Starting with Hyuga, traversing countless heavens

“That’s right, no wonder my ancestor sent me to find you. Your medical skills are truly extraordinary.”

"You have a congenital deficiency. Did you experience difficult childbirth? Or did you have two births?"

“Absolutely right. That’s exactly it. If it weren’t for our ancestors’ help, I would have thought I wouldn’t have made it through.”

"In fact, your congenital deficiencies, coupled with two difficult childbirths, and the fact that your body has to bear the soul of amber, are the reasons for the serious health problems you are currently experiencing."

"Is it difficult to treat? I was prepared. In the past year or two, I have sought medical advice and treatment, and I don't know how many famous doctors have shaken their heads."

Liuli spoke calmly, with an air of detachment from life and death.

"It's not that there's no way. If we could refine an elixir of immortality, it might solve your problem. However, let me make it clear beforehand that the elixir of immortality is not what you imagine. Taking one will make you ageless and immortal. It can only extend your life by a thousand years. Moreover, given your situation, after your body is repaired, you will at most be no different from an ordinary person."

“I know, my ancestors told me that each person can only eat one in their lifetime, right?”

"Yes, I will find a way to keep you alive, and then I will start the alchemy process. Would you like to try?"

"Do I have a choice? Trying offers a glimmer of hope, not trying means certain death."

"Have the courage, don't resist."

A large amount of Yang Release chakra was poured into Ruri's body, causing her to emit unusually joyful sounds, which made Hyuga Hoshino feel uneasy. The sound was too familiar.

Liuli could feel an unprecedented sense of ease, like a shattered porcelain doll whose time had reversed and was restored to its original state.

Hyuga Hoshino was panting heavily; using so much Yang Release chakra in one go was making him feel unwell.

The secret techniques of Maoshan and the sealing techniques of the Naruto world were used together to seal this portion of Yang Release chakra within Liuli's body.

Liuli clenched her fist, stretched it out, got off the bed, and did a back handspring.

"Thank you, Master Shixing."

"Don't thank me. Thank your ancestor for the payment. However, for your sake, she cannot appear again until I successfully refine the medicine."

“Uncle-Master Qi De.”

"Oh, it's Shixing, here to refine pills?"

"Yes, to refine the elixir of immortality."

"The elixir of immortality, the method for refining this elixir of immortality should be... What? The elixir of immortality! Show me the formula."

Qi De excitedly took the pill formula from Hyuga Hoshino, but his face fell after reading half of it. He really didn't have the ability to refine this elixir of immortality.

He had never attempted to refine a material through four rounds of refining before; the most he had ever done was three rounds.

Hyuga Hoshino's alchemy technique was copied from the Taoist Master Qide in front of him. However, he possessed the Tenseigan and Mangekyou Sharingan, and his control over time far surpassed that of Taoist Master Qide. He had even refined fourth-level pills.

"Shixing, I am not capable of refining it. I wonder if I can observe it from the sidelines?"

"What are you saying, Uncle-Master? Of course, it's possible. But what about this medicinal herb?"

"A 10% discount, that's the most I can offer."

The medicinal herbs on Maoshan Mountain are indeed plentiful, but they are all collected from the mountain or purchased, so they cannot be given away for free.

Hundreds of medicinal herbs are involved, and success isn't guaranteed on the first try; who knows how many herbs will be wasted?

Hinata Hoshino took out a bag of gold coins and handed it to Master Keide.

"Uncle-Master, this is the deposit."

Soon, Master Qide sent someone to deliver medicinal herbs, filling the room and dazzling Hinata Hoshino.

For a day and a night, Hinata Hoshino, along with his wooden clone and Master Qide, were processing medicinal herbs, drying them, and using preservation methods, except for grinding the dried herbs into powder.

Fresh herbs require further processing. The moment the wood clone dissipated, Hinata Hoshino felt a chill run down his spine. If processing herbs earned experience points, Hinata Hoshino's level would definitely skyrocket.

The fire used in the Maoshan alchemy room is the Samadhi True Fire, which is the fire in wood, the fire in stone, and the fire in the air, all three kinds of fire fused together.

Most common pills are boiled down to a viscous consistency, then mixed with yam powder or sweet potato powder, and tanned with honey.

This is the first-stage elixir. From the second stage onwards, it becomes somewhat mythical, as the elixir is formed directly in the furnace. This requires not only skill but also precise control of the heat, and the furnace can easily explode.

Even though Master Qide is capable of refining three-stage pills, he is still extremely cautious when refining two-stage pills, as there is still a risk of the furnace exploding.

Hinata Hoshino remembered that Master Qide had blew up his alchemy furnace twice before, resulting in the loss of many medicinal herbs and two alchemy furnaces of good quality.

Chapter 183 Dan Cheng

Because of his profound virtue and Taoist wisdom, he was extremely careful when refining elixirs. In the past, he would refine medicinal materials with the same refining methods together, but he overlooked the fact that refining them together would change the properties of the medicinal materials.

Ultimately, the reason was that Master De's spiritual power was insufficient, making it impossible for him to prevent the medicinal liquids from mixing during the refining process, which led to the furnace exploding.

Hyuga Hoshino's soul, or rather his primordial spirit, far surpasses that of Daoist Qide. He can do what Yao Lao of Doupo did: put in a large amount of medicinal materials at once and refine them using different methods.

Alchemy, like traditional Chinese medicine, is all about the principles of monarch, minister, assistant, and guide, with strict requirements on dosage, order, and primary and secondary ingredients.

Hyuga Hoshino wanted to have his wooden clone do the work, but a clone is still just a clone and cannot perform the same detailed operations using the power of his primordial spirit as the real Hyuga Hoshino.

His virtue and Taoist skills were profound. He used his spiritual power to observe the changes in the furnace. When he discovered Hyuga Hoshino's operation, he was amazed.

Two days and two nights passed, and Hinata Hoshino's face was a little pale. With a wave of his hand, the medicinal liquid and powder fell into the prepared porcelain bottle and jade box.

Master Qide hurriedly stepped forward to help Hyuga Hoshino up, leaving Hyuga Hoshino somewhat amused and exasperated. Although he had overused his primordial spirit power, he was fine and had not overdrawn it. After resting for an hour, he could continue.

Hinata Hoshino did not disappoint Master Qide's kindness and allowed Master Qide to help him out the door.

Hinata Hoshino looked out the door. It was already night, and countless fireworks were bursting in the sky. Hinata Hoshino suddenly realized that it was New Year's again.

Soon, Hyuga Hoshino returned to the alchemy room to carry out the final refining process. It had to be done in one go; if any step went wrong, it would all be ruined and they would have to start all over again.

Master Qide stood silently in the corner. The Kunlun Elixir, the elixir of immortality.

The main ingredient is the blood of a divine beast. And it's added last; all the other ingredients must be blended together before adding the main ingredient.

Master Qide was very excited because he thought he had only mastered refining three-stage pills in his life. He never expected to see a four-stage pill successfully refined.

How could he not be excited?

One by one, the medicinal liquids and powders were continuously added into the alchemy furnace in sequence to begin fusing.

Once the medicinal herbs have fully fused and formed a large mass of liquid, the process is complete.

Then, it can be taken out, allowed to cool, and then the furnace can be opened again for a second refining process.

After being refined once more, the liquid became increasingly viscous. Then, it began to solidify, forming a large mass of medicinal mud somewhat resembling playdough.

Hinata Hoshino knew it was time, so he bit his finger, forced out some of the Kirin's blood, and dripped it onto the large clump of medicinal mud.

After absorbing the blood, the medicinal mud began to turn red. It remained stable until it had completely absorbed the Qilin blood.

Hinata Hoshino rolled it into a ball, which looked like a soccer ball-sized piece of medicinal paste.

Take it out, let it cool, then turn the furnace back on and put it back in. Start dividing that large lump of medicinal mud in the furnace to form eight pills.

The third step is to extract the impurities. Once the impurities are extracted, the furnace is opened and the contents are taken out.

Of the original eight pills, only six survived; the remaining two were dull and lifeless, clearly indicating that the refining process had failed.

The remaining six pills were put back into the furnace for the final extraction of impurities. Once this extraction was complete, the pills would be formed.

The final extraction was completed, and the four-stage pill was finished. There were six pills in total. Four pills remained, emitting a faint glow. The remaining two were unusable.

Hinata Hoshino looked at the four finished pills in the alchemy furnace with some dissatisfaction; the success rate was still a bit low.

Master Qide was somewhat excited, while Hinata Hoshino was helpless. In fact, it was a clever trick. In this world, this was a fourth-grade pill, while in other worlds it might only be considered a first-grade pill.

Therefore, although it was a fourth-stage elixir, there were no unusual phenomena, except that the Big Dipper shone brightly, foreshadowing Hyuga Hoshino's success.

At Wudang Mountain, the Wudang Sect Leader looked at the bright Big Dipper and guessed that Hyuga Hoshino had accomplished something great. He knew that the True Martial Emperor had bestowed a blessing upon Hyuga Hoshino.

Then he let out a sigh, unsure whether it was a blessing or a curse.

Zhang Jingqing was awakened from his meditation and discovered that the fates of several people had changed again, the source of which was Maoshan.

Although it's impossible to predict Hyuga Hoshino's fate, how could such a change be unrelated to him?

On Kunlun Mountain, a group of celestial maidens watched the celestial phenomenon in silence. They recognized it as a sign that the elixir of immortality was being formed.

The leading celestial maiden, who called herself the Queen Mother of the West, and called upon the celestial maiden Ya, after the end of the original human incident, she had her own title, the Nine Heavens Mysterious Maiden. However, in reality, her status was only slightly higher, without any substantial change, but she thought it was enough.

"Ya, did you see that? The elixir of immortality was concocted by a mortal."

"I have seen him. Please give the order, and I will have him executed."

Hyuga Hoshino looked towards Kunlun. With the enhancement of the Kirin bloodline, his Tenseigan could see farther and farther, enough to see Kunlun from Maoshan. He could even see the meteorite craters on the moon.

Hinata Hoshino was completely bewildered. Who did they kill? These birdmen, how could they be so confident?

Seeing the fake Queen Mother of the West completely unaware of his gaze, Hyuga Hoshino's gaze continued to move across Kunlun.

They came across a place resembling an observatory, complete with a large drum and carved railings.

This wasn't the place where these celestial maidens claimed to have awakened the sun, was it?

Looking into the clouds, I saw a mirror gleaming with golden light, like the sun itself—the Kunlun Mirror.

The moment his gaze met the Kunlun Mirror, it emitted a dazzling light. Hyuga Hoshino quickly withdrew his gaze to avoid being burned by the light.

So that's how it is. The Kunlun Mirror is the sun they want to awaken. Such a powerful aura, such powerful light.

Hinata Hoshino felt that if he hadn't looked away quickly, his eyes might have been unable to see light for at least a month.

The elixir of immortality resembled a blood-red glass bead. Amber was overjoyed when she saw it, not expecting it to be made so quickly; its quality was top-notch.

"Aww."

Amber tried to swallow it whole, but Hinata Hoshino covered her mouth, saying, "How old are you? Still acting cute."

"Let me ask you a question first: do you know this celestial maiden, Ya?"

Hinata Hoshino asked the question knowing the answer already, intending to see Kohaku's reaction.

"I know, the celestial maiden who came down Kunlun with me, I haven't seen her for many years."

Amber rubbed her right hand against her left, carefully choosing her words. She was well aware that the completion of the elixir would cause subtle changes in the celestial phenomena.

Now that Hinata Hoshino is asking about Aya's situation, she understands that Kunlun wants Aya to take action.

Celestial Maiden, the oldest assassin, is comparable to King Hassan of Type-Moon, and her achievements are also extremely impressive. Becoming a Grand Assassin would be a piece of cake for her.

"That one on Kunlun, is she the one who wants to deal with me? I'm a little curious, how did she use her beauty to seduce Chi You back then? Was it just her looks, or...?"