Chapter 125. Refining the Mysterious Jade Pill (Spiritual Object)

Lyra nodded and began to narrate calmly:

"90 years ago, during the beast tide turmoil, your Chen Immortal Clan followed Chongyang to defend Yu County."

"But for a single piece of Ziyang Jade, that Chongyang (Person Name) first dispatched your Chen Immortal Clan (Organization) to hold off the Zifu Demons, then deliberately delayed reinforcements for 13 days under false pretenses."

Only after watching your Chen Immortal Clan (Organization) elites fall 1 by 1 until they were nearly wiped out did he finally set out to seize the Purple Sun Jade.

"Yet he could never have anticipated that the strength of the Violet Mansion Demonic Ape would be so formidable—it actually managed to break free from his grasp, only to meet its end at my hands."

After hearing Lyra recount the past events, Eldrin clenched his fist, a murderous intent barely restrained within him.

A moment later, he suppressed the killing intent within, his expression icy as he declared, "This Chongyang (Person Name) is unworthy of being called a man. Sooner or later, I shall offer his head to our ancestors."

"Keep these memories of the past close to your heart."

"As for you," Lyra said, handing the storage pouch to Eldrin with a gentle smile, "it seems your gains this time have been truly substantial."

He took the storage pouch and glanced inside, his face instantly lighting up with ecstasy.

These past days he had been constantly on the move, with no spare moment to open the storage pouch. Only when Lyra opened it now did he discover there was actually a Li Fire Crystal inside.

"Such a treasure actually exists?"

Eldrin suppressed the excitement in his heart—the value of a single Li Fire Crystal was simply beyond measure.

Even deep within the earthfire veins of Celestial Ruins Mountain (Location), only 1 is produced every 30 years. This treasure is exceedingly rare—it can be used for artifact forging, alchemical refinement, and even assists cultivators in breaking through to the Zi Mansion realm. Truly, the demand far outstrips the supply.

"The Old Patriarch's cultivation has already broken through the ninth level of Foundation Establishment for many years. If he consumes this, he might be able to attempt a breakthrough into the Purple Mansion realm."

Suppressing his excitement, Eldrin continued examining Wei Mingyuan’s storage pouch. True to his status as the son of a Purple Mansion expert, the pouch contained over 8,000 spirit stones alone.

In addition, there were several bottles of cultivation-restoring elixirs, a scroll of cultivation techniques, some low to mid-grade second-tier magical instruments, and 3 high-grade second-tier spirit talismans.

The cultivation art was the Green Sun Sect's legacy method, the Blazing Sun Virtual Refining Art, rumored to enable cultivation up to the Golden Core, Early Stage (Cultivation Realm). Unfortunately, the scroll in Wei Mingyuan's possession only contained teachings to reach the 9th layer of Foundation Establishment.

Eldrin did not look any longer. After gathering these items, he recalled his gains at Ink-Wash Ridge and retrieved the Mysterious Jade Ginseng.

"This time, I ventured into the demon beast territory with some companions and obtained this precious herb. I've come to you hoping to refine it into the Mysterious Jade Pill (Spiritual Object)."

"It seems you have encountered a remarkable opportunity."

At the first glimpse of the Mysterious Jade Ginseng (Spiritual Object), Lyra (Person Name)'s eyes shimmered faintly as she remarked with a light laugh, "The refinement of this elixir poses little challenge. I should be able to produce at least 5 or more pills."

"This elixir will benefit Mingwei and Rumeng. After it's refined, may I take 2 pills?"

Eldrin smiled faintly. "This is only right and proper."

Seeing him nod, Lyra took a set of supplementary ingredients and led Eldrin to the alchemy chamber.

Observing the refinement of a third-grade, low-tier pill was an exceedingly rare opportunity, especially when witnessing a high-level alchemist like Lyra personally conduct the process.

The Profound Origin Pill was a lower-grade Tier-3 elixir. In addition to the lower-grade Tier-3 Profound Origin Ginseng, it required 2 precious auxiliary spiritual herbs of upper-grade Tier-2.

"1 of the ingredients wasn't available in our Celestial Ruins Mountain. Fortunately, a few years ago, your Mu Clan from Yu County sent over a mature plant they had cultivated."

As Lyra (Person Name) brewed the spiritual herbs, a faint smile graced her features as she said.

Eldrin's eyes flickered slightly as he smiled faintly. "The Mu family is quite shrewd, placing bets on both sides."

"They didn't lose out either." Lyra spoke calmly, "When I refine elixirs here, I frequently need to utilize their spirit herb garden. Over the years, the Mu Family has received their share of several Foundation Establishment Pills I've successfully refined."

While the 2 were talking, the supplementary herbs had already finished brewing. At this moment, Eldrin processed the Profound Origin Ginseng and placed it into the alchemy furnace.

Lyra channeled the earth-fire energy to refine the Mystic Origin Ginseng, remarking with serene composure, "Third-grade spirit herbs are exceedingly challenging to refine."

"This treasure is exceptionally rare. To separate its medicinal properties from impurities requires immense patience."

Though she said this, the alchemy process was remarkably effortless for her. In just 3 days' time, she had successfully refined the medicinal essence from the Mystic Origin Ginseng.

She repeatedly refined the auxiliary elixir liquid with the spiritual essence of the Mystic Origin Ginseng, ultimately producing 6 portions of spiritual liquid.

The pill condensation process proceeded without any mishap. After being nurtured with gentle heat for 3 more days, 6 Mystic Origin Pills flew out of the alchemy furnace.

It is done.

Eldrin gazed at the 6 Profound Origin Pills, a flicker of pleasant surprise crossing his expression.

A full 6 Profound Origin Pills—even if Lyra took 2, there would still be 4 left. If the Chen Clan and the Wei Family split them equally, each would still obtain 2.

Having succeeded in their refinement, the 2 did not depart. Instead, Eldrin took out the Cyan Origin Mushroom, seizing this opportunity to advance his alchemy skills to the upper second rank.

Over the years, his alchemy mastery had grown increasingly profound, having long since touched the threshold of the second-tier, upper-grade.

Additionally, after repeatedly observing Lyra (Person Name) refine pills and receiving her personal guidance, he now had an 80 to 90 percent certainty of advancing his alchemy skills to the second-rank, upper-grade.

Not to mention that with Lyra (Person Name) offering guidance at this moment, refining the Green Origin Pills felt as natural as water flowing downhill.

In just 7 days, he successfully refined the Verdant Origin Pills. To his astonishment, he managed to produce 2 pills in a single batch.

"Your talent for alchemy is fairly decent."

Lyra gazed at the 2 freshly refined Verdant Origin Pills, a faint smile gracing her lips.

Although he had successfully refined the Verdant Origin Pill, Eldrin did not immediately consume it to break through to Foundation Establishment, Late Stage.

Having recently broken through to the 6th Layer of Foundation Establishment (Cultivation Realm), he still needed 4 to 5 years to accumulate sufficient spiritual energy before qualifying to impact the 7th Layer of Foundation Establishment.

After spending several more days, he successfully refined 2 cauldrons of Spirit-Breaking Pills, with 6 pills from each batch. To his astonishment, Eldrin obtained a total of 12 Spirit-Breaking Pills.

After completing all this, Eldrin was ready to depart. Before leaving, he paused in thought and said,

8 or 9 years from now, the Beast Tide would descend.

"The major immortal clans of Yu Prefecture have held a discussion. The 6 great immortal clans intend to forge an alliance with Celestial Ruins Mountain (Location), proposing to sign a mutual defense pact for coordinated military campaigns."

"Hmm, I originally intended to gather you all to discuss this matter in a few more years."

Lyra gave a slight nod and continued, "However, relying solely on the strength of Yu County and Celestial Ruins Mountain, it would be difficult to survive this calamity."

"The 3 prefectures of Bianzhou are 1 entity. If each fights alone, they stand no chance against a Zifu-level demon beast. Any discerning eye can see the Qingyang Sect is no longer reliable."

Eldrin spoke with grave solemnity, then added, "I believe that whether it be the 2 great Purple Mansion immortal clans of Xu and Yang, or the various Foundation Establishment immortal clans of Feng and Ling Provinces, all will surely make some gesture of acknowledgment."

"Then after you return, first sound out the major immortal clans. In a few years, I shall summon you all to Celestial Ruins Mountain (Location) to form our alliance."