Novel Full Chapter 450
Chapter 450: Chapter 83: Being Unaware of the Passing of Time Chapter 450: Chapter 83: Being Unaware of the Passing of Time As time passed, everyone took their leave one after another.
Shi Liuli, having eaten her fill, sidled up to Luo Yan and tugged at his sleeve:
“Junior Brother, when will the rewards be distributed?”
“How did you know there were rewards?” Luo Yan was surprised.
He guessed that after the list of the top twelve of White Jade Capital was announced, each sect would secretly give their contestants Purple Mansion secret medicine to strengthen them due to his experience with Ling Yunpo…
But how did Miss Shi come by this information?
“Ah?” It took Shi Liuli a long while before she answered, “I overheard it when my father was talking with the Sect Leader.
It seems like they are going to send the gatekeeper old man to distribute our rewards this time.”
“The gatekeeper old man?” Luo Yan asked doubtfully.
As everyone knew, Yuqing View’s gatekeeper was a specially made White Jade Puppet known as “Nian Nu,” which was used to handle sundry matters that nobody else wanted to deal with-like receiving guests, fetching items for the True Elders, and assigning tasks and rewards to the outer disciples.
And often, it was smashed to pieces by Shi Liuli on her escapes, because Elder Shi Ding would regularly send Nian Nu to stop her from leaving.
Besides Nian Nu, who else was there to guard the gate?
Luo Yan thought carefully for a long while, then suddenly remembered someone.
Although this person did not guard the gate, he lived near the gatehouse every day.
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He looked like an old man and was always the one to repair the puppet whenever Shi Liuli broke it.
“That gatekeeper old man?” Luo Yan exclaimed in shock.
If it was that old man distributing the rewards…
then his identity must be far from ordinary!
“Yes, it’s this old man.” An aged voice came from behind the two of them.
Luo Yan and Shi Liuli turned around and saw a short old man standing behind them, smiling with narrowed eyes.
“You two fought quite well this time.” The old man winked at them and drew an elixir bottle from his sleeve, “Here, take this.”
“Thank you, Senior.
May I ask, what is this?” Luo Yan took the elixir bottle but did not rush to open it, asking respectfully instead.
“Zhu Marrow Pill, have you heard of it?” The old man inquired.
“Zhu Marrow Pill…” Luo Yan weighed the name in his mind for a moment before slowly nodding, “Mhm.”
“I’ve heard that Shushan’s Long Eyebrow has really bled profusely this time.” The old man chuckled proudly, “Penglai is different, though.
Even during past competitions, few could make it to the final round, so we’re not short of a few Zhu Marrow Pills.”
“Once you get a ranking in the top twelve, there will be even better rewards for you.”
After being silent for a moment, Luo Yan immediately understood the old man’s implication.
The key ingredient of Zhu Marrow Pills was Immortal’s Essence Blood, and this substance could harm an immortal’s origin, so even the Sect Guardian Immortals of the Three Pure Orthodox Sect could not afford to provide it without restraint.
However, like the Mercurial Elixir Liquid, the Zhu Marrow Pill was one of the few Purple Mansion secret medicines that could be produced reliably.
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Taking into account that Zhu Marrow Pills could be reused to brush up one’s cultivation level, their value was even higher than the Mercurial Elixir Liquid…
Of course, the precondition was that you had to have the capability to repeatedly acquire it.
As for other Purple Mansion secret medicines in the world, although many offer a much higher increase in cultivation level than the Zhu Marrow Pill, the key issue is that they are extremely rare and hard to come by.
And even when someone does find them, they tend to be consumed immediately, so sects rarely have them in storage, making them unfeasible to expect.
Thinking of this, Luo Yan genuinely and sincerely bowed and said:
“Thank you, Senior.
May I know your Taoist honorific?”
“Wan Xiang.” The old man said nonchalantly, “From now on, you can just call me Old Man.”
He waved his hand genially and then leisurely walked away.
“What’s that Zhu Marrow Pill that old man gave?” As soon as the Wan Xiang Immortal left, Shi Liuli immediately leaned over and asked.
“Some kind of Purple Mansion secret medicine,” Luo Yan nearly broke into a shocked sweat at her words, actually calling him an old man, “It’s said that taking it can increase one’s cultivation by thirty years.”
“Only thirty years of cultivation?” Shi Liuli seemed a bit disappointed.
“The sect awarded it to you directly, you didn’t have to risk exploring ruins, facing life and death, so what’s there to complain about?” Luo Yan couldn’t help but feel amused and exasperated, “Moreover, you can take Zhu Marrow Pills multiple times.
Each one you get is pure profit.”
He quickly uncorked the elixir bottle and poured one pill for Shi Liuli, and just as swiftly, he took another for himself.
Taking a Purple Mansion secret medicine immediately was, of course, the right thing to do…
After all, it was impossible to keep such things secret.
If you didn’t take it, soon enough elders from various families would come for their children, offering all sorts of precious treasures to exchange for these Purple Mansion secret medicines.
In terms of value, those treasures would certainly exceed that of the Purple Mansion secret medicines.
The problem was that Purple Mansion secret medicines directly affected your Core Condensation Rank, which is related to how stable your Daoist foundation is!
In summary, not exchanging it felt like a huge loss, but exchanging it felt like an even greater loss.
In any case, it was a loss either way, so it was better to just take it as soon as you got it, to save yourself the trouble.
Luo Yan took the Zhu Marrow Pill, and Shi Liuli paused for a moment but then followed suit, popping the Zhu Marrow Pill into her mouth and chewing it up like it was a sugar bean.
“It doesn’t taste good,” she frowned and said, “It’s a bit bitter.”
Luo Yan chose to ignore the comment.
The two left the banquet hall, only to see Elder Shi Ding approaching them and asking:
“Have both of you taken it?”
Luo Yan nodded his head.
So Elder Shi Ding gave Linghu Chu a meaningful look.
Luo Yan understood: soon, the news that both individuals from the Heavenly Craft Workshop had taken the Zhu Marrow Pills would spread, quelling the thoughts of those elders who wanted to inquire about it and saving everyone time and face.
With this third Zhu Marrow Pill, Luo Yan briefly calculated his cultivation period and found that his Refining Mansion cultivation had reached seven hundred and forty-five years, leaving only fifty-five years to the First Grade Golden Core.
If other cultivators knew this, they would definitely be shocked: over seven hundred years of cultivation, that would require an abundance of Purple Mansion secret medicines!
However, for Luo Yan, it wasn’t impossible.
Because he possessed many personas, each persona within their respective sects, was an outstanding elite, and through the sect’s resource reserves and information channels, he could at least obtain two hundred years of Refining Mansion cultivation.
Imagine this: Qiu Changtian for two hundred years, Ling Yunpo for two hundred years, Luo Yan for two hundred years, Wei Dongliu for two hundred years, isn’t that precisely the threshold for a First Grade Golden Core?
Of course, in reality, the issue of repetition and overlap must be considered (most Purple Mansion secret medicines can only be taken once), and it was very very difficult to accumulate over seven hundred years of Refining Mansion cultivation…
If one has to give a reason, it would be that one must have great wisdom, great determination, and great luck – something that has been mentioned many times.
Next, it’s likely that Kunlun will give a Zhu Marrow Pill to Qiu Changtian too, and with that, it would be seven hundred and seventy-five years.
Only twenty-five years left!
As for the remaining lifespan, Luo Yan thought carefully for a moment and realized that starting from his apprenticeship in Kunlun, Shushan, and Penglai Sect, about twenty years had already passed.
There’s a saying, “Time flies unnoticed in the mountains during cultivation”; since immortals usually don’t celebrate New Year’s and other festivals and are insensitive to the changing of the seasons, coupled with most of the time being spent on routine cultivation and breathing exercises, there isn’t much worth mentioning, so they also haven’t left a deep impression.
Upon careful consideration, Qiu Changtian has now become a Foundation Establishment Realm senior brother, Ling Yunpo has become one of the Shushan’s top four Po Yun Sword Immortals, and Luo Yan has become the inheritor of the Heavenly Craft Workshop…
Time has indeed flown since they started, and unconsciously, many events have passed.
Unfortunately, since the five personas are concurrent, the passage of time should be multiplied by five.
It’s been twenty years for others, but his body has aged over a hundred years (including the time in the Cloud Sea Empty Cocoon); currently, he only has about seventy years of life expectancy left.
It doesn’t matter.
Once I accumulate eight hundred years of cultivation, I can find a safe and secluded place to transcend the First Grade Golden Core Heavenly Tribulation!