episode_0063

In fact, taking an elixir is a rather complicated process.

What is an elixir?

Things that contain the pure energy of Mother Nature and the spirit of nature are called elixirs.

For example, it is the core of a living organism that contains pure natural spirits such as Gongcheongseomyu or Seolsam, or that contains spirituality and natural spirits such as Mannyeonhwa or Inmyeonjiju.

Even if you manage to obtain such a thing with great difficulty and take it, the reality is that you will not absorb even half of the natural energy it contains and will end up throwing away half of it.

Yeonjin carefully opened her mouth. Then she drank a dark red liquid that looked like a poison bowl like those seen in historical dramas.

“Ugh.”

It was a taste that made my face reflexively frown.

It is made by mixing all kinds of medicinal herbs that are good for the body with the precious blood of Ssanggaksa Temple, so of course it tastes bitter. And of course it is also fishy because it is mixed with raw skin.

But it was also an essential process.

Just as the inner layer of the Mannyeonhwari has extreme yang properties, the inner layer of the Inmyeonjiju contains strong poison due to the influence of the Inmyeonjiju.

If you don’t have enough toxicity achievements to withstand the poison, you will just swallow it and immediately dissolve into the poison, turning into a handful of blood.

Of course, Yeonjin is ignorant about poison.

So, as a means to consume the inner essence of the Inmyeonjiju, one had to drink the blood of the Ssangaksa, which would increase resistance to poison.

The method of taking things with extreme yang or extreme yin properties is largely the same, although the types are different.

Is that all?

While you are eating the Unkijoshik to absorb half of the internal energy, you become defenseless and extremely vulnerable to external shocks.

That is why, as the saying goes, “seeing something is like seeing a living soul,” we need a master who is willing to stand guard over the elixir without being greedy.

It is not for nothing that only the children of noble families or disciples of prestigious schools, and among them only the most carefully selected true masters, take elixirs and acquire internal energy that is not appropriate for their age.

And coincidentally, Yeonjin is grimacing at the horrible taste lingering in her mouth.

“It’s hard to say that it tastes good even in empty words, so there’s nothing I can do.”

He frowned, then opened his mouth toward the spoon Yu Ye-hyang offered him.

It was a sight of her hastily washing her mouth with the sweet taste of honey.

A precious elixir that cannot be obtained even with money, a strong master to protect you while you take the elixir, and even a teacher and lover who immediately offers you honey with a spoon because the good medicine tastes a little bitter.

He was enjoying luxury beyond his means.

As she watched Yeonjin’s frowning face brighten after eating the honey, Yu Yehyang thought to herself.

‘It was good that you prepared in advance.’

Since men tend to like sweet things more than women, I was secretly proud of myself for being so well-prepared.

Before reincarnation, it was a luxury that I enjoyed even though I had not accomplished much in my previous life.

“Phew, that’s a little better.”

“Knowing this, he ordered this sister to buy honey while preparing the medicine.”

Yu Ye-hyang smiled proudly.

“Then let’s get to the main story.”

“The inner side of the human face pillar… … .”

“In the end, you went all the way to Mt. Taesan because of this and suffered. Don’t worry, my sister will protect you.”

Yu Ye-hyang smiled faintly and held out her neck.

Yeonjin, pretending to be nervous, opened the box.

As soon as I opened the box, the first thing I saw was a bluish-colored inner lining that contrasted with the red carpet.

Yeonjin cautiously reached out her hand to what looked like a glass bead.

Unlike the soft feeling that comes to mind when thinking of innerwear, it has a firmer texture than expected.

When Yeonjin picked up the knife, Yuyehyang gave her some caution.

“Originally, when you take this kind of elixir, more than half of the energy is not absorbed and is simply excreted. I really want to let go of the energy that I can’t control.”

“But isn’t it a bit of a waste? If more than half of it is not absorbed and is thrown away, fuel efficiency is the worst.”

“If you get greedy, you might end up hurting your bloodline, so keep your sister’s words in mind.”

Yu Ye-hyang gave attention with a very serious expression.

How could Yeonjin not have tried to think of the famous scholars as the later indices of a prestigious school?

Besides, since she had quite a bit of experience taking elixirs, she knew that controlling a wild and wild spirit wasn’t as easy as she thought.

When Yeonjin heard that her blood pressure was high, she immediately changed her attitude as if turning over her hand.

“If you get greedy and your stomach bursts, it’s like putting the cart before the horse.”

“Yeah, if you eat it to increase your aerodynamics but your blood flow is damaged, it’s actually a loss.”

Yu Ye-hyang smiled brightly and stroked her hair.

And then an uninvited intruder came in and suddenly showed his face.

“This is the inner workings of the inmyeonjiju that I’ve only heard about. I couldn’t eat it because I didn’t have anything like this. This is why you have to take good care of your teacher. Sohyeop is lucky!”

“Wow, that’s shameless.”

“No, that was the whole story just now! Shh, shhhh!”

Cheongyeon, who had been quietly sticking her face out, wondering if something fun was going to happen, was startled.

Then, I desperately brought my finger to my lips, while at the same time checking Yu Ye-hyang’s expression.

Fortunately for her, Yu Ye-hyang only tilted her head at the word shameless. However, it was expected that her tone would become harsher than when she spoke to Yeon-jin.

“That’s a good thing. Come protect Jin-ah with me.”

“Little Leader, are you serious?”

“Isn’t it your job to just wander around anyway? You came here to see if there’s anything interesting going on, but you’re talking too much.”

“Damn, when you hit the nail on the head, it’s hard to find anything to say in rebuttal… … !”

Cheongyeon shrugged her shoulders.

Then he sat down next to me and continued talking.

“You have two top-notch masters as your guardians and you are a person who drinks elixirs. Your fate is better than mine. I have never even seen an elixir. This is my first time seeing one up close.”

“Isn’t Shaolin Temple famous for the Daehwandan? Even so, he’s a promising latecomer in Shaolin Temple. Even if you don’t know about Daehwandan, you can at least eat Summondan.”

“You only know one thing and don’t know the other. Whether it’s the Great Hwandan or the Summoning Sect, how could they give such a valuable item to the Later Index? And it was the Shaolin Temple. It’s a kind of emergency elixir. It’s hard to make even one a year, so they wouldn’t give it to us to take like a simple elixir.”

“You’re using that precious thing as an emergency medicine?”

“That’s what Shaolin was like originally. What would you expect from a place where only the most stubborn people who follow Buddhism gather? Of course, I was not so stubborn that I even got excommunicated.”

After finishing speaking, Cheongyeon glanced at Yu Yehyang’s expression.

Her expression was hard to describe as good after her cozy time together was interrupted by an inconsiderate intruder, so Cheongyeon gave in to her survival instinct and shut her mouth after saying one last word.

“Stop talking nonsense. If you keep talking like that, I might get killed by the cult leader. Take some elixir.”

“Oh, right. I was taking the elixir.”

Yeonjin muttered and looked at the inside. It was a little hard, but at the same time, it was big enough to be swallowed in one bite.

By drinking the precious blood of the Twin Guardians, you have gained resistance to poison. If you do this, you may not be immune to all poisons, but you should be able to achieve something similar to being immune to a thousand poisons.

Yeonjin swallowed her inner thoughts as she thought about it.

“Hmm.”

The moment Yeonjin was about to blurt out, “This doesn’t feel as good as I thought it would.”

Yeonjin’s eyes widened.

The inner part of the Inmyeonjiju is the essence of nature condensed into the form of poison. It is a vast amount of natural resources, especially poison, condensed into a small bead.

If you had swallowed it without any preparation, the blood vessels in your entire body would have swelled up immediately due to the poison. And the moment the critical level was exceeded, the blood vessels would have burst with a pop, and the poison would have spread throughout your entire body, melting you to a miserable end.

However, thanks to drinking the blood of the Twin Guardians, I have acquired the minimum resistance to withstand the poison of the inner chamber.

“… … .”

Yeonjin hurriedly sat down cross-legged. It was an action she took instinctively, without anyone telling her to do so.

In an instant, my danjeon became hot and at the same time, I felt a cool chill coming from my esophagus where I had swallowed my inner energy.

The poison condensed in the inner organs of the human-faced monk was so strong that it would melt the body of a normal person without the ability to resist poison, starting from the intestines.

But now, in accordance with the principle of elixirs being mutually beneficial, by taking the blood of the twin guardians, I have developed resistance to poison.

Because of that, the energy of the inner dan spread throughout my body, but instead of melting my body, it was bubbling and running wild.

Yeonjin’s eyes opened wide as the poison rose to her level in an instant, and at the same time she felt a dizzy sensation.

It was absurd that I felt a threat to my life just from swallowing an elixir, something I had never felt even when surrounded by seven of the best masters, but what could I do?

“Control your energy with the exercise method. It is said that you should start by sitting cross-legged and calming down first, then pushing it into the danjeon. ”

Yu Ye-hyang, who had been watching the scene with worried eyes, soon shook her head and calmly recited what needed to be done.

No matter how worried I was, I was desperately trying to control the energy right in front of my eyes.

In that situation, it was possible to have enough sense not to do things like put my back against the wall to gain true energy.

All she could do right now was to hold hands together desperately, using the excuse of protecting the law, and watch Yeonjin’s appearance.

In a situation like this where she couldn’t do anything, just watching was an act that stimulated the wounds that remained in her memories as not very good things.

While she was watching, biting her lips as if she was brooding over her helplessness, Yeonjin was doing her best in her own way.

‘Is this really not a joke?’

I don’t even have the luxury of saying a word.

In a way, elixirs are a way to get stronger quickly. It’s not a orthodox way, but rather a shortcut.

But there are good reasons why people don’t take shortcuts.

Not only are elixirs difficult to obtain, but even if you manage to obtain them, controlling the pure energy of Mother Nature is not an easy task.

‘… … If you’re not careful, you’ll really die.’

Yeonjin opened her eyes wide and desperately used the Heavenly Demon God Skill.

The essence of Cheonmasingong is defeat.

It is the most optimized power to subdue the wild and rampant energy.

Between heaven and earth, I alone am honorable, and the three realms are in pain, so I must bring peace.

He desperately tries to suppress his venom by repeatedly reciting the Cheonma Shingong formula.

‘What is this-‘

A warm energy surged from my dantian all the way to my navel.

At the same time, it kept trying to spread out to every corner of the body through the veins, so it was not easy to suppress the nature of spreading out in all directions even with the powerful Heavenly Demon God.

I could understand why Yu Ye-hyang had told me not to be greedy and to let go when I couldn’t control myself.

After that, except for the amount of energy that Yeonjin could control, he let it spread through the veins and be discharged.

The remaining energy gathered into a single mass and rushed into Yeonjin’s danjeon as if it was being pushed from behind.

At the same time, the energies that had been brought under control by tightening the reins began to run along the Im-maek, Du-maek, and Yang-maek.

Sigh.

Yeonjin reflexively held her breath and spurred the two energies that were rushing in two different directions, combining the energies she had originally possessed with the energies she had gained from her new inner strength.

The moment when the mass of energy that was the harmony of the old and the new collided with the gate blocking the way, traveling in different directions along the Im and Du veins.

Kookookookook.

Thunder struck Yeonjin’s mind, as if lightning had struck from a clear sky.

“Ugh… … !”

At the same time, Yeonjin opened her eyes wide and coughed out a glob of black blood. At the same time, her energy began to spread through the veins extending to her limbs.

A clear light flowed from Yeonjin’s eyes as she vomited black blood.

“… … I thought I was really going to die like this.”

“Jin-ah, no way… … .”

From the moment Yeonjin vomited black blood, Yu Yehyang, who had been watching without being able to sit still, muttered as her eyes grew wide.

“It’s like a cow catching a rat while backing up. Should I say that it was luck, or that it was possible because of the Heavenly Demonic Power? Master, has this ever happened to you when you took the elixir?”

Cheongyeon, who was watching the scene while stroking my chin, asked, and Yu Yehyang shook her head.

“I have already been through it, so I have not experienced such a phenomenon.”

“Then there aren’t enough samples. But this is the first time I’ve seen someone take an elixir and pass through the gates of life and death. Was it possible because of the Heavenly Demonic Power? Or did they have a talent for controlling energy from the beginning?”

“Huh? Did I just do something weird?”

Yeonjin asked, licking her lips, wondering if the aftertaste of spitting out black blood was unpleasant.

Then Cheongyeon made a face as if she was dumbfounded.

“I’ve never seen anyone take an elixir and pass through the gates of life and death before. They were just absorbing the energy and not even properly settling in the dantian, so they were thinking of breaking through the Imdokyang vein.”

“I tried it and it worked?”

Yeonjin scratched her head.

I used the Heavenly Demonic Spirit to control it as much as possible, and let go of the energies that I couldn’t control. From what I felt, the absorption rate was a little over 60%.

Yu Ye-hyang said that the percentage of not being able to absorb was more than half, which means that she was able to maintain a greater amount of energy compared to others.

And in the process of spreading the power throughout the body, the life and death passage that was blocking it was opened, and the two main vessels of the Im-maek and the Dok-maek were connected.

I tried it and it worked.

There is no other way to explain it than with that expression.

“If it worked after trying, then there’s nothing I can do about it.”

Heh, Cheongyeon opened her mouth and looked at Yeonjin with a blank expression before nodding.

It worked, so what can I do? It’s not like I should be asking how I did it or why I did it.

Even though she nodded her head in agreement, the feeling that she had suffered a loss did not leave Cheongyeon’s mind.