Chapter 1185: The Medical Dao Heavenly Palace (Third Update!)
The Medicine Master broke out in a cold sweat on his forehead, pacing rapidly around Qin Mu, his sleeves fluttering as various alchemy techniques unfolded with dazzling, breathtaking mastery.
Alchemy techniques were also divine abilities. In terms of mastery in this field, if the Medicine Master claimed second, no one dared claim first!
Back in the days of the Crippled Village, the Village Chief had once said that if the Medicine Master could apply his alchemy techniques to combat, his Dao techniques and divine abilities would make tremendous progress.
If he also possessed profound cultivation, the Medicine Master could stand among the world’s top powerhouses.
However, the Medicine Master never took cultivation seriously and never studied Dao techniques or divine abilities. He was always raising venomous insects and planting medicinal herbs, to the point where he became the weakest in terms of cultivation realm in the Crippled Village.
Now, Qin Mu’s situation was critical. The spiritual pill the Medicine Master had refined was too potent. His goal was to dissolve Qin Mu’s cultivation and forge the Medical Dao Heavenly Palace, which essentially meant helping Qin Mu enter the Dao through medicine by his hand.
Although he disliked conflict and competition, he had his pride. He was determined to surpass the Village Chief, the Mute, and the others. But he never expected that not only would he fail to surpass the other perfected Heavenly Palaces, but he couldn’t even control the medicinal power of the pill.
The Medicine Master moved like the wind, circling Qin Mu rapidly. His alchemy techniques shifted and changed, growing faster and faster.
Sweat poured from his forehead, evaporating into white steam before it could fall. He treated Qin Mu as a furnace and the medicinal power inside Qin Mu as ingredients, trying to refine Qin Mu into a spiritual pill!
Now, he regretted not having trained harder to improve his cultivation. Qin Mu himself was too strong. Using Qin Mu as a furnace and driving this human-shaped furnace required immense magical power.
The medicinal power inside Qin Mu was too potent. Driving that power to evolve the Medical Dao Heavenly Palace was doubly difficult.
He was now panting heavily, his Yuan Qi draining faster and faster. At any moment, he might fail if he couldn’t muster enough Yuan Qi.
His face was as red as a cloth just pulled from a dye vat. He strained every ounce of his cultivation, trying to transform the pure true Yuan inside Qin Mu into the Medical Dao Heavenly Palace.
Only when the Medical Dao Heavenly Palace was fully formed could the medical Dao rules inherent in that palace save Qin Mu’s life.
But now, no matter how hard he pushed, no matter how much cultivation he expended, he couldn’t transform the true Yuan inside Qin Mu into the Medical Dao Heavenly Palace.
Pfft—
The Medicine Master spat out a mouthful of blood. He felt his Yuan Qi was nearly exhausted, yet Qin Mu’s Medical Dao Heavenly Palace was only half-built.
“Even if I have to sacrifice my life, I can’t let Mu’er come to harm!”
A stubborn streak flared up in the Medicine Master. Suddenly, he reversed his technique, burning his own blood and vitality, and continued to strike Qin Mu with various alchemy techniques, fueling the human-shaped furnace to refine the medicinal power.
Just then, Qin Mu suddenly raised his hand and swept it across, blocking the Medicine Master’s alchemy techniques. He sneered, “Medicine Master Grandpa, you messed up, didn’t you? I knew you’d mess up. Every time you refine a new pill, you’re always missing something or other.”
The Medicine Master was stunned. He keenly sensed that Qin Mu’s Medical Dao Heavenly Palace was actually forming on its own. It turned out that Qin Mu’s spirit embryo and primordial spirit were driving the other Heavenly Palaces and the Yin-Yang Taiji Diagram, refining the remaining medicinal power and converting his true Yuan into the Medical Dao Heavenly Palace.
“Pfft—”
The Medicine Master spat out another mouthful of blood. Qin Mu quickly raised his hand and tapped several times, sealing the reverse-flowing blood and vitality in his body. He helped the Medicine Master sit down and said with a smile, “Medicine Master Grandpa, now do you see the downside of not having cultivation?”
The Medicine Master trembled as he raised a finger to point at Qin Mu. Qin Mu pressed his hand down and said earnestly, “Learn from your mistakes. If I hadn’t kept some cultivation in reserve for emergencies, wouldn’t you have exhausted yourself to death?”
The Medicine Master’s voice quivered. “You could have refined the medicinal power yourself, and you still made me cough up blood…”
“Medicine Master Grandpa, you used to trick me all the time. I’m just following your example.”
Qin Mu quickly took out some medicinal herbs, prepared the ingredients, and refined a spiritual pill to replenish his Yuan Qi and blood and vitality. He smiled and said, “If I hadn’t scared you this time, you’d end up suffering sooner or later. Now that you know you were wrong, you’ll work hard at cultivation in the future, striving to become as strong as me.”
“You unfilial…”
Before the Medicine Master could finish, Qin Mu stuffed a handful of spiritual pills into his mouth. The Medicine Master fumed, “I won’t eat…”
Qin Mu extended a finger and lightly traced it across his throat. The Medicine Master involuntarily swallowed the spiritual pills.
Qin Mu’s fingers danced like the wind, continuously tapping on his chest and abdomen to help him refine the medicinal power. He said, “Don’t act like a child. I did scheme against you this time, but what if you ever face a situation where I’m truly about to die, and you don’t have enough power to refine the medicine to save me? Of course, I’m so strong that I’d never encounter such a situation, but what about the Village Chief? He’s not as strong as me.”
He knew the Medicine Master had the best relationship with the Village Chief, so he gently guided him. “If the Village Chief were severely injured and on the verge of death, and you had the medicine to save him but lacked the magical power to catalyze it, wouldn’t you have to watch him die before your eyes?”
The Medicine Master regained some spirit and panted, “You’re cursing the Village Chief. You’re unfilial. The Village Chief would be so heartbroken…”
Qin Mu mobilized his own cultivation to refine the excess medicinal power in his body and said with a smile, “I was just giving an example. I wasn’t cursing him. Don’t talk nonsense.”
“The Village Chief will sword-sweep you…”
Qin Mu quickly stood up and said, “I still have things to do. I need to leave the Ancestral Court for a while. Medicine Master Grandpa, you stay here and slowly heal your injuries. Work hard at cultivation and improve your strength. I’ll take my leave first!”
He hurried away, his heart filled with joy. “I’ve gained another Medical Dao Heavenly Palace. I’m getting closer and closer to the Jade Lake realm. Medicine Master Grandpa will also work hard at cultivation and improve his cultivation. Hmm, among the Nine Elders of the Crippled Village, only Cripple Grandpa and Horse Grandpa are still uncooperative. How should I temper them…”
He was all smiles as he called for Dragon Qilin and Yan’er. He instructed them, “I plan to take down that Ancient God Egg of Wishes Granted and leave behind the treasures of the Twenty-Eight Heavens. You are the Dragon Mountain Recluse, the number one Celestial Master under heaven, and the master of the Void Mother Beast, controlling the Void Beasts in the Ancestral Court. Stay here and ensure the safety of this sacred land.”
Dragon Qilin hurriedly asked, “When will the Cult Leader return?”
Qin Mu thought for a moment and said, “At the fastest, a year. At the slowest, three to five years.”
Dragon Qilin felt uneasy. The title of Dragon Mountain Recluse was somewhat inflated. Although Blind Grandpa, the formation master, was here, he still lacked confidence.
“Raising the Cult Leader is easy, but raising Blind Grandpa is hard. Blind Grandpa is too shrewd…”
He sensed a crisis approaching. His Art of Raising People was about to face a tremendous test.
Qin Mu also sought out Blind Grandpa and the Mute, entrusting them with the task of reforging the Glazed Azure Heaven Canopy. The Mute laughed and said, “The Northern Emperor wasted a divine treasure and forged this treasure into a mess. I’ve long found it displeasing. I definitely need to reforge it. You can rest assured.”
Qin Mu soared into the air, removed the Ancient God Egg from within the Glazed Azure Heaven Canopy, and placed it into the Qin Continent. He thought to himself, “I’ve already deciphered most of the Dao language of the Grand Primordium. Now, through the Grand Primordium’s Dao language, I can infer the Dao language of this Ancient God Egg of Wishes Granted. Then I’ll know what those two Ancient Gods in the eggs were discussing.”
He walked outward, looked up, and saw that the sky had darkened.
Qin Mu took out his lantern and was about to leave when suddenly the earth shook and the mountains trembled. Beyond the Ten Thousand Black Mountains, a terrifying scene of a collapsing, annihilating universe unfolded!
Within the Ten Thousand Black Mountains, the gods of Yan Kang stared in terror at the outside world. Dragon Qilin’s voice came from afar: “Everyone, don’t panic! This is just the scene of the destruction of the previous cosmic year. The Ancestral Court itself hasn’t changed!”
Hearing this, Qin Mu also breathed a sigh of relief. He carried his lantern and walked out of the Ten Thousand Black Mountains, leaving the protective range of the Glazed Azure Heaven Canopy.
The moment he stepped out of the Ten Thousand Black Mountains, a chill ran down his spine, and an immense terror rose in his heart.
He heard the Dao of this universe wailing, snapping apart. The gods of this world were weeping bitterly!
This was by no means an illusion. He had truly stepped into the era of the destruction of the previous universe!