In reality, it's not used very often.
After all, a single pill can theoretically raise a ghost to the desired level.
Chen Xiao was mainly hoping to see if he could grasp the principle behind the Ghost-Capturing Pill and gain some insights.
Moreover, if this thing works well, it might be a good method for dealing with ghosts and monsters later on.
By eliminating the ghosts, you can also obtain some ghost pills.
A win-win situation.
The price of the Nourishing Herb is not low. With the addition of other medicinal materials, a serving of the Tier 3 Ghost-Absorbing Pill requires 120 low-grade spirit stones, which is more expensive than the previous serving of the Yin-Yang Harmony Pill.
Of course, now that Chen Xiao has consumed a large amount of related medicinal materials, the price of the ingredients for a Yin-Yang Harmony Pill has doubled.
The inheritance of a cultivator family has always been a major problem. Although it is said that the chance of a child born from a union between cultivators having a spiritual root is as high as 90%, not to mention the quality of the spiritual root, it is extremely difficult for the child to obtain one.
I have often heard of two monks, a married couple, who toiled day and night in bed for twenty years, yet achieved nothing.
The highest probability of procreation is when mortals unite with each other; the next highest probability is when mortals unite with cultivators; and the lowest probability of procreation is when cultivators unite with each other, so low that it can be despairing.
The reason why those great immortal cultivation clans still retain mortal clans is to replenish their immortal population.
Although cultivators have long lifespans, they often suffer calamities and it is common for them to suddenly lose their lives.
Unless they reach a certain age, ordinary cultivators are unwilling to have children.
On the one hand, there is the entanglement of cause and effect, and the fear of affecting one's own path to enlightenment; on the other hand, childbirth has a great impact on female cultivators, and may even directly result in the loss of a small realm of cultivation.
For various reasons, the total number of cultivators has remained at a certain level, making it very difficult to achieve a breakthrough in scale.
The appearance of the Yin-Yang Harmony Pill was great news for those cultivation families.
Although a single pill costs as much as 15 mid-grade spirit stones, and most Foundation Establishment cultivator families can only afford one or two, its extremely high success rate still makes some small families willing to spend this amount of spirit stones.
As for those large families that have Golden Core cultivators, they naturally wouldn't be stingy with this small amount of money.
They could prepare enough pills to ensure the continuation of the family bloodline, and at the same time select children with good aptitude to cultivate and nurture, thereby enabling the family to grow stronger.
Its benefits are obvious to everyone, so once the elixir was circulated, its price was quickly driven up.
The price of materials alone has doubled, not to mention the price of the finished pills.
Although the medicinal materials used to refine the Yin-Yang Harmony Pill are not extremely rare, the several third-tier medicinal materials used still require a sufficiently long period of time to cultivate their medicinal effects.
Now that the first round of Yin-Yang Harmony Pill sales has been a huge success, the medicinal herbs stored in various sects such as Miaoyu Sect have been almost completely depleted. To find more medicinal herbs, they have to wait for new herbs to grow or purchase them from sects that have not yet been affected.
Regardless of the method used, the time cost has increased, the overall supply of medicinal materials has decreased, and the demand from the public remains far from being met.
As a result, the price of this elixir rose accordingly.
Chen Xiao's workload in this area has decreased significantly. Last month, his proficiency in Yin-Yang Harmony Pill was upgraded to the Returning to True level.
The feeling on the day I reached the True Nature level, which was also the day I obtained the true meaning of this elixir, was very wondrous.
Yin and Yang give rise to each other, and these two energies nurture all things; this is the origin of life.
This elixir does not actually contain Yin and Yang energies; rather, it extracts Yin and Yang energies from two targets and then combines them together.
As the saying goes, "When yin and yang combine, life is born," which can be called the Yin-Yang Harmony Elixir.
Everything can be attributed to the combination of "yin and yang". Since they can combine, they can also separate. The function of this elixir is to first separate and then combine.
The true meaning of harmony is too difficult for Chen Xiao to grasp well, but he has gained some understanding of the ability to extract the Yin and Yang energies of life, or rather, the ability to control the Yin and Yang energies.
However, this understanding still needs to be strengthened. It is not yet sufficient to be used in battle. It is only used to harmonize yin and yang in alchemy to increase the success rate of pill formation.
That's already very good.
During the alchemy process, after the balance was completed, he conveniently sealed the excess Yin and Yang energies into the magic treasure, the Filthy Spirit Inkstone.
Five days ago, Chen Xiao suddenly discovered that this magic weapon was originally meant to seal away impurities for use. Now, by sealing away the yin and yang energies, it completely eliminated the impurities. The yin and yang energies have now formed a tai chi symbol in the inkstone, seemingly merging with the Filthy Spirit Inkstone.
He then set aside a day to specifically refine this magical artifact, transforming it completely into the "Yin Yang Mystic Inkstone".
The square inkstone has a circular black and white yin-yang symbol rotating on it, giving off a mysterious feeling.
Although this magic weapon is still of low grade, it has improved a lot compared to before. As long as it accumulates Yin and Yang energies, it can continue to grow. Its potential for cultivation and the direction of cultivation are very clear. It is worth spending energy to nurture it as a protective magic weapon.
Chen Xiao's current protective magic weapon can only be considered as a shield and belt at most.
The Ghostly White Bone Banner was only used when absorbing Yin energy. The Azure Profound Sword had just been upgraded before it returned and had not undergone strict nurturing and refining. The Soul-Binding Rope is essentially a spell.
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As for magical treasures like the Filthy Spirit Inkstone, I haven't used them much, let alone carefully refined and nurtured them, so I can't achieve the effect of being in sync with them.
Only the shield and belt, although not entirely crafted by him, underwent his improvements. The later Five Elements Array Plate was also made based on his personal design.
In addition, his spiritual root aptitude of the Lesser Five Elements Dao Body is a perfect match for it. Therefore, he used it first in many battles, and when not fighting, he wore it on his body to nourish it with his aura.
Upon returning, he further fused it with a large number of spiritual items, elevating its quality to the level of a mid-grade magic weapon.
This is the treatment given to protective magical treasures.
A person's energy is limited, especially since Chen Xiao still needs to improve his alchemy skills and cannot spend too much time on magic treasures. Therefore, he needs to select a few magic treasures to focus on cultivating.
After much deliberation, Chen Xiao decided to abandon the Ghostly White Bone Banner and instead use the Azure Profound Sword, the Filthy Spirit Profound Inkstone, and the Shield Armor Belt as his protective treasures on his path to immortality.
The Azure Profound Sword is for offense, the Shield Armor Belt is for defense, and the Filthy Spirit Profound Inkstone is for trapping enemies. These three magical treasures are enough.
As for the Ghostly White Bone Banner, Chen Xiao decided to hand it over to Yao Qiang for use, as Yao Qiang, being a ghost, was perfectly suited to control this Yin energy.
Furthermore, the Blood Flame Cauldron was not actually a cauldron for refining pills. After he found a better cauldron, he also gave this cauldron to Yao Qiang for use.
Yes, it's all recorded in the books and needs to be paid back.
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