While Fei Bingzhu was searching for the seeds of the Treasure Blood Lotus, Mo Wuji was preparing to find a way to advance to a Grade 3 Human Pill Refiner. Only by raising his pill refining level could he have a better chance of getting close to Granny Linglong.

Returning to his room, he opened the package left by Yin Qianqian, which contained nearly a hundred Grade 3 spirit herbs.

These nearly one hundred Grade 3 spirit herbs would at most allow Mo Wuji to refine a dozen furnaces of Grade 3 Human Spirit Pills. This required Mo Wuji himself to add a large number of Grade 1 and Grade 2 spirit herbs.

Mo Wuji was already very grateful to receive so many Grade 3 spirit herbs.

Yin Qianqian had promised to give him some Grade 3 spirit herbs to learn how to refine Grade 3 Human Spirit Pills. The prerequisite was that Mo Wuji would give her the broken sword so she could obtain its secrets.

Now that he had given her the broken sword, it could be said that the two had mutual needs. Or rather, Mo Wuji's need was greater, as Mo Wuji giving Yin Qianqian half of a broken sword required Yin Qianqian to cover up the fact that he had obtained the Universe Shift. Despite this, Yin Qianqian kept her promise and gave him so many Grade 3 spirit herbs.

So many Grade 3 spirit herbs were a considerable fortune. Besides not wanting to break her promise, Yin Qianqian probably had another reason for taking out these things: to repay Mo Wuji's life-saving grace. Mo Wuji had saved her, made concessions at Swordless Mountain, and allowed her to obtain Mo Luoqu's inheritance.

There was also a letter with these spirit herbs, which Mo Wuji opened. It was also left by Yin Qianqian.

"Junior Brother Mo, these spirit herbs are what I promised. Use them to practice, don't worry about wasting them. I won't give you the complete Grade 3 pill formula, but here is a fragment of a Grade 3 Human Spirit Pill formula. Use this incomplete Grade 3 Human Spirit Pill formula to practice. Although these spirit herbs definitely won't allow you to advance to a Grade 3 Human Pill Refiner, they can improve your understanding of Grade 3 Human Spirit Pills.

With your spiritual root aptitude, being able to advance to a Grade 2 Human Pill Refiner is already remarkable. So don't be discouraged if you can't advance to a Grade 3 Human Pill Refiner. A Grade 2 Human Pill Refiner has a place to stand wherever they go. Dan Shi Qu and I are going to attend the Pill Refiner Exchange Meeting to prepare for the Pill Battle in the Five Elements Wasteland. We're not sure when we'll return to the sect. Stay in Swordless Sect and cultivate in peace. I will definitely keep my promise and take you with me to the Five Elements Wasteland Pill Battle half a year from now. Yao Wang Peak, Yin Qianqian."

Beneath the letter, Mo Wuji indeed saw a fragmented pill formula.

Mo Wuji understood Yin Qianqian's meaning: she knew that he was 100% unable to advance to a Grade 3 Human Pill Refiner, no matter how strong his pill refining aptitude was, he couldn't overcome the restrictions on his cultivation.

It was precisely because Yin Qianqian was sure that he couldn't advance to a Grade 3 Human Pill Refiner that she didn't leave the complete Grade 3 Human Spirit Pill formula. Leaving a fragmented one was to make him give up on advancing to a Grade 3 Human Pill Refiner, while also keeping her promise.

Mo Wuji put away the letter, his gaze falling on the fragmented pill formula.

Yin Qianqian had no confidence in him, but he was very confident in advancing to a Grade 3 Human Pill Refiner.

Even if his cultivation could only reach Meridian Opening Layer 4, he was confident in attempting to become a Grade 3 Human Pill Refiner. The only thing he lacked was spirit herbs for practice. As for the pill formula, there were several Grade 3 Human Spirit Pill formulas on the Wordless Pill Book. He didn't care whether Yin Qianqian left a pill formula or not.

Grade 3 Human Spirit Pill formulas were still very valuable. Now that Yin Qianqian had left him a fragmented one, he still wanted to see what kind of pill it was.

Pill Name: Strengthening Spirit Pill...

As soon as he saw the pill name, Mo Wuji felt familiar. The Wordless Pill Book also had this pill, indeed a Grade 3 Human Spirit Pill. However, the Wordless Pill Book only briefly introduced it in one line: Strengthening Spirit Pill, a beginner divine mind pill that can enhance the divine mind soul power of low-level cultivators.

As for the rest, the Wordless Pill Book didn't say a word more. Mo Wuji didn't even have a master, so how could he know what divine mind soul power was?

Yin Qianqian's pill formula actually introduced the Strengthening Spirit Pill in detail, even occupying a large part of the fragmented pill formula. It could be said that the fragmented pill formula was almost entirely introducing the Strengthening Spirit Pill, with only three or four spirit herbs missing.

This couldn't even be called a fragmented pill formula; it should be called the beginning of a pill formula.

As everyone knew, cultivators only formed a true Primordial Spirit when they reached the Void Spirit Realm, and only then could they condense divine mind and use the power of divine mind. Cultivators who could use the power of divine mind were far stronger than ordinary Earth Realm cultivators.

The Strengthening Spirit Pill was meant to allow cultivators who hadn't reached the Void Spirit Realm to strengthen their divine mind. Those with powerful talent could even condense divine mind power through the divine mind strengthened by the Strengthening Spirit Pill.

When Mo Wuji saw divine mind power, his heart jumped. He had cultivated until now, and even without a master, he had some understanding of divine mind, and knew that this power was too strong.

When he was using the lightning arcs of Thunder Swamp to temper his meridians, it was because he didn't have a cultivation technique that he could only use his will to forcibly control the lightning arcs to open his blocked meridians.

However, his will was just wishful thinking. Sometimes he tried several times and couldn't succeed once. Even if he succeeded, it wasn't necessarily caused by his will. And will was the prototype of divine mind power.

From here he learned that divine mind could only be condensed after forming a Primordial Spirit in the Void Spirit Realm. Mo Wuji also knew about the Void Spirit Realm, which was the third heaven of the Earth Realm Three Heavens. Only by crossing the Void Spirit Realm could one have the opportunity to glimpse the first heaven of the Heaven Realm.

If this pill was successfully refined, its effect on him would be unparalleled. Even if he didn't need to use will to open his meridians now, he urgently needed this divine mind power for refining pills.

His pill hand seals were forcibly controlled by will. In reality, pill hand seals truly needed divine mind. Because he didn't have divine mind, and his will was strong, he could barely use Yuan Power to control with will. Even then, he often failed.

If he could cultivate divine mind power, his pill refining level would soon improve several levels. Perhaps it wasn't impossible to directly refine Earth-grade spirit pills.

He decided to find a way to refine the Strengthening Spirit Pill. Once he succeeded, the impact on him would be far more than just the effects of a single pill.

Having decided, Mo Wuji began to compare the spirit herbs on the fragmented pill formula with the required spirit herbs for the Strengthening Spirit Pill on his Wordless Pill Book.

There were only five spirit herbs left on the fragmented pill formula, including three Grade 2 spirit medicines. The remaining two were Grade 3 spirit medicines: Ice Soul Grass and Golden Embryo Root. As for the Grade 2 spirit medicines, Mo Wuji didn't care. He could basically obtain Grade 2 spirit medicines.

The Strengthening Spirit Pill formula on the Wordless Pill Book had eleven Grade 2 spirit medicines. Mo Wuji glanced at them and could basically obtain them as well. Among them, there were only five Grade 3 spirit herbs: Ice Soul Grass, Leafless Mist Vine, Azure Frost Fruit, Small Freedom Flower, and Round Integration Breeze Fruit. Among Grade 3 Human Spirit Pills, five Grade 3 spirit herbs was considered very few.

Comparing the two pill formulas, Mo Wuji discovered that the three Grade 2 spirit herbs in the fragmented pill formula that Yin Qianqian left him were all on the Wordless Pill Book. However, the Wordless Pill Book's five spirit herbs didn't have the Golden Embryo Root.

Mo Wuji didn't hesitate. He decided to study the refinement of the Strengthening Spirit Pill according to the pill formula on the Wordless Pill Book.

Ice Soul Grass, Leafless Mist Vine, Azure Frost Fruit, Small Freedom Flower, and Round Integration Breeze Fruit. Mo Wuji himself had three Round Integration Breeze Fruits among these five Grade 3 spirit medicines, which he had obtained from the few Grade 3 spirit herbs he acquired from Swordless Mountain. The Grade 3 spirit herbs sent by Yin Qianqian included Ice Soul Grass and Azure Frost Fruit. Now he lacked the Grade 3 spirit herbs Small Freedom Flower and Leafless Mist Vine.

Mo Wuji immediately left Lotus Sword Peak and went to the Affairs Hall, without even asking Fei Bingzhu how the search for the roots of the Treasure Blood Lotus was going.

He was a guest pill refiner, and although he couldn't use sect resources like Swordless Sect's pill refiners, he still had a small amount of spirit herbs at his disposal. He had enough authority to use these rights to purchase the medicinal materials for one furnace of Strengthening Spirit Pill.

What Mo Wuji needed wasn't the medicinal materials for one furnace of Strengthening Spirit Pill. He wanted to learn how to refine the Strengthening Spirit Pill, and needed at least ten furnaces of pills. Mo Wuji didn't have the authority to request the spirit herbs for ten furnaces of Grade 3 Human Spirit Pills, let alone the many Grade 2 spirit herbs he still lacked.

Fortunately, among the Grade 3 spirit herbs that Yin Qianqian sent, there were some Grade 3 spirit herbs that he couldn't use, which he could take to exchange for the spirit herbs he needed. With his identity as a guest pill refiner, exchanging spirit herbs for spirit herbs, he believed that the assistant pharmacist who had been frightened by him not long ago wouldn't dare to obstruct him.

(It will be available on August 1st. I'm anxiously waiting, so I'll update a chapter.)

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