In the vast room, only a few figures remained. Flames burned in several stoves, over which herbs simmered, emitting a strong, pungent odor.
On a bed, Mu Linchen lay with his eyes slightly closed, his body pale and bluish-white, his eyes sunken and purplish-black.
Poison!
Mu Yun immediately realized.
Approaching Mu Linchen, Mu Yun examined him closely.
"Fennel powder and Bai Ling liquid, how cruel!"
Seeing his adoptive father's weak, seemingly fragile breaths, Mu Yun's hands clenched tightly.
"I'm sorry, adoptive father, it's all my fault!" He
knelt before the bed with a thud, filled with remorse.
If he hadn't been so careless, not returning to the clan for a month, his adoptive father wouldn't be in this state.
He just hadn't expected those two old bastards, Mu Fengyuan and Mu Fengqing, to dare to use such ruthless methods; it was clearly an attempt to kill his adoptive father!
"Young Clan Leader, it's time for the Clan Leader to take his medicine!"
A middle-aged man loyal to Mu Linchen said in a sorrowful voice.
"Mu Qiankun, tell me, what exactly happened!"
Mu Qiankun was his adoptive father's personal bodyguard, quite strong, and utterly loyal to his adoptive father.
At this moment, the people waiting in the room were all Mu Linchen's most loyal guards, and Mu Yun didn't shy away from the situation.
"Young Clan Leader, ever since half a month ago, after lunch, the Clan Leader has felt unwell, but he didn't pay much attention to it. But who knew it would get worse and worse!"
Mu Qiankun, a burly man, couldn't help but shed tears as he said, "Then, the Clan Leader suddenly collapsed, as if all his energy had been drained, and..."
"And what!"
"And the First Elder and Second Elder, who control the family affairs, didn't even hire a pill refiner for the Clan Leader, just making us laymen brew some herbs!"
Bang...
As soon as he finished speaking, Mu Yun punched and shattered a wooden chair next to him.
"Mu Fengyuan, Mu Fengqing, you've brought this upon yourselves!"
His face slightly contorted, Mu Yun walked to the soup pot and bent down.
"Fennel powder is mild and nourishing, but Hundred Spirits Elixir is potent. Combining the two can easily cause a martial artist's qi and blood to rise and fall!"
"Fennel grass, three-spice mushroom, wild grass..."
Mu Yun muttered to himself, picking up a few herbs from the pile and placing them in the pot. He then controlled the fire and began to brew the medicine.
Right now, he could only stabilize his adoptive father's injuries before refining the elixir to detoxify him.
After a while, Mu Yun brought out a cup of brownish-red soup and served it to Mu Linchen.
Before long, Mu Linchen's originally bluish-white body gradually lost its bluish tinge, leaving only a pale complexion.
"This..."
Seeing that Mu Yun's slight manipulation of a few herbs had clearly suppressed the toxins in Mu Linchen's body, Mu Qiankun and the others were stunned.
After calming himself down, Mu Yun looked at the people in the room and spoke again, "Mu Qiankun, Mu Qianyun, you two are responsible for guarding the courtyard. Don't let anyone get close! Mu Shan, Mu Yu, you two are responsible for observing every move in the Mu family mansion! Also, pay close attention to your adoptive father's condition. These herbs, according to my dosage, should be brewed into a medicinal soup for him every half hour!"
"Yes!"
Seeing that Mu Yun had suppressed Mu Linchen's injuries in such a short time as if by magic, Mu Qiankun, Mu Qianyun, and the other three were stunned.
This young clan leader had truly undergone a tremendous change, just as the clan leader had said.
After giving all these instructions, Mu Yun left the courtyard and headed straight for the Sacred Pill Pavilion.
"Xianyu, where is your grandfather?"
"Ah! Instructor Mu, my grandfather is on the third floor. Is there anything wrong?"
"Good news!"
Mu Yun pulled Miao Xianyu and headed towards the third floor.
With a bang, the door to Miao Qing's office was kicked open, and Mu Yun rushed in.
"You brat, don't you know how to knock before you come in?" Master Miaoqing scoffed at Mu Yun's impatient manner.
"Master Miao, there's something I'd like to discuss with you. What do you say?"
Master Miaoqing hesitated for a moment, then said, "Oh? You brat, I've heard about your 'legendary deeds' from Xianyu. What is it that you need to collaborate with me on?"
"I want to ask you to refine pills. All the spiritual herbs and medicines needed for the pills will be provided by your Holy Pill Pavilion. I think the Holy Pill Pavilion should be able to afford that. As for the pill-refining equipment, you'll have to figure that out!"
After a pause, Mu Yun added, "However, I'm willing to tell you the pill formula, and even if you mass-produce it later, I won't interfere!"
Hearing Mu Yun's earlier words, Master Miaoqing almost wanted to kick him out.
But the last sentence made her suppress her anger and stare at Mu Yun in disbelief.
"What pill?"
"A third-grade pill—the Pure Heart Pill!"
Third-grade!
Mu Yun was actually willing to share a third-grade pill formula with him? Was this guy out of his mind?
"Explain the formula to me
..."
"No problem!" Mu Yun said confidently. "The Pure Heart Pill requires Spirit Heart Grass, Willow Vine Flower..."
Before long, Mu Yun listed the names of dozens of medicinal herbs. Some of these pills were completely unheard of by Master Miao Qing, and Mu Yun simply substituted other herbs.
Master Miao Qing took notes while asking Mu Yun about the peculiarities of those herbs.
"The medicinal herbs are basically all there, Master Miaoqing. Any questions?"
"You underestimate me too much. If I, Miaoqing, can't refine a third-grade pill, then my reputation as a third-grade alchemist is wasted!"
Miaoqing said confidently. "When do we start refining the pills?"
"Now, immediately!"
To be honest, it wasn't that Mu Yun didn't want to refine pills himself, but rather that he was currently only at the tenth level of the Physical Body Realm, still some distance from the tenth level of the Spiritual Aperture Realm. Refining a third-grade pill at his current level would indeed be quite difficult.
"Now?"
"Any questions?"
"No questions, let's go!"
Master Miaoqing nodded immediately, even ignoring Miao Xianyu who was standing to the side, and pulled Mu Yun directly towards the alchemy room of the Sacred Pill Pavilion.
He was also very much looking forward to seeing what effects the Pure Heart Pill that Mu Yun had mentioned would have!
These past few days, he had been hearing news about Mu Yun from Miao Xianyu.
In fact, for the past month, Miao Xianyu had been refining pills in the alchemy room every day, even changing his teaching methods and taking a different approach.
After some investigation, he learned that this was all under Mu Yun's guidance.
This made Miao Qing even more curious about Mu Yun.
Considering Mu Yun's changes over this period, Master Miao Qing was certain that there must be a powerful figure helping him behind the scenes.
Otherwise, how could the once infamous good-for-nothing of Beiyun City have made such an astonishing transformation in such a short time!
"First step, don't light the furnace fire. Put the Spirit Heart Grass into the alchemy furnace first!"
"Huh?"
Hearing Mu Yun's strange words, Master Miao Qing's eyes widened.
What a joke! Who puts medicinal herbs into the alchemy furnace before even lighting the fire?
"Mu Yun, aren't you just messing around?"
"Trust me!" Seeing Master Miao Qing's surprised expression, Mu Yun said seriously, "I desperately need the Pure Heart Pill to save my life, I won't do anything reckless!"
"Good!"
Given the various peculiar things she had heard about her mentor, Miao Xianyu, over the past few days, Miao Qing was also curious about Mu Yun's methods.
Following Mu Yun's instructions, Miao Qing began
to add various medicinal herbs in order.
Master Miao Qing was indeed worthy of being a third-grade alchemist; Mu Yun hardly needed to repeat himself, and she understood him perfectly.
Finally, everything was arranged properly, and Mu Yun slowly breathed a sigh of relief.
"The rest is up to your grandfather!"
Mu Yun found a place to sit down and slowly closed his eyes.
His current realm was the seventh level of the Condensing Yuan Realm, but only today did he realize that such progress was too slow!
Today, the difficulties caused by the First Elder and Second Elder would have been difficult to resolve if he hadn't become a senior instructor at Bei Yun Academy.
"It's time to break through to the eighth level of the Gathering Core Realm!"
In the Gathering Core Realm, true essence condenses into a core and gathers in the abdomen.
Advancing from the seventh level of True Essence Realm to the eighth level of Core Formation Realm is not merely an increase in True Essence.
When True Essence condenses into a Core, the recovery speed of each True Essence expenditure increases more than tenfold. Compared to the seventh level, the strength of the eighth level lies in the abundance and inexhaustible supply of True Essence.
Sitting cross-legged, Mu Yun began to regulate the True Essence within his body.
For the past month, besides teaching Qi Ming, Mo Yang, and Miao Xianyu, he had been cultivating the Heaven-Mending Sword Dao.
The True Essence within his body, fused with the True Essence within the Heaven-Slaying Diagram, had already reached a saturation point in his meridians.
Breaking through to the eighth level was simply a natural progression.
Guiding the flow of True Essence within his body, Mu Yun carefully observed every corner of his body.
The speed of the True Essence flowed faster and faster. Mu Yun deeply felt that the True Essence was like a school of fish swimming in a vast ocean, constantly drawing power from every part of Mu Yun's body and converging in his abdomen.
As the true essence completely converged in Mu Yun's abdomen, a surge of true essence erupted once more from every meridian and cell within his body, converging again towards his abdomen and continuously expanding his dantian.
Mu Yun wasn't surprised by the surge of true essence within his meridians.
He was already prepared to absorb all of it into his body.
"Eighth level of the Gathering Core Realm, complete!"
With a low shout, Mu Yun's true essence rapidly gathered in his dantian, condensing into a single point. Upon careful sensing, one could see a single dantian slowly rising and falling within, its rich true essence emanating and connecting with all of Mu Yun's meridians.
If Mu Yun wanted to, he could immediately unleash the true essence within his dantian to every corner of his body, even more powerfully than before when the true essence was concentrated in various parts of his body!
"Hoo..."
At that moment, Master Miao Qing also exhaled, stood up, and looked at the alchemy furnace, her face flushed.
It was truly miraculous!