These top quality spirit stones were called subpar top quality spirit stones.
After reading the description of the pill recipe, even with Wang Lin's mental fortitude, he couldn't help but be shocked. This method was too vicious!
His heart skipped a beat. According to the description of the pill recipe, subpar top quality spirit stones all had a very faint blood line. Only after reaching the Soul Formation stage and looking at it with one's origin soul would they be able to see it.
He slapped his bag of holding and took out his own top quality spirit stones. His eyes lit up and he carefully looked at them one by one.
"I can't believe that all of the top quality spirit stones I have, except for one, have blood lines on them …" Wang Lin pondered for a bit and then disappeared.
Ten days later, Wang Lin's group appeared outside the ancient transfer array at the border of Chu.
When Wang Lin used the ancient transfer array this time, he didn't know if he was hallucinating or not, but when he activated the transfer array, he felt like he heard a sigh filled with relief.
This sound came from the top quality spirit stones.
They returned to the valley next to the Immortal Graveyard in Chu. This place was exactly the same as when they left. Lu Fei and Tie Yan stopped 50 kilometers away and continued to cultivate. They tried to condense the spiritual energy in their bodies so that they could reach completion as soon as possible.
Wang Lin's life returned to normal. Every day, he would help Li Muwan take care of her body while Li Muwan would study the rank 6 pill recipe. Many of the herbs in the recipe had been lost, so Li Muwan's job was to find replacements.
She wasn't afraid of death, but she didn't want to leave Wang Lin. In order to stay with Wang Lin, she focused all her attention on the pill recipe.
Sometimes, she would raise her head and see Wang Lin cultivating not far from her. Every time this happened, her eyes would reveal a gentle expression. However, this gentle expression contained a deep sense of reluctance and longing.
Li Muwan let out a sigh in her heart.
The search for a replacement pill lasted for a month before Ouyang Zi was called over by Wang Lin. Unfortunately, the last rank 5 alchemist in the Cloud Sky Sect, Tian Yunzi, had failed to reach the Soul Formation stage and died many years ago. Otherwise, if the three of them could study the recipe together, it would be a lot faster.
Ouyang Zi was a madman when it came to alchemy. He had lived his entire life for alchemy, so when he saw a grade-six spirit pill, it was as if he had seen the goal of his life. He immediately went crazy and spent days and nights studying the substitutes for the 137 ingredients, as well as the separation and combination of ingredients.
Every time a substitute was found, Liu Fei and Song Qing from the Cloud Sky Sect would immediately search for it and deliver it to them.
If the Cloud Sky Sect didn't have it, they would buy it from sects in other countries.
If that still did not work, then they would exchange for clues to medicinal herbs for Lu Fei and Tie Yan to collect.
Time passed quickly. Two years later, out of the 137 ingredients required for the Origin Restoration Pill, only three had yet to be substituted.
In these two years, Ouyang Zi forgot to eat and sleep. He completely forgot about everything else as he immersed himself in studying the grade-six pill.
As for Li Muwan, in these two years, her face began to show signs of aging. Her skin was no longer snow white, but slightly gray.
Two years of constantly injecting spiritual energy into her body couldn't stop the cycle of life and death. Every time Wang Lin saw Li Muwan aging, his heart felt like it was being cut by a knife.
The reluctance in Li Muwan's eyes became even stronger.
On this rainy night, it began to drizzle outside the valley. After Li Muwan went to sleep, Wang Lin stood alone in the rain. Looking at the mountains in the distance, the pain in his heart became stronger and stronger.
"Wan Er's body is getting weaker and weaker. If she tries to reach the Nascent Soul stage by force, her body will die before it can even form. At that time, the incomplete Nascent Soul will only dissipate. I won't even be able to take her soul …"
Wang Lin stared into the distance and let out a sigh. He took out a jug of wine from his bag of holding, drank a big gulp, and sat down against the stone wall.
This wine was fruit wine. There wasn't much left in Wang Lin's bag of holding. Every time he drank it, he would think of the time when Daniu gave him wine when he was young.
"Uncle Wang, you came to the capital to do business because you want to make a lot of money so you can go back and get married."
"Once uncle makes a lot of money, I'll go back and get married."
The scene from the past appeared in Wang Lin's mind. He drank the entire jug of wine in a few gulps. His eyes were filled with determination as he looked up at the sky.
Just at this moment, an excited shout came from the room where Ouyang Zi was researching pill recipes. Shortly after, Ouyang Zi quickly walked out of the room and saw Wang Lin in the rain. He was startled, but he quickly walked up to Wang Lin and excitedly said, "Sect Master, I found the substitutes for the last three herbs!"
Wang Lin's eyes narrowed as he looked at Ouyang Zi.
Ouyang Zi quickly took out a piece of jade and handed it to Wang Lin. He said, "These three herbs are already extinct, but I found 34 herbs that can be used together. Although the effect won't be as strong as the original, it won't be too far off."
Wang Lin took the jade, scanned it with his divine sense, and immediately memorized it.
Ouyang Zi said, "These herbs are very rare. There are only four of them in Cloud Sky Country. I'm afraid you'll have to go to a rank 4 cultivation country to get the rest."
Wang Lin stood up. He held the jade in his hand and disappeared.
The moment he left, Li Muwan opened her eyes in the stone house. There was a hint of reluctance in her eyes.
You'll never see what I look like when I'm at my loneliest, because only when you're not by my side will I be at my loneliest … Two streams of tears flowed down from the corners of Li Muwan's eyes. Fine wrinkles had already appeared on her forehead. The current her, compared to two years ago, looked ten years older.
Wang Lin didn't waste too much time on this trip. Seven months later, he returned to Chu with a tired expression.
In these seven months of time, Wang Lin didn't rest at all. He went to most of the rank 4 cultivation countries and some of the rank 5 cultivation countries.
Finally, all the medicinal herbs had been purchased, exchanged, or plundered. Finally, all of them had been collected.
In these seven months, he experienced many battles. The two most dangerous ones were in the rank 5 cultivation countries. One was against a mid stage Soul Formation cultivator with a special domain. Although Wang Lin won in the end, it was a narrow victory.
The power of the Soul Formation cultivator made Wang Lin's heart skip a beat.
The other time was against a late stage Soul Formation cultivator. Although his domain was ordinary, he was about to reach the peak of the late stage of Soul Formation. Although his domain was ordinary, it was very flexible in his hands.
Wang Lin analyzed the situation. Even Red Butterfly was a bit weaker than this person. In the end, Wang Lin tied with this person.
After seven months of experience, Wang Lin realized that Red Butterfly wasn't the number one Soul Formation cultivator in Rosefinch. There were some hidden experts. Although they hadn't reached the Soul Transformation stage, they were very powerful.
Some of them had special domains, and they were very powerful.
After returning to Chu, Wang Lin didn't stop. He quickly rushed toward the valley.
Inside the valley, Wang Lin spread out his divine sense and found that Lu Fei and Tie Yan were both able to go within 500 meters of the valley. Their cultivation levels were a bit higher than before.
Wang Lin's figure appeared outside the stone house. When he opened the door, his body involuntarily trembled. What he saw was the back of a person.
This figure had a head of long hair, but half of it was already grey … Wang Lin's heart felt a stab of pain as he walked up to Li Muwan. He looked at her originally beautiful face, but now it looked even older.
"Wan Er, I'm back. The ingredients are here," Wang Lin said softly.
Wan Er faintly smiled and didn't say anything. Instead, she looked deeply at Wang Lin and said, "Don't leave anymore. Accompany me more. I don't have much time left …" Wang Lin looked at Li Muwan and seriously said, "You won't die."
Li Muwan bit her lower lip and gently nodded. She leaned against Wang Lin, her eyelashes trembled, and she closed her eyes.
Wang Lin's return caused Ouyang Zi to immediately immerse himself in alchemy. Refining a grade-6 spirit pill was his life's pursuit, his lifelong dream. At this moment, he felt as if his mind had been ignited and his soul had been consumed.
Almost all of the substitutes were things that he had personally calculated for a long time before deciding on. There were more than 100 types of raw materials, and under his analysis, he had used close to 1,000 types of materials. This involved the characteristics of each material as well as the time needed to refine it.
Without a lot of experience in alchemy, there was no way to refine it.
Even Ouyang Zi didn't dare to be careless. He wasn't doing this for Li Muwan, he was doing it purely for himself. He was doing it to fulfill one of his dreams. He had told himself many times that he could fail countless times in his life, but this time he couldn't afford to fail!
The pill refining continued. Ouyang Zi's temper became more and more irritable as he continued. Sometimes, when Wang Lin asked him questions, he would become very annoyed.
This wasn't because he wasn't afraid of Wang Lin, but because of his personality. His personality was to forget about everything else and focus on refining high level spirit pills.
Wang Lin didn't care about Ouyang Zi's irritation at all. In fact, he believed that out of all the people in the Cloud Sky Sect, only Ouyang Zi had the highest chance of reaching the Soul Formation stage.
Because he could reach the peak of alchemy, he could use it to comprehend the heavens and obtain a certain domain.
However, his cultivation level was still stuck at the mid stage of Nascent Soul. If he could reach the peak of the late stage of Nascent Soul, then reaching the Soul Formation stage wouldn't be much of a problem for him.
Time slowly passed. In the blink of an eye, three years had passed. Ouyang Zi still hadn't finished his pill refining. It was as if he was stuck at some point. His temper became even more irritable and one could occasionally hear him roar.
Ever since Wang Lin came back, he spent every day by Li Muwan's side. He watched as she aged, her black hair turned white, and her deathly aura became even stronger. If it wasn't for the fact that Wang Lin hadn't cut off all of his spiritual energy from her body, Li Muwan would have already turned into a pile of bones. After another three years, Ouyang Zi's pill refining had a breakthrough. Although he hadn't finished it, he wasn't far from it. Occasionally, the smell of medicine would come from his pill refining room.
Li Muwan's body had become extremely weak. She couldn't walk anymore. She lay on the bed all day and silently looked at Wang Lin. The reluctance in her eyes became even stronger.