I Have a Date with a Thousand-year-old Female Corpse
Chapter 117 Spirit Gathering Pill_1

Chapter 117: Chapter 117 Spirit Gathering Pill_1

It felt as if you had brawled with a reinforced platoon, leaving your entire mind and body scattered.

Still, you forced yourself to stay energetic and looked at Wu Qiyi, who lay on the bed unable to move, with deep concern.

"What’s wrong with you?"

It was as though she heard your voice in a dream, enduring pain that ordinary people couldn’t bear. Wu Qiyi seemed to use all her strength to slowly open her eyes that cut through water.

Upon clearly seeing your face, the tight lock in her eyes eased slightly, like ripples on still water, reflecting a unique tenacity. With a trembling, hoarse voice, she said, "You, you’ve come..."

"What’s wrong, do you have a cold?"

As soon as these words left your mouth, you felt them redundant. If it were just an ordinary cold, Wu Qiyi would never be in such a painful state.

"No, no problem, just the old ailment."

When she spoke, it seemed like every word was squeezed out with all her strength.

"Don’t talk now, I’ll call an ambulance right away."

"No need... this illness... ordinary people... can’t cure it."

Only then did you realize that the disease Wu Qiyi referred to was the stubborn illness that had troubled her for years. If Wu Qiyi’s family background couldn’t cure it, ordinary doctors were even less likely to succeed.

With this thought, you quickly said, "Don’t speak, let me think."

At that moment, your mind was slower than ever. Indeed, concern creates chaos. Seeing Wu Qiyi in such a fragile state, it felt as if someone had plunged a sharp dagger into your chest!

It hurt, deeply!

"Medicine, there’s medicine nearby..."

Seeing you frantically pacing before her, a faint warmth surfaced on Wu Qiyi’s face. In her eyes, there was a deep affection for you.

But you dared not look Wu Qiyi in the eyes. You feared that looking into her eyes would unleash the turbulent emotions within; afraid they would overtake your entire being and even more afraid that Zhao’er, who was etched in your heart, might be replaced by Wu Qiyi.

When Wu Qiyi mentioned there was medicine, you noticed for the first time there was a rectangular wooden box on the bedside table. The box was exquisitely crafted, and when you opened it, a unique fragrance slowly wafted out.

At the scent, you suddenly found it familiar. You looked down in surprise, exclaiming, "Spirit Gathering Pill?"

Not expecting to see a Spirit Gathering Pill here, you sniffed it carefully and frowned slightly. Then, turning to Wu Qiyi, you asked, "Do you usually take this quality of Spirit Gathering Pill to delay the onset of your illness?"

Wu Qiyi nodded slightly.

Like the Returning Yuan Pill, the Spirit Gathering Pill belonged to the secret pills of Taoism, but it was at least two levels higher than the Returning Yuan Pill and an extremely rare top-grade pill.

Back in the military, you had secretly tried alchemy to make a Returning Yuan Pill. After more than ten failures, you finally succeeded in creating one. The pill Xiao Feng took that day was the first one you succeeded in making.

"No, this Spirit Gathering Pill has too many impurities, which is what people call pill toxins. The more you take, the greater the harm to yourself!" Looking at Wu Qiyi with a pained expression, you suddenly made a decision and asked her, "Do you trust me?"

Without hesitation, Wu Qiyi nodded, "Mhm."

Taking a deep breath, you temporarily set aside the complicated emotions in your heart and said to Wu Qiyi, "Endure for about half an hour more. I will refine this Returning Yuan Pill again!"

Wu Qiyi hadn’t expected you to say such words, after all, alchemists were extremely rare in the present-day world, and Wu Qiyi had exhausted considerable effort to find an alchemy master, with every Spirit Gathering Pill costing her a hefty sum.

Nevertheless, Wu Qiyi was no ordinary person, she looked at you steadily and said softly, "I’ll wait for you."

Hiss—

Whoo—

After taking three deep breaths in a row, you expelled all distracting thoughts from your mind, then reached into your back pocket and pulled out eight pieces of yellow talisman paper. However, after careful consideration, you put aside the eight pieces of yellow talisman paper and took out four pieces of orange talisman paper from another pocket!

The power of yellow talisman paper was limited after all, it would have been more than enough for concocting a Returning Yuan Pill, but definitely not for a Spirit Gathering Pill.

The orange talisman paper was your current limit, normally you could only use one piece, but now you can’t afford to think so much, to save Wu Qiyi, you had to go all out!

With that thought, you immediately bit your index finger and drew four different magic seals on the four pieces of orange talisman paper.

You placed the four pieces of orange talisman paper on the ground, properly aligned to the southeast, northwest, and other directions, with the wooden box containing the Spirit Gathering Pills placed at the center.

Next, using your own blood as a catalyst, you drew a circle including all four pieces of orange talisman paper and finally sketched a mysterious seal unique to you on the wooden box.

"Begin!"

With a sudden shout, both the four pieces of orange talisman paper and the wooden box astonishingly began to float!

At the same time, the four pieces of orange talisman paper also started to burn, each emitting a flame of a different color.

The four flames revolved around the wooden box at the center, which quickly burned down to ash, leaving only the Spirit Gathering Pills inside.

The Spirit Gathering Pill now looked emerald green, resembling a piece of natural jade.

Such a dan medicine would appear to be of the highest quality to others, but to you, it was a harmful substance through and through.

Although you had never seen a Spirit Gathering Pill before and this was your first contact with it, you were very clear that a genuine Spirit Gathering Pill definitely wouldn’t be like this!

To refine the impurities in the Spirit Gathering Pill, control over the flames was of utmost importance. Under normal circumstances, you could slowly refine it with an ordinary Fire Charm, but with time pressing, you must use the Four-Color True Fire.

The so-called Four-Color True Fire was also a unique ability of yours.

You had mastered three of the Biological Eight Gates, one of which the Scenic Sect represented the force of nature. With the power of the Scenic Sect, you might as well be in control of all the natural forces of the world.

Of course, you had only grasped the barest essence of it now, but even a mere sliver of that essence was much stronger than those who had immersed themselves in the practice for a decade or even decades.

The reason for this was because the power you controlled was the purest force in the world.

Even so, controlling four kinds of true flames at the same time was already pushing your own limits, you had reached a critical point, much like a balloon filled with air, which might explode with the slightest disturbance from the outside!

Thirty minutes, which on a regular day is merely the duration of a few songs, felt like an eternity to you right now!

Looking at the Spirit Gathering Pill again, as the four kinds of true fire continued to burn ceaselessly, removing the impurities, its size gradually shrank, and its color slowly faded.

It’s getting close, very close!