"What a treasure!" The Taoist priest had a beard, was in his forties, handsome and dashing, with incredibly good skin.

"Thank you," Yaochi said with a smile.

The Taoist priest's eyes flickered, and he glanced at her a few more times, unable to help but feel a sense of goodwill towards her.

He turned and looked around the deck, his gaze settling on Zheng Chenggong, who was dressed in a python robe.

"Is it Lord Koxinga?"

"Yes, thank you for subduing the demon, Immortal Master." Zheng Chenggong clasped his hands in thanks.

"I chased this ghost ship from the sea to here. Seeing the army, I wanted to absorb its blood and souls to replenish my own energy. It was my duty."

Hunting down the ghost ship?

Zheng Chenggong became even more respectful: "May I ask where you come from, Immortal Master? Are you also an immortal from Penglai Immortal Island?"

"Penglai Immortal Island?"

"This is the Dharma King of the East Sea from Penglai Immortal Island," Zheng Chenggong introduced Li Changzhou to him.

"The Dharma King of the East Sea? Penglai Immortal Island? What a fraud!" The Taoist sneered, drawing his immortal sword and striking Li Changzhou directly.

Peng!

The Taoist priest turned into a blood mist, which was then scattered in the evening breeze.

Li Changzhou looked at Yang Qinglan, Li Qianxia, ​​and Yaochi, and asked in confusion, "...What are you doing?"

"I just want to stop him." Yang Qinglan was also somewhat puzzled, and she put away the dazzling light that represented hallucinations and auditory hallucinations.

"Brother, he wanted to hit you, I was just trying to relieve the siege of Wei by attacking Zhao." Li Qianxia had somehow ended up standing next to the Taoist priest.

"Don't look at me," Yaochi said, withdrawing her hand with a calm expression. "I am the dignified fairy of Penglai, the reincarnation of the Queen Mother of the West. I would never kill someone."

Zheng Chenggong's pupils contracted. Emerging from the sea of ​​blood, he couldn't help but feel terrified—the living Taoist priest, who had been right before his eyes, had vanished into a blood mist in the blink of an eye!

“Immortal Master, this—” He looked at Li Changzhou.

"It's alright," Li Changzhou waved his hand.

...This isn't something that can be ignored or not, is it?

The Taoist priest died, and the immortal sword disappeared without a trace. Nothing was left but a small bag.

“An opportunity to broaden one’s horizons is gone,” Li Changzhou said.

"I'm sorry! I'm so sorry!" Li Qianxia clasped her hands together and closed her eyes tightly. "But you attacked my brother first, which was self-defense. I hope you can understand that what I did was absolutely legal!"

Zheng Chenggong realized that these immortal masters were not good people, or rather, they were indifferent to the life and death of others.

However, he traveled all over the country and fought countless battles. Although he did it for the Ming Dynasty, he couldn't say that he hadn't killed a single innocent person, and he didn't care too much about it.

Moreover, the other party attacked first without asking any questions.

"Immortal Master, I plan to land on the island via the Luermen waterway at dawn tomorrow." This was what he cared about most: reclaiming the treasure island!

He was willing to pay any price for this goal.

"The matter of fighting is for Prince Zheng to decide."

Zheng Chenggong bowed and went to inspect the condition of the warships.

Li Changzhou reached out and grabbed the Taoist's small bag in mid-air.

He channeled his magic into the bag, and a space the size of a car trunk appeared, containing books, herbs, clothes, and gold and silver.

"Storage bag? Good stuff, do you want it?" Li Changzhou asked the three.

"I killed him." Yaochi took the bag from his hand.

"...Aren't you the fairy Penglai, the reincarnation of the Queen Mother of the West? Don't you kill people?"

"I've already been reincarnated, why would I care about my past life? I only believe in this life. 'Sword Control of the Nine Heavens,' pill formulas, medicinal herbs..." Yaochi said, already starting to lightly count her spoils.

"Sword Mastery of the Nine Heavens" is a cultivation method that divides cultivation stages into: Nourishing the Form, Refining Essence, Transforming Qi, Uniting with the Spirit, Returning to Emptiness, and Golden Elixir.

“Nourish the body and refine the essence, accumulate the essence to transform into qi, refine the qi to unite with the spirit, refine the spirit to return to emptiness, and the golden elixir will be formed.” Yang Qinglan’s voice was like pearls colliding, clear and melodious. “This is recorded in the ‘Golden Elixir Essentials: Superior Medicine’ chapter.”

“The Golden Core is the same as a human immortal,” Yaochi said. “The first stage in the value game is ‘nourishing the body.’ The higher the physical quality, the stronger the essence and energy produced. This book, ‘Sword Control of the Nine Heavens,’ is very ordinary and can only reach the maximum value in two aspects.”

"So, refining essence, transforming qi, uniting spirit, returning to emptiness, and the golden elixir correspond to the five breakthroughs of the visualization method?"

"Um."

The visualization method recorded in "Swordsmanship Across the Nine Heavens" is quite good; it allows for three breakthroughs, equivalent to Rank A, and at its highest level, one can reach the Divine Union realm.

"This," Yaochi handed over the pill formula, "see if you can refine it."

Jade Elixir, Effect: One pill preserves youth for twenty years.

Ancient people believed that wearing jade could prevent aging. Some nobles even used jade pieces to make "jade suits" for preservation after death, such as Liu Sheng, the Prince of Jing of the Western Han Dynasty.

This elixir is named 'Jade', and jade is also used in its ingredients. I wonder if there's any connection between them.

Or it could simply be a beautiful symbol: the hope that people, like jade, will retain their brilliance through the years.

Top-grade jade (1,000 catties), black sesame seeds (100 catties), pork kidneys (300 pieces), longan pulp (half a tree), human placenta (3 qian), Job's tears (8 liang), and Solomon's seal (1 liang).

Jade is refined into liquid in a furnace to remove impurities and extract the essence; a thousand catties of top-grade jade yields ten taels of jade liquid.

Black sesame seeds are refined, impurities are removed, and the essence is extracted; from 100 pounds of black sesame seeds, the desired result is...

......

Forbidden for use by young children

This is the prescription.

The medicinal herbs are strange, and it's hard to imagine who researched them, just like it's hard to imagine who was the first to eat balut and houttuynia cordata.

The steps seemed easy, but Li Changzhou, who had tried to refine pills several times and failed each time, knew that this was not something that could be accomplished simply by following the instructions.

Alchemy is not like cooking. To combine the medicinal properties, one must have an extremely high affinity for the medicinal materials and control over the flame.

The medicinal herbs change every moment in the flames, and the circumstances faced in each alchemy session are different in subtle ways.

Even as a prestigious S-grade alchemy furnace, the Little Jade Cauldron can only guarantee a 100% success rate for fifty basic pills. Compared to the vast number of pill formulas, the number fifty is insignificant.

"I'll give it a try," Yang Qinglan said, taking over the prescription.

"I will provide the materials, and I only need one-third of the finished product," Yaochi said.

Yang Qinglan nodded, indicating that there was no problem.

“Brother,” Li Qianxia leaned closer and breathed into Li Changzhou’s ear, “you won’t be able to play with Qinglan, a mature woman in her 30s.”

Before Li Changzhou could say anything, she yelled again, "Wait a minute! Won't this affect the development of my breasts?!"

"You think you're only twelve?" Li Changzhou pinched his ear, which had been yelled at so close to him. "You're twenty years old, and your chest will be a B for life."

"What's wrong with B?! Did she drink your milk?!"

"I drank it."

"...Damn it, I can't even refute it, Qianxia."