CHAPTER 298: ALCHEMY QUESTIONS

Seeing his master still didn’t understand, Li Wenqiang began explaining.

"If a monster cultivator and a human cultivator practice the same body refining technique, would they have the same physical strength?" He asked.

After thinking about it, Shen Xu shook his head.

"In terms of physical strength, the monster clan have a higher starting point. If they practised the same technique, the monster cultivator would have a better outcome than the human cultivator."

Li Wenqiang nodded when he heard this.

"The immortal marrow changes a cultivator’s physical foundation. It helps bridge the gap between the human clan and the monster clan."

Shen Xu was excited when he heard this.

Everyone in their group was a peak level seven body refining cultivator.

However, in terms of pure strength and body defence, Shen Xu and Zhen Yuan couldn’t compare to Yang Shi and Feng Xue.

"Refining the immortal marrow will give you golden bones, golden muscles, and golden blood. As a result, your body will be able to exert more strength and endure more attacks."

Hearing this, Shen Xu caressed the bottle with a happy expression.

"It seems we found a treasure." He said, but soon turned to Feng Xue and Yang Shi.

"Is the immortal marrow useful to you?" She aske,d and the two immediately nodded.

"We are physically gifted, but there is always room for improvement." Feng Xue said.

"Master, the immortal marrow is also useful to me." Li Wenqiang reminded, and Shen Xu couldn’t help but frown.

"Your body is the Nine Heavens Tower. Why do you need the immortal marrow?" He asked.

"It’s true that my body is the Nine Heavens Tower. However, I have condensed a tangible physical form. Cultivating this form will also strengthen my true body, preventing it from being easily damaged."

Shen Xu shook his head when he heard this.

Although he was reluctant to share the immortal marrow, he wasn’t a stingy person and wouldn’t shortchange his people.

"Everyone gets two drops." He said.

At the same time, he removed three bottles from his storage ring and transferred two drops into each.

When that was done, he turned to Li Wenqiang.

"How do we use it?’ He asked, but it was Feng Xue who answered.

"Immortal marrow is normally drunk, but our cultivation is too low." She said and quickly continued.

"At our level, it’s best to dissolve it in a tub of spiritual spring water and slowly absorb it through the skin."

After saying that, Feng Xue smiled, recalling something.

"I forgot to mention." She said, and after getting everyone’s attention, she continued.

"Immortal marrow is also good for stabilising the cultivation realm."

Hearing this, Shen Xu smiled with a happy expression.

Their group had just advanced, and while their cultivation was initially stable, it was far from solid.

"I almost want to retreat." The double sai,d and several others nodded.

However, Zhen Yuan shook his head and took the bottle of immortal marrow from Shen Xu’s hand.

"The auction is only a few months away, and we have a lot to do before then." He said.

"I know." Shen Xu said.

After that, the group lazed in the peach garden and didn’t leave the space until the following morning.

Since they had already gotten the chaos water, Zhen Yuan and Shen Xu decided to leave the Alchemy Tower City.

However, before then, they needed to visit the Alchemy Tower and the Myriad Treasures Pavilion.

The first stop was the Alchemy Tower.

As expected, dozens of cultivators were gathered in front of a large noticeboard, placed next to the tower entrance.

Seeing this, Shen Xu and Zhen Yuan also walked over.

’The ten questions.’ Shen Xu thought, and a trace of anticipation flashed in his eyes.

The first question was about the barrier-breaking pill.

If a cultivator failed to advance a major realm, the difficulty of advancing the second time more than doubled, making it impossible to break through.

Similarly, some cultivators were not talented or lucky enough, resulting in a thick barrier between realms.

In such situations, a barrier-breaking pill was necessary.

However, the barrier-breaking pill was difficult to refine, and low-grade pills were almost useless.

The first issue posed in the posted questions was to refine a level five barrier-breaking pill with nine spirit grasses. Most importantly, the pill could only be more, but not less effective than the common barrier-breaking pill.

Ordinarily, a level five barrier-breaking pill required eighteen spirit grasses.

Most importantly, each of the spirit grasses contained in the formula was necessary and could not be ignored.

Considering this, the solution to the question was not a matter of removing spirit grasses from the refining formula, but of modifying it.

’Even my alchemy inheritance doesn’t have a formula that only requires nine spirit grasses.’ Shen Xu thought and subconsciously frowned.

However, he wasn’t discouraged.

Just because his inheritance didn’t have the formula didn’t mean that the pill couldn’t be achieved.

After all, no matter how comprehensive his inheritance was, alchemy had changed and evolved since the dawn of time, and the inheritance couldn’t encompass everything.

’I just have to try it.’ The double thought and shifted his focus to the next question.

The second question showed an incomplete formula for the green mold antidote pill.

From the instructions, test-takers were required to complete the formula and refine a usable green mold antidote pill.

However, Shen Xu had the formula in his inheritance, so he didn’t waste his time on the second question.

In this way, the double read the ten questions and used an image stone to record them before he and Zhen Yuan left the tower.

[How?] Zhen Yuan asked as they walked.

[Six out of ten.]

[You can answer six, or you don’t know the answers to six?]

[I can answer six. As for the four...]

Shen Xu couldn’t help but be excited when he thought of the four questions.

More than providing answers for the Alchemy Association, he was more excited about learning and improving his alchemy mastery.

However, learning was learning and earning spirit stones was earning spirit stones.

[Ayuan, I want to sell answers.] The double suddenly said, and Zhen Yuan smiled with a doting expression.