Wu Qun Wasn't Despairing at All

Although Luo Ying'er's words left Wu Qun feeling helpless, Wu Qun noticed that Luo Ying'er had indeed become more hardworking since then.

Regardless of what the Future holds, Wu Qun is extremely satisfied with Luo Ying'er as she is now.

They are also working hard to develop Heavenly Medicine Palace, hoping to rival Medicine King Palace in the Future.

Wu Qun was initially full of confidence, but all of that shattered when Wu Qun arrived at the Medicine King Palace and saw everything there with his own eyes.

First, there was an endless expanse of Crystal of Xinghe... and an endless array of rare and precious natural treasures...

To put it simply, Wu Qun possesses most of those boundless natural treasures, but Wu Qun keeps them hidden in his secret vault... Unless faced with a life-or-death situation, Wu Qun feels he would never easily use these natural treasures.

But when Wu Qun first arrived at the Vast Heaven Sect's spiritual field, he only wanted to ask one question... um... do I really live in the same world as the Vast Heaven Sect?

Is it the distortion of human nature or the decline of morality that allows the Vast Heaven Sect to possess resources to this extent?

We collect rare and precious materials by the piece; if we obtain a rare flower or herb, we're excited for half a year and brag about it to others for three to five years.

They even invited relatives and friends to hold a grand gathering to admire the elixir together.

But does the Vast Heaven Sect produce all its spiritual herbs by the acre?

What's even more outrageous is that the Vast Heaven Sect has no restrictions on these rare and precious materials... As long as you are a disciple of the Medicine King Palace, you can ask Mu Bai for them anytime you need them...

Moreover, the standard for distributing rare and precious materials to Mu Bai has never been a single piece, but a whole bundle...

Your Vast Heaven Sect bundles up such a rare and precious herb as the Strange Flower and distributes it like vegetables. Have you considered the feelings of other factions?

Wu Qun originally only wanted to see the Crystal of Xinghe, but the rare and precious materials he saw completely overwhelmed Wu Qun...

Given the absurdity of these resources, how many years would it take for the Heavenly Medicine Palace to surpass them?

This arithmetic problem was so difficult that Wu Qun couldn't calculate the number of years at all...

It's estimated that only a counting unit like an epoch could possibly be used to calculate it...

If the indiscriminate use of rare and precious materials was already outrageous to the extreme, then seeing those Crystal of Xinghe that were being cultivated to the Fifth Rank was enough to drive Wu Qun to the brink of collapse.

Um... what happened to the promise that Third Rank was the ultimate level?

Wasn't it said that it's impossible to cultivate something of Third Rank or higher?

Mu Bai, the tour guide for the Vast Heaven Sect's one-day tour of the spiritual fields, immediately provided an explanation to Wu Qun's questions.

"Senior Wu Qun, you may not know this... but the pressure on us disciples of the Vast Heaven Sect is immense... even I live in constant fear of being surpassed... because you never know when a junior brother might suddenly appear and surpass me..."

"Therefore, the disciples of the Medicine King Palace never set ordinary goals for themselves, such as 'I want to become Medicine Saint in the Future' or 'I want to surpass Medicine Saint in the Future,' because such goals are too easy to achieve and too easy for other junior brothers and sisters to surpass. So we only set one goal for ourselves, and that is to surpass the limit..."

"Only by constantly surpassing and challenging our limits... can we, the disciples of the Medicine King Palace, truly pursue our goals... Our objective is not to pursue limits, but to make limits pursue us!"

Seeing Mu Bai's serious expression, Wu Qun knew that Mu Bai wasn't joking... he was telling the truth!

Um... Mu Bai... listen to what you're saying, is that even human language?

What does it mean to not set ordinary goals for yourself, such as becoming or surpassing the title of "Medicine Saint"?

You call this goal too easy to achieve?

Did you consider the feelings of us other alchemists when you said that?

Although Wu Qun wanted to point out that Mu Bai wasn't speaking human language, Mu Bai was extremely serious about every punctuation mark he used.

Mu Bai said, "Palace Master Wu Qun, you may not know this, but Senior Brother Xinghe has given our Muyue Kingdom a new lease on life. Our Muyue Kingdom must work hard. Moreover, Senior Brother Xinghe himself is a very demanding person..."

Senior Brother Xinghe's most frequent saying was, "If you really can't handle it, why don't you go slacking off with Xiaoqi!"

Every time he heard this, Mu Bai would feel ashamed.

Because what Senior Brother Xinghe said was a warning to me, Mu Bai. Senior Brother Xinghe meant that if I don't work hard, I'm only fit to slack off with trash like Mu Xiaoqi!

Wu Qun also saw the trashy Mu Xiaoqi...

Hmm... it's really terrible... a Peak Seventh Rank alchemist... who mainly specializes in refining Eighth Rank pills beyond their level, with a success rate of only 80%!

Tell me, isn't this garbage?

Wu Qun stated that compared to this trash, not even a disciple of my Heavenly Medicine Palace, let alone myself, Wu Qun, deserves to be called trash.

Because even though I, Wu Qun, am Ninth Rank alchemy grandmaster, my success rate in refining Eighth Rank pills is only 80%... If I could successfully refine Eighth Rank pill when I was Seventh Rank alchemist, let alone an 80% success rate, even if I only had a 20% success rate, I could brag to my fellow disciples in the Heavenly Medicine Palace for a whole year!

So isn't your Vast Heaven Sect's definition of "trash" a bit too outrageous?

It turned out that Mu Bai absolutely did not engage in any Versailles-like behavior, because Wu Qun personally witnessed Mu Bai pointing at Mu Xiaoqi and saying, "Mu Xiaoqi, you piece of trash! You're already at the Peak Seventh Rank, and you can't even produce a top-grade Eighth Rank pill when you try to refine it. You only have an 80% success rate. What's the difference between you and a piece of garbage?"

Upon hearing Mu Bai's insults, the other disciples of the Muyue Kingdom around them all agreed that what Senior Brother Mu Bai said was absolutely right... Mu Xiaoqi is a disgrace to our Muyue Kingdom. Why don't we petition the sect again to expel him from the Vast Heaven Sect!

What does it mean to petition the sect again? Because the people of the Muyue Kingdom actually did that before... Even the Grand Elder felt that Muyue Kingdom's request was somewhat outrageous, considering that Mu Xiaoqi had also contributed to the research on the Crystal of Xinghe...

Therefore, the Grand Elder suggested giving Xiaoqi another chance...

Although Mu Xiaoqi stayed, Xiaoqi Mu Xiaoqi a slightly weaker mentality, she would have collapsed long ago!

But whether Mu Xiaoqi would break down or not, Wu Qun didn't know; Wu Qun knew he had already broken down...

Is your Medicine King Palace truly devoid of humanity?

When I first heard Mu Bai say that becoming or surpassing the Medicine Saint was a common goal, I thought it was outrageous. But now... Wu Qun thinks it's not outrageous at all, because there are about two hundred more ruthless people like Mu Bai in the Medicine King Palace... Their goal is the same: not to surpass the Medicine Saint, but to surpass the limit and make the limit chase after them!

Moreover, Mu Bai also said that the New Year is coming soon. Although there will be fewer Muyue Kingdom in the new year, about a hundred people with decent talent have been selected to enter Vast Heaven Sect and Medicine King Palace.

Wu Qun didn't want to say anything about Mu Bai's assessment that his talent was "just so-so."

When Luo Ying'er lost to Chu Xinghe, Wu Qun thought it was because she lost to the Medicine Saint Inheritance. He believed that as long as Luo Ying'er worked hard, she might have a chance to surpass him in the Future.

But now... Wu Qun knows that this has absolutely nothing to do with the Medicine Saint Inheritance...

Let alone competing with Luo Ying'er Chu Xinghe... if we were to challenge the Vast Heaven Sect again right now, even that trash Mu Xiaoqi from the Vast Heaven Sect could easily crush Luo Ying'er...

To this, Wu Qun could only say, Ying'er... you are not good enough for Mu Xiaoqi...

Of course, the Medicine King Palace doesn't only have disciples from the Muyue Kingdom; there are also normal people there.

Wu Qun wanted to see the normal alchemy disciples of the Vast Heaven Sect... but after taking one look... Wu Qun could say was, I was wrong... the Vast Heaven Sect doesn't have any normal disciples at all...

Because of the training and pressure they received in the Muyue Kingdom, the other disciples' alchemy abilities had truly reached an unbelievable level.

They might still be quite a distance from the trashy Mu Xiaoqi, but the distance between the disciples of the Heavenly Medicine Palace and them was immeasurable!

What's even more terrifying is that in the Heavenly Medicine Palace, disciples are given resources and quotas every month, and everyone has to rely on these quotas and resources to cultivate.

After all, Heavenly Medicine Palace sells medicine... so its resources are absolutely top-notch.

Wu Qun always thought that the resources of our Heavenly Medicine Palace were invincible.

It wasn't until Wu Qun inquired about resource quotas at the Medicine King Palace that Mu Bai's words made Wu Qun understand... what true invincibility meant.

"Ah? Palace Master Wu Qun, you're talking about resource quotas for disciples? Hmm... I'm not too clear about the resource quotas for disciples in other palaces, but Senior Brother Xinghe instructed that we in the Medicine King Palace shouldn't have any resource quotas. Whoever wants to refine something, research something, no matter how outrageous, can just refine it as they please. Even if they keep failing, Senior Brother Xinghe will provide unlimited resources for their cultivation."

"What? Palace Master Wu Qun, what is the Grand Elder's opinion? The Grand Elder has never said a word about Senior Brother Xinghe 'Senior Brother Xinghe arrangements... Not only is it like this in our Medicine King Palace, but in all the other palaces, as long as Senior Brother Xinghe makes a request, each palace will implement it immediately. After all, the heads of each palace are quite busy... The Sect Master said that there is no need to report every request made by Senior Brother Xinghe to the sect. For this small matter, whatever Senior Brother Xinghe says should be done."

Wu Qun: "..."

Wu Qun wanted to know... who exactly is the sect leader of the Vast Heaven Sect? Is it really the Martial God Gu Mingchao?

All the resources were allocated by Xinghe with a single sentence, and the various palaces had no objections whatsoever... Even if you fail endlessly, Chu Xinghe will still support you. No matter how outrageous your research is, Chu Xinghe will support you 100%.

This isn't a sect... Wu Qun suddenly had an idea... How about... I expel myself from the Heavenly Medicine Palace and join the Vast Heaven Sect...?

Wu Qun discovered that the number of resources available to the disciples of the Medicine King Palace had even surpassed that of him Heavenly Medicine Palace.

If Luo Ying'er's previous failure had left Wu Qun somewhat desperate, then at this moment, Wu Qun was not desperate at all.

Even quite indifferent.

What is there to despair about?

Is despair helpful?

You feel extremely desperate when you discover that your opponent is twice as strong as you and you cannot defeat them.

But when you discover your opponent is 10086 times stronger than you, what is there to despair about...? Because you're simply not worthy of being their opponent...

If you can't even be a competitor, what are you despairing about?