Supreme Swordsman of the Nine Heavens

Chapter 196

Speed Alchemy Mental Cultivation

“Are you being serious? I guarantee he found a way to work around the problem. Unfortunately, due to how long it’s been and the promotion of the pill system, people jumped onto the bandwagon, while his method wasn’t passed down.” Ku Mu paused to take a calming breath and reverted to stuttering, “I-I-I, by chance, f-f-f.”

“Why did he force you to sign the prostitution contract?”

“Why is the withered bugger’s memory so darn good?!”

“You discovered the solution by chance, correct?”

Ku Mu nodded. “It occurred to me during the time I used Expunging Technique. Call it the silver lining if you will…”

“Wait, are you suggesting erasing your spiritual energy is a mandatory prerequisite?”

“Did I say that? I said I figured it out during the process of erasing my spiritual energy. No poison in this world can kill you, you runt. Erase your stupidity for me, thanks,” Ku Mu retorted with an envious undertone. “Expunging Technique is centred around inducing irreversible damage to one’s meridians, therefore cutting the flow of spiritual energy. Using Speed Alchemy Mental Cultivation during pill production will also damage meridians. To a certain degree, the damage is similar. I figured out the solution too late. Luckily, you can put the theory to the test.”

“Theory? Test? What are the chances of the experiment being a success?”

“What sort of question is that? There’s no chance of failure.”

Meanwhile, the rest of Pill Cauldron Sect was in uproar over the bet between Mu Yu and Shi Minghui. The penalty Mu Yu came up with had people scratching their heads. It was the sort of penalty children would come up with; it was harmless.

Peering toward Bamboo Peak, Daoist Yun Dao said to himself, “I can’t believe he dares to challenge the half-complete rank seven pill we all failed to complete. If he truly succeeds, it will be a significant contribution to the sect.”

Mu Yu dumped the reversal pill cauldron in a corner as though it was worthless and focused on Ku Mu’s new brainchild, instead.

“Every herb has others it collides with. Pill production entails siphoning the herbs’ conflict into your body to ref-ref-ref-.”

“That prostitution contr-”

“Refine! Refine! You have to refine it inside your body! Speed Alchemy’s mental cultivation and the resistant attributes don’t match, leading to meridian damage. When siphoning it into your body, you need to draw it in via your zhongxian acupuncture point first, which is located at the base of your palm, between the thumb and index fingers’ metacarpal bones. The acupuncture point is where it’s most densely packed after one cycle. As long as you siphon it in via your zhongxian acupuncture point, there shouldn’t be any issues.

“Next, siphon it into your meridian via big white acupuncture point and complete half a cycle. Then, you need to change your spiritual energy’s course. I’ll explain the step in more detail later. For now, just bear in mind you won’t have any problems if you follow Speed Alchemy mental cultivation’s path. If you go in the opposite direction of Speed Alchemy’s mental cultivation, you’ll dismantle the clash even faster, consequently completing the pill sooner.”

“I’m astounded you could come up with this.”

“Look who you’re talking about. Others have only parroted what Pill Ancestor supposedly did instead of questioning or brainstorming new ideas. This knowledge will never be within their reach.”

Ku Mu taught Mu Yu well. His disciple picked it up quite quickly. Mastery of the manual would benefit even those not practicing alchemy. If a cultivator was to learn it, they would have an unfair advantage over those in the same age range.

“Do you plan to share your findings with them? It would allow alchemists to cultivate.”

“Who, the withering bugger? He can keep dreaming. They wouldn’t even be convinced. I’m not so bored that I’d waste my time on something so pointless. I don’t have any desire to prove myself.”

Who would share something so valuable? Not every genius needed to be recognised.

Mu Yu dedicated two days to familiarising himself with the mental cultivation discipline. It was easy to blend low-rank herbs. Since the herbs had wood components, Mu Yu could easily delete the conflicting component. The mental cultivation merely provided a more economical route.

“I’m curious what the elder did to you for you to be so furious each time,” Mu Yu expressed, triggering Ku Mu for the thirty-fifth time.

“He didn’t really say much. He just spilt Ku Mu’s embarrassing stories in his youth. He said he raised Mu Yu as a father would and threatened to expose Ku Mu for wetting the bed at fifteen years old if he didn’t expound Speed Alchemy Mental Cultivation.”

“Pfft.” Mu Yu covered his mouth as fast as he could.

“What? You wet the bed when you were fifteen?” inquired Xiaoshuai.

“Shut up!” Ku Mu exclaimed.