Chapter 1158: Peak of the Cloud Sea, Medicinal Pill (Second Update)

Wang Lin's Primordial Spirit trembled as he stared intently at the Stone Bead in his hand. Having possessed Heaven Defying for his entire life, he could not be mistaken: this object was identical to Heaven Defying in size, weight, and even aura!

The only difference was that this Stone Bead did not have the Five Elements pattern, only blurry marks flickering on its surface.

"I once collected many of those strange Stone Beads… These Stone Beads were not formed naturally, but were refined by someone. Their size and weight are identical, without the slightest difference… It is as if someone, a very long time ago, continuously used a special Divine Ability here to create these Stone Beads…" The contents of the previous Jade Slip echoed in Wang Lin's mind. Staring at the bead, his breathing gradually calmed down from its rapid pace.

"These are beads created to imitate Heaven Defying! Someone, long ago, tried to create Heaven Defying here…" Wang Lin closed his eyes, and after a long time, suddenly opened them.

"To be able to make them so similar, this person must have personally seen Heaven Defying, and might even have mastered Heaven Defying!" Wang Lin touched his glabella, his eyes flickering.

"What audacity, daring to refine a Heaven Defying… Could this person also be that Venerable Master!" Wang Lin's expression was grim. He had a feeling that he would inevitably cross paths with the Outer Realm and that Venerable Master soon!

"Perhaps… the people of the Outer Realm already know of my existence, after all, that old man from the Outer Realm back then did not die…" A chill rose in Wang Lin's heart.

After a moment of silence, Wang Lin flicked his sleeve, collecting all ten Stone Beads. Upon checking them one by one, he found that all these beads contained Spell fluctuations, clearly having Sealed Divine Abilities within them.

"These beads are all failures; otherwise, they wouldn't be carelessly discarded here. For some unknown reason, these failed beads can Seal Divine Abilities…" Wang Lin pondered, leaving his own mark on the beads before putting them into his Storage Space.

After searching the first Immortal Cave and finding nothing else, he walked out.

As he went in and out, Wang Lin felt a great mountain pressing down on his mind, and his expression was extremely grim. Especially when he recalled his battle with Cang Songzi, the Divine Ability the latter ultimately used—summoning the Spirit of the Seventh Formation of the Sealed Realm—was extremely similar to that person from the Outer Realm back then.

"What exactly is Cang Songzi's identity!" Wang Lin walked out of the Immortal Cave, gazing at the seven-colored sky outside the Screen of Time Restriction. He naturally thought of the time he encountered the Outer Realm person in the Void Realm, where the Outer Realm world also displayed a seven-colored glow… The more he encountered and understood, the more the clarity of this place was outweighed by his confusion.

Silently withdrawing his gaze, Wang Lin arrived at the second Immortal Cave. With a flick of his sleeve, the mountain stone outside rumbled open, revealing the space within the cave.

A massive Pill Furnace occupied a large part of the Immortal Cave. Piles of medicinal herbs were stacked around it, though most were withered. Next to them were several Storage Pouches.

Although a long time had passed, there was a great deal of dust on the ground, and even the Pill Furnace would leave a mark if wiped by hand.

Opening the Storage Pouches one by one, Wang Lin was moved. These Storage Pouches were entirely filled with medicinal ingredients, in unimaginable quantities.

Exiting the Immortal Cave, Wang Lin walked toward the third one.

There was a Restriction left on the entrance of this third Immortal Cave, but it was not the Time Restriction. After observing it carefully for a long time, Wang Lin formed Hand Seals, causing Restrictions to materialize. They landed on the mountain stone one by one. With echoing thuds, the stone trembled and slowly moved aside.

In this third Immortal Cave, there was a circular Formation on the ground. Origin Crystals were placed along the edges of the Formation, keeping it constantly running. Three jade bottles floated above the Formation, enveloped within it, seemingly nurtured by the power of the Origin Crystals.

Although the Formation was still operating at the moment, the surrounding Origin Crystals had not been replaced for a long time. Many had become depleted, barely maintaining the Formation's operation.

Gazing at the three jade bottles, Wang Lin walked forward. He glanced at the Formation on the ground and did not act rashly. This Formation contained a trace of the Time Restriction, which, though slight, was enough to multiply the Formation's power.

More importantly, Wang Lin saw the trick of this Formation: besides preserving the Medicinal Pills inside, keeping them at the moment of completion and safe from the ravages of time, it also served as protection. If forcibly opened, it would immediately destroy the Medicinal Pills within.

Frowning, Wang Lin sat cross-legged to the side. Instead of checking the remaining Immortal Caves, he stared at the Formation, his eyes showing the light of deduction. Gradually, the light in his eyes grew brighter. He raised his right hand and grabbed into the Void Realm, and an Origin Crystal immediately flew out of his Storage Space.

Holding the Origin Crystal, Wang Lin squeezed it with his right hand. The Origin Crystal immediately shattered, and the origin power within surged out wildly. Under the control of Wang Lin's Hand Seals, he pointed at the ground outside the nearby Formation. Suddenly, this mass of origin power rushed down and merged into the ground.

As Wang Lin waved his right hand in the Void Realm, the origin power on the ground circulated, forming a Diamond-Shaped Formation about one zhang wide. Immediately afterward, with a sweep of Wang Lin's right hand, this Diamond-Shaped Formation split off a thin line, which connected along the ground to the Medicinal Pill Formation inside the Immortal Cave.

Having completed this, Wang Lin's eyes flashed, and his right hand quickly reached into the Medicinal Pill Formation, grasping directly for the three jade bottles.

At this instant, the Medicinal Pill Formation suddenly burst with intense light, completely illuminating the Immortal Cave. Simultaneously, a destructive aura permeated the air, rushing toward the jade bottles. But immediately, this destructive aura paused. The intense light within the Formation seemed to be guided, flowing along the thin line connected to the Formation and pouring into the Diamond-Shaped Formation.

In the momentary pause, Wang Lin had already grabbed the three jade bottles, quickly withdrawing his hand and taking them out.

He retreated backward, leaving the Immortal Cave in the blink of an eye and appearing on the grass in the valley. Sitting cross-legged, Wang Lin looked at the three jade bottles, his heart pounding.

What he did just now was extremely risky; had there been the slightest mistake, the three jade bottles would have collapsed and dissipated, and all the Medicinal Pills inside would have been reduced to nothing.

"The Medicinal Pills left by Sima Mo and his fellow disciples, stored like this, are clearly extremely valuable items!" Wang Lin licked his lips and opened the first jade bottle.

A medicinal fragrance assaulted his senses. Inside the jade bottle were three Scarlet Medicinal Pills. Intense beast soul fluctuations emanated from them, spreading around and even attracting Wang Lin's Primordial Spirit.

Pouring one out, Wang Lin pinched it between two fingers and examined it closely before his eyes.

"Eleventh-grade Medicinal Pill?" Wang Lin vaguely recognized it. After pondering for a moment, he picked up the second jade bottle. As soon as he opened it, a large cloud of mist drifted out. The mist split into two parts, one black and one white, swirling around each other before finally separating and floating in the air.

Within these two masses of mist, there was one Medicinal Pill each.

"Mist Soul Pill refined from a Twelfth-grade Mist-Transforming Vicious Beast!" Wang Lin's eyes showed ecstasy. He had only recognized the Eleventh-grade Medicinal Pill by feeling, but this pill refined from a Twelfth-grade Mist-Transforming Vicious Beast was extremely rare in the Cloud Sea Star Domain and had very distinct characteristics, allowing him to recognize it immediately.

The reason the Mist Soul Pill is rare is precisely because few people would give up the long-term benefit of obtaining Origin Crystals just to refine the captured Mist-Transforming Vicious Beast into a pill.

Wang Lin licked his lips, his gaze falling on the last jade bottle. His Divine Sense swept over it, unable to discern what was inside. He pondered for a moment, then slowly pulled out the stopper at the mouth of the bottle. The instant the jade bottle opened a crack, an unimaginable fluctuation wildly erupted, containing an earth-shattering roar that the ears could not hear, but the Divine Sense clearly perceived!

This roar far surpassed that of a Twelfth-grade Vicious Beast, shaking the heavens and earth. Wang Lin's body trembled, and without hesitation, he quickly sealed the jade bottle. All of this was completed in a flash. After sealing the bottle, Wang Lin's face was pale. He took a few breaths to recover, then looked at the jade bottle with a solemn gaze.

"Thirteenth-grade Medicinal Pill!!" Wang Lin took a deep breath, cautiously put away two of the jade bottles, and only kept the first one, picking it up and walking toward the Immortal Cave with the Pill Furnace.

Eleventh-grade Medicinal Pills can only be consumed by those whose cultivation has reached the shattered nirvana Middle Stage. Otherwise, the Primordial Spirit would be unable to contend with the Vicious Beast soul inside, resulting in the Primordial Spirit dissipating and death by consuming the pill. This fact is known to all Cultivators in the Cloud Sea Star Domain: Medicinal Pills can help elevate one's Concept, but extreme caution is required!

Wang Lin's actual cultivation, excluding his Ancient God Physical Body, was only at the Early Stage of Nirvana Cleansing. This Eleventh-grade Medicinal Pill could not be consumed directly. Therefore, it needed to be refined again!

Inside the Immortal Cave where the Pill Furnace was located, Wang Lin pondered for a moment. A flash of fire appeared in his left eye, and flames immediately spread out, merging into the massive Pill Furnace. The furnace shook, and a sheet of marks materialized on its surface, slowly beginning to operate.

Wang Lin took out an Eleventh-grade Medicinal Pill and placed it inside the Pill Furnace. He slapped the Void Realm with his right hand, and the flames in the Pill Furnace immediately surged, constantly refining the pill inside.

Secondary Alchemy is a method of Alchemy that Cultivators in the Cloud Sea Star Domain must master. This method primarily involves dispersing the power of high-grade Medicinal Pills. This method of Alchemy is highly dependent on the Pill Furnace; the better the Pill Furnace, the less the medicinal efficacy dissipates.

While Wang Lin was performing Alchemy, in the deepest part of the Seven-Colored Realm, far exceeding the location where Cang Songzi was healing, the mist was even denser, covering the sky and earth, making it impossible to see anything around.

There was an Altar here, shrouded in mist and appearing blurry. At this moment, light suddenly flashed above the Altar. This light actually pierced through the surrounding mist, causing the mist to slowly push outwards, revealing an empty space.

A Rift about a zhang long appeared silently on the Altar. Countless electric lights traveled along the edge of the Rift, which gradually tore wider. Three people walked out from within!

The clothing of these three people was distinctly different from that of the Cloud Sea Cultivators. Even stranger was that each of them had a clear mark in their glabella. The man leading the way had a Lightning Bolt mark in his glabella. Of the two behind him, one youth had a Crescent Moon mark, and the last person had a Fire Totem in his glabella.

"Is this the Spatial Rift you discovered?" The youth with the Crescent Moon mark in his glabella looked around, a hint of excitement in his eyes.

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