A Record of a Mortal’s Journey to Immortality (Chapter 1-Chapter 200)

“Every time before you consume the Essence Extraction Pill, take the medicine by mixing a spoon of the medicinal powder in cooled boiled water, and it will help alleviate your pain.”


“Thank you, Junior Disciple Han! Thank you!” Senior Disciple Li was wild with joy. Even if it could only ease his pain, he still regarded it as great news. The pain from taking the Essence Extraction Pill made it so that he would shiver even when he just thought about it. He had already tried many painkillers before, but they all had no effect. However, since Junior Disciple Han knew all of the characteristics of the Essence Extraction Pill and had taken it before, perhaps this medicine would actually be effective.

"Don't thank me just yet, let's wait and see if the medicine works first. Also, this is only a year’s worth of medicine. I've currently used up all of the medicinal ingredients I had and I won’t be able to make any more for you until I gather enough again,” Han Li spoke bluntly.

“No problem. Isn’t this a year’s worth of medicine? This is enough for now. Regardless of whether or not this medicine is effective, I, Li Feiyu appreciate Junior Disciple Han’s kind intentions.” Having gotten what he wanted, Senior Disciple Li's expression returned to normal and was no longer so anxious, and he once again expressed his gratitude to Han Li.

Han Li faintly smiled. Not saying anything else, he took the initiative to part ways with Senior Disciple Li.

With the secret medicine in his hands, Li Feiyu naturally wanted to test its efficacy as soon as possible. He didn't keep Han Li waiting, and the two mutually took their leave.

After returning from the valley entrance, the first thing Han Li did was clean up the medicine fields. He swept the rabbit remains, bloodied earth, and broken bowl shards all into a hole and buried them, and just like that, it appeared as if nothing had happened.

Satisfied, Han Li patted his hands and looked around to see if he had missed anything.

When his eyes fell onto where the porcelain bowl had shattered, he couldn't help but start thinking.

He remembered very clearly that when he threw away the bowl, the diluted water within had spilled all over a small portion of the medicine field, landing on several medicinal herbs. He couldn’t help but be somewhat hesitant since he didn’t know whether these medicinal herbs would become poisonous after absorbing the water. Also, if someone were to eat these poisonous herbs, would they also experience the same horrible death as the rabbits? Should he just destroy these poisonous plants? This chain of questions abruptly rose in Han Li’s mind.

Han Li pondered for a while, and eventually decided to wait and do another small experiment. If in the following days, the medicinal herbs really became poisonous, it still wouldn’t be too late for him to destroy them.

With that decided, he looked around to see if there was anything else he could do and then went back to the stone room to practice. He hoped that he would be capable of making a breakthrough, on account of his earlier advancement.

Han Li currently no longer cared about the chant’s specific usefulness. His cultivation of this chant had already become instinctive. If he didn't cultivate it, Han Li wouldn’t know what else he would do in the mountain valley. Stubbornly cultivating this chant to a greater layer of cultivation had already become his current life goal.

After an afternoon absorbed in cultivation, Han Li dispiritedly discovered that he truly wasn't a genius. Although he felt that the distance from the fourth layer could be pierced through by a finger, he couldn’t advance an inch forward and had diligently cultivated the whole afternoon in vain.

It seemed he couldn’t cultivate any further without the support of medicinal elixirs. Otherwise, it would be very likely that he would forever stay at the peak of the third layer, unable to advance any further.

Han Li’s mind began to hope expectantly that Doctor Mo would return a bit earlier, and that he would have been lucky enough to have found enough medicinal ingredients to help Han Li break through his current predicament.





Chapter 25: Interference of Success


Another night passed. Han Li woke up at the crack of dawn and walked towards the medicine field. He wanted to observe whether or not the medicinal herbs had changed in any way.

Before he even entered the medicinal field, he could suddenly smell several rich medicinal fragrances.

Han Li was slightly dazed, but soon after, his mind stirred. “Perhaps it’s……”

He couldn’t help but increase his pace until he finally arrived in front of several medicinal herbs that were emitting an intense fragrance.

Were these the medicinal herbs from yesterday? Han Li didn’t dare to trust his eyes. Using his hands, he fiercely slapped his slightly drowsy face until the pain made him stop.

“The leaves of this Yellow Dragon Grass has some hints of purple, the Bitter Lotus Flower actually has flowered nine petals, and the skin of this Forgotten Sorrow Fruit has turned black, ha ha! Ha ha!” Han Li couldn’t hold back his laughter anymore. Usually, Han Li was calm and composed, but this time, he couldn’t help but laugh heartily while facing the sky.

“This time I came across a great fortune. These medicinal herbs only needed one night to develop properties that require two years of age. All of their appearances turned to that of herbs aged more than ten years. Seeing the color of the leaves, the shape of the fruit, and the petals’ fragrance…there are all qualities that belong to rare herbs that have already matured for quite some time.” Han Li carefully examined all of the medicinal herbs, confirming they were identical to those described in medicine books. They were truly rare medicinal ingredients that have been aged for a great length of time.

“If I can mature medicinal herbs with this method, how many rare medicinal ingredients will I have?! I can also sell the medicinal herbs that I don’t use. If that happens, how much silver will I make…?” Han Li was unable to restrain his excitement and started to let his imagination run wild.

Han Li’s thoughts further developed and he became more elated. He felt that he had truly picked up a treasure this time. All of a sudden, he somersaulted a few times. At this moment, he no longer maintained his normal calm appearance and expressed the excitement entirely like that of a normal 14-15-year-old adolescent.

After a while, Han Li had finally calmed down, and his brain recovered its sharp wit. He began to think of how to deal with the somewhat difficult problems that were brought by this huge meat pie that fell from the sky.

(TL: “huge meat pie that fell from the sky” is a Chinese idiom for a fortuitous encounter)

First of all, there seemed to be no problems with the external appearance of these medicinal herbs. However, he still had not tested their medicinal properties. After all, they only became like this after they absorbed that strange liquid. Who knew whether their internal elements were abnormal? Yesterday, he had seen those rabbits’ miserable demise with his own eyes. He still had to be careful.

Secondly, the green liquid within the small mysterious bottle had already been used up. He did not know whether the strange phenomenon that created the liquid drop would happen again. Perhaps it was an occurrence that only happened once. At night, he would go to confirm it himself.

If there were no problems with these two matters, then he truly needed to grasp the details and particulars of the drug-inducing ingredients in this manner. Then he would have complete control over this inconceivable method.

Han Li later pondered, arriving at the conclusion that if he were unable to resolve his few difficult problems that were earlier mentioned, this huge meat pie would only be a passing flower lost in a fog.