Huang Yuanya looked at the old man and the young man before him, feeling quite bitter. He, a dignified Cultivator, actually needed to be saved by Mortals, who were like ants! It was truly the biggest joke in the world!
Huang Yuanya was originally on a very ordinary mission for his Family. Who knew that shortly after leaving the Family's territory, he would encounter an old enemy? The opponent was also at the seventh level of the Qi Refinement Stage, just like him. A desperate fight would have been a fifty-fifty chance. However, he didn't expect that his opponent had recently acquired a powerful Magical Artifact. He was defeated repeatedly from the very first exchange.
Left with no choice, Huang Yuanya self-detonated two Magical Artifacts and used up most of his Talismans, barely escaping, but he was severely injured and on the verge of death.
Returning to his Family while heavily injured was naturally the best option, but Huang Yuanya feared being caught by his enemy midway and dared not return. In his panic, he fled to a nearby island.
When he flew to Seven Li Village, he could no longer suppress his injuries. He also happened to discover that the Spiritual Qi on this small hill was much denser than in other places. Although it was far from reaching the level of a Spiritual Vein, he had no other choice. Thus, he landed on this nameless small mountain.
Who knew that as soon as he landed, a large group of Mortals surrounded him? Huang Yuanya saw clearly that although most people were full of reverence, a small number harbored ill intentions.
In desperation, he could only reluctantly mobilize the little remaining magical power in his body, casting a Fireball Spell that burned down a large tree. This finally deterred the villagers.
Huang Yuanya knew clearly that meditating to recover was the most important thing at this moment, followed by a good sleep. However, he dared not close his eyes. Huang Yuanya believed that these villagers would be very willing to kill a heavily injured Cultivator in an attempt to gain some benefits.
When the village chief led two secular doctors forward, Huang Yuanya really wanted to directly summon his Flying Sword and kill all three. However, firstly, the true essence in his body was running very low, and secondly, the young man's words had somewhat moved him.
Treat a dead horse as if it's still alive, he thought. Anyway, he wouldn't live for many more days, and perhaps a miracle might still occur? That's why he spared their lives. He never expected that the old man named Sui Ping truly had some skill, accurately describing most of his injuries. Perhaps it really could have some effect on his injuries.
While Huang Yuanya was deep in thought, Sui An and Sui Ping were busily working.
Sui Ping opened his medicine box, taking out all the pulse pillows, Spirit Medicine, and medical books, arranging them on the half-exposed stone. He then fiddled with the medicine box.
Huang Yuanya and Sui An both looked at Sui Ping with curiosity, not understanding what he was doing. Not long after, they heard a soft click, and a small secret compartment popped out from the bottom of the medicine box.
Sui Ping gently opened the small secret compartment. Inside was a thin layer wrapped in oil paper, its contents unknown. Sui Ping very carefully opened the outer oil paper, his movements as gentle as if he were caressing the world's most precious treasure.
The oil paper slowly opened, revealing its true appearance. It turned out to be two yellowed pieces of paper, which looked very old. Upon closer inspection, the characters on them were even more extraordinary. They were not the commonly used characters of today, but a very ancient script. Because this ancient script had an awkward pronunciation and was difficult to write, very few people could recognize it now.
Sui An looked at his grandfather with curiosity. He had never heard his grandfather mention that his medicine box contained this. However, Sui An could barely recognize the characters on the paper, which somewhat resembled the seal script of his past life, and Sui Ping had also taught him very seriously. He had never known why he had to learn this outdated ancient script until now, when he understood his grandfather's intentions.
Compared to Sui An, Huang Yuanya was even more shocked. He never imagined that a Mortal would possess such a treasure!
"Immortal Master, ordinary treatment methods would certainly be useless for a Cultivator like you. These two are Immortal Family Pill Formulas. Please see if they can be of any help to you?" Sui Ping respectfully handed over the two Pill Formulas.
Huang Yuanya took them and glanced over them, greatly surprised. These were not ordinary Pill Formulas at all; they were actually Pill Formulas from the Cultivation World! Grass Return Pill and Qi Gathering Powder! These were the things recorded on those two papers.
These two Pill Formulas were quite famous among low-level Cultivators. They were also among the few Medicinal Pills that Mortals could consume. However, Mortals would waste most of the Medicinal Power, but even so, it could strengthen their bodies, and living peacefully past a hundred years was highly possible. Low-level Cultivators could greatly reduce their meditation and Qi Refining time by consuming them, which was very beneficial for improving their Realm.
When Huang Yuanya was in his Family, he would only occasionally get one or two Grass Return Pills, and even then, only after completing some dangerous missions. As for Qi Gathering Powder, he had only bought a small packet in the market. His Family also didn't have this Pill Formula. Only the Core Disciples of large Schools could frequently obtain it.
Huang Yuanya looked at the two Pill Formulas Sui Ping handed over, his heart burning with excitement, and his pale, bloodless face even showed a hint of a blush. Although the medicinal ingredients for the Pill Formulas, let alone in the secular world, were not easy for low-level Cultivators in the Cultivation World to gather, and both of these Medicinal Pills were for Qi Refining cultivation and not very helpful for injury recovery, if he could truly concoct one of these medicines, even if his injuries wouldn't fully recover, there would be a good chance he could return to his Family. Once back in his Family, these injuries would naturally be treatable, and with these two Pill Formulas, entering the Foundation Establishment Stage in the future was not impossible.
If he hadn't been injured before, he would have immediately killed them and snatched the Pill Formulas without a second thought, not to mention Mortals, even if it meant a fierce battle with a Cultivator of the same Realm. But now, his injuries were too severe. Without other means of help, he estimated he wouldn't live for more than ten to fifteen days.
Huang Yuanya stroked his chin and pondered for a long time before asking, "I won't ask how a Mortal obtained this item; it must have been a fortunate Opportunity for you. I assume you also know that this is not something people of the secular world like you can use. Let me ask you, how many of the medicinal ingredients recorded on these two Pill Formulas have you collected?"
"To answer Immortal Master, this has been passed down through my master's generations. In my master's generation, because there were no male heirs, it was passed down to this old man."
Although Huang Yuanya said he wouldn't ask, Sui Ping still briefly explained the origin of the Pill Formula, then continued.
"Most of the Spirit Medicine on these two formulas are rare in the world. Even the few relatively common ones have quite high requirements for their age. This old man has only collected most of the ingredients for the Grass Return Pill over decades, and is still missing two types. As for the Qi Gathering Powder ingredients, I only have a small portion."
Huang Yuanya was even more excited to hear that only two more ingredients were needed to complete the Grass Return Pill's Spirit Medicine.
"Which two are missing? Tell me. Where are the rest of the medicinal ingredients?" After speaking, Huang Yuanya also looked at the pile of things Sui Ping had taken out on the stone, clearly indicating that what he wanted was not among them.
"We are still missing one twenty-year-old purple spirit fruit and one hundred-year-old huang jing zhi (polygonatum) as the main ingredient. The rest of the medicine is hidden in the pharmacy by this old man."
Hearing this, Huang Yuanya could no longer conceal the excitement in his heart, and the blush on his face deepened a few shades. He fumbled in his embrace for a few moments and pulled out a small, palm-sized gray cloth pouch. A faint blue light illuminated his hand, and then an incredible scene unfolded: the inconspicuous cloth pouch flashed with a gray light, and a string of strange purple fruits appeared out of thin air.
This scene left Sui Ping and Sui An, the grandfather and grandson, dumbfounded. This was a sight they had never imagined. So, Immortal Family methods were truly this miraculous!
Sui An recovered his senses earlier than Sui Ping, exclaiming in surprise, "This is a Storage Pouch! This is purple spirit fruit!!"
Hearing Sui An say this, Sui Ping also recovered his senses. He didn't recognize a Storage Pouch, but he did recognize purple spirit fruit. Looking at the string of purple fruits before him, there were seven or eight of them, each as crystal clear as amethyst, somewhat resembling grapes, but much larger than grapes, only slightly smaller than an egg. They clearly looked extraordinary.
Huang Yuanya didn't expect Sui An's composure to be even greater than Sui Ping's, and his knowledge was also quite extraordinary, being able to recognize such a rare Spirit Medicine as purple spirit fruit.
Thinking of the purple spirit fruit, Huang Yuanya felt extremely fortunate. During his mission outside, he unexpectedly saw purple spirit fruit for sale when passing through a market, and he didn't hesitate to spend all his savings to buy it. He never expected that an old enemy would see it, leading to the subsequent life-and-death battle where he almost perished on the spot. But as the saying goes, a loss may turn out to be a gain.
If he could survive this ordeal, there would be great hope of gathering and refining a batch of Grass Return Pills, and he would also gain two useful Pill Formulas. Entering the Foundation Establishment Stage in the future was also something to look forward to. If he submitted the Qi Gathering Powder Pill Formula to his Family, he would not be short of Spirit Stones or Magical Artifacts, and even high-grade Magical Artifacts were not impossible. Thinking of all this, Huang Yuanya's heart burned even more fiercely.
Now that he had unexpectedly obtained the purple spirit fruit, which was the hardest to find, he only lacked a hundred-year-old huang jing zhi (polygonatum). huang jing zhi (polygonatum) was not a rare medicinal ingredient, but a hundred-year-old plant was indeed quite difficult to find on this desolate Xiao Lang Island.
If it were in a more prosperous large city, even a Mortal pharmacy might sell it, and in a Cultivator's market, it would not be considered much. However, at this point, thinking too much was useless. If absolutely necessary, a several-decades-old one could be used, though the medicinal effect would be much weaker, which would be a last resort. As long as his Spiritual Qi recovered somewhat, enough to support him back to his Family, that would be enough.
Having decided this, the rest was simple. Huang Yuanya called over Niu Hu, the village chief, who had been waiting for a long time. He dispatched a few hunters to accompany Sui Ping to retrieve the medicine and took out several gold ingots from his Storage Pouch, asking the village chief to find people to go to a nearby town to purchase huang jing zhi (polygonatum) of fifty years or older.
Niu Hu was naturally overjoyed to receive the heavy gold, and a barely perceptible hint of greed appeared on his face. He readily agreed. Huang Yuanya then asked Niu Hu to lead the remaining villagers to build a wooden house on this small mountain. Niu Hu naturally had no reason to object, patting his chest and saying that he would personally lead the team and build the wooden house in the shortest possible time.