Immortal Reincarnation Tribulation

Chapter 201 Fake Medicine?

"Ah! Roasted lamb leg for breakfast?" Ding Lan exclaimed in surprise, her beautiful eyes wide.

"Hmm? What's wrong?" Du Fan withdrew his divine sense, glanced at Ding Lan, and asked, puzzled.

"We eat barbecue every meal, which can easily cause internal heat."

Ding Lan's father was a famous doctor. She grew up by his side and naturally learned some medical skills and health preservation methods. She originally wanted to talk to Du Fan about some medical theories, but she was afraid that he would not understand. After a long while, she finally said this sentence.

"Getting too hot? We're already hot enough..." Du Fan muttered under his breath, pursing his lips.

"Never mind, there are fish around here, just pick up a couple, clean them up, and make a fish soup." Du Fan took out a large basin from his storage bag, used his Cloud and Rain Technique to store a basin of water, and handed it to Ding Lan.

Ding Lan was stunned by Du Fan's series of actions. It took her a while to come to her senses before she picked up a large basin full of water and ran to the side to busy herself.

Du Fan smiled slightly and ignored it. After closing his eyes, he began to mentally deduce the cultivation and application of the Mother-Child Sword Technique.

After the two had breakfast, Du Fan continued to cultivate his magic, while Ding Lan tidied up the surroundings as if cleaning a room.

The little girl first washed the bowls and chopsticks that the two of them had used and neatly placed them in a very clean basin.

Next, Ding Lan disposed of the fish, shrimp, and other items scattered on the ground.

She threw the broken and muscular sea creatures into the depths of the monster's body, while she collected the remaining sea creatures and categorized them into several bowls and basins.

After doing all that, Ding Lan glanced at Du Fan cautiously and found that he was meditating with his eyes closed. Not daring to disturb him, she could only sit to the side and space out, feeling a little bored.

Time passed in this way, and three days later, Du Fan had mastered the first and second levels of the Mother-Child Sword Technique.

This made Du Fan a little bored. He would chat with Ding Lan occasionally and crack a few jokes with her from time to time, which made Ding Lan's complexion much better than when she first came here.

Two days later, Du Fan began cultivating again. This time, he spent three days cultivating the Buddhist and Taoist technique "Arhat Shield," which he considered to be of little use, to the second level of mastery.

Just as his eyes flashed and he took the Ghostly Curse Technique, which he had obtained many years ago, into his hand, he suddenly heard a loud roar coming from the jaws of the giant beast.

Du Fan instantly stood up, quickly pulling Ding Lan into his arms with one arm, while with the other hand, he swept the surrounding pots, pans, food, blue fire pit, barbecue grill, and other items into his storage bag in an instant.

At the same time, with a sway of its body, it appeared on one side of the cavity wall inside the giant beast's body and firmly attached itself there. All the movements were completed in one go, in an instant.

In the blink of an eye, amidst a thunderous roar, an overwhelming flood surged forth, washing over Du Fan's body and rushing straight into the giant beast's interior.

In fact, this was the fourth time Du Fan and his companion had witnessed this scene. They discovered that the beast would swallow its prey every two or three days, much like a giant whale sucking in water.

At first, Du Fan was not used to it, but after several attempts, he gradually figured out some experience. So when the flood receded this time, although he was in a sorry state, he was much better off than the first time. At least he didn't faint on the spot.

Ding Lan seemed to be used to it. After the two came down, she was very calm. She let her hair down, asked Du Fan for a basin of water, and then went to the side to wash herself.

"Huh? What's this...?" Du Fan was about to continue studying the ghost curse when he glanced at something out of the corner of his eye and spotted something rather strange in the distance. He couldn't help but walk over, puzzled.

It was a monster with a fish head and a crab body. Du Fan used his divine sense to investigate and knew that it was a demon beast. However, the beast was dead and had lost its demon power, so it was difficult to judge its cultivation level when it was alive.

Since Du Fan had nothing better to do and was particularly interested in such strange creatures because of his past life, he took out his silver sword with a wave of his hand and began to dissect the monster.

After a short while, Du Fan discovered a pale yellow bead on the beast's chest and abdomen. The bead was about the size of a thumb, with a smooth and lustrous appearance, and emitted an energy fluctuation similar to spiritual energy.

"A demon core!" Du Fan's eyes lit up, and he quickly guessed the origin of the small bead.

When Du Fan was at Qixia Sect, he had curiously read some books about demonic beasts. At that time, he learned that every demonic beast had a demon core inside its body, just like the demon core inside the head of a demonic beast.

However, for cultivators, the greatest function of a demon core is to be used for refining weapons, while a demon core is different. If one consumes it, one can directly increase one's magical power cultivation, with effects comparable to pills, and in some cases, even stronger than pills.

However, there are restrictions on consuming demon cores; they can only be ingested with the aid of a spiritual medicine called "Core Transformation Water."

Demon cores contain many unknown substances. If swallowed raw, they will not only increase a cultivator's magical power but also cause great harm to the cultivator's body, leading to endless troubles.

There was once a cultivator who disregarded the saying about the Elixir-Melting Water and directly swallowed a demon core. Although his magical power increased, he inexplicably exploded and died several years later.

This kind of thing happened more than once or twice, so many years later, the method of consuming demon cores became common knowledge in the cultivation world, and no one dared to try it again.

"This demon core is of too low a grade. Even with the Core Transformation Water, it won't be of much use to me." Du Fan observed the demon core for a while, shook his head, and casually put it into his storage bag.

The beast's cultivation level can be determined from the color of this demon core.

The cores of low-level demonic beasts are all yellow. Within the same major realm, the stronger the demonic power and the higher the cultivation level, the darker the color of the core.

This pale yellow demon core indicates that this demon beast is among the lowest-level beings in the initial stage, at most equivalent to a human cultivator at the third level of the Qi Refining stage.

After Du Fan put away the silver sword, he used his object manipulation technique to grab the small demon beast's remains with an invisible force and hurled it deep into the giant beast's body.

"Under these circumstances, if one could obtain a higher-grade demon core, along with the Core-Melting Water, consuming it might greatly increase one's magical power. Even if it's not the best, it should still be much more effective than any elixir."

Du Fan's eyes flashed for a moment, then he gave a bitter laugh.

Such a thing is simply impossible for him. Even if he were incredibly lucky and a few higher-level demonic beasts were swallowed by this giant beast, it wouldn't send him the Core Formation Water along with it, would it?

After Du Fan sat down cross-legged, he simply took out the Qiankun Ring from his storage bag and put it on the middle finger of his left hand. Otherwise, it would be a bit troublesome to take out some things. Here, he was not afraid of being seen by others, so there was no need to do it for no reason.

As he flipped his wrist, the "Ghost Curse Technique" suddenly appeared, but then he hesitated.

Du Fan's mind raced, and he recalled the strange aspects of this technique. A chill ran through him, and he ultimately abandoned the idea of ​​practicing it, putting it away once more.

Du Fan genuinely didn't want to cultivate such an extremely unorthodox technique unless absolutely necessary.

Immediately afterwards, with a flick of his hand, he took out two small bottles, which contained four Cleansing Pills and three Bone-Strengthening Pills.

"Take one of each first. If you are out of danger in the future, you can do research on the rest later."

A resolute glint flashed in Du Fan's eyes. After instructing Ding Lan not to disturb him, he quickly poured out two pills and swallowed them without hesitation.

Upon entering his mouth, the pill immediately transformed into two distinct streams of energy, which slid down and headed straight for Du Fan's stomach.

These two energies gave Du Fan a rather strange feeling. They seemed to be of the same origin and inherited from the same lineage, yet they also seemed to contradict each other, like fire and water. They were both mutually opposed and mutually unified, which was contradictory and difficult to explain.

Du Fan's curiosity did not last long before it was replaced by an extremely intense pain.

At this moment, the two medicinal forces within his body seemed to be fighting each other like madmen, devouring one another. A violent energy fluctuation surged and contracted rapidly in his abdomen, giving him a premonition that he was about to explode and die. As his whole body convulsed, cold sweat poured down his face like rain.

"Could it be fake medicine?" The moment this thought crossed Du Fan's mind, he felt a chill run down his spine and his heart turned to ice.

"Ah!" Du Fan finally couldn't bear the excruciating pain in his body and let out a heart-wrenching wail.

Ding Lan, who was not far away, was startled when she heard the sound. She immediately dropped what she was doing and ran over.

"Young Master Du, what's wrong?" Ding Lan exclaimed in surprise.

When the woman saw Du Fan's pale face, trembling body, and rolled-back eyes, her mind went blank, she was completely flustered, and her eyes turned red with anxiety.

"Get out of here! Get out of here!"

The medicinal power within Du Fan's body became increasingly volatile. Waves of energy, like ripples, spread outwards from his abdomen, penetrating his flesh and blood, along his bones and muscles, and outwards from all sides of his body.

Wherever the medicinal power passed, tendons and ligaments collapsed, and bones shattered, as if destroying dry and decaying things.

That immense, invisible force continued its course, steadily and slowly crushing his sternum, ribs, leg bones, hand bones... all the bones and muscles in his body into dust...