Only at the Mahayana Stage Does the Reversal System Appear - Chapter 421

Chapter 420: Qi Gathering Pill

Jiang Li’s method surprised everyone.

How could knocking someone unconscious be considered a feat? You’re an alchemist, but what

about the pills you made? Are you an alchemist or a physical practitioner?

Jiang Li said sternly, “Actually, I took the Power Pill and the Speed Pill, which allowed me to take her by surprise and knock her unconscious.”

The Sword Master, standing nearby, pressed two fingers together, using them as a sword, and slashed at the female cultivator, severing the yin and yang energies within her body. When she awoke, she would discover she could freely control her dry yang body.

Everyone was speechless. While they didn’t know the truth in Jiang Li’s words, they knew he had indeed put the female cultivator to sleep.

The Sixth Prince of the Great Sui Dynasty consulted with a group of elders and decided to respect the facts. “Jin Li wins the first match.”

“The second match will test the efficiency and utilization of medicinal materials. Here are 10,000 Qi Gathering Pill ingredients. Whoever can refine the most Qi Gathering Pills in the shortest time will be the winner.”

Qi Gathering Pills are a must-have for every beginner alchemist, even a genius like Su Wei.

Every alchemist present knew how to refine Qi Gathering Pills.

While they knew how to make them, the quantity and quality of the resulting pills varied drastically, not to mention that the opponents were all master alchemists with strict time constraints.

Slow refinement would ultimately lead to a crushing defeat.

“Qi Gathering Pills, easy,” the head of the Spiritual Medicine Sect said, having won the second round. He laughed uncontrollably and, with a wave of his hand, enveloped and separated the 10,000 Qi Gathering Pill ingredients in spiritual energy.

This effortless display of spiritual energy control and divine awareness amazed the audience.

The Spiritual Medicine Sect’s leader concentrated on refining the elixir. With a flick of his fingers, countless small flames erupted, burning the ingredients for the Qi Gathering Pill, separating impurities and transforming the medicinal properties into a liquid form. A fragrant aroma filled the air.

“Refining the elixir in mid-air, and simultaneously refining ten thousand doses! As expected of a great cultivator who rivals Su Wei for the top spot in the alchemy world!”

Not to be outdone, the Chiwu Furnace opened its lid and expanded infinitely, swallowing all the ingredients. It slowly spun, its transparent body faintly visible, allowing for a glimpse of its internal movements.

“The Chiwu Furnace has actually fused the might of heaven and earth into the elixir. Anyone who consumes this elixir has a slight chance of gaining enlightenment from the heavens and earth. This is an unspeakable opportunity for a Qi Condensation cultivator!”

Someone objected, “But a slight chance is too low.”

“There are ten thousand Qi Gathering Pills here. If they all are consumed, wouldn’t enlightenment be guaranteed?”

“You make a lot of sense.”

“What are you looking at that hermit, Chen Jian, doing?” Someone noticed the Sword Master’s unusual movements.

Alchemy involves extracting the medicinal properties from the ingredients and combining them with other medicinal properties to create the elixir.

Typically, alchemists use furnaces to extract the medicinal properties. More skilled ones even forgo the furnace and refine the elixir in mid-air.

But I’d never seen the Sword Master do this, chopping the raw materials with his sword, cleaving them into invisible particles to extract their medicinal properties.

The Sword Master danced with his sword, a single thrust seemingly spurring a thousand simultaneous thrusts, creating a dazzling display, unable to distinguish the Sword Master’s movements from their afterimages.

His masterful swordsmanship purged impurities and isolated the medicinal properties.

“Is he a sword cultivator?”

“No, how could a sword cultivator attend the alchemy conference? In my opinion, he’s a spirit chef.”

“This guy named Chen Jian must have been sent by the spirit chefs to disrupt the proceedings. Look at his swordsmanship; it’s imbued with murderous intent. Doesn’t it resemble those big-faced, thick-necked spirit chefs wielding butcher knives?”

“See, now that I say that, his murderous aura has intensified!”

“But why do I feel like he’s looking at you?”

“It must be an illusion.”

Jiang Li felt a headache over the sheer pile of ingredients. Getting someone to sleep was easy, but getting him to refine the elixir was a challenge.

He thought for a moment and came up with an idea.

“I’m done!”

“I’m done too!”

“Done.”

Simultaneously, several alchemists declared their completion.

“The Spiritual Medicine Sect’s leader was the first to call out. Let’s see his work first.”

The Spiritual Medicine Sect’s leader spun the Qi Gathering Pills above his head, forming them into various shapes to show off his accomplishments.

“Ten thousand Qi Gathering Pills, perfect color, with three circles of Qi patterns. They’re the highest quality Qi Gathering Pills! Sect Leader Huang didn’t waste a single one; his completion rate is 100%!”

“Next is the Chiwu Furnace.”

The Chiwu Furnace opened its mouth, and ten thousand Qi Gathering Pills flew out.

“These Qi Gathering Pills are the same as Sect Master Huang’s… No, these pills all contain a trace of the enlightenment of heaven and earth, breaking through the quality limit of Qi Gathering Pills!”

“Wait, there are other pills mixed in these pills, Brother Chiwu, what is this?”

Chiwu Lu said proudly: “Stomach-strengthening and digestion-promoting pills. Whoever eats all these ten thousand pills will surely gain the enlightenment of heaven and earth, but eating ten thousand pills in a row is too difficult, so I used the impurities and refined a few stomach-strengthening and digestion-promoting pills to aid digestion.”

“…Brother Chiwu, you are very thoughtful.”

“Let’s see how many Su Wei has refined, and whether it is the same as Sect Master Huang’s.”

Su Wei glanced at the Sect Master of the Spiritual Medicine Sect and said calmly: “Here are ten thousand and one hundred Qi Gathering Pills.”

The Sect Master of the Spiritual Medicine Sect was furious, thinking that Su Wei was fabricating: “Nonsense, how did you get these extra one hundred Qi Gathering Pills!”

Su Wei snorted lightly, mocking the Sect Master of the Spiritual Medicine Sect for his incompetence.

“Impurities also have medicinal properties. The Chiwu furnace can use the medicinal properties in the impurities to refine several stomach-strengthening and digestion-promoting pills. I can use the medicinal properties of the impurities to refine a hundred more Qi-Gathering Pills.”

“I’m incompetent, and I think others are incompetent too.”

“How many Qi-Gathering Pills has the hermit Chen Jian refined?”

“I only refined a thousand, but my Qi-Gathering Pills are of good quality,” said the Sword Lord.

“Good quality? How do you mean?”

The Sword Master took a Qi Gathering Pill he had refined and placed it among the pile of pills being refined by the Spiritual Medicine Sect’s Sect Master. The Sword Master’s Qi Gathering Pill, surging with sword energy, chopped the Sect Master’s pills into dregs.

“My Qi Gathering Pill contains sword energy, so it could be called a Sword Qi Gathering Pill.

” “No, it’s just a sword pill, right?”

“It’s a Sword Qi Gathering Pill.”

“Is it for Qi Training cultivators?”

“It’s a Sword Qi Gathering Pill.”

“…”

The Sixth Prince stopped arguing with the Sword Master about the pill’s name. The elders of the alchemy world would decide the outcome; he was merely the host, responsible for setting the mood and making friends with alchemists along the way.

“Let’s see how many pills Jin Li, who’s traveling with Chen Jian, has refined. Cultivator Jin Li, where are your pills?” The Sixth Prince wondered. Jiang Li still had the same pile of raw materials before him, untouched. Had he given up on the competition?

Before Jiang Li could speak, a figure came running towards them. It was a deacon from the Feiyun Chamber of Commerce.

The steward handed Jiang Li a storage ring. “This is the twenty thousand Qi Gathering Pills you urgently ordered. They’re all in this storage ring.”

Jiang Li then handed the ring to the bewildered Sixth Prince.

“Twenty thousand Qi Gathering Pills.”

The Sixth Prince looked at Jiang Li strangely. “But this competition is about who can refine the most Qi Gathering Pills in the shortest time.”

“Yes, I hired someone to refine this in the shortest time.”

(End of Chapter)