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Chapter 304: The Great Pill Disassembly Technique

So it turns out that even Real Person Yuyao from the Holy Land of Jade Pool could have a moment where it seemed she'd been kicked in the head by a donkey.

Dan Yun stared at Real Person Yuyao, and that was the only thought running through her mind.

Everyone knew that pill refining materials were basically spiritual herbs—only in rare cases would you need spirit liquids or special minerals.

Even if Yuyao had brought a rock, it would've made more sense.

But this? A bag of strange-smelling snack food?

She might as well just call Dan Yun an idiot to her face.

"Real Person, I feel I should remind you—it’s pointless to try and fool me with random food."

Dan Yun pointed to the spicy strips on the ground and sneered:

"Just because you say it’s the Flavor Dragon Spicy Strip doesn’t mean it is. If I try refining it, never mind whether I can make a top-grade or even celestial-grade Primordial Heaven-Mending Pill, let me just ask—you, would you dare eat it?"

Real Person Yuyao went quiet for a moment.

Dare she eat it? Sure—after all, it did taste surprisingly good.

But was this thing really the Flavor Dragon Spicy Strip? She wasn’t certain herself. Wasn’t that exactly why she came to Dan Yun for confirmation?

"I had people search every corner of the Cangyun Realm, and the only thing named Flavor Dragon Spicy Strip was this."

Yuyao pointed at the brand name on the package and continued:

"Maybe your Heavenly Fate Calculation was off? Maybe this Flavor Dragon Spicy Strip isn’t actually a spiritual herb. Why don’t... you try divining it again?"

Dan Yun let out a cold laugh. She didn’t really want to waste her effort on another calculation.

But on second thought, maybe she should. For one, it might lower Yuyao’s guard, and two—it might help Yuyao realize just how brainless she was being.

"Fine. I’ll divine it again."

Dan Yun picked up two strips from the floor. A cold gleam flickered in her eyes as a mysterious light began to glow faintly in her pupils.

This time, the purpose was just to verify whether this was the real Flavor Dragon Spicy Strip, so the energy cost wasn’t as steep as a full-blown search.

The result soon appeared in Dan Yun’s mind.

Her usual calm and disdainful expression froze up, and her elegant brows furrowed tightly.

Yuyao noticed her constipated look and couldn’t help but ask:

"Well? Is this Flavor Dragon Spicy Strip really the one you were looking for?"

Dan Yun was silent for a long while, staring at the oily red strip in her hand, eyes full of disbelief and confusion.

Eventually, she gave a stiff nod, the corner of her mouth twitching.

"...It... It really is."

"There we go!" Yuyao beamed inwardly.

She didn’t care why the Flavor Dragon Spicy Strip wasn’t a spiritual herb. All she knew was that Dan Yun could now refine at least a top-grade Primordial Heaven-Mending Pill. That was enough.

Even if this thing turned out to be a piece of dog sh*t—so what?

As long as it helped her ascend, she’d still eat it.

"Dan Yun, now that you have all the missing ingredients, how long until the top-grade pill is ready?" Yuyao asked, barely able to hide her impatience.

"Three days," Dan Yun replied coolly. "Come pick it up then."

"Hahaha! Good!"

Yuyao was overjoyed.

"Dan Yun, rest assured—once the top-grade pill is done, I’ll let you and your daughter leave the Holy Land of Jade Pool safely. If you manage to refine a celestial-grade pill, you can take your pick of elder seats in the sect!"

She promised again.

Compared to last time, she even sweetened the deal.

But Dan Yun only gave her a faint look and shook her head.

"If I succeed in refining a top-grade, or even celestial-grade pill, all I ask is that you let me and my daughter leave the Holy Land of Jade Pool—and swear a blood oath never to bother us again."

Yuyao’s face darkened at that.

Did she think the Holy Land of Jade Pool was some kind of backwater dump?

It was the most sought-after sect in the Cangyun Realm. Cultivators would kill to get in.

Ungrateful!

She was furious inside, but still managed to nod on the surface.

"Fine."

Yuyao left.

She left behind over ten bags of Flavor Dragon Spicy Strips, saying Dan Yun could ask for more if needed.

Dan Yun still frowned, holding one of the bags, turning it over and over in her hands, more confused the longer she stared.

She’d refined pills her whole life. Any material placed in her hands—she could basically tell at a glance how to use it, its properties, and how it would interact with other herbs.

But this thing?

She couldn’t see through it—really couldn’t.

"Aspartame, Carrageenan, Sodium Benzoate, BHA..."

Dan Yun muttered each ingredient out loud as she read the label, her brain getting more scrambled the further she went.

"What are these things?

Are they even native to the Cangyun Realm?"

But the phrase "ingredients list" she could at least vaguely understand.

With the advantage of her Spirit Eyes, she could analyze information faster than others.

Even obscure ancient texts—she could slowly figure out their meanings.

"This food seems to be made of all the items on this list… Just a snack, and it’s got over a hundred ingredients?! Aside from sugar, oil, salt, and chili—I've never seen the rest!"

Dan Yun popped a strip into her mouth.

As a top-tier Pill Cultivator, her tongue was one of her sharpest tools.

Things invisible to the eye—she could often detect through taste. At her level, she could reverse-engineer 90% of pills just by sampling them.

"Tss— The taste... is really something."

Dan Yun didn’t practice strict Fasting, so she found it quite tasty.

But what caught her attention more—

Was that she couldn’t reverse-engineer this snack’s recipe.

"Maybe I should try using Master’s divine technique?"

Dan Yun tossed the strip into her Pill Cauldron, placed her hands beneath it, and released her pill fire—a searing blaze that filled the entire underground chamber with heat.

One of her cultivation techniques was a long-lost secret art—The Great Pill Disassembly Technique.

This technique could deconstruct a pill and reduce it to its original raw materials.

The more ingredients used, the higher the cost and pressure of the technique.

Since Flavor Dragon Spicy Strips contained over a hundred ingredients, she had to break them down bit by bit.

And so she did—for an entire day.

After over ten rounds of medicinal supplements, her Spiritual Energy was completely drained.

She had long since run out of the strips Yuyao first gave her.

To get enough material, she’d gone back and asked for many more.

Now, over a hundred packs had been completely broken down.

The entire underground chamber was thick with the odd, spicy strip aroma.

But in the end, she had extracted over a hundred types of powdered crystals.

She sorted them and placed them into porcelain bottles.

Then began testing each powder one by one—

Determining their general properties.

"Aspartame—adds sweetness to pills. Doesn’t have the sour aftertaste of sugar, more of a cloying, almost bitter sweetness..."

"Potassium Sorbate and Sodium Benzoate—these two reduce a pill’s rate of decay."

"Erythrosine—used for coloring."

"Carrageenan—helps form the pill more easily, but doesn’t alter its medicinal effects."

"Butylated Hydroxyanisole—stabilizes fats in the pill, making it keep longer."

...

Over a hundred ingredients.

Dan Yun's pale fingers gently brushed the rims of each bottle, like she was reciting sacred scriptures.

The light in her eyes grew brighter and brighter.

At the same time, so did the killing intent deep in them.