After receiving a call from his own disciple, Mr. Huo immediately took the train to City B that same day. This was because he had a vague guess about the potion that Luo Xiao had mentioned, which could instantly make a child grow up after drinking it. But he still needed to carefully confirm a few key points.
“Xiao Xiao, master asks you, did you really see with your own eyes a child who drank the potion and instantly grew up?” Mr. Huo hastily asked as soon as Luo Xiao and Ye Lan brought him into the house, not even taking time to drink some water.
Luo Xiao nodded firmly, “That’s right, master. Not only me, Yezi also saw it, right, Yezi?”
“En.” Ye Lan took Mr. Huo’s suitcase, put it aside, and then turned around to pour a glass of water and hand it to Mr. Huo. “I remember, the potion was also red in color.”
“Yes, a bright scarlet red, which didn’t feel very comfortable to me.” Luo Xiao carefully recalled and frowned as he spoke, “But come to think of it, the potion did have a rather pleasant fragrance.”
“En, a faint and elegant scent.” Ye Lan nodded in agreement.
However, as Mr. Huo listened to their descriptions, his expression became increasingly solemn. He could now be certain what this potion was. He just didn’t expect that something that had been banned for over 300 years would still be known to people.
“Master, what’s wrong?” Luo Xiao noticed Mr. Huo’s unusual expression and couldn’t help but ask worriedly, “Could it be that this bowl of potion is…”
Mr. Huo took a sip of water, calmed himself, and then hoarsely said, “If I’m not mistaken, this potion should be the forbidden potion that has been lost for more than three hundred years–the Elixir of Eternal Life.”
“Elixir of Eternal Life?” Luo Xiao and Ye Lan were startled, their eyes widening. Could it be what they were thinking?
Mr. Huo sighed heavily and nodded solemnly, “Yes, it’s exactly as you’re thinking. The effect of this potion is exactly what its name implies, that is it can grant eternal life to the person who takes it. However, we all know the principle that ‘medicine has three parts poison’, so this kind of heaven-defying potion also has its drawbacks. Yes, it can truly grant eternal life, but the reason it is called a forbidden potion is not because of its effects, but because of the process of its creation.”
“The creation of the Elixir of Eternal Life not only requires the refining skills of the alchemist to reach the advanced seventh stage (here the cultivation levels are divided into four levels: elementary, intermediate, advanced, and supreme, each with ten stages), but the medicinal materials used are also extremely rare treasures from heaven and earth. Even if these two conditions are met, there is still one most important ingredient missing.”
Mr. Huo paused for a long time, as if recalling something, then let out a deep sigh and continued, “This key ingredient is the virgin blood of 365 sixteen-year-old girls who were born on the same hour, but with their birthdays spread out across each day of the year. And this blood is not just ordinary virgin blood, but the very first drop of blood left behind when they are deflowered at the same time. You must know that even these 365 drops of blood can only be used to refine one batch of the elixir. And this one batch of elixir can at most only produce twelve pills, sometimes as few as just five pills, not even half of that. Each time it is taken, all you need to do is dissolve one pill in the special water and drink it. After drinking, not only will you immediately grow up, but you will also stay eternally young.”
When Luo Xiao and Ye Lan heard this, they felt uneasy. What kind of medicine is this that requires such a strange ingredient? Isn’t this a crooked and heretical path? But…
“Grandpa Huo, you mentioned growing up. Does that mean the people taking this medicine are children? Can’t adults take it?” Ye Lan asked puzzledly.
Mr. Huo nodded, “Yes, that’s right. This immortality medicine can only be taken by children. And the child must be under the age of five, with an extremely delicate ‘coffin-child’ constitution.”
“Coffin-child?” Luo Xiao exclaimed in surprise. “Does that mean?”
“Yes, exactly.” Mr. Huo nodded. “It’s the kind of child I told you about before, who was born in a coffin.”
“But usually, when a child is born like that, the mother has already passed away.” Luo Xiao said with a furrowed brow. “And this coffin-child constitution is not a good omen at all. After all, people with this constitution often end up bring bad luck to their parents, relatives, friends, and children, everyone related to them!”
“Eh, there’s such a constitution?” Ye Lan was surprised to learn about this. Right, if someone has such a constitution, how much evil must he have done in his previous life?
Luo Xiao nodded at Ye Lan and then looked at his master. “But I remember that this constitution is extremely rare, even rarer than an emperor’s constitution. And usually, children born with this constitution don’t live long, with only a few making it to two or three years old.”
“That’s correct.” Mr. Huo poured himself a glass of water and then lifted it up before continuing, “So the only way for a child with this constitution to survive is to take the immortality medicine. But as I mentioned, the medicinal properties and alchemists are easy to find, but the key ingredient is not. Over 300 years ago, there was an incident where someone tried to produce the immortality medicine. In order to gather the necessary ingredients, they secretly established a manor deep in the mountains and kidnapped many orphan girls. Once they got their virgin blood, they let men have s*x with them, turning them into breeding tools to continuously have children. If a boy was born, he would be strangled to death. If it was a girl, she would be kept until she turned 16, at which point her virgin blood would be harvested. This cycle continued again and again, with a complete disregard for human life. Simply behaving in a beastly way!”
Hearing this, Luo Xiao and Ye Lan’s anger burned fiercely. So this was the truth behind that medicine? Thinking about the scene they witnessed in the cave the other day of someone taking the medicine, they were now filled with an intense desire to tear that person into pieces. They never imagined that the seemingly dignified and virtuous woman was actually employing such filthy and despicable methods. No, saying filthy was not even enough to describe it!
“Ah yes, you mentioned there was a coffin, right?” Mr. Huo suddenly spoke up with a questioning look.
“Yes, that’s right.” Luo Xiao and Ye Lan glanced at each other, then asked in unison, “What is it, Master/Grandpa Huo?”
Mr. Huo stared at them intently. “Do you remember what the person lying in that coffin looked like?”
“What that person looked like?” Ye Lan shook his head regretfully. “I’m sorry, Grandpa Huo, but because of our position and angle, we couldn’t see the person’s appearance. We only know from the woman’s shouts that the one lying inside was her mother.”
“I see.” A hint of disappointment crept into Mr. Huo’s tone.
However, after thinking it over carefully, a flash of insight struck Luo Xiao, and he clapped his hands and exclaimed, “Master, I remember now! I was wondering why the surface of that coffin had such strange markings. Turns out, those weren’t just decorations, but an array!”
“An array?” Mr. Huo’s expression darkened immediately. He he had an ominous premonition in his heart. “Xiao Xiao, tell me truthfully, was the array drawn like this?” As he spoke, he quickly had Ye Lan bring pen and paper and then sketched something on it.
Luo Xiao stepped forward and carefully examined it, then nodded affirmatively. “Master, do you know what this array is?”
“Yes.” With the confirmation, Grandmaster Huo’s heart grew heavier. “This array was used over three hundred years ago to seal the sect leader of the Holy Teachings.”
“What?” Luo Xiao looked at him in disbelief. “Does that mean that the woman we saw is almost three hundred years old?”
Mr. Huo could only nod helplessly. It seems to be the case. Thinking it through, if the immortal pill could sustain a person for half a year and two pills per year, then in the past three hundred years they must have 365 women each time the medicine is refined. Just how many women and innocent lives they have taken? The more they thought about it, the more shocked they were by the huge number. The anger in their hearts also grew increasingly. In their hearts, they tortured those demons who ignored other people’s lives to death. After somewhat regaining their composure, they began discussing in detail how they should confront this group of evildoers.
However, Luo Xiao and Ye Lan’s unexpected discovery had confirmed that remnants of the Holy Teachings had escaped capture all those years ago. Now, after over three hundred years of cultivation, they had amassed considerable strength in the shadows. To eradicate them completely would require careful planning.
Realizing this, Mr. Huo hurriedly went to his study to call Old Man Ouyang and the others. This was a matter that the Heavenly Secrets Sect alone could not handle. They would need to coordinate with the other major sects to discuss this grave issue. After all, this was a major event in the cultivation world! They absolutely could not allow a second Holy Teachings to emerge. The lessons from three hundred years ago was already painful enough, and history must not repeat itself.
Watching Mr. Huo’s retreating figure, Luo Xiao and Ye Lan also had their own thoughts. Holding each other’s hands, they silently swore in their hearts: No matter what happena in the future, they will never let the people they love suffer the slightest harm!
Lucien On ABRWF Chapter 43.2