Chapter 35: Top-Tier Supreme Human-Shaped Elixir

A few minutes later, Ye Yang had nearly finished inspecting Zhao Qingzhi’s thirty-nine elixirs, with only the final three remaining.

The elixirs before these three were of similar quality to those in Ye Yang’s second round of inspection.

They started at low-grade mid-tier, with the highest being mid-grade high-tier.

Although none were as exceptional as the Seven Days Seven Colors Flower, as long as they weren’t low-grade low-tier elixirs, Ye Yang considered them a gain and was relatively satisfied.

“Hm? What’s this?”

As Ye Yang’s gaze landed on the first of the final three elixirs, he froze.

“Top-tier high-grade elixir, Reincarnation Flower.”

After examining it several times, Ye Yang confirmed he hadn’t made a mistake. This elixir was indeed a top-tier elixir—the Reincarnation Flower.

“What a pity. The Reincarnation Flower is useless to me.”

After confirming it was the Reincarnation Flower, Ye Yang inwardly sighed with regret.

The Reincarnation Flower’s effect allowed a cultivator to experience a reincarnation in a dream.

On the surface, the ability to undergo a single dream-reincarnation didn’t seem to match the Reincarnation Flower’s status as a top-tier elixir.

After all, what could a single dream-reincarnation do for one’s cultivation? At most, it might provide some insights.

And that was indeed the case.

For those who didn’t need it, the Reincarnation Flower’s effect was comparable to a mid-grade elixir—merely providing some insights to aid in breaking through realms.

But for a cultivator at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage, on the verge of breaking through to the Divine Transformation realm, the Reincarnation Flower was an unparalleled treasure.

To break through from Nascent Soul to Divine Transformation realm, one had to endure an incredibly terrifying heavenly tribulation.

This tribulation was called Mortalization.

As the name suggested, it involved having all of one’s powers sealed by the heavens, reducing the cultivator to a mortal.

Only by rediscovering their true self in the mortal world could they complete the Mortalization process and achieve the Divine Transformation realm.

During the process of rediscovering one’s true self, no one could offer assistance. Any help would increase the difficulty of Mortalization, making it impossible to comprehend one’s true self, leading to a fate of living and dying as a mortal.

Since ancient times, ninety-nine percent of peak Nascent Soul cultivators attempting to break through to Divine Transformation failed to comprehend their true self and perished during the Mortalization tribulation.

Top-tier special physiques held such a revered status in the cultivation world for a reason.

Beyond their terrifying aptitude, the most critical factor was that top-tier special physiques possessed a unique power. They could undergo Mortalization countless times.

For ordinary cultivators, dying during Mortalization meant true death.

But for those with top-tier special physiques, if they died of old age during Mortalization, their special physique’s power would restore their cultivation and lifespan, allowing them to attempt Mortalization again.

With infinite chances at Mortalization, those with top-tier special physiques could naturally overcome the tribulation and achieve the Divine Transformation stage.

The Reincarnation Flower’s status as a top-tier elixir stemmed from its dream-reincarnation, which could substitute for the Mortalization process.

By consuming the Reincarnation Flower, one could bypass the Mortalization stage entirely and directly enter the Divine Transformation stage.

An elixir capable of producing a Divine Transformation cultivator naturally deserved its top-tier rank. Logically, an elixir that allowed one to bypass the Mortalization tribulation unscathed should never be considered useless to Ye Yang.

Yet, in reality, the Reincarnation Flower was practically useless to him. At most, consuming it would allow Ye Yang to experience a dream-reincarnation, gaining some life insights.

As for bypassing the Mortalization tribulation unscathed, the Reincarnation Flower’s effect was essentially zero.

The reason was simple.

The Mortalization tribulation was a trial imposed by the Heavenly Dao of the cultivation world on those breaking through to the Divine Transformation stage. But Ye Yang wasn’t cultivating in the cultivation world to face that tribulation.

He was cultivating on Earth.

Earth had no Heavenly Dao, so Ye Yang wouldn’t need to face the Mortalization tribulation at all. As long as he reached the required realm, breaking through to the Divine Transformation stage would happen naturally, like water flowing into a canal.

“Although it’s useless to me, when my realm is higher in the future, I can return to the cultivation world and sell it.”

Ye Yang looked at the Reincarnation Flower, thinking to himself.

He then turned his attention to the final two elixirs.

The last two elixirs were unremarkable, both at the low-grade mid-tier layer.

“Your thirty-nine elixirs consist of one top-tier elixir, one advanced elixir, thirteen mid-grade elixirs, and twenty-four low-grade elixirs. The low-grade elixirs are worth 500 Kunlun points, mid-grade elixirs are worth 1,000 Kunlun points, advanced elixirs are worth 1,500 Kunlun points, and top-tier elixirs are worth 3,000 Kunlun points. In total, these thirty-nine elixirs are worth 29,500 Kunlun points.”

After inspecting the final two elixirs, Ye Yang turned to Zhao Qingzhi and spoke.

“Yes.”

Hearing Ye Yang’s words, Zhao Qingzhi immediately nodded respectfully.

Seeing Zhao Qingzhi’s nod, Ye Yang connected with the mission stele and transferred 29,500 points to him.

After the transfer, Ye Yang waved his hand, storing Zhao Qingzhi’s thirty-nine elixirs into his storage ring.

“Now it’s your turn.”

After collecting Zhao Qingzhi’s elixirs, Ye Yang turned to Yao Lai and spoke.

With that, Ye Yang repeated the process, waving a surge of spiritual energy to lift all 167 of Yao Lai’s boxes into the air. With another wave, he opened all the boxes mid-air.

Following a left-to-right order, Ye Yang looked at the first box.

Upon seeing the appearance of the elixir in the first box, Ye Yang’s heart tightened, and he began to examine it closely.

This elixir had the shape of a newborn infant, resembling the Ginseng Fruit from Journey to the West, taking on a humanoid form. In the cultivation world, any elixir with a humanoid shape was, at the very least, an advanced elixir.

In the cultivation world, humans were the spirit of all things.

All things in heaven and earth, once they embarked on the path of cultivation, would ultimately transform toward a humanoid form.

Elixirs were no exception.

Once an elixir took on a humanoid shape, it possessed extraordinary medicinal power.

“Top-tier supreme elixir, Nine Extremes Fruit.”

After some time, Ye Yang finally identified the name of Yao Lai’s humanoid elixir from the cultivation world’s elixir compendium.