The Immortal Cultivation World Is Too Dangerous: I Return to Earth as a Divine Sage
Chapter 18 - One Golden Pill Enters My Body, My Fate Is Mine, Not Heaven’s

Chapter 18: One Golden Pill Enters My Body, My Fate Is Mine, Not Heaven’s

“Exchange for the Rejuvenation Pill and the Bone-Strengthening Pill.”

While Zhao Wuji, Zhao Xuankun, and the Zhao family members were marveling, Zhao Qingzhi began communicating with the task jade token, silently chanting to exchange for items.

The moment Zhao Qingzhi initiated the exchange, Ye Yang, who had just arrived at the center of the Zhao family’s ancient mansion with Zhao Ling’er, sensed it. In that instant, Ye Yang casually formed a hand seal, temporarily blocking Zhao Ling’er’s senses for a moment. During that brief moment, Ye Yang retrieved the Rejuvenation Pill and the Bone-Strengthening Pill from his storage ring and, using the power of the Kunlun Mirror, transported them to the room where Zhao Qingzhi was.

In the room, the moment Zhao Qingzhi silently chanted to exchange for the items, he focused intently, waiting.

“Father, look!”

As Zhao Qingzhi waited, Zhao Wuji, Zhao Xuankun, and the other Zhao family members exclaimed in shock. A crack suddenly appeared in front of Zhao Qingzhi. The instant the crack formed, two round pills, emanating a unique fragrance, fell from it. Everyone who caught the scent felt refreshed and invigorated, as if they had just drunk a cup of coffee.

Snap.

Seeing this, Zhao Qingzhi immediately caught the two pills. His face was filled with excitement. Seeing is believing. Although he had already witnessed Ye Yang’s extraordinary methods and knew Ye Yang was a transcendent figure comparable to immortals and gods, Ye Yang was Ye Yang, and Kunlun was Kunlun.

Before experiencing Kunlun’s benefits firsthand, Zhao Qingzhi had harbored some doubts about the descriptions in the identity jade token. But now, he had no more doubts. With a single thought, he successfully exchanged for the pills he needed, and a crack appeared out of thin air—a supernatural method incomprehensible to ordinary people.

“Father, hurry and take them to see the effects,” Zhao Wuji urged, seeing Zhao Qingzhi catch the pills.

“Alright, I’ll take them now,” Zhao Qingzhi said with a smile, nodding.

He then tossed the Rejuvenation Pill into his mouth. The moment it entered, Zhao Qingzhi felt the pill dissolve into a warm current that surged through his body. As the warm current flowed, he could clearly sense it coursing through every part of his body. Wherever it passed, an indescribable sense of relief washed over him.

“So comfortable.”

The sensation was so pleasant that Zhao Qingzhi couldn’t help but let out a sigh. The onlookers, including Zhao Wuji, were amazed at the changes in Zhao Qingzhi. His appearance was transforming at a visible rate. His hair, once full of white strands, began turning black. The wrinkles on his face, once deeply etched, started to fade. After several dozen minutes, Zhao Qingzhi no longer looked like a man nearing a hundred years old—he appeared to be in his sixties or seventies.

“Phew, I’ve never felt so at ease in my life.” After the transformation, Zhao Qingzhi, still on the hospital bed, stretched and exclaimed loudly.

“By the way, how do I look now?” he asked, looking at Zhao Wuji and the others.

“Father, see for yourself,” Zhao Wuji replied, full of awe. “Honestly, if I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes, I’d suspect you were an imposter standing before me. The change is just too dramatic.”

He pulled out his phone, opened the camera, and showed Zhao Qingzhi his reflection.

“Is this me?” Seeing his sixty- or seventy-year-old appearance on the phone, Zhao Qingzhi’s expression was filled with astonishment. He had expected the Rejuvenation Pill to have a significant effect, but he hadn’t imagined it would be this dramatic. In just a few dozen minutes, it had turned him from an elderly man on the brink of death into someone who looked sixty or seventy?

“Perhaps the ancient saying, ‘One golden pill enters my body, my fate is mine, not heaven’s,’ comes from an even higher-grade pill from Kunlun,” Zhao Qingzhi mused after examining himself for a long time. “If a low-level member’s Rejuvenation Pill can cause such a change, what if I took a higher-grade pill? Could I become a young man in his twenties?”

“Father, there’s still the Bone-Strengthening Pill,” Zhao Wuji reminded him. “Take it and see its effects.”

“Right, I’ll take it now,” Zhao Qingzhi nodded immediately, swallowing the Bone-Strengthening Pill.

Like the Rejuvenation Pill, the Bone-Strengthening Pill melted upon entering his mouth, turning into a warm current that surged through his body. However, unlike the soothing relief of the Rejuvenation Pill, the Bone-Strengthening Pill caused intense pain wherever it passed. Zhao Qingzhi felt as if his bones and muscles were being torn apart.

“Hiss.” Unable to bear it, Zhao Qingzhi collapsed onto the bed, groaning in pain.

“Father, what’s wrong?” Zhao Wuji and the others looked at him with concern.

The pain was so intense that Zhao Qingzhi couldn’t even speak to answer them. After several dozen minutes, the pain finally subsided. Relieved, Zhao Qingzhi placed his hands on the bed to push himself up.

Crack.

But as he pressed down, the bedboard emitted a cracking sound and split under the force of his hands.

“Father?” Zhao Wuji and the others called out again, startled.

“It’s fine. The Bone-Strengthening Pill suddenly increased my strength too much, and I couldn’t adjust in time. I used too much force and broke the bedboard,” Zhao Qingzhi explained, shaking his head. He then carefully used minimal force to prop himself up.

“Father, what happened just now? Why were you in so much pain?” Zhao Wuji and the others asked curiously.

“The Bone-Strengthening Pill enhances strength by directly reshaping your muscles and bones. Injuries to muscles and bones are already painful, so reshaping them is naturally excruciating,” Zhao Qingzhi said, shaking his head.

“I see. We thought it was because the Rejuvenation Pill and Bone-Strengthening Pill couldn’t be taken consecutively and needed a break in between,” Zhao Wuji and the others nodded. “We almost went to chase after Ling’er and Mr. Ye to ask for Mr. Ye’s help.”

“Kunlun’s pills—how could they have restrictions like not being able to be taken consecutively? That’s a concern only for modern medicine,” Zhao Qingzhi said, shaking his head.

“By the way, arrange a meeting for me with the person from the Medicine family who sold you that divine medicine. Tell them I want to meet the head of the Medicine family. I want to purchase their divine medicine,” Zhao Qingzhi suddenly thought of something and instructed Zhao Wuji.