The Invincible Supreme Medical God

Chapter 1395 - 719: Broken Pills

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"Apart from these ruined pills, I have nothing else to offer you." Yan Xiaobao actually felt quite satisfied with this situation. Cultivators couldn’t consume the damaged pills, but they seemed harmless to the stone gargoyle. In fact, the stone gargoyle grew quite a lot last month. He now looked less like a mischievous sprite, about the size of a 7 or 8-year-old child. Of course, he was black, surrounded by a black mist.

Most notably, the stone gargoyle seemed to have become smarter. Now, he wasn’t completely useless, and he could offer Yan Xiaobao some help after receiving simple commands.

Several times, he seemed unwilling to eat the damaged pill, but he didn’t dare defy Yan Xiaobao’s orders.

Once, Yan Xiaobao made a mistake; it could be said the pill furnace was about to explode. He immediately backed up and shouted loudly: "Shadow, you handle it!"

Shadow flew over, passed through the outside of the pill furnace. Once inside, he took a deep breath, absorbing all the spiritual medicine. Then, he lay on the ground, twitching sideways, with his eyes glistening.

Yan Xiaobao clicked his tongue, impressed by the stone gargoyle’s behavior.

"Not bad, Shadow, not bad." He continued concocting with excitement. Once, the pill furnace started to emit pulsing black smoke, Yan Xiaobao knew this would lead to some catastrophe, including acid rain, diarrhea, hallucinations, or others.

Again, he called on Shadow.

"You handle it, Shadow!"

Shadow leapt, taking a deep breath, inhaling all the smoke. Then he fell to the side, the smoke causing severe damage internally. If he had saliva, he’d surely be foaming at the mouth.

Yan Xiaobao was moved.

"Well done, Shadow. You’re amazing!" Yan Xiaobao was very excited, he had already decided he needed to bring Shadow every time he concocted medicine. Shadow was truly remarkable. Whether it was pill destruction, toxic smoke, or pill furnace explosions, he could resolve all issues that arose while handling the pill impurities.

Yan Xiaobao was so engrossed in his pharmacy that he didn’t notice the spark of intelligence rising in Shadow’s eyes, which was evidently due to consuming all the impurities. Ordinarily, he remained hidden and always tried to appear oblivious and foolish in front of Yan Xiaobao.

Once, Yan Xiaobao looked at a batch of failed pills, resulting in a mysterious pill. He didn’t know what the pill was for when he looked at Shadow, just as he was about to put it in his storage bag.

He blinked and said, "Shadow, you handle it."

Shadow trembled but then flew over and ate the pill. After drinking, he flipped on his back. Yan Xiaobao widened his eyes. Just as he was about to approach to examine Shadow, Shadow suddenly jumped to his feet, wailing as he turned to mist. Screaming, he rushed out of the Immortal’s cave. Yan Xiaobao chased after him, noticing the stone gargoyle seemed to have gone mad. He ran around wildly, jumping here and there, sometimes collapsing into shapeless mist, sometimes reforming into shape. After a while, he collapsed back onto the ground.

From that moment on, whenever he looked at Yan Xiaobao, his gaze was filled with profound fear.

Things progressed for about half a month. Yan Xiaobao worked diligently, and the Level 4 undead blood pill slowly began to form. He had already been able to forge pills with three strands of Qi and blood, and was on the cusp of producing four strands of Blood Qi.

During this time, Shadow continued taking the pills. Although the quality of these pills was improving, they were still destructive pills, occasionally even poisonous, but Shadow generally liked them.

Shadow also enjoyed occasionally leaving the Immortal’s cave and flying over Nameless Peak. When he encountered other stone gargoyles belonging to other cultivators, it was clear that Shadow’s fierce aura was much weaker than their expressions.

The law of the jungle prevailed in the Blood Flow Sect, and survival among stone gargoyles was even more brutal. Middle cultivators had to strictly control their stone gargoyles to avoid major issues. However, Shadow was somewhat unusual. He got along well with all other stone gargoyles on Nameless Peak, never battling with them...

Yan Xiaobao was surprised by this but didn’t give it much more thought. He focused on concocting medicine. After another half month, he finally made a breakthrough, concocting the Level 4 undead blood pill.

When four strands of Blood Qi finally fused together, Yan Xiaobao started laughing with his lungs. Of course, his excitement wasn’t because he concocted the Level 4 undead blood pill, but because during the concoction process, no one was affected.

No acid rain, no explosive furnace, no toxic smoke, no diarrhea, nothing. Most exciting was that Yan Xiaobao finally felt as if he understood what it was like to become a master pharmacist.

"Hahaha! Now people absolutely cannot call me Plague Demon! I concocted medicine for Nameless Peak without a single issue arising!" Of course, he felt surprised and delighted. All the other cultivators in the Blood Flow Sect, especially those on Nameless Peak, were also surprised. Although they were still somewhat nervous, there seemed to be no sign of disaster. Clearly, Nightcrypt’s medicine concoction was indeed done under completely safe conditions.

"Has Plague Demon really changed his ways?"

"I can’t believe nothing happened during his medicine concoction!"

But there was one thing, unnoticed by anyone. Yan Xiaobao’s stone gargoyle shadow had been touring around Nameless Peak, making acquaintances with all the stone gargoyles there.