"Hurry to the Heavenly Demon Battlefield and capture heavenly demons. I can use the water method to refine them into Blue Fall Great Pills. These are things far more nourishing than Blood Pills, items that enhance origin qi and spirit. Under heaven, only Yellow Spring Holy Water has this function. When other sects capture heavenly demons, they burn them with true fire in a pill furnace, but heavenly demons fear true fire the most. Once burned, they are gone. Unless one is an expert incredibly skilled in pill refinement, they cannot utilize heavenly demons to form pills."
"Yan" seemed extremely excited about going to the Heavenly Demon Battlefield.
"Water method of pill refinement?" Fang Han questioned.
"Correct, the Yellow Spring River is an immense pill furnace. Back then, when Yellow Spring Great Emperor sealed the underground Yellow Spring Holy River with supreme magic power, a half of the reason was needing the wondrous effects of this river water for refining pills. Our Yellow Spring Sect's pill refinement is called elutriation. This Yellow Spring River water has a few other names: the Water of Forgetting Emotions, the Soup of Bewildering Souls…"
"The water method of pill refinement is truly rare. It seems I will not lack food in the future. With no worries about food and drink, I will be much happier than the ordinary disciples of the Ascension Sect."
After cultivating to the tenth layer of the Physical Body Realm, the Divine Transformation realm, the body required an immense amount of nutrition. Eating regular food was fundamentally not enough. At this time, it was necessary to eat pills condensed with a large amount of origin qi essence as meals. Fortunately, Fang Han had killed hundreds of yakshas in the underground world, which "Yan" refined into more than fifty Blood Pills using the Yellow Spring Holy Water—enough to eat for two or three months.
The Yellow Spring Sect's "Blood Pill" and the Ascension Sect's "Essence Pill" and "Inedia Divine Pill" were all crystals condensed from origin qi essence. However, the "Blood Pill" was condensed from the essence blood of yakshas, while the "Essence Pill" and "Inedia Divine Pill" were obtained by refining the essence of many grasses and trees, spirit stones, as well as the light spirit qi above the sky and the life qi within thunder, tempering them for a long time in a pill furnace to remove impurities.
It was very convenient for "Yan" to refine Blood Pills because the Yellow Spring River inside the Yellow Spring Diagram was the best pill furnace. Using the "elutriation" method for pill refinement was not forging with true fire.
One water method of pill refinement, one fire method of pill refinement—each had its profundities.
However, when refining heavenly demons into pills, the water method yielded the best results.
"Alright then, let's go!"
Fang Han walked out of the "Sleeping Immortal Courtyard" and headed directly towards the "Sky Courtyard." The "Sky Courtyard" was the place to pass the inner court examination and reach the Heavenly Demon Battlefield.
The "Sky Courtyard" was deep within Ascension City, shrouded by layers of thin mist. The morning sunlight shone down from the sky, refracting the mist into multiple rainbows, making it incomparably beautiful. However, Fang Han did not have the mood to appreciate these beautiful sceneries. He directly took out the jade token for examination qualification and entered the "Sky Courtyard."
At this time, there were also outer court disciples arriving in twos and threes, holding jade tokens, clearly having obtained examination qualifications. They were all about to enter the "Heavenly Demon Battlefield" for a decisive battle against heavenly demons to test their mentality.
These outer court disciples were all extremely formidable, full of energy, agile in spirit and form, none of them ordinary figures. Could any disciple who could complete sect missions and obtain an examination quota be an ordinary person?
However, as Fang Han glanced at them now, these people all seemed relatively "weak."
This was because his own strength was too great. Close to the strength of ten horses was contained within his body's muscles, bones, internal organs, and skin, which was already approaching the strength of a Shura. How could he look up to these people?
"I've heard that the Heavenly Demon Battlefield is not in this world, but beyond the sky. Is it true? Doesn't that mean we're going beyond the sky?"
"Could that be false? I asked some inner court disciples who participated in the examination. It is indeed beyond the sky. The scenery there is magnificent, simply an unprecedented wonder, but it is also extremely dangerous. Last year, ten thousand outer court disciples participated in the examination; a full three thousand died, several thousand became insane or mentally deranged, and several thousand were rescued. Only two or three hundred passed."
"I wonder if more people will pass this year. After becoming an inner court disciple, every five days, an Essence Spirit Pill and an Inedia Pill are distributed. They are top-grade spiritual medicines for enhancing cultivation, eaten as daily meals."
"Essence Pills… I saw them once at a prince's gathering. A prince treated one as a family heirloom, a spirit pill passed down through generations. I heard that if ordinary people take a whiff, they can increase their strength and clear their meridians… Inner court disciples eat them as food; isn't that more comfortable than being an emperor?"
Listening to these discussions, Fang Han secretly sized up these examining disciples. He found that, purely based on strength, not a single one could compare to him. Of course, there were a few who were very deep and unfathomable, but Fang Han intuitively knew they would not be his match.
"I wonder if Princess Hongyi got the examination qualification. Logically, she obtained a True Blue Sword and secretly killing a Yaksha wouldn't be difficult. Right, after I become an inner court disciple, I should go find the Crane Fairy and share a few pills with her to eat. She might be able to cultivate to a very high realm."
"Eh? That is…?"
Just as Fang Han was observing, a group of people suddenly entered his field of vision.
Among them, one person was actually a woman. She was tall, and although she wore a dharma robe, she was exquisite and translucent, with graceful curves. Wearing long boots, carrying a sword, looking heroic and formidable, she was currently speaking with a man of vigorous bearing, robust figure, handsome face, and spirited vitality. As the two chatted, their demeanor was quite intimate.
The rest of the men and women also had temperaments different from ordinary people, with robust confidence and steady steps, actually surpassing the men and women of the Great Virtue royal family from "Prince Bao's" group.
However, it was not them that surprised Fang Han, but the woman wearing long boots and carrying a sword. It was none other than the Second Young Miss of the Fang family, Fang Qingwei!
"Fang Han! It's actually you."
The Second Young Miss of the Fang family, Fang Qingwei, had sharp eyes, sensitive perception, and extremely high cultivation. Discovering someone's gaze resting on her, she quickly looked over and instantly saw Fang Han. She was startled at first, and then called out.
Although Fang Han had grown much taller and his temperament was completely different, his facial features had not changed. As an expert, Fang Qingwei could recognize him; she just slightly couldn't believe it.
Fang Han stopped his steps and did not speak, only meeting her gaze, allowing Second Young Miss Fang Qingwei to see him even more clearly.
"You, come here!" Confirming it was Fang Han, Fang Qingwei beckoned, signaling Fang Han over, and said casually: "I heard you, this servant, gained my sister's appreciation and she made you an outer court disciple. To think you could actually get the inner court disciple examination qualification; what benefits did my sister give you? However, on Purple Lightning Peak, you acted like a petty person drunk on success, beating up several head stewards, behaving abominably. My sister solely focuses on quiet cultivation and doesn't understand worldly affairs, so she let you deceive her. I, however, am not so easily tricked. Come over here and kneel down. I have a few words I must instruct you with."
"Qingwei, who is he?"
Hearing Fang Qingwei speak like this, the man who was talking intimately with her asked.
"A servant of my Fang family," Fang Qingwei said casually.
"Senior Sister Qingxue has already promised me that she would have you marry me. From now on, I am your fiancé. Qingwei, you must understand this point,"
Fang Han stood abruptly still, saying imposingly.
"Audacious! You are impudent!"
Killing intent flashed in that man's eyes.
Before his words finished falling.
Boom!
Fang Han's massive iron fist ripped through the air, emitting explosive sounds, heading straight for his head.