Chapter 109 - The Drizzle At The Purple Cauldron Mountain
During the first month at the Purple Cauldron Mountain, Bai Xiaochun’s immortal cave was silent; he didn’t affect the Purple Cauldron disciples in the slightest, causing Zhang Fatso One to be relieved. Even on the several occasions where he had visited Bai Xiaochun, he would always find him refining. Slowly, the visits he paid had gradually lessened.
However… One month later.
Bai Xiaochun’s eyes shone brightly as he gazed at the pill in front of him. Upon closer inspection, he began laughing loudly; his excitement was obvious from his expression. For the past month, he had heated the furnace four times, trying to discover a new method in order to get rid of the impurities, and at this moment, he finally found a new method!
“The Thunder Cleansing is one method, and at the same time, cleansing the pills of impurities from within is also a viable method!”
“I, Bai Xiaochun, really am a genius! Haha! I’ll be using the law of the herbs allelopathic nature, and in the time when I refine the medicine, I’ll use this method to create a burning effect; forcing out the impurities in the medicine! This way, a newly refined pill will no longer be a toxic pill!” The more Bai Xiaochun thought about it, the more excited he became. Taking a deep breath, he immediately heated the furnace.
Stalks after stalks of herbs were placed into the furnace. After he arranged them, he applied his own thinking; he added a number of unnecessary herbs which weren’t used in refining. He constantly took note of every minute detail.
Four days later, Bai Xiaochun sunk into madness once again; he repeatedly spun the furnace while adjusting the earth fire, adding in extra herbs in the process. He would increase or lessen the amount depending on the situation.
It was late at night in the same day when Bai Xiaochun noticed something and glanced at the furnace. I began to shake and a cracking sound resounded from within the furnace. Black smoke rose and burned Bai Xiaochun’s throat, seemingly carrying some trace of poison in it. With a wave of his arm, Bai Xiaochun quickly sent the black smoke out of his immortal cave. It floated up in the sky and a great half of it stayed within the layers of clouds above the Purple Cauldron Mountain, while the other part drifted away in the wind; it silently made its way towards Green Peak Mountain.
Only after the immortal cave was clear of the black smoke did Bai Xiaochun go back to the furnace, gazing at a pill below him. Picking it up, Bai Xiaochun saw that even though it was still a toxic pill, the impurity level was only above ninety percent; it was ten percent lower.
Bai Xiaochun had instantly become pleased; he believed his speculation was correct. The only thing needed now was endless refining until he discover the refining method.
“Haha... My refining method this time around isn’t very disruptive. No lightning nor tremors, and it didn’t affect any other disciples at all!” Bai Xiaochun was happy; he didn’t want to enrage the other disciples due to his own refining problems.
Bai Xiaochun was satisfied. He sat in a corner and crossed his legs. After finishing his daily cultivation training with the Elephant Dragon Ocean Forming Technique and the Undying Longevity Technique, he also trained the Water Nation Technique.
After finally completing his cultivation, he went back to the Medicine Refinement Room and began refining medicine once more.
This time, he was bursting with excitement. Almost everyday, he refined medicine at least four to five times, and every single time he refined, he would send the black smoke out of his immortal cave.
Ten days later, he had a pleasant discovery; for every ten pellets he refined, only four were toxic, which only had ninety seven or ninety eight percent impurity; their impurity level was lower than the hundred percent before.
In the six instances of success among the ten, the impurity level had decreased as well! If this continued, refining medium quality Grade Three medicine is just around the corner!
Bai Xioachun’s eyes burnt with passion; he didn’t seem care for anything at all, as though he was in secluded cultivation. He began his insane routine of medicine refining, constantly recording and changing his notes. His daily furnace usage count reached around seven and eight; masses of black smoke spread out from his immortal cave everyday, floating up in the sky and dissipating. Half a month passed and he excitedly learned that the impurity level of his toxic pills lowered to ninety-five percent.
During Bai Xiaochun’s two month stay at the Purple Cauldron Mountain, many disciples of the Scented Cloud Mountain all let out a sigh of relief. They didn’t know where Bai Xiaochun went, and they were just pleasantly enjoying the new tranquility of the Scented Cloud Mountain.
Other than Zhang Fatso One, the disciples of Purple Cauldon Mountain had no idea that Bai Xiaochun was currently refining medicine in Purple Cauldron Mountain, and slowly, everything concerning the troubling events of which Bai Xiaochun’s pill refinement had caused began to spread in the Purple Cauldron Mountain. Zhang Fatso One became worried, he began bothering Bai Xiaochun more frequently.
He would have never thought that Bai Xiaochun would have made such a huge disaster in the Scented Cloud Mountain. But although he was worried, when he saw that Bai Xiaochun was quiet, and seeing that he didn’t cause any trouble, Zhang Fatso’s heart gradually calmed down.
Time quickly flew as another month passed by. Bai Xiaochun’s medicine refinement had been going on for three months now, and from his immortal cave, even more black smoke emerged; it attracted the attention of other disciples from the Purple Cauldron Mountain, but they didn’t think much about it...
Zhang Fatso One, on the other hand, was as unworried as ever. The only troubling thing was the rain that recently started in the Purple Cauldron Mountain. The rain was extremely peculiar, only appearing on Purple Cauldron Mountain and nowhere else.
The rainwater was slightly dirty, forming spots of dirt whenever it landed on someone. As time passed by, many disciples of the Purple Cauldron Mountain began to believe that something was amiss. Bai Xiaochun’s insanity for medicine refinement reached an unprecedented height… The frequency of his furnace usage daily had gone above fifteen!
There was barely any resting time in between, causing Bai Xiaochun to become extremely pale; his impure pills, on the other hand, had a rapid decrease in the impurity rate, reaching ninety-two or ninety-three percent.
“Only a few more months and then I’ll be confident that the impurity rate will drop below ninety percent, making them low tier medicine!” Bai Xiaochun excitedly shouted, once again submerging himself in medicine refinement when an uproar began in the Purple Cauldron Mountain.
Zhang Fatso One, who was currently walking somewhere in the Purple Cauldron Mountain, suddenly noticed that the rain got heavier. His eyes widened as he noticed the smell of acid within the raindrops. As it landed on his body, no harm was done to the body. However, at the moment the raindrop touched his clothes, it began to… melt…
Zhang Fatso One’s eyes were wide open, and after a brief moment of staring blankly, he yelped, realizing that his clothes were almost gone, prompting him to hastily return to his courtyard.
The screaming Zhang Fatso One couldn’t believe his eyes as he saw the clothes of all the disciples getting melted in the entire Purple Cauldron Mountain. Any disciple who were wettened by the rain had their clothes quickly melted. Some especially unfortunate people had no clothing at all; they shrieked in agony.
“Oh my god! What… What is going on?!”
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