Master of the Xuanyin Sect of Mount Shu

Chapter 29 Refining Medicine
The Celestial Venerable Shenmu was overjoyed to receive the Mysterious Yin Gathering Beast Banner from Guan Minghui, and he worked even harder afterward.

He had been wanting to cause trouble for Cui Haike, and was itching to pick a fight.

Guan Minghui deliberately separated them, placing him in the Xuan Yin Shen Mu group with Lin Rui and Ku Tie, and having Cui Haike and his apprentice take Liu Quan in the Hei Shen Si group.

The work schedules on both sides are different. I have to work hard for eight hours every day, which leaves me exhausted. In addition, I have to make the most of my remaining time to cultivate myself.

Most importantly, he dared not cause trouble while Cui Haike and his apprentice were refining the black silk threads, otherwise he would delay the daily output and he could not afford to be angered by Guan Minghui.

Guan Minghui was pleased to see that they were all working hard and not slacking off, and decided to make a dormitory room for each of them.

He selected six Xuan Yin Gathering Beast Banners with the Wood Demon as the main deity, placed them in front of the cliff to the north, and activated them.

The spirit of the Wood Demon, enveloped in black mist, flew down from the banner and, according to its will, frantically scratched at the wall.

This creature looks like a monkey, but it is primarily carnivorous, especially fond of eating the brains of wild animals. It has a mouthful of fangs and sharp claws, and likes to open the skull of its prey while it is still alive to suck out its brains.

If it has lived for more than a hundred years, it can cultivate a kind of green spirit marrow in its brain that is neither jade nor pearl, containing the essence of wood, which can be used to ward off evil spirits.

Guan Minghui used wood demons that were over a hundred years old to serve as his main spirit. The green spirit marrow and flesh were incorporated into the banner, so he had a green shadow on his body, and green light flashed when he waved his claws.

Over the years, this cave has been weathered and polished by the winds of the heavens and the earth, and further permeated by black grime, making it harder than steel. It would be difficult for any other beast soul to carve a hole in it.

When the Wood Demon does the work, it's twice as effective. With six whistles, its twelve claws rise and fall, cracking the rocks and sending debris flying.

In no time, they dug out six caves in the wall.

The entrance to the cave is small, and the inside is about the size of a room.

Muba was quite competent as a stonemason; he even polished a stone bed.

Guan Minghui assigned them to different caves: Cave No. 1 to Shenmu Tianzun, Cave No. 2 to Lin Rui, Cave No. 3 to Ku Tie, Cave No. 4 to Cui Haike, Cave No. 5 to Yang Li, and Cave No. 6 to Liu Quan.

After completing their daily tasks, they returned to their respective caves to rest. Guan Minghui hung a Xuan Yin Gathering Beast Banner at the entrance of each cave. Only those he had designated could enter or leave, and anyone else who approached would be attacked by the beast souls!
More than twenty years passed, and through the tireless efforts of the six people, Guan Minghui finally completed the upgrade of the entire set of Xuan Yin Gathering Beast Banners, with one banner having seven turns and eighty banners having six turns.

To forge a seventh-grade divine banner, one must use a rogue immortal who has refined a golden core or a demon beast of the same level as the main deity; otherwise, the highest one can forge it is only to the sixth grade.

Currently, only Lu Min's banner can reach the seventh level, which he considers the main banner of the complete set.

With this set of divine banners, he can now retrieve the Azure Chain Sword.

As the second-ranked peerless divine weapon in the world of Shu Mountain, the Qing Suo Sword is full of spirituality and is impervious to all evil. If you are not careful, it will break through the formation and fly away.

Despite numerous calculations and deductions, Guan Minghui could only manage to trap the Green Chain Sword. The divination indicated that the outcome of subduing it remained uncertain.

The variable means that he and his existing team of six would find it difficult to accomplish this, and he would need new people from outside to make it happen.

But who exactly needs to come, whether they will come at all, and whether the event will ultimately succeed are all uncertain.

Guan Minghui had also prepared for the worst. After all, the Qing Suo Sword had been nurtured and refined by the Long-Browed Master for a thousand years, and it was quite normal that it would not submit to others, especially to him, the great enemy of the Emei Sect.

Even if it cannot be collected in the end, it can certainly be used to sever the fire cloud chains on the body.

Then he released the Green Chain Sword, letting it fly to the North Sea to transform into a dragon, and then the Emei Sect would find it.

The person who triggered this change is uncertain. Was it Hua Yaosong? Lu Rongbo? Shi Sheng? Or an outsider?

This person is crucial, influencing his future fortunes and even the course of his destiny. He decided to take it one step at a time, first using the Azure Chain Sword to sever the Fiery Cloud Chain.

Wearing this dog leash constantly reminded him that he was a prisoner, a pitiful creature who could be manipulated at will.

If a master of Li Jingxu's caliber were willing to come here and kill him, he wouldn't even have a chance to escape!

Even if that old beggar woman Hua Yaosong came, she could still bully him by taking advantage of this constraint.

This made Guan Minghui very unhappy. Even if he didn't break the prophecy of the long-browed man, he had to take off the dog leash before he went out!

He's had enough!
For more than twenty years, Hua Yaosong never appeared, and Lu Rongbo also kept to himself at Rabbit Cliff and never came here. Lingyu Cliff was extremely quiet.

But Guan Minghui always felt that such a major event as retrieving the Green Chain Sword would inevitably bring calamity due to the change in fate.

He wanted to test the situation outside first, so he suggested that Cui Haike refine the Six Yang Bone-Changing Elixir and the Nine-Turn Golden Elixir.

This requires more than 3,700 kinds of spiritual herbs, among which the most important and difficult to obtain is the essence of ten-thousand-year-old spiritual jade.

Fortunately, Guan Minghui possessed a ten-thousand-year-old warm jade, which he had already refined into a supreme treasure over the years. He could simply use magic to extract some of the jade's essence.

Cui Haike said, "The ingredients needed to refine those two divine medicines are extremely numerous. I have traveled all over the world and traversed the Three Mountains and Five Peaks over the years, but I have not been able to collect them all..."

Guan Minghui ignored his words and went straight to the point: "These two medicines are of great importance to my future attainment of Dao. You must refine them for me, and you can only collect them within a hundred miles of this area."

If you're truly lacking, you can adjust the dosage as needed; a weaker potency is also acceptable. Once you succeed, you'll naturally reap the rewards. If you fail to refine it, I'll send you and your master to the Xuan Yin Banner!

Cui Haike looked troubled but dared not disobey, so he could only reluctantly agree, "I will do my best!"

Over the years, Guan Minghui had mentioned the matter of collecting and refining herbs to him on several occasions without leaving a trace, but he never mentioned the Six Yang Bone-Changing Elixir or the Nine-Turn Golden Elixir, only talking about other things.

He already knew that Cui Haike had a lot of medicine stored in his Qiankun bag at his waist. He had accumulated most of his medicine over the past hundred years and was preparing to refine these two divine medicines.

What it lacks, besides the main ingredient, the essence of the ten-thousand-year-old spiritual jade, is about a hundred other kinds.

He won't take it out unless you put him under some pressure.

Of course, the goal wasn't to refine those two kinds of medicine, but to gather herbs.

Guan Minghui arranged for the six of them to take turns going out to collect herbs, starting with Shenmu Tianzun and ending with Liu Quan.

That Celestial Venerable Divine Eye was truly fortunate; on the very first day, he returned with a pile of vermilion fruits, overjoyed: "Master! I've found the Vermilion Fruit!"

The Vermilion Fruit is a Taoist elixir. Mortals who eat it can improve their health, strengthen their spirit, and prolong their lives. Immortals use it to make various nourishing elixirs.

This fruit grows inside rocks and only flowers once every thirty years. It only emerges from the rock surface when it flowers and bears fruit. Once the fruit is ripe and falls, it immediately retracts back into the rock.

While gathering herbs in the mountains and valleys, the Celestial Venerable Shenmu accidentally discovered this sacred tree. He picked all the fruit from the tree and brought it back with him.

Guan Minghui had a special constitution and didn't care much about the Vermilion Fruit, but he still pretended to be very happy. He immediately gave three to everyone, five to the Divine Eye Celestial Venerable, and took the rest away.

"Good disciple, I will teach you the method of transforming wild beasts with the divine banner!"

(End of this chapter)