"The only quest item in the game... Now that we're in the Immortal World, with Mo Xilan's proficiency in the Alchemy Dao, it wouldn't be impossible for her to cultivate a similar Spiritual Medicine."

In the game, the Immortal Sorrow was known as a heaven-defying item. Frankly speaking, it had the power to change all the rules; different people experienced different effects upon consumption. It was on an entirely different level compared to other Divine Pills and magical medicines. It was unique.

But if one were to cultivate a similar Spiritual Medicine in the Immortal World through special means, it wouldn't necessarily be impossible. After all, the rules had changed.

If that's really the case, then should I still go to the Dan King Sect?

Wang Mu hesitated for a moment.

In the game, Mo Xilan was not someone to be trifled with. Although she seemed as gentle as water and as beautiful as a celestial being in a painting, she was extremely averse to the presence of other female characters around the protagonist. Once she noticed the protagonist having intimate interactions with other female characters, it would trigger a special poisoning event in in-game battles.

For instance, in the game, if Mo Xilan and Yan Qingwu were sent into battle together, the command to have Mo Xilan heal Yan Qingwu would automatically turn into her poisoning Yan Qingwu instead. All battles proceeded this way. If any female character other than herself was near the protagonist, this situation would trigger, causing the other female characters to suffer various detrimental status effects...

Therefore, if she were to join the battle, only the protagonist and other male teammates could be on the field. Otherwise, mid-battle, all the female characters on his side would end up poisoned.

Even in the ending, she expected a promise to return to Medicine King Valley and stay together for life. In the final scene, Mo Xilan would gently smile and say, "If you break your promise and don't come, I'll find you, poison you to death, and then take poison myself to die with you. If you dare go to anyone else, I'll poison them, then poison you to death, and finally take poison myself to die."

Pursuing Mo Xilan had deeply affected Wang Mu. However cheerful the middle part of the game had been, Mo Xilan's gentle smile in the ending was all the more chilling. This scene was also unique to the Love Saint ending. In other endings, Mo Xilan wouldn't say such things. In non-Love Saint endings, the team wouldn't include many female characters, so these events wouldn't be triggered.

Looking at the three types of Spiritual Medicines, Wang Mu hesitated, unable to decide. If he chose not to go, Yan Qingwu might truly be doomed. If he went, he himself might be the one doomed.

Moreover, if I want to concoct a Spirit Pill during the Alchemy Dao assembly that will impress the Dan King Sect, I can only use these three Spiritual Medicines and attempt to create the Immortal Sorrow. Otherwise, given the skill of other Elixir Dao Masters, how could I, a mere rookie at level 10 Alchemy, possibly win?

Wang Mu fell into deep thought.

If I refine Immortal Sorrow, and the Dan King Sect is indeed Mo Xilan's main base of operations... the slightest misstep on my part could lead to my discovery.

Wait, perhaps... there's a possibility...

A thought flickered in Wang Mu's mind as if he realized something.

He decided to try using these three Spiritual Medicines to refine Immortal Sorrow. These three Spiritual Medicines were of high quality, true Top-grade Spiritual Medicines. Any Elixir refined from them would undoubtedly be a Top-grade Spirit Pill. Normally, only the Refining Fire of Golden Core Realm cultivators could melt and refine them. With his True Flame Star Flame, melting and refining them shouldn't be a problem.

The Elixir recipe isn't an issue; it only involves these three ingredients. It's just that the proportions will require some experimentation. The final product will certainly have some discrepancies from the Immortal Sorrow; it won't be exactly the same.

The medicinal properties of these three Spiritual Medicines were complex. Spiritual Medicines with complex properties were often unpopular among Alchemists because they were unstable and prone to causing problems during refinement.

It's currently mid-March of the second year. According to Brother Luo, the Pill Masters' Grand Assembly is in mid-May, so I have two months. These three Spiritual Medicines, even cultivated at the fastest pace, require several months per batch. This might be the only batch.

There are concepts of natural growth and forced ripening in the cultivation of Spiritual Medicines. These three were force-ripened Top-grade Spiritual Medicines, significantly inferior to those that grow naturally, absorbing Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi day by day.

The Cultivation World is only about a thousand years old, yet it teems with cultivators. Naturally grown Spiritual Medicines, some of which take centuries to mature, are now so scarce—with only a few plants remaining—that it's impossible to refine many Immortal-grade Elixirs. Alternatively, some Spiritual Medicines have existed since before the great upheaval of heaven and earth; these are even more ancient Divine Medicines. The few Divine-grade Elixirs in the Cultivation World, which can be counted on one's fingers, all require these Spiritual Medicines that survived the great upheaval of heaven and earth.

Some Divine-grade Spiritual Medicines, if preserved to this day and then cultivated via transplantation and forced ripening—producing substandard specimens—still require decades to mature. Nevertheless, they are quite impressive and highly useful for many high-Realm cultivators.

Regarding the Heavenly Heart Protecting God Pill that Yan Qingwu needed, Wang Mu had once asked a senior disciple from Dan Sword Peak. He was told it required the most ancient Divine-grade Spiritual Medicine for its refinement, and only a few had been produced in a thousand years. Before this Spirit Pill was successfully refined, the Dan King Sect had expended countless resources in attempts, establishing it as one of the Cultivation World's most superior Spirit Pills.

After finalizing his plan, Wang Mu began in April of the second year by first refining some Mid-grade Elixirs to improve his Alchemy Dao skill. He chose one of the most well-known Elixirs: the Foundation Establishment Pill. This Elixir is used by a great number of cultivators to assist Qi Refining Realm cultivators with Foundation Establishment and Qi Condensation and Liquid Transformation.

Brother Luo also gave me an Elixir recipe for a Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment Pill...

Refining the Foundation Establishment Pill would also allow him to assess this Elixir recipe.

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