Who Let Him Cultivate Immortality

Chapter 391: Pills and Poison Are Inseparable

“How about it? Have I mastered it?”

“Well, you’ve kind of learned it…” Everlasting Fairy struggled to find the right words, realizing it was difficult to answer Lu Yang’s question.

“It’s like Universe in the Palm, but the size is off.”

Everlasting Fairy gestured with her hands, “It’s about the size of a village. You should probably call it ‘Village in the Palm.’”

Lu Yang glanced at the small space within his palm. It really wasn’t that big.

“Village in the Palm? That doesn’t sound good,” he argued, “Even though the space is small, it’s still a universe. Look, there are even stars spinning around. It should be called ‘Miniature Universe in the Palm!’”

Everlasting Fairy scoffed at Lu Yang’s words, “Come on, a pile of sand pretending to be stars.”n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

She blew gently toward Lu Yang’s palm, scattering the stardust, which quickly disappeared.

Realizing he couldn’t get away with it, Lu Yang admitted defeat, “Fine, ‘Village in the Palm’ it is. At least it’s still a spatial technique.”

He quickly moved on from the naming issue and started exploring how to properly use “Village in the Palm.”

“The true Universe in the Palm can crush an entire world, leaving people helpless. So, ‘Village in the Palm’ should have the same principle!”

Lu Yang mimicked Everlasting Fairy’s motion, pressing his right hand downward.

“Village in the Palm!”

Boom—

A massive hand descended from the sky, the size of a village, carrying an overwhelming sense of pressure. The mental impact was even greater than the physical!

Before the giant hand could fully land, it gradually faded and disappeared.

“Huff, huff—”

Lu Yang was panting heavily, inhaling spiritual qi like a drowning man gasping for air after being pulled ashore.

He hadn’t deliberately dismissed the “Village in the Palm” technique; his own spiritual power had been insufficient to maintain its form.

Just that one move had drained all his spiritual power.

“This technique is still too difficult for you right now,” Everlasting Fairy shook her head. Even this simplified Universe in the Palm was beyond the capabilities of someone at the Golden Core Mid Stage.

But that said, if one could fully execute this move, no cultivator at the Golden Core Stage would be able to withstand it!

Not even the most gifted geniuses at the Golden Core Stage could hope to block it!

Lu Yang quickly thought of a solution: “Maybe I can use pills to restore my spiritual power while casting ‘Village in the Palm.’”

He sat down cross-legged, spending half a moment to recover his state and adjust his mood for another attempt.

He pulled out a medicinal gourd filled with Great Restoration Pills. He had taken these things since he was small and were extremely familiar with them.

Lu Yang poured one Great Reversion Pill into his mouth and once again attempted to cast “Village in the Palm.”

Once again, before the hand could fully land, it faded away, leaving Lu Yang collapsing onto the ground, exhausted.

“One pill isn’t enough.”

After another half-hour, Lu Yang swallowed three Great Restoration Pills and attempted “Village in the Palm” again.

The large hand still vanished into thin air.

“Three pills aren’t enough either?”

Lu Yang gritted his teeth. How many Great Restoration Pills would it take to succeed?

Five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten…

In the end, Lu Yang came to a conclusion—he needed to stuff his mouth full of Great Restoration Pills for it to work.

But then another problem arose—his mouth was too full to swallow them all at once, and taking them one by one wouldn’t restore his spiritual power fast enough.

“Wait, I can ask Seventh Elder for help!”

Seventh Elder was the foremost alchemy master on the Central Continent and would surely be able to craft a pill that could quickly replenish spiritual power!

Moreover, thanks to the Mu Tian Grass Lu Yang had gifted to Seventh Elder, the elder had already promised to help him refine pills three times!

Lu Yang acted quickly.

He found Seventh Elder, who was in the midst of refining pills. The rich fragrance of the pills filled the air, a clear sign of their purity and lack of poison.

“Haha! My meticulously crafted Realm Breaking Pill is finally complete!”

Seventh Elder laughed heartily, filled with a sense of accomplishment from creating an unprecedented pill.

“Congratulations, Seventh Elder!” Lu Yang raised a hand in salute, having watched the process from a respectful distance without disturbing Seventh Elder’s work. Now that the pill refining was finished, he stepped forward.

“It’s you, Lu Yang. What a pity that you’re at the Golden Core Stage and can’t try my newly refined Realm Breaking Pill. This is a pill like no other ever created!”

Lu Yang hesitated for a moment. From what he had heard, pills that could raise one to the Golden Core Stage had existed long ago.

Seventh Elder waved his hand dismissively. “How can those crude pills made by ordinary alchemists compare to mine? The Realm Breaking Pills out there are just mass-produced trash with no beauty or finesse!”

Lu Yang cautiously asked, “So, the pill you’ve made…”

“The Realm Breaking Pills made by others are just meant for Foundation Building Stage cultivators to ascend to the Golden Core Stage. Far too basic!”

“The Realm Breaking Pills I’ve crafted, however, not only allow Foundation Building cultivators to ascend to the Golden Core Stage, but they can also downgrade a Nascent Soul Stage cultivator back to the Golden Core Stage!”

Lu Yang: “…”

At this point, he started to understand why Seventh Elder had a rather poor reputation in the wider world.

After all, in the world of alchemy, it was well known that where there were pills, there was also poison. Most alchemists were well-versed in the properties of toxins.

But someone like Seventh Elder, who balanced both pill and poison with such enthusiasm, was quite rare.

Lu Yang still remembered his first visit to Pellet Cauldron Peak, where he was knocked unconscious by the potent scent of the pills. Under Seventh Elder’s guidance, every senior brother and sister at Pellet Cauldron Peak became proficient in the pharmacology of poisons, mastering the craft just as well as they mastered alchemy.

Of course, even if the pills they refined weren’t meant to be poisonous, there was no guarantee that they were free of toxins. The mantra that “pills and poison are inseparable” was upheld with strict adherence.

“Since fate has brought us together, take one of these.” Seventh Elder flicked his middle finger, and a green-patterned pill fell into Lu Yang’s hand.

“What brings you to see me?”

“Well, I recently learned a technique that consumes a tremendous amount of spiritual qi. Halfway through casting it, I run out of spiritual qi and have to stop. I’ve tried taking Great Restoration Pills while casting, but the rate at which they restore spiritual qi isn’t fast enough to keep up with my consumption. I was hoping you could craft a pill that would allow me to recover spiritual qi more quickly.”

“Hmm, cases like yours have come up before. It’s not difficult to refine such a pill. Let me check your meridians first.”

Seventh Elder held Lu Yang’s wrist for a moment and looked surprised. “At your current level, I didn’t expect you to have such a vast reserve of spiritual power. It doesn’t make sense. With your spiritual power, no spell should drain you completely.”

“Oh, you don’t have to tell me what technique you’re using if you’d rather keep it secret. It’s normal for cultivators to have secrets. For instance, Ninth Brother has an ancient ferocious beast sealed inside him, and Fourth Brother used to keep a stash of erotic drawings under his bed when he was a child.”

Lu Yang thought that such secrets weren’t exclusive to cultivators.

“It’s not that I don’t want to tell you; it’s just a bit complicated to explain. How about I demonstrate it for you?”

Lu Yang wasn’t worried about exposing the presence of the Everlasting Fairy, as everyone would naturally assume that his technique came from Eldest Senior Sister.

He moved to an open space, raised his palm, and brought it down. A massive hand descended from the sky, blocking out the sunlight and enveloping the entire mountain peak. The gusts from the palm were so strong that the grass bent under its force.

The giant hand disappeared in mid-air.

Seventh Elder’s pupils contracted as he witnessed the scene, visibly moved. He had never seen such a technique before, and from the sheer momentum alone, he could tell that it was a move no ordinary Golden Core Stage cultivator should be able to perform. The fact that Lu Yang could pull it off defied all reason.

“What an incredible spell! What is the name of this technique?” Seventh Elder asked in awe.

Lu Yang responded seriously, “It’s an ancient art, a celestial inheritance, an unparalleled great divine ability: ‘Village in the Palm.’”

Seventh Elder turned his head to look at Lu Yang in surprise, feeling that the name didn’t quite match the grandeur of its description.