Chapter 1330: One Hundred Percent Confidence

"If Grandpa Apothecary can't do it, there's still Grand Initial. As long as Grand Initial can dissolve the Dao wounds on Celestial Venerable Yue, then healing her physical body's damage will be no problem for me."

Qin Mu comforted himself. Although Apothecary's demeanor often gave a feeling of unreliability, he was, after all, the most skilled medical practitioner under heaven. And apart from his repeated failures when experimenting with new medicines on Qin Mu, he had no other notorious deeds.

Qin Mu packed his belongings, ready to depart. He had planned to look for Shu Jun, but Shu Jun had already left Great Black Mountain with the Emperor's head from the treasure seal, his whereabouts unknown. Meanwhile, First Ancestor Human Emperor, leading many other Human Emperors, was also preparing to leave. All the Human Emperors turned their gazes to Qin Mu, their eyes filled with hostility.

"We heard there's a Taibao beast nearby," First Ancestor said to Qin Mu. "These giants are extremely rare; in ancient times, they were mounts for the Three Kings of the Primordial Era. We intend to subdue that Taibao."

"Mu'er, do you want to come along?" First Ancestor asked Qin Mu.

The hostility in the eyes of Human Emperors such as Qi Kang and Yi Shan intensified. They chorused, "First Ancestor, why invite him? If he's there, will there be any Taibao left for us?"

"Once we've subdued the Taibao, we'll each ride it once we return, and then give Human Emperor Qin a good beating!"

Qin Mu burst out laughing, waving to everyone. But as he turned his face away, his expression became incredibly grim, startling Apothecary.

"Thinking you can beat me, your Ancestor, just by subduing a Taibao? You're all still too young!"

They boarded Yan Kang's fast boat and sailed out of the Hundred Thousand Black Mountains. No sooner had they left than Xu Shenghua and Lan Yuantian, leading three thousand gods and giant beasts, arrived at the so-called Sacred Mountain.

Xu Shenghua, Lan Yuantian, the three thousand gods, and over a hundred giant beasts stood at the periphery, gazing at the dark, imposing Hundred Thousand Great Black Mountains. For a long moment, they were speechless.

"That old man called Grand Change is a liar," Xu Shenghua muttered.

Lan Yuantian nodded repeatedly.

Dragon Qilin and Yan'er rushed out to greet them. Seeing them, they were delighted but also a little regretful. Yan'er laughed, "The Cult Master just left! You arrived right after. If only you had come a bit earlier, you could have met them!"

Lan Yuantian opened his mouth and skillfully caught the food she threw, then asked in surprise, "My brother left?"

Dragon Qilin nodded, whispering, "It's a good thing you didn't meet the Cult Master. Otherwise, he would have tricked you into mining again, and without pay."

"Is food provided?" Lan Yuantian whispered.

"Food provided? You're thinking too much!"

Dragon Qilin pursed his lips. "You're on your own for food. Yan'er makes all my meals."

The group surged into Great Black Mountain. Lan Yuantian hesitated for a moment, then said, "I was planning to ask my brother for a few mountain peaks, but now he's gone..."

Dragon Qilin's eyes immediately lit up. He chuckled, "There are so many peaks here you can't even occupy them all! Just go to whichever ones you like, but you'll have to build your own palaces and houses. I have a Grand Initial Divine Stone here that I can lend you to visualize your dwellings and palaces."

Xu Shenghua smiled, "No need, it's better if we build them ourselves. Since we're staying at the Cult Master's place, it's only right that we help him by mining and contributing our strength."

Dragon Qilin hesitated for a moment but didn't tell them that these Great Black Mountains sometimes cracked open at night, with terrifying ancient powerhouses crawling out from within.

"They'll understand after one night," Dragon Qilin thought.

He thought, "By the second day, Grand Change will appear to explain everything to them, and then have them repair the Great Black Mountains."

Despite his thoughts, Dragon Qilin still earnestly advised, "You must be careful at night. The Hundred Thousand Black Mountains, the Hundred Thousand Sacred Mountains, are excellent in every way, except that you cannot leave them once night falls. There's a great terror in the darkness."

Xu Shenghua exclaimed in surprise, "Don't go out after dark? This place sounds like the Great Ruins from back then."

Dragon Qilin thought, "It's more than a hundred thousand times more terrifying than the Great Ruins! Heaven help us, the Cult Master finally managed to trick two clever people into guarding this territory. Before, I was the only clever one managing affairs here, and it was a bit overwhelming to contend against existences like the Ten Celestial Venerables."

His tail flicked up with a whoosh, quivering excitedly. He felt triumphant. "I've actually contended against vicious beings like the Ten Celestial Venerables for so many years, and they still couldn't take the Hundred Thousand Sacred Mountains! I'm truly amazing!"

Although Yan Kang's fast boat was not slow, it was nowhere near as swift as Celestial Venerable Yue's lantern. It took Qin Mu and Apothecary over a month to fly from the Hundred Thousand Sacred Mountains to the Celestial Rift.

During this month, Apothecary continuously pondered various elixirs on the boat. At times, he rested his chin in his hand, lost in thought; at others, he wrote furiously; sometimes he listed the detailed compositions of various spiritual herbs; and occasionally, he used vital qi to transform into the Dao markings contained within different spiritual herbs, severing individual markings to piece together new ones.

Although he appeared full of confidence, claiming that healing Celestial Venerable Yue would be effortlessly easy, in reality, the pressure on him was immense.

After all, this was his first encounter with a Celestial Venerable, and he was tasked with healing a Celestial Venerable's Dao wound. This was his first such challenge since achieving mastery in medicine, and the most difficult one in his entire life.

Meanwhile, Qin Mu organized the Grand Initial Divine Stones on the boat, burying them one by one in the Grand Initial vein within his Spirit Embryo Divine Treasure.

The Grand Initial Egg hopped out of its nest on the altar, bouncing around and pointing out the exact locations for him to bury each divine stone.

Qin Mu, like a diligent little squirrel, properly managed the divine stones under the egg's guidance. He then took out Grand Prime Divine Stones, intending to bury them in the Grand Prime vein as well.

Just as he was nearly finished burying them, he suddenly realized, "The Grand Prime Goddess has already been born, and she's even my enemy. What am I doing burying these divine stones? She can't possibly return to the egg and hatch within my Spirit Embryo!"

He dug out a divine stone, then took out the Grand Prime eggshell. He tilted his head back, taking a sip of the egg liquid from its edge, and immediately began refining Grand Prime primordial liquid with the help of the Grand Prime Divine Stone.

Suddenly, Apothecary, who had been deep in thought, opened his eyes. He sniffed, "What a fragrant scent! What kind of medicinal herb is this?"

Qin Mu, refining the Grand Prime primordial liquid, said, "This is the egg liquid from the 'answer all prayers' Grand Prime Egg. It's not a medicinal herb."

"Anything in this world can be used as medicine, let alone an ancient god from an egg," Apothecary mused.

Apothecary's eyes gleamed. "Give me a little of that egg liquid. Let me see if it can be used as medicine."

Qin Mu took out a little egg liquid, feeling a pang of reluctance. He said, "This is the egg liquid from the Grand Prime Egg, unparalleled under heaven. Every bit used is a bit less, so Grandpa Apothecary, please be very careful with it. If it can't be used as medicine, give it back to me; I'll eat it."

"You just gobble things down; that's simply wasting heaven's bounty. In my hands, it becomes a valuable medicine for healing the sick and saving lives."

Apothecary sneered, then meticulously observed the Grand Prime primordial liquid, muttering to himself. He then used vital qi to transform into the strange Dao markings of various spiritual herbs. Previously, his attempts to piece together different Dao markings had always ended in failure.

This time, he carefully took a wisp of the primordial liquid. With a slight shift of his thoughts, the Grand Prime primordial liquid actually changed according to his will, slowly transforming into peculiar Dao markings, connecting the Dao markings of various spiritual herbs one by one.

Apothecary suddenly burst into tears, yet laughed heartily, tilting his head back and letting the tears stream down his cheeks. "My Dao is complete!" he exclaimed.

Qin Mu, who was holding the eggshell and drinking the primordial liquid as if it were an absurdly large bowl of porridge, was delighted by this sight. He quickly put down the eggshell and asked, "Grandpa Apothecary, how confident are you in healing Celestial Venerable Yue?"

Apothecary stood up, full of vigor, gesturing with a grandmaster's air. He held up a single finger and declared, "Ten percent!"