I Cultivate Passively

Chapter 88: Research on a Poison Formula

“It’s really hard to cultivate!”

Zhou Feng sighed and gave up on cultivating the Demon-Devouring Technique.

This level of dao art was not something that could be learned in a day or two. Therefore, he only took some time out every day to cultivate. His current main focus was still to integrate his strength.

He had already finished his daily cultivation.

At that moment, he picked up the jade slip that Senior Brother Mo had given him. He placed the jade slip on his forehead and used his divine soul to extract all the information in the jade slip.

In an instant, some basic knowledge about pill refinement surged into his mind.

This included the matching of medicinal herbs and the mutual suppression of each other.

“The Tri-Blaze Pill Refinement TechniqueI?”

Zhou Feng didn’t expect that there was actually a pill refinement technique in this jade slip.

Although it was only the simplest entry-level technique, it was still valuable enough.

The value of a pill refinement technique alone far surpassed many dao arts because this was a true money-making skill.

He had joined the Medicine Tower only a few days ago, so how could he have obtained a pill refinement technique? Did Pill Master Yuan think so highly of him?

Zhou Feng’s face was slightly hesitant. Could it be that there was some conspiracy?

However, after thinking about it, he felt that he was overthinking. Pill Master Yuan wasn’t just an entry-level Pill Master.

He was powerful and respected, and Zhou Feng could not find a reason he might want to harm him.

Could it be that Pill Master Yuan really wanted to find a qualified disciple to pass on his legacy?

Zhou Feng recalled that Pill Master Yuan seemed to be quite old. He had only seen him once during their last meeting.

Pill Master Yuan’s old age made people feel as if he was about to die.

“Forget it! I don’t want to think about it anymore! I’d better resume my research on that Carefree Powder!”

Zhou Feng didn’t think too much about it and continued with his research.

His research should bear some fruit now that he obtained the jade slip with the foundation of pill refinement and the complete introduction of medicinal herbs.

This so-called Carefree Powder was an aphrodisiac that he had obtained from Liu Yan. This aphrodisiac was special as it could stimulate the human body’s instincts, and there would be no side effects after taking it. It could even prolong the time of happiness. Unfortunately, its smell was quite strong, so it was easy to discover it.

Zhou Feng studied this Carefree Powder because he was interested in the fact that there were no side effects.

After all, these aphrodisiacs had played a crucial role during his battle with Han Qi. Thus, he wanted to use the Carefree Powder as the foundation to develop a special poison.

It could also be said that it wasn’t a poison but a tonic!

Zhou Feng felt that things like poison became more and more useless as one’s cultivation realm advanced. If one wanted to use poison to deal with cultivators above the Soul Altar realm, they could only develop more toxic and concealed poisons.

However, this was challenging. A poison that could make even Soul Altar cultivators fall for it so easily, how powerful must this be!?

As such, he wanted to find another way.

The human body would subconsciously resist harmful things, especially for cultivators above the Soul Altar realm. As long as this thing was threatening, then the body would send a warning.

This was the benefit of condensing the power of the divine soul and improving one’s perception.

However, when it came to something beneficial to the body, the body’s instincts would not have any reaction and would often ignore it.

Zhou Feng was wondering if he could develop some ‘beneficial’ poisons.

This way, he could bypass many people’s perceptions and wait until the poisoned party realized something was wrong. By then, however, it would already be too late.

Zhou Feng could not help but grumble in his heart, ‘Using an aphrodisiac to deal with the enemy… I should be considered a pervert…’

Then, he began to try to modify the Carefree Powder’s formula.

Zhou Feng visualized the new Carefree Powder. ‘Its strong smell should disappear, while it should also turn into a colorless and tasteless poison.’

Although the price of doing so greatly would reduce the Carefree Powder’s efficacy, its concealment characteristic would be the new version’s advantage. It would be almost impossible to detect it. After all, this colorless and tasteless powder wouldn’t be noticed in an intense battle.

In addition to being colorless and tasteless, the new version would also have the special effect of toxic accumulation. When the toxicity accumulated to a certain extent, it would begin to affect the human body.

And the effects on the human body would also be positive.

‘Desire increase, function increase, excitement… It’s best if it’s addictive! It can make the other party dependent on…’

Zhou Feng broke down the Carefree Powder’s formula while chanting the names of various medicinal herbs.

It had to be said that developing a brand-new poison took a toll on the brain.

Just realizing a simple idea was already challenging, let alone a live experiment that had not been conducted yet.

Fortunately, he could carry out all kinds of experiments in the Medicine Tower.

As long as he paid some Spirit Stones, he could exchange for many ordinary medicinal herbs.

Therefore, he had a lot of time to try and make mistakes.

But speaking of medicinal herbs, Zhou Feng only recently learned one thing. That was that the carcasses of different Gu could be used as ingredients, and they had very high value.

Zhou Feng had instantly felt that he had lost $100,000,000 after learning this. Until now, almost everyone he had killed should have had a Gu in their bodies, meaning he had missed many Gu carcasses.

Once these people died, their Gu would naturally die too, but he had not collected these Gu carcasses.

This was a huge waste!

It had taken him an entire day to recover from that heartache.

‘Oh right! I almost forgot to make the fishing rod!’

Zhou Feng suddenly remembered that he had an unfinished task. That was to make a fishing rod.

Hadn’t he gained the passive Fisherman previously?

Although this passive skill was not of much use at the moment, he could still try fishing.

He would try to trigger that small probability and see if he could catch some treasure or something.

Hence, he planned to make a simple fishing rod and take a little time to fish. He would treat it as a daily stress-relieving activity.

‘I’ll use ironwood for the fishing rod itself. It’s hard enough. I’ll use ice silk for the fishing line…’

It wouldn’t take much effort if he made a simple fishing rod.

Zhou Feng made it in one go.

The structure of the fishing rod was crude. There was only the rod itself, the fishing line, and the hook.

From its appearance, it was just a long wooden rod with a line and a fishing hook hanging on it.

As for the bait, he hadn’t prepared anything.

He wasn’t really going fishing. This was just a stress-relieving exercise.

‘There seems to be a stream behind the valley?’

Zhou Feng remembered there was a stream behind the valley where the medicinal herbs were planted. It should be a good fishing spot.

Just as Zhou Feng was going fishing to relieve his stress, a person delivered a letter to him.

The messenger used his hood to cover his face and left immediately after delivering the letter. It was as if he was afraid that Zhou Feng would stop and interrogate him.

Zhou Feng frowned. “Who would want to deliver a letter to me?”