Chapter 115: Chapter 23: Lifespan Extension Pill

Looking at the first Fixed Face Pill produced in this world, a slight smile appeared on Li Jizhou’s face.

This pill is the ultimate form of the Youthful Appearance Pill, intertwined with the power of time, and is called the Youthful Pill.

Of course, this name is limited to one’s vision and experience.

Is there truly an Everlasting Youth Pill in this world?

It’s simply that its effect on maintaining appearance far exceeds that of ordinary Youthful Appearance Pills.

The Tier Two Youthful Appearance Pill has an efficacy of about twenty years.

Yet the Fixed Face Pill lasts over a hundred and fifty years.

Therefore, for cultivators in the Qi Refining Stage, or even regular Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators, it truly can be called an Everlasting Youth Pill.

At least by the end of their lifespan, the Fixed Face Pill’s effect has not yet expired.

At the same time, through this year’s diligence and effort, my alchemy skills have advanced further than in my previous life, soon to be promoted to a Tier Two Advanced Pill Master.

“I can go and exchange with Talisman Master Shen for Tier Two Talisman legacy!”

Li Jizhou stood up tall and stepped out of the pill room.

As soon as he was outside, he saw Black Xuan lying leisurely in the Celestial Pool from afar.

The materials for those beginner pills were exhausted six months ago.

Due to Ye Jingyu’s threat, Li Jizhou did not immediately replenish them, giving them a six-month break.

However, the medicine field was still well cared for.

“Pill Master Li? Old Zhang from Little Turtle Peak is here to visit.”

At this moment, outside Xiaogang Peak, an old man with two maidservants stood on a flying ship, cupping his hands towards Li Jizhou.

“Friend Zhang from Little Turtle Peak?” Li Jizhou’s expression remained unchanged, first signaling Black Xuan to dive into the pool, then retrieved Bai Yi back into his Dantian, and with a single hand wave, activated the Peak Protection Array.

“I’ve long heard of Elder Zhang’s great name, a pleasure, a pleasure!”

“Pill Master Li flatters me.” Zhang Ruoyu was amicable and showed no trace of the late-stage Foundation Establishment arrogance; his demeanor, attire, and conduct were like that of an ordinary old farmer.

His reputation was not minor, no less than that of Li Jizhou, the pill addict Pill Master.

According to Steward Chen, Zhang Ruoyu joined the Golden Sun Sect a hundred and fifty years ago, advancing all the way, successfully establishing his Foundation with a top-grade Spirit Root at the age of thirty.

However, what seemed a promising future for him changed dramatically after personally witnessing his master’s lifespan run out and pass away.

Since then, he stopped accepting any trials and stopped practicing aggressive combat techniques.

He even halted his primary Earth attribute cultivation technique and took up a supplementary Wood Element Health Cultivation Skill.

Some of the disciples from his time, not initially as good as him, are now influential elders in the sect, but he remained focused on tranquility.

A hundred years ago, during the prime time of the Foundation Establishment Stage, he shamelessly begged the sect leader to let him retire to an outer peak.

Thus, Little Turtle Peak was named after him.

“Truly a model for our peers!” Li Jizhou admired him upon hearing his story.

Just laughed at those who mocked Elder Zhang as a recluse, saying they were too young.

In fact, time has proven this fact,

as a hundred and fifty years have passed, fewer than one in ten of Elder Zhang’s peers remain.

Many perished in trials, were injured in combat, or died from vendettas.

Of the few remaining, there are three with Fake Pills and one with a True Core.

Among the three Fake Pill holders, one perished during an assault on Inverted Mountain a few years back.

But he, though looking like an old farmer and still not having broken through to Core Formation, has lived for a hundred and fifty years, still vibrant, with light in his eyes, and his aura and vitality have not declined, thus not past the best time for Core Formation.

Additionally, his magical power is exceptionally pure, with a Perfect Foundation Establishment, forming a True Core should be a swift matter.

By then, once a True Core is formed, he would have a lifespan of five hundred years.

“Elder Zhang, please have a seat. May I know what business brings Elder Zhang to seek me out?” Li Jizhou, having been in the outer peak for two years without interacting with any of the peaks, was sure this visit was no casual chat.

“Pill Master Li, have you ever refined a Lifespan Extension Pill?”

Zhang Ruoyu got straight to the point with his first question, his eyes filled with expectation.

“…” Li Jizhou glanced at him, indeed deserving of his famed reputation.

“Elder Zhang praises me too much, though the Lifespan Extension Pill is a Tier Two Pill, in theory, it’s possible, but how rare and precious are lifespan-extending herbs? I haven’t had the chance to practice with them, never refined one before.”

Li Jizhou shook his head with a wry smile.

Anything involving lifespan is far from ordinary.

Legend has it that in ancient times, when the Ancestral Source descended, many heavenly materials and earthly treasures were born with it.

Among them were not only precious herbs that could extend lifespan upon consumption but also so-called immortal elixirs that could grant undying life.

Even now, the Central State’s Ancestral Source region still holds legends of the immortal elixirs.

However, such divine items are not for lower-level cultivators to covet.

Even Lifespan Extension herbs, Li Jizhou had never witnessed in the Liang Kingdom before.

As for the Lifespan Extension Pill, records suggest that using Lifespan Extension herbs as the main ingredient can increase lifespan by one to five times, depending on the pill’s quality.

The lowest grade Lifespan Extension herb, if directly consumed and refined, could increase lifespan by about five years.

When refined into a Lifespan Extension Pill with it as the main material, a middle grade can double the effect, a top-grade can increase it fivefold, and the best batch’s pill yield can reach up to thirty percent.

However, even the lowest grade Lifespan Extension herb is a valuable resource fiercely contested by higher-level cultivators, hard for ordinary folk to obtain.

While at the Spirit Pearl Mountain marketplace, Li Jizhou heard of an incident where elders from three sects at the Fake Pill level fiercely fought over a Golden Saliva Fruit in the Purple Vine Mountain Range, resulting in mutual loss and eventual extermination by a Tier Three Great Demon, prompting all three sects’ Supreme Elders to pursue and hunt the Great Demon for hundreds of miles.

“Pill Master Li, if I could provide you with Lifespan Extension herbs, what level of confidence would you have?” Zhang Ruoyu inquired with a smile.

“Oh?” Li Jizhou was slightly taken aback.

Then he relaxed at the thought.

Zhang Ruoyu, living at Little Turtle Peak for a century, not only focused on health cultivation but also became adept in medicine, famous throughout the Qi Kingdom as a Tier Three divine doctor holy hand.

However, he doesn’t charge Spirit Stones for his medical services, only accepting heavenly materials and earthly treasures, especially herbs.

Moreover, he only treats those with a clear identity and a peaceful heart.

Every time an outsider seeks treatment, the Divine Intent Sect’s Law Enforcement Hall must screen them, and an elder from the hall must escort them during the process.

The elder was his junior martial uncle, and he always gave him benefits, long accustomed.

It’s not surprising that he could have the Lifespan Extension Pill.

After thinking for a moment, Li Jizhou, displaying a touch of confidence, said, “To be honest, although my cultivation is shallow, I indeed have some talent in Pill Skill. Now, with Tier Two Middle Level Pills, I still have some confidence. If given several practice chances, it wouldn’t be a problem.”

At times like this, Li Jizhou had to persevere with determination.

Lifespan extension is too tempting for a cultivator like him, living for this life’s days to accumulate Spirit Roots for the next life.

Taking this opportunity to practice, he could eventually refine the Lifespan Extension Pill for himself.

“Pill Master Li truly has exceptional Pill Skills, to be so confident. If so, would you dare to collaborate with me to refine a furnace?” Zhang Ruoyu kept grinning.

“Collaborate on a furnace?”

“Indeed, I shall provide a precious Lifespan Extension herb, and you provide all other materials. As for the result, I’ll take sixty percent, and you forty percent.”

Li Jizhou pondered slightly.

This method of joining shares indeed reduces Zhang Ruoyu’s risk to the greatest extent.

Otherwise, any Pill Master would want to practice, and the loss would be borne by Zhang Ruoyu.

However, the auxiliary herbs for Tier Two Lifespan Pills are not simple. Although not as valuable and rare as the precious Lifespan Extension herb, they include many main ingredients for other pills, with considerable cost.

A rough estimate suggests it would cost around ten thousand Spirit Stones.

If the pill formation rate reaches thirty percent, he would take two pills, and Li Jizhou one.

The cost is somewhat hefty,

but…if a Lifespan Extension Pill is successfully refined, it would be priceless in the market, fetching at least thirty thousand Spirit Stones at auction.

“Alright, I accept this task. Once I prepare for some time, I’ll come to find Elder Zhang.”

Li Jizhou figured Zhang Ruoyu came to him likely because he had already approached all the Pill Masters within the sect.

It’s likely none gave him much confidence, ultimately not agreeing.

Li Jizhou’s self-assurance stems from over a hundred years of alchemy experience in his previous life, primarily due to Bai Yi.

Of course, in this situation with no risk to life safety, only the risk of Spirit Stone loss, he must strive.

“It’s settled then!” Zhang Ruoyu was quite eager.

“I will do my utmost!”

“Good, Pill Master Li, I shall return now. I welcome you to visit my Little Turtle Peak!” Zhang Ruoyu smiled kindly while bidding farewell, completely unconcerned with the mockery of his Little Turtle Peak from others, even naming the peak Little Turtle Peak.

“Elder Zhang, wait. May I ask, how can I obtain the protection of the Law Enforcement Hall?” Li Jizhou asked hurriedly.

Before Zhang Ruoyu arrived, he was contemplating how to transact with Talisman Master Shen in the Immortal City, with the hidden danger of Ye Jingyu unavoidable.

Now, seeing Zhang Ruoyu, he made a resolution.

At worst, hire protection.

“Oh? Is Pill Master Li afraid of some danger?” Zhang Ruoyu seemed a bit curious.

“I’m about to go to the Immortal City to purchase auxiliary herbs for refining the Lifespan Extension Pill. Their value is too great, and I’m worried about any mishaps on the way, delaying Elder Zhang’s major affair.” Li Jizhou replied with a smile.

“This…only going to the Immortal City?” Zhang Ruoyu showed a vague sign of doubt.

Then, he laughed heartily while stroking his beard.

“Hahaha, Pill Master Li and I do indeed share kindred spirits; it’s almost a feeling of meeting too late!”

“Elder Zhang, you jest.” Li Jizhou’s eyelids twitched slightly.

He didn’t know how Zhang Ruoyu could laugh at him like that.

“No harm, no harm, safety is a significant matter. Pill Master Li’s carefulness reassures me even more about collaborating on the Lifespan Extension Pill.”

“Do not rush; I will immediately contact those youngsters to escort you there and back.” Zhang Ruoyu quickly sent a message to the Law Enforcement Hall through a Communication Talisman.

Soon enough, less than a moment later, five individuals from the Law Enforcement Hall arrived together.

“Greetings Junior Martial Uncle Zhang, greetings Elder Li.”

All five were of Foundation Establishment Stage cultivation, equipped with Magical Artifacts from the Law Enforcement Hall, offering a heightened sense of security.

However, their main duty was patrolling the Golden Sun Sect’s territory; they were not obliged to escort individuals to the Immortal City.

After Zhang Ruoyu spoke a few words to the leader, everything became smooth.

Subsequently, under the escort of the Law Enforcement Hall, Li Jizhou safely arrived at the Immortal City.

But he did not immediately go to negotiate Tier Two Talisman inheritance with Talisman Master Shen; instead, he first visited the Celestial Secret Tower.

There, he purchased more information about Ye Jingyu once again.

[At the beginning of March, at the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain marketplace, his identity was accidentally exposed by the Rong family. Amidst besiegement by two late-stage Foundation Establishment, and three mid-stage Foundation Establishment members from the Rong family, he narrowly escaped while severely injuring a mid-stage Foundation Establishment elder of the Rong family.]

“Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain marketplace?” Reading the first entry, Li Jizhou squinted his eyes slightly.

After fleeing from the Divine Intent Sect, he quickly arrived at the marketplace near the Golden Crow Immortal City, revealing intentions too obvious.

“Indeed, he’s coming for me!”

“Is his strength truly that formidable?”

Li Jizhou believed that he couldn’t achieve such feats as Ye Jingyu in that situation.

He continued reading.

[In mid-May, when inspected by the Golden Sun Sect’s enforcement team three hundred miles near Golden Crow Immortal City, he lashed out injuriously and escaped!]

“Did not flee to other regions, instead moving closer to Golden Sun Sect? His desire for me seems certain?”

[At the end of July, on the outskirts of Inverted Mountain, while fighting with bandit cultivators, a Divine Intent Sect elder sensed his Cultivation Technique, yet failed to catch him.]

[Three months ago, his trail was exposed in Wutong Immortal City, pursued by a Core Formation elder of Cold Wind Valley, he fled into the Purple Vine Mountain Range, losing his trace…]

“Finally left!” Li Jizhou exhaled deeply.

“Not right!” The next moment, an odd feeling suddenly arose within his heart.

“Since he’s already wanted and pursued, and his trail has been exposed at the Rong family’s Ten Thousand Beast Mountain marketplace, he’s insisting to come find me; it doesn’t look like he’s just here to seize fortune!”

“Moreover, he can’t be certain I obtained fortune, and doesn’t even know what my fortune is. Why would he be so determined to seek me out?”

“Could it be…he wants to convey some message?”

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