Hermit in the Mountains

Three days later, Gu Changsheng took out the wooden box, walked to the living room, sat down on the floor, opened the sealed pills to check how well the medicine was preserved and whether it contained spiritual energy.

He casually grabbed a wooden shell, and with a forceful snap, the shell split in two, revealing a pill the size of a glass marble.

I brought the pill to my nose and smelled it. It no longer had the distinct aroma of various herbs that I had smelled before. After three days of storage, the medicinal properties of the herbs had been further neutralized and blended, and it now emitted a faint fragrance.

He leaned back, supporting himself on his left arm on the floor, turned around, reached out with his right hand to take a bottle from the cabinet behind him, and straightened up.

I unscrewed the bottle cap and took out a Baoyuan Pill that I had bought from Fushoutang a couple of days ago.

To better understand the efficacy of the pills he had made, he specifically called Zhang Yuanfu to order a bottle of Baoyuan Pills, which Yang Dashan delivered to the mountain yesterday.

Two similar pills were placed on the wooden table in front of him. Gu Changsheng used his divine sense to perceive the difference between the two pills.

He scanned the two pills with his divine sense. The pills he had refined himself had one more medicinal effect than the Baoyuan Pills he bought from Fushoutang, but they did not contain any spiritual energy, not even a trace of it. They were equivalent to two or three spiritual energy particles fusing together to stimulate a special medicinal effect.

He was the first to put the Baoyuan Pills he bought from Fushoutang into his mouth, and a faint medicinal taste filled his mouth.

He reached up, picked up the kettle on the stove, poured a cup of warm water, and gulped down the entire cup to flush the pills into his body.

The power of divine sense was used to perceive the changes in the pills within the body.

The 'Sprout and Flourishing Dao Seed' within his sea of ​​consciousness had hatched and grown into the 'Sprout and Flourishing Dao Seedling,' and he sensed the energy body surging into his body, instinctively absorbing the medicinal effects contained in the pill and transforming them into energy to nourish his physical body.

In the blink of an eye, the medicinal effects of the pill were fully absorbed, transforming into three barely perceptible streams of coolness that flowed into the brain, kidneys, and blood vessels respectively.

If he didn't have the power of divine sense to see the microscopic world, he wouldn't have been able to perceive the effects of the pill at all.

Gu Changsheng remembered the effects of Fushoutang Baoyuan Pills, and with his right hand, he grabbed a handful of pills he had made and threw them into his mouth.

The moment the pill entered his mouth, it had a strong medicinal taste, ten times stronger than the Fushoutang Baoyuan Pill. He swallowed the pill with a quick movement of his throat and poured a glass of warm water to wash it down.

After the pill was swallowed, its effects were quickly absorbed. Even without using his divine sense, he could clearly feel a refreshing, invigorating energy flowing into his brain, kidneys, and blood vessels.

The medicinal herbs are all irrigated with spiritual rain, and spiritual water is added during the refining process. The efficacy is conservatively estimated to be ten times that of the Baoyuan Pill.

Gu Changsheng renamed the pills he had refined as Peiyuan Pills.

Peiyuan Dan is still a regular pill, just with a few more medicinal effects.

(Peiyuan Dan: Strengthens the body's foundation, invigorates the mind, nourishes yin and yang.)

Even if the drug's efficacy were increased tenfold, it would still be considered an ordinary pill and would have no effect on him.

He looked up and called out to the empty doorway, "Big Yellow, Big Red, Green Ox, there's something good to eat, come on over."

His voice was very soft, but it had a very strong penetrating power.

"Woof woof woof..." (Master, Master, you're here.)

A yellow figure darted straight towards the wooden house, and Big Yellow, steady and elegant, stopped at the door.

"Woof woof woof..." Big Yellow's face instantly turned fawning. It panted and wagged its tail as it trotted over to Gu Changsheng's feet and lay down.

"Cock-a-doodle-doo..." came the rooster's response first.

The wings flapped, making a "poof poof poof..." sound..

Big Red glided and landed precisely at the door. Due to the great inertia, it staggered when it landed and limped a few steps before regaining its balance.

"Coo coo coo..." Big Red greeted Gu Changsheng and stopped opposite Big Yellow.

"Moo—"

The blue ox was the last to arrive, and it lay down in the familiar spot by the door.

Gu Changsheng glanced at the three pets. "Dahuang, you go first."

As he spoke, he broke open a wooden shell and threw the Qi-Nourishing Pill inside into the rhubarb's mouth.

The pill entered its mouth, and the big yellow dog chewed it with a "smacking" sound.

Gu Changsheng scanned the Qi-Nourishing Pill inside Da Huang's body with his divine sense. The pill slowly released its medicinal effects to nourish Da Huang's body.

He fed Da Hong a Qi-Nourishing Pill, then looked towards the doorway and said, "Open your mouth, Green Ox."

The green ox outside the door understood Gu Changsheng's words and opened its mouth as big as a washbasin.

Gu Changsheng raised his right hand and flicked his finger, sending out a Qi-Nourishing Pill that flew through the air and landed precisely in the mouth of the green ox.

The three pets can only absorb the effects of the Peiyuan Pill through their bodily instincts, unlike Gu Changsheng who can refine the effects of the pill in a matter of minutes.

Gu Changsheng used his divine sense to observe the three pets for more than ten minutes and concluded that it would take them several hours to fully absorb the effects of the Peiyuan Pill.

He simply gathered his three pets that evening to check on their changes, then waved his hand dismissively, "Go play by yourselves."

"Woof woof woof..." Big Yellow reluctantly looked away from the wooden box on the table, unwilling to leave.

"Coo coo coo..." Big Red wasn't as cunning as Big Yellow. It walked to the door, took off right there, flapped its wings, and flew away gracefully.

"Moo—" The blue ox slowly used its forelegs to get up and went back to the shed to sleep.

Gu Changsheng bent down and took an empty bottle from the cabinet behind him. He took out a wooden box containing a Peiyuan Pill from the wooden box. With a thought, a wisp of grayish-white "withered power" flowed from his sea of ​​consciousness down his arm into the Peiyuan Pill he was holding in his right hand.

He put the Qi-Nourishing Pill, which had been infused with the "Power of Withering," into an empty bottle, tightened the cap, and placed it on the table to observe.

Under his divine sense, subtle changes appeared in the Qi-Nourishing Pill inside the wooden shell.

The Peiyuan Pill was slowly drying out, the moisture was evaporating, and the surface of the pill resembled a parched earth covered with cracks.

Gu Changsheng realized that the 'Power of Withering' was exhausted. He twisted open the bottle cap, took out the wooden shell, broke it open, and a seed that looked like a dried-up seed came into view.

He gently inserted his right thumb nail into the pill, then pried it open, splitting the pill in two.

The pill was filled with many cavities and no longer felt full. He rubbed his fingers together a few times and felt a slight granular sensation between them. The shriveled pill turned into powder.

He brought his right hand to his nose and sniffed, but he could barely smell the medicine. His life had been lost, and the medicine's effects had dissipated.

He continued his experiment, injecting a wisp of "Power of Glory" into a Qi-Nourishing Pill, placing it in an empty bottle, tightening the cap, and quietly observing the changes.

As soon as the 'Power of Glory' within the Peiyuan Pill disappeared, Gu Changsheng opened the wooden shell, and a rich medicinal aroma wafted out, making the surface of the pill even smoother.

Open your mouth, the pill flies into your mouth, and after a careful experience, the effect of the medicine increases by 50%.

Take out a Qi-Nourishing Pill, and this time infuse it with two strands of "Rong Zhi Power," doubling its efficacy.

The third Peiyuan Pill, infused with three strands of "Rongzhi Power," doubled its efficacy.

Gu Changsheng tried injecting four strands of "Rong Zhi Power," and the medicinal effect still doubled.

The first time you hand-rub the Peiyuan Pill, infusing it with the "Power of Glory" can double its maximum efficacy.

He was content with what he had, after all, it was his first time refining pills, and the process was particularly simple.

He knew in his heart that he was only a half-baked practitioner, and the medicinal effect was entirely due to the raw materials nourished by spiritual rain, the spiritual water added during production, and finally the addition of the "Power of Glory," which resulted in the Peiyuan Pill with effects far exceeding those on the market.

Since the Peiyuan Pill does not contain spiritual energy, it can only be considered a semi-finished product, falling somewhere between an ordinary pill and a spiritual pill.