Chapter 136: Refining True Intent Pill Again
Blood Slaughter Hand is undoubtedly more complex than Eighteen Styles of Blood Tiger, but its power is also greater by a few degrees.
Flowing Shadow Slaughter Hand, Moon-Breaking Slaughter Hand, Tiger Form Slaughter Hand, Dragon Strike Slaughter Hand—the four moves complement each other, attacking only without defending, with numerous variations, naturally not easy to master.
Su Yan spent several days and finally successfully entered the beginner level.
Bai Yun was slightly later, but her progress also surprised Su Yan.
Just as Xiang Ge said, her talent and compatibility in Tiger Aspect seemed far higher than expected.
“Blood Slaughter Hand and Eighteen Styles of Blood Tiger have both entered the beginner level. The remaining work is just hard practice, which cannot be rushed. White Ape True Intent has already shifted from virtual to real, and the progress has indeed slowed down considerably. It’s just right to refine the True Intent Pills again, and also give Long Qidao some time…”
Su Yan went over recent events in his mind. Outside Seven Blades Martial Arts School, those over a hundred Blood Bees had already cycled through once due to lifespan expiration.
Although their intelligence was not high, through tracking, they had already passed quite a bit of news to Su Yan.
Although Long Qidao stayed behind closed doors, the number of Little Mountain Association blade wielders disguised as attendants coming and going was not small.
They came and went, like diligent messengers.
Su Yan kept a close eye on them one by one. He was not afraid of Long Qidao making moves; the old man was originally bait to lure them in.
The more moves Long Qidao made, the more people he would draw in, making it easier for Su Yan to clean them up thoroughly later.
Next March, he would have to go to Beast King Sect, and he had less than a few months left.
Su Yan decided to refine pills and instructed the servants to prepare the charcoal fire, all placed in the Alchemy Room.
The Alchemy Room was a room specially instructed by Bai Changlin for the steward to clean up.
The doors and windows were modified, with a bottom pit set up for placing charcoal fire and a rack for placing the Alchemy Furnace. The layout was almost no different from an ordinary Alchemy Room.
It was worth mentioning that this room was originally Lu Ling’s.
At the Trade Fair, Su Yan had already prepared all the materials, especially that section of Black Giant Ape Spine Bone, which was just right as the main ingredient for refining the True Intent Pill this time.
He took out the materials one by one. After taking out the Black Giant Ape Spine Bone, he thought for a moment and simply took out the Abyssal Water Leopard Spine Bone as well.
With everything prepared, he lit the charcoal fire, then skillfully placed the Alchemy Furnace over the flames.
For the second time refining True Intent Pill, Su Yan already had previous experience as a foundation, and his control over the Alchemy Furnace was even more adept.
Moreover, he was now at True Intent Realm cultivation. Although only at Heart Ape Stage, his control over True Essence was already incomparable to before.
Time gradually passed. After about half a day, Pill Fragrance gradually wafted, lingering in the backyard.
From within the Alchemy Furnace, the faint sound of beast roars came, then returned to calm.
Su Yan opened the Alchemy Furnace, and four True Intent Pills neatly appeared at the bottom.
“Perfect quality, Tiger Ape’s Roar. It looks like it succeeded. Time to go find Senior Brother for money.”
Su Yan’s mouth curved slightly. He divided the pills into four porcelain bottles, then pushed the door and went out.
Without needing to go find Li Jinshan, as soon as he pushed the door out, he saw Bai Changlin and others guarding at the courtyard gate.
Ordinary pill refining had nothing special about it.
But Bai Changlin and the others were not simple people. From the rich Pill Fragrance, they sensed the subtle movement of True Intent.
They also guessed that their disciple Junior Brother refined not ordinary tier pills, so they all came to act as Guardians.
Bai Changlin lightly complained: “Why didn’t you call someone to guard when refining Second-order Pills? What if something goes wrong with pill refining and danger arises?”
As pill tiers gradually increase, the required True Essence injection also rises.
At this time, True Essence fuses with Medicinal Potency. If not handled properly, furnace explosion is no joke.
For those Third-order, Fourth-order and higher pills, Core Formation requires integrating Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy, some even needing Rule Power.
If they fail and the furnace explodes, that’s truly dangerous.
“Not some dangerous pills.”
Seeing Li Jinshan and Bai Yun also there, he showed a smiling face and said: “One for ten thousand silver taels each, deduct from the dividends for me.”
As he spoke, he tossed two porcelain bottles to the two.
Li Jinshan and Bai Yun caught them and looked. Pill Fragrance wafted from the porcelain bottles, and their expressions slightly changed.
“This… this is?”
They had vague suspicions in their hearts and looked toward Su Yan.
Seeing him nod, he said: “True Intent Pills, containing Tiger Ape intent. They should help you break through the True Intent barrier.”
“No, this is too precious.”
Li Jinshan directly refused, and Bai Yun also threw the porcelain bottle back.
“I refined four. Two are enough for me.”
If breaking through, Su Yan actually didn’t need True Intent Pills either.
His comprehension of White Ape True Intent was already extremely deep. The so-called breakthrough was not breaking the True Intent bottleneck, since he was already at True Intent.
What was needed was only the energy accumulation to shift from virtual to real.
Two True Intent Pills were enough to complete an extremely solid power accumulation, achieving the shift from virtual to real.
Su Yan’s words left Li Jinshan and the others stunned in place, their faces full of disbelief as they looked at him.
After a long time, this incredulous expression turned into one of mixed emotions.
“Ten thousand silver taels is too little.”
The speaker was the old man Li Chuan. He said faintly: “Even if you have a good relationship and you don’t care about the cost of the pills, how can your Senior Brother and Senior Sister accept such a favor from you?”
The material cost for one True Intent Pill was roughly between twenty thousand to thirty thousand, varying with medicinal herb price fluctuations.
Su Yan refined four, so the cost per pill seemed to be between five thousand to eight thousand taels.
Ten thousand silver taels each for Li Jinshan and Bai Yun was not a loss, and might even be a small profit.
But no one present was a fool.
This thing taken out, even in Bailu County City, would fetch at least twenty thousand silver taels per pill, only higher not lower.
In the county city, there were indeed people who could refine True Intent Pills, and there were some in quantity, but they were still rare items, always snapped up by great families.
And in a town city like Yun Cang Town, it would be an even rarer treasure, with prices raised another level.
“Twenty thousand silver taels. The extra ten thousand from the martial arts school. A Yan’s pill refining reward another ten thousand taels.”
Bai Changlin spoke, allocating the public account money to the three disciples.
Although Miasma Valley was right in the development phase and public account silver flowed out like water, this money was not saved by skimping.
Su Yan smiled and said: “I have no objection.”
With both saying so, Li Jinshan and Bai Yun could only nod in agreement, casting grateful looks at Su Yan.
“Thank you, Junior Brother.”
Su Yan gave the pills back to the two. Bai Changlin instructed the three to calmly adjust, ensure True Essence was abundant and spirit was full, then make the breakthrough.
Li Chuan still needed to teach disciples and left first.
Bai Yun was not good with words, just tightly gripped the porcelain bottle in her hand, said to Su Yan “I’ll go back first,” then turned and left.
The stronger Junior Brother became, the harder she strived to catch up.
Su Yan just smiled, said a couple more words to Bai Changlin, then also returned to the courtyard.
When Li Jinshan was about to leave, Bai Changlin called him back.
“Jinshan.”
Li Jinshan paused, stopped: “Master, is there any instruction?”
“You have injuries. Even with your Junior Brother’s Rejuvenation Pill helping, the injuries recover quickly, but spirit and True Essence can’t reach peak in a short time. One month later, I’ll help you break through.”
“Disciple understands. I absolutely won’t waste Junior Brother’s hard work.”
Bai Changlin nodded, then said meaningfully: “Before your Junior Brother goes to Beast King Sect, don’t intervene too much in Yun Qian Village matters.”
Li Jinshan was stunned, showing confusion: “Master, this…”
“Your Junior Brother has no close relatives, only a dry Second Uncle who saved his life. Since he started practicing martial arts, he rarely goes back—not because he doesn’t care.”
Li Jinshan’s expression sharpened, immediately understanding Master’s meaning.
“Junior Brother is hiding to cover ears and eyes?”
“Mm.”
Bai Changlin nodded: “Xie Yuzhu’s family are just ordinary people. If dragged into martial artist matters, it’s too easy for accidents. If you want to repay your Junior Brother, wait a bit more. Once your Junior Brother handles Yun Cang matters and reaches Beast King Sect, it should be fine.”
“Disciple understands.”
Bai Changlin was always like an old ape in the forest—though not talkative, he truly saw through many things.
……
As for Su Yan’s side, he didn’t know about the conversation between Li Jinshan and Bai Changlin.
Giving the pills to the two was indeed without much thought.
Among fellow sect brothers and sisters, Li Jinshan and Bai Yun treated him extremely well. Such sentiment was just a mere True Essence Pill.
Moreover, Li Jinshan managed Golden Ape Martial Arts School. If he really left, Xie Yuzhu’s family would indeed need Li Jinshan’s care.
Back in his room, Su Yan took out two bottles of pills, then stood in stance training. Muscles and bones around his body rumbled like dense thunder, True Essence circulated, Qi and Blood surged. Soon, a majestic White Ape emerged behind him.
This White Ape wore Insect Armor as clothes, spine protruding like centipedes, face ferocious, like a Fierce Ape escaped from an insect abyss.
Su Yan’s mouth curved. He could feel True Essence and spirit flowing in this White Ape True Intent.
Although this strand of power was not much, it was already gradually shifting from virtual to real.
“Speed it up a bit.”
He swallowed a True Intent Pill in one gulp. From throat to abdominal cavity, it was as if there was the roar of a Tiger Ape.
Mind sank, entering the Dantian inner landscape. Immediately, atop jagged solitary peaks, a tiger-headed Fierce Ape strode forward like a heavenly fallen demon star.
Su Yan just smiled, shackles binding, locking this tiger-headed Fierce Ape.
Then the White Ape emerged, charging forward in big strides, tearing into it.
With two True Intent Pills down, rolling and continuous True Essence and spirit fused into the White Ape’s body.
Su Yan condensed True Intent, spending one day and one night.
A White Ape fully five or six feet tall, with thick Insect Armor and realistic form, completely condensed.
Aura majestic, body solid, not at all like one that had just broken through to True Intent.
【True Intent Realm: Heart Ape 57/100（Beginner）】
Two Beast Spirit True Intents simultaneously emerged. Dantian Acupoints spun like a vortex, madly devouring True Essence, liquifying into the body.
“With True Intent as aid, Heart Ape Stage cultivation won’t take long to break through.”
Su Yan’s cultivation progress was extremely fast. Now with his powerful Physical Body, plus two Beast Spirit True Intents constantly devouring Spiritual Energy, refining True Essence with Poison Dragon Golden Body Technique, his progress was definitely faster than anyone in Yun Cang Town.
“Eighteen Styles of Blood Tiger and Blood Slaughter Hand must catch up in progress. No matter how strong the power, if not cultivated to at least Great Accomplishment, fighting same-realm True Intent Realm Martial Artists would instead easily expose flaws.”
His eyes flickered. Cultivation breakthrough was naturally worth rejoicing, but areas needing strengthening were still many.
But thinking of strengthening, his brows slightly furrowed.
Beast Essence Pills, Blood Essence Condensing Pills, Five Aggregates Pills were basically all used up. Only some True Essence Pills remained.
“Good thing I have tens of thousands more taels. Just right to have Old Li help me purchase pills and refine another batch.”
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“Seventh Master, the news is confirmed. That Su Yan got a First-class Recommendation Token from Beast King Sect. He’s the number one of Yun Cang Town’s younger generation.”
In Seven Blades Martial Arts School, inside the hall besides the old servant, it was already deserted and empty.
Long Qidao had a head of white hair, holding a pitch-black Dragon Pattern Ghost Head Saber in hand, continuously wiping the blade with a heavy satin cloth.
His eyes drooped low, revealing a deathly stillness and cold indifference. He merely glanced at the young man standing before him.
Instantly like a knife shooting out, startling Lin Xiang.
Lin Xiang’s heart grew hairy. Long Qidao with white hair draped over shoulders, old age fully shown, made him tremble inwardly.
‘True Intent Realm lifespan two hundred. Even if the old thing is only Heart Ape Stage with slightly shorter lifespan, it shouldn’t be like this. Really practiced with life?’
“You wanted the shop, I gave it.”
He spoke word by word, voice flat and cold.
“Wanted the village in the mountains, I also gave.”
“Sect disciples trained as blade wielders, I also allowed.”
His eyes swept, satin slashing across the blade edge, quietly splitting into two and falling to the ground.
“This old man only seeks a chance to slaughter Golden Ape Martial Arts School. Why do you need to provoke this old man?”
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As he spoke, blade edge slashed across, stone table split into two.
Lin Xiang’s heart jumped, immediately saying: “Don’t dare. Just worried Su Yan enters Beast King Sect and becomes a trouble we can’t shake off.”
“Not afraid now?”
A First-class Recommendation Token examinee basically had joining Beast King Sect nailed down.
“First-class Recommendation Token is rare, but after all not a true Beast King Sect disciple. In past recruitments, not a few prospective examinees were killed.”
Lin Xiang spilled out all the rhetoric taught by Lin Tianlang, saying softly: “No matter how strong Beast King Sect, it’s limited. In Lingnan Prefecture, there are always those wanting to pull down Beast King Sect.”
“You want Demonic Path cooperation?”
Long Qidao was startled inwardly, not expecting Little Mountain Association to be so bold.
Beast King Sect, Nine Peaks Sect, Departing Fire Sect, One Sword Sect and other sects, after crushing that Demonic Path, explicitly prohibited dealings with them.
Although in Lingnan Prefecture many forces and families always had covert ties with Demonic Path, no one dared put it out in the open.
“Not Demonic Sect.”
Lin Xiang’s heart also jumped, hurriedly denying: “Just Shadowless Tower Martial Artists.”
Shadowless Tower, a sect specializing in assassination and spying. Though ruthless in actions, sect foundation was not prominent. Power not weak but low-key.
Indeed not Demonic Path, somewhat righteous-evil shadow. Officially, perhaps even nobles involved.
Long Qidao’s expression eased slightly, but he said gravely: “Hiring Shadowless Tower people from the county city will cost quite a bit.”
“Don’t dare invite True Intent Realm Martial Artists, only Half-step True Intent. Some Death Sword Slaves.”
“What does Liang Ying want me to do?”
“Please Seventh Master seize the opportunity. When Death Sword Slaves lure Su Yan out, then capture him. As long as Su Yan is caught, Golden Ape Martial Arts School is yours to handle.”
“Good. Have Liang Ying arrange the plan well, then notify me.”
