Chapter 114: A Ray of Light in the Dark (2/2)
The Second Elder’s expression became livid, ”Mo Wuji, so you no longer recognise that you’re a guest pill refiner of the Formless Blade Sect?” Immediately, Mo Wuji burst out in laughter, ”So you know that I’m a guest pill refiner? Do you not understand the meaning of ”guest pill refiner”? It means that I can leave whenever I want to, without any restrictions. So, I’m now not a guest pill refiner of the Formless Blade Sect anymore. You don’t have any authority over me either.”
Xu Feibo was raging mad, to the point that he almost went physical, but he knew that what Mo Wuji said was not wrong. Firstly, Mo Wuji was a guest pill refiner, and he had no authority to order Mo Wuji around anymore. What’s a guest? A guest is someone that you treat with respect and courtesy. Secondly, because Mo Wuji was a guest pill refiner, he could leave anytime.
”Young House Master, Mo Wuji committed some offences at the Formless Blade Sect, so could I request for your permission to take him away with me? I, Elder Xu, would be very thankful for this.” Xu Feibo was indeed the Second Elder of the Formless Blade Sect, but he still dared not capture men of the Nine Moons Pill House at his own whim and fancy.
Zhen Shaoke softly replied, ”I must let you know, Pill Master Mo has already become a guest pill refiner of the Nine Moons Pill House.”
Upon hearing this, Xu Feibo was disappointed. While Zhen Shaoke did not forbid him from bringing Mo Wuji away, but it could be inferred from his words. Even if he tried to take Mo Wuji away by force, he would not manage to take a single step out of the Nine Moons Pill House.
Although the Nine Moons Pill House was not famous within Fringe City, it was a true Earth Sect, with a position even higher than the Formless Blade Sect.
”Since this is the outcome, I will take my leave.” Xu Feibo snorted coldly, bowing respectfully one last time. He then left the premises.
One Xu Feibo was a distance away, Zhen Shaoke solemnly looked towards Mo Wuji, ”Wuji, Xu Feibo has already reached True Lake Stage Level 7, you'd better watch out since you’ve offended him.”
”Thank you Mister Zhen for helped me out.” Mo Wuji gratefully bowed. He knew that out of the three stages of the Earth Realm, the first was the Yan Dan Stage, the second was the True Lake Stage and the third was the Nihility God Stage. All three stages had another nine levels within.
As someone in the True Lake Stage Level 7, Xu Feibo was in the advanced levels of the second stage in the Earth Realm. To face an advanced True Lake Stage cultivator with Channel Opening Level 7, would be like an ant fighting against a human.
Zhen Shaoke soon broke into a smile, ”It’s fine, the pill refiners of my Nine Moons Pill House have already headed towards the competition venue of the Five Elements Desolate Domain Pill Competition. If I did not wait for you for another few days, I would have left town already. So my luck has been pretty good, being able to bump into Pill Master Mo just before I left.” However, Mo Wuji still felt rather afraid deep inside, it was not that Zhen Shaoke’s luck was good, but his luck was even better. Zhen Shaoke was obviously waiting for him here. Thankfully he had reached Fringe City in time.
In the end, his initial desperate need for spirit stones, which led to him exchanging most of his pills for them in a rush, did not cause him to lose out by much. He unexpectedly received the favour of the Nine Moons Pill House. Could this have been a blessing in disguise?
”Mister Zhen, how long exactly will we take to reach the Five Elements Desolate Domain?” Mo Wuji suddenly recalled, so he asked.
”Around half a month's time.” Zhen Shaoke answered.
”There’s pill furnaces on the carriage?” Mo Wuji guessed that he would be taking a Flying Beast Carriage, otherwise, the trip would not be so short.
”Of course there’s pill furnaces. How could we leave that out if we’re going to take part in the Five Elements Desolate Domain Pill Competition? There’s not only pill furnaces, but also an extraordinary type of earth fire.”
Mo Wuji then bowed respectfully to Zhen Shaoke, ”Mister Zhen, I’ve another request that might sound absurd. I would like to borrow some Tier 4 spiritual herbs from you.”
Once Mo Wuji completed his sentence, Zhen Shaoke could understand his intention, hence following up with the question, ”Wuji, could it be that you intend to attempt to breakthrough to become a Tier 4 Earth Pill Refiner?”
Without hiding anything, Mo Wuji replied, ”Yes, I have the pill formula for a Tier 4 spiritual pill, and on top of that, I’ve been a Tier 3 Mortal Pill Refiner for a very long time. So I would like to give it a shot. In the off chance that I am able to advance to the level of a Tier 4 Earth Pill Refiner, it would be a win-win situation for both the Nine Moons Pill House and me.”
In reality, it was barely a month since Mo Wuji joined the ranks of Tier 3 pill refiners. The only reason that he was confident enough to try breaking through to become a Tier 4 Earth Pill Refiner, was because of his pill techniques.
Since he had concocted the Spirit Strengthening Pill, he could cultivate his spiritual will, and brandishing pill techniques was no longer a problem. If he had Tier 4 spiritual herbs to experiment with, who knew if he could really rely on these pill techniques to concoct a Tier 4 Earth Spiritual Pill. Without the power of spiritual will, Mo Wuji would definitely have not made such an attempt.
Zhen Shaoke paused for a moment, before chuckling, ”Wuji, you’ve come to the right guy. I don’t have much of anything else, but I do have spiritual herbs in abundance. I can even help you get a few stalks of Tier 5 spiritual herbs, what more Tier 4 ones? Just experiment as much as you want. Whether you succeed or fail doesn’t matter.”
With the additional assurance from Zhen Shaoke, Mo Wuji finally stopped worrying. Although there was a slight moment of hesitation when Zhen Shaoke replied, but he did not reject the proposition.