Chapter 7 - The Heavenly Fragrant Harmony Body
By the time they finished, it was already afternoon.
Leyvi and Anda both were sitting on the chairs in the living room. On the table in front of them were 3 bottles of the qi refining pills that Anda refined.
"Alchemy Vision? What kind of ability is that?" Leyvi was curious.
Anda then told Leyvi about her experiences when she got the Alchemy Vision. It was quite difficult to explain it in words. They have to experience it personally to completely understand it.
"From how you described it, it was more like a vision that could perfectly guide you step by step to refine a perfect pill." Leyvi tried to connect the dots using his logic.
"That's right, I felt that way too." The more she thought about it, the more she felt that was the case. The time, the temperature, the condition of the spirit herbs, and more variables that the Alchemy Vision showed her were probably what she should match as closely as possible.
Maybe one day when she was able to perfectly match the timing, the heat, the amount, the technique, everything, would she finally be able to make peak-grade alchemy products. It was said that supreme-grade products would be blessed by the Alchemy Dao and would acquire additional effect. However, this was all a legend as nobody can prove it.
"Later, I will go out and find more spirit herbs for you. I'm going to find as many as possible so you can practice more. Remember, don't just follow blindly what the Alchemy Vision showed you, make sure to find out the reason why it needed to happen that way." Anda immediately agreed with what Leyvi said.
"Leyvi, let's use all the middle-grade and high-grade qi refining pills first. This will be my first time experiencing the effects." Anda suggested enthusiastically.
They divided the middle-grade and high-grade qi refining pills equally, and Leyvi kept the whole low-grade qi refining pill in case he needed to exchange for some contribution points. He was very poor right now after he bought the Fiery Trailblazer martial skill.
Leyvi and Anda went to the cultivation room and started to consume the middle grade. Both of them were pleasantly surprised by the efficacy of the pill. Middle-grade qi refining pills give them twice the amount of refined spiritual energy compared to low-grade qi refining pills.
It was not just the quantity of the refined spiritual energy that mattered, the most beneficial part was the quality of the refined spiritual energy. The quality was a level higher than the low-grade qi refining pills.
When breaking through to the Foundation Building realm, the higher the quality of one's refined qi, the lower the probability of failing. The reason why the Qi Refining realm was given the name was exactly because they needed to refine their qi.
Without the help of the pills, ordinary cultivators might not even be able to reach the Foundation Building realm their whole life because the qi refining process was long and arduous.
However, this was only true for people of mediocre talent. People who were born with heaven-defying spirit roots or a unique meridian system which was also called the unique heavenly body, can just do nothing and still reach a higher realm without effort.
This was the reason why having cultivation talent was always the priority for the sects. Geniuses can go further with fewer resources. While the geniuses were showered with resources and better cultivation techniques, the less talented cultivators could only depend on themselves. The world was truly unfair.
A day later, Leyvi and Anda finished consuming the middle-grade qi refining pills. They stopped for a bit to enjoy themselves and then ate some food cooked by Leyvi.
After getting ready, they consumed the high-grade qi refining pills. The effect of high-grade qi refining pills was no doubt very effective.
Leyvi and Anda who enjoyed the effect of middle-grade qi refining pills yesterday now felt like that was a waste of time.
The amount of spiritual energy provided by the high-grade qi refining pill was twice the amount of the middle-grade pill and the most important part was the quality of the refined spiritual energy also skyrocketed to another level.
Leyvi and Anda who already tasted the effect of these pills knew in their heart they would never be able to go back to consuming low-grade qi refining pills.
Two days later.
Leyvi and Anda had completely consumed the high-grade qi refining pills, and now they felt a little sad. These 3 days of cultivation raised their cultivation by a lot, and it saved them many months.
If they keep consuming high-grade Qi refining pills like this, what should take 10 years of cultivation to reach the late stage of the Qi Refining realm would be shortened to just 2 years. Even with those 10 years, there was no way they could refine their spiritual energy to the level of quality given by the high-grade qi refining pills. The difference was just too shocking.
Anda looked and Leyvi and said,"Leyvi, from now on we are only going to consume high-grade qi refining pills and just exchange the rest with contribution points." She elaborated more that there was no point in consuming low-grade and middle-grade pills anymore because the efficacy was just way better, and it would benefit them more later.
The reason why cultivator needed a Foundation Building pill when breaking through to the Foundation Building realm later was because the quality of refined qi in their dantian had not reached a desirable level.
Both quantity and quality of refined spiritual energy must reach a certain threshold to be able to break through. Cultivators usually reached the quantity threshold, but not the quality threshold. Foundation building pills would help them make that final refinement and help them break through.
Now that she could refine high-grade qi refining pills, Anda decided to sell the rest for contribution points, so they could buy better cultivation manuals, weapons, armor, martial skills, or life-saving artifacts.
"Leyvi, when we started to sell the middle-grade qi refining pills later, the sect will definitely notice my talents sooner or later. What should we do then?" Anda sat beside Leyvi, hugged his arm, and asked for his opinion.
Leyvi was silent for a while and thought about the situation. Soon, he replied, "That's fine. It would be better if any of the high-ranked elders in the Alchemy Hall took you as their personal disciple. When you become a core disciple, there will be a lot of resources to cultivate!"
He continued, "The faster we get stronger, the better. However, don't show too much of your talent, or someone might try to harm you out of envy."
Anda nodded, agreeing with Leyvi. "I heard that core disciple will be given a space bag. It would be easier to hide things later. Maybe I can get one for you."
Leyvi smiled. "My panda wife is so nice. Since you are so nice, I am going to give you a present!" While complimenting his wife, Leyvi thought of something and decided to give her.
Anda was excited to hear that, and she looked at Leyvi expectantly, "What is it, what is it?"
"I want my toy!" Leyvi shouted. Anda giggled in response. She already knew about the cursed words.
[Talent Bead |Level 2| EXP 31/500]
[Talent list : Sturdy, Chess, Fragrant]
[Recipient: Anda | Alchemy | 99/100]
[Recipient: Stripey | Steal and Stealth | 45/100]
[Host benefit: Fire Affinity, Tree Climbing Expert]
"When the talent bead reached level 2, there was a talent called Fragrant in the list. From now on, you will become the most fragrant panda girl ever!" Leyvi joked.
"Yay! Panda power!" Anda also cheered.
"Give the fragrant talent to Anda." Leyvi instructed to the menu in front of him.
[Talent Bead |Level 2| EXP 31/500]
[Talent list : Sturdy, Chess]
[Recipient: Anda | Alchemy and Fragrant | 99/100]
[Recipient: Stripey | Steal and Stealth | 45/100]
[Host benefit: Fire Affinity, Tree Climbing Expert]
All of a sudden, Leyvi and Anda were surrounded by a soft and sweet fragrant, and it made them relaxed.
"Wow! These smells are so good, my wife smells very nice!" Leyvi immediately hugged Anda and buried his face in her milky valley.
While Leyvi was enjoying himself, Anda was receiving and processing information that came out of nowhere! After a few moments, she opened her eyes. Leyvi noticed this and let go of Anda. He asked, "How was it?"
Anda stared at Leyvi emotionally. A few moments later, her eyes teared-up.
Leyvi panicked and stood up. "Anda, are you alright? Did I harm you?"
"No." Anda quickly replied. Leyvi was relieved. He sat down again. "Then why are you like this?" He asked softly.
"It's not fair." She said.
"Huh?" Leyvi was confused.
"It's not fair to you. You only get a little benefit, while the person you gave the talent to got so much more." Anda complained.
"That's what you worried about? Scared me for no reason." Leyvi didn't care. His state of mind has changed quite a bit from a few days ago.
He looked at the menu and noticed there doesn't seem to be any new benefit for him. It looks like he could only get a benefit per recipient. Since he doesn't really care about how the talent bead experience point works anymore, he just said the cursed words and closed the menu.
To Leyvi now, it was just an indicator to estimate when the talent bead would get to the next level. He had almost zero control over this issue.
"Of course I care! You are my husband! And look at this." Anda stood up and started to absorb spiritual energy from the surrounding.
Suddenly, an invisible vortex formed around Anda and although Leyvi could not see it, he could definitely feel it. The spiritual energy around them was quickly being absorbed by Anda. This speed was at least a hundred times faster than normal absorption rate without relying on any pills.
Leyvi was shocked when he felt this. No wonder Anda felt upset about the unfairness of the talent bead.
Anda stopped the absorption and looked at Leyvi emotionally again.
"What husband gave me was not just a normal fragrant body, it was called The Heavenly Fragrant Harmony Body!"
"What!!?" Leyvi also stood up and his mind exploded, not literally.
The Heavenly Fragrant Harmony Body! One of the top ten Unique Heavenly Body! One of the best cultivation physique in the world.