Heaven Refining physique-Chapter 68: The Art Of Refinement

There was no suspense—Huan Caiyi had indeed waited on the mountaintop, and when he was about to hit the ground, she caught him again.

"Wow... it’s really fun to do this! Let’s do it again once you replenish your Qi," she even exclaimed loudly.

Jiang Hao immediately denied it internally. He wasn’t going to do it again, no matter what.

When she put him down, he turned around and was about to leave when she placed her hands on his shoulders.

"Where are you going? It’s time to test your physique. Since you’re giving me surprises, I think it’s time to test it to its full strength. Let’s go."

Jiang Hao was puzzled. Hadn’t he already told her? What else did she want to know? Still, he followed her to a stone slab that could be used for seating by at least four or five people.

Huan Caiyi climbed onto it, sat down in a lotus position, and gestured for him to do the same.

He followed her suggestion and sat down in front of her.

"I will give you different spirit herbs, and you are going to refine them to their purest form."

Jiang Hao nodded.

Huan Caiyi first took out a Foundation Establishment realm spirit herb and handed it to him. It was a wind-elemental herb.

Jiang Hao took the herb and activated his Primal Essence Sphere skill.

Before Huan Caiyi could blink, the whole herb was gone, leaving only refined particles in Jiang Hao’s hand.

She looked at it unblinkingly. Isn’t this too fast? Even though it was just a Foundation Establishment herb, it still took her about three minutes to refine it in this state, not to mention the purity—this was the purest form she had seen in her entire life.

"You can absorb it. I doubt it will increase your cultivation realm too much."

Jiang Hao nodded. It really wouldn’t affect his cultivation realm. He used a little more strength to turn it into pure spirit Qi and absorbed it.

Just as he was done, Huan Caiyi handed him another herb. This time, it was a peak Core Formation realm herb, fire-attributed. He could tell easily since he had seen a lot of Core Formation herbs.

Again, he used his Primal Essence skill. Huan Caiyi thought this one would definitely take a little more time, but she was wrong.

It was refined at the same speed as the previous herb. Her eyes constricted. This one would have taken her at least six or seven minutes to refine, yet Jiang Hao didn’t even take a second.

"Will you break through?"

Jiang Hao thought for a moment and shook his head. This would definitely increase his cultivation realm, but it wouldn’t be enough to break through to the sixth meridian.

"So go ahead and absorb it."

Jiang Hao nodded, and it also vanished in pure Qi through his hand.

At this time, Ming Yue also arrived. She couldn’t hold back her curiosity, so Zhi Hui had simply told her to go.

Huan Caiyi then took out a peak Nascent Soul herb instead of a Soul Sea herb. It was ice-attributed. He could tell since he still had Nascent Soul herbs in his ring—ones he had stolen for Huan Caiyi.

Jiang Hao held it and activated his skill. Finally, Huan Caiyi found a herb that wasn’t refined instantly, but even this one didn’t take much time, it got refined in 10 minutes.

Huan Caiyi sighed. This herb would have taken her more than thirty minutes to refine. And as for reaching this level of purity? That was impossible, no matter how much she refined it.

She took out a pill bottle.

"Put that into this bottle."

Jiang Hao nodded. He knew that if he absorbed this, not only his sixth meridian but even his seventh and Eighth meridian’s might open easily.

He took the bottle and put all the fine particles into it. He thought Huan Caiyi might be done, but to his surprise, she took out another spirit herb. He didn’t know its level, but it was definitely superior to a Nascent Soul spirit herb. It was fire-attributed.

When he held the herb, he could feel the Qi running through it. This was the first time he had ever gotten this kind of feeling from a spirit herb.

He activated his Primal Essence skill. Huan Caiyi was eager to see the results of this one because this was a peak Void Reversion realm herb. The time she needed to refine it was far greater than what was required for a Nascent Soul herb, as she had lost her cultivation realm advantage over this spirit herb.

When Jiang Hao activated his Primal Essence skill, he felt an immense amount of energy from the spirit herb. It was refining, no doubt, but at a slower speed than his previous refinements.

He increased his strength to the maximum, and eventually, he refined the herb in about 1 hour.

He looked at Huan Caiyi for a pill bottle, but she was still staring at the refined herb.

She couldn’t help but say,

"Do you know? It takes me more than ten hours to refine that herb. Not to mention, making pills sometimes requires the refinement of multiple spirit herbs. The refinement process is the most time-consuming part of pill-making.

And here you are, refining them as if it’s as simple as breathing for you.

Good, this test has been successful. Now, here’s your new routine.

In the morning, two hours of sword practice. Then I will beat—I mean, train you for battle sense until evening. After that, you will learn alchemy from me until midnight."

Ming Yue rolled her eyes at her shamelessness and said,

"Aunt, your true thoughts are spilling again. I think we all know very well what you actually meant. Let me revise everything you just said:

Two hours of sword practice. Then I will beat you till evening, and after that, you will help me refine all the spirit herbs I need for pill-making since that’s a very tedious job, and I don’t like doing it.

Wasn’t I right?"

"That’s just baseless accusations! How can a weakling in the Foundation Establishment realm like you understand the profoundness of a Void Reversion realm senior like me?"

Jiang Hao stood up and left. He knew this bickering would just continue.

Now that he had comprehended the Foundation Establishment realm section and mastered Nirvana’s Veil, he was free. He went toward Zhi Hui, who was still drawing the array.

Since cultivating was very easy for him, he didn’t mind learning multiple professions, and arrays intrigued him.

When Zhi Hui saw him approaching, she smiled and said,

"Got fed up with their bickering? Those two can really be a handful sometimes."

"I just love peace more, Senior."

"Well, peace is the last thing you’ll find around them. Interested in arrays?"

"Yes, Senior."

"You won’t get much from just watching me draw them, though. Here."

She took out a book and threw it at him.

He caught it.

"Read it completely. Also, tell Ming Yue to do the same. If she says it’s boring, tell her she isn’t allowed to break through to the Core Formation realm unless she masters all the arrays in this book. That applies to you too."

Jiang Hao nodded and went to a lone tree to start reading. As he read, he became amazed.

This seems like something written by Zhi Hui herself. It contained every simple and basic step of learning about arrays. It had multiple basic arrays, and he had no doubt that if he fully mastered this book, he would have knowledge of almost all basic arrays.

He engrossed himself in it.

Meanwhile, Ming Yue and Huan Caiyi were still bickering.

"Damn it, looks like I have to come up with a new way to beat you. The wooden sword doesn’t affect you much, it seems."

"Go on, do it. I should also use some new methods to cook your food from now on. Looks like you didn’t like the taste of my previous cooking."

After saying that, both looked at each other. Finally, Huan Caiyi gave up—she loved her cooking, after all.

"I was just joking. Why are you getting all hyped up? Cool down, will you?"

"You are as shameless as ever."

Ming Yue rolled her eyes again and left. Looking around, she found Jiang Hao sitting far away beneath a lone tree, engrossed in reading something.

Intrigued, she went to see what he was reading so carefully.

Jiang Hao sensed her presence and looked up.

"What are you reading, Junior Brother?"

"It contains the basics of arrays, Senior Sister."

"Why are you reading that boring thing, Junior Brother?"

Jiang Hao couldn’t help but sigh. Senior Zhi Hui was right—Senior Sister really did find arrays boring.

"Senior Sister, you have to read it completely too. In fact, we both have to master all the arrays in this book."

"No way! It’s too boring. Junior Brother, how about learning something else? Talisman-making is far more fun than this."

"Senior Sister, if we don’t master all the arrays in this book, we won’t be allowed to break through to the Core Formation realm. That’s what Senior Zhi Hui told me."

"What?... Damn it! Fine. Read it out loud, Junior Brother. I’ll listen to you. That way, it’ll be less boring."