Chapter 19 The Supreme-Grade Essence Pill

The Blazing Dust Pill assists Cultivators at the 7th level Foundation Establishment Realm and lower in burning impurities from their bodies. Over the course of cultivation, as Cultivators consume numerous natural treasures, impurities naturally accumulate. The more impurities in the body, the less efficient it is for Cultivators to cultivate and progress. Thus, humans have found and developed various methods to address this problem.

The most popular method in the current era was naturally using pills.

The Cleansing Water Pill was the most popular due to its gentle process and effectiveness. Cultivators didn't need to endure suffering when using it. Therefore, wherever the Cleansing Water Pill was available, significant benefits followed.

But everything developed logically. When the demand for the Cleansing Water Pill became excessive, there was inevitably a shortage of supplies. This led to the creation of another type of pill known as the Blazing Dust Pill.

The effect of the Blazing Dust Pill is similar to that of the Cleansing Water Pill, but they employ different processes. The Cleansing Water Pill uses water essence to cleanse impurities from the body, whereas the Blazing Dust Pill utilizes flame essence to burn away impurities.

One method cleanses gently with water, while the other method burns intensely with flame. It's easy to imagine which method is more popular.

But the Blazing Dust Pill has its advantages. As the flame essence burns away impurities, it also tempers the bodies of Cultivators.

In terms of the value of the ingredients, both of them were equally valuable. The main ingredients of the Cleansing Water Pill were the Aqua Crystal and the Essence Dew, while the main ingredients of the Blazing Dust Pill were the Flame Crystal and the heart of a level 2 flame beast.

The level 2 beast flame had the strength equivalent to that of a Foundation Establishment Cultivator. Its power could vary depending on the grade of the beast; a mid-grade level 2 beast flame, for instance, could contend with Foundation Establishment Cultivators at levels 5 or 6.

To clarify, the heart of a level 2 flame beast was initially easy to procure, but over time, shortages were inevitable, much like with Essence Dew. Level 2 beasts are intelligent creatures with strong survival instincts, often preferring to inhabit deep forested areas.

So, in terms of ingredients, both the Essence Dew for the Cleansing Water Pill and the heart of a level 2 flame beast for the Blazing Dust Pill are difficult to replenish over the long term.

Another challenge for the Blazing Dust Pill is that it requires a pill refiner who cultivates flame-type techniques to refine it, which increases the rarity of the pill to another level.

So, normally, the Blazing Dust Pill was harder to come by than the Cleansing Water Pill. Of course, its price was also slightly higher.

After two months of accumulation, Shangguan Yi obtained 100 batches of ingredients for the Blazing Dust Pill. Now, he was ready to begin refining it, though he planned to provide only 20 batches to the pavilion.

After two months of cultivation, his progress had increased by 30%.

He was also searching for the ingredients of the supreme-grade essence pill. He searched for each ingredient separately, disguising his inquiries as inquiries about various types of pills. After two months of searching, he only lacked the thousand-years ginger. This item was indeed hard to obtain; even the Azure Cloud Pavilion didn't have it in stock, or if they did, they were unwilling to sell it.

Whether they had it or not, he would naturally find out when he distributed the Blazing Dust Pill. So, Shangguan Yi began refining the Blazing Dust Pill.

As a 7th level Foundation Establishment Cultivator, the quantity and density of his essence were more than sufficient to refine 100 batches of the Blazing Dust Pill in one go.

After half an hour, Shangguan Yi finished refining all 100 batches of the Blazing Dust Pill, with 70% of his essence still remaining.

Unknowingly, his cultivation had already reached a point where he could refine hundreds of batches of pills with such ease.

Feeling satisfied, Shangguan Yi spent the rest of his essence refining essence pills from high grade to low grade. 

The result was highly satisfying as he successfully refined another 20 batches of high-grade essence pills, 100 batches of mid-grade pills, and an additional 1,000 batches of low-grade pills.

Shangguan Yi didn't rush to distribute the Blazing Dust Pills. It wasn't until a month later that he handed over 20 batches of Blazing Dust Pills to the pavilion.

On the same day, Old Wang also delivered the thousand-year ginger to him. This confirmed Shangguan Yi's suspicion: the pavilion had indeed been unwilling to sell the thousand-year ginger.

Whatever the reason, now that he had enough ingredients, Shangguan Yi was prepared to refine the supreme-grade essence pill.

Taking out ten main ingredients, various supplementary ingredients, and a high-grade essence pill, Shangguan Yi used his flame to melt them. The process was painstakingly slow, and it took him half a day to complete it.

Ten pure, crystal-like pills emerged from the thin air. Shangguan Yi kept nine of them and immediately consumed one.

The world essence flooded into his Sixth Sense Realm like a torrent. Shangguan Yi quickly activated his cultivation technique, forming ten suns simultaneously as the world essence gathered intensively on them.

Shangguan Yi sensed that his Sixth Sense Realm was saturated with essence. Even after completely condensing the ten suns, there was still roughly 30% of the world essence remaining.

Ten days later.

"As expected of the supreme-grade pill, its effects are truly remarkable. With this, I should be able to break through in two months," Shangguan Yi exclaimed, overjoyed.

Shangguan Yi's cultivation had already reached 50%. He just needed to cultivate another 5 cycles before he could advance to level 8. This made him desire the supreme-grade pill even more.

Shangguan Yi left his room and then called for Shuang'er.

He then gave her the white pearl containing his message to Old Wang, along with ten batches of low-grade pills as the delivery fee, before returning to his room.

The message contained a list of ingredients for refining pills, including the thousand-years ginger. It also requested 100 batches of ingredients for the Blazing Dust Pill. Finally, he mentioned that there was no longer a need for low-grade flame techniques; he required mid and high-grade techniques. Furthermore, he specified that the techniques should not be limited to flame techniques alone; he sought proficiency in all types of techniques.

After completing all of this, he entered seclusion once again.

A month later, he distributed another 20 batches of the Blazing Dust Pill. In return, he received another 100 batches of Blazing Dust Pill ingredients, a thousand-years ginger, hundreds of essence pill ingredients, various pill ingredients, and 36,000 essence stones.

Two months later, he gave out 20 batches of the Blazing Dust Pill and received the same amount of ingredients and essence stones. During this month, he also broke through to level 8.

Five months later, Shangguan Yi reached level 9. During this month, the pavilion finally stopped sending the thousand-year ginger.

Shangguan Yi guessed that they must have run out of stock. Therefore, he increased the distribution to 30 batches of the Blazing Dust Pill per month.

But the results were still the same: the thousand-year ginger was indeed hard to obtain. Shangguan Yi couldn't help but use ten batches of the Blazing Dust Pill as bait to exchange for one thousand-year ginger.

The result satisfied him; indeed, someone was willing to exchange with him. The thousand-year ginger might help a Cultivator absorb and refine world essence faster; however, it was a one-time use item. Compared to ten batches of the Blazing Dust Pills, totaling 100 pills, one could see the value in this trade. He could use one or two pills for himself, while the rest could be sold for profit.

Like this, another year passed. Shangguan Yi continued to experience breakthroughs with the help of the supreme-grade pills, advancing to level 10. It could be said that he was in seclusion for two years since he last met Shuang'er.

During these two years, the situation outside began to descend into chaos, starting with the Black Sea Commerce's aggressive selling of the Cleansing Water Pill.

In the first three months, many Cultivators began shifting their attention to the Black Sea Commerce because the daily sales of the Cleansing Water Pill were twice as high as those of the Azure Cloud Pavilion.

The Azure Cloud Pavilion still had ample stocks of the Cleansing Water Pills, allowing them to maintain their position for a while. However, over time, fewer Cultivators sided with them.

In the fourth month, they had to increase their supply of mid-grade essence pills for purchases, stabilizing the situation once more.

But the good times didn't last long; the supply of Cleansing Water Pills was only enough to sustain them for half a year.

Fortunately, in the sixth month, Shangguan Yi successfully refined the Blazing Dust Pill. This brought them relief.

Finally, in the eighth month, they officially released the Blazing Dust Pill, which intensified the situation and attracted significant attention.

With the appearance of the Blazing Dust Pill, the advantage of the Black Sea Commerce diminished significantly.

However, their real attention was progressing smoothly as of now; they had already secured 30% of the essence pill's ingredients.

The Mu Family also benefited from this situation, having secured 20% of the essence pill's ingredients.

So, in total, they had acquired 50% of the ingredients for the essence pills in Shanxi County. This included not just Xi'An City but the entirety of Shanxi County.

Finally, in the 10th month, the Azure Cloud Pavilion received information about the arrival of chaos time. They immediately began making the preparations, but to their shock, they discovered that most of the ingredients for the essence pills in nearby cities had already been sold to the Black Sea Commerce or Mu Family. This made them realize they had been schemed by the Black Sea Commerce from the start.

The Azure Cloud Pavilion had to resort to using the Blazing Dust Pills to exchange for the ingredients of the essence pills. The result turned out to be quite beneficial for them.

However, how could they easily do that under the nose of the Black Sea Commerce? They immediately followed suit with the Azure Cloud Pavilion, using the Cleansing Water Pill to exchange for the ingredients of the essence pills.

At this moment, the news of the chaos time also reached every overlord force in Xi'An, intensifying the situation further. All of them, being great families and sects with no shortage of pill refiners, had their demand for essence pill ingredients skyrocket. They all joined the competition to purchase these ingredients, escalating the chaos.

The situation didn't stop there; another three months later, the Xuan World reappeared, and many geniuses returned.