From this, it can be inferred that the blood of a Seventh-Grade cannot match the Fire Sparrow Blood; indeed, the starting point of the Fire Sparrow Blood is so high that Su Mu now has to seek demon blood of higher quality.
Previously, Su Mu intended to obtain the blood of the Dangling Eye White Tiger in Qi Peak Mountain, but unfortunately, Su Mu is currently unable to do so.
"There is still one jar left."
Su Mu set his eyes on another jar of Sixth-Grade demon blood, uncovered it, and repeated the process as before.
"Roar—!"
This time, it was a majestic horse surrounded by flames, its entire body gleaming without a single stray hair.
"Horse-type demon beasts are indeed rare."
Su Mu was somewhat surprised, but not discouraged by finding that neither jar of demon blood was usable. He was open-minded about it, as these were not his belongings initially but merely spoils.
He couldn’t use them now, but in the future, when he’s in big counties like Donglai County or even Ancient Qingzhou, he could barter with them or sell them to buy the needed demon blood.
"Twenty-nine jars of demon blood, two of Sixth Grade, fifteen of Seventh Grade."
Su Mu nodded to himself and stored all the demon blood in the primary Sumeru Ring, after which he took out various herbs from the ring.
Whoosh Whoosh Whoosh!
With a flash of light, a large pile of herbs and various sandalwood boxes appeared in the room. Herbs under a hundred years old couldn’t catch Su Mu’s eye, and only those over a hundred years would he store in sandalwood boxes.
"There are three three-hundred-year-old, forty one-hundred-year-old, and a hundred and twenty-one others."
After counting the herbs, Su Mu stored those over a hundred years old into the primary Sumeru Ring, while those under a hundred years went into another lotus-carved ring, which he acquired from Gongsun Xin.
Now Su Mu had five Sumeru Rings in total, three from the Land of Cyan Clouds given by a pharmacist or obtained from Gongsun Xin and Wang Xuantian, and two were from the Wang Family.
As for County Magistrate Tao’s Sumeru Ring, it was shattered in the collision between the Tao Family’s ancestor and Liu Zhengyuan’s ’righteous’ force.
Among the five Sumeru Rings, the ancient silver ring gifted by the pharmacist had the largest space, about half a zhang square; next was the lotus-carved one from Taiping Dao’s Gongsun Xin, with about two feet square of space.
The remaining three were all about the same size, slightly smaller than Gongsun Xin’s.
After inspecting the herbs, Su Mu took out finished elixirs for examination. Compared to the herbs, there were fewer finished elixirs, with only ten Entry-Level bottles.
"Small Blood Returning Pill, used for rapid recovery of Qi and blood, an Eighth-Grade elixir."
"Small Essence Replenishing Pill, used for recovering martial artist’s strength and has certain healing effects, an Eighth-Grade elixir."
The three Calm Spirit Pills obtained from Tao Xingzheng’s secret room were all used up by Su Mu, and the ten bottles on hand were from the Wang Family’s storerooms, each containing five Qi and Blood Pills and five Small Essence Replenishing Pills, all Eighth-Grade elixirs with two pill patterns, each bottle containing ten pills.
"These are all emergency elixirs... The Wang Family’s elixirs for cultivation aid were likely consumed daily."
Su Mu thought, otherwise how could the Wang Family cultivate Fourth-Grade and Sixth-Grade Martial Artists and numerous Seventh-Grade Martial Artists? With this in mind, Su Mu didn’t dwell on it.
Moreover, elixirs capable of being used in combat naturally hold more value than ordinary cultivation-aiding elixirs; these ten bottles might come in handy later.
Especially the Small Essence Replenishing Pills; Su Mu had seen some pills that could supplement Qi and blood before, but never had he seen elixirs that could restore strength.
"Not bad, not bad."
Su Mu was quite satisfied and stored all ten elixir bottles into the primary Sumeru Ring. He also checked the non-Entry Level pills one by one, including those for supplementing Qi and blood, healing, detoxification, and poisoning, a wide variety indeed.
He then made a sweeping motion, and in one go, stored them into the secondary Sumeru Ring.
Finally, with a thought, Su Mu directly took out the Three Flood Dragon Pill Furnace. It was the one the old man Baili Ye let Su Mu take, implying it was a compensation to the Li Family.
"I wonder what kind of elixir this is?"
Su Mu was quite expectant as he extended his hand to uncover the pill furnace slightly. Instantly, a dense fog of pill fragrance filled the air, engulfing the room in a blink of an eye.
The next moment, an unexpected change occurred. The pill furnace suddenly trembled as if the elixirs within were coming to life, trying to break free from the furnace’s confinement.
"Buzz!"
An aura dispersed, and suddenly Su Mu felt an invisible force spreading. In an instant, a gale swept through the room, clouds surged above the inn.
A mere leak of this aura could trigger a phenomenon, and this pill furnace also had a Half-Step Seventh Grade quality, which might indeed be a furnace of Middle Third Grade elixirs?!"
Su Mu was momentarily stunned before his eyes shone brightly. Alchemy and Artifact Refining had many commonalities, including the presence of pill patterns and artifact patterns. Su Mu quickly recalled the phenomenon when the Red Flame Spear was promoted to the Seventh Grade.
The aura from the pill furnace seemed even more intense than when the Red Flame Spear was upgraded back then. Immediately, Su Mu gathered his fist momentum and Gang Force in his palm to suppress and reseal the pill furnace.
"This is not the place to take out the pill."
Su Mu’s heart burned with excitement, but in an instant, he made the correct decision, decisively suppressing his excitement to reseal the pill furnace and stow it back in the primary Sumeru Ring.
"Perhaps this pill furnace and the ’Ten Elixir Herbs Manual’ are the greatest spoils from the Wang Family this time!"
Su Mu’s eyes flickered with sharpness as he recalled the subtle scent of the aura from the pill furnace earlier. Just one sniff made him feel refreshed, somewhat akin to the Calm Spirit Pill from Tao Xingzheng’s secret room, though the efficacy of the two could not be compared.