Published: August 25, 2025
Chapter 236: Ancient Prescriptions
“Exchange pill formulas?”
The fat man’s originally smiling face immediately stiffened!
“The disciple understands that these pill formulas are treasured by all the senior brothers and uncles as if they were their lives, so I won’t be picky! As long as they can slightly improve my cultivation speed during the foundation establishment stage, I won’t be choosy at all!” Han Li said sincerely.
Ever since Han Li learned about the specifics of pill formulas in the immortal cultivation world during a conversation with the old fellow, he had been scheming to collect some formulas for his own use. After all, he possessed secret techniques for accelerating the growth of spiritual herbs—how could he not take full advantage of this edge?
However, the better pill formulas were all tightly held by core formation stage cultivators. Even if foundation establishment disciples had one or two formulas, they could only refine insignificant pills. Therefore, Han Li’s original plan was to target his master, Li Huayuan. But after meeting this Senior Uncle Lei, Han Li immediately changed the target of his plan.
Because no matter how he looked at it, Senior Uncle Lei was far easier to approach than his master.
This feeling was not just Han Li’s own. Li Huayuan was simply too stingy towards his registered disciple. Moreover, their master-disciple relationship made things even more difficult to handle.
It was very likely that if Han Li used the same method on Li Huayuan as he did today, he would only need to lightly praise his “filial piety” to legitimately take the two spiritual herbs. Han Li would then have to put on a grateful, tearful expression and thank his master for accepting them.
Now that he had finally encountered another core formation stage cultivator, he naturally wanted to seize this rare opportunity!
“Want to exchange pill formulas? That’s indeed a troublesome matter.” Lei Wanhe seemed to have thought of something, and his expression finally softened. But his brows furrowed tightly, and his mood looked unsettled!
Seeing this, Han Li was not disappointed at all. Instead, he mentally shouted, “This definitely has a chance.” Otherwise, Senior Uncle Lei would not have shown such an expression.
“As long as the formulas are useful to me, any pill formula will do. I won’t make things difficult for you, senior uncle!” Han Li hurriedly lowered his threshold even further.
“Han Shi-zhi, I do have some good pill formulas here, but these are exclusive, secret family recipes passed down within the clan. They simply cannot be taken out for exchange!” Lei Wanhe shook his head regretfully.
Han Li’s disappointment was extreme! It showed clearly on his face with no attempt to hide it. The fat man noticed it all but then chuckled and said:
“Although I can’t use the family formulas to exchange with you, I do have several ancient prescriptions! Some were found in relics by myself, and others were traded with friends. Exchanging those with you is no problem at all.”
“Really! Then disciple thanks senior uncle very much!” Han Li rejoiced and quickly expressed his gratitude.
“Wait, wait. Let me finish speaking before you thank me!” The fat man waved his hand dismissively.
“Since we are exchanging, as a senior uncle, I must first clarify a few things,” the fat man said seriously, causing Han Li to be slightly stunned.
“Please speak freely, senior uncle. Your disciple will remember your teachings well!” Han Li immediately answered respectfully.
“There are no teachings or admonitions. I just want to get the unpleasant words out first, so you won’t regret it later!” Lei Wanhe glanced at Han Li and said lightly.
“If you refine pills with these ancient formulas, they are indeed genuine top-grade spirit pills. But the key is, the raw materials required by these formulas are now extremely difficult to find! I truly don’t know whether you can gather all of them. Of course, these materials are simply hard to find, but they definitely still exist in the world. Unlike some other ancient formulas whose raw materials have long since become extinct! In fact, most of the newly researched formulas nowadays are just variants of these ancient ones, constantly searching for substitute materials to re-experiment. This way, although the raw materials are available again, the efficacy is also greatly reduced. This is truly an unfortunate reality in the immortal cultivation world!”