Li Hu stood up tall, his steps as if shrinking inches, and in just a few breaths, he walked into the inner courtyard.

In front of him, in this secluded clearing, a medicinal field had been opened up.

On it grew sparse and uneven plants, with leaves resembling the starry sky at night, the Star Moon Grass.

The servants were always forbidden from entering the inner courtyard.

This was because of the entire garden of Star Moon Grass.

It is the primary material for refining the Nourishing Yuan Pill, and also the key for Li Hu to change the Divine Land Martial Arts, elevating the Martial Hero World to a fantasy Xianxia world.

"Simply relying on the power of starlight and moonlight is ultimately not enough. We must find a way to concentrate the power of starlight and moonlight around here at night. Only then can the cultivated Star Moon Grass grow more luxuriantly. I wonder if, when the concentrated starlight and moonlight reach a certain level, it will produce the legendary Emperor's Liquid."

"The transformation of plants cannot stop. Although the achievement of five years only successfully transformed the Star Moon Grass, other types of plants cannot be abandoned. I must try more, strive to transform more kinds of spirit medicine to provide for the development of alchemy..."

Gazing at the sparse Star Moon Grass in front of him, Li Hu secretly calculated in his heart.

Five years ago, Li Hu began to travel the world, searching for something that could change the world. After several years, he finally found it growing in the high mountain tundra of the freezing ice plateau in the southwest—a grass plant that absorbed starlight and moonlight, capable of replenishing a martial artist's primordial Qi.

Li Hu meticulously researched its growing environment, using methods as wondrous as a celestial being, akin to an earthly immortal, to catalyze its growth and gradually improve it, until it could finally grow in normal environments, and then brought it back to the Central Plains, naming it Star Moon Grass.

In the martial world, there were also martial arts secret techniques practiced by absorbing the power of starlight and moonlight. Back when Li Hu was sweeping and cultivating quietly in the Celestial Essence Sect's library, he had also thought about a divine skill art based on the absorption of star moon energy.

If it were Li Hu's previous material world, the light from stars and moons at night would naturally hold no energy.

But in this world, the Power of the Constellations truly exists. The starry sky above contains extremely vast energy. Although that energy is greatly consumed passing through layers of atmospheric protection, the mere trace that leaks out is enough to support the growth and reproduction of Star Moon Grass.

Through the transformation by Star Moon Grass, the violent Star Evil Energy scattered from above the nine heavens is converted into primordial Qi between heaven and earth, continuously strengthening the world's foundation.

Ultimately, only with a sufficiently robust foundation can it sustain Li Hu's plan to transform the martial hero world in his mind.

In the span of five years, Li Hu, using mysterious methods akin to celestial beings, both cultivated Star Moon Grass and integrated medical tomes from around the world, becoming proficient in the five energies of the human body, yin and yang operations, and exploring the method of using Star Moon Grass to concoct cultivation elixirs.

Through five years of exploration, Li Hu finally succeeded not only in cultivating Star Moon Grass that could survive in ordinary conditions but also in figuring out a fundamental alchemy dao technique.

The Nourishing Yuan Pill was the fruit of that successful experiment in alchemy.

"It's just a pity that the cultivation of the Star Moon Grass still requires certain conditions and is somewhat difficult to breed. Moreover, due to the Star Evil Power being blocked by the atmosphere, it takes at least three years from planting to maturity, and it still needs further improvement."

"However, it is sufficient for now. Over these five years, I've also developed cultivation techniques of the fantasy Xianxia type that allow rapid advancement using the Nourishing Yuan Pill. It's time to start laying the groundwork."

He has already completed the conditions needed to change the world.

What remains is how to widely spread it across the world.

Although Star Moon Grass and the Nourishing Yuan Pill are excellent, directly giving others the means to cultivate them is out of the question, as they might suspect ulterior motives behind such free benefits.

So the promotion requires careful planning.

"Perhaps, I should establish a sect?"

Li Hu frowned slightly. The thought of establishing a force in this world was something he really didn't want to consider.

Forget it, he thought. Rest and consolidate the harvest of these past five years first. This matter can be revisited later.

Li Hu put aside the worries in his mind.

Then, the voice of a servant came from outside the courtyard:

"Young Master, the Baiyang Daoist from the White Cloud Temple is here to visit."

White Cloud Temple stood not far from Li Hu's secluded courtyard. Initially, that old Baiyang Daoist seemed very interested in Li Hu's arrival. After a few casual visits, Li Hu discovered that this old Taoist had cultivated for most of his life, mastering various pharmacology and alchemy techniques, and thus was not stingy with their friendship.

Though Li Hu's fame in the martial world was widespread, he had only appeared in public two or three times. This world was not the same as the modern one full of information, where famous celebrities could upload a photo and become world-renowned, being recognized wherever they went. As a result, few in the martial world truly recognized him, let alone an old hermit like Baiyang.

Of course, most critically, Li Hu was the only one in thousands of years to advance to the Celestial Human Realm, with power and divine prestige akin to a Martial Arts Celestial Emperor.

With such a gap in levels, if he chose not to show himself, others simply couldn't recognize him.

Though in daily life Li Hu was very restrained, reaching a realm of returning to simplicity, the divine couldn't be gazed upon directly. If he chose to hide, no one under heaven could find him.

"Understood, go entertain him for a bit, and I'll be there shortly."

The Baiyang Daoist was deeply versed in medicine and alchemy dao, though the elixirs he concocted were mostly potent pills and remedies for injuries, far from the Nourishing Yuan Pill, and even further from the alchemy technique Li Hu had founded after years of contemplation.

Nevertheless, both medicine and alchemy require not just talent but ample practice.

The practical experience of the Baiyang Daoist had provided much assistance to Li Hu.

And through their mutual exchanges, the two had become friends.

Now that his alchemy technique was established and Star Moon Grass successfully cultivated, Baiyang Daoist's help was indispensable.

A moment later, having tidied himself up, Li Hu emerged from the back hall.

In the hall, an old Taoist with white hair and beard was already seated in the guest seat.

"Haha, as soon as I entered, I heard the magpies chirping joyfully overhead and smelled a rich fragrance in the air. Did you have any gains today, my young brother?"

Stroking his white beard, Baiyang Daoist greeted Li Hu with a smile upon his arrival.

"I knew I couldn't hide it from your dog's nose. This is the result of my years of research. Take a look."

Saying this, Li Hu turned his hand over and took out the jade bottle from earlier, tossing it over to the Baiyang Daoist before sitting down to drink tea.

"This elixir has a nice aroma. Seems like you've had some significant gains recently!"

Even though the jade bottle had been sealed with beeswax, threads of fragrance still leaked out.

"Tsk, even knowing you've had a breakthrough recently, such things shouldn't be casually thrown out. What if it breaks?"

While muttering, Baiyang Daoist opened the seal.

Immediately, a rich aroma wafted out, and just by inhaling it briefly, he felt an impending breakthrough within his cultivation, which had stagnated for years.

"This is!!!"

The serene expression on Baiyang Daoist's face changed drastically in an instant.

After all, he was an innately skilled martial artist, so what kind of elixir was this!!!

Just a single whiff of its scent made him feel as if his bottleneck was loosening, on the verge of a breakthrough!

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