David's Adventures in Wonderland

Chapter9

【Prearrangement 】

Elder Han had never been so overjoyed before. The wrinkles on his face melted away as he danced and laughed with excitement. Meanwhile, David remained calm and focused on cultivating his bitter sea. Waves crashed endlessly, thunder roared, and flashes of lightning filled the stone chamber. Elder Han was filled with anticipation, eagerly hoping for the seven days to pass quickly.

The bronze medicine cauldron was surrounded by silver flames, absorbing spiritual energy and radiating holy light that filled the entire chamber. Elder Han wasn't worried, knowing that the cauldron needed to be refined for seven days and nights before he could open the lid. The extraordinary phenomenon couldn't last forever. He was convinced that this was an extremely high-quality spirit pill as it matched the description perfectly in ancient texts.

After more than two hours, the sound of the waves gradually faded, and the deafening thunder gradually disappeared. The bronze medicine cauldron calmed down, with only the silver flames burning fiercely. Another day and night passed, and the cauldron remained calm, except for the flickering milk-white light of the flames.

Deep within his bitter sea, David entered a state of emptiness. It wasn't until now that he gradually woke up, and the golden bitter sea was greatly expanded, almost the size of an unpeeled litchi, shimmering like a bright star from the universe embedded within him.

Twenty-seven additional divine patterns appeared in his sea, resembling iron chains or lightning bolts, hanging in the air above the sea's surface. The most peculiar change was that ripples emanated from the bitter sea, and bubbles continued to emerge from the center, bursting into a hazy mist over the golden bitter sea.

David opened his eyes and clearly sensed the changes in the bitter sea. A surge of vitality erupted within him, as two gleaming divine lights shone from his eyes. He reached out and grabbed the green fruit of the blue jade snow lotus with caution. The fruit was the size of an egg, and green light emanated from it, making it extremely alluring. It seemed like an emerald essence polished into shape, glowing with a gentle radiance and sparkling brightly in the light.

The blue jade snow lotus fruit was extremely rare, with the mother plant growing on a snowy mountain tens of thousands of meters high and needing a thousand years to be exposed to sunlight to bear fruit. It was guarded by powerful monsters, and it took Elder Han eight years to miraculously pick one.

As he held the fruit, David felt the icy coldness, but the boiling medicinal liquid did not dissolve the fruit like it did before. He carefully and quietly tasted it like biting into an apple. The green fruit tasted sweet and refreshing but was as cold as ice, causing David's body to shudder. The abundant vitality spread rapidly through his limbs and hundred meridians.

Finally, a green light enveloped David, and his skin turned green like a jade, shimmering with a strange luster that caused the temperature in the cauldron to drop significantly, and the medicinal liquid no longer boiled. Half an hour later, the sound of the sea once again roared from the bronze medicine cauldron, even louder and more intense this time. Accompanied by lightning and thunder, the cauldron trembled lightly.

The entire chamber shook as though waves were crashing and the sky booming. Elder Han felt as if he were facing an endless angry sea, making his mood surge and ebb along with the waves. He muttered to himself, "Another phenomenon has occurred, and the precious pill will surely form."

Elder Han suddenly felt ten years younger and laughed heartily, filled with a sense of accomplishment. With such an excellent pill in his hands, he felt that breaking through the bottleneck and advancing to a higher level was no longer a problem. "When the pill is completed, it will be the time for me to break through," he declared confidently.

"This is the moment I break through.'" Han elder was full of vigor and a sense of achievement. He felt that with such a furnace of top-grade treasure pills in his hand, breaking through the bottleneck and climbing up a few more steps would not be a problem. Inside the bronze medicinal cauldron, the sound was deafening, and various visions appeared, but only the sound could be heard outside. Han elder couldn't stay calm, constantly circling around the cauldron, excited beyond words. This time, the tsunami and thunder lasted for three hours before gradually subsiding, and the stone chamber slowly returned to calm.

"After the medicinal cauldron is sealed, it cannot be opened again. I can only wait for seven days." Han elder's only regret was that he had been too cautious and had not put all the other rare spirit medicines into the cauldron. Otherwise, there might have been more visions, and the "heavenly auspiciousness" mentioned in ancient books might have come true. Despite this, Han elder still had full confidence. He believed that he had firmly seized a great opportunity, and nothing could change that.

Another day and night passed, and David slowly opened his eyes, with a godly light in his gaze and vibrant life force in his body. The wounds on his limbs and chest had completely disappeared, not even leaving scars. David's golden bitter sea had undergone another change, expanding by a full circle. In the center, ripples were intensifying, and bubbles burst out like springs, forming a hazy aura that covered the entire center, making the bitter sea even more mysterious.

At this moment, David, like Han elder, was full of a sense of achievement, and their feelings were almost the same. He could not be satisfied with this, reached out and grabbed the Phoenix God Herb, which was hot in his hand and radiated waves of spiritual power. Legend has it that only a pure land tainted with Phoenix God blood can give birth to this divine herb. Han elder spent more than ten years traveling through endless ancient lands and ruins to find this one, which was worth a fortune.

David put it into his mouth and only chewed it a few times before the divine herb turned into a brilliant red glow, rushing into his body, instantly enveloping his body with a layer of mysterious reddish glow, as if there were burning flames. If it were an ordinary person's body, it would have turned into ashes, but David's physique was extremely special. The bitter sea was like an unfathomable abyss that could never be filled. All the red glow flows were like streams flowing into the sea, and eventually they were all absorbed.

At this moment, his flesh, organs, bones, and skin were all crystal clear, dust-free, like precious works of art, dazzling and brilliant, and his skin shimmered with a radiant luster, and the power of life was slowly flowing. When the tsunami and thunder occurred, Han elder was startled again and stood up, walking around the bronze cauldron, saying: "Han is truly blessed by heaven." When David woke up again, he found that his golden bitter sea had expanded by a circle, but had not been opened too much. Because as the cultivation progressed, it became more and more difficult, and the three kinds of spirit medicines had similar effects, so the first opening was the largest.

After the three rare spirit medicines were refined, David's bitter sea underwent amazing changes. In the center, colored mist steamed, winding around countless divine runes. Below the bitter sea, it was like a volcano reviving, with bubbles surging and constantly sending out colorful light.

David understood this and did not feel confused. Cultivators in the Sea of ​​Sorrow realm have to go through several processes. At first, only a small amount of life essence Qi surrounded the Sea of ​​Bitter. Over time, the Qi would accumulate and condense into divine patterns, like iron chains, hanging above the Sea of ​​Sorrow. When the Sea of ​​Sorrow opens up and the cultivation deepens, bubbles will emerge, which will burst and form clouds and mist. Until later, the bubbles under the Sea of ​​Sorrow will burst like springs, like a volcano erupting, and colorful clouds and mist will rise and fill the air. When the "volcano" under the Sea of ​​Sorrow completely erupts, the splendid clouds and mist will gradually turn into liquid, and at that moment, one can try to break through to the Life Spring realm. If successful, a spring of divine energy will gush out from the "volcano." Cultivators in the Sea of Sorrow realm must go through these three processes before they can break through to the Life Spring realm. David had gone through the second process, and the center of his golden Sea of Sorrow was almost boiling, with Qi surging like springs, and clouds and mist constantly gushing out, extremely dazzling.

"If I can refine all the rare divine herbs Han Elder collected, find a place to hide and carefully study the scriptures, maybe I will be able to break through to the Life Spring realm in a year or two," David muttered to himself. He had a vague sense of anticipation. However, he must first get rid of the current crisis and protect his life; otherwise, everything would be in vain.

After refining the three divine herbs, David did not do anything rash, but waited for an opportunity. Now, three days had passed, and he still had four more days to wait before he could open the cauldron. The slurry in the bronze medicinal cauldron was sufficient to extract half a cauldron of herbal liquid. While it could not be compared to divine herbs like the Nine-Leaved Phoenix Divine Herb, it still contained a large amount of life essence. With so much time at hand, David naturally would not let this opportunity slip by. He silently meditated and absorbed all the essence into his body.

Two days later, Han Elder felt something strange. There were no more anomalies, and the medicinal fragrance emanating from the bronze cauldron became increasingly faint, until there was almost no fragrance left.

"What's going on?" He was skeptical. Finally, he remembered something and said to himself, "Could it be that when a top-grade pill is about to be formed, all the essence is absorbed, and not a single trace of fragrance or medicinal efficacy is wasted?"

"Yes, that must be it. According to legend, when a top-grade pill is about to be formed, all the essence is absorbed, and not a single trace of fragrance or medicinal efficacy is wasted."

Han Elder was extremely excited and said, "Now it's confirmed that I have successfully refined the legendary top-grade pill!"

In the past two days, David had absorbed all the essence contained in the medicinal slurry. The Qi in his Sea of Sorrow was surging like springs, and the clouds and mist were rising, like a live volcano that had erupted, with colorful lights and a spiritual energy aura permeating everything.

Calculating the time, he still needed two more days to open the cauldron. David was very calm, waiting for the opportunity to refine the "Fire Fiend" spiritual energy. The silver light kept shining and flowed into his body.

Time passed quickly, and two days flew by. Han Elder laughed loudly, like an owl crying, and prepared to open the cauldron and take out the "top-grade pill."

"You naughty little brat, it's all your fault for taking the Holy Fruit and Divine Spring! Make sure to marry into a good family in your next life. In this life, you were destined to be here to help me," Han Elder said as he opened the cauldron.