Primordial Era: Elixir of Qi Transforms into Form, Controlling the Pharmacology of the World

In the blink of an eye, a thousand years have passed.

Ling Dan wrote down more than 900 million kinds of spiritual herbs, including their medicinal properties and appearance, on the Azure Dragon Paper.

The Azure Dragon Paper was refined into a low-grade acquired spiritual treasure, but it was imprinted with array patterns and could evolve into the supernatural power of Myriad Transformations. It could evolve into countless sheets of paper, so there was no need to worry about running out of paper.

Paper transforms into a vessel for miraculous medicine.

Today, more than 900 million sheets of Qinglong paper have been transformed into a book.

Ling Dan used the leaves of the Tree of Wisdom to transform into threads of wisdom and bind this book together.

The book was completed: Compendium of Materia Medica.

This book records over nine hundred million kinds of spiritual herbs, including their medicinal properties and appearances. Of course, compared to the vast array of spiritual herbs in the primordial world, this is ultimately only a small fraction.

It will evolve and be written down gradually in the future.

"Finally finished. It's a wish fulfilled." Ling Dan smiled, very satisfied.

In his previous life, Ling Dan possessed a copy of the "Compendium of Materia Medica." Now, having come to the prehistoric world, he is compiling a prehistoric version of the "Compendium of Materia Medica."

Ling Dan was very satisfied and smiled as she casually flipped through the pages.

Unexpectedly, rosy clouds appeared in the sky, strange phenomena unfolded, and ethereal music filled the air.

With a "hum" sound, the golden light flashed and landed in front of Ling Dan.

"Merit!"

The sudden golden light surprised Ling Dan.

That's right, it's merit.

Now, the merit has descended, with 70% flowing into Ling Dan's body and 30% merging into the "Compendium of Materia Medica".

This change surprised Ling Dan, but she quickly accepted it: "It really brings merit. Although I had a feeling before that creating the 'Compendium of Materia Medica' would bring merit, I didn't expect to actually receive it, and quite a lot of it, no less than the gains from the previous demon-slaying battle."

Ling Dan murmured to herself, also feeling a sense of surprise.

However, shortly afterward, another wave of merit descended.

After this merit descended, eighty percent was incorporated into the "brush, ink, paper, and inkstone" that Ling Dan had refined, while the remaining twenty percent was incorporated into Ling Dan's body.

This change puzzled Ling Dan: "I expected that refining the Compendium of Materia Medica would yield merit. But now, how come writing brushes, ink, paper, and inkstones are also generating merit?"

Ling Dan was puzzled. She slightly reduced her merits, turned around and went out to ask her master.

Lao Tzu is now quite leisurely. After teaching Ling Dan, he has nothing to do but refine elixirs or ponder some profound wisdom.

Now that merit has descended upon Kunlun, Laozi naturally knows. Looking at his disciple, he stroked his beard and said, "Disciple... have you mastered the Compendium of Materia Medica?"

"Yes, I compiled all the known 900 million kinds of spiritual herbs into the 'Compendium of Materia Medica' and then gained merit. But the writing brushes, ink, paper and inkstones that I refined before have also gained merit. Master... what's going on? I'm confused." Ling Dan looked at her master with great doubt.

Laozi stroked his beard and chuckled, looking at the book Ling Dan handed him: "Not bad, not bad... The 'Compendium of Materia Medica' describes over nine hundred million kinds of spiritual herbs and their medicinal properties. The creation of such a classic means that the many spiritual herbs of the primordial world can be properly used, and resources can be reduced. After all, although the beings of the primordial world know the wonderful uses of spiritual herbs, they don't know how to utilize them, and can only convert them into spiritual energy or trample them like weeds."

If we rely on the "Compendium of Materia Medica," we can make precise use of spiritual medicinal resources and reduce the consumption of other resources. Moreover, the medicinal properties and variations of many spiritual herbs are also recorded within it. This allows cultivators to develop new pill formulas and create new elixirs, further reducing the use and waste of resources in the primordial world. In this way, heaven and earth will naturally bestow merit.

The compilation of the "Compendium of Materia Medica" utilized writing brush, ink, paper, and inkstone. These tools, in turn, are responsible for preserving culture, thus reaping merit. Therefore, disseminating the "Compendium of Materia Medica" will naturally also bring merit.

After Lao Tzu's explanation, Ling Dan understood why the brush, ink, paper, and inkstone had suddenly gained merit.

Ling Dan's eyes flickered with surprise and delight: "Disciple understands. As long as one relies on brush, ink, paper, and inkstone to pass on culture and educate all living beings, one can gain merit!"

"You could say that. However, educating sentient beings isn't something to be done haphazardly. The knowledge disseminated must be accepted by sentient beings to reap merit. Many cultivators heard of and accepted this classic text during the demon-slaying war, which is why it brought merit. If you had just compiled a book haphazardly, and sentient beings didn't know about it, there would be nothing you could do!"

After a pause, Lao Tzu also cautioned, "Besides this, the Dharma should not be lightly transmitted. Cultivation methods and supernatural powers should not be spread in this way."

"Disciple understands!" Ling Dan replied knowingly.

Today, by sheer chance, I created the "Compendium of Materia Medica," which enables all living beings to better utilize the resource of spiritual herbs, reduce the waste of other resources, and make the primordial world better, thus reaping countless merits.

In addition, Ling Dan's "Compendium of Materia Medica" has now been transformed into an acquired spiritual treasure. Although it is only of medium grade, as more spiritual medicines are imprinted on it and more spiritual medicines are recorded, its grade will gradually increase, and it will also be able to continuously gain merit.

In addition, Ling Dan also sensed the fortune within it, which seemed to be the fortune of the spiritual medicine lineage.

Moreover, the "Compendium of Materia Medica" contains a magical power called: the evolution of medicinal properties!

Ling Dan can rely on the "Compendium of Materia Medica" to simulate the medicinal properties of all the spiritual herbs recorded therein. She can make them merge and transform into each other to create prescriptions and elixirs.

Simply put, by evolving the process of creating elixirs, one can create the elixir formula.

With such a supernatural power, creating elixir formulas will be much easier in the future.

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In the blink of an eye, countless years have passed.

Over the years, Ling Dan had wanted to experiment with whether he could gain merit again through writing. So he wrote many classics, such as the chapter on divine materials, recording the known divine materials for refining weapons as if they were spiritual medicines.

There were many things that could be written, but nothing was gained.

In addition, Ling Dan also wrote: The Brewing Manual, The Spiritual Root Manual...

It can be said that Ling Dan tried to write about any method that did not involve cultivation, but he did not gain much from it, which led him to give up.

While Ling Dan was cultivating and comprehending the medicinal properties,

Tongtian, who had been traveling abroad, has finally returned...

"Haha... Little Lingdan, come here quickly, see what your uncle brought back for you." Tongtian laughed heartily, seemingly in a very good mood.

Ling Dan suddenly sprang to attention, looking at Tongtian who was returning, and rushed out after him: "Uncle-Master... what good stuff is it? A gift for me?"

Ling Dan was also looking forward to it. Her martial uncle was really nice; even when he went on his travels, he didn't forget to bring her gifts.

Although many years have passed, Tongtian remains unchanged, only his Daoist aura has become more profound.

Tongtian saw Ling Dan and smiled slightly, "It's not a gift, but a playmate. Little Duobao, this is your senior brother."

As he said this, a little mouse jumped down, looking quite憨厚 (honest and simple), and raised its paw: "Junior Brother Duobao greets Senior Brother."

Upon hearing this, Ling Dan froze, staring at the golden rat before her, and murmured, "Duobao, junior brother? Uncle-Master, you've accepted a disciple?"

Tongtian nodded, stroked his beard, and said, "That's right, Uncle-Master has accepted a disciple. This is my eldest disciple, the Primordial Extraordinary Species - Treasure Rat."

Ling Dan's eyes flickered with a strange expression.

Many novels from the past record that Tongtian's chief disciple was named Duobao. If it weren't for Lingdan, Duobao would have been the most senior disciple of the Three Pure Ones, and a rather favored one at that.

Looking at the rat, Ling Dan asked in confusion, "Uncle-Master, why hasn't Junior Brother transformed into human form yet?"

"Your junior brother is a rare species from the primordial era, so it won't be easy for him to transform into human form." Tongtian stroked his beard, a smile on his face.

Ling Dan looked at Laozi, who had come upon hearing the news, with a puzzled expression, and asked, "Master... what are the Primordial Extraordinary Species?"

Lao Tzu looked at Tongtian and brought back a treasure-filled rat, whom he then took as his disciple. His expression was unreadable.

Laozi stroked his beard, looked at Ling Dan and asked, "Disciple... In the primordial world, there are countless living beings. Most of these beings reproduce through procreation. Especially the divine beast races, which rely on reproduction to continue their lineage. However, some special species cannot continue through reproduction. Furthermore, there is only one of these species in each generation, or rather, only one from beginning to end."

For example, the Four Chaos Monkeys, the Six-Winged Heavenly Silkworm, the Multi-Eyed Golden Centipede... these are all primordial exotic species. From the moment they are born, no matter how they reproduce, their offspring will never inherit any of their traits or resemble them.

Even if they perish, even if their physical bodies and origins dissipate, their essence can, with the passage of time, regroup and merge with primordial beings or similar races, to be reborn and reproduce. Simply put, these primordial alien species are unique beings. They cannot reproduce, they will not completely perish, but will only be resurrected in another form.

Upon hearing this, Ling Dan felt it was incredible: "Is this what they call a primordial alien species? It can't be killed, and it keeps resurrecting. Wouldn't that make it incredibly strong?"

Tongtian shook his head: "That's not it. Every time a primordial alien species perishes, although it can be resurrected, its former cultivation, memories, and imprints will all be obliterated, leaving not a trace."

"If it keeps reviving, will its aptitude decrease?" Ling Dan asked curiously, looking at the Treasure Rat.

"That won't happen. The special nature of the primordial species is that no matter how many times they are resurrected, their aptitude will not decrease, and their innate supernatural abilities will not change." Tongtian stroked his beard as he spoke, with a slight smile on his face.

Ling Dan nodded. "So, 'The Emotional Wilderness Alien' is just about deleting the save file and starting over."

Ling Dan looked at the multi-treasure rat, and he seemed to be hesitant to speak, showing a hint of fear.

He looked at Ling Dan with a hint of longing in his eyes.

Ling Dan couldn't help but ask in confusion, "Little Duobao, what kind of look is that?"

"Senior brother, senior brother... you smell so good, I really want to take a bite." Duobao said longingly, almost drooling.

Ling Dan's expression changed, and Duobao was immediately stunned: "You want to eat me! I'm looking for a beating..."

Xiao Duobao looked puzzled, covered his forehead, and said aggrievedly, "It already smells very good. My innate ability tells me that my senior brother is definitely a precious treasure."