A Mortal's Journey to Immortality

"Illusion Powder is colorless and odorless, and will cause hallucinations in the inhaler for a short period of time."

"Drunken Immortal Dew, when dissolved in alcohol, can induce a deep sleep in the user without any side effects."

"Qi-inducing agent can temporarily weaken the user's true qi and reduce their martial arts cultivation."

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Cuifeng Villa.

Upon returning home, Zhou Ping immediately began to peruse the several poison manuals he had obtained from Ma Liuyun, and then carefully compared them with the prepared medicines in his possession, meticulously distinguishing the differences between the various drugs.

These manuals and prepared medicines were all brought out by Ma Liuyun from Feiying Hall, and the "Qi Mechanism Guide" among them best met Zhou Ping's previous requirements.

After confirming that he had not missed any important information, Zhou Ping took out a "Qi Mechanism Guide" from the bottle and examined it carefully.

The medicine "Qi Ji Yin" is very small, like grains of snow-white rice. Unlike the rough pills that Zhou Ping made and dried himself, these rice-shaped white pills are extremely dry. They will turn into powder with a gentle pinch and will dissolve immediately when sprinkled into water or wine, making them exceptionally convenient for assassinating people.

Zhou Ping's goal was simply to reduce the intensity of Qingyuan True Qi in order to confuse Jin Jingtian.

So he added only a very small amount of "Qi-inducing agent" to the water, then tilted his head back and drank it down. All that was left was to wait for the medicine to take effect.

In order to accurately control the potency of the medicine, Zhou Ping still needs to try different dosages multiple times. At present, he can only proceed step by step, starting with small doses and gradually increasing the dosage.

About fifteen minutes later, Zhou Ping sensed the Azure Yuan True Qi within his body, slowly opened his eyes, and a hint of doubt flashed in them.

"Could it be that the dosage was too low?"

The "Qi-inducing" that should have triggered had no effect on Zhou Ping at this moment. The Qingyuan True Qi in his body remained as thick and natural as before, without weakening in the slightest.

Therefore, Zhou Ping did not hesitate to increase the dosage of the drug in the experiment, and directly added half a "Qi-inducing pill" to the water.

According to experience in the medicine manual, a whole "Qi-inducing pill" is enough to make a martial arts master lose all his true qi within half an incense stick's time, and the medicine's power is exceptionally domineering.

At this moment, Zhou Ping took a full half pill, which he considered more than enough. This dosage was sufficient to completely dissipate his Qingyuan True Qi.

As for how long it will take to dissipate, he wasn't sure; he could only find out after trying it.

Fortunately, apart from suppressing true qi, "Qi Mechanism Guidance" has no other effects and will not cause any hidden dangers to the body of the person who takes it, which is why Zhou Ping dared to try it so boldly.

But this time, the result left Zhou Ping dumbfounded once again.

He lay quietly on the bed, getting sleepy as he waited. Yet, the Azure Origin True Qi within his body continued to circulate naturally and smoothly. This result made Zhou Ping feel as if he were in a dream.

If Zhou Ping hadn't seen with his own eyes the medicine Ma Liuyun brought out from Feiying Hall, he would have doubted the authenticity of this bottle of "Qi Mechanism Guide".

Since the problem isn't with the medication, it must be something strange about the Qingyuan True Qi within his body.

Unexpectedly, the "Qi Mechanism Guidance," which even martial arts masters feared, had no effect on Qingyuan True Qi. He became increasingly curious about this mysterious technique from the Jin Clan.

Although Zhou Ping realized that the result was caused by the Qingyuan Gong, he could only continue to try because he couldn't think of any other way. He could only hope to increase the dosage to see if it could have even the slightest effect on the Qingyuan True Qi.

As the number of experiments increased, Zhou Ping gradually increased the dosage of "Qi-regulating pills" from one pill to three, four, five, and so on.

Zhou Ping finally stopped his crazy attempts after taking eight "Qi-inducing" pills at once.

"After taking five pills of 'Qi Mechanism Inducer,' I felt a slight stagnation in the Qi in my meridians. However, after taking eight pills, this stagnation did not increase. There was no need to continue trying. The problem must be with the efficacy of the medicine."

Zhou Ping carefully analyzed the various results of his attempts, feeling as if he had grasped the key points.

He opened the poison manual again, found the page that specifically introduced "Qi Mechanism Guidance", and read it carefully.

If the "Qi-guiding" has no effect on the Qingyuan True Qi, then even after he increased the dosage to five pills, the Qingyuan True Qi should not have experienced that slight stagnation.

Since it appeared, it means it was useful, but its effect was so weak that it was almost imperceptible to him.

"Preparation method and required medicinal materials... One 18-year-old withered leaf grass, one 20-year-old white emperor flower..."

Zhou Ping silently read each word aloud, and the feeling of enlightenment grew stronger and stronger, making him increasingly eager to read it.

Suddenly, he slammed his hand on the table, looked down blankly at his chest, where half of his identity card was exposed due to his scratching and fidgeting.

"Drug use duration!"

Zhou Ping excitedly uttered two words, finally understanding the key to the matter.

It must be due to the age of the herbs. If he could cultivate herbs with even older ages, the "Qi-regulating formula" made from them would definitely have a huge improvement in efficacy.

After figuring this out, Zhou Ping put away the manual and medicine bottle on the table and secretly hid them in the corner of the table and the crack in the wall. Then he hurriedly left Cuifeng Courtyard and headed towards the inner gate.

There are still two days before the next smoke appears in the agarwood. He must prepare all the necessary herb seeds in advance so that he can focus on stimulating the growth of the herbs.

Fortunately, Feiying Hall has a large demand for "Qi-inducing herbs", and Yaoshi Hall purchases and cultivates a large number of the required medicinal materials all year round. The seeds and seedlings of these medicinal materials are common items.

One month later,

Zhou Ping looked at the soft, walnut-sized white "pill" in front of him, a slightly embarrassed expression on his face.

After a month of intensive training and learning, Zhou Ping finally managed to concoct a large "Qi-Guiding Pill" after consuming all the medicinal herbs.

He failed several times during this period, and watching those herbs that he had nurtured to a hundred years of medicinal life were all wasted made his heart bleed.

Fortunately, he finally succeeded in producing one. Although its appearance was somewhat unusual and it was not as delicate and dry as the original, it was enough for Zhou Ping.

Since it's for my own consumption anyway, I don't care how refined it is or how convenient it is to administer the medicine; there's no need to worry about it at all.

Having gained experience from previous drug trials, Zhou Ping skillfully plucked a soybean-sized piece of "Qi-regulating agent" from the pill and swallowed it directly without drinking water.

Then he lay down on the bed and waited quietly for the medicine to take effect.

Not long after, to Zhou Ping's surprise, he clearly felt the weakening of the true energy in his meridians.

The strands of Qingyuan True Qi, as if driven by something, slowly retreated back to the Dantian in the lower abdomen, thus reducing the amount of True Qi in the meridians.

"It's done!"