Chapter 98: Breakthrough in Cultivation
A month later, Butterfly House Laboratory.
Sizzle—!
A blast of cold air spread out as the solution in the reagent bottle, a mixture of over a hundred medicinal properties, underwent a violent reaction.
Lin Yang's pupils had shrunk to the size of pinpoints. He stared intently at the reagent bottle in his hand while making real-time adjustments based on the changes in medicinal properties.
He was terrified that even the slightest error would cause this bottle of potion to fail at the final hurdle.
As the temperature slowly rose, specks of starlight emerged within the solution, like a sky full of stars suddenly lighting up in the darkness.
"Sigh~, making medicine is not easy!"
Lin Yang raised his hand, and scorching Soul Power quickly enveloped the test tube. The temperature was precisely controlled at 28.1 degrees Celsius; even a fraction of a degree off was unacceptable.
He then shook it gently, and those specks of starlight, which should have been as fleeting as a night-blooming cereus, instantly solidified within the pale blue potion.
"Phew—!"
Lin Yang let out a long breath and placed the finished potion on a nearby shelf.
Four identical bottles of potion were already sitting on the shelf; these were the entirety of his recent research results.
Concentration Potion: After consumption, those below the sixth ring can enter a 'Concentration' state. In this state, meditation efficiency is increased by three hundred percent.
It could be said that every single bottle of potion here contained all of Lin Yang's past knowledge and blood, sweat, and tears.
Unfortunately, the most important ingredient, the Star-Attracting Spirit Grass, had been used up. It would take another year or two for the next one to grow.
Although the Star-Attracting Spirit Grass wasn't a true Immortal Grade plant and could only be ranked alongside the Ninth Grade Purple Lingzhi, it was still a top-tier spiritual medicine.
The Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
Lin Yang gave Lan Qin a few instructions, then tilted his head back and drank the Concentration Potion.
As the potion entered his throat, a cool sensation instantly rushed into his brain, and his consciousness became clearer than ever before.
Without any hesitation, Lin Yang leaped and, with a'splash,' jumped directly into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
The Concentration Potion could only exert its maximum effect in a place with abundant energy.
Furthermore, the stronger the Spiritual Power, the longer the potion's effects would last, and the better the results would naturally be.
As the ice and fire energy enveloped him, Lin Yang quickly entered the 'Concentration' state and began his cultivation.
Streams of energy were rapidly refined by him, turning into Soul Power and continuously accumulating.
If his previous cultivation was like a car on a highway, he was now sitting on a rocket, moving at a blistering speed.
Of course, this was also thanks to Lin Yang's powerful Spiritual Power.
One day.
Two days.
Three days.
Lan Qin guarded the edge of the spring, her Blue Silver Domain expanded to its limit.
She could clearly feel that the energy of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well was slowly decreasing, while her master's aura was gradually becoming stronger.
Until the seventh day, the water surface at the junction of red and white suddenly exploded.
Lin Yang leaped out of the spring water, a faint mist swirling around him.
His eyes were bloodshot and his spirit was flagging; these were symptoms of Spiritual Power exhaustion.
"Master," Lan Qin looked at Lin Yang worriedly.
Lin Yang waved his hand: "I'm fine, let me sleep for a while."
After saying that, regardless of where he was, he lay down directly by the edge of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and entered the deepest level of sleep in the next second.
He was too tired!
He had pushed the effects of the Concentration Potion to the limit, but similarly, his Spiritual Power had been squeezed dry.
The optimal daily meditation time for an ordinary Spirit Master is between four to six hours.
Generally, after five hours, a Spirit Master will feel obvious fatigue, and cultivation efficiency will gradually decline.
After exceeding six hours, a Spirit Master's Spiritual Power will dissipate.
At this time, meditation not only fails to achieve the effect of cultivation but can also become dangerous due to a lack of concentration.
However, the Concentration Potion forcibly suppressed the negative effects, only for them to explode all at once at the end.
Of course, there was no danger, but one downside was a persistent headache for about two or three days.
Lan Qin didn't say anything, she just let strands of Blue Silver Emperor cover Lin Yang's body, only to make him sleep more comfortably.
A day and a night later, Lin Yang woke up with a splitting headache.
He quickly stuffed a piece of Dragon Zoysia Leaf into his mouth and sucked on it, waiting for a good while before he gradually adapted.
The effect of the Concentration Potion was even better than imagined. Combined with the unique environment of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, it directly raised his Soul Power from Rank 36 to Rank 39.
A full three ranks!
But similarly, the burden on his Spiritual Power was very heavy.
It was like forcing a civilian engine to the RPM of a rocket engine; it was already considered sturdy for not exploding on the spot.
If he did it a second time within a short period, his mind definitely wouldn't be able to take it.
Furthermore, the longer the potion was stored, the worse its effects became.
So, he had already chosen candidates for the remaining three bottles of potion.
After leaving the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Lin Yang called Xiao Wu, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling over, giving each of them a bottle of Concentration Potion.
Upon hearing the effects of the Concentration Potion, the three of them were shocked. Wasn't this a cultivation cheat tool?
The most crucial part was that the side effect was merely a headache for two or three days.
Who wouldn't want such a cheat tool?
Ye Lingling, who was nearby, hesitated for a moment and said, "This... this is too precious, I can't take it."
Lin Yang smiled and said, "Just take it. Aside from the core medicinal herbs, the other rare Materials also came from the Ye Family's collection. I can't take the Ye Family's resources for nothing."
Nothing is guaranteed to succeed, and compounding potions is the same.
By his calculations, one Star-Attracting Spirit Grass could produce about ten bottles of Concentration Potion.
But due to mistakes during the process, only four bottles were successfully made in the end.
Even without calculating labor costs, the cost loss for each bottle was roughly two hundred thousand Gold Spirit Coins.
In other words, for these four bottles of Concentration Potion, Lin Yang had already sunk two million Gold Spirit Coins into them.
One million two hundred thousand of those Gold Spirit Coins had vanished into thin air.
Even if he threw those Gold Spirit Coins into the water, he could have heard the splash one million two hundred thousand times.
If it weren't for the potion business sustaining him, plus the support of the Ye Family, this loss alone would have made his heart ache for a while.
Fortunately, he had basically mastered the knack now. If he made more, the success rate should be a bit higher.
Uh... probably!
Because one is completely defenseless after entering the 'Concentration' state, Lin Yang set the cultivation location at the Dugu Family manor.
Old Poison had been off wandering somewhere lately, so Dugu Yan was the only one in the entire manor.
With the poison formation guarding the outside and Lin Yang acting as a protector inside, it could be said to be the safest place at the moment.
The three girls also agreed.
In the cultivation room, Xiao Wu, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling drank the potion together.
Almost instantly, the eyes of the three brightened, and they sat down to begin cultivating in unison.
Lin Yang clearly felt the surrounding Heaven and Earth Essence gathering toward the three at an astonishing speed.
Three days later, the three girls woke up one after another.
Ye Lingling was the first to wake, and her cultivation had actually increased by two ranks.
Originally Rank 27, she had now rushed directly to Rank 29.
On one hand, it was because her cultivation was the lowest, and on the other, it was because she was already on the verge of reaching Rank 28.
The Concentration Potion had merely helped her kick that door open ahead of time.
Next was Dugu Yan, whose cultivation increased by one rank, currently at Rank 36.
Xiao Wu was the last to wake. The residual medicinal power of the qirong tongtian chrysanthemum in her body was completely refined during this cultivation session, which led to a leap of two ranks.
She rose from Rank 33 to Rank 35.
After sensing the increase in their Soul Power, even though their heads hurt so much they wanted to bang them against a wall, the three girls still beamed with joy.
All things considered, it only took three or four days, yet it had saved them five or six months, or even longer, of cultivation.
Who wouldn't like this kind of cultivation that was like using a cheat code? Who wouldn't enjoy it?
Unfortunately, it was impossible to have this kind of potion again in the short term.
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