Dashing Student Chapter 1379: The Correct Method

The first sight Jiang Han registered upon waking was Wen Ling’s beaming countenance.

"Junior Sister? Are you… gone too?" she murmured, her mind still hazy from regaining consciousness, an instinctual belief that she had met her end.

Wen Ling let out a light laugh. "Senior Sister, what are you saying? Neither of us has died."

"Not dead?" Jiang Han expressed her surprise, a vague image of a towering figure brandishing a sword like a celestial or demonic entity surfacing in her memory.

"Who rescued us then?"

"It was Senior Jue Mingzi! He’s back! Isn't that a wonderful surprise?" Wen Ling chirped, a playful glint in her eyes.

"Ah, it’s him then." Jiang Han’s usual stoic demeanor returned.

"Indeed, I should fetch Senior to give you a thorough examination. You were poisoned, after all." Wen Ling scampered out of the room.

Once Wen Ling departed, Jiang Han couldn't help but pout in exasperation, wondering when her junior sister would finally grow up.

"If Senior has indeed returned, then my recollection wasn’t merely a dream. However… didn't Senior witness my most embarrassing moments?"

"No, I absolutely cannot allow Senior to mock me!"

Thus, despite feeling unwell, she procured some rouge and powder to conceal her pallor and meticulously arranged her hair, ensuring no detail was out of place.

Soon after, Chen Nan was ushered into the chamber by Wen Ling, who offered a rueful smile. "Rest assured, while my skills in poison may be lacking, detoxification is certainly within my capabilities."

"Oh, Senior, since you are here, could you please check on Senior Sister?" Wen Ling pleaded with her most persuasive tone.

Chen Nan quickly capitulated, gently placing his fingers on Jiang Han’s wrist, causing her to blush.

Observing from the side, Zhong Ling sensed something was amiss with Jiang Han, suspecting she had applied cosmetics. But wouldn't an injured person have no time for such vanity?

After his examination, Chen Nan nodded. "She is fine. Just some minor injuries. A few days of rest will see her fully recovered."

"Thank you, Senior," Jiang Han replied, bowing her head gratefully.

Chen Nan smiled at Wen Ling. "You can rest easy now, can’t you?"

"Yes, yes! Senior is simply amazing!" Wen Ling exclaimed with delight. "Oh, Senior, the spiritual medicines you requested – I’ve already dispatched someone to procure them. They should be back shortly."

"Excellent. Just have them delivered to me directly upon their arrival."

A thought suddenly struck Wen Ling. "Senior, I heard that a war against the Demon Sect is imminent. Don't you need to return?"

Chen Nan appeared momentarily taken aback. "So soon?"

He was uncertain if this impending conflict was a joint effort by the Righteous Alliance and the Demon Sect to make a statement to the Demon Clan, nor was he privy to the strategic plans of the higher-ups. Nevertheless, a return was imperative.

Returning didn't necessarily mean aligning with the Righteous Alliance; his primary motivation was to slay demons and eradicate devils, as demon corpses could be refined into Demon Spirit Pills.

At present, he desperately wished he could split each Demon Spirit Pill in two and use them – they were simply insufficient.

Especially since his cultivation had advanced, he now required at least a seventh-grade Demon Spirit Pill. However, refining a seventh-grade Demon Spirit Pill necessitated the corpse of a Golden Core Realm demon beast above the fifth level.

Encountering such demon beasts was no simple feat. Consequently, Chen Nan was exceptionally frugal with his Blood Spirit Pills and would certainly not miss the war between the righteous and demonic factions.

"Senior? Senior?"

Wen Ling waved her hands repeatedly in front of Chen Nan's face, noticing his faraway gaze.

"Ah, it’s nothing. Please assist in gathering more intelligence from the front lines," Chen Nan said, snapping back to attention.

Following his instruction, he retreated to his own quarters. Before long, disciples from the Shouxin Sect returned with the spiritual medicines, including the Blood Jade Ginseng.

He promptly commenced his pill refinement, slamming the Heavy Mountain Pill Furnace onto the ground with such force that it cracked the room’s floor.

Possessing mastery over three types of Spiritual Fire, Chen Nan found the refinement of seventh-grade elixirs remarkably straightforward. His cultivation of the "All Heaven Star Fighting Great Method" had further bolstered his Divine Soul Power, simplifying the entire process.

While the Blood Jade Ginseng was of considerable age, it was, after all, merely a seventh-grade spiritual medicine.

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The flames within the pill furnace burned steadily. Inside, several elixirs ascended and descended, suffusing the room with a potent medicinal fragrance.

In a mere hour, twelve seventh-grade healing pills were successfully forged. Chen Nan swiftly retrieved the elixirs, almost bursting into laughter at the sight of the naturally formed pill patterns adorning them.

Truly, a Blood Jade Ginseng, aged over ten millennia, was employed for concocting healing elixirs. The result? Potions whose efficacy dwarfed even those of sixth-grade quality.

Chen Nan, as if casually munching on sweets, ingested a healing pill. Instantly, a comforting warmth surged within his abdomen, coursing through his fractured meridians.

The medicinal potency gradually permeated the meridians, commencing a slow mending of the breaks.

Once the effects of the medicine were fully assimilated, Chen Nan consumed another healing pill.

Just like that, with the aid of the Blood Jade Healing Pills, what should have taken half a year to recover from was completely healed in a mere handful of days.

Chen Nan retrieved the remaining half of the Blood Jade Ginseng, his eyes alight, fully aware that the potent effects of the Blood Jade Healing Pill were entirely attributable to this rare ingredient.

With meticulous care, he stored the remaining Blood Jade Ginseng before immediately commencing his cultivation.

To secure advantages in the impending conflict between the righteous and the demonic factions, a robust cultivation base was paramount. Thus, Chen Nan seized the moment without delay.

He produced a Demon Spirit Pill and began practicing the "Demon Ape Form," as an immense phantom of a demon ape materialized in the void behind him.

However, after ingesting the Demon Spirit Pill, Chen Nan was astonished to find that the cultivation speed of his "Demon Ape Form" had markedly increased, leaving him perplexed.

Normally, a Demon Spirit Pill should not possess such powerful medicinal effects; after all, it is merely a seventh-grade elixir derived from a Blood Gourd through a process of life absorption.

Chen Nan tilted his head, pondering, and recalled the specific origins of this particular Demon Spirit Pill.

Earlier, upon entering the Relic Space, Zhong Ling had ventured out independently. During her initial engagement, she encountered a Fiery Fire Ape, and its remains were subsequently stored within the Blood Gourd.

"Fiery Fire Ape... Demon Ape Form... Hahaha, the understanding dawns upon me now!"

It was as if a sudden flash of inspiration struck Chen Nan, illuminating the connection between the two elements.

The consumption of Demon Spirit Pills derived from the Fiery Fire Ape's remains inexplicably accelerated the cultivation of the "Demon Ape Form," and given that both are ape species.

Chen Nan speculated whether ingesting Demon Spirit Pills refined from the same type of creature would indeed hasten cultivation. If this were true, had he not squandered precious time previously?

To ascertain this revelation, Chen Nan deliberately journeyed to an island teeming with demonic beasts. He hunted two ape-like demonic beasts and utilized the Blood Gourd to refine them into Demon Spirit Pills.

Indeed, after consuming Demon Spirit Pills synthesized from ape-type demons, the cultivation pace for his "Demon Ape Form" proved to be substantially swifter!