The Path of Immortality: Starts With Creating Water Bear Gu-Chapter 393: Five Elements Sacred Pill

After some time, the Burial Demon Old Ghost confirmed that he had successfully shaken off the pursuit of the Burning Heaven. He then hid in a cave to heal his wounds, intending to recover before making his next move.

However, just as he sat cross-legged inside, focusing on recuperation, he suddenly sensed something and abruptly turned his head toward the cave entrance.

"Who’s there?"

"Come out!"

The Burial Demon Old Ghost tensed up, his gaze locked firmly on the entrance.

"Heh, heh! I didn’t expect you to be so alert. Even in such a severely injured state, you still managed to detect my presence."

"Relax, old friend!"

A woman, known as the Jade-Faced Rakshasa, walked in from outside the cave, smiling as she gazed at him.

Upon seeing that it was an old acquaintance, the Burial Demon Old Ghost did not relax. Instead, his expression became even more grave.

"We escaped in different directions, yet you also managed to evade the Burning Heaven Ancestor. But instead of tending to your own wounds, you’ve traveled all this way to find me. Why?"

"Could it be that you see my severe injuries as an opportunity?" The Burial Demon Old Ghost sneered coldly.

"Heh, heh! You truly are a man who suspects others of his own misdeeds. We’ve been friends for years. Can’t I check on your condition out of concern? Why assume the worst of me?"

The Jade-Faced Rakshasa smiled and moved closer.

"Stop right there! Do you think I can’t guess your intentions? You want to take advantage of my injuries and refine me into a human pill, don’t you? You’ve never given up on completing the effects of the Heaven-Defying Pill. So stop pretending!"

"If I’ve misunderstood you, then leave now and do not return for three days. Otherwise, I won’t believe a word you say!" The Burial Demon Old Ghost fixed his sharp gaze on her.

The Jade-Faced Rakshasa halted, her smile finally fading.

"You’re quite cautious. Seems like an ambush won’t work. Since you already suspect me, there’s no need for pretense."

"You’re more injured than I am right now. If I kill you and refine you into a pill, I can complete the Heaven-Defying Pill. What do you think?"

Her voice was cold, and her killing intent surged forth without reservation.

"Hahaha… So you really do want to refine me into a pill! But do you think my injuries make me easy prey? Naïve!"

"You want to refine me? And I don’t want to refine you?"

"Heaven has a path, yet you refuse to walk it. Hell has no door, yet you charge straight in." The Burial Demon Old Ghost’s eyes gleamed ominously.

"Very well! Since we both have the same idea, then only one of us will leave here alive. It’s either you or me!"

The Jade-Faced Rakshasa’s gaze turned icy as she lunged forward…

...

Phoenix Heaven Empire – Pheonix Heaven City

Three days had passed. Everyone in the grand hall was staring at a handsome young man who sat with his eyes tightly shut, growing increasingly impatient.

All the other competitors had long since completed their alchemy trials. Only he remained, and he hadn’t even started refining his pill yet.

People were waiting so long that even the flowers seemed to wither in boredom.

In this third round, aside from Long Xuan, every contestant's score had already been announced.

Due to material limitations, most contestants received extremely low scores. Only about twenty had barely passed.

Among them, Long Yuyao, Feng Shuang, and Wang Wu once again tied with a score of 85 points.

As expected, the Burning Heaven Ancestor and Qin Dan achieved the highest scores, both securing 90 points.

The reason they didn’t receive full marks was that the third-round scoring left room for potential fourth-grade pills.

If a third-grade Pill could receive full marks, then what if someone managed to refine a fourth-grade Pill? The scoring would become meaningless.

Most participants had already left the arena, leaving behind only a few alchemy geniuses who begrudgingly continued to watch. Among them were the Burning Heaven Ancestor, Qin Dan, Long Yuyao, Feng Shuang, and Wang Wu…

"What is this brat doing? If he wants to forfeit, he should just admit it! Why waste our time?" Feng Shuang finally lost patience and shouted in frustration.

Long Yuyao glanced at him and said coldly, "Shut up! The judges unanimously believe that the reason he hasn’t opened his eyes for three days is that he has entered a state of enlightenment."

"This state is rare and difficult to achieve. Once he wakes up, he might comprehend something extraordinary."

"What he comprehends could very well be the key to victory. Don't you dare make a sound and disturb him."

"Hmph!" Feng Shuang revealed a look of disdain and sneered, "What could he possibly comprehend? Even if he gains some heaven-defying insight, the pills he refines can only be third-grade at most, with a maximum score of ninety points."

"With the trash materials on his table, it's impossible for him to refine a pill worth ninety points. He's doomed to lose."

Feng Shuang sneered coldly. Although his own score wasn't the highest in the competition, the fact that Burning Heaven Ancestor bore the surname Feng meant that as long as his score remained the highest, that would be enough.

Compared to the juniors' noisy chatter, the judges remained relatively silent.

Long Xiaoyao watched anxiously, glancing at the sky from time to time, his brows furrowing deeper and deeper.

Three full days had passed, and Long Xuan had less than half a day left to refine his pills.

If he still didn't open his eyes soon, and there wasn’t enough time left for alchemy, he would end up with a score of zero. The thought of it nearly drove Long Xiaoyao mad with anxiety.

He wanted to wake Long Xuan up, but he feared interrupting his enlightenment. His expression wavered with hesitation.

Feng Tiancheng glanced at the sky and chuckled, "Haha, I've already given him enough time. The competition is about to end. Even if he wakes up now, I don't believe he can refine anything truly heaven-defying in such a short time."

"You should just return the five peak-grade Gu insects to me now. Do it quickly!"

"Why the rush?" Long Xiaoyao cast a sidelong glance at him and said, "Until the last moment, anything is possible."

"Perhaps our clan's genius has truly comprehended something extraordinary this time. You should prepare to hand over another five of your life-bound Gu insects."

"I hope that after losing ten life-bound Gu insects, you won't become a cripple. Otherwise, I would feel guilty."

At this moment, Long Xiaoyao finally showed a look of relief.

He had just seen Long Xuan’s eyebrow twitch slightly. If nothing unexpected happened, he would wake up soon.

He didn't have to wait long. Moments after he spoke, Long Xuan finally opened his eyes slowly, a sharp glint flashing within them.

"Apologies for keeping everyone waiting. I accidentally took a nap just now. There's still time left, so I shall begin refining pills now."

Long Xuan glanced at the sky and saw that only a few hours remained. His heart tensed slightly—time was indeed tight. After all, he needed to refine more than just one pill.

With no time to conceal his abilities, he immediately split his body into five clones and retrieved five low-quality alchemy furnaces from his storage ring, tossing them to his clones.

In this situation, he could only rely on his clones to speed up the refining process.

He had already mastered the Art of Pill Fusion and even developed a new pill recipe that required this technique. He named it the Five Elements Sacred Pill.

The Five Elements Sacred Pill required five different types of pills as ingredients:

Metal Element Sacred Pill

Wood Element Sacred Pill

Water Element Rising Pill

Fire Element Rising Pill

Earth Element Rising Pill 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

A Gu Master at the peak of the Spiritual Sea realm who cultivated metal-element spiritual energy had a 10% chance of breaking through to the Gu King realm upon consuming the Metal Element Sacred Pill.

The same applied to the other elements: Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth. Each pill provided a 10% breakthrough chance for Gu Masters aligned with its respective element.

However, if all five types of pills were refined together in a single alchemy furnace, allowing their medicinal powers to further merge and enhance each other, they would transform into the Five Elements Sacred Pill.

This pill could be consumed by any Gu cultivator possessing one of the five elemental attributes.

The Five Elements Sacred Pill contained the spiritual energy of all five elements, which formed a Five Elements Cycle, creating an even stronger impact on bottlenecks.

If a single-element Sacred Pill only offered a 10% breakthrough chance, the Five Elements Sacred Pill, through the Five Elements Cycle, would not simply stack their effects additively.

Instead, with the power of the cycle impacting the bottleneck, the breakthrough success rate would soar to a terrifying 90%!

Strictly speaking, the Five Elements Sacred Pill had already surpassed the scope of third-grade spiritual pills.

Since it was made by merging a total of twenty-five third-grade pills, its medicinal potency and spiritual energy were twenty-five times that of an ordinary pill.

In this way, the Five Elements Sacred Pill’s spiritual energy concentration was comparable to a fourth-grade pill.

Even though it was classified as a third-grade pill, in reality, it far exceeded its rank!

Long Xuan was confident that presenting a pill of this caliber—one that was essentially a fourth-grade pill—would undoubtedly earn him the highest score.