Chapter 1343: Nourishing Origin Pill

Although he had guessed some of it, Ye Yuan was still quite surprised that Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion was in such a miserable state.

Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion was the Celestial Emperor's property, yet it had fallen so low.

"So, we have to rely on ourselves?" Ye Yuan said.

Hongyin nodded helplessly. "That's the way it is. But... they have a two-star divine alchemist. There's no way we can win this battle!"

Ye Yuan smiled. "A two-star divine alchemist sounds impressive, but in Guishan City, how many can actually use and afford second-grade divine pills?"

Hongyin said, "But the Wang family's first-grade mid-grade divine pills are of very high quality. They've already squeezed us badly."

Ye Yuan nodded. "Yes, first-grade mid-grade divine pills are indeed a problem. It seems I need to break through soon."

Hongyin was startled, somewhat confused.

Ye Yuan smiled. "Alright, I'll go see the Pavilion Lord. By the way, how is Miss Wanrong?"

At the mention of Miss Wanrong, Hongyin laughed. "She couldn't be better! Miss Wanrong's martial arts talent is truly remarkable. Her strength has already surpassed mine!"

Ye Yuan raised an eyebrow. "She improved that fast?"

Liang Wanrong had only broken through to the Divine Way a few decades ago, but Hongyin had long been a Divine Way expert.

In just a few decades, Liang Wanrong had surpassed Hongyin. Such speed of progress could only be described as terrifying.

Hongyin suddenly put on a mournful expression. "Yes, I'm no match for Wanrong anymore! I say, young master, you saved Wanrong but then left her aside. Isn't that a bit unfair to her? Our Wanrong thinks of you every day, to the point of obsession!"

Ye Yuan was taken aback, then shook his head. "Don't talk nonsense. I already have someone in my heart. I saved Miss Wanru only because she was my lifesaver; there's no romantic involvement."

With that, Ye Yuan turned and left, leaving Hongyin with a bitter smile.

Ye Yuan also found it a headache. His own affairs were still unresolved, and now he had incurred another emotional debt.

But Liang Wanru was his lifesaver; there was no way Ye Yuan could ignore her plight.

He already owed Li'er and Mu Lingxue too much; his heart could no longer accommodate anyone else.

"It seems I should reduce contact with Miss Wanru in the future, or she might sink deeper," Ye Yuan muttered helplessly.

...

When Yang Rui saw Ye Yuan, it was like seeing a beacon in the darkness.

"Ah, Brother Ye, if you hadn't come out of seclusion, our Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion would have gone under!" Yang Rui grabbed Ye Yuan and said.

Under the current circumstances, Ye Yuan was his only hope.

Ye Yuan smiled. "Pavilion Lord, don't worry. I've already learned about the situation at Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion from Hongyin."

Yang Rui's eyes flickered. First there was a flash of joy, then some doubt. "You really have a way? But you... still seem a long way from the mid-Dongxuan stage!"

To refine first-grade mid-grade divine pills, one naturally needed to reach the mid-Dongxuan stage first.

The gap between Divine Realm experts was too great; refining divine pills across levels was nearly impossible.

After cultivating the Chaos Universal Truth Scripture, Ye Yuan's realm had not increased but decreased, seeming about the same as before his seclusion.

Thus, Yang Rui was skeptical of Ye Yuan's words.

Ye Yuan smiled. "Pavilion Lord, rest assured. Just go ahead and build up the hype. Our Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion is going to launch a brand-new first-grade mid-grade divine pill, twice as effective as the Augmentation Pill, at the same price! Moreover, this pill will be available in all grades from low to divine!"

With every word Ye Yuan spoke, Yang Rui's shock deepened.

The Augmentation Pill was a pill used for cultivation at the mid-Dongxuan stage, with even stronger effects than the Divine Essence Pill.

When martial artists found the Divine Essence Pill no longer effective, they generally chose to buy the Augmentation Pill.

On the path of cultivation, without the aid of pills, progress was as difficult as reaching the heavens.

However, few possessed Ye Yuan's extraordinary means to continuously refine divine-grade pills.

Thus, they could only purchase higher-grade pills.

In terms of medicinal effect alone, a divine-grade Divine Essence Pill was roughly equivalent to a high-grade Augmentation Pill.

But a divine-grade Divine Essence Pill was much more expensive than a high-grade Augmentation Pill, because divine-grade pills could be taken indefinitely.

Yet for most martial artists, divine-grade pills were just a luxury.

Even if they could afford a divine-grade Divine Essence Pill, they couldn't take it long-term.

So divine-grade pills were often just a gimmick; not many actually bought them.

After Wang Xuanfeng arrived at the Wang family, he introduced several types of heaven-grade first-grade mid-grade divine pills, which naturally became very popular.

The alchemists of Guishan City could only rely on luck to refine heaven-grade divine pills.

But Ye Yuan claimed he would launch a brand-new first-grade mid-grade divine pill, which left Yang Rui utterly astonished.

"Brother Ye, you... you're not joking, are you? Twice as effective as the Augmentation Pill? I've never heard of such a pill!"

Yang Rui felt that Ye Yuan must be joking.

Even in the Wumeng Royal City, the pill used for cultivation at the mid-Dongxuan stage was the Augmentation Pill.

He had never heard of any pill with twice the potency of the Augmentation Pill.

And at the same price.

This was simply too incredible.

Ye Yuan smiled. "It's normal that you haven't heard of it, Pavilion Lord. This pill is called the Nourishing Origin Pill. I came across it in a very ancient text. If you're not confident in me, you can wait until I refine it before promoting it."

Ye Yuan's suggestion to start the buzz now was naturally to attract attention and let the hype for the Nourishing Origin Pill build up first.

This would naturally benefit Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion's business.

If they promoted it only after refining, they would lose the timing advantage.

In truth, the Nourishing Origin Pill was not something Ye Yuan had seen in any ancient text, nor was it taught by Wuchen.

This Nourishing Origin Pill was a pill formula Ye Yuan had created himself when he entered the Dao through alchemy!

Ye Yuan never stuck rigidly to pill formulas when refining pills.

Most alchemists refined pills by studying formulas and familiarizing themselves with medicinal properties through them.

But Ye Yuan always focused on the spiritual herbs, using them as the foundation to understand pill formulas.

If not for this, he could never have created such heaven-defying formulas as the Inverse Dao Pill.

During his time in the Immortal Forest Domain, he had created many pill formulas.

Now, having entered the Dao through alchemy and created the Chaos Universal Truth Scripture, Ye Yuan's understanding of alchemy had deepened even further.

Coupled with his thorough grasp of the properties of those thousands of first-grade spiritual herbs, creating some pill formulas was nothing to him.

The Nourishing Origin Pill was one of them.

Yang Rui's expression changed, and he quickly said, "Brother Ye, I didn't mean that, don't misunderstand! It's just that your words were too astonishing, which is why I was so surprised."

Ye Yuan smiled. "Pavilion Lord, no need to be so formal. I owe my current success to Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion. I am not an ungrateful person; how could I get angry over such a small matter?"