Chapter 195

Chapter 195

Pills and Medicine

Pill Manual Hall’s elder wasn’t with Ku Mu when Mu Yu returned. Ku Mu, however, was in a foul mood. He gave Mu Yu the death stare when the latter entered the house. Thus, Mu Yu asked, “Gramps... y-your leg isn’t broken, is it?”

“Why’d you tell him I was back, you little runt?!” Ku Mu clobbered Mu Yu over the back of his head.

Mu Yu didn’t dodge since it wouldn’t and didn’t even tickle. Still, Mu Yu hissed and rubbed his head to protect Ku Mu’s self-esteem. “You never warned me not to,” Mu Yu uttered.

Ku Mu first gave Mu Yu another death stare, then threw a book at him.

“Speed Alchemy. Did Guardian Elder give it to you?” asked Mu Yu, whilst silently cursing, “Threw it out, my foot. You made me spend ages searching for it.”

“Elder? If I still had my cultivation, I’d have snapped both of his legs!”

“Yeah, toss him! Did he make you sign a contract to prostitute yourself? Damn him. When I’m strong enough, I’ll sell him off to a quarry owner,” exclaimed Mu Yu, waving his fist.ReAd latest chapters at novelhall.com Only

“Enough with the pretence!” Ku Mu, feeling better, said, “He’s your shishu’s ancestor. Don’t sell him to a quarry owner.”

“Ah, yes, I shouldn’t have said that.” Mu Yu played along with a grin.

“He should be sold to a brothel. He can slave away as a gigolo!”

Mu Yu filled Ku Mu in on the reversal pill cauldron he brought back. Unexpectedly, Ku Mu scoffed, “Even if you can mix them, don’t. When the phenomenon draws everyone over, stop. That’ll burst one of that old man’s veins.”

Mu Yu: He’s more confident in me than I am.

“Gramps, don’t forget he tried to prostitute you!”

“For crying out loud, stop bringing that up, will you?! Remember what he did to me, and make damn sure you return the favour for me! He’s more of a scumbag than Shi Dengtian is!”

“Pfft.”

I’m not looking for a shortcut to death.

“Speed Alchemy was designed for powders and liquids. You can practice it but strictly never use it in pill concoction. Otherwise, you will damage your meridians permanently. It reverses the flow of qi. In saying that, it doesn’t conflict with your usual cultivation. In fact, it could expedite your cultivation without any side effects. Those who suffered as a result of using it used the wrong tool in the wrong context,” Ku Mu explained and ended with a sneer.

“Why didn’t you share that with them?”

“After I learnt it, I never manufactured spherical pills again, only the best powders and liquid. They, however, refused to accept that. By the same token, they refused to believe me.”

Ku Mu’s poisons were stored in vials precisely because he used Speed Alchemy. The different path he chose to walk was a bitter solo journey that nobody could comprehend.

“Pills, or rather, alchemy, wasn’t termed alchemy in the past. People simply called it medicine. Speed Alchemy’s original name was Speed Medicine. Medicine is actually more advanced than alchemy nowadays. People just fail to see it. Alchemy these days is used more in cultivation, while medicine is reserved for patients. As a result of experimenting with medicine, pharmacists commonly end up poisoned.”

The reason Ku Mu named his work Poison Scripture instead of Medicine Scripture despite it entailing how to treat ailments was attributed to Ku Mu’s personal hobby. People called him a poison master, so he went along with it.

“What did you want me to grab Speed Alchemy for, then? Since it can’t be used in pill concoction, how am I supposed to win?”

Ku Mu gave Mu Yu the “idiot” look and then rhetorically questioned, “Do you really think I haven’t found a way to convert medicine and pills after all these years of studying?”

“You can use Speed Alchemy’s mental cultivation without the drawbacks?”