Chapter 1297: One-Star Heavenly Pattern Pill!

Ye Yuan had no idea that the Liang family had already regarded him as a fat sheep and were plotting to harm him.

What troubled him now was how to repair his divine sea and restore his primal power.

With his divine sea damaged and primal power exhausted, Ye Yuan simply couldn't refine pills.

If he couldn't refine pills, his divine sea couldn't be repaired.

This was a vicious cycle that gave him a massive headache.

Of course, Ye Yuan was now completely a layman when it came to alchemy.

He who had once used the Dao of alchemy to move the heavenly Dao was now a total outsider here.

At this moment, Ye Yuan was utterly in the dark!

Senior Wuchen, do you have any way to get me out of this predicament?

Helpless, Ye Yuan could only turn to Wuchen for help.

After all, Wuchen had followed Celestial Venerable Xianlin across the Tongtian Realm and knew far more than he did.

Wuchen said grumpily, "Now you think to ask me for help? I told you not to be stubborn back then, and now you're reaping what you sowed, aren't you?"

Ye Yuan chuckled and said nothing, smiling faintly.

Wuchen's punch landed on cotton, and he bristled with anger, saying, "Kid, I'm not trying to scare you, but your current condition is basically crippled. There is a way, but to repair your divine sea, you'll need at least a hundred years."

Ye Yuan's eyes lit up, and he said, "As long as there's a way, what's a hundred years?"

Wuchen sneered, "Heh, a hundred years might be nothing to you, but that little friend of yours can't wait a hundred years!"

Ye Yuan's face instantly turned grim. "Senior, what do you mean? Can't the Soul-Calming Pearl even sustain Lingxue for a hundred years?"

Wuchen said helplessly, "If I were at my peak, a hundred years would be nothing, not even a million years. But in my current state, I can last at most another ten years before I fall into slumber again."

Ye Yuan's heart skipped a beat. He hadn't expected Wuchen's condition to be so dire.

He took a deep breath and asked, "Senior, is there any way to restore your strength?"

Wuchen sighed, "The three Celestial Venerable spiritual treasures are blood-bound to Celestial Venerable Xianlin. When he died, all three were severely damaged, which is why I fell into slumber. Although you woke me up, if you can't provide me with enough nourishment, I will continue to decline until I sleep again. Originally, absorbing the Soul-Devouring Tree would have kept me from sleeping so soon, but maintaining your little friend's vitality consumes a lot of power. In my current state, I can last at most ten years!"

Only then did Ye Yuan realize how serious the situation was.

Once Wuchen fell into slumber, he could no longer maintain Mu Lingxue's consciousness, and she would die.

To keep the Soul-Calming Pearl functioning, it needed a constant supply of nourishment!

But in his current state, where could he find nourishment?

Everything depended on him first recovering his strength.

A ten-year period was but a blink of an eye in the Tongtian Realm, not even enough to raise one's cultivation by a hair.

Ye Yuan had long known this.

The cultivation of martial artists here was often measured in hundreds of thousands of years.

Even Divine Dao experts were mere ants in the Tongtian Realm.

Only by reaching the Divine Lord realm could one be considered somewhat accomplished.

Ye Yuan took a deep breath and said, "Senior Wuchen, what exactly is the method you mentioned earlier?"

At this moment, Ye Yuan was at his wit's end and could only hope to quickly accomplish the method Wuchen had mentioned.

Wuchen's displeasure was also due to this reason.

He did have a method, but for Ye Yuan to accomplish it now was nearly impossible.

He sighed leisurely and said, "In the Tongtian Realm, there is a method of alchemy called Array Dao Alchemy! Now that your divine power is completely lost, only through this path can you refine pills. Given the extent of your divine sea's damage, a first-grade lower-rank divine pill, the One-Star Heavenly Pattern Pill, would suffice. Unfortunately, your primal power realm and alchemy realm have both broken through to the Divine realm, but your Array Dao hasn't! Moreover, you know nothing about divine pills. The difficulty of refining divine pills is utterly incomparable to mortal-grade pills! Don't say ten years; even if I gave you a hundred years, you might not be able to refine a One-Star Heavenly Pattern Pill!"

The Xuan-level pills that had once made Ye Yuan famous in the Xianlin World were now merely mortal-grade pills in Wuchen's words.

It wasn't that Wuchen looked down on Ye Yuan; in fact, he already thought highly of him.

Celestial Venerable Xianlin's pill formulas were not so easy to refine!

If ordinary alchemists could refine them, Wuchen wouldn't be so desperate.

There were alchemists in Guishan City who could refine Xuan Yuan Pills; he could simply hand over the formula and succeed.

But the problem was that the One-Star Heavenly Pattern Pill was beyond the ability of ordinary alchemists.

The Xuan Yuan Pill wasn't even fit to carry the shoes of the One-Star Heavenly Pattern Pill!

The Xuan Yuan Pill wasn't hard to refine as long as one's realm was sufficient.

Although the One-Star Heavenly Pattern Pill was a first-grade lower-rank divine pill, it required a profound understanding of the Dao of alchemy to refine.

Without sufficient skill, no matter how high one's realm, it was useless.

Ye Yuan pondered for a moment and asked solemnly, "Senior, how long does it usually take for an ordinary person to become a one-star初级 Divine Alchemist?"

The Divine Alchemist realm was divided into nine stars. Both the Xuan Yuan Pill and the One-Star Heavenly Pattern Pill were first-grade divine pills, which a one-star Divine Alchemist could refine.

Of course, one was a初级 Divine Alchemist, and the other was an advanced Divine Alchemist.

Wuchen said, "The Dao of alchemy you understand is merely a part of the heavenly Dao that Xianlin comprehended! You could move the heavenly Dao of Xianlin, but before the heavenly Dao of the Tongtian Realm, it's nothing! In the Tongtian Realm, the Dao of alchemy is far more profound! Even an ordinary person with excellent alchemy talent needs a thousand years to initially master pill refinement and become a one-star Divine Alchemist! That's why the status of Divine Alchemists in the Tongtian Realm is even higher than in the Xianlin World!"

Ye Yuan gasped, finally realizing how precious that Xuan Yuan Pill was!

Back then, Ye Yuan had taken only three hundred years to reach the peak of Divine Alchemist.

Now, to reach the level of a one-star初级 Divine Alchemist required a thousand years!

And that was just the most basic one-star初级 Divine Alchemist.

To refine the One-Star Heavenly Pattern Pill, an ordinary one-star初级 Divine Alchemist certainly wouldn't do.

Although Wuchen hadn't said it, Ye Yuan estimated that reaching the level to refine the One-Star Heavenly Pattern Pill would take at least two thousand years!

Snapping out of his shock, Ye Yuan asked, "In that case, Senior, why did you say I would need a hundred years?"

Wuchen said, "Of course, it's because of the Realm-Calming Stele! Now that you've broken through to the Divine realm, you can activate some of its functions. Besides inscribing the heavenly Dao of Xianlin, the stele's greatest use is to alter the flow of time!"

Ye Yuan's gaze sharpened. He had long coveted this function.

He hadn't expected that he could now use it!