A Hundred-Thousandfold Return, an Eighth-Grade Pill!

"This is a third-grade pill, a Superior Qi-Gathering Pill. It can gather the surrounding Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi and temporarily grant you a higher cultivation. If you encounter a powerful enemy at a higher realm and truly cannot prevail, you can use it."

Lu Changsheng summoned his two disciples to keep fleecing the system.

[Ding! You bestowed a third-grade Superior Qi-Gathering Pill upon your disciple Lin Qingzhi and received a hundred-thousandfold apprentice-teaching return reward: an eighth-grade Red Emperor Dragonforce Pill.]

[Ding! Remaining bestowals for today: -1.]

A hundred-thousandfold return?!

This was the second time in three years that Lu Changsheng had received a hundred-thousandfold return, and his second eighth-grade pill!

The value of an eighth-grade pill far surpassed that of sixth- and seventh-grade pills. It was immeasurable!

Even in Mount Shu, Lu Changsheng had never seen an eighth-grade pill!

Inside Lu Changsheng's Daoist robe appeared a Purple-Gold Eight Trigrams Gourd, smaller than a fist. It contained only a single pill, but that pill was an eighth-grade pill rarely seen in the world.

An eighth-grade pill would move even the Six Great Orthodox Sects and the Four Great Demonic Sects.

Without betraying his feelings, Lu Changsheng bestowed another pill upon his younger disciple, Lian.

[Ding! You bestowed a third-grade Heart-Calming Pill upon your disciple Lian and received a hundred-and-fiftyfold apprentice-teaching return reward: a fifth-grade Iceheart Spirit-Concentrating Pill.]

[Ding! Remaining bestowals for today: -1.]

This time, he had bestowed a third-grade pill and received a fifth-grade pill in return.

That was a more normal return. As for a hundred-thousandfold return, it was something one could encounter by chance but not seek out.

According to the Apprentice-Teaching Simulator's rules, disciples below the Nascent Soul Realm could be bestowed third-grade pills and below, profound-rank Cultivation Methods, yellow-rank Cultivation Methods, and Spirit Artifacts.

Once a disciple reached the Nascent Soul Realm, they could be bestowed fifth-grade pills and below, earth-rank Cultivation Methods, and Houtian Spirit Treasures.

Once a disciple reached the Dao Palace Realm, they could be bestowed seventh-grade pills and below, heaven-rank Cultivation Methods, and Innate Spirit Treasures.

Although his two disciples were still in the Golden Core Realm, they were only a few years away from the Nascent Soul Realm.

Becoming a Mount Shu elder in less than ten years was a blistering cultivation speed.

"I have an extra Heart-Calming Pill here, so I'll give it to you."

Seeing that Chen Yao had come to spar with his disciples again, Lu Changsheng casually gave her a third-grade pill.

Lu Changsheng had no shortage of pills. Any fifth-grade pill could be exchanged for eighty or a hundred Third-Grade Medicinal Pills at Mount Shu's Spirit Pill Pavilion.

Chen Yao often visited Azure Cloud Peak to spar with Lin Qingzhi and Lian, and she occasionally received gifts and guidance from Lu Changsheng as well.

With her Nine Heavens Profound Maiden Physique, Chen Yao fully met the Apprentice-Teaching Simulator's aptitude requirements for a disciple.

Unfortunately, a Mount Shu Grand Supreme Elder had already taken Chen Yao as a disciple, and she would not easily change masters.

Lu Changsheng did not mind, though. Such a gift was a mere hair from nine oxen to him, so he might as well do her a favor while he was at it.

Cultivating immortality was not all fighting and killing.

Behind Chen Yao stood a Mount Shu Grand Supreme Elder whose cultivation was unfathomable. This was also a way to win that person over.

"Senior Lu, how could I possibly accept this..."

Chen Yao was pleasantly surprised by the favor.

She had come to Azure Cloud Peak to see Lin Qingzhi and found that Lu Changsheng often bestowed Law Treasures and pills upon his disciples. He even gave her gifts along with them, leaving her embarrassed.

To think there was such a generous person in the world.

What a strange... wonderful person.

"Consider it payment for sparring with my disciples."

Lu Changsheng did not mind in the least.

He already had two Eighth-Grade Medicinal Pills. He truly did not think much of Third-Grade Medicinal Pills.

Lu Changsheng returned to his cave abode and opened the Purple-Gold Eight Trigrams Gourd he had received. An incomparably vast medicinal power surged out. The mere wisp that escaped made every pore on his body open, and an indescribable comfort welled up within him, as though he had entered an immortal realm.

"As expected of an eighth-grade pill. Its medicinal power is astonishing. With my cultivation, if I swallowed this pill, I'm afraid I'd burst and die on the spot."

Feeling the astonishing medicinal power of the eighth-grade pill, Lu Changsheng pushed the wooden stopper back into the Purple-Gold Eight Trigrams Gourd, finally preventing its medicinal power from leaking out.

According to the system, the Red Emperor Dragonforce Pill was an eighth-grade pill refined from a drop of the Red Emperor's imperial blood and a drop of True Dragon blood. It could temporarily grant the user an unprecedentedly vast amount of strength, but if the user's cultivation and physique were not strong enough, that power would undoubtedly burst them apart.

Lu Changsheng knew this was a divine-grade pill for saving his life when facing a powerful enemy.

If he encountered a powerful enemy at a higher realm than his own, he could simply pop the pill and fight across realms.

Lu Changsheng put the Purple-Gold Eight Trigrams Gourd into the small world within his Dao Palace, alongside the Nine Heavens Thunder-Controlling Sword.

"I can break through to the Dao Palace Realm Fifth Layer at any time now."

Lu Changsheng had built up his strength before unleashing it, refining his body while cultivating the Dao. Otherwise, with the cultivation returned from his many Transmission Empowerments, he would have long since reached the sixth layer of the Dao Palace Realm.

The benefits of building up his strength before unleashing it were quite clear, however. Lu Changsheng's physique was no worse than that of a Martial Dao Alliance martial arts grandmaster, and he could hardly find a match at the same realm.

Moreover, Lu Changsheng would not easily suffer Qi Deviation during a breakthrough, because his foundation at every realm was exceptionally solid.

Advancing from the ninth layer of the Nascent Soul Realm to the Dao Palace Realm Fifth Layer in four years, while also refining his body, was progress that would shock the world.

"I will enter seclusion for a while. Cultivate on your own in the meantime."

Lu Changsheng transmitted his voice to his two disciples.

"The Six Paths Assembly is a year away, and I'll very likely have to spar with elders from other sects. Who would expect me to have reached the Dao Palace Realm Fifth Layer by then and cultivated the Nine Dragons Body Refining Method as well? But unless I have no other choice, I can't casually reveal my true cultivation. I'll lie low until I become an immortal."

Neither Lin Qingzhi nor Lian found it surprising that Lu Changsheng had entered seclusion to cultivate.

Over the past four years, their master had entered seclusion at intervals, and they had no way of knowing what realm he had reached now.

What amazed Lin Qingzhi was that his master gave them Transmission Empowerments every few days, yet his cultivation had not declined. Instead, it grew more refined by the day.

At Ask Immortal Pavilion's Misty Peak, clouds and mist swirled. A mountain breeze set the white clouds drifting and flowing like soft, delicate silk. A line of immortal cranes flew past, while streams ran down lofty mountains, waterfalls hung from the heights, and jagged rocks jutted out, making the place look like an immortal realm.

A fairy with billowing robes, skin of ice and bones of jade, and a cool beauty beyond compare walked barefoot onto the surface of a vast lake. The water swiftly froze, turning the entire lake into a gleaming mirror. Even time showed signs of freezing.

"Disciple, you have the greatest natural talent of any disciple I have ever seen. Only the immortal who founded our Ask Immortal Pavilion two hundred thousand years ago could compare with you."

"However, you cultivate the Supreme Forgetting Emotions Art and walk the path of eternal life. Other cultivators, myself included, are merely clouds passing before your eyes. You must never let your feelings be stirred."

"At the Six Paths Assembly a year from now, teach the younger generation of Mount Shu elders a lesson on my behalf. I want to see that old man Taiyuan of Mount Shu looking embarrassed."

A soft, beautiful but cold voice rang out. It belonged to the Pavilion Master of Ask Immortal Pavilion.

"I must not let my feelings be stirred... I understand, Master. There is something I wish to ask."

At a stir of Xia Ningxue's mind, the lake swiftly thawed and the waterfall began to flow again. Only beneath her white jade-like feet did the ice remain.

"Speak."

"Since you also cultivate the Supreme Forgetting Emotions Art, Master, you should have severed yourself from the worldly afflictions of greed, anger, delusion, arrogance, and doubt. Why are you so preoccupied with winning or losing against Mount Shu's Taiyuan True Person?"