herb of the eighth rank. Should it grow to the next stage, it would transform into the legendary Taiyi Gold Bamboo.
The Eldrin Gold Bamboo serves as the core material for crafting a Ninth-Level Eldrin Immortal Weapon—its worth is truly beyond words.
"If that is truly the case."
Gazing at the several scrolls of alchemical formulas in his hand, Eldrin let out a faint sigh. He finally understood why the Violet Flame Fairy had so generously handed over her exclusive formulas to him.
There was no denying the elixir recipe was indeed precious, but unless you had a supreme grotto-heaven backing you, gathering all these materials was nothing short of a fool's dream.
Whether it was the Heaven-Cleansing Pneuma, the Netherworld Miasma, or the Great Unity Golden Bamboo Shoots, all were treasures that could be encountered by chance but not sought through effort.
The Violet Flame Immortal had obtained this alchemical formula for over 10 million years, yet she couldn't even gather the materials for the Dragon Phoenix Ascension Pill, let alone these supreme-grade ingredients.
She hadn’t even caught a glimpse of the materials—how could she possibly refine such a supreme-grade elixir?
On the other hand, for those supreme blessed realms, these alchemical formulas were likely not rare treasures either.
After all, every pill formula was created by man. Eldrin refused to believe that those celestial immortals who had reached the Ninth Order of alchemy would fail to refine peerless divine pills when presented with materials of supreme quality like the 8 Order Qian Heaven Qi.
At this thought, Eldrin (Person Name) finally sighed, "1 can't make bricks without straw. Though these alchemy recipes are excellent, the crucial elements are the pill-refining materials."