Hong Qi, standing to one side, eyed the Ascension Pill in his master's hand with envy. With a sheepish grin, he said, "Master, rich water should not flow into outsiders' fields. When can my senior brother and I raise our cultivation a little more?"
Yue Qianchou glanced at him. He too wanted everyone's cultivation to soar to the heavens in a single step, but forcibly raising their cultivation was easy; forging immortal bodies was troublesome. Taking a few people through the ascension passage was naturally possible, but if there were too many, it would be troublesome and would surely draw the Immortal Palace's close attention. Besides, the ascension passages of the seventy-two realms of the human world were all controlled by the Immortal Palace. Avoiding them would be difficult.
"What are you in such a hurry for?" Yue Qianchou said calmly. "After you leave, keep an eye on something. Use the connections of the Hong Gang and Qing Gang to investigate all the alchemists in every sect across the Cultivation World. Also, those cultivators scattered throughout the Cultivation World—so long as they know alchemy, record their whereabouts. When I need them, you must ensure that they can be found at any time."
"Ah..." Hong Qi froze, scratching his face in confusion. He asked suspiciously, "Could it be that Master wants them to help refine pills?"
"Just do as I say." Yue Qianchou waved a hand and directly sent him back to the Hong Gang. Then he spread open his palm, gazing at the Ascension Pill within it as he muttered, "The great sects of the Immortal World stand like forests, every one of them with strong soldiers and sturdy horses. I may fall short of them, but my strength lies in numbers. Hmm, I have a million human cultivators at