Chapter 4966 — The Sea-Nurturing Pill
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 3
Only then did Wei Zhao begin to understand. In other words, the Sea-Nurturing Pill itself could not be used to break through to the Sea-Splitting stage; the whole process still depended on one's own strength. The Sea-Nurturing Pill was simply like the Thunder Mystic Pill—it provided a better environment for the breakthrough, nothing more.
"In that case, does breaking through to Sea-Splitting also bring a thunder tribulation or some such heavenly punishment?" Wei Zhao pressed further.
"Not at all. One thunder tribulation is quite enough—why would it come every single time? Otherwise wouldn't the heavens be worked to death?" Zhuang Yifan chuckled, then explained: "The Sea-Nurturing Pill isn't for resisting any heavenly punishment. It's a wondrous elixir for remolding our physical bodies. It can transform our dantian into a broader pill sea, and that pill sea is the first step toward breaking through to the Sea-Splitting stage."
"I see. So does this pill sea absolutely require the Sea-Nurturing Pill to take shape?" Wei Zhao asked again. Old Ghost had been in secluded cultivation all this time, so there was no one else he could ask—he could only latch onto Zhuang Yifan and pester him.
"Not necessarily. In fact, even without the Sea-Nurturing Pill, one can gradually remold it bit by bit through one's own strength. It's just that the process is exceedingly arduous and drawn out. If one's innate talent is a little lacking or one's perseverance a little short, success is basically out of the question. Some people, even if they do persevere and succeed in the end, drag it out so long that they miss their window for breakthrough and can never advance another level in this lifetime. Taking the Sea-Nurturing Pill saves you that long, drawn-out phase." Zhuang Yifan answered every question with great patience.
"Thank you for clearing that up, Brother Zhuang. I'd guess this Sea-Nurturing Pill must be a second-grade Profound Rank pill?" Wei Zhao ventured.
"Exactly. Pills like this are basically impossible to buy anywhere in the Yellow Rank Sea Region—one can only gather the materials and ask someone to refine them. But second-grade Profound Rank alchemists are very hard to find; even in the Profound Rank Sea Region they're exceedingly rare, let alone here in the Yellow Rank Sea Region. So I can only pin my hopes on you, Brother Lin." Zhuang Yifan smiled bitterly.
Looking across the whole Yellow Rank Sea Region, Zang Zili was the only first-grade Profound Rank alchemist to be found—and now Wei Zhao had beaten him half to death. Zhuang Yifan had no one else to turn to. As for seeking someone in the Profound Rank Sea Region, that was not altogether impossible, but the key was that he simply did not know any second-grade Profound Rank alchemist. Why on earth would a stranger refine pills for him?
And so Wei Zhao, on the verge of breaking through to second-grade Profound Rank, had become his one and only lifeline. This was the real reason he had been so courteous to Wei Zhao. Otherwise, as a mighty expert of the late Earth-Splitting stage, even if he was being gracious to a man of talent, he would never have lowered himself so far—certainly he would never have called a young junior like Wei Zhao his brother.
"Since Brother Zhuang thinks so highly of me, I mustn't let you down. One day, when I've succeeded in breaking through to second-grade Profound Rank, you can leave the Sea-Nurturing Pill to me," Wei Zhao promised at once.
He was confident that with the Divine Farmer's Cauldron at his disposal, refining the Sea-Nurturing Pill would not be difficult. First the Earth-Sealing Pill, then the Sea-Nurturing Pill—with that, Zhuang Yifan would surely value him all the more. By then, Zhuang Yifan might well already be an expert of the Sea-Splitting stage, and that would be a truly top-tier outside ally. How could Wei Zhao let such a thing slip through his fingers?