The Venerable Monster Tamer – Chapter 496

Section 26: Mad Saber Chaotic Willow

2014-06-18 Author: Gu Zhenren

“What is this kid’s limit? This time he even refined three Regeneration Pills!” Yun Feng was shocked. Not to mention, Chu Yun was only given ten portions of medicinal ingredients for refining.

Out of ten portions of medicinal ingredients, he refined three finished pills. This success rate is truly too high!

Actually, he didn’t know that Chu Yun had successfully refined five Regeneration Pills with these ten portions of medicinal ingredients. One was given to the Oracle Immortal. Another was reserved for his adoptive father, Shu Tianhao. The remaining three were submitted as the results of the task.

If he knew this, Yun Feng’s jaw would probably drop so far it would dislocate.

“Develop a Middle grade pill that can enhance the combat power of Demonic creatures.” Seeing the new mission on the jade token, Chu Yun fell into deep thought.

This mission only had a few words, but its difficulty was more than ten times greater than the previous tasks.

Because all previous tasks were “refining” with existing Prescriptions, while this mission was “developing,” meaning there was no Prescription and Chu Yun needed to research and create it himself.

The drastic increase in task difficulty made Chu Yun keenly aware of the Yun Family’s high-level intentions. It seemed his plan was quite effective. If he could complete this task exceptionally well, his status would also be elevated.

With this in mind, Chu Yun couldn’t help but feel a surge of fighting spirit.

Although there were many Alchemy Grandmasters and Master-level Immortal Consorts around him, Chu Yun did not intend to rely on them. Pills refined by Alchemy Grandmasters and Masters carried a strong personal style. Chu Yun having many different styles would be too conspicuous.

At the same time, Chu Yun also discovered that he could gain many insights during Pill Refining. Referencing these insights, his efficiency in comprehending the Net of Law in the Immortal Pouch World improved again.

Moreover, he intended to keep the Blissful Joy Ship a secret. Using this trump card for something as trivial as Pill Refining was not Chu Yun’s style.

Therefore, he had always handled it himself. However, after each Pill Refining session, the Immortal Consorts would offer their critiques, and each sentence was insightful, benefiting Chu Yun greatly.

Chu Yun calmed himself and began to think.

He had already seen many pills that enhanced the combat power of Demonic creatures. The Heaven Burst Pill and the Heavenly Crystal Pill were such examples. However, the former’s effect was temporary, while the latter’s was permanent.

But the Heaven Burst Pill offered a massive temporary boost, allowing a peak Spirit Monster to exhibit the combat prowess of a Tribulation Demon. Chu Yun had even relied on this pill for combat at one point.

The Heavenly Crystal Pill required peculiar Medicinal Ingredients, specifically ownerless Heavenly Crystals. Chu Yun had refined a large batch previously, but most of them were consumed by the Spirit Snake, Moon Rabbit, and other Demonic Beasts, leaving him with no stock.

“What if I combine the Heaven Burst Pill and the Heavenly Crystal Pill…” Chu Yun’s thoughts turned to this.

The Heaven Burst Pill and Heavenly Crystal Pill were Prescriptions from Xingzhou and would naturally be ineffective in Danzhou. However, Chu Yun could draw inspiration from their concepts, summarize and research them, and by learning from each other, refine a new pill.

Seven days later, he submitted a pill.

The Tianhao Pill!

A Middle grade pill that could enhance a Demonic creature’s cultivation and temporarily boost its combat power to an extremely remarkable level.

After testing its effects, the Yun Family’s higher-ups were shaken.

They had merely intended to test Chu Yun’s potential, but they hadn’t expected Chu Yun to actually complete the task. This far exceeded their expectations.

The effects of the Tianhao Pill were astonishing. Several family elders who tested its efficacy were so excited on the spot that they declared this Tianhao Pill would be a pill that would change the landscape of the Eight Great Hidden Families. Once mass-produced, its excellent efficacy would inevitably replace standard pills and have a widespread impact.

The only drawback was that refining the Tianhao Pill required ownerless Demonic Crystals. Although the Yun Family had some stock of this ingredient, it was not abundant. Compared to other medicinal ingredients, this was also difficult to procure and replenish.

Of course, overall, its merits far outweighed its flaws. Middle grade Tianhao Pills were easier to refine than Upper grade pills, with a greatly increased success rate, making them perfectly suitable for equipping the Yun Family’s combat teams.

“A fortuitous discovery” was the general sentiment among the Yun Family’s higher-ups.

“We’ve found a treasure!” While they secretly suppressed all information about the Tianhao Pill, they immediately transferred Chu Yun from the Nineteenth Division to the Research Institute.

The Research Institute, which was superior to the twenty-one divisions, served the entire family. Its members were Alchemy Masters and even Alchemy Grandmasters. Their sole task was to research and develop new pills. Each member had the freedom to access the Yun Family’s medicinal ingredient stores.

Chu Yun’s transfer caused a stir within the Yun Family. Although news of the Tianhao Pill was strictly controlled, no one dared to question the collective decision of the Family Elder Council. People simply focused their attention on Chu Yun, marveling at his terrifying talent.

Yun Feng had anticipated this day, but he hadn’t expected it to arrive so soon. Despite his reluctance, he could only see Chu Yun off with a sigh.

“From now on, please take care of us, Lord Wuming!” Yun Feng bowed and watched until Chu Yun’s figure completely disappeared from his sight before he retracted his gaze.

Chu Yun joined the Research Institute, and his status immediately increased significantly. Yun Feng, who was previously his superior, now ranked below him. Members of the Research Institute held extraordinary status and enjoyed many privileges within the family. Even the leaders of the twenty-one divisions treated them with courtesy.

With his new status, Chu Yun’s horizons broadened to a new level. The Yun Family’s countless historical records and secret documents were opened to him.

While he couldn’t access the most core family secrets, Chu Yun did manage to gather information about his mother— “Moon Frost King is in seclusion in the Abyss of Azure Marsh.”

Chu Yun was greatly invigorated, but the Abyss of Azure Marsh was one of the Yun Family’s secret realms, and even direct descendants of the Yun Family could not enter it freely.

To enter the Abyss of Azure Marsh, one needed the permission of the Moon Frost King.

From this intelligence, he inferred that the Moon Frost King’s situation was tolerable. At most, it was a form of house arrest, not imprisonment.

However, new problems arose. How could Chu Yun, an outsider, gain the Moon Frost King’s approval and obtain the right to enter the Abyss of Azure Marsh?

Even though she was his mother, the Moon Frost King was unaware of Chu Yun’s situation. Furthermore, the Abyss of Azure Marsh was far from the Yun Family’s main base, located in a remote area. Even an excuse of “stumbling in” would be difficult to contrive.

For a time, Chu Yun’s plan stalled at this hurdle, making little progress.

After all, he was alone and lacked support. Although he had joined the Research Institute, he was not as free as before. He was constantly protected for his safety.

Even a three-year-old child in the Yun Family knew that every member of the Research Institute was a precious treasure to the Yun Family.

Helpless, Chu Yun could only choose to wait.

Buzz, buzz, buzz… Waves of Black Gold Beetles swarmed out from the magnificent Gate of Gods and Demons, like a river of black oil, fiercely crashing against the defensive line of Demonic Plants meticulously constructed by Chu Yun.

Crack, crack, crack!

Slender willow branches wildly danced, lashing out at the Black Gold Beetles, creating a rain of severed limbs and blood, with effective results.

This was the Mad Saber Chaotic Willow.

Although it was only a Middle grade Demonic Plant, it excelled in close combat and had a wide attack range. A single row of them could withstand the onslaught of Black Gold Beetles.

More importantly, the Mad Saber Chaotic Willow consumed fewer resources, making it a “hardworking and resilient” type of Demonic Plant.

They were generally three zhang tall, with branches appearing tender yellow, like fine, soft whips. The branches bore willow leaves, which were narrow, sharp, and gleamed with a faint green light, like blades.

The Black Gold Beetles’ charge did not diminish. Thousands of willow branches danced madly, forming a powerful meat grinder that attacked rather than defended, standing unyielding.

After three waves of attacks, Chu Yun closed the Gate of Gods and Demons.

The severed limbs and bodies of the Black Gold Beetles littered the ground, gradually transforming into fragmented Chaos Demonic Crystals. From afar, the ground around each Mad Saber Chaotic Willow was covered in black fragments of Chaos Demonic Crystals, a rather spectacular sight.

Without the Black Gold Beetles, the Mad Saber Chaotic Willows quietly drooped their branches. Their thick trunks, slender, tender yellow branches, and jade-like narrow willow leaves gently swayed in the breeze. It was dreamlike and enchanting, beyond compare. This was a stark contrast to the previous unbridled chaos and bloody scene.

These Mad Saber Chaotic Willows were meticulously selected by Chu Yun. They originated from Barbarian Continent and were usually as still as a maiden, but once attacked, their branches would lash out wildly, unleashing terrifying attack power.

Experience proved that Chu Yun’s decision was undeniably brilliant.

He had only paid a small price to acquire hundreds of Mad Saber Chaotic Willows from the Azure Emperor and planted them at the edges of the Immortal Pouch World.

Initially, these Mad Saber Chaotic Willows included thirty Great Demons, with the rest being Lesser Demons. However, after Chu Yun opened the secret gate several times and the Mad Saber Chaotic Willows annihilated a large number of Black Gold Beetles, they had all reached the peak of Great Demon cultivation, their strength at its limit.

Of course, these Demonic Plants could not directly absorb Chaos Demonic Crystals. The Chaos Demonic Crystals were digested by the entire Immortal Pouch World, replenishing Vital Energy and even slightly increasing the cultivation of the array’s core Demonic Creatures. The Mad Saber Chaotic Willows also benefited from this, receiving a tiny portion of essence infusion, which caused their cultivation to skyrocket.

The next step was to prune and transplant them, doubling their numbers.

This cultivation method had limitations on its success rate, depleted a significant amount of the original plant’s cultivation, and required careful nurturing of the transplanted branches.

Chu Yun naturally did not have to do everything himself. The transplanting work was handled by the Blissful Immortal Consorts. Although their cultivation would generally drop to the Lesser Demon level after transplanting, with the Gate of Gods and Demons and the Immortal Pouch World’s digestion power, they would soon regain their peak Great Demon cultivation.

This process, repeated, would increase the number of Mad Saber Chaotic Willows in Chu Yun’s possession. Not only could they be widely planted within the Immortal Pouch World, but the surplus could also be sold to others, generating income.

(To be continued)