Plan A
Furnace 8
Pill Formula
[Refresher: Qi Refining stage → Foundation Establishment stage → Golden Core stage → Nascent Soul stage → Divine Transformation stage → Void Refining stage → Body Integration stage → Great Accomplishment stage]
“You know me?”
Shang’s first thought was possession.
Apart from this method, there should be no other way to seize someone else’s body.
Possession, one type is premeditated, another is seeking a chance at life out of desperation.
Possessing the body of a dying person would be relatively easier; the weaker their spiritual energy, the easier it is.
Shang guessed that if this person had truly possessed Wei Shuangling’s body, it was likely an act of desperation. Who would possess the body of a human furnace whose meridians were completely ruined? Hearing it would make anyone think it was the most absurd joke in the world.
There was only one possibility: there was no other way.
Someone who understood his past, someone close to him who had recently been forced to self-destruct and then perform possession—was there such a person by his side?
But if it wasn’t someone familiar with him, they wouldn’t know that the person he cared about was a Crasher1.
However, the appearance and demeanor of this person who had possessed Wei Shuangling’s body did not seem familiar to him.
Su Xin thought, fortunately, such things exist in this world, although it’s a behavior deeply despised by people, something only heretical sects would do.
But the person before her definitely wouldn’t care whether she had possessed a body or not; this person’s three views had already been twisted.
“Of course I don’t know you, but among all things in this world, there is no one’s past that I cannot see through.”
Su Xin smiled faintly, one could say she was being extremely pretentious.
“Why should I believe you? Who knows if what you’re giving me is an empty promise, or rather, who knows where you learned about this matter.”
“For you, this is definitely a very worthwhile transaction. You don’t need to dwell on it, or investigate who I am, because you definitely won’t be able to find out. Before, I was a pill cultivator2.”
Su Xin hadn’t planned to develop in this direction before, but now she did.
The original owner, Wei Shuangling, had a Wood-Fire dual-system spiritual root3. If used well, it was perfectly fine for cultivating the Way of Alchemy4.
“I have a method that can reawaken the Crasher from their coma, but it is extremely difficult to refine. After all, it’s something that goes against the heavens. The medicinal ingredients it requires are also very rare. I need to recover to my peak state to help you refine this pill. Don’t even think about taking my method and having someone else refine it. In this world, only I can do it.”
Su Xin spoke with extreme arrogance and confidence, tilting her chin up. Although she was looking up at the man, her aura was not inferior in the slightest.
“I believe you will make this deal, Shang Huai5.”
Shang Huai narrowed his eyes. He had existed in this world for a very long time. The parties he had traded with did not know his surname. If they were more familiar, they would know his name was ‘Shang’, and the name ‘Shang Huai’ had not been mentioned by anyone for a long time.
“Then what do you want to get from me?”
“Help me resolve the strange thing in my body. The formation that represents the success of our transaction doesn’t need to be dispelled. This should give you a bit of assurance.”
Su Xin was utterly fed up with the fire poison spreading in her body.
Extremely disgusting.
“The fire poison can be cured, the passion heat6 cannot.”
“That doesn’t matter, as long as the fire poison is cured.”
“Why should I believe you? What you’re giving me now is just an empty promise. If, after many years, you haven’t refined that medicinal pill, wouldn’t I have made a losing deal?”
Although Shang Huai really wanted to pin his hopes on this, the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment. He dared not completely believe the person in front of him. He was afraid that if she didn’t fulfill her promise, he didn’t know what kind of out-of-control things he would do.
Lord Fourteen, is there any way to make that person briefly return from the dead?
【1/12.】
Deduct!
So far, only ten months of this world’s twelve-month lifespan had been used. Su Xin shivered, trying to earn some survival points is really not easy, life is truly hard.
“Do you have paper and pen?”
“Yes.”
Su Xin quickly wrote down a list of medicinal ingredients on the paper and handed it to Shang Huai.
“I can refine a special medicinal pill that can make him conscious for one incense stick’s time7, but only for one incense stick’s time. This is already the greatest effort I can make at present.”
“Really?”
Shang Huai asked in pleasant surprise, staring at the list of medicinal ingredients in his hand.
“Of course, but there’s a more important problem at hand. I need spiritual energy to refine pills. Currently, this body is damaged beyond repair, and I have no way to refine them for now. However, I have a method. After three months, I can restore this body, but I need to start cultivating from scratch. I need to reach at least Foundation Establishment to begin refining pills.”
Shang Huai’s expression changed from pleasant surprise to annoyance, but all his emotions were hidden beneath the mask, preventing others from prying in the slightest.
“I need time to find these things. Half a year. I’ll only give you six months. After half a year, I want to see this medicinal pill come into existence. Don’t even think about escaping. There’s a mark between us. Even if you go to the ends of the earth, I can find you.”
“Of course.”
“Before you refine this medicinal pill, I will not cure the fire poison in your body.”
“How tyrannical. If we’re making a deal, you should show some sincerity.”
“Here is a bottle of medicinal pills. There are ten inside. Each one can suppress it once.”
“Then that’s only enough for three months.”
“My sincerity only amounts to this much.”
Shang Huai took two steps towards the door.
“You knew how to get out before, you should know how to get out now.”
Su Xin had said that she could only find a way to re-cultivate after three months, and only after reaching Foundation Establishment could she refine the medicinal pill. But he was demanding that she refine this pill within half a year, which could be said to be extremely demanding, requiring someone to reach Foundation Establishment within three months.
However, those who could generally perform possession were at the Divine Transformation stage cultivation. Such people were already top-tier experts on the continent. But even so, within three months, it was a very abnormal requirement.
Shang Huai left. Su Xin rolled her eyes where she stood.
This kind of person is so annoying, don’t they know how to be considerate of each other? Although she knew he was very anxious, he should also consider her current situation, okay? Doesn’t he know there’s a saying in this world, haste makes waste8, and you can’t eat hot tofu if you’re impatient9?
But there was no way to reason with a pervert. Shang Huai was already an abnormal person now, madly pursuing power, all just to awaken one person.
Su Xin received the filtered information transmitted by Fourteen. She could only sigh that the fate of every pervert was so full of twists and turns.
Shang Huai used to be very innocent and cheerful, but he fell in love with his Shifu. His Shifu was someone who proved the Dao through killing, walking the Ruthless Dao10, and it was impossible for him to respond to his affection. It was impossible even for ordinary people, let alone this kind of forbidden love.
Later, a problem occurred during his Shifu’s cultivation. Shang Huai transformed himself into a special constitution, not a human furnace, but something even more detrimental than a human furnace, burning himself to dedicate to others.
To describe such affection as great would be truly chilling. It could only be described as too insane.
His Shifu originally refused this kindness, but after an accident, he suffered a qi deviation11, and it was Shang Huai who did his utmost to soothe him.
Su Xin didn’t feel it was very pitiful. This way of love was chosen by others. Shang Huai pushed his Shifu to a new peak. They were not Dao companions, nor were they simply master and disciple.
During his Shifu’s advancement from the late Void Refining stage to the Body Integration stage, he failed to withstand the tribulation lightning12. He wasn’t struck until his soul scattered13, nor was his cultivation regressed to the point of needing to start over. Instead, he fell into a deep coma, becoming a Crasher.
The Ruthless Dao of proving the Dao through killing was originally stronger than others in terms of power, so the tribulation lightning experienced was also more brutal.
Shang Huai tried every method but couldn’t awaken his Shifu. Thus, he became a black market merchant, trading for some rare treasures. He hoped to collect many things, and something would eventually be useful to save his Shifu.
He constantly entered secret realms, constantly got injured, constantly bled, all for some rare and precious treasures to exchange with others. Such deep affection should move everyone.
Shang Huai seemed to have given all his gentleness only to his comatose Shifu, treating others with the image of a very selfish and cold merchant.
Su Xin was just making complaints about his coldness and ruthlessness; she didn’t have any other thoughts in her heart. If she were to put herself in his shoes, she might not avoid doing the same thing.
Because she, as a person, was also similarly cold and ruthless.
Huanling Mountain.
Jing Yueru woke up from her dream. She seemed to remember some things, but then seemed to quickly forget them. Most of what she remembered was vague and quickly vanished from her mind. She tried hard to recall, but couldn’t remember anything.
A small paper crane hovered beside her. Jing Yueru reached out, and the paper crane landed in her palm.
Xuan Yi hadn’t expected his disciple to wake up so quickly, and her condition didn’t seem to have worsened much.
Her eyes were still clear and bright, without too much filth or coldness, a completely different person from when her eyes were red.
Could it be that she didn’t remember? The restriction wasn’t broken?
“Shifu, what happened to me yesterday? Do you know something?”
Xuan Yi sighed and had Jing Yueru sit down obediently.
“I originally planned to tell you when your cultivation had advanced further, your experience was broader, and your disposition more mature. But since things have come to this, I might as well tell you everything.”
Xuan Yi told her what he knew. In fact, he didn’t know much; he was ignorant of the secrets of their clan.
“These things must have been placed by myself.”
Jing Yueru said with certainty. Although she didn’t have those memories, she was inexplicably certain.
“Shifu, your disciple will go back to cultivate.”
Jing Yueru’s expression was calm, as if she had forgotten what happened before; despair and pain were all gone.
But were they really gone?
Xuan Yi secretly shook his head. Her disposition, in the end, had still changed.
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