Immortal Venerable of the Beast Race
Chapter 311 - 224 Poison Dragon Sect Tian Hua_1

Chapter 311: 224 Poison Dragon Sect Tian Hua_1

Shen Long had just returned to Golden Roc Courtyard when he saw Red Flood Dragon True Person standing at the entrance.

"Senior Brother Han! Were you looking for me?"

Shen Long casually asked.

"I have obtained some third-order Flood Dragon Essence Blood. I would like to ask for your help in refining a batch of Blood Flood Dragon Pills. In exchange, I’ll reward you with two third-order late-stage Twin-Tailed Scorpion’s Demon Cores. How does that sound?"

Red Flood Dragon True Person politely inquired.

Times had changed, and Shen Long was not only proficient in alchemy but also astonishing in strength. To request his help in pill refining, the compensation had to be substantial.

Shen Long nodded and agreed to the task.

"Thank you, Junior Brother Shen."

Red Flood Dragon True Person’s face brightened with joy, expressed his gratitude, and handed over a green Storage Bag to Shen Long.

"It’s just a minor effort!"

Shen Long said nonchalantly.

"By the way, Junior Brother Shen, I’ve heard that the Barbarian Tribe places great importance on you and has dispatched experts to deal with you. If you intend to take action against the Barbarian Tribe, it would be best to change your appearance."

Red Flood Dragon True Person reminded.

Shen Long nodded, "Master Uncle Liu and Master Aunt Du have already mentioned this to me, I will be cautious."

After some idle talk, Red Flood Dragon True Person bid farewell and left.

Shen Long entered the Alchemy Room, took out the Scarlet Crow Cauldron and the alchemy materials, and began the process of pill making.

He opened his mouth, and a cyan-red Firebird flew out. The bird’s head was red, and its body was cyan; it was the Red Lotus True Flame.

With a gentle flap of its wings, the cyan-red Firebird struck the bottom of the Scarlet Crow Cauldron, turning into a swath of cyan-red flame that engulfed half of the cauldron, and the temperature in the room rose rapidly.

Shen Long added the materials into the Scarlet Crow Cauldron one after another and then sealed the lid.

His Divine Sense closely monitored the situation inside the cauldron. Under the high temperature, the Spiritual Medicine quickly liquefied into juice and blended with the Flood Dragon Essence Blood.

Time ticked away, and a unique, pleasant fragrance emerged from the Scarlet Crow Cauldron.

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In Hundred Ghosts Garden, Profound Yin True Person, Chen Chi, and Xu Yuyan sat in a green Stone Pavilion, discussing something.

"I thought he had been seriously injured and wouldn’t show his face for three months. It turns out he was refining Spiritual Fire. With the help of the third-order Spiritual Fire, his strength has grown even stronger."

Chen Chi frowned as he said.

Previously, they had only considered Shen Long’s prowess in alchemy, not realizing his strength was also formidable.

"My previous judgment was correct. We should not engage in direct conflict with this person."

Profound Yin True Person said with a furrowed brow.

"That might be difficult. In the many meetings, Master Uncle Su and Sect Leader Liu of the Spirit Control Sect have had more than a few arguments, and it’s not easy to resolve such enmity. Let’s hope our Hundred Ghosts Sect grows stronger!"

Xu Yuyan said.

Profound Yin True Person nodded, "That’s all we can do now."

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Five days passed quickly, and in a secret chamber of the Spirit Control Garden...

Shen Long sat cross-legged on a red meditation cushion, staring intently at the Scarlet Crow Cauldron in front of him.

After a while, he withdrew the Red Lotus True Flame and opened the cauldron’s lid. Looking inside, he found twenty-four Blood Flood Dragon Pills, each an upper-grade Elixir.

"Full yield!"

Shen Long’s face showed delight.

The maximum yield for most Elixirs was twenty-four pills per batch, with rarer pills yielding fewer per batch.

After the Red Lotus True Flame evolved to the third order, his efficiency in pill refining had greatly increased.

It took Shen Long only five days to refine a batch of Blood Flood Dragon Pills.

He took out three porcelain bottles to store the pills, deciding to give eighteen to Red Flood Dragon True Person and keep six for himself, as he still had quite a few Blood Flood Dragon Pills on him.

He took out a Messaging Plate, entered a spell, and said, "Senior Brother Han, the Blood Flood Dragon Pills are ready. Come and collect them."

"Alright, I’ll be right there."

The voice of Red Flood Dragon True Person came through the Messaging Plate, filled with joy.

Shen Long put away the Messaging Plate and the Scarlet Crow Cauldron, and went outside.

He sat down in the Stone Pavilion and started to prepare tea.

Just as he finished brewing the Spiritual Tea, Red Flood Dragon True Person arrived.

"Junior Brother Shen, you’ve refined it so quickly?"

Red Flood Dragon True Person was full of surprise and happiness.

Shen Long nodded, took out two green porcelain bottles, handed them to Red Flood Dragon True Person, and said, "Here are eighteen Blood Flood Dragon Pills."

"I’ve burdened Junior Brother Shen this time."

Red Flood Dragon True Person expressed his gratitude and accepted the bottles.

He joined Shen Long for a tea tasting and casual chat. After chatting for a short while, Shen Long took out a red Messaging Plate vibrating slightly, indicating someone was contacting him.

"Junior Brother Shen, since you’re busy, I won’t intrude any further."

Red Flood Dragon True Person tactfully bid his farewell and left.

Shen Long entered a spell into the Messaging Plate, and the voice of Hongyao came through, "Taoist Friend Shen, there’s a gathering tonight at 7PM at my residence. Many alchemists will be joining, including Taoist Friend Tian from the Poison Dragon Sect of the Southern Border Cultivation World."

"The Poison Dragon Sect! Is it the one from the six great powers of the Southern Border Cultivation World?"

Shen Long asked in surprise.

"That’s right, Taoist Friend Tian is a disciple of the Sect Leader of Poison Dragon Sect and also an alchemist. His poison skills are formidable, having eradicated a Barbarian Cultivator in the Core Formation late stage."

Hongyao explained.

"Good, I’ll be there on time."

Shen Long promised.

After a brief chat, he put away the Messaging Plate.

Shen Long entered the Practice Room, sat down cross-legged, and began to meditate.

At 7PM, Shen Long arrived on time at Hongyao’s residence. Hongyao, Lin Qing, Zhou Yuliang, and a handsome green-robed young man with delicate features were sitting in the Stone Pavilion, having tea and chatting.

"Taoist Friend Shen, you’ve arrived. Let me introduce you. This is Taoist Friend Tian Hua. Taoist Friend Tian, this is Taoist Friend Shen whom I’ve mentioned to you."

Hongyao did the introductions.

"I am Shen Long, and I have the honor of meeting Taoist Friend Tian."

Shen Long greeted with a fist and palm salute.

"Taoist Friend Shen is too polite. I’ve long heard of your esteemed name,"

Tian Hua said with a smile, his tone warm and friendly.

"Taoist Friend Tian is overpraising me. I hardly have any great renown."

Shen Long modestly replied.

"Taoist Friend Shen, I’ve heard that you’ve raised a mutated Iron Tail Scorpion. Could you let it out for me to see?"

Tian Hua asked, his face full of anticipation.

Shen Long was momentarily taken aback, then Ye Hongyao explained, "Taoist Friend Shen, Taoist Friend Tian has raised a Purple Sky Flying Scorpion. He’s very interested in the technique of insect repelling and beast taming."

With a pat on his purple spirit beast bag on his waist, Tian Hua summoned a giant scorpion that was entirely purple and had wings on its back.

"The Purple Sky Flying Scorpion!"

Shen Long exclaimed in surprise.

The Purple Sky Flying Scorpion was listed no. 135 on the Heaven and Earth Exotic Insect List, a very high ranking.

Seeing this, Shen Long patted the yellow spirit beast bag on his waist, and his Iron Tail Scorpion flew out, landing on the ground.

The Iron Tail Scorpion was somewhat smaller than the Purple Crystal Sky Scorpion but both were at the middle stage of the third tier.

The Purple Sky Flying Scorpion let out a shrieking sound, its tail spike arching high as if it were facing a formidable enemy.

The Iron Tail Scorpion let out a sharp, piercing shriek. Before the Purple Sky Flying Scorpion could react, the Iron Tail Scorpion charged forward, its huge pincers clamping down on the Purple Sky Flying Scorpion’s tail spike.

"Come back!"

Shen Long commanded.

The Iron Tail Scorpion turned into a streak of yellow light and flew back into the spirit beast bag.

"A Divine Sense Attack! Not bad, Taoist Friend Shen, your Iron Tail Scorpion’s mutated divine power is quite formidable. How did your Spirit Insect mutate? Could you give some advice?"

Tian Hua said with praise, speaking politely.

"It was fortunate enough to eat a Five-Colored Ganoderma Fruit and mutate."

Shen Long explained.

If he told the truth, surely no one would believe him; it was better to say it ate a Five-Colored Ganoderma Fruit.

"A Five-Colored Ganoderma Fruit? Did your Gold-Winged Fire Ant also mutate after consuming the Five-Colored Ganoderma Fruit?"

Tian Hua asked, puzzled.

"No, I subdued it in a secret realm. If it weren’t a mutated spirit insect, I wouldn’t have bothered to tame it,"

Shen Long said.

If others knew that the Gold-Winged Fire Ant mutated because of the Five-Colored Ganoderma Fruit, they probably wouldn’t believe it either.

"I thought it mutated after eating the Five-Colored Ganoderma Fruit! My Purple Crystal Sky Scorpion ate three of them, yet it didn’t mutate."

Tian Hua said with a tone of regret.

"Mutating spirit insects is very difficult. My clan’s uncle cultivated a mutated spirit insect, but its mutated divine power is quite insignificant."

Zhou Yuliang chimed in.

Shen Long had two mutant spirit insects, and both had significant divine powers.

"Taoist Friend Shen, you must have cultivated third-tier Spiritual Fire by now, haven’t you?"

Zhou Yuliang asked with envy.

Shen Long nodded and said, "I remember that Shuwu Hall had third-tier Spiritual Fire."

"To exchange for third-tier Spiritual Fire requires a hefty sum of Kind Attribute points. Currently, Wanjian Sect’s Taoist Friend Lin has slain eight Core Formation cultivators. If he wants to exchange for a mass of third-tier Spiritual Fire, he would need to slay at least forty more Core Formation cultivators. The battle won’t end so quickly,"

Ye Hongyao said.

Third-tier Spiritual Fire is especially precious; everyone wants it, especially alchemists. If the Kind Attribute points needed were not high, it would have been exchanged by Core Formation cultivators long ago.

"Taoist Friend Shen has already slain five Core Formation cultivators. Alchemy can also earn Kind Attribute points. If Taoist Friend Shen puts in more effort and slays more Core Formation cultivators, maybe you could exchange them for that mass of third-tier Spiritual Fire,"

Zhou Yuliang said with a smile.

"Taoist Friend Zhou is joking. It’s not that easy. Are you also planning to join the battle?"

Shen Long asked.

"It depends on the situation,"

Zhou Yuliang replied.

He had come to the Donghua Cultivation Realm on business when the Human Clan and Barbarian Tribe began their battle, which led him to join in.

Refuse Barbarian City gathered a large number of cultivators and was rich in cultivation resources, attracting many merchants to rush there.

One by one, alchemists joined, entering into conversation with the group.

Together, they discussed alchemy techniques and strategies for dealing with the Barbarian Cultivators.

After chatting idly for over two hours, Ye Hongyao suggested exchanging cultivation resources, and everyone, including Shen Long, agreed.

Ye Hongyao brought out more than ten types of third-tier elixirs for exchange, hoping to trade for alchemy materials.

One after another, the cultivators began exchanging items, and Shen Long traded some artifact-refining materials for alchemy materials.

After a short while, Tian Hua stood up, flicked his sleeve, and numerous materials appeared on the table. He introduced each one of them.

"Taiyi Divine Water!"

Shen Long’s gaze fell on a green gourd.

Taiyi Divine Water is a third-tier Spiritual Water, typically used to nourish poisonous plants and is also very attractive to poisonous insects and beasts.

"Taoist Friend Tian, may I exchange Vajra Bone Tempering Pills for these Taiyi Divine Waters? These pills can enhance the body’s physical strength,"

Shen Long took out two green porcelain bottles and handed them to Tian Hua.

Tian Hua shook his head and said, "Taoist Friend Shen, I wish for your Iron Tail Scorpion to mate with my Purple Crystal Sky Scorpion. What do you think?"

"Mate?"

Shen Long was slightly startled.

"That’s right. As long as they mate, the Taiyi Divine Water is yours,"

Tian Hua said earnestly.

He wanted to breed a new kind of poisonous scorpion, and if the offspring inherited the Iron Tail Scorpion’s Divine Sense Attack, that would be most favorable.