"We are from the Li Clan based on Lower Northern."
"I am Li Wen, and she is my younger sister, Li Xin."
"We both Cultivates in the Yin Essence Technique, I am proficient with Staff Martial arts, while my younger sister Li Xin is proficient with Blade Martial arts."
"Our Li Clan have a 1,000 years history. 6 among 13 Patriarch of ours used to be standing along with the royal family in strength, but currently, we are starting to getting weaker, where other families from the north started to take advantage of our family too."
Li Wen speaks honestly, without hiding any secrets from Altima. Although Altima looks ruthless, but from how she first met him, and through his warning, Li Wen trusts her instinct that Altima is not as savage as the other cultivators.
"The group of people you just slain came from one of the biggest northern guilds."
"They are the 7th rank members from the Malachite Guild. This guild often participates in plundering and pillaging nearby town and villages from the state borders."
"Because the guild elder used to help the Li Clan last time, so our patriarch agreed to allow we sisters to participate along with them this time in this ritual."
"But when we found out about what this guild is doing, we are reluctant to assist them, but we were forced to, or else we both will be raped and disposed of if they are unhappy with it."
Said Li Xin, While grabbing tightly on the cloth around her chest. From her expression, it is guessable that the guild members did try to approach her, but failed to do anything at the moment.
As the conversation goes, Altima manages to obtain more information regarding the exploration, beast and tribes the group had met during their path within the first week. Although there are some slight differences between Altima's path and the Malachite Guild, but mainly all of the tribe and beasts they met is similar.
By exploring the path the Malachite Guild used to pass earlier ago, Altima manages to gain bountiful harvest as the mapping is all well prepared by Mobi as they proceed with the exploration. Along the travel, Altima had both Li sisters tied with a Water Dragon Cannon on their neck. Although the action is slightly mean, but as a precaution, Altima believes this action is required, as the sisters are not in the condition where Altima could trust them yet.
After the trio return to Altima's camp, Altima immediately hands over the arrangement of the two Li clan prisoners to the captains, before he returns to his personal camp. Within, Altima quickly withdraws a few ingredients and started to concoct randomly.
"Brother, please monitor my current concoction record. During the period you absorb the information and knowledge within the 48 dead cultivators, I have a sudden surge of a random concoction in my head. I wanted to try this concoction in case they are something rare."
"Will do, go ahead."
Mobi replied Altima, and start monitoring the differences happened during the concoction.
To start off with the concoction, Altima withdraws a total of 5 different bloody Poison Berries, and thoroughly crush them before he places the juices into the Medicinal Cauldron. Applying a moderate Yang Essence Flame, Altima quickly mixes the powder grounded from the Fang of the Ancient Spiritual Lightning Wolf, as well as the Blood essence from the Jade Shell Snail.
As the mixture combined altogether, a fruity and beautiful fragrant start to released out, causing the surrounding of Altima's camp totally shrouded with the fragrant. As the concoction started to boil, Altima adds a piece of Demonite Stone, as well a total of 1,000 of Energy Yin and Energy Yang Pills and monitor the changes happen within the cauldron.
"This is the time!"
With his knowledge and experience after concocting medicine for so long, Altima monitors the changes happened within the concoction, and quickly toss a piece of Marrow Bone into the cauldron, allowing the concoction to react with the piece of marrow bone.
Immediately, the blood red concoction quickly seeps into the piece of marrow bone and turning the piece of bone into a scarlet red hue. As the Yang Essence Flame getting hotter and hotter, the Marrowbone started to crumble, and as the flame burn even stronger, the bone started to turn into ashes, slowly revealing a pill in the middle of the marrow bone.
With a success from the first trial, Altima quickly inspects the medicinal properties within the medicine.
"Brother Mobi, what do you think about this tempering pills ?"
Scarlet Marrow Tempering Pill - Middle-Grade Spiritual Tier Body Strengthening Pill
Ingredient: (5) Bloody Poison Berry / (1) Fang Powder of Ancient Spiritual Lightning Wolf / (10) Blood Essence of Jade Shell Snail / (1) Demonite Stone / (1,000) Energy Yin Pill / (1,000) Energy Yang Pill / (1) Marrow Bones of a Beast Exceed 100,000 Years cultivation
Effect: Upon Consumption, this Scarlet Marrow Tempering Pill will assist a cultivator in strengthening their body limit, allowing stage breakthrough easier.
Success Rate: 20% if Concocted by Practitioner below 7th Stage, Above 35% if Concocted by Practitioner above 9th Stage.
"Although the quality of this pill slightly not up to the standard, but in your first try, obtaining 40% medicinal value within the medicine is good enough to be categorized as Early Medicinal Grade."
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Mobi answered Altima's question.
Medicinal Grade.
This is a new term used by the concocting masters to determine the quality of the Concocted medicine or cultivation pill. As the Continent started to get stronger, more and more information started to travel inside due to the frequent exchange of information. One of the few knowledge received from the outer continent is regarding the medicinal grading and its value.
Early Medicinal Grade: This grade is given to all concocted medicine under 50% medicinal value. Medicine that falls in this grade usually concocted by primary rank to a secondary rank alchemist. Commonly found across all 16 continents.
Late Medicinal Grade: This grade will be only given to the medicine which manages to preserve at least 70% of its medicinal value. Only 3 alchemists among 10 will be able to concoct such medicine by luck. Uncommon, and only could be found within traders or bigger establishment which deal with higher grade medicine and pills.
Master Medicinal Grade: Only will be given towards any medicine that preserves at least 85% of its medicinal value. Rare and hardly found among the 16 continents. The only chance to stumble across such medicine is through the Auction or Royal inheritance.
Perfect Concoction: Only medicine with 95% value will have the qualification to be graded as the Perfect Concoction. From the knowledge passed since ancient time, Only Spiritual grade and above pills will be qualified to compete for this Perfect Concoction title.
Next day. Altima leads his troops to explore for another 50 miles before they made their stop. As this kind of repetitive behavior last for another week, Altima and the troops finally venture deeper into the bridge, covering around 2,000 miles. Realizing his intention of leading the troops in such way, finally bear some fruits, Altima quickly arranges his troops in a formation, allowing entrance but exit is made impossible.
"Good! Continue managing the 8 Diagram Trapping Formation!"
Altima passes his order along to the troops through the flag bearer, allowing the 8 flank to move accordingly.
Trapping all the tribes and demonic beast along the way, Altima quickly leads his center flank to dispose the enemies one by one and loot all the ingredient and treasures as they proceed.
"Earl Altima! The northern gate is under attack by enemies and fails to maintain the formation!"
"Finally they took the bait! Ganesha, Wang Yan, follow me!"
Altima cheerfully replied his scout report, and had his left and right captain, in the Dao Practitioner stage to follow him as they charge to the Northern Gate formation immediately.
"Captain! What should we do now ? This two elf attack is very weird but strong in its destructive power!"
Said a soldier while assisting his fellow troops to retreat from the elf's attack range.
"Keep him on the perimeter, we need to hold until Earl reaches this place!"
The captain replied, and quickly charge over to land a few blows and force the elf to retreat for few steps.
But as the captain and the elf exchange a few strikes, the captain started to be in a disadvantage position. The elf's attack and precision in each of his blow are accurate and heavy. Each attack seems to be charged with strong essence energy, leading the captain to be blown away each time they exchange their blows.
(Useless Human, surrender now and leave all your belongings here!)
Once again, the elf read a chant before a few mural tattoo along his arm shines with a bluish light. Next, the two of them exchange another blow, and finally, the captain's mace crumbles, and falls to the ground. Losing his weapon is fatal, where the elf instantly lands a blow on his chest.
A mouthful of blood rushed from his throat and sprayed on the grass as the captain is forcefully push back, but at the same time, Altima appeared behind him, and quickly support the captain from falling to the ground. Altima quickly withdraws a Ten-Yang Boosting Pill from his spatial ring and assist the captain in recovering from his injuries, while Ganesha and Wang Yan facing the elf.
"Is the shining light along the mural tattoo on his body is what they call Heritage Laws ?"
Altima wondered, and without any notice, he withdraws his Surging Wave Spear, and quickly charge toward the Elf without any warning.
(Gate Breaker Direct Thrust!)
The elf shocked with the thrusting attack from Altima out of sudden, but manage to block the attack without too much effort.
"Not bad. Try this instead! (First Surging Wave-Swept the Ocean!)
Altima gives the elf no time to rest, as he continued with his first Surge from the 3 Wave of Surging Wave Spear Art. Facing the second incoming attack, the elf starting to lose the advantage he previously obtained. Pushed backward and being pressured by Altima with just two attacks, the elf quickly chants another mural, allowing his wrist to shine in the bluish light again.
(Fist Armament - First Impact Chapter of Heritage Laws!)
The elf chant in its own language, where all of it is heard and translated by Mobi to Altima.
"So, that one of the variants of the Heritage Laws!"
Altima happily smiled in his heart, and without any mercy, he launches an (Erasing Fist of Heaven Mark) directly to confront the Fist Armament used by the elf.
Both fists clashed, and nobody gains advantages from this first exchange.
(Ridiculous! How can this human have such a strong power!)
The elf started to get unstable in his emotion, realizing that Altima is different from the other human he used to defeat earlier. With an affected mental state, the Mural's bluish light started to fade, and in time to time, the elf's attack started to get weaker and weaker, until it is in the condition comparable to a normal Spiritual stage practitioner strength.
Realizing that the Elf started to lose its strength, Altima could deduce the fact that the stronger the elf is in their mental state and Heritage Law, the stronger they could fight. As this is only a first impact chapter, perhaps there will be even more different chapters, stages as well as armaments.
"Medium Wheel of Tai JI!"
Altima decided to finish this fight quickly. Without giving any more mercy and chances for the elf to show his skills, Altima quickly overpowered the elf in a few exchange of blows, and Mobi immediately enters the Brain of the elf, scanning all the information and knowledge the elf held within his mind until he is unconscious.
As the other troops quickly return to their formation, Altima brings the Elf into the forest alone, while allowing his other troops to maintain their current position without any further movement. As for Altima, he will be doing some research and checking for some details before he returns to command his troop again.
Within the deeper forest.
Altima tosses away the body of the elf, which is dead after a while from being scanned by Mobi thoroughly. Transferring the information and knowledge to Altima, he realized that this elf is seriously ruthless and often bath in bloodlust. Along with his path, a large number of practitioner had been killed by this Elf before he met Altima's troops. Instead of only robbing the other human cultivator's treasure and spatial ring, this Elf actually enjoys torturing them by controlling the nature and had the bloodsucking vines and plants to suck the cultivator dried, leaving them to death by blood loss.
As for the Heritage Law, Mobi successfully obtain a vague information regarding the Law, but only in an incomplete method.