Things Remained, but People Had Changed; Plant Spirits

"Indeed. A pill that can cleanse and refine a Golden Core. As it happens, by a fortunate stroke of fate, I once obtained spiritual herbs capable of refining such pills. I should be able to make some."

Seeing everyone's astonishment, Lu Qing merely smiled.

Naturally, he understood their surprise.

Even in the Tian Yuan Great World, pills capable of cleansing and refining a Golden Core were considered quite precious.

He still remembered the scene at the auction in Tian Shu City all those years ago, when that decrepit Golden Core Realm cultivator had pleaded with others to yield him a pill that could cleanse and refine a Golden Core.

But Lu Qing happened to possess spiritual herbs capable of cleansing and refining a Golden Core.

With his current cultivation, he had no use for such herbs anymore.

He might as well refine them into pills, lest they go to waste.

Hearing Lu Qing's words, everyone's hearts filled with envy.

But envy was useless. They were not even in the Golden Core Realm, so they had no right to hope for pills of that level.

Hu Ze Zhi was somewhat flustered. "Brother Lu, this is too precious. I'm afraid I don't deserve it."

"There's no question of whether you deserve it. Those spiritual herbs serve no other purpose in my hands anyway. Besides, I heard from Master that over these years, you've quietly protected the village as well. You've put your heart into it."

For some reason, Hu Ze Zhi's nose stung at his words.

But she did not let Lu Qing see it. Instead, she revealed a radiant smile. "Then I'll thank you in advance, Brother Lu."

Lu Qing chatted with Hu Ze Zhi and Ma Gu for a while longer. At that moment, Wei Zi'an came over, leading the