Chapter 1184: Divine Materials
“Naturally, an Immortal Elixir!” Ye Fan said.
In the mind of a noble from the Eternal Star Domain, there was a clear imprint: an Immortal Elixir was the rarest and most precious of great medicines. If one could find a complete plant and gather other divine minerals, it would be possible to refine a ninth-stage, perfectly complete Evolution Liquid.
Unfortunately, since ancient times, not to mention finding a Divine Medicine, even seventh-stage or eighth-stage primary divine minerals were impossible to locate. The most sensational news on the Eternal Main Star in the past fifty thousand years was merely someone extracting a sixth-stage Evolution Liquid.
“You’re not planning to throw the seed of the Qilin Divine Medicine in there to refine it, are you?” Big Black Dog changed color, strongly opposing.
They had returned to Heavenly Village. These potions were too precious to discuss at the Divine Silkworm Ridge, to avoid unnecessary trouble.
“Of course not!”
Immortal Elixirs were far too rare. The Big Dipper Ancient Star could boast a few plants only because ancient Great Emperors had come, bringing them from other star domains. Otherwise, they would be unseen for ten thousand ages.
Using the seed of an Immortal Elixir to refine Evolution Liquid would be a loss that outweighed the gain. They lacked other primary divine ingredients and could not obtain a perfectly complete ninth-stage precious liquid.
Moreover, even if they could refine it, they would have to consider whether it was worth it. Remember, each ancient Great Emperor had one plant, and it was never heard of them insisting on refining medicine.
On the Eternal Main Star, if ancient deities obtained an Immortal Elixir, they did not extract Evolution Liquid either; they refined it into a Nine-Turn Immortal Pill!
This surpassed the category of precious liquids. Its effects could no longer be known today, nor could the ancient methods be perfectly replicated.
Now, although some major powers used alchemical methods to refine Evolution Liquid, not all steps were the same as in antiquity. Those were secret recipes of ancient deities, difficult for modern people to fully master.
“We don’t have a complete Immortal Elixir, but we can add a few drops of True Dragon Immortal Elixir liquid and Divine Phoenix Immortal Elixir liquid,” Ye Fan said.
Back then, having escaped death by a hair, he had obtained some True Dragon Elixir drops from beside Ruthless Person’s coffin in the Ten Thousand Dragon Nest. He had distributed them to those present, and now was the time to use them.
As for the Divine Phoenix Immortal Elixir, it was rooted in Purple Mountain. Before he set out on the Stellar Ancient Path to return to Earth, Black Emperor had found a few drops for him to use to preserve his life.
These things were too precious. He couldn’t squander them all for alchemy, but Ye Fan felt that injecting just a few drops might be enough.
Ye Fan said, “Just a few drops. Don’t use them all. After all, these things are exclusive to ancient Great Emperors. In the future, every drop could save our lives!”
“Only two drops of each? That’s… too little. It probably won’t have any effect!” Killing Sage Qi Luo shook his head. He was also participating in the discussion.
“It’s fine. I brought back a semi-divine medicine from the other shore of the stars.” Ye Fan took out a small white jade cauldron. When opened, a fragrant aroma assailed the nose. It was the medicinal liquid given to him by the Changbai Mountain Ancestral Ginseng. Some had been used, leaving nearly twenty drops.
“This… is a heaven-defying thing.” Everyone marveled, but they also felt pangs of pain. It was also a life-saving precious medicine; once used, it would be gone forever.
“Put nine drops of this in. Keep the rest in Heavenly Village. If anyone faces disaster in the future, this might be a lifeline,” Ye Fan said.
Heaven-defying treasures—he didn’t want to use them all to refine precious liquid. He had to keep some for future needs.
Although the Immortal Elixir liquid added was very little, it was extremely precious. They estimated it could substitute for one primary ingredient, allowing the extraction of a fourth-stage Evolution Liquid.
“We have the primary ingredients, but we lack divine auxiliary materials.” Yan Yixi frowned.
You see, to refine Evolution Liquid required far too many divine materials. Several primary ingredients were indispensable, along with a large number of other auxiliary minerals.
“The Destiny Divine Rock should have quite a few auxiliary materials. We can continue using those. For the rest, we’ll find a way—buy them from all over the world,” Ye Fan said.
Back then, the purple-eyed young girl and her brother had refined divine liquid near Immortal Mountain. When they were about to leave, they had acted viciously, but Ye Fan had countered them and brought back an entire pool of precious liquid.
The liquid in the pool built from Destiny Divine Rock had long since dried up, but the divine minerals were still there, some still usable.
“The materials they gathered were very few, only enough to extract a preliminary liquid. We’ll have to search the whole world,” Holy Prince frowned.
“If the primary divine ingredients are abundant enough, even if the auxiliary materials are fewer, or even incomplete, it shouldn’t be a problem!” Ye Fan said.
He took out the liquid he had obtained from the Earth’s Immortal Ascension Pool, planning to use a portion to extract Evolution Liquid.
If a fourth-stage evolution could succeed, it would be enough to elevate Ye Fan to the next level. However, becoming a Sage would be very difficult, likely requiring a fifth-stage Evolution Liquid.
But as long as he could rise another step, he would be strong enough to battle ancient Sages!
Because, right now, he was almost at that level. He just needed to go one step higher!
Similarly, Ji Zi and Holy Prince were in the same boat. They were destined not to become Sages through fourth-stage Evolution Liquid, because their physiques were as terrifying as Ye Fan’s.
For Yan Yixi, Li Heishui, and the others, however, it was good news. If they could successfully refine a fourth-stage Evolution Liquid, they could gradually consolidate themselves with it in the future, and perhaps eventually become Sages.
Their physiques were not bottomless pits like Ye Fan’s and Holy Prince’s.
“Right. Since the auxiliary divine materials are insufficient, let’s make the primary ingredients more abundant!” the Killing Sage said.
The Primordial Life Stone was as big as a washbasin. No matter how much they used, it would never run out. The Destiny Divine Rock was also considerable, large enough to form a pool.
“Our blood can also be added!” Ji Zi said.
He was the direct child of an ancient Great Emperor, inheriting the precious blood of the Void Dao. It was extremely precious. If extracted, it would definitely be a great medicine in the human world!
“Good!” Holy Prince agreed. This time, they could only succeed, not fail, because they had prepared and sacrificed a lot.
Ye Fan also nodded. He was the Human Sacred Body, called the Indestructible Golden Body on the Eternal Main Star. His blood was invaluable. He immediately began to refine it himself.
Before long, an enticing fragrance wafted over. In Ye Fan’s room, within the jade vessel, light swirled, auspicious energy moved, and golden blood shone astonishingly.
This was the blood essence extracted from within his body. Drops of golden liquid rolled from his wrist, and the fragrance instantly filled the entire courtyard.
When he came out, Little Bald Head Huahua was the first to run up, gulping and swallowing saliva, staring fixedly at the jade vessel.
Black Emperor said, “He hasn’t even become a Sage yet, and his blood has already turned into precious liquid. When he reaches Great Accomplishment… tsk tsk tsk, drool!”
From the other two courtyards, rich fragrances also wafted over. Ji Zi and Holy Prince had also extracted their blood essences, surrounded by various divine phenomena. Their life auras were inherited from the ancient Great Emperor and the Primordial Emperor respectively.
“If the refinement succeeds, we will have no fear of Sages!” People were naturally excited.
In the following days, everyone was very busy, splitting up to take action. They entered major auction houses, visited famous ancient medicine pavilions, and began searching for auxiliary divine materials, spending astronomical prices to purchase them.
This created a storm. In a short period, various strange objects and rare materials began to skyrocket in price, multiplying several times over.
All the members of Heavenly Village’s Heavenly Court were mobilized, sparing no expense, rushing east and west, traveling to Central Province, entering the Western Desert, and journeying far to the Southern Ridge.
For everyone, there was good news every day. Because people in the Big Dipper Star Domain had never refined Evolution Liquid before, many minerals were still available and not extinct.
However, frustratingly, some things could never be found. This ancient star simply didn’t have them. After all, every time people from the Eternal Kingdom wanted to refine precious liquid, they had to venture deep into the stars, mining on many dead planets, not limited to one place.
In the end, Big Black Dog clamored, leading some youths from Heavenly Village, piloting the mothership, and charging into the stars, startling many people into dumbfounded stares.
“Damn it, what are you all looking at? How are you looking at this Emperor? Haven’t you seen such a majestic cosmic hero before?”
But a big dog piloting a spaceship was truly an odd sight.
They didn’t plan to go far, only searching in nearby star domains. It was also a test voyage to master various essentials.
Over the next month, Black Emperor really did lead people to find some divine minerals, mining them on various ancient stars, reaping great rewards.
However, when the mothership encountered an ancient Sage in the outer domain, they never took such risks again. They had almost perished.
“The path to immortality is about to open. Ancient Sages are constantly arriving in the Big Dipper Star Domain. Venturing recklessly into outer space might bring great disaster!”
In the end, they could only place their hopes on this living ancient star, hoping to find enough minerals.
“Actually, we’ve already gathered sixty to seventy percent of the auxiliary divine materials. Maybe we can refine it!” Dongfang Ye said.
“No!” Holy Prince shook his head. If they were going to do it, they had to succeed. If it failed, wasting so many precious divine materials would be too great a loss.
“Something’s wrong. Now, in all the major auction houses, famous ancient medicine pavilions, and mining areas, someone is sweeping through, even more crazily than us.”
Li Heishui brought bad news. Competitors had appeared. Now, people were competing with them, specifically buying up various divine minerals.
The only fortunate thing was that they had acted early, gaining the upper hand, and had almost bought up the most valuable things.
“Who are they?” Old Knife Handle’s eyes flashed with a fierce light.
“Very troublesome. There are imperial clans from Fire Qilin Cave and Sages from Blood Phoenix Mountain personally issuing orders to collect various minerals,” Li Heishui said.
“They’ve finally made their move,” Ye Fan nodded.
Several major imperial clans and some ancient royal clans had captured some prisoners. In recent days, while making intensive preparations and clamoring to attack the Eternal Main Star, they were also digesting the information obtained from the prisoners.
In the past two days, spaceships had been frequently launched into the sky, clearly test voyages!
Moreover, a few major figures from the Eternal Main Star had survived, falling into the hands of imperial clans like Fire Qilin Cave and Blood Phoenix Mountain. The heaven-defying recipe for Evolution Liquid would certainly be extracted from them.
“We seized the initiative. They won’t gain much,” Black Emperor said.
And indeed, it was so. The people responsible for purchasing minerals from Fire Qilin Cave and Blood Phoenix Mountain were hopping mad. Various strange objects and rare materials, which could still be heard of before, were now very hard to find.
“Mm, continue purchasing. Once the fourth-stage Evolution Liquid is complete, we can fight Sages!” Ye Fan said.
That day, Killing Sage Qi Luo returned covered in wounds, bloody, with half his body nearly rotten. It startled everyone, and they helped him up.
“In recent years, you’ve been injured several times. What’s going on?” Black Emperor asked. This wasn’t the first time.
“I’ve been keeping an eye on Mortal World and Human World, and they’ve long since noticed my existence. This time, I was ambushed. But the gain was also huge—I obtained some divine materials.”
He dumped a pile of gleaming things on the ground, immediately attracting everyone’s attention. They were all extremely special minerals, essential auxiliary materials, which he had managed to gather. (To be continued.)