Chapter 201: Just a Low-Grade Dao Pill
Today is the day Chen Xia has prepared to refine elixirs.
So he chose a beautiful and sunny moment. The sun hung high in the sky, not dazzling but warm.
In the days when autumn has already arrived, this is quite good weather.
He was still dressed in a cyan robe, carrying the herbs he had managed to gather with great difficulty. As he walked on the bluestone floor of the Little Elixir Hall, he would occasionally step on fallen leaves, pressing them slightly deeper into the soil.
This could be considered promoting the cycle of life.
Chen Xia let out a sigh.
He thought that he was indeed doing good deeds all the time. Back in the Celestial Sword Sea, he was a well - known great benefactor far and wide.
First, he got rid of the bully Qiong Qi, helping numerous cultivators turn the tables on their oppressors, and then helped Qiong Qi reincarnate.
Later, he severely injured the Fourth Law Elder, a bully, helping him retire earlier to enjoy his pension.
Why was he so kind?
Chen Xia was quite emotional. He shook his head, and his cyan robe fluttered in the autumn wind. Amidst the swirling fallen leaves, the nearby big tree swayed twice and then suddenly stopped.
Because a fallen leaf landed on Chen Xia's head. He glanced sideways at the big tree.
The big tree didn't dare to shake anymore, and even the fallen leaves became very restrained. This was an instinct for survival.
Chen Xia removed the fallen leaf from his head and casually placed it on the ground. Then he walked a considerable distance forward, descended the Inverted Hanging Mountain, and went deep into the mountains to refine the elixir.
He was afraid that the Little Elixir Hall couldn't withstand the impending heavenly thunder and would shatter into pieces.
When he reached a deep mountain where no one was around, Chen Xia put down the herbs he was carrying and started to set up the pot and light the fire.
If others saw this, they would definitely not believe that he was preparing to refine an elixir. It looked more like he was getting ready to cook.
However, for Chen Xia, it was indeed not much different before. But now it was a bit different.
Because during his last days in the Celestial Sword Sea, feeling extremely bored, he spent some time studying pharmacology.
He could actually expound on some principles of elixir refinement and understand why it was done in a certain way.
But it didn't really matter.
Chen Xia had only one comment.
It was not as good as stir - frying.
The pot was set up, and the fire was burning. It was just a simple fire technique, not very difficult. The orange - yellow flames were burning, with their tips rolling.
Out of a sense of ritual, Chen Xia poured some oil into the pot, planning to heat it up first.
It was hard to tell whether this was the ritual sense of elixir refinement or cooking.
Then, the old companion Chen Xia was familiar with appeared.
A spatula.
The herbs didn't need to be cut. They were just placed in the iron pot. He waited for the medicinal properties to volatilize a bit. There was no need to rush.
When the medicinal properties had almost come out and it was time to condense the elixir,
Chen Xia held the spatula in his hand, smoothly slid it into the pot, and his right hand holding the pot started to toss it vigorously.
If he couldn't refine elixirs, maybe he could become an excellent chef.
Unfortunately, judging from the current scene, both elixir refiners and chefs would be left speechless.
It was a bit of a mishmash.
The grade of the elixir was not too high, so it didn't take too long to refine. Two hours later, a thundercloud gathered in the sky above. Dense thunderbolts coiled within it, and occasional roars could be heard, as if they were about to strike at any moment.
This meant that the elixir was about to be completed.
However, this thunder tribulation was a bit beyond Chen Xia's expectations.
It was a bit too small. It wasn't as fierce as the thunder tribulation when he refined elixirs in the Celestial Sword Sea. Compared with the thunder tribulation in the Celestial Sword Sea, this elixir was at most of the lower - grade Dao Elixir level.
Perhaps it was because the world here was different, and the cultivators in Qingzhou were weaker. They could at most withstand a thunder tribulation of the lower - grade Dao Elixir level.
Chen Xia didn't pay much attention. A lower - grade Dao Elixir was fine too. It was better than nothing.
He had such an ordinary mindset.
The cultivators in the distance couldn't keep their composure. Seeing this terrifying thunder tribulation, just a casual glance made their hearts tremble violently.
"What's going on? How could there be such a terrifying thunder tribulation? Could it be that some top - notch great power is about to break through to the Sea - Overturning Realm?!"
"Such a thunder tribulation is really hard to say. But it could also be that some rare treasure is about to be born. There are records in the historical annals about a peerless Dao weapon!"
"..."
The cultivators kept talking, but none of them dared to go over and take a look. If a cultivator really was breaking through to the Sea - Overturning Realm, it would be suicidal for them to go and look.
Moreover, even if a rare treasure was born, what did it have to do with them?
Surely it would be the Mountain - Moving Realm great powers of the eight major forces who would fight for it. For them, these insignificant ants, even if they got the rare treasure, it would only lead to their death.
But this thunder tribulation was really too terrifying. Just looking at it from dozens of miles away was already terrifying.
The cultivators didn't dare to think about what it really was. They only saw the thunder tribulation rumble, and then it turned into a hundred - meter - wide thunder pillar that crashed down crazily.
The sky was filled with flashing thunder!
Almost the moment the thunder tribulation appeared, the Mountain - Moving Realm great powers in Qingzhou set off. Although they were already close, they didn't approach immediately. Instead, they observed from dozens of miles away.
When the thunder pillar crashed down, their expressions changed. They stepped back dozens of miles first, afraid of being affected by the thunder tribulation and getting involved in karma.
When the hundred - meter - wide thunder pillar had almost completely crashed down and was about to disappear,
they all simultaneously flashed forward. If a rare treasure really was born, they had to seize the last moment when the thunder tribulation disappeared to snatch it. This was the fastest way.
Finally, only a little bit of the hundred - meter - wide thunder pillar remained. The surroundings were revealed, showing a bottomless pit, exactly the same size as the thunder pillar.
Only in the middle were there still some thunderbolts attacking.
The thunderclouds in the sky gradually dissipated.
The last bit of thunder was also about to disappear.
The Mountain - Moving Realm cultivators tensed up. They were all great powers in Qingzhou, top existences. In the past, their battles had always ended in a draw.
If there really was a rare treasure in the thunder tribulation, getting it might break this deadlock.
And even if they couldn't get it themselves, they couldn't let others get it either.
Everyone should just stay in the same situation and continue with the draw.
Finally, the thunder tribulation completely disappeared.
In the middle, a stone pillar appeared. It was the only stone pillar left in the bottomless pit, just big enough for one person to stand on.
When their eyes moved upward, they saw a cyan robe.
The moment they saw the cyan robe, several Mountain - Moving Realm cultivators' hearts skipped a beat, and they secretly thought it was bad.
This commotion was not about a rare treasure being born. It was a great power breaking through!
They just didn't know which great power could trigger such a breakthrough thunder tribulation. Could it be that after tens of thousands of years of silence in Qingzhou, a Sea - Overturning Realm great cultivator was finally about to emerge?
Their thoughts were interrupted because the figure in the cyan robe had completely emerged.
A refined face with a calm smile. He was holding a glittering elixir in his hand and was smiling at them and asking,
"Did you come here especially to congratulate me?"
The eyes of several Mountain - Moving Realm cultivators lingered on him for a moment, and then quickly fell on the glittering elixir. Even from such a distance, they could smell the fragrance of the medicine.
And the appearance of the elixir was really astonishing.
"A... a Dao Elixir?!" A Mountain - Moving Realm cultivator exclaimed directly, even a bit out of tune.
Chen Xia glanced at the elixir in his hand and shook his head.
"It's just a lower - grade Dao Elixir. It's really a pity."
This world didn't allow for the refinement of better elixirs.
Several Mountain - Moving Realm cultivators swallowed hard, looking dazed. They felt that Chen Xia had stolen all the limelight in their lives.
Just a lower - grade Dao Elixir?
A pity?