Chapter 1024: The Ancient Medicine Garden

"The state of mind can be said to be the link connecting the three forms of energy: essence, qi, and spirit! If the state of mind is insufficient, when attempting to break through to the Divine Realm, the three energies cannot achieve a balanced state, and the success rate of breaking through to the Divine Realm will be greatly reduced. For most martial artists, they ultimately get stuck at the hurdle of the state of mind." Long Teng said.

Upon hearing this, Ye Yuan finally gained an intuitive understanding of how to break through to the Divine Realm.

"By the way, you mentioned that Senior Fang Tian once reached the Half-God Realm. What kind of realm is that?" Ye Yuan asked curiously.

Long Teng smiled bitterly and said: "Fang Tian was just like you; he once cultivated the Nine-Character True Mantra, and his state of mind also reached the level of unity between heaven and man. He once merged essence, qi, and spirit to attack the Divine Path, but unfortunately... without the infusion of Profound Qi, his Imperial Qi could not transform into Divine Essence, and he ultimately failed. It can be said that between him and the Divine Realm, there was only a single thread of Profound Qi!"

Ye Yuan suddenly understood; he grasped what Long Teng meant.

Fang Tian had actually succeeded in the fusion, reaching a wondrous state between Dao Xuan and the Divine Realm. As long as he had Profound Qi infused into his body, he could break through to the Divine Realm!

Unfortunately, in this world, Profound Qi could no longer be found.

Ye Yuan sighed and said: "It seems that without finding Profound Qi, breaking through to the Divine Realm is impossible!"

Long Teng also lamented: "Exactly so!"

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Inside the Haotian Tower, the four Divine Kings were slightly excited. Even an old immortal like Ao Qian wore an expectant expression.

By now, he already knew just how formidable Ye Yuan was in the Dao of Alchemy!

Standing at the pinnacle of alchemy in the entire Divine Realm, if the Divine Path had not withered, the title of Alchemy God would undoubtedly belong to Ye Yuan.

"There's no need for you to be so excited. Ninth-grade top-grade spiritual herbs are not so easy to find. For now, the one who will truly benefit is Shuangzhou. I have already had the Dragon Clan prepare the spiritual herbs needed for the Nine True Pill, and I should be able to refine it today. As for the three of you, the Qingyuan Zhushen Pill for Wu Luo and Jiang Taicang is manageable, but Ao Qian has been suppressed in the White Tiger Dungeon for too long, and his foundation is almost completely destroyed. It will be extremely difficult to restore him." Ye Yuan said.

Upon hearing this, Ruan Shuangzhou's face flushed with excitement.

He never expected that Ye Yuan would actually disregard past grievances and help him refine a pill!

At their level, ordinary pills were mostly useless. Only ninth-grade top-grade pills could be of help to them.

And in the entire Divine Realm, how many could refine ninth-grade top-grade pills?

Thus, after reaching the Divine King realm, they basically had to rely on their own cultivation. Only super holy lands could afford to use ninth-grade top-grade pills lavishly.

For a loose cultivator like Ruan Shuangzhou, if not for his extremely terrifying talent, he would have basically reached his limit.

But Ruan Shuangzhou had heard of the name of the Nine True Pill. He never imagined that Ye Yuan actually possessed the pill formula for the Nine True Pill and could refine it even at just the first level of Dao Xuan.

"Young... Young Master, from now on, this old life of mine, Ruan Shuangzhou, is yours! From now on, Shuangzhou will serve you wholeheartedly, even if it means dying!" Ruan Shuangzhou said excitedly.

He was now at the peak of an ordinary Divine King. With the Nine True Pill, he was fully confident he could break through to the ranks of top-tier Divine Kings.

Ye Yuan said: "Although you haven't been with me long, during this time you have risked your life and helped me greatly. As long as you serve me diligently, I will not treat you unfairly."

Wu Luo and Jiang Taicang also said excitedly: "Thank you, Master!"

Only Ao Qian said with a bitter face: "Master, then... what about me?"

He knew his own situation well. In truth, although Ao Qian wanted to leave the White Tiger Dungeon, he never thought he could recover.

He had been suppressed for twenty thousand years, and his Dao foundation had almost completely collapsed. If not for consuming crane essence and having strong vitality, he would have long died in the White Tiger Dungeon.

Being able to come out was already a blessing from heaven and earth.

But he never expected that his master, Ye Yuan, would bring him hope anew!

Ao Qian, being an old fox, knew that Ye Yuan had not spoken definitively, which meant there was hope.

Sure enough, Ye Yuan spoke: "By my reckoning, the Ancient Medicine Garden should be opening soon, right?"

Upon hearing the name of the Ancient Medicine Garden, the few of them all looked solemn, clearly very wary of this place.

"Master, you want to go to the Ancient Medicine Garden to find spiritual herbs for us?" Jiang Taicang's expression turned unprecedentedly grave.

Ye Yuan nodded and said: "Your situations are similar. The spiritual herbs needed to refine the Qingyuan Zhushen Pill should not be hard to find in the Ancient Medicine Garden. As for whether the spiritual herbs needed for Ao Qian's Zixu Wushen Pill can be found, that depends on luck. Ao Qian is a Void Xuan powerhouse, beyond the ninth grade, and the spiritual herbs needed are very hard to find."

The three of them looked at each other, then solemnly bowed to Ye Yuan and said: "Master is willing to take great risks for us; we are willing to follow you to the death!"

The three of them showed moved expressions, clearly not expecting Ye Yuan to go this far for his servants.

The Divine Realm had three great dangerous places and one absolute death zone!

The three great dangerous places were the Tianlan Swamp, the Void God Hall, and the Ancient Medicine Garden, while the one absolute death zone was the Divine Fall Mountain Range!

The Ancient Medicine Garden opened once every five hundred years, containing countless spiritual herbs, a place dreamed of by martial artists and alchemists alike.

But while it held endless treasures, it also harbored countless dangers.

Inside, there were not only countless restrictions and formations but also many spiritual herbs that had become sentient, as well as desolate beasts not found in the Divine Realm, all extremely difficult to deal with.

Every time the Ancient Medicine Garden opened, countless experts flocked to it, but each time, a large number of Dao Xuan realm experts died inside.

Of course, some people obtained heaven-defying spiritual herbs in the Ancient Medicine Garden and soared to greatness from then on.

Thus, despite the danger, countless experts still tried to enter it every time it opened.

Ye Yuan was willing to enter the Ancient Medicine Garden for their sake—how could Ao Qian and the others not be moved?

But Ye Yuan waved his hand and said: "You will follow me for a thousand years; naturally, I will not treat you poorly. Once the Nine True Pill is refined, we will head to Yungao City and wait for the Ancient Medicine Garden to open."

In truth, even if not for the three of them, Ye Yuan would have had to make this trip.

One reason was for training; another was to find several spiritual herbs.

In his previous life, Ye Yuan's lifelong pursuit was the realm of Alchemy God. To that end, he used his profound alchemical knowledge to create a pill formula of his own!

This pill formula could be said to be the culmination of Ye Yuan's learning. He had spent a hundred years on it, experiencing countless failures, before he barely completed the formula.

But before he could formally refine the pill, the incident at the Medicine King Hall occurred, causing his hundred years of effort to go to waste.

Having come anew in this life, Ye Yuan was determined to try, to walk a path no one else had taken!

He wanted to use the power of pills to break through to the Divine Realm in one fell swoop!