This kind of top quality spirit stone was called a âfake top quality spirit stone.â
After seeing the description of this pill recipe, even with Wang Linâs mental fortitude, he was shocked. This pill recipe was too vicious.
It said that all fake top quality spirit stones had a thread of blood inside them, but they could only be seen by the origin soul of a Soul Formation or above cultivator.
He took out his top quality spirit stones and carefully looked at them one by one.
âI didnât think that all them would have a thread of blood except for oneâ¦â Wang Lin pondered for a bit before disappearing.
Ten days later, Wang Linâs group appeared in an ancient transfer array at the edge of Chu.
This time, when using the ancient transfer array, Wang Lin wasnât sure if he was hallucinating or not, but he heard a faint sigh of relief.
This sound came from the top quality spirit stone.
They returned to the valley in Chu. This place hadnât changed at all since they left it. Lu Fei and Tie Yan went to where each of them were before and continued to cultivate to condense the spiritual energy in their bodies so that they could reach the peak of the late stage of Nascent Soul sooner.
Wang Linâs life calmed down again. He continued to treat Li Muwanâs body while Li Muwan studied the rank 6 pill recipe. Many of the ingredients were already extinct, so her job was to find replacements.
She wasnât afraid of dying, but she didnât want to leave Wang Lin. In order to stay with Wang Lin, she put all of her effort into studying this pill recipe.
Sometimes she would raise her head and see Wang Lin cultivating nearby. Her eyes would be filled with tenderness, and inside that tenderness there was sadness and love.
Li Muwan sighed in her heart.
After a month of trying to find replacement ingredients, Ouyang Zi was also called over by Wang Lin. Unfortunately, the other rank 5 alchemist, Tian Yunzi, died when he tried to reach the Nascent Soul stage years ago. With the three of them studying the recipe, the process would be a lot faster.
Ouyang Zi was crazy about alchemy. It was as if he was born to do alchemy. When he saw the rank 6 pill recipe, it was as if he had come across his purpose in life. He immediately became like a madman and began to study the substitutions and combinations of the 138 ingredients.
Whenever they found a replacement, Liu Fei and Song Qing would search around and send over the ingredient.
If it was something the Cloud Sky Sect didnât have, they would buy it at a high price from sects of other countries.
If that was still not possible, they would find information about the location of the ingredient and have Lu Fei and Tie Yan gather them.
Time quickly passed by. Two years later, of the 138 ingredients, only three were left. Sadly, they still hadnât found replacements for these three.
In these two years, Ouyang Zi had forgotten about everything else. He was completely focused on the rank 6 pill recipe.
As for Li Muwan, in these two years, she slowly aged. Her skin was no longer snow white; it was now starting to show a bit of gray.
Two years of endless body maintenance done by injecting spiritual energy into her body wasnât able to stop the life and death cycle of the heavens.
The reluctance in Li Muwanâs eyes became even stronger.
On this night, it began to rain inside the valley. After Li Muwan fell asleep, Wang Lin stood in the rain by himself while looking at the mountain in the distance. The pain in his heart became even stronger.
âWan Erâs body is becoming weaker and weaker. If she tries to reach the Nascent Soul stage by force, her body will not be able to handle it. It will be destroyed. At that moment, the incomplete Nascent Soul will only dissipate. I wonât even be able to extract her soulâ¦â
Wang Lin stared into the distance and let out a sigh. He looked very sad as he took out a wine gourd and took a big gulp. He sat down and leaned against the stone house.
This wine was the fruit wine. There wasnât much of it left in Wang Linâs bag. Every time he drank this, he would think of Da Niu bringing him wine.
âUncle Wang, you came to the capital to make a lot of money so you can go back home to marry your wife, right?â
âAfter uncle has made a lot of money, he is going to go home to get marriedâ
This scene from the past appeared in his mind. He finished drinking all the wine in a few gulps, then he raised his head and looked up at the sky.
Just at this moment, a scream of excitement came from Ouyang Ziâs room. Shortly after, Ouyang Zi came running out from the room. He was startled to find Wang Lin out in the rain. He quickly walked up and said, âSect master, I found the substitute ingredients for the last three ingredients!â
Wang Linâs eyes became serious as he looked at Ouyang Zi.
Ouyang Zi quickly took out a jade. He handed it to Wang Lin and said, âThose three ingredients are extinct, but I found a combination of 37 other ingredients that will have the same effect. Although the effect will be weaker, it shouldnât deviate too much from the original.â
Wang Lin accepted the jade, scanned it with his divine sense, and instantly memorized it.
Ouyang Zi said, âThese ingredients are quite rare. The Cloud Sky Sect only has four of them. We will have to go to a rank 4 cultivation country to get the rest.â
Wang Lin stood up. With the jade in hand, he disappeared.
The moment he left, Li Muwan opened her eyes and revealed a trace of sadness.
âYou can never see me during my loneliest hours because Iâm only lonely when youâre not around.â
Two streams of tears rolled down from Li Muwanâs eyes. Thin lines had appeared on her forehead. She looked like she had aged ten years in the past two years.
Wang Lin didnât waste too much time. Seven months later, he came back with a tired expression.
During these seven months, Wang Lin didnât rest at all. He had gone to most rank 4 cultivation countries and even some rank 5 cultivation countries.
He finally managed to get all of the ingredients by either buying, trading, or stealing.
In these seven months, he experienced a lot of danger. The most dangerous time was in a rank 5 cultivation country against a mid stage Soul Formation cultivator with a very special domain. The domain was âforget.â Wang Lin was able to win in the end, but it was very close.
The forget domain really scared Wang Lin.
The other occasion was with a late stage Soul Formation cultivator. Although his domain was pretty normal, he was about to reach the peak of late stage Soul Formation. His domain was ever changing under his command.
In hindsight, Wang Lin calculated that this personâs power was slightly above Red Butterflyâs. In the end, Wang Lin fought to a standstill against this person.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
In these seven months, Wang Lin realized that among Soul Formation cultivators, Red Butterfly wasnât the strongest. Although these people hadnât reached the Soul Transformation stage, they were very powerful.
Especially those with special domains; they had abnormal strength.
After returning to Chu, Wang Lin quickly moved toward the valley.
Inside the valley, Wang Lin spread out his divine sense and found that both Tie Yan and Lu Fei were both 500 meters closer to the pagoda than before. Both of their cultivation levels had raised a bit.
Wang Lin appeared outside the stone house. He opened the door and his body shook. What he saw was someoneâs back.
This figure had a head of long hair, but half of the hair was white.
Wang Linâs heart ached. He walked up and stood beside Li Muwan. He looked at her beautiful face that was now even older.
Wang Lin whispered, âWan Er, Iâm back. I have gathered the ingredients.â
Li Muwan faintly smiled. She didnât say anything as she looked at Wang Lin. She whispered, âDonât leave anymore, just spend more time with me. I donât have much time leftâ¦â
Wang Lin looked at Li Muwan and once again said, with a serious expression, âYou wonât die!â
Li Muwan bit her lower lip and gently nodded. She leaned against Wang Lin and closed her eyes.
Wang Linâs return caused Ouyang Zi to become devoted in refining the rank 6 pill. His lifeâs dream was to refine a rank 6 pill. It was like his soul had been ignited.
Almost all of the substitute ingredients were things he chose after researching for a very long time. He used more than 1000 ingredients to replace these 138 ingredients. This calculation included the effect of each ingredient and how long it would take to refine each of them.
If he didnât have the alchemy experience to back it up, there would be no way for him to refine it.
Even Ouyang Zi couldnât be careless about this. He didnât care about Li Muwan at all; this was just for himself. He was about to fulfill his lifeâs dream. He told himself countless times that he could fail as many times as he needed in his life, but he couldnât fail this time.
As the refining process continued, Ouyang Ziâs temper became even worse. Sometimes he would even become impatient toward Wang Lin when he came to ask about the progress.
It was not because he wasnât afraid of Wang Lin, but due to his personality. He had forgotten about the world; in his mind, only the pill mattered.
Wang Lin didnât mind Ouyang Ziâs temper. In fact, he thought that among all the people in the Cloud Sky Sect, Ouyang Zi was the one to most likely reach the Soul Formation stage.
Because he was obsessed with alchemy, it was likely that he would be able to comprehend the heavens and gain a domain.
However, his cultivation was still stuck at the mid stage of Nascent Soul. If he could reach the peak of the late stage, then reaching the Soul Formation stage was only a matter of time.
The days slowly passed by. In the blink of an eye, three years had passed. Ouyang Ziâs refining was still going. It seemed like he was stuck at some kind of barrier, so his temper became even worse. One could occasionally hear him shouting in rage.
After Wang Linâs return, he had spent every second at Li Muwanâs side. Her hair was now completely white. If it wasnât for the fact that Wang Lin had been transfering spiritual energy into her non-stop for the last three years, her beauty would have long been dried up as time brought changeâ¦
Three more years had passed when Ouyang had a breakthrough in his alchemy. Although he hadnât finished the pill, it wasnât far away. The heavy smell of medication came from his stone house.
Li Muwanâs body had become extremely weak. She could no longer move; she could only lie in the bed and look at Wang Lin. The reluctance in her eyes became even stronger.