novelraw Chapter 440 - 236, Gift Blood Pill
Chapter 440 - 236, Gift Blood Pill
Pills that can, at the moment of breakthrough, improve the quality of a cultivator’s Condensing Pill are, without exception, valuable treasures.
The quality of the Returning Core and Dao Pill determines a cultivator’s future potential on their Dao path.
This White Carp Pill, if auctioned in the outside world, could sell for at least a million Spirit Shells.
"Disciple thanks Master for bestowing the pill." Xu Xing took the Pill Bottle and expressed his gratitude.
In that moment, his favorable impression of Caiyun Fairy grew immensely. It had only been a little over ten years since he became her disciple, yet she had already gifted him Cultivation Methods and Pills. With such a Master, what more could he ask for?
"Go." "Enter seclusion soon and make your breakthrough." "After you form your Jade Liquid Reversion Pill and distinguish yourself at the Small Pill Conference, I, as your Master, will personally guide your Dao of Pills."
Seeing Xu Xing’s touched expression, a smile graced Caiyun Fairy’s pretty face. She nodded slightly, waved her hand, and promised.
Currently, Xu Xing and she had only established a nominal master and disciple relationship. Only when she personally guided his Dao of Pills would they be considered master and disciple in the truest sense.
There were two reasons she treated Xu Xing so well. Firstly, Xu Xing was her Direct Disciple, and it was only natural for her to be generous towards him. Secondly, it was not unrelated to the fact that ’Yao Dang’s’ granduncle, ’Yao Xing,’ had previously given her a favorable deal on Nascent Soul Spiritual Objects.
Thanks to the profit from that concession, she would also be able to gather a set of top-grade Nascent Soul Spiritual Objects, giving her a good chance of successfully advancing to become a Nascent Soul Daoist Lord.
Now that ’Yao Dang’ had coincidentally become her disciple, this goodwill towards ’Yao Xing’ naturally transferred to ’Yao Dang.’
With Caiyun Fairy’s Token, Xu Xing’s application to the Pill Cauldron Sect for one of the Xuanjing Abodes, to be used for Condensing his Pill, went very smoothly.
The process was free of any obstruction.
Different Sects have different internal practices and philosophies.
Because the Pill Cauldron Sect engaged in more trade with various external sects, its internal affairs were handled more openly and transparently, free from the underhanded dealings found in other Sects.
Regarding his new Cave Mansion, Xu Xing followed Yin Zi’s suggestion. He spent Several hundred thousand Spirit Shells to have the Sect’s Inner Affairs Hall construct a new one for him on a Spiritual Eye located on a peak near Caiyun Mountain, to be used for his Cultivation.
"The Sect’s vacant Cave Mansions are often quite far from Caiyun Mountain. Although you and I can fly to Master’s residence early to receive her teachings, if Master were to visit a disciple’s Cave Mansion for instruction... surely we wouldn’t want her to have to travel further, would we?" Yin Zi explained the subtle reasoning behind this.
While the distance between a disciple’s Cave Mansion and their Master’s might not signify much on its own, disciples generally choose locations closer to their Master’s Cave Mansion to more conveniently demonstrate their respect and attentiveness.
"Senior Sister Yin makes a good point." Xu Xing nodded in agreement. Upon careful consideration, he realized she was indeed correct.
If my new Cave Mansion were too far from Caiyun Mountain... even if I could explain it away with my reclusive personality, Caiyun Fairy would inevitably find such a move displeasing. Not fitting in is a cardinal sin. Fifth Senior Brother Shi Hong and the other five Senior Sisters all had their Cave Mansions near Caiyun Mountain, none more than two hundred li away.
The Pill Cauldron Sect’s Inner Affairs Hall already had established procedures for constructing new Cave Mansions.
In less than Half a day, a brand-new Cave Mansion was carved out on a small, unnamed mountain adjacent to Caiyun Mountain.
Let’s call it... Fengxi Mountain. Xu Xing was feeling nostalgic. After seeing off the Senior Brother from the Inner Affairs Hall, he looked at the Cave Mansion’s empty Plaque. After a moment’s thought, he used his fingers like a brush to inscribe the three large characters "Fengxi Mountain" onto the jade Plaque. Fengxi Country was his homeland in this current life, his roots. Moreover, the name ’Fengxi’ also carried the connotation of a fledgling phoenix lying dormant, ready to soar to the heavens in a single flight. Auspicious indeed.
Since I’ll be Condensing my Returning Core in the Fengxi Mountain Cave Mansion, there must be some disturbance in the surrounding Spiritual Energy to avoid arousing suspicion...
Back inside the Cave Mansion, Xu Xing paced a few steps in his Cultivation Room before releasing the Gold-eyed Turtle and the Azure Fire Wolf Spider from his Spirit Beast Bag. Then, he set up several array techniques.
"Activate!" Xu Xing formed a hand seal and waved the green Array Banner in his hand.
Instantly, the Spiritual Energy around the Cave Mansion surged and began to converge towards the Cultivation Room. As the Spiritual Energy stirred, the ambient energy veins around Fengxi Mountain also reacted, causing the atmospheric conditions to shift and churn.
Now, everything is foolproof. Xu Xing sensed the external changes and nodded. He opened the Cave Mansion, hung a wooden plaque inscribed with "In Seclusion" on the Stone Door, and then instantly departed from Fengxi Mountain.
Half a day later, he had left the Pill Cauldron Sect and arrived at the border of the Chu Kingdom. After leaving the Chu Kingdom, he resumed his identity as the True Monarch Freelance Cultivator, ’Yao Xing.’ After creating a few well-publicized incidents in Xuan Turtle City, he finally returned to the North Yue Country.
"With Senior Yao around, why would he, an Aristocratic Young Master, insist on stowing away on my boat?" The Old Monk who had previously traveled with Xu Xing was greatly astonished upon hearing that Yao Dang also had a granduncle. He fumed, his beard bristling and eyes wide with indignation.
"Uncle, this is their family’s private affair; we shouldn’t meddle. If word got out that we once offended Senior Yao, it would be terrible for us," Kong Xing, the Old Monk’s nephew, advised with a bitter smile. He had been threatened by Xu Xing and knew that ’Yao Dang’ was, in fact, the real True Monarch Freelance Cultivator. However, he dared not reveal this secret. Once it got out, offending a True Monarch would be the least of his worries; the act of smuggling people alone was enough to get him killed a thousand times over.
Transporting stowaway Cultivators was a persistent, if illicit, demand in Xuan Turtle City. However, this matter could not be openly mentioned. At least, a minor figure like him would not dare to speak of it publicly. Behind the immense profits lay high risks; death was an ever-present possibility.
The Old Monk pulled a long-stemmed Smoking Pipe from his waist, took a deep drag, and exhaled several plumes of thick smoke from his mouth and nose before saying in a low, serious voice, "My lips are sealed. This mouth has never leaked a thing."