Chapter 2721 - 2713: Pill Master Pays a Visit

Chapter 2721: Chapter 2713: Pill Master Pays a Visit

Xiong Youshan spread the news, and many factions breathed a sigh of relief... Finally, the crafting has resumed, no need to pine away thinking about it daily.

In fact, most of the waiting factions didn’t participate in the bounty hunt; many simply wanted a straightforward transaction—"You sell, I buy; clear prices, no favors owed"... As for the bounty hunt, if I want to join, I will; if not, you can’t force me, right?

Many cultivators are indifferent like this, originally it’s a buying and selling relationship, no one likes trouble, so why mix in so many factors?

Of course, while everyone sees the Prime Spirit as tempting, there are few who don’t want to earn the reward. But if you want to earn it... First, you need the strength, right?

The Xiong Clan has already failed, so those less powerful than them shouldn’t stir up trouble, right? They really can’t afford the hassle.

Those stronger than the Xiong Clan may not want the hassle either; take the Ji Family, for instance, had they not reevaluated White Pebble Beach and discovered Xuanyuan Buqi lingering there, they might not have gotten involved... It’s as if the Ji Family is short a few pieces of Prime Spirit?

Anyway, White Pebble Beach didn’t care who participated or not, they were willing to continue crafting Magical Treasures, and that’s a good thing.

In fact, some people wanted to find out how far Xiong Youshan’s investigation had progressed—everyone’s information channels aren’t bad, but some avoided inquiry to maintain neutrality, while others heard about Wanhuan Sect’s involvement and withdrew voluntarily.

When you inquire about others, they know you’re inquiring about them too; this is the case of "Some things, better unknown than known."

Of course, not ruling out those who already know the insider details but still pretend to carefully ask once more; life is a drama, all depends on acting.

However, against Xiong Youshan, this trick doesn’t work; he grimly stated: If you know, you know, if you don’t, don’t ask.

Truly a fanatic, he really has his own reverse scale, whoever touches it can feel it.

Yet this time, many factions actually showed understanding—they were able to stand firm enough to have White Pebble Beach set rules for them, their head was truly hard as iron!

If you put it this way, has White Pebble Beach in many cultivators’ minds already surpassed the Xiong Clan?

Not exaggerating, this is indeed the case; White Pebble Beach’s various wonders need not be mentioned further, even though it’s just a small force in Kunhao Domain, even though it’s a plane where Nascent Soul Cultivators cannot stay for long.

Ultimately, White Pebble Beach’s largest shortcoming is the lack of follow-up strength, though there are "seniors" with terrifying aura supporting it, except for Feng Jun, there’s truly no one else noteworthy, and Feng Jun himself is only Mid-Stage Golden Core.

But the Xiong Clan, although not ranking high among the Three Hundred Secret Realm Families, can still put out twenty or thirty Nascent Souls.

However, there’s no denying that Feng Jun alone... setting aside his cultivation level, just the various mysteries and influence he’s shown can rival the entire Xiong Clan.

Not to mention, Lingzhi Sect Elder Yi Jue, recognized as the top Nascent Soul in Tianqin, has long been with Feng Jun... Can the entire Xiong Clan achieve that?

The Xuanyuan Family’s True Sage Xuanyuan Buqi has been dwelling in Kunhao recently too; frankly asking, does the Xiong Clan have such prestige?

The only worry is, once White Pebble Beach loses Feng Jun, then it would really be nothing, worse than a crippled clan, this power structure is quite unreasonable.

Yet even so, as long as Feng Jun is there, White Pebble Beach is a force far more worthy of attention than the Xiong Clan, such unreasonable phenomenon is really rare.

Jing Ling took a day and a half to finish crafting the Xiong Clan’s Magical Treasure, Yi Jue rested for half a day, and as the Xiong Clan began testing the treasure, he started crafting the second one.

Previously, Feng Jun had deduced three sets of Magical Treasure components; once the three sets were crafted, he deduced the fourth set.

The fourth set of Magical Treasure is for Seven Emotions Path; they didn’t expect Feng Jun to craft them so quickly. Additionally, with the Xiong Clan’s Prime Spirit previously being stolen, the path intended to send a High-Rank Practitioner with the Prime Spirit, but they haven’t arrived yet.

However, Seven Emotions Path cultivators have a very proper attitude; Mountain Master Feng had previously put a bounty on their path’s True Sage Jiu Si, and they explained they would arrive in no more than three days, requesting White Pebble Beach to wait a bit.

Feng Jun finds it normal, after all, the recent theft of Prime Spirit was indeed disgusting, even more so when suspects were identified but Wanhuan Sect brazenly held things up.

Anyway, Wanhuan Sect’s role this time is quite disgusting; Golden Crow and Taixu will have to deal with it eventually, but if the reason is merely failed bounties by disciples, it might not be easy to deal with Wanhuan Sect, truthfully White Pebble Beach’s reputation took a hit.

If it were any other similar force, they may not consider it a hit to their reputation, but Wanhuan Sect has blatantly acted brazenly; wouldn’t that be enough reputation?

However, Feng Jun feels it’s a face slap; he even regrets a little, maybe White Pebble Beach should have established hard rules sooner?

During the waiting time, another visitor arrived, it was Elder Bian Ji from the Alchemy Dao.

Elder Bian Ji, according to legend, is a somewhat... strange cultivator. His alchemy skills are exceptionally high, and he is one of the relatively rare Nascent Soul Eighth Layer elders. But now he is over two thousand years old, and the ninth layer is still far away, as he had suffered an injury in the past that damaged his foundation.

In fact, his injury at that time was severe enough to greatly reduce his lifespan, but he researched a suitable pill formula and forcibly replenished his own lifespan, although repairing the damaged foundation is quite troublesome.

An old saying goes, "Physician does not treat oneself," he can replenish his lifespan, which is a testament to his attainments in alchemy.

However, ever since he replenished his lifespan, he has become strange, having no interest at all in elixirs that enhance cultivation level, instead preferring to research pill formulas for healing and saving lives. When there are patients seeking help from Alchemy Dao, he is also generous in giving assistance.

Later, there was a period when he improved the pill formula for the Youthening Pill, making it affordable for many cultivators. When someone asked him why he was being so unprofessional, he said, "I think life is quite good, and I hope to make every day a bit happier."

In the last two hundred years, he rarely leaves Alchemy Dao. There are rumors that he is developing a "Feign Death Pill" – for some patients with untreatable injuries, taking the Feign Death Pill can maintain a state like a turtle’s breath, waiting until future elixirs that can cure the illness to revive the person.

Actually, there is already a Feign Death Pill in Tianqin, but calling it a Sham Death Pill might be more appropriate. In a crisis, taking it simulates death to avoid danger, and one can come back to life a few days later.

This Sham Death Pill is difficult to produce and expensive. The duration of sham death varies depending on the amount of raw materials used, with the longest being able to feign death for a month. However, for most cultivators, this pill is quite useless.

Firstly, it is very expensive, and those of low status can hardly afford it, while high-status cultivators face opponents of considerable cultivation level, making feigning death difficult, especially when faced with Nascent Soul cultivators – whether one is dead or not can be deduced quite easily, can’t it?

Secondly, the attitude on the Tianqin Plane towards enemies is very ruthless. Regardless of real or sham death, a straightforward strike to separate the head from the body renders the expensive Sham Death Pill a wasted purchase.

However, the Feign Death Pill that Elder Bian Ji wants to develop is to lock the loss of a cultivator’s vitality and breath, allowing them to remain alive for three or five thousand years, intending to save lives, which is a noble intention.

Feng Jun has also heard of this eccentric, but from the perspective of an Earth person, he doesn’t find this research strange at all – on Earth, they are also researching freezing technology, with both sides having essentially the same purpose.

However, Tianqin has its own culture, and many cultivators feel that his actions are somewhat senseless. Instead of relying on elixirs to sustain life, they could advance boldly and diligently, thereby naturally extending their lifespan.

If you are truly abundant in time, wouldn’t it be better to research how to mend the damaged foundation, should the chance to reach rebirth arise?

But Elder Bian Ji’s eccentricity is only such; to put it simply, his values are somewhat different. Otherwise, he conducts himself in a well-organized and methodical manner, so the general evaluation of him is that he is a bit unprofessional.

The research on the Feign Death Pill takes up too much of his time, and with his level in alchemy, he could be utilizing this time to accomplish much more.

Feng Jun does not pay much attention to this person and cannot say he has any particular opinions. Knowing that he came to White Pebble Beach to seek an audience was quite surprising.

However, it is impossible not to see him. He directly requested a meeting through the Lingzhi Sect Elder.

Yi Jue had received his help in the past; alchemy experts easily gain the friendship of cultivators.

Upon meeting, Feng Jun found this person not only eccentric but also somewhat sloppy – such a situation is very rare among cultivators.

Elder Bian Ji’s clothing is reasonably neat, but there is a somewhat pungent odor emanating from him – it is probably not body odor, but most likely a combination of various medicinal scents, and that smell... certainly cannot be described as "fragrant," but rather pungent.

Fortunately, for cultivators, it is not difficult to shut off the nose sense within the Six Senses.

Feng Jun glanced at Yi Jue, discovering that she was directly holding her breath, even her skin pores were closed – so you can’t stand it either?

Elder Bian Ji also had the forthrightness of a professional, expressing directly upon meeting, hoping that Mountain Master Feng could help him deduce the Feign Death Pill.

Feng Jun was puzzled, "I can’t say I’m totally ignorant of the Alchemy Dao, but I only grasp a little bit. Elder Bian Ji, is this how you think, coming all the way to have me deduce the pill?"

"I heard that Mountain Master Feng previously wasn’t much acquainted with the Formation Path," Elder Bian Ji replied with a smile, despite his rather overpowering scent, his demeanor was much better than that of Elder Dianjing of the Formation Path, "Yet you managed to help the Formation Path complete the Energy Conversion Array through deduction."

Another large project! Feng Jun instinctively reacted, "That Energy Conversion Array was actually like a blind cat stumbling upon a dead mouse, thanks to Elder Dianjing being there, whereas my understanding of the Alchemy Dao is far less, I fear Elder Bian Ji will be disappointed."

"Mountain Master Feng is too modest, Elder Dianjing has a very high opinion of you," Elder Bian Ji seemed to think of something, showing a slight smile, then he straightened his complexion and raised his hand in respect.

"I also have some insights into the art of deduction, such a great matter that benefits the world, why would Mountain Master Feng turn people away at a distance?"