Chapter 164: Heaven Seeking Palace Pill Pagoda (2/2)

”This senior apprentice sister, I would like to see Yan’Er…” Mo Wuji bowed and said courteously.

”Follow me,” The red robed female cultivator did not even question Mo Wuji, nor did she mention anything about reporting to Granny Linglong. She directly brought Mo Wuji to bypass the hall over to a small loft surrounded by spiritual herbs.

Mo Wuji had learnt a little about arrays; seeing the dense spiritual energy encompassing over this loft, he knew that there was definitely some high grade spirit gathering array here. Cultivating in this small loft would be more than 100 times better than his puny District D.

”Greetings senior apprentice sister.” As Mo Wuji arrived outside the loft, he immediately recognised the young lady watering the spiritual herbs - it was one of the twins serving Granny Linglong.

”Pill Master Mo, you’re here to see Yan’Er?” The young lady stopped watering and asked lightly.

Mo Wuji eagerly replied, ”Yes, may I request senior apprentice sister to help me inform her.”

The young lady was a little hesitant, and this was immediately picked up by Mo Wuji, ”May I ask, is it inconvenient?”

The young lady bit her lips and said, ”It’s not exactly inconvenient, but because Granny Linglong had just repaired Yan’Er’s spirit channels, Yan’Er is now cultivating behind closed doors. However, if Pill Master Mo must meet her, I will immediately report your presence.”

”Yan’Er’s spirit channels are already repaired?” Mo Wuji asked in surprise.

The young lady nodded, ”Yes, Yan’Er’s spirit channels are all good now. It’s just that she is in a critical point of her cultivation. If Pill Master Mo comes 3 months later, she would have passed this critical moment. Of course, Granny has also instructed us to allow Pill Master Mo to meet Yan’Er whenever you visit…”

”That’s good, that’s good…” Mo Wuji muttered, he felt his eyes getting wet. Yan’Er had suffered for so long, and now she can have a new life of her own. In his heart, Mo Wuji only had immense gratitude towards Granny Linglong - gratitude for saving Yan’Er’s life. Whether or not Yan’Er could recognise him was secondary. As long as Yan’Er was alright, nothing else was important.

”It’s okay, I won’t disturb Yan’Er’s closed door cultivation. I will go off first, I’ll come visit Yan’Er in the future…” As Mo Wuji replied, he stared intently at the loft. It was only after some time that he slowly turned back and walked away. He had this premonition that when he visited here again, Yan’Er would already be a complete stranger.

After Mo Wuji’s figure disappeared, the other twin walked out from the loft, and looked towards the direction he left. She sighed as she said, ”Danqi [1], wasn’t that a little too much? Granny did instruct us to allow Pill Master Mo and Yan’Er to meet when Pill Master Mo visits. She even told us to let them interact more often.”

The young lady, Danqi, bit her lips and said, ”Danxiang [1], Yan’Er is now in a key moment of her cultivation. Granny’s heart is soft, but I truly believe that allowing Yan’Er to meet Pill Master Mo would waste all of Granny’s efforts. Remember the large amounts of effort Granny sacrificed to save Yan’Er? Even her cultivation regressed significantly.”

Danxiang went silent. Danqi was right; if Yan’Er’s condition recurred and required Granny to save her again, Granny might over-expend her elemental energy, and it would be intensely difficult for Granny to recover from that.

”Ai, I’m worried that with Yan’Er’s peerless talent, she would already be in Spirit Building by the time Pill Master Mo comes again,” Danxiang lamented.

Danqi lowered her head and did not say anything. Danxiang’s worries were not unfounded, but definite. She was sure that by Mo Wuji’s next visit, Yan’Er would have successfully built her spirit. If Yan’Er successfully entered the Spirit Building Stage, all her memories would completely disappear, and the Mo Wuji who would appear before her would only be a complete stranger.

It wasn’t that she didn’t want to help Mo Wuji, but Granny really couldn’t afford to help Yan’Er out again.

…

When Mo Wuji returned, the fishing elder had already disappeared. Mo Wuji was feeling a little despondent so he wasn’t really in the mood to ask about where the elder went, or what kind of fish he was trying to catch.

He did not even have the mood to return to the outer sect mountain, but went to the Ancient Texts Depository instead.

He had two goals at the Ancient Texts Depository; one was to learn how to open the elemental storage channel, the other was to learn how to build his spirit.

The Heaven Seeking Palace Ancient Text’s Depository was a total of five levels. As Mo Wuji arrived at the entrance of the depository, he presented his outer disciple identity token and asked, ”May I ask how many spirit stones would I need to pay to take a look at some cultivation-related scriptures and manual?”

The caretaker of the Ancient Texts Depository was a stern looking man. The man used his eyes to size Mo Wuji up before saying coldly, ”The Ancient Texts Depository doesn’t accept spirit stones, only sect contribution points. Level 1 requires 100 contribution points a day, Level 2 requires 300 contribution points a day, Level 3 requires 1000 contribution points a day…”

”What about Level 4 and 5?” Mo Wuji hurriedly asked.

The man continued in an icy cold tone, ”Outer disciples don’t have the rights to enter Level 4 and 5.”

Mo Wuji left the Ancient Texts Depository with a bit of disappointment. Now, it was impossible to not accept sect assignments. If he didn’t do them, he wouldn’t be able to earn sect contribution points; without sect contribution points, he naturally wouldn’t have the rights to enter the Ancient Texts Depository.

All sects were the same, they all had an Assignments Hall where disciples accept quests and assignments. Even though the Heaven Seeking Palace had disciples from sects from all five empires, and was more like a place for higher learning, it was still run like a sect.

Disciples have to earn contribution points to exchange for items they required. Mo Wuji needed contribution points, so he needed to visit the Assignments Hall and accept assignments.

[1] The Dan in their names actually mean pills. I’m looking forward to seeing whether these girls are actually some sort of pill spirit?