Chapter 72: Rejection (2/2)

“Junior's name is Mo Wuji,” Mo Wuji hurried to reply even though he felt that this Shi Jun would not have a bright future. He was clear that, in the sect, the difference between Shi Jun and him was like the difference between the bright moon in the sky and a tiny firefly. Shi Jun was not a person he could offend.

Shi Jun nodded his head in satisfaction, “You're not bad. In the future, you can follow me and deliver ingredients to me.”

Mo Wuji cursed in his heart. Shi Jun might as well as him to kill himself. With Shi Jun's pill concocting ability, he would fail 11 times for every ten attempts just to concoct a Tier 3 spiritual pill.

“Senior, junior is Pharmacy 19’s service disciple. It would not be convenient for me to follow you. I hope that you can understand,” Mo Wuji did not hesitate to reject Shi Jun.

Shi Jun stared at Mo Wuji in disbelief. How rare was this opportunity? If it was some other service disciple, he would have long kneeled on the ground and kowtowed in gratitude. However, not only wasn't Mo Wuji thankful for the opportunity, he even rejected it.

“Did I hear it wrongly? Do you know what you just said? Do you know what you will missing out on?” Shi Jun recovered from his daze and asked puzzledly.

Mo Wuji clearly knew the reason. Following a mediocre refiner like Shi Jun, it would be abnormal for him to actually have a future. He would rather stay here and dispense medicinal ingredients and learn the methods of other pill refiners. Follow Shi Jun and learn how to stir fry vegetables? Mo Wuji really wasn't interested.

After confirming that Mo Wuji was not willing to be his personal runner, Shi Jun snorted and threw Mo Wuji a jade vase before leaving angrily. A service disciple rejecting him had thoroughly infuriated him. However, he did promise Mo Wuji some rewards and there was no point losing his reputation over a small service disciple.

Naturally, Mo Wuji would not reject Shi Jun's rewards. After all, he deserved it. He was the one who purchased the Water Velvet Vine with his own money, and if not for the Water Velvet Vine, Shi Jun attempt would probably have ended in another failure.

Looking at the vase in his hands, Mo Wuji was satisfied. Even if the pill inside was worthless, at least the jade vase had some value. Even his treasured channel opening solution wasn't stored in a jade vase but a typical glass bottle.

The jade vase was labeled 'Energy Condensing Pill’. This pill was useful for cultivators at the initial levels of the Channel Opening Stage; it would help increase their cultivation speed. However, Mo Wuji did not feel that this pill would be useful to him. It was enough for him to absorb the Heaven and Earth’s spiritual energy, there was no need for this Energy Condensing Pill.

Mo Wuji really did not mind Shi Jun's anger. After keeping his pills, he went back to research on his wordless pill manual.

Even though Shi Jun's technique looked cr*ppy in Mo Wuji's eyes, Mo Wuji still learnt several things from him. Mo Wuji's next stage would be learning how to purify spiritual ingredients. Purifying spiritual ingredients and learning the characteristics of spiritual ingredients are different; purifying spiritual ingredients required actual practice. Mo Wuji would need to purchase some low grade spiritual ingredients and learn through practice.

However, he did not have much gold coins on him. The cheapest spiritual ingredients would already cost at least 10 gold coins. The better ones could cost 10 to even 100 thousand gold coins. The even better ones couldn't even be bought with gold coins, but had to be purchased with spirit stones.

Mo Wuji had only heard of spirit stones as a currency. He had never seen one before, much less use it. He even heard that spirit stones had uses beyond currency; it could act as an energy source for cultivation. It contained denser and purer spiritual energy compared to the spiritual energy from the surroundings, and it was easier to absorb this spiritual energy.

To purify ingredients, besides a practiced hand, one would also require a high grade pill furnace. Mo Wuji couldn't even afford to buy spiritual ingredients, much less pill furnaces.

Looking at the sleeping Yan’Er, Mo Wuji decided to look for Wu Kai for help. He needed to find someone to take care of Yan’Er. Then, he could go and search for spiritual ingredients instead of purchasing them.

[1] The Jun (俊) in Shi Jun's name means handsome.