Chapter 46 – The Mystery of the Cultivator, Protector Dragon Strikes Without Hesitation!
by spirapiraSu Xing also wanted to explore the secrets behind the cult’s Elder, but unfortunately there didn’t seem to be any opportunity in this simulation. He could only wait for the next one to try again.
Su Xing took the Core Condensation Method in hand, then went to browse through the rare treasures section of the treasury.
This browse gave Su Xing quite a shock—his eyes couldn’t leave the shelves.
“A hundred-year-old Blood Ginseng… the primary ingredient for refining Blood Replenishing Pills. Hiss, they actually have something this good?”
“Fifty-year-old Reviving Grass, the primary ingredient for refining Reviving Pills—a single one can restore vitality to someone on the brink of death!”
“And there’s two-hundred-year-old Dragon Kite Grass, five-hundred-year-old Crape Myrtle Blossoms… Good heavens, did this treasury raid an entire sect’s herb garden?”
Su Xing could hardly imagine it. With his considerable alchemy skills and the herb identification knowledge learned from the Shennong Spirit Cultivation Technique, he could easily identify most of the spirit herbs by name.
These spirit herbs were exceptionally precious, and the variety was comprehensive—ranging from specimens hundreds of years old to those just over a decade old, with everything in between. The quantities were enormous too; the entire treasury likely contained tens of thousands of spirit herb specimens.
“Good heavens, how many pills could you refine from all this?”
Su Xing’s eyes were filled with envy. If he relied on growing these herbs himself in his Blessed Spirit Field, it would take at least several hundred years to obtain them.
But now all these spirit herbs were laid out right before Su Xing…
Most crucially, in the entire Advent Cult, the only person who could bring out the medicinal properties of these herbs was Su Xing. This meant these spirit herbs were practically Su Xing’s personal exclusive supply!
Although the pills Su Xing refined could only be used by the Advent Cult’s people, the alchemy techniques mastered during the refining process were skills that genuinely stayed with him.
In other words, the Advent Cult was practically a holy ground for Su Xing to grind alchemy experience!
Su Xing struggled to tear his gaze away from the spirit herbs and said to Protector Shadow beside him: “Your Advent Cult treasury has such a complete collection of spirit herbs. I’ve truly feasted my eyes!”
Hearing this, Protector Shadow patted Su Xing’s shoulder and corrected him:
“It’s our Advent Cult! Elder Medicine is now our eighteenth Elder! And you’re the only alchemist in our entire cult—as long as you need them, you can use them however you wish!”
After a pause, Protector Shadow added:
“Of course, this is also because the rare treasures in the treasury are mostly managed by our Transhuman Faction, which is why we can grant such broad access!”
Su Xing’s eyes went wide upon hearing this, and he said excitedly:
“Is that really true? I actually know how to refine several quite impressive pills… It’s just that I’ve always lacked the ingredients, so I haven’t been able to produce them!”
Hearing Su Xing’s words, Protector Shadow grew excited too and quickly said: “The spirit herbs in the treasury are naturally at Elder Medicine’s disposal. You just need to have someone register them each time they’re taken out!”
“And the pills you refine will need to be submitted to the cult… Of course, Elder Medicine can keep a portion of the pills for yourself, along with a generous amount of contribution points!”
Su Xing nodded repeatedly. As long as he could gain experience from refining pills, that was all that mattered.
If every simulation provided such abundant ingredients for Su Xing to refine new pills, it would probably only take a few rounds of simulations before his alchemy skills could advance from Beginner-level to Minor Mastery-level.
At that point, Su Xing could even attempt to refine mid-grade pills!
Low-grade Spirit Nurturing Pills, Essence Nurturing Pills, and Organ Tempering Pills already had such remarkable effects—let alone mid-grade pills, which would absolutely produce a qualitative leap in Su Xing’s cultivation speed!
And more importantly… the people in the Advent Cult knew absolutely nothing about alchemy!
He could claim he needed however many herbs he wanted. When the time came, he’d request a hundred herb specimens, actually use ten, and keep the remaining ninety for himself. Wouldn’t that be wonderful?
Su Xing thought it, and he did it.
He immediately requested over a hundred spirit herb specimens from Protector Shadow, stating that with these herbs, he could refine new pills for the cult within half a year.
Protector Shadow naturally wouldn’t refuse and directly approved Su Xing’s request.
Then, as they were leaving the cult treasury, Protector Shadow said to Su Xing: “Elder Medicine, hand over the Core Condensation Technique and herbs you took to Protector Dragon for registration…”
Su Xing nodded, then presented the items he was carrying to Protector Dragon.
When he saw the Core Condensation Technique, a flash of surprise crossed Protector Dragon’s ancient, impassive face. He asked:
“You’re a cultivator?”
Su Xing’s heart lurched, and he hastily explained: “My class is cultivator, but I have no cultivation to speak of… I want this alchemy method purely to study alchemy techniques!”
Protector Dragon frowned slightly, then grabbed Su Xing’s wrist and placed his fingers on Su Xing’s pulse.
Protector Dragon’s expression changed dramatically:
“No—you’re a Golden Core stage cultivator! Who are you really? How is it possible that in this Dharma-Ending Era, you’ve managed to cultivate to the Golden Core stage?!”
“Where did your spiritual energy resources and spirit stones come from?”
Seeing Protector Dragon’s intense reaction, Protector Shadow quickly tried to explain:
“Protector Dragon, could there be some misunderstanding? How could Elder Medicine possibly be a Golden Core stage cultivator? He doesn’t even have any spirit stones…”
Protector Dragon let out a cold snort and extended a skeletal, bone-thin hand, reaching for Su Xing.
Su Xing’s heart jolted. This Protector Dragon could actually see through his cultivation level…
Ordinary Class Users couldn’t possibly discern Su Xing’s cultivation. Their detection skills could only pick up Su Xing’s Bronze rank class level.
The only ones who could detect Su Xing’s cultivation were fellow cultivators!
Was this Protector Dragon a cultivator?
And an extremely powerful one at that!
A thousand thoughts raced through Su Xing’s mind, but mysterious light was already shimmering across Protector Dragon’s hand.
At that very moment, a system notification chimed in Su Xing’s ears.
【Ding! This immersive simulation has ended…】
As the notification sounded, Su Xing’s consciousness instantly returned to the real world.
Su Xing hurriedly checked the simulator, wanting to find out what Protector Dragon’s background really was.
【Inside the Advent Cult treasury, Protector Dragon performed a soul search on you. The simulator automatically blocked all memories related to the simulator from your mind.】
【Protector Dragon’s soul search lasted over ten full minutes. He discovered the secret that you had no genuine intention of joining the Advent Cult, but he seemed unconcerned about this.】
【Because your memories had been modified, in Protector Dragon’s eyes you were merely a lucky individual who had stumbled upon a small quantity of spirit stones and cultivation techniques by chance.】
【You were soul-searched for a full ten minutes. After the soul search ended, you became a vegetable.】
【Protector Dragon looked at your drooling, vacant state with displeasure and crushed you to pulp with a single palm strike.】
【You died!】
【Ding! This simulation has ended!】