Chapter 112: Chapter 112: Life Extension Plan
For the next few days, Zhang Chi took time each day to refine the Beauty Pills. He soon used up all the materials, ending up with eleven pills.
This pill success rate wasn’t high compared to other elixirs, but for Beauty Pills, it was already excellent.
’This elixir really is a bit difficult. My decision to focus on improving my Alchemy before refining these Beauty Pills was definitely the right one. If I had started a year ago, I probably would have only managed to make four or five at most.’
’A genuine Tier One Upper Grade Alchemist would need immense luck just to succeed once. Fortunately, Chen Ling’Er isn’t a Pill Master and doesn’t know the truth, so she won’t uncover my secrets from this.’
Amid his delight, Zhang Chi couldn’t help but sigh with emotion.
GULP!
Zhang Chi immediately swallowed a finished Beauty Pill and carefully sensed its effects.
As expected, he discovered a peculiar energy circulating within him, causing subtle changes to his complexion and skin, maintaining them in an optimal state.
Furthermore, while a cultivator’s appearance naturally becomes more striking as their cultivation increases, the Beauty Pill didn’t limit this potential. Instead, it would constantly keep the cultivator’s looks at their peak.
The elixir was truly miraculous.
However, Zhang Chi was still young; even without this elixir, he wouldn’t age easily.
That would only happen if his cultivation stagnated and his lifespan was nearly spent.
Of course, there was no harm in taking the elixir either.
Next, Zhang Chi used a Tier One Turtle Shell to perform a simple divination and found that the elixir’s effect would indeed last for about a hundred years.
Since the Jade Pendant only absorbed negative effects, and the elixir’s effect was positive, it would not be rendered useless for him.
However, for an ordinary cultivator, only the first such elixir they took in their lifetime was effective. To gain any further effect, they would need to use a High Tier Beauty Pill.
But for Zhang Chi, no such restriction existed.
Even the thirty-odd Wasted Pills he had left over were still effective on him.
To avoid waste, he consumed them all. The duration of the beautifying effect was indeed extended, becoming even longer than his current lifespan.
He didn’t regret consuming that one perfect pill, either.
After all, only by taking a proper pill could he better experience its medicinal power. Besides, he had no desire to shortchange himself for a few Spirit Stones, eating Wasted Pills daily while selling off all the good elixirs.
For over a year, before his alchemy skills broke through, every attempt at refining a Tier Two Elixir had resulted in a Wasted Pill. To avoid hindering his cultivation, he had eaten all those Wasted Pills and had long grown sick of them.
Only after his alchemy advanced, allowing him to mix good pills with the wasted ones, did his pill-taking experience finally improve.
’If I can use Beauty Pills repeatedly, does that mean I can do the same with Lifespan Extension Pills?’
’If so, and if I bought or refined enough Tier One Life Extension Pills, couldn’t I become immortal?’
’No, it can’t be that simple. The ingredients for Lifespan Extension Pills are too scarce, and since lifespan is involved, things are bound to be more complicated.’
This sudden thought made Zhang Chi’s heart race with excitement.
Without a moment’s hesitation, he took out a Tier Two Turtle Shell, sparing no expense, and performed a divination on the spot.
Soon, even without experimenting with the pills themselves, he arrived at a relatively certain conclusion.
Of course, this was only possible because he was the master of the Jade Pendant. Otherwise, a divination involving a supreme treasure like the Jade Pendant would have been impossible.
The result of the divination was that the Jade Pendant would indeed allow him to use multiple Tier One Life Extension Pills without their effects diminishing, but the elixirs would become ineffective once the total lifespan extension reached a threefold limit.
The specific reason was that aging and death were rules of the Celestial Dao, not negative effects that could be negated.
Matters like extending one’s lifespan involved not only the physical body and Divine Soul but also the very workings of the Celestial Dao.
Anything deeper was beyond the deductive capabilities of his current Tier Two Divination Technique.
’A shame, but this is still an excellent result!’
Zhang Chi was slightly disappointed, but after a moment’s thought, a brilliant smile spread across his face.
Though he didn’t lack for lifespan at the moment, cultivation was, in essence, a race against time.
No cultivator would refuse a longer life, even one as young as him.
A Tier One Life Extension Pill generally extended one’s life by twenty years, but for an ordinary cultivator, it was only effective the very first time they took it.
To continue increasing their lifespan with elixirs, they had to switch to High Tier Life Extension Pills.
For example, a Tier Two Life Extension Pill could add forty years, while a Tier Three pill could add a full eighty.
But Lifespan Extension Pills were incredibly precious, especially High Tier ones. Most of the time, they couldn’t be bought for any amount of Spirit Stones.
Moreover, one could only take a single pill of each tier, so their usefulness was limited.
But Zhang Chi was different.
He could take three Tier One Life Extension Pills, extending his life by a total of sixty years.
This was undoubtedly a massive advantage.
For example, with his current three-hundred-year lifespan, if he took enough Tiers One and Two Life Extension Pills, he could extend his life by a total of one hundred and eighty years. This would bring his maximum lifespan to four hundred and eighty years.
A typical Foundation Establishment cultivator, even after taking both a Tier One and a Tier Two Life Extension Pill, would have a maximum lifespan of only three hundred and sixty years.
That one-hundred-and-twenty-year difference in lifespan was more than enough to change the destiny of a Foundation Establishment Cultivator.
’Over the past year or so, I’ve accumulated quite a few Magical Artifacts, Spirit Talismans, and elixirs. It’s time to sell them. While I’m at it, I’ll see if I can find any Tier One Life Extension Pills. If I do, I’ll buy a few to test them out.’
’I also need to buy some Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, like Earth Milk Spirit Liquid and Profound Crane Blood.’
With that, Zhang Chi formed a concrete plan.
Over the past year or so, he had occasionally accepted alchemy commissions and sold Tier One Middle and Upper Grade elixirs. Combined with the income from his medicinal garden, it was enough to sustain his daily cultivation, but he clearly lacked any major windfalls.
The reason for this was simple: he understood the principle of not fouling one’s own nest. He absolutely could not sell off his goods in large quantities within Azure Dragon City, or it would likely attract major trouble.
’It’s settled. Once Chen Ling’Er picks up the Beauty Pills, I’ll head to Shifang Immortal City!’ Zhang Chi decided.
Shifang Immortal City was another city near the Demon Abyss, but it was vastly different from Azure Dragon City.
Shifang Immortal City was larger and situated on the border between the territories of the Cangwu Sect and the Golden Sun Sect.
Initially, the Immortal City was jointly governed by the two great Immortal Sects. Later, because there were too many such jointly administered cities and managing them was a hassle, the major Immortal Sects gradually relaxed their control.
As a result, other top-tier Immortal Sects began to participate in its affairs. Loose Cultivators, families of all sizes, local cultivators, and even commercial enterprises like the Ten Thousand Treasures Tower all sent people to set up shop.
This caused such cities to grow ever larger, attracting more and more cultivators, which is how they earned the title of "Immortal City."
The major Immortal Sects were pleased with this development.
After all, the more cultivators a city had, the stronger its defenses. The sects no longer needed to bicker and pass the buck over managing a border region.
In any case, the more prosperous the city, the greater the profits. The top-tier Immortal Sects always remained the most powerful forces and the biggest beneficiaries within these Immortal Cities.
For the majority of cultivators, trading in such Immortal Cities offered more freedom, a wider variety of goods, and less risk of exposing their private affairs.
This was why Zhang Chi chose Shifang Immortal City; it was also the closest such Immortal City to his location.
The "Shifang" in its name literally meant "ten directions." This represented the Ten Great Immortal Sects of Yuan South, while also signifying that the Immortal City’s population came from all corners of the Great Abyss.
Of course, despite its many advantages, a trip to Shifang Immortal City had one major drawback: the journey there was quite dangerous.
But Zhang Chi had to go. Fortunately, he now had some ability to protect himself. As long as he was careful, it shouldn’t be a major problem.
In fact, after making his decision, Zhang Chi even took out a Tier Two Low Grade Turtle Shell specifically to perform a divination on the fortunes of this journey. The result was "danger averted, fortune found."
This meant that while there would be danger, he could handle it, and the outcome would be excellent.
CRACK!
The next moment, Zhang Chi took out a Communication Talisman, spoke a few words into it, and then crushed it in his hand.
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