Chapter 207 207. "Immortal Pill" comes into existence
If Lu Yao's cultivation in the Marrow-Cleansing Realm could be represented by an experience bar, it would now be at most 1/3 full.
Even so, his body possessed the strength of 5,000 jin, and when he worked, he did it with the ease and speed of a whirlwind.
Moving and leaping with various objects, he finished in half an hour the work that would otherwise require a construction crew several days to complete. The photovoltaic system and the extraction machine had been properly set up.
At this time, Zhang Jin, the trusted eunuch of Li Pei, arrived with his people.
They were here to retrieve the bodies of the three Izumo spies.
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"Young Master Lu, how have you been?"
"Eunuch Zhang, long time no see."
Not having seen each other for many days, Eunuch Zhang looked significantly more haggard. As he was in charge of all the miscellaneous affairs of the National Martial Arts Association, he indeed had his hands full.
"These three individuals were core members of the Genyo Society. Now that they have all perished here, it will surely deal a heavy blow to Izumo's spy network."
Eunuch Zhang, with a hint of both respect and excitement in his high-pitched voice, said:
"The people of Genyo Society all have legitimate identities as their cover. They look exactly like us, and their language and writing are mutually intelligible—it's really hard to distinguish them.
Once we identify these bodies, following the vine to find the melon will surely lead us to many more that have slipped through the net. Our National Martial Arts Association of Yunzhou has earned enormous credit!"
Through the exchange, Lu Yao became even more convinced—the Izumo of this world places great importance on espionage work.
The extent of their investment and the meticulousness of their division of labor were astonishing. Moreover, they were not only targeting the Shun Dynasty but were collecting military intelligence globally, not sparing Rakshasa, England, America, France, or any other.
However, it seemed normal upon reflection—it was just part of their national character. Even as of today, the year 1202, when they had been reduced to a semi-colony, they still invested a significant amount of funds into the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, boasting about the exceptional quality of their water.
Truly—as the saying goes, a nation's mountains and rivers may change, but its nature remains hard to shift.
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Zhang Jin didn't linger for too long, and soon he happily left with the bodies.
Lu Yao called over the sisters to witness the birth of the "Immortal Pill."
He put the ingredients of the Ten-Ingredient Tonic Soup into the machine. After processes like ultrasonic pulverization, super-temperature and high-pressure extraction, and sterilization, six quail egg-sized "pills" fell into a prepared sea bowl.
At the control panel of the "extraction machine," Lu Yao chose not to grind them, so the final product appeared in the form of medicinal pills.
Two heads, full of lush hair, squeezed together, looking curiously at the pill, scrutinizing it intensely. Liao Qe asked in a tender voice:
"Lu Yao, is this the 'Immortal Pill' you mentioned? It just looks like ordinary pills..."
Liao Ya sniffed with her delicate nose and said, "The medicinal power is intense… Should we try it?"
All three took a pill and swallowed it.
About half a minute later, they all had flushed faces, bloodshot eyes, and their breathing became exceptionally rapid!
"Such overwhelming medicinal power!"
"I'm burning up!"
The sisters hurriedly used their Focused Spirit to regulate their breath, controlling and refining the medicinal power.
Lu Yao felt as if a fire had been ignited in his belly. This uncontrollable fire blazed wildly within him, wherever it reached, he felt an intense sensation of "swelling, scalding, pain."
This fire was the medicinal power!
A quantitative change leads to a qualitative change; the effectiveness of the medicine skyrocketed tenfold after extraction. The originally mild and balanced Ten-Ingredient Tonic Soup had transformed into a potent medicine with fierce effects.
To an ordinary person, this pill was poison, utterly unable to endure its violent effects; a Marrow-Cleansing Realm martial artist could barely withstand it.
But Lu Yao, as a Spirit Refinement of Divine Fetal Breathing expert, was able to completely control it!
Leveraging the millisecond reaction capability provided by the state of Zen, as well as the ability to control Inner Breath as if "threading a needle," combined with the "Inner Vision" of the Fetal Breath Realm, he effortlessly tamed the fire within.
Lu Yao was like someone who had bitten into a piping hot roasted sweet potato, flipping the scorching food between his tongue, teeth, and mouth, continuously exhaling hot air. Before long, he swallowed it completely into his stomach and digested it without burning himself in the slightest.
Subsequently, the medicinal power was converted by his organs into a vast amount of Inner Breath, surging Inner Breath supported by the vigorous Qi and blood coursing through his entire body!
"Awesome! With so much Inner Breath, the speed of my Marrow-Cleansing has increased tenfold!"
Previously my cultivation was limited by insufficient Inner Breath, but now I finally don't have to worry about that anymore!
After half an hour, Lu Yao completely refined and absorbed the medicinal power and opened his eyes to see the sisters with their pretty faces red from holding their breath, clearly still working hard.
Liao Ya said with a pained expression, "The medicinal power is too overbearing... but that also proves it's very effective."
"Indeed, from now on, let's call it the 'Ten-Complete Immortal Pill'!"
As he spoke, Lu Yao grabbed another "Ten-Complete Immortal Pill" and swallowed it without any regard for the overbearing medicinal power.
Liao Ya was very envious, although she also hurriedly suppressed and refined the medicinal power.
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The second time is easier after the first, so Lu Yao refined the second pill a bit faster, turning it into surging Inner Breath within his body.
This pure life energy, under the guidance of Mind Force, precisely and effectively cleansed his entire body's marrow.
With Lu Yao's current control abilities, as long as he had enough "ammunition," no "fortress" could withstand his attack.
Taking advantage of the power from these two pills, Lu Yao made a concerted effort to completely cleanse the marrow in his limbs.
Whether red marrow or yellow marrow, it all turned into an ice-crystal-like "Refined Marrow as Frost."
"It seems my blood can contain even more energy!"
Right after the cleansing was completed it wasn't obvious, the specific benefits would be known after a couple of days.
When Lu Yao opened his eyes, he saw the two sisters looking at him.
"Have you absorbed it all? Eat another one," he suggested.
Both women quickly shook their heads, with Liao Ya saying, "We can't compare to you, a Spirit Refining Expert. Absorbing the power of one Immortal Pill is already our limit."
Lu Yao nodded and said, "No problem, I'll eat more, and it will be the same if I massage you too."
After saying that, in the astonished faces of the two women, he directly grabbed two pills and threw them into his mouth.
At this point, the six "Ten-Complete Immortal Pills" he refined were gone, each woman had one, and Lu Yao had swallowed four!
Even though he ate two at a time, he was much more skilled now, refining them without any trouble.
Then, making use of the surging Inner Breath brought about by the medicinal power, he gave his whole family a "great Imperial Throne sword event."
It wasn't just the two sisters who benefitted, but also Su Erya and the three Spiritual Sparrowhawks received professional-level massages.
This time it wasn't a quick rub and done, but a full, complete, head-to-toe, thorough massage and kneading.
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An hour later.
Liao Ya and Liao Qe were soaked with sweat, too lazy to move as they lay sprawled over the stone table;
Su Erya gathered her willpower to stand up, formally thanked Lu Yao, and then went to the training field to practice her punches, fully absorbing the benefits.
The three Spiritual Sparrowhawks lay on the ground, rolling their eyes back with tongues lolling at the sides of their mouths and paws still twitching, utterly blissed out.
Lu Yao looked at this scene with extreme pride, laughing arrogantly:
"Hahaha, as the saying goes, 'when one person attains enlightenment, the whole family ascends to heaven!' With this medicine, our entire family will rocket to higher levels together, and it won't take long before we can..."
He stopped mid-sentence.
As the saying goes—joy often turns to sorrow.
Lu Yao still ate too much! Even with the assistance of the Spirit Refinement Realm and his exquisite control over his body to absorb the medicinal power, there were still a few strands that slipped through.
At that moment, his cheeks were bright red, and from his nostrils, like those of a bull, two streams of air spiraled out.
Lu Yao quickly grabbed Liao Qe and ran inside the house.