Published: August 16, 2025
Chapter 159: Heaven and Earth Spirit Medicine
After making up his mind, Han Li put down the Jade Tube and picked up another one.
The production of the Beauty-Setting Pill was much simpler compared to the foundation establishment pill. It neither required real fire for refining nor used any unfamiliar medicinal materials. All the ingredients were common varieties.
What astonished him, however, was that these medicinal herbs demanded properties that were over a thousand years old to be used as raw materials for the Beauty-Setting Pill. No wonder this pill had never been heard of before. After all, which immortal cultivator would treasure a spiritual herb that was over a thousand years old like their precious heart and soul, only to waste it on a pill that had no use for cultivation base? This explained why few in the immortal cultivation world knew about the Beauty-Setting Pill.
But for Han Li, this posed no real problem—it only meant the incubation period took a bit longer. Therefore, he decided that after dealing with the foundation establishment pill, he would try refining a batch to see if it was truly as miraculous as the recipe claimed—capable of maintaining one’s appearance as it was at the moment of ingestion.
Six or seven days later, when the old fellow came to the Garden of a Hundred Medicines to collect herbs again, Han Li made no attempt to hide and directly asked about the three types of rare medicinal herbs in the garden.
"Jade Marrow Mushroom, Purple Monkey Herb, Heavenly Spirit Fruit?" The old fellow stroked his small beard, his eyes narrowing into slits.
"Hehe! Looks like you’ve already got the foundation establishment pill recipe, so you’re asking about these three main ingredients! But tell me, do you really intend to refine pills yourself?" Senior Uncle Ma curled his mouth and gave Han Li a look that said “You really don’t know your place.”
"Of course not. I don’t even know these three main ingredients yet, and where could I find the hundreds-of-years-old auxiliary ingredients? The oldest in your garden is just a hundred-year-old Dragon-Transforming Herb! Under these circumstances, how could I dare to dream of refining pills?" Han Li didn’t tell the truth but artfully dodged the question.
"If you’re not planning to refine pills, why ask about these three rare herbs? I’m very busy and don’t have time to chat!" Senior Uncle Ma’s face stiffened as he said this coldly.
Han Li had anticipated this eccentric attitude from Senior Uncle Ma, so he didn’t panic. Instead, he smiled and said, "I was just curious because the names of these three main ingredients are quite peculiar, and I’ve never heard anyone mention their appearance or properties. So I asked casually. But what puzzles me is why your garden doesn’t have a single one of these rare herbs. Knowing how precious they are, surely you would try every method to obtain seeds and cultivate them here. Could it be that these rare herbs are so difficult to cultivate that even you can’t keep them alive?"
"Nonsense! Are you doubting my skills? The reason they’re not here has nothing to do with me. They are all born from the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, natural growths. Where would you find seeds? Even if you got seedlings, they grow in such unique environments that they simply can’t survive in ordinary conditions. No matter how carefully you tend them, it’s all in vain. Otherwise, do you think I would let them go?" The old fellow was clearly provoked by Han Li’s words and became irritated.
"No seeds? How could that be possible!" Han Li exclaimed.
"Hmph, it is possible! For things nearly extinct in the outside world but very useful to immortal cultivators, if they could be artificially cultivated, wouldn’t the great sects have long since planted them in large quantities? Would the supply of foundation establishment pills decrease year by year?" Senior Uncle Ma rolled his eyes at Han Li and snapped coldly.
Han Li felt a chill deep in his heart after hearing this. No matter how good the green liquid’s incubation effect was, if there were no basic seeds, how could he accelerate growth? You can’t just produce something from nothing!