Ming Li murmured "The Tree leech flower will absorb the natural essence of trees and pour it into the body, which will create natural energy similar to a tree and will wrap the core. It's branches will spread to every vein entangling the poison to stop its advancement. Also it will continue to provide life force the body from the nature essence of the trees. The Stone devouring flower should be perfectly combined to the Tree Leech flower so it will form a resonance with it. The Stone devouring flower can absorb the essence of stones and rocks. Stones have extremely low amount of essence and it is hard to extract, but the stone devouring flower could easily do it. It will create a similar effect which will suck every essence in the body completely devouring energy easier to extract compared to stone essence including the poison and even life force! While the stone devouring flower will continue to draw the life force and poison, the body will completely rely on the essence which will be supplied by the Tree leech flower so the person will not perish during the devouring process. Lastly the Moon viewing flower will use all the moonlight essence it gathered to shroud the poison devoured by the stone devouring flower, since the poison originated from darkness and it can only operate in the darkness of the night then moonlight essence can purify it. The various herbs which will be added will only serve to strengthen the body to avoid death while the devouring process is ongoing. The Tree Leech Flower essence should be extracted at three breaths then directly poured into the furnace at a certain temperature. Then I should immediately proceed into pouring the stone devouring flower when the energy of the Wood Leeching Flower essence reached a certain amount. Then focus on combining the two as one. When the combination reached its peak the Moon Viewing Flower should be added and delicately cover the whole combined essence. After this, only then can I add the necessary supplemental herbs. I am not yet sure of the specific parameters but I have now fifty percent confidence that I can create the pill! I just need to make adjustment to every failure." While Ming Li was murmuring everything, he had already prepared the fire in the furnace. He started doing the procedure according to his theory. After some time, the furnace floated and a pill slowly formed which floated out of the furnace. It stabilized and after fifteen breaths of time it crumbled then became ash. As the ash floated in the air, Ming Li's eyes gleamed with determination as he grabbed the furnace again and said "I'm now seventy percent confident I can create the pill." He continued the concoction and created a third pill, It only lasted for twenty breaths before it completely turned to ash. Ming Li closed his eyes and said "Now I am ninety percent sure of my procedure!" He opened his eyes, grabbed the furnace and focused on his fourth attempt. The fourth pill also failed but it did not turn to ash but instead it simply crumbled. This time Ming Li smiled and said "Now I am hundred percent confident that I can create the pill! I failed four times but I learned a lot from it." He prepared the furnace and fire for the fifth time, took a deep breath and began concocting. Now his movements does not look like a movement of an amateur. If someone watched him concoct the pill, they will think that he has been doing this for years! Only Ming Li's perseverance and focus are extraordinary. At the age of ten he survived one month in the forest alone. He has no heroic ideals that made him persevere, rather he only did all of these because there might be a possible reward if he can cure the people of the village! When he started extracting essence and controlling natural energy, everything around him became blank. The only thing he could see was the furnace and the herbs. He could not hear or smell anything other than the herbs and the pill. All his five senses was only directed to the pill creation! Because of his extreme focus he came into an advanced state of pill creation. The process went smoothly, the natural energy he used to control the concoction covered the whole furnace, but it was extremely calm. The sight of it can make anyone experience peaceful state. After a while, the pill floated out of the furnace and it emitted blinding light. the light was extremely bright that it covered everything. When the light subsided, Ming Li was holding the completed pill smiling wide as he gripped the pill, threw his head backwards and laughed loudly then shouted "SUCCESS!" Still panting from exhaustion he proceeded to create another pill. Time passed as he successfully created five pills. He still failed once since he was too tired, yet he forced himself because of greed and ended up failing. While lying on the floor, he was staring at the last pill he created with a satisfied look on his face. He kept it on his cube then close his this eyes as he fell asleep. .... The agreed date came. In the Village Ming Li was walking confidently towards the center. The village was dull as usual. Near the center the was the old man still sitting on bench feeding birds. Ming Li strode forward with wide steps as he approached the old man. Wan Long noticed him and said jokingly "You're actually back after a month. So are you ready to cure me now?" Ming Li didn't change his confident expression and took out the pill. It immediately emanated a strong scent. The old man stared at the pill. Slowly, his eyes grew wide because he felt that the poison in his body stopped moving when he got a sniff of its scent. When he regained his senses he asked "What is that pill?" "This is a cure to the poison on your body. I think you can tell its effect. I will give this pill to you, but you have to take me to the leader of this place." Wan Long was speechless for a while and then nodded. Now he really wanted to inspect if it can really cure him. He did not even ask why Ming Li wanted to see the leader. Ming Li handed him the pill without hesitation. He held the pill and thoroughly inspected it. The poison really did have a reaction to it. He has a knowledge on pills, but this is the first time he saw this sort of pill. He looked at Ming Li then at the pill. His desire to be healed was stronger than his doubt. He has been poisoned for so long that if given an opportunity to heal himself he would not let it pass. He inhaled then exhaled slowly to completely calm himself. Disregarding any doubt, he swallowed the pill. He immediately felt a foreign energy surging through his veins stopping the poison. After a while the poison was absorbed and accumulated in his core. He even felt his life force being drained, but the first energy revitalized him. When the poison was completely compressed in his core, his core felt cold as night. The cold energy eclipsed the poison completely purifying it. Everything happened in a short time as he felt shocked and joyed at the same time. He looked at Ming Li and he released his former strength, he exploded with power and tears begin to pour in his eyes. The surrounding nearby villagers where shocked when they felt the aura. It has been a long time since someone in their village released such a strong energy. His gaze was filled with gratitude and amazement. He felt that a miracle just happened. A kid actually cured the poison! Disregarding their age, he clasped his hands and bowed. "I Village Elder Wan Long will take you to the Village Chief". Ming Li was a bit shocked of the energy released by Wan Long, he never thought that the gentle old man was actually a village elder. He knew that the poison seals ninety percent of the persons strength but he never thought that Wan Long was actually on the Fusion Stage. People on the Fusion Stage are rare in this land and most of them are high ranked individuals and officials. Beginners stage is a mortal stage, everyone on this stage can still be considered mortals. When they step into the Body Tempering Stage they cannot be considered mortals since their body will strengthen many times compared to mortals and their lifespan will increase greatly. If they luckily entered Fusion Stage their body and soul will begin to combine and they will be able to train their soul. They will also be stronger and will be easily able to absorb natural energy because the soul will be one with the body. Once they entered the body tempering stage people start calling them seekers. Wan Long calmed his energy and glanced at everyone nearby and said. "As you can all see this kid cured my poison, I will be taking him to the village Chief. I would like to ask everyone to calm down and wait for the Village Chief's words." The villagers eyes shone with hope. Some rushed forward to check if Wan Long actually regained his previous strength. They saw that Wan Long did actually restored some of his former strength, but the most shocking thing is that his strength kept increasing which signifies that the poison is completely gone! various conversations could be heard and some rushed in front of Ming Li asking for the pill and offering various amounts for it. Wan Long stood beside Ming Li as he used his energy to keep the people at a distance from Ming Li. The people in the village has been poisoned for so long that they wish to experience their previous glorious strength. Wan Long said "Please, fellow villagers calm down. I do not know how many pills Ming Li possess but I think he knows how to create the pill. It would be wise to let him talk to the village Chief first before you scare him." Various cries of disagreement could be heard from the crowd but Wan Long remained calm and walked through the crowd with Ming Li, as he walk the villagers is pushed back by his energy. No one can get near him and no one dared to attack. He has been the village elder for many years. The people only voiced out their disagreement because of their desire to be cured. When Wan Long passed through all the crowd. The villagers calmed down and started following them to the Village Chief Residence. The news spread like wildfire. Many more people gathered and followed them. People who locked themselves in their homes went out to see if the rumors were real. When Ming Li and wan Long arrived at the Village Chief Residence. Hundreds of villagers were gathered behind them. The Village Elder residence is a Four Story Wooden Building with vast space around it. The building itself emanated an imposing aura making Ming Li feel that a leader is befitting to live in such a place. Everyone went silent when they got near the residence and Wan Long opened the three meters tall wooden door. There were two guards inside the door. Their strength was only at the beginners stage but their gaze are as sharp as swords and aura of a powerful warrior emanated from them. They were wearing bronze armors and holding a spear on their hands. They clasped hands and bowed at Wan Long and stared at him with shock. They noticed Wan Long's surge of energy. When they saw this, they looked at Ming Li but did not ask anything and said "The Village Chief is at the top floor, you can proceed with the young master. Everyone stay at your position and wait for the Village Chief." Ming Li went into the building and stepped into the stairs proceeding directly at the fourth floor. When they entered the fourth floor, they saw an old man wearing a simple robe sitting at the end of the room staring at the window. Ming Li felt that the old man was strong even with his strength suppressed. The old man slowly stood up and faced Ming Li. "I am the village chief but I haven't seen a skilled alchemist for many years and now that I see one it is a young genius. Good alchemist are rare in these parts of the land and their fee is quite high. The poison in our body cannot be cured by a normal alchemist yet you cured it easily. May I know what you wish for curing Elder Wan's poison?" The Village Chief asked. Ming Li's did not change his expressions, but in his mind he was laughing like a greedy idiot. Even though he is quite greedy, he does not want to be viewed as such, so he replied "I only cured Elder Wan Long's poison since I felt that this village needs my help. I have three more pills here and I would gladly offer it to your village and you can gift me with any reward you see fit." The village chief face lightened and laughed happily when he heard what Ming Li said. "I will lower myself and accept those pills, but I will ensure to give you the proper treatment and reward for helping us" He now likes Ming Li more and felt like he is such a good person who probobly came from a great clan far away and only wandered for training. Ming Li put his hands on his pocket and tapped his cube as four pills materialized in his hand. He then took out his hands with the four pills and presented them to the Village Chief. The Village Chief stared deeply at the pills and was amazed that the poison on his body slowly stopped. Ming Li handed them to the Village Chief and said "You can try one of those pills to completely cure the poison, and you can decide who to give the remaining pills" The Village Chief took a pill and consumed it. He trusted Ming Li because Wan Long was already cured and no bad effects could be seen from it. After a while he felt the same thing as Wan Long. Every poison on his body was absorbed in his core and was completely purified. His energy slowly surged and his body felt strong as his energy kept rising and it exceeded Wan Long's by a great degree! Ming Li stared in shock as he felt the energy of the Village Chief keeps increasing. The Village Chief felt extremely grateful at Ming Li and bowed deeply. He said emotionally "My Strength is continuously coming back to me. It has been ten years since we lost all of our glory. Every Village near us has been eyeing on conquering our lands, but luckily My son, our strongest seeker is not on the village when the first spread of the poison occurred and we made a decision to have him stay at a different place to avoid the poison and to act as a threat for the nearby villages. My son's strength is at the First Stage of the Soul Realm. He can cause havoc at the nearby village making them wary of his existence. Now that I have recovered my strength, he can now come back in the village and we can find out where is the source of this poison." Ming Li was extremely happy deep inside because of the reaction of the Village Chief. He was confident that he will receive good rewards. Thinking of more rewards he offered more of his service "Village Chief I would like to offer the formula on how to cure the poison so you can assist me in healing the whole village" Both Village Elder and Village Chief was astonished at Ming Li's desire to help. Alchemist formula are extremely valuable and it is the secret of any alchemist and it takes them great effort just to make one. Ming Li offering this to the elders make them feel like they are being blessed by the heavens and that Ming Li is extremely generous. But to Ming Li the formula wasn't really rare since he have the Art given to him. Ming Li took out a piece of paper and wrote down the herbs needed, He also added unnecessary rare herbs that he can use in creating a pill for himself. Ming Li wrote down 25 herbs in total and handed it to the Village Chief. "Haha! This will be my first reward. those other herbs are rare and it would be nice if i get some of them" The Village Chief received the list and checked it. His brows slightly knitted but he said "Most of these are rare herbs but we can find a way to acquire them. I cannot believe you offered us such valuable pills for free. We are extremely blessed." The village elder did not doubt the list since he knew that the poison was hard to cure. It would only be natural to use many rare herbs to create a cure for it. Instead he really felt grateful at Ming Li for offering them help. "Village Elder gather two of the strongest and loyal seeker we have. I will give them these pills and they will assist us in gathering this herbs. We will utilize our clans resources to acquire these." The Village Elder bowed and left the room. The Village Chief opened the door leading to the terrace of the building and went out to see the crowd.