Chapter 515: The Second Plan (1/2)
Chapter 515: The Second Plan
Wang Hong returned to his cave mansion, his first task being to refine the Dark Night Flower into a pill, which would enhance its effectiveness. However, he didn't have a ready-made pill recipe, so he needed to formulate a suitable one using the materials he had on hand.
Engaging in this mentally and time-consuming task was best done inside his personal space, as it would save a significant amount of time. Upon entering the space, his first order of business was to inspect the yellow gourd he had placed there.
Over the past period, the gourd had been absorbing Spirit Qi inside the space, and Wang Hong was curious about what changes might have occurred. When he held the gourd in his hand, he noticed a liquid sloshing inside, something that hadn't been there before.
Could it be that this gourd was absorbing Spirit Qi to create this liquid? Wang Hong wondered. But with the gourd unrefined and no opening to pour the liquid out, he couldn't investigate further. However, his current goal was alchemy and advancing to the Nascent Soul stage, so he didn't have much time to dwell on the mystery.
Wang Hong spent several months inside his personal space, designing a pill recipe suitable for his current abilities before exiting. With his current alchemical skills, creating the Dark Night Flower pill wasn't particularly challenging. In just two days, he successfully refined a new type of pill.
This pill was entirely black, with a glossy surface resembling a black pearl, and it possessed some auxiliary effects for advancing to the Nascent Soul stage. Wang Hong then meditated quietly for three days to prepare himself for what was to come.
Afterward, he took out one of the black pills and consumed it. The pill quickly transformed into surging Spiritual Energy, impacting his Golden Core.
One month later, on Kaiyang Peak in the Qingxu Mountain range, a few white clouds lazily drifted by. Suddenly, the surrounding Spirit Qi gathered towards the peak, and an ominous black cloud slowly drifted above it, refusing to leave.
The cultivators who remained on Qingxu Mountain assumed that their East Master was researching some profound technique or refining a powerful magic weapon. However, this situation didn't last long, and soon, everything returned to normal.
Only Wang Hong in his cave mansion wore a bitter smile on his face. He had failed in achieving the Nascent Soul stage. The Dark Night Flower's auxiliary effect for advancing to Nascent Soul turned out to be insufficient; his Nascent Soul cultivation had barely begun before it came to an end.
In the current Cultivation World, few Golden Core cultivators managed to reach the Nascent Soul stage. To do so, a Nascent Soul Pill was almost a necessity, and those who succeeded without one were exceedingly rare.
Wang Hong was no genius, and he knew he couldn't become one of those rare cases. This failure was just his first plan, and he had never held high expectations for it.
He had prepared a second plan.
The failed Nascent Soul breakthrough had also caused some damage to his body. While an ordinary Golden Core cultivator would need more than a decade of rest to recover, Wang Hong didn't have to worry about that. He had a significant advantage – a rare healing elixir known as the Jade Marrow Pill.