Chapter 1438: Chapter 1409: The Legend of Devil Ruin Mountain

For the average Pill Master, there exists a problem of pill success rate and quality.

But for Li Chen, there’s no such problem.

Because he possesses “Taoist Magic,” any flaw he discovers, he continuously improves, only getting better and no longer facing issues with defects.

Although the second batch of pills was successful, they were all just low-grade Fundamental Pills. By the third batch, Li Chen’s pills were half superior grade and half middle grade, not even a single low-grade pill appeared.

And by the final batch, Li Chen produced a small portion of Special Grade Elixirs, and the rest were all superior grade.

Finally, Li Chen put away the pills and sighed.

If given another chance at refining, he was sure he could produce a batch entirely of special-grade Second Rank pills.

After spending a good half-day, Li Chen finally completed the refining of all the pills.

Looking at the few Jade Vases in his hands, Li Chen felt a sense of accomplishment.

A full batch of pills is twelve, and aside from only producing nine pills in the first batch, the two subsequent batches were full.

A total of thirty-three pills altogether.

Putting away the pills, Li Chen’s mind gradually calmed as he began to organize the gains from this session.

A Second Rank Heavenly Pill Alchemist, even he hadn’t expected to achieve this so quickly. However, he was still far from being able to refine a Past-Dust Memories Pill, so he needed to strive harder.

Not only must his alchemy improve, but his cultivation must not slack either.

Otherwise, no matter how high his alchemy level, he wouldn’t be able to protect himself.

In this world, in the end, it still depends on who has the bigger fists.

After cultivating for a night, the next day, even before the agreed meeting time, Li Chen sensed Hujin wandering outside. Putting away the Array Plate, Li Chen opened the door and waved to Hujin outside.

“Come in.”

“Alchemist Lin!” Seeing Li Chen suddenly open the door, Hujin’s eyes revealed a look of surprise and joy.

“I failed one batch, succeeded in three, thirty-three pills in total. I’ll give you sixteen, no objections, right?” Li Chen said.

“No, no!” Hujin replied with surprise and joy.

Originally, he thought getting four or five pills would be nice, but unexpectedly, it turned out to be over a dozen.

After all, these Fundamental Pills are life-saving. Sometimes, an extra pill might just mean an extra life!

“Thank you! Thank you, Alchemist Lin!” Hujin said gratefully.

Receiving the Fundamental Pills from Li Chen and upon inspection, Hujin was pleasantly surprised to find that only a small portion were low grade, the rest were medium and even superior, with two special-grade Fundamental Pills.

“Well… Alchemist Lin, this is the Spirit Crystal I promised you earlier. Consider it a token of appreciation. If it’s short, feel free to tell me, I can gather more.” Overcome with joy, Hujin didn’t have much to say idlely, handing a ring directly to Li Chen.

Li Chen checked and found it contained as many as a hundred thousand low-grade Spirit Crystals. Though it wasn’t much for him, for a loose cultivator like Hujin, collecting this many Spirit Crystals was not easy.

After all, not many Martial Artists like Li Chen needed such terrifying cultivation resources.

Just going from Mid-Heaven Realm Mid-Stage to Mid-Heaven Realm Late Stage, if converted all to low-grade Spirit Crystals, would amount to a fortune in the millions.

Scratching his head a little helplessly, Li Chen thought that in future cultivation, he might have no choice but to use superior-grade Spirit Crystals. These low-grade ones seemed numerous, but the Spiritual Energy contained within was too sparse, making absorption inconvenient.

Afterwards, Li Chen accompanied Hujin to meet with a few of his brothers. At a glance, Li Chen could tell they had been severely injured in a battle with a Celestial Demon Beast; each was withered in Qi-Blood and had terrifying scars left by the Celestial Demon Beast. Without True Yuan sustaining their lives, they might not have made it long.

Without hesitation, Hujin promptly fed each of them some Fundamental Pills.

In no time, the previously near-lifeless group regained some spirit, one by one starting to sit cross-legged and begin healing.

They all cast grateful glances toward Li Chen.

Clearly, they also knew that without Li Chen, they might not have survived.

“Brother Hu, I want to ask a few questions.” Li Chen, together with Hujin, went outside, and Li Chen inquired via Sound Transmission.

“No need to be polite, Alchemist Lin. Ask away, as long as I know, I won’t hold anything back!” Hujin said, patting his chest, seeing his brothers recovering, he was extremely happy.

Li Chen took one look at Hujin, knowing this was indeed a man with deep emotions, silently sighing in his heart, then asked, “I’d like to know if there are any places nearby where I can seek cultivation resources and also achieve some practice results?”

Hearing this, Hujin looked at Li Chen with a bit of surprise: “Alchemist Lin, with your level of alchemy, there’s no need to seek cultivation resources, right? As long as you’re willing, there will always be plenty of people ready to offer it with open arms.”

Li Chen waved a hand: “No need for such formalities; it gives me goosebumps. I’m just a Mid-Heaven Realm cultivator. If you don’t mind, Brother Hu, just call me little brother.”

“Alright!” Hujin clapped his hands and laughed heartily: “Gaining a brother like you is a real bargain for me.”

Li Chen nodded, then continued, “Actually, if treasures can be found, that’s best. If not, it’s no problem, which is why I mentioned needing certain training effects.”

“Young Brother Lin indeed is extraordinary.” Hujin gave Li Chen a thumbs-up, “Clearly possesses remarkable alchemy skills but still hasn’t forgotten the initial intention of us Martial Artists to hone ourselves.”

Li Chen secretly sweated a bit; at this point, he certainly couldn’t say that earning Spirit Crystals through alchemy simply wasn’t enough for him, right?

However, fortunately, Hujin didn’t notice Li Chen’s change in expression and began, “Speaking of treasure grounds, there actually is one around here, 3,000 miles away in a mountain range called Devil Ruin Mountain. It’s said that a powerful Demonic Path practitioner fell there a long time ago, forming a cloud of demonic fog that shrouds the mountains year-round.”

“Affected by the demonic fog, some ferocious beasts and even Celestial Demon Beasts in the mountain became demonized, turning increasingly savage and violent. But likewise, because the Celestial Demon Beasts are tainted with demonic nature, their Demon Cores are more valuable, fetching higher prices than regular Celestial Demon Beast cores. Around here, Martial Artists from dozens of nearby towns generally went to Devil Ruin Mountain in search of treasures,” Hujin explained.

“Rumor has it that within Devil Ruin Mountain, there might still be Inheritance left by the Demonic Path practitioner after their fall.” Hujin relayed via Sound Transmission.

Upon hearing these words, Li Chen felt a stir in his heart.