Chapter 1323: One-Tenth Chance (Third Update)
If Grandfather Medicine Master couldn't do it, there was still Thai Su. As long as Thai Su could dissolve the Dao wounds on Moon Heavenly Venerable, then healing her physical bodily damage would be no difficulty for me at all!
Qin Mu comforted himself with these thoughts. Although Medicine Master's performance always gave people a feeling of being unreliable, he was after all the strongest medical sage under heaven, and aside from repeatedly failing when testing new medicines on Qin Mu, he had no other misdeeds.
Qin Mu packed his belongings, preparing to set out. He went to look for Shu Jun, but Shu Jun had already left the Great Dark Mountain with the Grand Emperor's head from within the treasure seal, heading off to who knows where. The First Ancestor Human Emperor was leading the many Human Emperors out as well, and all of them turned in unison to look at Qin Mu, hostility clear in their eyes.
"I heard a Thai Pu giant beast has appeared nearby. This kind of beast is extremely rare—it was the mount of the Three Ancient Kings back in the day. We plan to go subdue that Thai Pu."
The First Ancestor said to Qin Mu: "Mu'er, do you want to come along?"
Qi Kang, Yi Shan, and the other Human Emperors glared with even greater hostility, speaking one after another: "First Ancestor, why invite him? With him around, will there even be a share of the Thai Pu left for us?"
"After we subdue the Thai Pu, we'll each take a ride on it and give Human Emperor Qin a good beating!"
Qin Mu laughed heartily, waving at everyone. The moment he turned his face away, his expression became incomparably dark and gloomy, startling Medicine Master.
"Subdue a Thai Pu and think you can beat me? Ancestral masters of past generations, you're still too young!"
They boarded the Yan Kang fast ship and sailed out of the Hundred Thousand Dark Mountains. No sooner had they left than Xu Sheng Hua and Lan Yu Tian led three thousand divine beings and giant beasts to the so-called Sacred Mountain.
Xu Sheng Hua, Lan Yu Tian, the three thousand divine beings, and over a hundred giant beasts stood at the outskirts, gazing at the pitch-black expanse of the Hundred Thousand Great Dark Mountains, all of them speechless for a long while.
"That old man called Thai Yi is a swindler." Xu Sheng Hua murmured.
Lan Yu Tian nodded repeatedly.
Dragon Qilin and Yan'er hurried out to welcome them. Seeing them, they were overjoyed, yet also somewhat regretful. Yan'er laughed: "The Sect Master just left, and you arrived right after. Had you come a bit earlier, you would have run into them!"
Lan Yu Tian opened his mouth, catching her tossed food at just the right moment, and said in surprise: "My big brother left?"
Dragon Qilin nodded, whispering: "Luckily you didn't run into the Sect Master, or else he would have tricked you into mining ore, and without paying wages either."
Lan Yu Tian said quietly: "Do they provide meals?"
"Meals? You're thinking too much!"
Dragon Qilin curled his lip: "You handle your own meals—mine are all cooked by Yan'er."
The crowd surged into the Great Dark Mountain. Lan Yu Tian hesitated for a moment, then said: "I was planning to ask my big brother for a few mountain peaks, but he's gone now..."
Dragon Qilin's eyes immediately lit up, and he laughed: "There are plenty of mountain peaks here—more than you could ever claim! If you fancy any peaks, just go take them for yourselves, though you'll have to build your own palaces and houses. I have a piece of Thai So Primeval Stone here that I can lend you for visualizing dwellings and palaces."
Xu Sheng Hua laughed: "No need—we'd rather build them ourselves. Since we're staying on the Sect Master's land, it's only right that we dig some ore and put in some work for him."
Dragon Qilin hesitated for a moment, but didn't tell them that these Great Dark Mountains sometimes split open at night, and terrifyingly powerful beings from prehistoric eras would crawl out from within.
"They'll understand after one night."
Dragon Qilin thought to himself: "By the next day, Thai Yi will appear to explain things to them, then have them repair the Great Dark Mountain."
Even so, Dragon Qilin spoke earnestly: "You must be careful at night. These Hundred Thousand Dark... Hundred Thousand Sacred Mountains are fine in every way, except that once night falls, you cannot step outside the dark mountains—there is great terror in the darkness."
Xu Sheng Hua said in surprise: "Don't go out after dark? This place is rather like the Great Ruins of old."
Dragon Qilin thought: "A hundred thousand times more terrifying than the Great Ruins! Heaven have mercy—the Sect Master has finally tricked two clever people into guarding this territory. Previously, I was the only clever one holding things together here, contending against beings like the Ten Heavenly Venerables. It was a bit thin being alone..."
His tail shot up with a swish, wagging proudly, and he thought smugly: "I've actually held out against vicious characters like the Ten Heavenly Venerables for all these years, and they never managed to take the Hundred Thousand Sacred Mountains. I'm truly remarkable!"
Although the Yan Kang fast ship was not slow, it was still not as swift as Moon Heavenly Venerable's lantern. Qin Mu and Medicine Master spent over a month flying from the Hundred Thousand Sacred Mountains to the Rift of Heaven.
During that month, Medicine Master stayed on the ship pondering various miraculous medicines. Sometimes he propped his chin in deep thought, sometimes he scribbled furiously, sometimes he listed out the detailed compositions of various spiritual medicines, and sometimes he used primordial qi to form the Dao patterns contained within various medicines, snapping apart individual patterns to piece together new ones.
Though he appeared confident on the surface—that going to heal Moon Heavenly Venerable was as easy as reaching into a bag—in truth, the pressure weighing on his heart was immense.
After all, this was his first time encountering a Heavenly Venerable, and what he had to heal was a Heavenly Venerable's Dao wounds. This was the first time since his medical Dao had reached maturity, and also the most difficult case of his entire life!
Meanwhile, Qin Mu organized the Thai Su Primeval Stones on the ship, burying each one into the Thai Su mineral vein within his Fetal Spirit Divine Treasury.
The Thai Su Egg hopped out of its nest on the altar, bouncing around, directing him on the precise position to bury each stone.
Qin Mu was like a diligent little squirrel, following its commands to properly handle the stones. He then took out the Thai So Primeval Stones, intending to bury those in the Thai So mineral vein as well.
When he had buried almost all of them, he suddenly realized: "The Thai So Goddess has already emerged from her egg, and she holds a grudge against me. Why am I burying these stones? It's not like she can return to her egg and hatch inside my fetal spirit!"
He dug out a stone, took out the Thai So eggshell, and tilted his head back to take a sip of the egg fluid from the shell's edge. He immediately began using the Thai So Primeval Stone to refine the Thai So Primordial Fluid.
Suddenly, Medicine Master, who had been deep in thought, opened his eyes and sniffed: "That smells wonderful! What medicinal ingredient is this?"
Qin Mu refined the Thai So Primordial Fluid, saying: "This is the egg fluid from the Thai So Egg that grants all requests—it's not a medicinal ingredient."
"Anything in this world can be used as medicine, let alone a primeval god inside an egg."
Medicine Master's eyes gleamed: "Give me a bit of that egg fluid—let me see if it can be used as medicine!"
Qin Mu took out a little egg fluid, somewhat reluctant, saying: "This is the egg fluid of the Thai So Egg—unmatched in the world. Every drop used is a drop less. Grandfather Medicine Master, you must be very careful with it. If it can't be used as medicine, give it back to me, and I'll drink it..."
"You gulping it down is nothing but wasting heaven's gifts. In my hands, it becomes a true remedy for healing and saving lives."
Medicine Master sneered, carefully observing the Thai So Primordial Fluid, muttering to himself. He again used primordial qi to form strange Dao patterns of various medicines. Previously, he had tried to piece together different Dao patterns, but all attempts had ended in failure.
This time, he carefully took a wisp of the primordial fluid. With a slight shift of his mind, the Thai So Primordial Fluid actually transformed according to his will, slowly morphing into a strange Dao pattern that connected the Dao patterns of various medicines together.
Medicine Master suddenly shed tears, yet laughed heartily, tilting his head back and letting the tears slide down his cheeks: "My Dao... is complete!"
Qin Mu was just holding the eggshell and drinking the primordial fluid, like someone holding an absurdly large rice bowl and drinking porridge. Seeing this, he was overjoyed. He quickly set down the eggshell and asked: "Grandfather Medicine Master, how much chance do you have of curing Moon Heavenly Venerable?"
Medicine Master stood up, brimming with confidence and vigor, radiating the bearing of a grand master. He raised one finger and said: "One-tenth!"