"A full pot of clear water, a hundred jin of Exotic Beast Meat, a suitable amount of salt, and seventeen kinds of medicinal stones and spices."

Chen Mu placed ingredients into the Flame-Separation Shell cauldron with a strange expression on his face.

"First, bring it to a boil over high heat, then simmer it on low heat." Recalling the method to prepare Replenishing Origin Soup, Chen Mu’s expression became even more peculiar.

Just earlier, he was worried about a stagnation in his cultivation, only to have a serving of meat soup solve it.

"Some of the herbs are quite precious, but at least they can be bought."

"There are disciples in the courtyard down the mountain who raise pig-rabbits, so buying meat is even simpler. I could even raise them myself."

Chen Mu calculated happily.

"Being able to cook is really important, huh. Who knows, a surprise could pop up any day."

After covering the pot, he sat beside the stove in a rocking chair.

Chen Mu controlled his mana to surge into the Flame-Separation Shell cauldron from mid-air.

It didn’t take long for the contents of the pot to start bubbling.

After stewing for two hours and removing the scum from the surface, Chen Mu stood firm in front of the stove.

Taking a deep breath, he recited a lengthy string of Curse Words.

The voice sounded like a thousand people chanting, deep and eerie.

An Exotic Force emerged from nowhere, falling into the pot.

The soup, which had calmed down, began to swirl slowly.

Then, strands of purple-red liquid separated from the whirlpool’s ripples, rising and slowly converging about half a meter above.

Half a quarter of an hour later, Chen Mu observed the condensed soup in a small white porcelain bowl, about the size of one and a half fists, and clicked his tongue in wonder.

"Is this the Replenishing Origin Soup? If it weren’t for the absence of grains, I would have thought it was a bowl of Eight-Treasure Porridge."

He stirred with a spoon, and with a small sip, Chen Mu immediately squinted his eyes.

"Hey! This thick soup is quite delicious."

After thinking about it, he felt relieved.

Although the Replenishing Origin Soup is greatly nourishing and can even replace the Rejuvenation Pill, it is after all a dish, and it’s normal for it to be tasty.

Spoon by spoon, the warm and just-right Replenishing Origin Soup was quickly consumed.

His stomach soon felt warm, and the warmth gradually spread to his whole body.

In no time, a fine sweat appeared on his forehead; he felt energetic and his body was comfortable!

"This feeling... it’s a success!"

Chen Mu’s eyebrows lifted with happiness.

"Time to cultivate, time to cultivate!"

...

For several days, Chen Mu spent his time in the wooden building on the mountainside, aside from going down the mountain to buy meat, stewing meat soup for cultivation all day long.

After reciting the mysterious Curse Words once again.

A thought flashed through Chen Mu’s mind as he looked towards the gray wall.

Seven Turns Banquet Primordial Curse: 13/10000;

"Made it onto the list?"

Chen Mu suddenly realized.

After days of continuous use, the mysterious Curse Words finally showed most of their true form.

The name appeared on the gray wall, and a corner of the Inner Law Talisman in the jade had also started forming.

"Now I don’t need to worry about the Rejuvenation Pills."

Over the past few days, maintaining his usual cultivation rhythm, not only did his body not run at a deficit, but it became even stronger.

"Just a bit of wasted meat."

Chen Mu poked at the contents of the Flame-Separation Shell cauldron in front of him with chopsticks.

The pig-rabbit meat, which was strong enough to break a hundred-refined steel knife, was now easily broken apart by a bamboo chopstick.

He picked up a piece and put it in his mouth.

Ptui!

Chen Mu couldn’t help but curl his lips.

It was so mushy and tasteless, it was like eating a mouthful of mud.

It was as if all the essence had been extracted, leaving only a pile of thorough dregs.

"So this hundred-plus jin of meat can only be thrown away." Chen Mu shook his head.

Luckily, Exotic Beast Meat wasn’t expensive.

A single piece of White Jade could buy seven or eight jin of pig-rabbit meat; a hundred jin would cost only twelve or thirteen pieces of White Jade.

And with a hundred jin of meat and seven or eight pieces of White Jade worth of medicinal materials, one could produce a bowl of Replenishing Origin Soup to meet his daily cultivation needs.

Cultivating for three days would cost at most sixty or seventy pieces of White Jade.

Yet a Rejuvenation Pill, one every three days, would cost two hundred White Jade per pill.

The daily cost was almost equivalent to three days of Replenishing Origin Soup.

And crucially, it also required the extra payment of Daoist Cultivation!

"Whoever loves it, I’m definitely not buying."

Why not save that Daoist cultivation and buy some powerful secret techniques instead?

"However, I still need to keep working on the Rejuvenation Pill."

The Replenishing Origin Soup is effective, but it doesn’t keep well.

It’s fine for a day or two, but after three or five days, the taste changes, and the effectiveness is greatly reduced.

Besides, having already deciphered the Absorption Talisman for seven kinds of medicinal essences, giving up now would be such a waste.

"Figuring it out will be just the thing to supplement."

"Just in case one day I have to travel far, it’s not so easy to make Replenishing Origin Soup on the go."

...

More than half a month later, in the northern part of the market district at the foot of the mountain.

Lu Tu, wearing a beast skin apron and blood-stained beast skin gloves, was wielding a new cleaver.

He was chopping meat with loud thunks, his chubby cheeks trembling with each strike.

Lu Tu looked Chen Mu up and down with a puzzled expression: "Can you really handle eating that much meat every day?"

What does he mean?

Chen Mu was a bit confused by his question.

"Eating over a hundred jin, you’ve got to poop out seventy or eighty jin, right? Doesn’t hemorrhoids hurt?"

Chen Mu: "..."

What the hell is all this about!

"I’m here buying your meat, and you’re talking to me about this?"

"Is there also a Strongman Technique to cure hemorrhoids?" Lu Tu’s eyes lit up: "Tell me how, and I’ll waive the cost of White Jade for today’s basket of meat!"

Chen Mu’s face immediately darkened.

I freaking don’t have hemorrhoids!

"I can even give you a 20% discount in the future!" Lu Tu persisted stubbornly.

Just freaking go away!

Seeing Lu Tu’s eager eyes, Chen Mu was truly intimidated.

Discussing this topic in public was just too embarrassing.

"I’m buying so much meat for alchemy," Chen Mu seriously fibbed.

To ensure credibility, he even flashed his Identity Jade.

"You’re an Alchemist?!" Lu Tu’s face was full of amazement.

After receiving Chen Mu’s confirmation, Lu Tu chopped with less force, fearing the meat juices might splatter on Chen Mu.

The identity of an Alchemist still carried some weight.

Chen Mu breathed a sigh of relief.

It took some time before Lu Tu finished chopping up four hundred dodges worth of pig and rabbit meat and loaded it into a large bamboo basket.

After paying, Lu Tu, who had been silent for a while, suddenly spoke hesitantly: "Since you’re an Alchemist and well-informed, do you know... do you know of any elixir that can cure hemorrhoids?"

Fuck!

I can’t get over this hurdle today, can I?!

Chen Mu picked up the basket and turned to leave.

"Don’t be in such a hurry, how about a 30% discount, and I’ll deliver to your door?" Lu Tu shouted loudly.

This made Chen Mu run even faster.

...

Without the hindrance of the Rejuvenation Pill, his Condensing Aperture cultivation was unobstructed.

He went to bed early and got up early every day, spending his time on the wooden building halfway up the mountain in a fulfilling and regular manner.

One month later, deep in the night.

In the Underground Secret Chamber.

The glow algae within the Jade Sphere above his head cast a warm, gentle light, illuminating the chamber.

The four pots of sea heart pine in the corner trembled slightly like breathing, freshening the air in the chamber.

The bronze incense burner on the low table beside the soft couch released wisps of blue smoke.

Chen Mu sat cross-legged in a translucent Linglong Path arena made of fish maw, his eyes tightly closed.

At a certain moment, a sudden heat erupted from his chest, and it thumped as though muscles were twitching.

Two silver threads chasing each other emerged, circling on his chest’s skin into a circle the size of a peanut.

An inky black space suddenly appeared within it, where billows of black Mana swirled and materialized.

Chen Mu slowly opened his eyes to see the gray walls.

Netherworld Grand Summary: 65/10000/Third Rank;

Inside the Jade, two hollow silver spheres, one inside the other, rotated slowly.

Chen Mu’s face lit up with a smile.

"I did it!"

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