Chapter 56: Dust Purification Pill

  These spiritual herbs have existed for thousands of years, all reaching maturity, and the elixirs refined from them are all top-grade. For example, the Yellow Essence Mushroom, Spiritual Heart Grass, and Purple Origin Flower can refine the most superior Primordial Spirit Elixir. Without reaching the Pre-Heaven Late Stage, one's body cannot withstand the medicinal power of a top-grade Primordial Spirit Elixir.

  Gu Chen was staring at the lush spiritual grass in the garden, thinking about how to deal with it, when Xiao Bai's voice rang out: "Gu Chen, all the spiritual grass in the medicine garden, you have to pick them all."

  "What's going on...?"

  Xiao Bai said: "Although the Sky Swallowing Worm swallows everything, what it likes to swallow most is Ling Cao and Ling Guo. If you don't pick them, once Gu Chen and I leave, the Sky Swallowing Worm will eat all the Ling Cao in the medicine garden."

  Gu Chen nodded and said, "Without the protection of the Mustard Seed Golden Array, the Sky Swallowing Worm can indeed enter the Spiritual Medicine Garden. Although there are many spiritual herbs here, my Qian Kun Bracelet can hold them all, so I'll just harvest all the spiritual herbs in the garden."

  Gu Chen's mind moved, and his right hand pointed to the side. The remaining roasted tiger meat and bones in the Qian Kun ring were thrown out and placed inside. Items in the Qian Kun ring would not spoil and remained fresh.

  The roasted tiger meat occupied most of the space in the Qian Kun Ring, and there were many spiritual herbs in this garden, so it was necessary to clear out some space.

  Gu Chen picked up the spiritual grasses one by one and then stored them in the Qian Kun Ring. There were at least several hundred spiritual grasses in the garden, but even with hundreds of spiritual grasses stacked together, they could still be completely contained within the Qian Kun Ring.

  Gu Chen currently has a cultivation base of Xiantian Realm Fourth Layer, and the space within the Qiankun Ring is four zhang in length, width, and height, similar to a huge room.

  It wasn't long before all the spiritual grass in the garden was stored in Gu Chen's Qian Kun Ring. Although high-grade spiritual grass only accounted for a small portion, each of the thousand-year-old high-grade spiritual grasses was worth a city. With this harvest, the Qian Kun Ring had become a mobile treasure trove.

  The grade of Lingcao is not determined by its growth year, but by its mature year.

  For example, Huangxuecao, Bingmengcao and Xuelianhua are all low-grade spiritual herbs. They mature completely in 150-200 years. Even if they pass through a thousand or ten thousand years, their effect is still only equivalent to 150-200 years.

  After maturing, the spiritual grass will not wither as long as it grows in the earth, but its spiritual energy will no longer increase.

  Huang Jingzhi, Zi Yuanhua, Ling Xincao... all three are mid-grade spiritual herbs. Mid-grade spiritual herbs take 400-500 years to fully mature. Once matured, no matter how many more years the spiritual herb grows, its effect will only be equivalent to that of a 400-500 year old herb and won't change again.

  High-grade spiritual grass requires 1000-1200 years to fully mature. This Spiritual Medicine Garden in the Heavenly Emperor's Cave Mansion has been sealed for an unknown number of years, and every single high-grade spiritual grass inside is fully matured, indicating that the garden has been sealed for at least over 1200 years.

  Put all the spiritual grasses in Lingyuan Garden into Qiankun Ring, Gu Chen returned home like an arrow. Now that Xichen Dan has been refined, giving it to his father will allow him to shed his skin and change his bones.

  Gu Cangqiong is only thirty-four years old this year, taking Xiduandan can greatly exert the effect of Xiduandan. There are still more than nine months until the end of the year. With the effect of Xiduandan, Gu Cangqiong's cultivation will at least advance another level in a short period of time. After rebirth, by the end of the year, he may advance another level, and at that time, Gu Cangyue will not be inferior.

  "Xiao Bai... let's go home." Gu Chen's voice was filled with excitement.

  Xiao Bai's body quickly shrunk to about one foot in size, and he jumped onto Gu Chen's shoulder. Gu Chen took large strides out of the Hu Tian Cave Mansion, passing through the Yin Yang Maze Heaven Array, and his carriage shot up into the sky, transforming into a streak of light that sped towards the Gu House.

  The Haotian Cave Mansion is only over 300 miles away from the Leishui City, and in just half a moment, Gu Chen returned home, his cultivation controlled at the first layer of the Pre-Heaven Realm.

  This time, Gu Chen arrived extremely quickly. The people in the Gu household only saw a flash of light in the air before he landed, and no one even had time to see who it was. However, judging from where the light landed, many people's hearts were already guessing that Gu Chen was back...

  "Dad......" Gu Chen had just landed in the yard when he let out a loud shout: "I'm back!"

  Gu Chen waited quietly for a moment, but didn't hear his father's voice. Instead, he heard footsteps coming from outside the courtyard. Before long, one of the family's servants ran in.

  "Master Gu, you're back home? Master Gugu went to the Beidai Mountain mine and hasn't returned yet." The servant ran up to Gu Chen and said respectfully.

  "What happened at the Beidai Mountain mine?" Gu Chen's eyes lit up as he asked.

  Someone below said: "There's someone from the Liu family who snuck into the mine and was caught by the brothers on that side, which led to a bit of conflict with the Liu family. Master went over to handle it."

  "Yú family?" Gǔ Chén's eyebrows shot up.

  "It's Beicheng Liu's family." The servant said: "The young master has been gone for some time, he should be back soon."

  "Alright, I understand," Gu Chen nodded and said, "you go take care of your business!"

  "The young master has retired." The servants said respectfully, now Gu Chen was already a Xiantian realm cultivator at the age of 11. These servants had genuine respect for him from the bottom of their hearts.

  After the person left, a sword light shot up into the sky. Gu Chen rode his sword through the air and fled to the North Tai Mountain mine. As soon as he left Le Shui City, he saw a fleeing light coming from the south towards him. Although it was still very far away, Gu Chen recognized that familiar figure and stopped in his tracks.

  Gu Cangqiong was just back from the North Tai Mountain mine, when Gu Chen suddenly stopped in front of him. He was taken aback for a moment, then overjoyed, "Chen'er, you're back?"

  "Dad, I was just thinking of going to find you. How's it going at the mine?" Gu Chen came forward with a smile all over his face.

  "Let's go... talk about it when we get home." Gu Cangqiong lovingly patted Gu Chen's shoulder.

  Soon, two sword auras fell in the Gu Chen family home. The sword auras dissipated, and Gu Chen and his son walked out. They entered the house, sat down, and Gu Cangtu said: "Recently, people from the Liu family have been sneaking into the Beitaishan mine cave. Today, they were finally caught in the act. They seem to be searching for something in the mine cave, but each one is more stubborn than the last. I don't know what they're looking for."

  Gu Chen heard in his ears and sighed in his heart: What a formidable Liu Huayuan, it seems that he has made up his mind to uncover the secret of the Beitaishan mine.

  Gu Chen said: "What's the reaction of the Liu family?"

  The ancient, vast sky's expression was slightly angry, and he said: "I just arrived not long ago, and Liu Huayuan also came. The head of the Liu family personally came to take someone away, so naturally they were taken back. Otherwise, we would have been able to get some results..."

  "That Li Huayuan actually showed up in person? Looks like he's extremely interested in the mine." Gu Chen said.

  "Huh? What's in the mine that would make Liu Huayuan so concerned?" Gu Cangtun's face was full of puzzlement.

  Gu Zhen said: "No matter what Liu Huayuan wants to find, in short, we can't let him get his way. The mine must be strictly guarded and no one from the Liu family can sneak in again."

  "This is natural, I have already let Gu Qian Shan guard the North Tai Mountain mine cave, people from the Liu family, don't even think about entering again."

  The ancient blue sky smiled and said: "Chen Er, it's been two months since we last met, you've grown a lot taller."

  Gu Chen smiled and said: "I've brought a surprise for Father this time."

  "Surprise?" Gu Cangqiong was slightly startled and asked, "What surprise?"

  Gu Chen raised his palm, and a round box appeared in his hand. He opened the box, revealing a spirit pill the size of half a fist inside.

  This elixir is shaped like an egg, not a perfect circle, with a faint red color. When looked at from two angles, the surface seems to have a flowing luster. Upon closer inspection, it's actually clusters of spiritual energy surrounding the surface of the elixir, appearing as wisps of white air, resembling a celestial object.

  As soon as the round box was opened, a strong aura instantly spread throughout the entire room.

  The ancient blue sky was greatly shocked and said: "Chen Er, what kind of pill is this?"

  "Xī chén dān." Gǔ Chén said.

  "What's 'Wash Dust Elixir'?" Gu Cangqiong asked in surprise.

  Looking at the ancient sky's expression, Gu Chen asked strangely: "Could it be that Father recognizes this pill?"

  Gǔ Cāng Qiú shook his head, and his face returned to normal. He said, "I see that the light of this elixir is flowing and its spiritual energy is abundant, it's not an ordinary spiritual elixir."

  "Xu Chen smiled and said, 'The Dust Washing Pill is refined from three kinds of spiritual grasses and fruits that are over a thousand years old: the Gathering Essence Mushroom, the Nirvana Flower, and the Primordial Fruit. It can bring people back to life, make them shed their mortal skin, and greatly increase their cultivation.'"

  "Chen Er, where did you get such a treasure?" Gu Cang asked in surprise.

  Gu Chen said with a smile: "It's the child who refined it himself, Dad. If you take this pill, you can transform your body and greatly increase your cultivation. In the future, when you cultivate, your physical quality will return to that of your youth, and your cultivation speed will increase greatly. It won't be long before you surpass Gu Cangyue."

  The ancient blue sky's expression was normal as he asked, "Do you need three kinds of spiritual grass and rare fruits that are over a thousand years old? Where did you get them from?"

  Gu Chen smiled slightly and said, "Dad, do you still remember the Huatian Cave Mansion I told you about last year?"

  The ancient sky nodded, and the ancient Chen said: "In the Kunlun Cave Mansion, there is a spiritual medicine garden..."

  Now that Xuan Chen Dan has been refined, Gu Chen naturally had no more secrets about the matter of Huang Tian Dong Fu, and he told everything about Ling Yao Yuan.

  Gu Cangqiong was shocked, until Gu Chen finished speaking. Gu Cangqiong took a deep breath and said: "You spent a year just to break that formation? To get the spiritual grass and refine this Dust Washing Pill?"

  Gu Chen nodded and handed the round box to his father, happily saying: "Dad, I originally thought it would take a long time to break the array, but unexpectedly, within a year, I found all the materials to break the array. Now, with the New Year's still far away, taking the Xidou Dan, you will definitely surpass Gu Cangyue."

  "No..."

  The ancient blue sky pushed the round box back and said, "This Dust Washing Pill is only one pill, it's so precious. You eat it, your physical body was originally ordinary, taking this pill can make you transform your bones, you eat it yourself."

  "Father, the greatest effect of this Dust-Cleansing Pill is to allow people over 20 years old to regain their youthful physique and accelerate their cultivation speed. I'm only 11 years old, taking it would be a complete waste. At this year's Clan Leader Competition, you must defeat Gu Cangyue. If he becomes the clan leader, our family will have no place in the clan, and Mother won't rest in peace even in heaven."

  When it came to Gu Youlan, Gu Cangqiong's face changed slightly, and after Gu Chen advised a few more words, Gu Cangqiong finally swallowed the Xuanchen Dan.

  Xī chén dān fēi tóng xiǎo kě, duǎn shí jiān bù kě liàn huà, fú yòng xǐ chén dān zhī hòu, gǔ cāng qióng lì jí jìn xíng le bì guān, méi yǒu liǎng gè yuè de shí jiān, xiū xiǎng jiàng xǐ chén dān wán quán liàn huà.

  "Chen Er, there's only a month left before the 80th birthday of the eldest elder of the Liu family. The Gu and Yun families will both go to congratulate him. The 20-year deadline has been met, and during the birthday celebration, the distribution of benefits for the next 20 years will be decided by a martial arts competition among the third-generation descendants. You have already reached the Xiantian realm cultivation, so you must attend that day. You must do your best to secure the interests of the Gu family. Liu Huayuan has been eyeing the North Tai Mountain mine cave, and this time at the three-family martial arts gathering, he will definitely try to seize it."

  Before the closed door, Gu Cangyun told Gu Chen a few words. This time, the closed door will take at least two months, and Gu Cangyun cannot attend the birthday banquet of the Taishang elder of the Liu family. He can only tell Gu Chen in advance to avoid missing this martial arts gathering when Gu Chen goes out again.

  Gu Chen surpassed Gu Tai, the eldest son of Gu Cang Yue, in the family competition and became the first person among the three generations of Gu's disciples. The interests of the Gu family were all obtained by Gu Chen.