Chapter 12 - Breakthrough, Breakthrough, and More Breakthroughs
“With so many seventh-grade Condensing Yuan Pills, I don’t need that many. I estimate three to five pills at most will be enough for me to reach the peak of the Condensing Yuan realm.”
Lin Fan pondered, “The rest, take out a portion and put it into the sect’s treasury. All disciples can receive one per month. With such pills to help their cultivation, it’s definitely more efficient than them absorbing spirit stones.”
“That’s for sure.”
Li Changshou nodded repeatedly. “Seventh-grade Condensing Yuan Pills are rare even in first-rate sects. Only direct disciples and even disciples of the ‘inheritance sequence’ level are qualified to take them. Ordinary disciples can’t even get close to them.”
“One per month is already a huge benefit for those seven little brats.”
“It can also help them cross into the Condensing Yuan realm faster!”
Condensing Yuan Pills weren’t only for those in the Condensing Yuan realm. Their main function was to “assist in condensing heaven and earth spiritual energy.”
Therefore, even those in the Opening Xuan realm could take them. But taking them after reaching the peak of the Condensing Yuan realm wouldn’t have any effect.
“In this way, the problem of the disciples consuming spirit stones can be solved.”
The worry in Li Changshou’s heart lessened a lot.
As for the formation…
Before he could figure it out, he heard Lin Fan say again, “What about taking the extra portion to sell?”
Lin Fan pondered, “Seventh-grade Condensing Yuan Pills definitely won’t lack a market, and the price should be quite pleasing. Exchanging them for some spirit stones for emergencies shouldn’t be a problem, right?”
Li Changshou was stunned. “That’s not a problem, but… such rare items are hard to come by. If we sell them, wanting to buy them back in the future will be basically hopeless.”
“Why would we buy them back? We can refine them ourselves.”
Lin Fan smiled.
Xiao Ling’er could refine them, and so could he.
If he wasn’t afraid of being too shocking, he would have them collect materials from all over the world to refine pills.
But Lin Fan also knew that he couldn’t be careless!
This wasn’t a game. There was no novice protection period. If everyone knew, Xiao Ling’er would probably be kidnapped the next day and forced to become a heartless pill-refining machine in the years to come.
As for the Embracing Moon Sect…
It would naturally become history.
Seeing Li Changshou’s hesitation, Lin Fan shook his head and sighed softly. “Third Elder, I know your concerns, but do you know what the biggest regret in life is?”
“What is it?”
“It’s when a person dies before they’ve spent all the wealth they earned.”
“And then, all the wealth is inherited by their enemies, benefiting them instead.”
“To put it simply, you’re killed by your enemies, and they spend your money, sleep with your Dao companion in your bed, and then beat your son after they’re done.”
“But originally, you could have avoided this tragedy, as long as you spent your money and armed yourself to the teeth.”
Li Changshou was stunned.
Then his eyelids twitched wildly.
“I understand.”
“We’ll do as the Sect Leader says.”
Damn it, spending my money, sleeping with my Dao companion, and in my bed? That was intolerable.
“Good. Take fifty of these Condensing Yuan Pills. As for who goes to sell them, you can discuss with the other four elders. But remember to hide your identity and be careful to shake off any tails.”
“Otherwise, it might be a catastrophe for our Embracing Moon Sect!”
Although Lin Fan hadn’t been out much, he knew even without thinking that this world, where strength was respected, was definitely not peaceful.
“Sect Leader, rest assured, I will handle it properly!”
He was an old hand.
Someone who could survive in such a miserable situation as the Embracing Moon Sect and cultivate to the Fourth Cave Heaven realm naturally wouldn’t be a simpleton.
After Li Changshou left, Lin Fan composed himself and began taking the pills—three at once!
If he were an Opening Xuan realm cultivator, Lin Fan would naturally have to be careful, fearing that the terrifying medicinal power would injure him and cause problems. But now that he was at the Condensing Yuan realm, he didn’t need to be so cautious.
Boom!
The astonishing medicinal power erupted the moment the pills entered his mouth.
When Lin Fan swallowed the pills, it reached its peak.
He quickly closed his eyes and focused his mind, beginning to cultivate, frantically condensing the spiritual energy of his physical body with the help of the pills.
The six mascots were practicing their cultivation.
But the sudden news made them extremely excited.
Murong Pipao said excitedly, “I just met the Third Elder. He said that there are Condensing Yuan Pills in the sect’s treasury, and we can each receive one per month!”
“I’ve already received mine.”
“You guys hurry up. With Condensing Yuan Pills to help, I think I can break through to the Condensing Yuan realm!”
Qiu Yongqin was overjoyed. “Is that true? I’m going!”
He ran off.
Ye Changyi, Fang Kun, Pei Xiuqin, and Zuo Qingqing also followed closely behind.
Only Xu Shuyi stared at the pill in surprise. “Sev-seventh grade?!”
“What seventh grade?”
Murong Pipao was stunned.
Xu Shuyi: “…Never mind, Senior Brother, you should cultivate first. I’ll go get my pill too.”
Not long after, the seven mascots all received their own pills and, casting aside all distractions, began consuming them.
Or rather…
The entire Embracing Moon Sect, at this moment, except for the five elders, everyone was collectively taking pills.
Including Xiao Ling’er herself.
The pills were refined to be taken, after all.
When the moon was high in the sky, Lin Fan opened his eyes, a sharp light flashing across them.
“Peak of the Condensing Yuan realm.”
He whispered softly, “I’m not far from the Profound Yuan realm.”
The Condensing Yuan realm was about guiding heaven and earth spiritual energy into the body. While tempering the physical body, it also allowed the spiritual energy to gather within the dantian, strengthening oneself when used.
The Profound Yuan realm was a step further.
It allowed the condensed spiritual energy to travel throughout the body and, after being strengthened by the body’s profound gates, transformed it into Profound Yuan Qi, stored within the profound gates.
When that time came, one’s strength would increase explosively!
All of this was thanks to Xiao Ling’er’s cultivation technique. If he had only relied on the Moon Swallowing Spirit Art, the breakthrough definitely wouldn’t have been so fast. Of course, he also benefited from the Earth Core Demonic Flame.
It further proved that his operation was correct.
Nurture excellent disciples and then use their power to give back to himself.
“The only problem is the lack of quest rewards.”
Thinking of this problem, Lin Fan felt quite speechless.
It looked like he had transmigrated into a world with a game background, but there were no quest rewards.
A broken game, no, a broken world.
That night, cheers rose one after another from the Embracing Moon Sect.
Breakthrough, breakthrough, and more breakthroughs.
It wasn’t just Lin Fan.
Although the seven mascots’ talent wasn’t as good as his, they had been cultivating for longer than him, and the Opening Xuan realm didn’t require much talent.
After cultivating for these years, they had basically opened their eighth and ninth profound gates.
Combined with the terrifying medicinal power of the seventh-grade Condensing Yuan Pills, it directly allowed them to take off, successively crossing into the Condensing Yuan realm.
From this moment on, all disciples of the Embracing Moon Sect collectively entered the Condensing Yuan realm!
The next day, the seven mascots were beaming.
Their mood was better than ever.
And today, it was Fang Kun and Zuo Qingqing’s turn to guard the mountain gate.
They had bright smiles and were in a great mood.
However, they didn’t know trouble was also quietly approaching.