The Heavenly Saber Novel - Chapter 169
Chapter 169 Steady And Steady
Inside the Su Mansion, after the guests had left, they became deserted.
Li Qing asked, “How strong is Yu Tiancheng?”
City Lord Su replied, “There are three Xiantian experts in Yu Tian City. The city lord is a Xiantian 3-dan expert with the same cultivation as me. The other two are Xiantian 2-dan experts, slightly weaker. Whether in terms of strength or population, they far surpass our Jiangyuan City.”
“This time, they suffered such a loss. How can they let it go? Will they use this to make trouble?”
“It’s hard to say. It won’t be a day or two before they annexe our Jiangyuan City. However, there’s no need to be too afraid of them. With me here, they won’t dare to act recklessly.” City Lord Su’s face was filled with confidence.
Li Qing nodded in agreement. City Lord Su was indeed qualified to say such words.
Xiantian Third Layer could be considered an expert in such a border area. There was absolutely no problem guarding a city. If Yu Tian City did not have a way to deal with City Lord Su, it would probably be very difficult to take down Jiang Yuan City. Even if he fought with all his might, he would surely suffer heavy losses, and the gains would not be worth the losses.
In a dangerous place like the Misty Forest, the people of Yu Tian City shouldn’t be so stupid as to do such a thankless thing. After all, these two cities weren’t the only ones nearby, and there were many factions of various sizes.
“Since that’s the case, then I’m relieved.”
City Lord Su smiled and said, “Speaking of which, your performance today also made me look impressed. I thought that you only had 10,000 jin of strength, barely comparable to a Xiantian expert, but I didn’t expect you to be so powerful. Even a Xiantian 2-dan expert like Old Ghost Han isn’t your match. From this, it seems that even I won’t be able to defeat you in the near future.”
“City Lord is flattering me.” Li Qing smiled faintly.
“I can see that your fist technique is rather rough. There is no organization, and you have a huge body of strength but you can’t display it. Coincidentally, I have a few good fist techniques in Su Mansion, so I can give them to you to cultivate. What do you think?” Said Lord Su.
Li Qing shook his head and said, “There’s no need for that. Actually, I’m not a boxing practitioner.”
“Oh? Then what do you practice?”
“I’m a saber practitioner!”
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After the guest ceremony, the days returned to calm. As time passed, the story about Li Qing gradually calmed down.
Li Qing had always lived in the Hundred Gardens. He lived in seclusion every day and diligently studied pill refining techniques. In addition, he cultivated true energy and recovered his cultivation.
Originally, with his cultivation speed, he would be able to recover his cultivation to the tenth level of the Houtian realm in a few dozen days, and then he would be able to break through to the Xiantian realm.
However, he wasn’t arrogant or impatient. He slowed down his speed a lot. He controlled the process and continued to fight steadily, prolonging the time for a long time.
Moreover, learning alchemy also took up some time, so the recovery speed was not fast.
According to his knowledge, cultivating demonic arts was usually very fast in the early stages, and one could cultivate one’s cultivation to a high level in a short period of time. However, there were many drawbacks to doing so, causing one’s foundation to be unstable and one’s potential to decline in the future.
He didn’t want to make such a mistake and destroy his foundation for the sake of a short period of time.
In the following period of time, apart from cultivating, he continued to refine all kinds of low-grade pills until he reached the perfection stage before finally stopping.
Now, the success rate of refining low-grade pills could be maintained at around eighty percent. This was an inconceivable success rate. Few people could achieve it. Even if a master alchemist were to refine a low-grade pill, he probably wouldn’t be able to reach this level.
However, Li Qing had achieved it. This made him somewhat puzzled. His control seemed to be beyond imagination, and it was really hard to understand.
Although he was puzzled by this, he didn’t think too much about it. This was still a good thing. After feeling that he was very proficient in controlling low-grade pills, the time was ripe, so he decided to start trying to refine mid-grade pills.
Among the few prescriptions for treating lunar meridians, one was a mid-grade prescription. Li Qing intended to refine this pill to treat Su Jingxiang’s illness. At the same time as treating his illness, he could use it to train his hands and kill two birds with one stone.
Thus, Li Qing asked City Lord Su to gather the ingredients for this mid-grade recipe.
City Lord Su agreed happily. He already trusted Li Qing very much. In this world, only this young man could cure his daughter’s illness.
After all, Li Qing had already provided three effective prescriptions. If this momentum continued, there was hope that he could cure the lunar meridians.
The medicinal ingredients of the mid-grade prescription were naturally even more precious. Therefore, the time it took to collect the medicinal ingredients this time became longer. It took a full ten days to collect three copies and then handed them to Li Qing.
After Li Qing obtained the medicinal ingredients, he began to cultivate in seclusion and instructed others not to disturb him.
Medium-grade pills were indeed harder to refine. Li Qing’s carelessness caused the first two ingredients to fail. He couldn’t help but feel a little panicked in his heart.
However, he quickly calmed down. He knew that this was a normal phenomenon, so he couldn’t afford to lose his composure. It would be inconceivable to succeed without experiencing failure.
After calming down, his mind became ethereal, and he entered a profound and profound state again. All of his attention was focused on refining pills.
The whole process went very smoothly. He actually succeeded in refining the third batch of medicinal ingredients.
It was a miracle that he succeeded in refining it after only three attempts. However, Li Qing managed to do it for no apparent reason.
Looking at the pill in the pill furnace, he couldn’t help but let out a long breath and wipe his sweat. This process was too dangerous. It seemed that refining pills wasn’t as easy as he had imagined. It was a test of a person’s psychological quality. If he wasn’t careful, he might fail.
No wonder the success rate of refining pills in the world was so low. People could stay focused and calm for a short period of time, and then successfully refine pills. However, they were unable to maintain a high level of concentration. As long as there was a trace of distraction, they might fail. So the failure rate is always high.
After he successfully refined it, two days had already passed. He walked out of the room and looked at the bright sunshine outside. He felt as if he was living another life.
He did not intend to personally look for Su Jingxiang. Instead, he handed the refined mid-grade pill to City Lord Su and handed it over to her for consumption to see how effective it was.
This was because he knew that Su Jingxiang had a good impression of him, so he intended to deliberately keep a distance and reduce the number of meetings. When the impulse in her heart subsided, there shouldn’t be any emotions left.
When City Lord Su took Li Qing’s pill, he couldn’t help but be dumbfounded, “Is this a mid-grade pill? Did you refine it?”
“That’s right.” Li Qing nodded.
“Then … aren’t you a mid-grade alchemist? Isn’t this too powerful?” Su Cheng was shocked.
“Thanks to your support and trust, City Lord.”
City Lord Su’s expression was extremely rich. He no longer knew how to express his thoughts. In the end, he could only praise him, “He is truly formidable. He has already reached the middle-grade alchemist at such a young age. His future prospects are limitless.”
“Pharmaceutical refining is just a sideline. The main thing is to increase one’s strength.”
City Lord Su couldn’t help but be speechless. This fellow could achieve such an accomplishment with just a casual manipulation. How could he let others live?
‘”Right, if you refine some extra pills in the future that you don’t need, you might as well hand them over to our Su Clan. The Su Clan will help you sell the pills, and the spirit stones you earn will be completely returned to you. I will definitely not covet a single bit of them.”
He made such a suggestion.
