Chapter 680 - Giving Thanks (1/2)

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“But that’s what the pill recipe says!” Tian Yi instinctively retorted

“The recipe only says that Thousand Leaves Spirit Flowers are required for Demon-Breaking Pills, but it doesn’t say that other spirit herbs are not able to produce the same pill,” Lonemoon replied firmly. “What’s more, aren’t the inheritance and all of these recipes created by the ancestors? If even those ancestors could think about it, why is Brother Tian Yi – a tenth-stage alchemist – confining yourself to their thoughts?”

Tian Yi stared blankly at Lonemoon. He was at a loss for words. It was almost as if he had never thought about things this way before. There was shock in his eyes, then confusion, realisation, and excitement. Finally, he looked eager to try new things. That’s right! Why hadn’t he thought about it this way before? The pill recipe was created by another cultivator as well. If others could come up with this, why couldn’t he? If he didn’t have the Thousand Leaves Spirit Flower, he could always look for other methods of doing things. For all he knew, he would be able to come up with a new recipe for the Demon-Breaking Pill.

Tian Yi jumped to his feet, as if he had finally figured something out. The spirit Qi in his body was stirring in his excitement. He eagerly said, “Thank you for this reminder, Brother Lonemoon. I have to make a move first.” With that, Tian Yi turned and began his journey back down the mountain..

The moment he left the pavilion, something came up in his mind. H turned back around and retrieved several bottles of pills from inside his robes. “That’s right – I nearly forgot to tend to proper matters. These are pills that I refined for Brother Lonemoon.Please hold on to them. If these aren’t enough for you, feel free to come up and look for me,” he said warily. He recalled something else, and shot Lonemoon a complicated glance.

Lonemoon stared blankly back at Tian Yi before taking a closer look at the pills in his hands. “Gold-Gathering Pills?” Aren’t these supposed to be used when one is forming his core? Why would he hand these to Lonemoon!

“Although Zuo Shuming is ahead of you by one stop, in my eyes, you are better than every last one of them. One day, you will surpass that brat for sure!” With that, Tian Yi held up his fist encouragingly, then turned to fly down the mountain..

Lonemoon, who had a ton of pills in his hands now: “…”

So… He was afraid that Lonemoon would fall behind Zuo Shuming in forming his core? Was that why Tian Yi handed him all these pills?

What the hell? !

(⊙_⊙)

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Zuo Shuming was finally done with forming his core. What’s more, because of what Shu Yi said to him, he was seeing his sword technique clearly for the first time. He began showing signs of developing sword intent. Even the sword Qi around his body was thickening.

His training was progressing at a shocking rate. In the beginning, when he first joined Gui Yi Sect, he was only at the seventh stage of Qi Refinement. What’s more, he only had a slightly below average Triple Spirit Root. In just a few years, he was forming a core. Not even people with the celestial spirit root would be able to achieve this pace. Thus, Yu Luan came to visit them and expressed his wish for Yi Qing to accept more disciples once again, in order to raise Gui Yi Sect’s standards.

Lonemoon already knew this was going to happen. Thus, he told Yi Qing to agree immediately. In any case, Lonemoon was already done with setting up the sword array. There was no difference between throwing one disciple in and throwing a group of them in. They would leave the choosing of disciples to Yu Luan.

In any case, Nameless Mountain was big enough. Lonemoon thought about Chef’s unreliable character. He wanted to prevent the disciples from coming in and catching him hanging around in the kitchen all day. Thus, Lonemoon set up an array to split Nameless Mountain into two portions. The few of them would remain at the peak of the mountain. The base of the mountain would be set aside for the disciples. They were free to build their houses wherever they wanted to.