The First Immortal of Destiny

If there should come a day when those close to him, like Zhao Lingyin and Chen Mengze, were just a hair’s breadth from forming their Golden Core...

Then the Enlightenment Pill would have its use. Shen Mo would even delay his own cultivation path for three years to nurture one, just to lend them a helping hand!

In other circumstances, he would not neglect his own path to fulfill the ambitions of others.

Of course, the uses of the Enlightenment Pill were not limited to this.

If a patriarch within the sect had their cultivation stagnate at the Golden Core Realm for many years, this Elixir could also be used to nurture promising juniors they favored.

An even more demonic and heretical method was to abduct and imprison a group of Golden Core Realm cultivators, force them to consume an Enlightenment Pill, and compel them to nurture it with their own True Yuan. Once the pill reached completion, it would be extracted, and a new pill fed to them!

The former method posed no significant issues. However, the latter—using a cultivator’s cultivation base to refine pills—was fundamentally an evil cultivator’s technique, something Shen Mo disdained.

Moreover, this method was time-consuming and laborious. Even if a finished Enlightenment Pill was produced, the profits earned might not even cover the immense effort invested.

After all, if one had the power to subjugate a group of Golden Core Realm cultivators, sending them to mine in perilous lands could generate quite substantial returns!

I wonder what level of efficacy the finished Enlightenment Pill can truly achieve? Shen Mo murmured to himself as he carefully put away the Enlightenment Pills. Within the Ancient Vine Sect, there is a ten-thousand-year-old spiritual tea tree. The tea brewed from its new leaves also aids in enlightenment. If this pill isn’t superior to the Enlightenment Tea, then it can only be classified as something of marginal value.

He had already decided. After attending the tri-monthly trade fair, he would visit the Ancient Vine Sect’s main gate and have a proper discussion with Elder Ge Qing regarding the matter of becoming a guest elder.

At that time, he would also be able to experience the profundity of the Enlightenment Tea Leaves!

After these two or three months of reclusive cultivation and alchemy, Shen Mo’s Alchemy side profession had also advanced, and he had mastered over a dozen mediocre elixir recipes.

[Alchemy: Grade V (2,045/12,000)]

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[Soul Nurturing Pill: Elite (MAX)]

[Demon Suppressing Pill: Elite (MAX)]

[Bone Tempering Pill: Elite (MAX)]

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[Flesh Bone Pill: Elite (MAX)]

[Ganoderma Marrow Pill: Elite (MAX)]

[Madness Heart-devouring Pill: Elite (MAX)]

[Nine-turns Spirit Melding Pill: Elite (MAX)]

[Blood Ginseng Red Sun Pill: Elite (MAX)]

[Dreamy Birth Pill: Great (215/500)]

[Three Emperors Marrow Pill: Excellent (4,450/5,000)]

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[Unnamed Elixir One: Unfamiliar (5/100)]

[Unnamed Elixir Two: Unfamiliar (5/100)]

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[Enlightenment Pill: Unfamiliar (5/100)]

Unwittingly, Shen Mo had already mastered several hundred elixir recipes. In terms of quantity alone, his collection now rivaled Zhao Lingyin’s.

However, many low-class elixirs no longer benefited his alchemy proficiency, and their profit margins were small, so he hadn’t fully maxed out their mastery!

If he wished to continue improving in the future, he would need to collect Grade V and higher elixir recipes as much as possible, which was relatively difficult.

Putting away the panel, Shen Mo tidied himself up and then pushed open the door to the guest room. Earlier, the attendant disciple Liu Siyun had come to report that Lady Scarlet, as arranged, had come to find him to go to the trade fair together and had been waiting in the guest room for some time.

The miscellaneous items he no longer needed had been sold by Liu Siyun on his behalf, earning a total of over eight thousand middle-grade Spirit Stones.

Coupled with his previous savings, it was enough to advance both the All-Encompassing Sword Canon and the Constellation Great Hand Seal, these two martial arts and cultivation methods, to the next stage. His combat power would also increase to a certain extent.

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”Fellow Daoist Scarlet, my apologies for keeping you waiting!”

Lady Scarlet, dressed in a vibrant red rainbow-feathered gown, sat in the guest room, sipping the spiritual tea Liu Siyun had served.

Her quiet tea-drinking demeanor alone was utterly enchanting, causing Liu Siyun and the other maid disciples to blush, their hearts fluttering, and their bodies to sway so much they struggled to stand firm!

The effect of Lady Scarlet’s Charming Body was too potent; even other women, if their cultivation was insufficient, would be inadvertently affected, and boundless desires would stir in their hearts.

BZZZZ...

Shen Mo formed a seal and applied the Heart Moon Fox Palm to each of the four maid disciples, including Liu Siyun, helping them regain their senses.

Realizing their previous lack of composure, the faces of Liu Siyun and the others turned an even deeper shade of red, as if blood might seep out.

Shen Mo found it amusing. He waved for them to withdraw for the time being, then sat in the host’s seat, sipping tea and chatting with Lady Scarlet.

After finishing a cup of tea, Shen Mo gave Liu Siyun some instructions using his Divine Sense. He then left the temporary mansion with Lady Scarlet, transforming into two streaks of escaping light and flying towards the immortal workshop in the direction of the ancient battlefield of immortals and demons.

As for Fu Jianghuo and the Peng siblings, the treasures they had obtained in the ancient battlefield of immortals and demons but didn’t need had already been sent to the trade fair in advance through the Clear Heart Sect’s channels. They had also been with their fellow sect experts these past few days, so they did not travel with Shen Mo and Lady Scarlet.

This trade fair, held once every three months, was actually organized for Golden Core Realm experts and above; those who had not yet formed a Golden Core didn’t even qualify to enter the venue.

It was spearheaded by major immortal sects such as the LiMountain Elixir Sect, the Taiyi Sword Alliance, and the Clear Heart Sect. Even Lady Scarlet wasn’t entirely sure how many sects were participating. However, the Ancient Vine Sect, benefiting from its status as the host, also had a hand in it and could share in some of the benefits.

Its trading venue was located in Tianyin Valley, fifty li north of the ancient battlefield of immortals and demons, which was the core area of the immortal market.

The valley was protected by formations that could detect the cultivation realm of cultivators entering. If one had not reached the Golden Core Realm, a very strong repulsive force would be generated, preventing them from stepping into the valley.

Shen Mo and Lady Scarlet were both at the middle stage of the Golden Core Realm, so they naturally entered unimpeded.

Only after entering did they discover that the entire Tianyin Valley had been arranged into an immense trading venue, with mountain rocks serving as tables and chairs, and white clouds as display stands.

Nearly a thousand Golden Core Realm experts were present, moving about. A considerable number of cultivators used various means to conceal their true identities, while others, confident in their strength and status, openly revealed their true appearances.

Before entering Tianyin Valley, Shen Mo had already used the True Immortal Magic to alter his appearance and soul fluctuations. Lady Scarlet had also changed into a simple, unadorned robe and used a High-Level Talisman to conceal her aura.

Following the trading method, both of them summoned a cloud, left their soul mark on it, and then placed the items they wished to trade on the cloud, allowing it to drift around to be inspected by other Golden Core Realm cultivators.

Shen Mo didn’t immediately display top-tier spiritual items like ancient cultivator remains; instead, he put out a bottle of Grade V Elixirs to test the waters.

Afterward, they found an unoccupied spot, sat down, and began to examine the various spiritual items and treasures on the other clouds.

”Fellow Daoist Shen, is there anything you particularly desire on this trip?” Lady Scarlet asked with a beaming smile after taking out spiritual tea, Spirit Fruits, and other refreshments, and personally pouring Shen Mo a cup.

”If I could encounter Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures that can enhance my cultivation progress, that would be ideal…” Shen Mo said leisurely after taking a sip of tea.

The Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures he spoke of were not the usual elixirs used to restore True Yuan or accelerate cultivation, but treasures akin to Samadhi True Fire, capable of increasing one’s foundation and further enhancing the degree of transformation of one’s Essence and Qi!