荒墟牧神 - 第21章 靈藥催身力拔山 - 雲海書庫

the vermilion birds flew out through the window lattice and vanished from sight. The vat descended to the ground. Shen Mu clicked his tongue. "Grandpa Alchemist, do I have to eat all these pills today?" "If you ate them all, you would die." The Alchemist replied unhurriedly, "Every spirit medicine used in this batch is of the finest quality. Though these are merely the lowest-grade Essence-Consolidating Pills, a single one is worth a hundred made by other alchemists. You may take only one or two at a time. Do not eat more." Shen Mu was dubious. In the past, the Alchemist had given him all sorts of strange and peculiar medicines, always enough to fill a large bowl. Now he was supposed to take only one pill. Could its medicinal power really be that strong? The Blind Elder was skeptical as well. "Every quack in the martial world claims that one pill is worth a hundred. Are these really that potent? Though they do smell rather good." The Alchemist gave a sinister smile. "Why not eat the whole vat and find out?" "Mu'er, grab a handful and give them a try," the Blind Elder urged. Shen Mu was not about to be deceived by him. He simply pinched up one pill and placed it in his mouth. The moment the spirit pill entered his stomach, he knew that something was wrong. It was as though hundreds or thousands of fire dragons, water dragons, golden dragons, and wood dragons were churning the seas within his belly. His body alternately grew tall, shrank short, swelled fat, and grew thin. At one moment, a layer of ice formed over his skin. At the next, smoke rose from his clothes. Then buds sprouted from the fabric, and the fur on his animal hide garments grew wildly. A moment later, his clothes were stained with a metallic sheen, and even his skin turned hard and rigid, making his entire body seem cast from metal. Worse still, sometimes all these symptoms erupted at once, leaving Shen Mu in indescribable agony. He let out a muffled groan and immediately circulated the Profound Body Three Elixir Technique, using primordial qi to dissolve the medicine's power. The Blind Elder's expression changed drastically, and he blurted out, "Alchemist, your Essence-Consolidating Pills don't seem ordinary!" "Correct. Ordinary Essence-Consolidating Pills come in four kinds: Fire Essence Pills, Water Essence Pills, Metal Essence Pills, and Wood Essence Pills." The Alchemist gave another sinister smile. "Essence-Consolidating Pills are made to correspond to the four kinds of primordial qi possessed by the four great spirit bodies, nourishing and supplementing the primordial qi of those spirit bodies. But Mu'er's Hegemonic Body primordial qi has no attribute, so I used a compromise. I refined spirit medicines of all four attributes into this single Essence-Consolidating Pill. It contains all four attributes, and perhaps it will be able to bring out the power of his Hegemonic Body primordial qi. Only Mu'er's Hegemonic Body primordial qi can absorb and dissolve a spirit pill like this. If you had eaten the entire vat of Essence-Consolidating Pills, heh heh..." The Blind Elder shuddered. The primordial qi of four conflicting attributes would have clashed violently within him. Had he eaten them all, two or three tenths of his cultivation would probably have been dissolved by now. Of course, that was the result of eating an entire vat. A single pill would not have harmed him much. "Alchemist, did you refine a tonic or a poison?" the Blind Elder muttered. Suddenly, Shen Mu let out a great shout, broke into a run, and vanished in the blink of an eye. The Blind Elder could not help worrying. "The four attributes are clashing with one another. Mu'er will be all right, won't he?" "He is digesting the medicinal power. There is no need to worry." Though the Alchemist said this, he was secretly uneasy as well. After all, this was his first attempt to improve the Essence-Consolidating Pill, his first time refining the improved pill, and his first time giving it to anyone. He