I picked up skill fragments in the demon world.

Chapter 836 Refining Medicine
What's the point of reducing pain by 18 percent?
Is Zhang Chen one of those people who is missing the 18 percent?
Moreover, implicating innocent people is definitely not Zhang Chen's style.

Zhang Chen can endure this 18% pain, but those strongmen definitely cannot.

Zhang Chen could bear it because he had a soul. Pain stimulated his soul and it could recover. However, those strong men had no souls and their resistance became weak. They would faint from the pain or even die from it.

Of course, some readers may say that Zhang Chen can transfer 18% of the damage, so why not just use it more times and transfer more people? After all, the most abundant thing in the mountains is people, or find a spirit beast to transfer, but the Karma Transfer Art is not calculated that way. No matter how many times Zhang Chen uses it, he can only transfer 18%. Once the threshold of 18% is reached, no matter how many times Zhang Chen uses it, he cannot transfer it unless he upgrades the level of the Karma Transfer Art.

Since only 18% can be transferred, why should Zhang Chen bother others?

For him, is there any difference between 18% more pain and 18% less pain?

"Take them away and don't implicate other people." Zhang Chen looked at the two silly-looking strongmen standing at the entrance of the hall, with a bitter look in his eyes.

"Under such severe pain, you are simply unable to practice. If your practice progress is delayed, the punishment from the Queen Mother of the West will be even more severe. I'm afraid you..." Empress Biyun looked at Zhang Chen, her voice full of worry.

Zhang Chen grinned upon hearing this, his face twisted by the pain of his broken jawbone: "Don't implicate innocent people. They don't have souls, and they simply can't bear this kind of pain."

This is a pain that contains the power of law. It is a thousand times more painful than being stabbed with a knife. This is pain that acts directly on the soul. Although Zhang Chen is not a good person, he does not want to harm anyone.

Empress Biyun was stunned when she heard this, and stared at Zhang Chen blankly. Seeing Zhang Chen's face twisted in pain, but still trying to force a smile at her, her heart trembled slightly, and then she turned around and said, "Whatever you want!"

Then he said to the two strong men outside the door: "You can go back."

Although the two strong men didn't know what happened, they knew from the conversation between them that they had a close call with death. They were stunned and their calves were shaking, and they ran away quickly.

On the afternoon of the second day, there was a loud noise coming from the Alchemy Hall, and then strong men were seen carrying large boxes and piling them neatly in the hall.

There were hundreds of boxes of all sizes, filling up most of the hall.

Empress Biyun came out of the main hall and sighed softly at Zhang Chen, who was still curled up under the alchemy furnace. "I'd better call two more strong men to transfer your pain away. It's always good to reduce the pain. If you continue like this, your cultivation will be delayed. If you still can't achieve your cultivation goal after a hundred years, how will you explain to Queen Mother Xi? Your punishment will only get more and more severe."

Zhang Chen opened his eyes upon hearing this, raised his head and glanced at Empress Biyun, and said softly, "They are also living, intelligent beings."

"Once they reach Kunlun Mountain, they are just beasts, no different from those uncivilized beasts." said Niangniang Biyun.

"What about me? How is I different from those beasts?" Zhang Chen grinned, revealing his bright red teeth, and blood foam spurted out.

"If you fail to complete the mission of the Queen Mother of the West, you will be... the same as them." Empress Biyun wanted to say that he was a beast, but when she looked at Zhang Chen's miserable face, her heart trembled inexplicably and she changed her words.

Zhang Chen glanced at Lady Biyun and noticed the change in her tone, so he closed his eyes. In fact, it was not difficult for him to repair the damage on his body. Although he did not bring the blood control technique with him, he still had the law of life. It was just that he could not do that under the eyes of the Queen Mother of the West.

“The boxes in this hall are all filled with magical herbs from Kunlun Mountain. After you take them, they can heal your injuries and speed up your cultivation.” Empress Biyun said, pointing at the boxes.

"Take the elixir directly?" Zhang Chen opened his eyes and said, "That would be a waste of the medicinal properties."

"In the entire Kunlun Mountains, the only person who knows how to refine medicine is the Queen Mother of the West. Do you want her to refine medicine for you?" Empress Biyun asked back.

Zhang Chen remained silent upon hearing this. The Queen Mother of the West was a very powerful being. She would certainly not waste even a moment of her time on him, so it was impossible for her to make medicine for him. It was just like a slave owner would never do anything for his slave.

Holding a green jar, Lady Biyun came to Zhang Chen and changed the medicine for him again. Then she walked to a box and took out a spiritual medicine. The spiritual medicine was nine feet long and looked like a cactus, but unlike a cactus, it had flashing patterns and a trace of innate energy flowing on it. The spiritual medicine was covered with small flowers. "This spiritual medicine has been cultivated in the medicine garden for ten thousand years. It can help you repair your bones and muscles. When your bones and muscles are repaired, you should practice as soon as possible. You have delayed for a day, but you can't delay any longer. If you fail to complete the task of the Queen Mother of the West, you will suffer physical pain again." Lady Biyun took a handful of the spiritual medicine and saw that the spiritual medicine turned into liquid and poured into Zhang Chen's mouth and nose. As the spiritual medicine entered his stomach, the powerful medicinal power spread, and Zhang Chen's bones began to crackle, and he was actually constantly reborn.

After Empress Biyun had performed her method, she lowered her head to look at Zhang Chen and couldn't help but sigh softly, but did not speak. She turned around and disappeared in the hall.

"The Queen Mother of the West is too stingy. She actually gave me the elixir directly. It is difficult to preserve the elixir directly." Zhang Chen muttered to himself, huddled in a corner, enduring the pain and silently practicing the skills to help absorb the elixir.

What Kunlun Mountain has the most is all kinds of elixirs. Even if an arm falls off, it can grow back. By the early morning of the next day, Zhang Chen's bones had been completely repaired, and even his hideous flesh had healed. However, there were bright red whip marks on his skin, like tattoos, and waves of piercing pain continued to spread, with no sign of abating.

Now that his injury had healed, it no longer affected his cultivation, but the pain showed no sign of abating.

"The methods of the Queen Mother of the West are truly incredible." Zhang Chen looked at the whip marks on his body, his eyes full of disbelief.

Just as countless thoughts flashed through his mind, Lady Biyun walked in from the door, checked Zhang Chen's injuries, and nodded with satisfaction: "You can practice today!"

Zhang Chen smiled bitterly, gnawing at the pain and stood up, then came to the boxes. Those boxes were as big as the truck compartments of later generations. Zhang Chen opened the boxes and saw plants of unknown elixirs placed inside.

Zhang Chen didn't care about the medicinal properties of the elixir and picked up one at random and started to chew it. As the huge medicinal properties rose in his stomach, points began to accumulate rapidly.

Upon seeing this, Empress Biyun said nothing, but just nodded at Zhang Chen, then turned and left.

Looking at the back of Queen Biyun, Zhang Chen picked up a spiritual medicine at random, put it in his mouth and started chewing it: "I wonder if I can learn the art of alchemy from Queen Mother Xi? Otherwise, if I stuff so many spiritual medicines into the Ascension Pool, it won't be able to fit in at all."

Zhang Chen wanted to learn alchemy. If he could learn it, it would be an additional skill for him.

"If you want to learn alchemy, you must have a powerful soul. Do I have the opportunity to learn the means of soul differentiation?" Zhang Chen did not forget that he needed to differentiate his soul to fully control the immortality tree.

"Moreover, if I continue to make requests to the Queen Mother of the West, I can also test her tolerance for me and even draw a red line for my future actions. I can also take the opportunity to peek into the Queen Mother of the West's goals." Zhang Chen made up his mind and began to sit cross-legged there, silently deducing the law of the five elements.

The next day, Lady Biyun arrived. Zhang Chen woke up from his meditation and said to Lady Biyun, "Sister, I want to see the Queen Mother of the West."

"The Queen Mother of the West has issued a strict order, not allowing you to step out of the medicine hall. You have already displeased the Queen Mother. If you anger her again, I'm afraid..." Although Queen Biyun did not say all her words, the meaning she expressed was enough.

"These spiritual medicines are too precious, and they are all wasted by me chewing them so carelessly. I would like to ask Queen Mother to teach me the art of alchemy. If I can refine all the spiritual medicines in the medicine hall into pills, my practice will be faster." Zhang Chen said.

"It's not easy to learn alchemy. It takes a lot of time. Queen Mother West is already dissatisfied with your current practice speed. How can she allow you to waste time practicing alchemy? You'd better practice honestly and don't think too much." Empress Biyun rejected Zhang Chen's proposal.

Zhang Chen smiled bitterly and said nothing. He looked at the Empress Biyun walking away, and wanted to fight for it. At this moment, Empress Biyun, who was about to step out of the medicine hall, stopped and said, "I will go and beg the Empress to see if you can give me the alchemy skills, and I will make the elixir for you. In this way, the spiritual medicine can be perfectly utilized, and your time will not be wasted."

After Empress Biyun finished speaking, her figure disappeared. Zhang Chen, who was left in the hall, was stunned. The way to exploit the loophole that he had finally figured out was ruined by Empress Biyun.

"Alas, what should I do next? This is a bit difficult! Should I find a way to contact the innate spiritual roots and target the peach tree?" Zhang Chen took out two peach pits and played with them for a long time before putting them into his sleeves. He then continued to silently recite the mantra: "Accumulate resources first!"

On the second day, Empress Biyun came into the hall with a golden book in her hand and sat in front of the alchemy furnace to meditate.

(End of this chapter)