kvmb Chapter 104 Beast Tide 6
Chapter 104 Beast Tide 6
Cheng Jiu hasn't rested these past few days. After returning to Medicine Peak, she used her points to exchange for a Grade 9 Spirit Beast Pill.
Although this kind of pill is considered a relatively obscure existence in the outside world, and alchemists rarely refine it, this kind of pill is only supplied to spirit beasts and demons.
Some pills have similar effects to spirit beast pills, and humans can also consume them, so there is absolutely no need to refine such relatively restricted pills.
But the most distinctive feature of Guiyuan Sect is its ancient ancestral spirit beasts that have been passed down from a very, very long time ago.
They have lived with the Guiyuan Sect for generations, and their relationship has long been inseparable.
Regardless of how outsiders view spirit beast pills, there are always some alchemists in the Guiyuan Sect who cherish their own spirit beasts and leave behind pill formulas. Moreover, the taste of spirit beast pills is more popular with these spirit beasts than other pills.
When your contracted spirit beast or those ancestors eagerly ask to eat spirit beast pills, can you refuse to refine them?
Therefore, this item is quite popular within the Guiyuan Sect, especially since Elder Yao himself has a contracted beast. Although the other party is rather lazy, Elder Yao still dotes on his contracted beast very much.
There is a considerable stock of Grade 9 Spirit Beast Pills available for exchange at Gongshi Hall, and these Spirit Beast Pills also come in different flavors.
Aside from the elders on the back mountain, the only ninth-grade alchemy master on Medicine Peak is Elder Yao, so it goes without saying who refined these ninth-grade spirit beast pills exchanged in the Tribute Hall.
Cheng Jiu was amazed by the pills and finally exchanged two for a Grade 9 Spirit Beast Pill with a little Ice Mist Lotus added. It is said that this thing tastes cool and refreshing and is very popular among some spirit beasts.
However, even the disciples of Gongshitang had never eaten it, and Cheng Jiu didn't know if it was true or not.
Then I went to the spirit beast rental shop to buy spirit beast food, but I was turned away because they were out of spirit beast food.
Because of the beast tide, the spirit beasts at the rental office were also brought to the front line to fight against the beast tide.
The spirit beast food from the rental shop was also requisitioned and sent to the front lines to supply these spirit beasts.
There is no spirit beast food for sale at the rental office.
Cheng Jiu was somewhat disappointed, but he had already promised his Uncle Xuanze.
The little cloud beast and the little black dragon didn't have much spirit beast food left, so they needed to restock.
Finally, she decided to exchange her purchase for a recipe for spirit beast food at the rental shop. If all else failed, she would just make it herself! This shouldn't be any harder than alchemy, right?
She was a disciple of Qingxu Venerable Lord, and she had promised not to sell the recipe to outsiders, otherwise she wouldn't have been able to get her hands on it.
This is one of Guiyuan Sect's cash cows!
Once Cheng Jiu received the recipe, he understood why it was so expensive. Just to make this top-grade spirit beast food, the amount of demon beast meat required was no less than that of a Nascent Soul cultivator.
In addition, the preparation process even employed culinary techniques, with strict regulations governing the handling of each piece of meat and the timing and application of each seasoning.
There are no fewer than a hundred kinds of seasonings alone. This is not food for spirit beasts. This is high-level spirit food, which is specially supplied to spirit beasts and demons.
Although the beast tide is extremely ferocious, the monsters that form the tide are also a resource for the cultivation world.
The constant influx of beasts outside has also driven down the price of monster meat.
Cheng Jiu stockpiled a batch of high-grade monster meat, fearing that prices would rise after the beast tide ended.
Compared to making spirit beast food, Medicine Peak needs her more right now. The remaining spirit beast food will be owed to Uncle Xuanze for now. After the beast tide ends, she will see if she can make it herself or wait for the rental shop to resell it.
The time he was away was not long, but when Cheng Jiu returned, Senior Brother An Qi looked at Cheng Jiu as if he were a lifeline.
Among sixth and seventh-grade alchemists, only Cheng Jiu has a 100% success rate in alchemy.
The consumption of sixth and seventh grade pills is also the highest. As soon as Cheng Jiu left Medicine Peak, he became short of supplies. He also had to consider that some alchemists would cause their furnaces to explode, and the success rate of pill making was not as high as Cheng Jiu's. Even Yao Lao was assigned by An Qi to refine sixth and seventh grade pills.
Several alchemists were no match for Cheng Jiu alone. Without further ado, Cheng Jiu entered the alchemy room, where Qian Shuo was waiting.
As for He Xuan, after she was able to refine top-grade pills, An Qi arranged for her to refine pills in other alchemy rooms. There is a difference between top-grade pills and ordinary pills.
Therefore, there is currently only one medicine apprentice, Qian Shuo, which is enough, as there are also outer disciples outside who can help.
As they began refining pills, the other alchemists, who had been somewhat anxious due to the overwhelming number of tasks they were assigned, watched as the sixth and seventh-grade tasks on the jade slips disappeared at a visible rate. They felt both relieved and amazed, and their anxiety gradually subsided.
To allow Cheng Jiu to complete tasks more efficiently, An Qi also increased her authority, allowing Cheng Jiu to take on as many tasks as she wanted at once.
Qian Shuo, standing to the side, wondered if Cheng Jiu was tired; he was almost at his limit. The original purpose of arranging for a medicine apprentice was to let him learn some skills from his seniors.
However, Cheng Jiu's pill refining speed was too fast. It seemed like he never got tired, and he was refining faster and faster. He would finish one batch and start the next one as soon as he finished the first. He had to travel back and forth to Gongshi Hall. He was only at the Foundation Establishment stage and could not fly on a sword. He also did not have a contracted spirit beast and could only rely on his own strength and flying magic artifacts.
Every time he returned from Gongshi Hall, Cheng Jiu's surroundings would be filled with medicine bottles. They couldn't just be left piled up like that; the senior brothers and sisters on the front lines desperately needed them—these were life-saving pills.
So he had no choice but to resign himself to his fate and head to Gongshitang with the medicine bottle in his arms.
They didn't stop to rest much along the way. Fortunately, Anqi was very attentive to his junior brother and guessed the reason for his constant flying around.
Another disciple was arranged to be Cheng Jiu's medicine boy. This outer disciple was completely dumbfounded, never expecting that a pie would fall from the sky and land on him!
Although it might be tiring, this is a disciple recognized as a genius by the Medicine Peak. Even a few unintentional tips can be incredibly beneficial.
And he was actually able to observe this disciple refining pills up close!
Upon receiving the task, he turned completely red and immediately ran towards the main hall, fearing that someone would try to take it from him.
With someone's help, Qian Shuo was freed up, especially by this outer disciple who took on most of the tasks to please his personal disciple. This allowed Qian Shuo to focus on learning Cheng Jiu's alchemy techniques.
As time passed, the number of wounded people brought in from outside gradually increased, along with a significant number of severely injured spirit beasts.
Among them were the little cloud beast's relatives, as well as its underlings from the rental shop.
The little cloud beast simply couldn't stay in Cheng Jiu's spirit beast pouch and kept running out every day.
Seeing that it was really anxious, Cheng Jiu gave it his storage ring, which contained a lot of pills. Although the Medicine Peak would not mistreat these spirit beasts, this was the little cloud beast's way of showing concern for its kin and younger brother.
If it weren't for the fact that Cheng Jiu was there, the little cloud beast would probably have charged into the battlefield.
In this situation where everyone is injured, there's no need to be so dismissive of elixirs.
The little cloud beast DouDou looked at its kin who had eaten the pills it fed it and kept wriggling, and thought to itself.
Besides the large number of Grade 5 pills that Cheng Jiu had previously refined, the ring also contained healing pills that Venerable Qingxu had refined for his little disciple.
There are so many! How many? Enough to fill a small mountain.
After all, Venerable Qingxu would occasionally open his furnace, and he had relatively few places to consume pills. So when he was preparing gifts and life-saving items for Cheng Jiu, he gradually stuffed the pills he had refined over the years into Cheng Jiu's ring.
Cheng Jiu was used to these pills and adapted to them quite well, but she didn't use them much, so she had kept most of them over the years.
Now these pills have come in handy; although they taste terrible, their effects are unparalleled.
Those who took the elixir recovered completely in no time.
The spirit beasts, now fully recovered, looked at the little cloud beast with fear in their eyes. These pampered spirit beasts had never tasted such a terrible flavor before.
Even though I know it's for their own good, I really can't resist.
Once healed, these spirit beasts returned to the battlefield, but upon closer inspection, it became clear that they tried their best to avoid injury during combat.
The disciple in charge of treating these spirit beasts also saw the little cloud beast's actions.
The pill must be of a high grade to be able to instantly restore a spirit beast.
Because high-grade pills are relatively scarce, the method of combining treatment with pills is effective and saves spirit stones.
Otherwise, there's nothing that a single grade eight or nine healing pill can't solve.
But what kind of kind person is so wealthy and generous! Those are eighth or ninth grade pills. In the entire cultivation world, eighth or ninth grade alchemists are extremely rare and unattainable.
After hearing this, An Qi couldn't help but admire Junior Sister Cheng Jiu's generosity. As for the little cloud beast stealing it, she never even considered it, since the other party came from the Guiyuan Sect's rental office.
Even though these spirit beasts may seem mischievous at times, they are still trained to have proper spirit beast manners from a young age. Otherwise, so many people wouldn't be eager to contract a spirit beast from the rental shop.
The old alchemist did know something; he had witnessed Qingxu Venerable Lord become a ninth-grade alchemist.
He knew perfectly well the advantages and disadvantages of Qingxu Venerable Lord's elixir, but no one had told Qingxu Venerable Lord about it.
As for pills, as long as they are effective and edible, that's enough. Taste is secondary. These are ninth-grade pills, so even if they taste terrible, there are still plenty of people who want them.
So many years have passed, and he had forgotten about it. He never imagined that Qingxu had accumulated so many pills over the years!
He asked An Qi and Cheng Jiu to discuss having Yao Feng purchase these pills and send them to the front lines.
Cheng Jiu readily agreed, saying that if these pills could be put to good use, his master would be happy.
But the disciples at the front lines were at a loss, as the high-grade pills were all stored up from the former Medicine Peak, provided by Elder Yao and the ninth-grade alchemist elders from the back mountain.
Those disciples on the verge of death discovered that in the past few days, the pills were like opening a blind box; some tasted normal, while others were truly... multicolored.
However, this kind of pill is very popular among body cultivators and sword cultivators, who are the disciples on the front line, facing the first wave of attacks from the demonic beasts.
This strange elixir has an excellent effect; after taking it, one can be full of energy and immediately join the battle to help relieve the pressure on their fellow disciples.
This alone makes it hard for these disciples to refuse. As for the taste, what do they have to fear as sword cultivators and body cultivators?
They even thought that if the beast tide ended, they would definitely exchange for more of these pills, as they could truly save their lives.
With such a large quantity of elixirs added, the casualty rate on the front lines was greatly reduced.
But things obviously won't go so smoothly!
"Junior Sister Cheng Jiu, do you know how to detoxify?" An Qi knocked on the door of Cheng Jiu's alchemy room.
This really touches on Cheng Jiu's blind spot; she possesses a spiritual immortal body, making her immune to all poisons.
Her master, Cang Jiyue, was a prodigy who disdained such methods and did not teach her how to concoct poisons.
Of course, it's also because Cheng Jiu's talent in poison refining is average. Although medicine and poison are inseparable, Cheng Jiu doesn't need to be good at detoxification.
She wasn't actually an alchemist, but a sword cultivator!
"I'm sorry, senior brother!"
"It's alright, it was my fault for being so foolish! If only my third junior sister were here." An Qi regretted sending his third junior sister away.
"What happened, Senior Brother?" Cheng Jiu asked.
An Qi sighed: "In the desolate southwest, there is a swamp that stretches for thousands of miles! It is inhabited by countless poisonous insects and creatures. Even a powerful cultivator at the Tribulation Transcending stage would only turn into bones if he entered without any preparation. It is known as the Swamp of Death."
In the past, the monsters in the beast tides were not affected, but this time the beast tide has also affected this swamp. The Poison Ivy Snake Mother, known as the Poison King, led a large number of poisonous creatures from the swamp to attack the front line.
Many disciples have already been poisoned; the poison is extremely difficult to cure, and even a ninth-grade antidote cannot completely eliminate it. If only Third Junior Sister were here, she would definitely have a way to deal with this poison. The sect has already sent people to fetch Third Junior Sister.
However, the place I assigned her to was too far away, and it would take several days to travel there and back. I don't know if the disciples could make it there.
Anqi sighed, his tone filled with self-blame and worry.
The old doctor could only suppress and alleviate these toxins.
There are very few cultivators in the cultivation world who specialize in poisons, so the solution to poisons can only be found by experts.
“I remember that Senior Sister Yingyue specializes in poisons, so she should be able to help,” Cheng Jiu said.
An Qi's eyes widened. How could he not know that his obedient junior sister had started learning from her third senior sister, even though she had been poisoned by her third senior sister before?
With a goal in mind, An Qi said, "I see! I just happened to pass by the courtyard where my junior sister was in seclusion, and I saw that the sky was already covered with tribulation clouds, so she must have broken through! I'll go find her."
Cheng Jiu was also a little dazed. Every day he opened his eyes to refine pills, and he didn't expect that so many days had passed!
Now that Senior Sister Yingyue has begun her tribulation, I wonder how Senior Brother Gongcheng and Senior Brother Gongyu are doing now? Have they broken through yet?
On the other side, Yingyue had just stabilized her cultivation when she heard what her senior brother said, and she felt as if she were in another world.
How come so many major events have happened in the cultivation world after only being in seclusion for a short time?
However, she didn't dare to delay and ran towards the front line with her senior brother.
From afar, all that could be seen was a sky covered in dense purple clouds, with flashes of lightning faintly visible across half of the sky. The thick purple clouds firmly enveloped the Guiyuan Sect side of the desolate battlefield.
Although both are purple clouds, this side appears righteous and majestic, while the other side appears alluring and eerie.
The situation seemed extremely stagnant. Anqi led Yingyue to the wounded soldiers' camp, which was filled with people of all kinds of expressions and appearances.
They were clearly poisoned by different kinds of poison! This is what makes the Poison Ivy Mother so troublesome.
Detoxification takes time, and the poisons in these people are quite different. If we follow the traditional alchemist's prescriptions, these poisoned people simply don't have that much time to wait.
Yingyue is extremely talented in the art of poisons, and as a medicinal spirit, these poisons, though troublesome for her, are not difficult to cure.
Before long, she prescribed remedies for all the poisoned people in the tent, and someone immediately took them to prepare them.
When An Qi saw that the people in the tent looked better, he breathed a sigh of relief and immediately led Yingyue to the next tent.
On the way, Yingyue looked at the clouds in the sky flashing with lightning: "Senior brother, what's up there...?"
Yingyue had never seen such a scene before. The entire camp was under thunderclouds. Wasn't she afraid?
The flashes of lightning that appear in the middle easily remind one of a tribulation.
"Um? Doesn't Junior Sister Cheng Jiu have a little cloud beast?"
"Yes!"
"That one up there is the ancestor of that little cloud beast! Sensing the presence of the Poison Ivy Serpent Mother, he came here specifically to provide support!"
Looking at the sky-covering clouds, Yingyue was overwhelmed with shock. In other words, this thing stretching for tens of thousands of miles was a spirit beast!
The clouds continued to advance towards the wilderness, and streaks of lightning swept across the battlefield.
The Poison Ivy Serpent Mother was completely helpless against the spirit beast in the sky! The beast could fly, was immune to poison, and could even generate lightning, making it a natural counter to the Poison Ivy Serpent Mother. And just now, it was a contest of cultivation levels between the two.
This cloud beast, which has lived for countless years, probably has a higher cultivation level than this one. It is the Poison Ivy Serpent Mother, an existence that has stayed in the Death Swamp for an unknown amount of time, yet it can't even compete with this cloud in terms of cultivation.
Even though monsters are incapable of thinking, the Poison Ivy Snake Mother still found it incredibly ridiculous.
As the cloud beast continued its advance, it was about to envelop the sky above its location.
Poison Ivy Mother suddenly regained her senses and fled for her life towards the Death Swamp.
But it just poisoned so many Guiyuan Sect disciples, how could the Cloud Beast possibly let it go?
Suddenly, five bolts of lightning struck, and under the powerful tribulation, the Poison Ivy Serpent Mother was cleaved into ashes.
Yingyue was dumbfounded. She had to understand that the two were beasts of the same level, but the Cloud Beast was powerless against them. Was this the Cloud Beast's strength?
Will Junior Sister Cheng Jiu's cloud beast be able to do that in the future? It's cute, cool, and strong. Yingyue's originally indifferent heart was now filled with envy.
"Senior brother, are there still cloud beasts in the sect?" Yingyue was truly intrigued.
"Yes, there are some! But the one with the best talent has already been contracted by Junior Sister Cheng Jiu. I think you should wait and see if the Cloud Beast Clan can produce another one with excellent talent! When that happens, your senior brother will definitely ask you for it."
An Qi could tell at a glance that his junior sister was interested, but he didn't think much of the remaining cloud beasts and didn't want his junior sister to form a contract with them.
"Oh!"
Yingyue calmed down immediately. Thinking of Cheng Jiu's little cloud beast, her desire to obtain it subsided. How easy is it for a cloud beast with such high bloodline and talent to appear? Finding even one is already incredibly lucky.
Never mind, the phoenix and the vermilion bird are fine too.