28: Cave Heaven Pill

Nangong Yu pondered silently, thinking of the division of auxiliary professions on the Xuanling Continent.

From this perspective, Pills, Talismans, Artifacts, Formations were indeed the most special, and their auxiliary role for Cultivators was extraordinary.

From this point of view, it was normal for the basic classics of the four Dao of Pills, Talismans, Artifacts, Formations to be a bit more expensive!

Thinking of this, he immediately bought these four basic classics of Pills, Talismans, Artifacts, Formations.

"Hmm, I've already learned the basics of the Sound Dao today. I don't need to rush to learn the others. I'll just learn one a day from now on, and let my brain relax a bit."

Nangong Yu mumbled, then ignored the classics he had just bought and turned to look at the glass display shelves of Medicinal Pills.

His main purpose in coming this time was to seek items for Breakthrough to the Grotto Heaven Realm.

His Dantian and Meridians were already filled with spiritual energy again, and he faintly felt a throbbing pain, which was the perfect time for a Breakthrough!

At this moment, if he used all his spiritual energy to impact any one of the Eight Extraordinary Meridians, opened up a grotto-heaven within it, and stabilized it, he could Breakthrough to the Grotto Heaven Realm!

A grotto-heaven was equivalent to an auxiliary Dantian, increasing the storage capacity of spiritual energy within the body.

The more spiritual energy used to open a grotto-heaven, and the purer it was, the larger and more stable the grotto-heaven would be!

When eight grotto-heavens were opened in the Eight Extraordinary Meridians, it signified Grotto Heaven Realm Early Stage Perfection.

At this point, one could continue to open grotto-heavens in the Twelve Main Meridians with spiritual energy, Breakthrough to the Grotto Heaven Realm Middle Stage!

When all twelve grotto-heavens in the Twelve Main Meridians were opened, it signified Grotto Heaven Realm Middle Stage Perfection.

Next were the five Zang organs (heart, liver, spleen, lung, kidney) and six Fu organs (gallbladder, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, bladder, and Sanjiao). Among them, the lungs and kidneys each had two grotto-heavens, and the Sanjiao had three grotto-heavens, totaling fifteen grotto-heavens!

When all fifteen of these grotto-heavens were opened, it signified Grotto Heaven Realm Late Stage Perfection!

At this point, by opening the thirty-sixth grotto-heaven at the Baihui point in the head with spiritual energy, one could Breakthrough to the Grotto Heaven Realm Peak.

After that, when the Dantian, Meridians, and all thirty-six grotto-heavens were fully filled with spiritual energy, one could Breakthrough to the Core Formation Realm!

However, wanting to Breakthrough to the Grotto Heaven Realm by one's own power, while not difficult to say, was also not simple!

This kind of operation often required those with excellent Spiritual Root talent, and the effect was generally not very good.

And to quickly Breakthrough to the Grotto Heaven Realm and rapidly advance, some auxiliary Medicinal Pills were also needed.

In addition to the spirit nurturing pill for advancing spiritual energy, a Grade 3 grotto-heaven pill was also needed.

The grotto-heaven pill was a Medicinal Pill specially developed for Grotto Heaven Realm Cultivators by many Alchemists on the Xuanling Continent after countless years of research, and its grade even faintly reached Grade 4.

Furthermore, besides Medicinal Pills, Cultivators also needed to comprehend and master grotto-heaven inscriptions. During a Breakthrough, grotto-heaven inscriptions needed to be inscribed within the grotto-heaven to reinforce it.

Only by doing so could it be ensured that the grotto-heaven would not collapse after all the spiritual energy had departed.

Of course, any Cultivation Technique above the King rank would come with grotto-heaven inscriptions that matched the Cultivation Technique. Cultivators only needed to master them and did not need to search for other grotto-heaven inscriptions.

And it was rumored that the more Advanced a Cultivation Technique was, the stronger the grotto-heaven inscriptions it came with.

Moreover, when changing Cultivation Techniques later, if the inscriptions provided by the new Cultivation Technique were lower-grade than the original inscriptions, the grotto-heaven inscriptions could not be replaced. Conversely, they could.

However, each Cultivator could only replace grotto-heaven inscriptions three times in their lifetime, so they needed to be extremely cautious.

Now that Nangong Yu Cultivated the Grand Void Origin Returning Art, the inscriptions it came with seemed very good, so he didn't need to look for any others.

In fact, by the time he Cultivated to the Spirit Absorption Realm Extreme Perfection, he had already known and mastered the grotto-heaven inscriptions for the first eight grotto-heavens, which saved him a lot of trouble.

All he needed were the auxiliary Medicinal Pills: the grotto-heaven pill and the spirit nurturing pill.

Thinking of this, Nangong Yu immediately bought 10 bottles of Special Grade spirit nurturing pills and 1 bottle of Special Grade grotto-heaven pills.

The grotto-heaven pill was a Grade 3 Special Grade Medicinal Pill, and the points required were more than twelve times that of the spirit nurturing pill.

1000 points!

Although expensive, Nangong Yu did not hesitate, as it was a Cultivation necessity.

He looked at the Medicinal Pills on the white jade display shelf and couldn't help but secretly click his tongue, "Just a Grade 3 Medicinal Pill is so expensive, what about higher grades?"

Thinking of this, he looked at Medicinal Pills of other grades, only to find that even within the same quality, the prices of different Medicinal Pills varied.

However, one thing was clear: for every higher grade of Medicinal Pill, the price was about 5-10 times that of the lower-grade Medicinal Pill. Some extremely poor high-grade Medicinal Pills were even less expensive than some excellent low-grade Medicinal Pills!

"Hmm, Medicinal Pills are too expensive. I definitely won't be able to afford them later on. It seems my idea of becoming an Alchemist is correct!"

Nangong Yu murmured softly, a hint of contemplation and determination flashing in his eyes.

The Encyclopedia of Cultivator Common Knowledge recorded that one portion of Spirit Medicine could refine one furnace of Medicinal Pills, theoretically yielding 10 pills, but in reality, there weren't that many.

However, even if only one low-grade Medicinal Pill was produced, the harvest would be enough to offset the cost of the Spirit Medicine. If two or more were produced, it would be a huge profit!

Moreover, depending on the Medicinal Pill, for the same Medicinal Pill, the prices between low-grade, middle-grade, high-grade, and special-grade showed increases of 2, 3, and 5 times, respectively, based on the low-grade price.

If one Special Grade Medicinal Pill was produced, it was a pure profit of 4 times. What about two or even three?

Profit is truly enticing!

"Buying Medicinal Pills for Cultivation consumes too many points. I'll have to start gradually learning Alchemy later."

Nangong Yu murmured, and his figure disappeared within the Time-Space Merchant Guild... When Nangong Yu woke up, night had fallen at some unknown time.

At this moment, the sky was dim. Shangguan Yuexi was holding Nangong Yu in the carriage, and Liu Mingyue was still accompanying them.

Shangguan Yuexi looked at her precious son in her arms and couldn't help but smile, "Yuer, you're awake?"

Nangong Yu smiled back when he saw her, and his small hand reached for her face.

This was Nangong Yu's usual trick now: meaningless smiles and restless small hands.

Shangguan Yuexi didn't stop him; she even deliberately lowered her head to let him scratch, as if only by seeing him and feeling the Little Fellow's small hands caress her, could she feel the meaning of her own existence.

Feeling Nangong Yu's small hand brush against her cheek, Shangguan Yuexi couldn't help but smile.

She showed him the ring on her hand, "Yuer, you must grow up quickly, okay? All the gifts you've received during this time, Mommy has saved them for you!"

Nangong Yu continued to smile, seemingly understanding, yet also seemingly not, making it impossible to tell.

Of course, Nangong Yu naturally understood, but he couldn't show it!

Shangguan Yuexi didn't think much of it. She hugged Nangong Yu and kissed him, then looked outside and asked, "Aunt Shen, how much longer until we arrive?"

"Your Highness, almost... Ah!"

Aunt Shen didn't finish her sentence before letting out a gasp, and the carriage stopped.

Seeing this, Liu Mingyue instantly became alert. Although she felt that no one should cause trouble near the imperial palace, it was always better to be careful!

Shangguan Yuexi held Nangong Yu tightly, frowning as she looked outside, "Aunt Shen, what happened?"