Chapter 37 – A New Pill, the Essence Nurturing Pill!

Chapter 37 – A New Pill, the Essence Nurturing Pill!

On the other end of the phone, Lu Yuanwu paused for a moment, then nodded and said:

“I can give you the coordinates for the Dharma-Ending Era instance dungeon, but the Luotian Assembly instance dungeon was closed three years ago. No one can enter it anymore…”

Su Xing was stunned for a moment upon hearing this, then quickly came to a realization.

Three years ago in the simulator meant that in the real world, there were still three years before the Luotian Assembly instance dungeon would close.

Su Xing had every opportunity to explore that instance dungeon.

So Su Xing said:

“It doesn’t matter that it’s closed. Just send me the coordinates for both instance dungeons!”

Lu Yuanwu nodded upon hearing this, then added a reminder:

“Sure, but although the native inhabitants of the Dharma-Ending Era instance dungeon aren’t very strong, it still poses some danger to you. You’d best have two Heavenly King-stage powerhouses accompany you for protection.”

Su Xing agreed, then hung up the phone.

Before long, Lu Yuanwu sent over the coordinates for both instance dungeons.

Su Xing took one look and was immediately delighted.

What a coincidence — both instance dungeons were located within Capital City. If he had time, he could absolutely go and try them out.

However, the Dharma-Ending Era instance dungeon still posed a certain degree of danger to Su Xing, so it would be more prudent to wait until after his cultivation broke through before going.

Soon, an hour passed. The immersive simulation ended, and Su Xing’s consciousness returned to the real world.

The real world.

Su Xing lay in his dormitory, casually picking up a cup of cola and taking a swig. He felt as though he were in a dream.

“Immersive simulation… what a wondrous experience! It’s definitely a golden opportunity to gain insights and information…”

Su Xing took a deep breath and didn’t come back to his senses for a long while.

After adjusting his mindset, Su Xing chose to continue the simulation.

【In your dormitory, you requested the coordinates for two instance dungeons from Lu Yuanwu.】

【You summoned the two Heavenly King-stage powerhouses and told them that you needed quiet while refining pills, that absolutely no one should disturb you, and that they should not approach your dormitory.】

【The two Heavenly King-stage powerhouses were very respectful toward you and hurriedly nodded in agreement.】

【After confirming that no one was spying on the surroundings, you entered the Blessed Spirit Field.】

【You spent two hours refining a furnace of Organ Tempering Pills, and devoted the rest of your time to cultivation.】

【You ate Spirit rice every day and consumed large quantities of spirit chicken eggs to replenish your stamina. Your Body Tempering cultivation advanced rapidly. In addition, you spent several hours each day using Spirit stones for cultivation.】

【Year Seven: Your Body Tempering cultivation broke through to Bone Forging Great Perfection, but your Qi Refinement cultivation remained at Foundation Establishment Great Perfection!】

【Year Eight: You cultivated diligently and made tremendous progress, but the spiritual energy within your body was still insufficient to break through to the Golden Core stage.】

【Year Nine: You attempted to refine a lower-grade pill called the Essence Nurturing Pill. The Essence Nurturing Pill could not only strengthen a cultivator’s spiritual consciousness, but also had remarkable effects in purifying the spiritual energy within one’s body, which could help you break through to the Golden Core stage.】

【Among the ingredients for the Essence Nurturing Pill, only one material called Essence Nurturing Grass was particularly precious. Fortunately, you had planted a good amount of Essence Nurturing Grass in advance, and you began attempting to refine the Essence Nurturing Pill.】

【Since you had mastered the refinement of over ten unranked pills and had mastered the method for refining Organ Tempering Pills, you could already be considered to have entered the gates of the alchemy path. As a result, your progress in refining the Essence Nurturing Pill was swift.】

【You spent two hours each day refining Organ Tempering Pills to fulfill the Great Xia Military’s quota, and two hours cultivating. Beyond that, you devoted nearly all your remaining time to refining the Essence Nurturing Pill.】

【In the first month, you attempted a total of twenty-eight furnaces of Essence Nurturing Pills. Only one furnace succeeded, while the other twenty-seven all failed.】

【By the third month, you had not lost heart and only pushed yourself harder. Your progress was rapid. You refined thirty furnaces of Essence Nurturing Pills, of which a full five furnaces succeeded.】

【By the sixth month, you continued refining Essence Nurturing Pills. By this point, your success rate had reached a full fifty percent — out of every ten furnaces, you could successfully refine five.】

【Unfortunately, months of continuous pill refinement had completely depleted the Essence Nurturing Grass you had previously stockpiled. You now had no more Essence Nurturing Grass and could not continue refining pills.】

【Fortunately, over this half year, you had accumulated a sufficient supply of Essence Nurturing Pills. These pills could purify your spiritual energy, and you were confident you could break through to the Golden Core realm.】

【However, you did not want to break through to Golden Core directly, as that would only result in the weakest possible Golden Core. According to the descriptions in the Eternal Spring Art, Golden Core quality was divided into three grades: lower-grade Golden Core, middle-grade Golden Core, and upper-grade Golden Core.】

【So you began ceaselessly refining and compressing the spiritual energy within your body. The entire process was extremely painful, but your willpower was astonishing, and you gritted your teeth and persevered.】

【Year Ten: Over the past year, you continuously tempered the spiritual energy within your body. You could feel that the quality of your spiritual energy had grown increasingly pure, and so you began taking the Essence Nurturing Pills.】

【According to the introduction in the Separation Fire Alchemy Art, the Essence Nurturing Pill was different from the Organ Tempering Pill. The Organ Tempering Pill’s medicinal properties were more violent and aggressive, and could cause bodily harm or even risk of death for cultivators with insufficient constitution. But the Essence Nurturing Pill was far gentler — even Qi Refinement stage cultivators could take it without suffering any damage.】

【You retrieved a personally commissioned jade box. The jade box could extend the potency of pills and slow the rate at which their medicinal properties dissipated. Inside the jade box were over a hundred finished Essence Nurturing Pills — the fruits of your several months of accumulation.】

【You took out one Essence Nurturing Pill and swallowed it. The pill’s medicinal properties were indeed gentle. You only felt a wave of refreshing comfort wash over your entire body, as though a gentle breeze was continuously cleansing the spiritual energy within you, making it increasingly condensed.】

【You spent several hours absorbing the medicinal power of the Essence Nurturing Pill within your body. Carefully sensing the changes within yourself, you discovered that your total spiritual energy had increased by approximately one percent, and your spiritual energy quality had also improved by one percent.】

【You were overjoyed. Over the next three months, you took one Essence Nurturing Pill every day. You felt the spiritual energy within your body becoming endless and inexhaustible, your magical power more than twice as thick and abundant as before. Your cultivation remained at Foundation Establishment Great Perfection, but your actual combat strength had multiplied several times over!】

Su Xing was stunned when he saw this. At the same cultivation level of Foundation Establishment, his strength could actually increase several times over!

“It seems my cultivation before wasn’t condensed enough! Truly, the path of immortal cultivation requires constant exploration…”

“But Foundation Establishment Great Perfection was already several times stronger than a Silver-stage Class User… Now that my strength has multiplied several times again, doesn’t that put me on par with a Gold rank Class User?”

Su Xing’s heart stirred. By this reasoning, when he broke through to the Golden Core realm, he would likely be comparable to an ordinary Master-stage Class User. At that point, he could absolutely enter the Dharma-Ending Era instance dungeon to investigate.

Su Xing’s heart stirred again, and he continued scrolling down to select the next simulation.

【Year Twelve: After two years of cultivation, you felt your cultivation growing ever more condensed, and sensed an impending premonition that you were about to break through to the Golden Core realm…】