A Mortal’s Journey to Immortality: Wang Yu’s Rebirth as the Reincarnation Dao Ancestor - Chapter 32

Chapter 32 We’ve struck it rich!

“Are pill formulas valuable? Doctor Mo didn’t tell me before.”

Han Li blinked, his face completely innocent.

Giving away the formulas for the Yellow Dragon Pill and the Golden Marrow Pill—was he truly generous? Was he truly so naive as to have no ulterior motives?

“Oh? Was the prescription given to you by a mortal physician?”

Mortal physicians are mostly those who save lives and relieve suffering.

Such people, even if they are just mortals, are worthy of respect.

Therefore, Fairy Hong Fu developed a slight liking for the unfamiliar Doctor Mo.

Indirectly, this also fostered more goodwill towards Han Li.

“Yes. Doctor Mo’s medical skills are superb; he has helped many people heal injuries and cure illnesses. I learned some medical skills from him. Moreover, Doctor Mo never held back in teaching me; he always taught me openly. This indirectly allowed me to recognize some herbs…”

“Then do you know how to care for herbs?”

“I know a little. After all, to be familiar with the properties of herbs, one must understand them as much as possible. This includes understanding the suitable growing environment and other growth requirements of herbs.” Han Li spoke eloquently. He

had another purpose in saying this.

In short, to indirectly demonstrate some of his value.

Working for a late-stage Foundation Establishment old man was far less cost-effective than working for Fairy Hong Fu.

In the future, he might even be able to purchase some spiritual herbs he needed from Fairy Hong Fu.

“It seems I underestimated you.”

Fairy Hong Fu’s eyes lit up slightly:

if this young man really knew some pharmacology and could care for most of the herbs in the spiritual field, having him manage the field would save her some trouble.

Furthermore, she had cultivated diligently for a century, and the bottleneck at the peak of the mid-stage Core Formation had finally loosened. With a little preparation and subsequent seclusion,

she might be able to advance to the late-stage Core Formation in one fell swoop. “Alright, I’ll give you a list. See if it suits you? If it does, I’ll reserve your Foundation Establishment Pill for Xuan’er.” Fairy Hongfu said kindly.

The more she looked at Han Li, the more satisfied she became.

Although it’s true that using pills to increase cultivation becomes increasingly difficult as you progress, Xuan’er had basically never used low-level pills to force her growth, to prevent the development of various incurable drug resistances that would affect her future.

But this child was different.

With four pseudo-spiritual roots, he encountered a minor bottleneck after reaching the third level of Qi Refining. Relying solely on hard work, he would only ever reach the sixth or seventh level of Qi Refining in his lifetime. To reach higher levels, he would have to rely on medicinal power to enhance his magical power.

“Han Li’s future path will definitely be difficult…”

Give him more.

…

One day later.

In a newly opened cave at the end of Red Tassel Mountain.

Having completed his purchases and furnishings, Han Li meticulously counted the items on the table, extremely satisfied.

First, there was a pile of stones emitting a faint glow: ten mid-grade spirit stones and five hundred low-grade spirit stones.

Second, there was a pile of sealed pill bottles, over a hundred in total.

Each bottle contained ten low-grade pills.

These low-grade pills were suitable for the Qi Refining stage, helping to strengthen muscles and bones, consolidate the foundation, and enhance magical power.

The pills were divided into four varieties, two of which could be used up to the twelfth level of Qi Refining. Calculating the average price of the four types of pills, which was about one low-grade spirit stone per pill, the total value of this pile of pills was over a thousand spirit stones.

If he consumed and refined one pill every day, it would be enough for three years.

Then, there were several boxes of herbs such as Yellow Dragon Grass, Bitter Lotus, Golden Thread Flower, and Forget-Me-Not Fruit: these were mature herbs sufficient to concoct thousands of Yellow Dragon Pills and Golden Marrow Pills.

In the mortal realm, these herbs are extremely rare. Even Mo Juren had to scour many desolate mountains and rivers to cultivate a small medicinal field, and the herbs were only one or two years old. After all, mature spiritual herbs, even low-grade ones, generally don’t wait for humans to harvest them.

“These spiritual herbs, which can be used to concoct Yellow Dragon Pills and Golden Marrow Pills, should be enough for me to try the most basic alchemy techniques.”

Furthermore, he planned to use Yellow Dragon Pills, Golden Marrow Pills, and two other low-grade pills to assist his cultivation from the fourth to the sixth level of Qi Refining.

“Hopefully, rotating the use of spiritual herbs will reduce some of the drug resistance.”

In addition, two azure chains, each over ten feet long, slowly coiled around Han Li. This was a complete set of top-tier magic artifacts, the Azure Dragon Chains, worth at least six hundred spirit stones, a masterpiece among top-tier magic artifacts. With his current magical power and divine sense, controlling them was quite difficult.

He needed to improve his cultivation level as soon as possible.

Then, he obtained the first four levels of the cultivation technique, the Azure Origin Sword Manual. In Yellow Maple Valley, while the Azure Origin Sword Manual wasn’t a particularly valuable technique, normally only cultivators who had reached the Foundation Establishment stage could access it for free. Qi Refining disciples before Foundation Establishment usually had to pay a certain amount of spirit stones to gain access.

Grandmaster Hong Fu possessed a fragmentary copy that went directly to the sixth level of the technique, saving him about a hundred spirit stones.

Finally,

Han Li’s gaze fell upon a pile of talismans.

There were thirty in total:

one mid-level beginner, nine beginner high-level, and twenty beginner mid-level.

They included both offensive and defensive talismans, with a total value of five or six hundred low-grade spirit stones.

This was the reward he received from selling his Foundation Establishment Pill to the penniless Dong Xuan’er and then transferring it to Fairy Hong Fu.

Fairy Hong Fu truly didn’t take advantage of him in the slightest.

She casually took out items worth over four thousand spirit stones without even flinching.

“I’m rich!”

Not only that, but they also helped him escape the troublesome main ridge of the Taiyue Mountains, allowing him to temporarily reside in a spiritual vein cave on Hongying Mountain for five years. This gave him a privilege that even Foundation Establishment cultivators in the sect might not enjoy for the next few years. They also granted him the authority to look after several precious spiritual herbs in the local spiritual fields, with a monthly stipend of fifteen spirit stones.

It was truly a gesture of great kindness.

It should be noted that the herbs Fairy Hongfu asked him to look after were all rare and precious, essential for preparing pills suitable for Foundation Establishment cultivators. Each one was quite old and very valuable. For example, three Udon vines bore over twenty Udon fruits, a key ingredient in a pill that helped early and mid-Foundation Establishment cultivators increase their magical power. Two of the fruits were already two hundred years old, ripe enough for medicinal use.

Either one of those fruits would be worth three or four hundred spirit stones.

If he were to damage these three Udon vines, even if he sold them, he probably wouldn’t be able to afford the losses.

“Doctor Mo laid a solid foundation, allowing me to earn sixty a year, or six hundred for ten years, even at Master Ma’s herb garden. Here at Fairy Hongfu’s, the cost-effectiveness is three times higher. Indeed, with ability, one can succeed anywhere.”

The spirit fields in the Red Tassel Mountain valley are said to have been cultivated for at least two hundred years. Previously, Fairy Hongfu and her brother took turns tending them. Most of the spirit herbs in the fields were prepared for their descendants.

Since Fairy Hongfu’s Core Formation stage brother perished along with a Core Formation elder from the Feng family of the sect, these spirit fields and their herbs have been managed solely by Fairy Hongfu.

Occasionally, she would ask some clansmen from the foot of the mountain to come up and help.

However,

for some reason, Fairy Hongfu’s relationship with the Dong family is not as harmonious as that of other cultivation families with their own Core Formation ancestor.

There seems to be some rift between them.

As for Dong Xuan’er, she never went down the mountain to befriend her clansmen. If they met within the sect, they would at most nod and greet each other.   Han Li, of course, didn’t care

about this at all .   He wouldn’t gossip about the inside story.   He only knew that he should take advantage of the rare leisure time to cultivate in peace and regularly help Fairy Hong Fu tend to the medicinal herbs in the valley.   ”Fairy Hong Fu is so kind to me, she probably has other intentions…”   ”Could it be that in the future, when Dong Xuan’er leaves Hongying Mountain to cultivate in Huangfeng Valley, she wants me to keep an eye on this increasingly free-spirited senior sister?”   He always felt that Fairy Hong Fu was being a little too good to him.   It is also worth mentioning that after testing his pharmacology and knowledge of medicinal herbs, this Grandmaster Hong Fu specially gifted him three illustrated guides to medicinal herbs and spent some time patiently teaching him how to better care for certain medicinal herbs, flowers, and fruits in the fields. Incidentally, he also received some basic guidance on his cultivation, saving him from many detours when learning the not-so-rare “Azure Origin Sword Technique.”   In other words,   the trade of one Foundation Establishment Pill also gave him two precious spiritual herb illustrations and a period of hands-on instruction and cultivation guidance.   That’s right.   After careful consideration, he still chose the Azure Origin Sword Technique.   (End of Chapter)