Chapter 340: Yun Shan: Kekeke! Xiao Family, I've Got You Covered!
Inside the Yunlan Hall, Jiang Lin briefly explained the principle of the Crystal Pill to Yun Shan and Yun Yun. When they learned that the Crystal Pill was a 'side-effect-free body-tempering pill' that could be made with some stones and cheap herbs, their eyes practically lit up with excitement.
On the Dou Qi continent, there were separate body-tempering techniques, but they were slow to cultivate and painful, not nearly as fast as cultivating Dou Qi.
There were also body cultivators in the world, but when facing Qi cultivators, their advantages weren't as overwhelming as Jiang Lin's. The reason Jiang Lin's performance was so terrifying was because he had accidentally learned a special Dou Technique, Eight Extremes Collapse, which had the ability to hit targets from afar, and he had cultivated it to an extraordinary level—beyond what ordinary people could comprehend.
Normally, Eight Extremes Collapse would be a technique that even someone like Xiao Yan, who was fighting against a fellow Dou Master like Nalan Yanran, would struggle with, although it could still cause significant damage. But someone like Jiang Lin, with a 100% penetration of Dou Qi shields, was the exception.
"To put it in a less accurate way, this Crystal Pill is like a 'temporary automatic cultivation device.' It has an 'addictive' quality—once someone consumes one Crystal Pill and enhances their physical strength, they will naturally want to consume more. The consumption of Crystal Pills increases with one's level. A one-star Dou Master will consume less than a nine-star Dou Master."
"Of course, this also means that the Crystal Pill can help a Dou Huang elevate their physical strength to the sixth stage by consuming the pills. But it's important to note that the Crystal Pill cannot enhance the body beyond the Dou Qi level." After explaining the effects of the Crystal Pill, Jiang Lin reminded them.
"Hm? Why not?" Yun Shan asked instinctively. He didn't understand why the Crystal Pill, which could enhance physical strength with no side effects, wouldn't work beyond the Dou Qi realm.
"Well..." Jiang Lin could only smile helplessly at this question. "The Crystal Pill is still a Dou Tool. Pills will digest on their own, but the Crystal Pill… unless you actively refine it with Dou Qi, the pill may just rot inside your body or get passed out. The premise for refining is that Dou Qi is needed. You can't use a Dou King's Dou Qi to refine a Crystal Pill meant for a Dou Emperor, right?"
"It's the same reason a Dou King Refiner can't make a sixth-grade Crystal Pill. It's a matter of technique."
The way the Crystal Pill was explained could indeed be a bit misleading. Yun Shan subconsciously considered it to be a regular pill.
Dou Huang can directly consume seventh or eighth-grade pills, but seventh or eighth-grade Crystal Pills...
Grave Robber: "Holy shit! I found a nearly new Crystal Pill!"
"Ah, I understand now." Yun Shan nodded, signaling that he understood.
Typically, a regular Refiner couldn't make a Crystal Pill that exceeded their cultivation stage, but Jiang Lin could, first because his red-gold Dou Qi was perfect and of high quality, and second, because the core of the Crystal Pill was the Furnace of Fire Technique, which was Jiang Lin's self-cultivating method. However, in this case, Jiang Lin's super-grade Crystal Pills were actually not as effective as those made with regular methods; the only advantage was that they allowed lower-level people to refine them. For example, Jiang Lin had previously made a sixth-grade Crystal Pill and exchanged it for a wood-type magical core crystal.
"As you said, the benefits of the Crystal Pill are indeed terrifying. If we can't get the entire Gama Empire involved, the situation will certainly create a lot of problems. Yun'er, go talk to Jia Xingtian and the others outside. I still have things I want to discuss with them." Understanding the far-reaching potential of the Crystal Pill, Yun Shan also knew that Yunlan Sect couldn't consume it all by themselves. The most important thing was that the Crystal Pill needed refiners to make it.
Yun Shan could already imagine the future joke:
Child: "Great! I have Fire-Wood Dou Qi! I'm going to learn well and become a Refiner, then a Crystal Pill Master!"
Teacher: "Ah, poor child, only Refiners can be Crystal Pill Masters."
And the Refining Guild behind the Refiners was a real force that dominated both the black and white sides, something Yun Shan simply didn't have the power to control. At this point, Yunlan Sect had to join forces with the Gama Empire to move forward together, so they could benefit in the long run.
Yunlan Sect had missed the distribution of the Feather Sheath Wings' benefits before, but now, they couldn't afford to miss out on the distribution of the Crystal Pill's benefits.
However, for some reason, Yun Shan looked at Jiang Lin with a strange expression. As a hundred-year-old elder, Yun Shan knew the complex background of the Refining Guild and the terrifying forces of the Soul Palace.
Interestingly enough, the Crystal Pill created by Jiang Lin held no attraction for the Soul Palace. It was miraculous how, apart from the Soul Palace, all the other forces could benefit from the Crystal Pill, while those bizarre creatures in the Soul Palace couldn't derive any benefit from it at all.
"Disciple, I'll take my leave." Yun Yun lightly bowed to Yun Shan and then walked out of the hall, leaving only Yun Shan, Jiang Lin, Xiao Yan, and a certain fiery old man.
"Senior, is there something you need?" Xiao Yan felt a bit of pressure when Yun Shan looked at him. The person in front of him was a genuine Dou Zong, and if that person had ill intentions, both he and Yaoshen could be in trouble.
"Hmm, Xiao Yan, right? Would you be interested in joining Yunlan Sect? Or perhaps, becoming my disciple?" Yun Shan got straight to the point, asking Xiao Yan without hesitation.
"Ah?" Xiao Yan's eyes widened, and he was stunned. Did he hear that correctly? A Dou Zong was actually asking to take him as a disciple?
"This..." Xiao Yan seemed to fall into some confusion. He didn't know how to refuse without offending Yun Shan.
Yun Shan noticed Xiao Yan's hesitation and said directly, "Don't worry, just tell me your concerns. I'm not someone who won't listen."
After getting Yun Shan's assurance, Xiao Yan looked at Jiang Lin, who seemed indifferent and said with a slight sigh, "Senior, it's not that I want to refuse you, but I don't think it's the right time for me to stay in Yunlan Sect."
"First, my relationship with some of your disciples and elders might cause awkwardness for both sides."
"Second, I already have a master. If I were to take another master, I'd need to seek my current master's opinion."
"Third, I've already made a promise to meet with someone at the Jia Nan Academy. As you know, I'm someone who values promises."
"Hmm." Yun Shan subconsciously rubbed his chin and thought for a moment before saying, "It's fine. It's no problem if you don't join now. You can always join later, and you can be an honorary elder for now. Later, when you go abroad to study, I'll make sure your family here in the Gama Empire is taken care of by Yunlan Sect."
Xiao Yan's gaze flickered, but then he thought about how his family would be under the protection of a Dou Zong, and he immediately bowed to Yun Shan and said, "Thank you, Senior Yun Shan."
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