"Milord, do you know what the essence of pill refinement is? And what its purpose is?"
Snake Nineteen asked calmly. In that moment, it seemed to have become a teacher.
Wang Wu also did his best to set aside the various emotions that had just been stirred up. Snake Nineteen might deceive him in other matters, but it could not deceive him when it came to genuine knowledge. This was precisely the time for him to fill in his foundational cultivation knowledge and all manner of common sense.
He no longer had to grope his way forward alone.
"I think the essence of pill refinement is the process of purifying energy as much as possible. As for its purpose, it should be to make up for one's own deficiencies?"
"Not a bad understanding, but still not bold enough. No wonder you can only refine Practice Pills—your perception has been bound right here."
Snake Nineteen smiled, seeming rather satisfied.
"For the human race, the path of pill refinement is also called the Mending Heaven School. It is not merely about making up for oneself, but also about mending the external environment, so that inner and outer may be at peace, yin and yang may aid one another. There is also the saying: when one prospers, one aids the world; when one is impoverished, one perfects oneself. This is also the distinction between great mending and lesser mending."
"The path of great mending means providing for all things and all spirits beneath heaven, allowing nature to exist in harmony, allowing all things and spirits to grow naturally, and enabling them to form an orderly, complete, healthy cycle. That cycle itself represents power—a higher level than spirit energy, higher than the use of energy. Milord, do you understand?"
Wang Wu was dumbfounded. There