Right now, Long Xuan has quite a number of Heaven Mending Fruits. He originally had four of them, and in the storage bag of that Spiritual Sea stage Gu cultivator, there were another six.
That Spiritual Sea stage Gu cultivator had gone mad after seeing the Heaven Mending Fruits, slaughtering the Western Lands' geniuses recklessly.
If he hadn't encountered Long Xuan early on, and if he had faced Long Xuan last, all the geniuses of the Western Lands would have been massacred by him.
So now, Long Xuan has a total of ten Heaven Mending Fruits, more than enough for him to use liberally.
By borrowing the power of his clone, he stayed in the Soul Library for three months, which is equivalent to spending nine months outside.
Since he didn’t need to physically write in the Soul Library—writing there only required a single thought—the actual time he spent refining the Gu recipes outside amounted to over a year.
After such a long time, he finally managed to craft the 'Heaven Mending Pill Recipe.'
Through his research, he discovered that by using the Heaven Mending Fruit as the primary ingredient, and mixing it with different grades of auxiliary ingredients, the quality of the resulting pills could vary.
In other words, if all the auxiliary ingredients for the Heaven Mending Pill were second-grade spiritual herbs, the Heaven Mending Fruit’s potency would be wasted on those low-quality materials, resulting in a downgraded second-grade pill.
A second-grade Heaven Mending Pill can only restore the aptitude of Gu cultivators at the Marrow Cleansing stage, but is ineffective for cultivators above that stage.
If the auxiliary ingredients were all peak-grade, tenth-grade spirit herbs, the Heaven Mending Fruit would release most of its potency, producing a tenth-grade pill.
However, tenth-grade spirit herbs do not grow in this world, and even if they did, with Long Xuan’s current cultivation, he wouldn’t be able to refine a tenth-grade pill.
So, he had no choice but to wastefully use large amounts of lower-grade materials, thus reducing the Heaven Mending Fruit’s efficacy.
Now that the second-grade Heaven Mending Pill recipe is complete, his next task is to find the necessary ingredients and quickly refine the Heaven Mending Pills.
However, there’s a major issue: he currently cannot return to his Great Herb Garden, and he didn’t bring many spirit herbs with him on this journey, which means he only has the primary ingredient for the pill recipe.
In the past, whenever he needed any material, he only had to take a massive amount of contribution points to exchange for them at the Long Clan.
But now, trapped outside and unable to return home, gathering the necessary materials has become a real problem for him.
And don’t think that collecting second-grade spirit herbs is easy.
Rare species transcend grade levels, and collecting materials for refining a Heaven-defying pill like the Heaven Mending Pill isn't something that can be done easily.
Ordinary second-grade spirit herbs are relatively easy to gather, but rare second-grade spirit herbs are much harder to come by.
To refine the Heaven Mending Pill, over 10,000 ingredients are needed, of which over 300 are rare spirit herbs.
Even in the Long Clan's Treasure Hall, it would be difficult to gather all 300 types of rare spirit herbs.
He would need to release numerous high-paying tasks at the mission hall and offer substantial rewards over a long period to collect them all.
Thus, gathering the ingredients for the Heaven Mending Pill has become a colossal problem for him.
After sighing deeply, Long Xuan took out two seeds from his storage ring and played with them like precious treasures.
Over the past three months, whenever he had time, he studied these two seeds, trying to uncover their secrets.
And sure enough, while Li Laodao couldn’t figure out the mystery of these two seeds, Long Xuan accidentally made a breakthrough, which filled him with joy.
It must be known that the Heaven Mending Tree and the World Tree are both unique to this world. If either of these two divine trees were to die, they would randomly respawn somewhere in the world.
Therefore, he had to plant these two divine trees as quickly as possible. If he was too slow and they sprouted elsewhere, it would be impossible for him to cultivate them again, no matter how hard he tried.
Right now, he was in a race against time. How could he not be anxious?
But at this moment, being anxious wouldn't help. His Suo Gu's ability was disabled, so he could only go with the flow.
Time flew by, and three more days passed. Long Xuan stopped in front of the gates of a large city named Tianyue City.
This massive city was incredibly prosperous, even more so than Blackstone City. The bustling noise of people echoed throughout.
So, upon seeing this city, Long Xuan immediately decided to stop here and gather the materials needed to refine the Heaven-Mending Pill.
By now, his injuries had healed enough that he could walk without assistance. After paying an entrance fee of eight hundred low-grade spirit stones to the guards at the gate, he entered the city.
He couldn't help but think it was a bit pricey.
However, the more expensive the entrance fee, the more prosperous the city. This meant that the materials inside were likely to be abundant.
He had already been traveling for quite some time and had fully entered the world of Gu Cultivators.
He was now on the land of the Xuan Yue Empire, a neighboring country of the Great Yin Dynasty. The two nations were of equal strength and had a hostile relationship.
Tianyue City was the main city of Tianyue County in the Xuan Yue Empire, and it was filled with powerful individuals, naturally making it incredibly prosperous.
If the high entrance fee didn’t deter a large number of poor, wandering cultivators, this city would have been overcrowded long ago.
Upon entering the city, Long Xuan was immediately awed by the bustling scene inside.
A country’s world truly is different. With well-established laws and orderly systems, this place had a sense of structure and order. Chaos was rare here, and scenes like the street brawls between Marrow Cleansing-stage Gu Cultivators in Blackstone City were unlikely to happen.
In Blackstone City, power was everything. The rules were made to restrict the weak.
However, in a country, the laws were there to restrain the powerful. Even a Gu King couldn't slaughter at will in this city without facing consequences.
Additionally, the Xuan Yue Empire used a currency called Yue Coins, but they weren’t accepted in other countries. Spirit stones, however, were universally used here, so he didn't have to worry about becoming penniless.
Long Xuan had no plans to stay in the Xuan Yue Empire for long, so he didn’t intend to exchange a large number of Yue Coins, as they would be worthless in other regions.
He didn't have time to admire the city's splendor. Instead, he immediately sought out channels to trade for spirit herbs. Once he had what he needed, he planned to leave the city as quickly as possible.
He was far too weak right now, and staying in a city filled with powerful people like Tianyue City gave him no sense of security, even though the laws here could restrain Gu Kings.
Out of habit, he subconsciously began searching for the Qian Clan Chamber Of Commerce within the city. Upon locating his target, he immediately headed there.
The Qian Clan Chamber Of Commerce was a large cross-regional trading firm, with branches in many regions and cities. Even Long Xuan didn’t know how vast the Qian Clan’s network truly was or how many regions it spanned.
At that moment, on a massive platform, a fat man with ten spirit rings on his fingers sat arrogantly in the center of the stage, looking immensely proud of himself.
A long banner hung on the platform with the words “Treasure Seeking Convention” embroidered on it, drawing a large crowd of spectators. The scene was extremely lively.