Published: September 9, 2025
Chapter 853: Crimson Cloud Pill and Snow Soul Pill
“Eh! This seems to be the Wanmeng Fruit, now turned deep purple. It must have had medicinal properties for at least ten thousand years to develop this color,” the voice of the great yin divine lord echoed out in surprise.
“This herbal garden ruin hasn't seen visitors for tens of thousands of years. If the medicinal properties weren’t at least ten thousand years old, I’d be the one surprised!” Han Li suppressed the excitement in his heart and calmly said. He didn’t immediately start picking herbs recklessly but quietly observed for quite a while before turning and heading toward another corner.
“Dragon Pattern Herb.”
“Wind Spirit Flower.”
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At each patch of spirit herbs, Han Li murmured the names of these rare or even extinct spirit medicines.
Every single one of these herbs was at least ten thousand years old in spiritual efficacy, and Han Li’s eyes shone even brighter.
“I didn’t expect you to be so familiar with spirit medicine. Some of the ones you named, I don’t even fully understand their properties,” the great yin divine lord said with some surprise, barely restraining himself.
“Senior, are you perhaps teasing the junior? If I can recognize a third of the spirit medicines here, that’s already good. The rest of the spirit herbs will need your guidance,” Han Li looked toward other herbs in different directions and smiled faintly.
“Hmph! Although I’ve had some involvement with pill refining, I haven’t studied it deeply, so I can only help you recognize a few more,” the great yin divine lord said, apparently thinking it was a trivial matter and didn’t try to challenge Han Li. He easily pointed out several more spirit medicines and their functions.
Han Li nodded and flipped his palm, revealing a pale green Jade Slip in his hand. Without hesitation, he immersed his spiritual awareness into it and stood still as if searching for something.
Understanding the hint, the great yin divine lord didn’t interrupt and remained silent.
After the time it took to finish a meal, Han Li withdrew his spiritual awareness from the Jade Slip, his face showing a contemplative expression.
This Jade Slip was the very one given to Han Li by a woman surnamed Song from Luoyun Sect that day. It recorded many ancient spirit medicines and pill formulas, which was how he could identify so many spirit herbs and trees in this garden.
However, after a careful look just now, only one ancient pill formula could be immediately assembled with materials for refining. Some of the ingredients were these ancient spirit herbs he just identified, while others were materials he obtained from gambling battles at the border and from redeeming the Bronze Lantern ancient treasure.
Together, they barely formed the necessary ingredients for a pill called the “Crimson Cloud Pill.”
According to the formula, this ancient spirit pill was already a rare and precious cultivation advancement pill even during the wild age. For Han Li, an early nascent soul stage cultivator, the potency was somewhat excessive and overly fierce. The best stage to take it would be mid nascent soul stage.
Taking the Crimson Cloud Pill at the early nascent soul stage would not only waste some of the pill’s potency but also cause intense pain from meridian expansion or even tearing.
Besides the Crimson Cloud Pill, there was another spirit pill called the “Snow Soul Pill,” which also had a good chance of being refined. Its main materials could be gathered about 80-90% from the herbs in this garden and the materials he already had. The few remaining rare ingredients were difficult to find but could be acquired outside.
The Snow Soul Pill wasn’t a cultivation advancement pill but was an auxiliary spirit medicine that helped cultivators with ice-cold attribute cultivation techniques to take their mortal ice-cold power to the next level. The formula only briefly mentioned its effects without detailed explanation, but using so many rare ingredients surely meant it was extraordinary.