Old Man Duan Offers Help in the Snow, Universe Bowl Dispenses Pills Overnight

Having just arrived at the Waste Elixir Chamber, Shen Fan felt uncomfortable all over.

Whether it was the residual heat in the chamber or the change of environment, he tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep.

Although there was a formation in the room to isolate the heat, keeping the temperature constant at around thirty degrees, the stuffiness seemed to penetrate his pores and seep into his bones, making him restless.

Shen Fan simply sat up and began to cultivate the Qi Guiding Art.

This Qi Guiding Art was taught to handyman disciples and was extremely basic, available everywhere. At most, it could only allow one to cultivate to the third level of the Qi Refining Stage.

And Shen Fan had already reached the third level of the Qi Refining Stage.

After circulating it for several cycles, the spiritual Qi within his body showed no increase, like a stagnant pool.

"It seems that I must find a more profound cultivation method as soon as possible, or learn some magical techniques, otherwise my cultivation will not improve at all!" Shen Fan thought to himself, frowning.

After a sleepless night, Shen Fan tossed and turned in bed until the sky began to turn white, and he finally dozed off.

Dong, dong, dong--!

A burst of rapid knocking suddenly rang out, sounding particularly harsh in the silent Waste Elixir Chamber.

Shen Fan woke up with a start, sat up, looked around, and felt a strange sense of panic in his heart as he looked at the unfamiliar environment.

He got up to open the door and saw Old Man Duan standing outside.

"Old Man Duan? Why are you here?"

Shen Fan's eyes widened, his face full of disbelief.

"Shh—!"

Old Man Duan flashed into the room, wearing a black robe that covered his head tightly, making him look somewhat strange.

Then he scanned the Waste Elixir Chamber.

Seeing that no one was there, he took out a package from his arms without saying a word, and as he unwrapped it layer by layer, a rich spiritual Qi rushed towards them.

Lying inside the package were more than a dozen golden Supreme-Grade Spirit Rice grains, shining brightly in the morning light.

"How did you bring it out?"

Shen Fan's eyes widened, his face full of shock.

Supreme-Grade Spirit Rice was known to be rich in spiritual Qi and extremely difficult to hide. Old Man Duan must have put a lot of effort into bringing it out.

"I used a Qi Concealment Technique. This is the maximum I could bring out. You brat, how could you bear to leave so many good things for me!"

Old Man Duan said, stuffing the package into Shen Fan's arms.

"No, I left it for you, so you should use it yourself. What you're doing is too dangerous. If Zhao Erhu finds out, the consequences would be unimaginable!"

Shen Fan was also secretly shocked. If Old Man Duan was discovered, the consequences would be unimaginable.

"Don't worry, it won't happen!"

Old Man Duan smiled confidently, as if everything was under control.

"In addition, I went to the Market early this morning and used a few Supreme-Grade Spirit Rice grains to exchange for a copy of the 'Five Elements Heavenly Spirit Art' for you!"

As he spoke, Old Man Duan took out a cultivation method and handed it over. "This thing is cultivated by outer disciples, and it has long been spread in the Market, so you can practice it with peace of mind. Although it is ordinary, it is the best of the ordinary. It will be enough for you for the entire Qi Refining Stage!"

Shen Fan took the method and was immediately overjoyed: "Great, the Qi Guiding Art is already useless to me. What you brought is just what I needed!"

"You brat has reached the third level of the Qi Refining Stage?" Old Man Duan immediately noticed Shen Fan's cultivation.

"Uh, I just broke through a few days ago!" Shen Fan didn't hide it.

"What a pity. If it had been earlier, you would have entered the outer sect with that girl, and you wouldn't have been snatched away!"

Old Man Duan shook his head and sighed, a trace of regret flashing in his eyes.

"Let's not talk about it!"

After a few days of settling down, Shen Fan seemed to have let go of it and didn't care so much about Lu Qingzhu's matter anymore.

"Also, I got you a first-order, mid-grade spell, 'Azure Water Fire Ward'. You will continue to suffer from fire poison invasion here. If you don't take precautions, the fire poison will kill you within a year. This technique can effectively resist fire poison invasion and also has a certain defensive effect!"

Old Man Duan took out another secret manual and handed it to Shen Fan.

At this moment, Old Man Duan was like a nagging grandfather, instructing his grandson who was about to travel far away.

Listening to Old Man Duan's instructions, Shen Fan felt a warm current in his heart, and his eyes were slightly hot.

"Old Man Duan!"

Shen Fan was a sentimental person. Whoever was good to him, he would repay them tenfold or a hundredfold.

Leaving the Supreme-Grade Spirit Rice grains to Old Man Duan, Shen Fan was also taking a bit of a gamble.

Now it seemed that he had bet correctly.

"Alright, silly boy, you're really carefree. You dared to leave so many Supreme-Grade Spirit Rice grains to me. Aren't you afraid that I'll report you, or that I'll be discovered and expose you?"

Old Man Duan criticized sternly, but his eyes were full of love.

"Hehe, if I didn't trust you, I would have reported you, you old man, long ago!"

Shen Fan chuckled, naturally referring to Old Man Duan's corpse refining.

"Alright, it's almost dawn, I need to hurry back!"

As he was about to leave, Old Man Duan pondered for a moment and took out a black lacquered book:

"Kid, the reason I refine corpses isn't because I'm from the Nether Corpse Sect. I happened to obtain a corpse refining method by chance. This thing is too bizarre; the improvement in cultivation is unimaginable, but it requires a corpse. After refining, the corpse whelk exhales spiritual energy, feeding it back to you, which is equivalent to two people cultivating. If you're interested, you can take a look, but remember, don't let anyone find out!"

After speaking, Old Man Duan, draped in his black robe, disappeared into the darkness before dawn, leaving Shen Fan alone in the Waste Elixir Chamber, holding the cultivation resources Old Man Duan had given him, his heart filled with gratitude and anticipation.

After Old Man Duan's figure completely disappeared into the morning mist, Shen Fan's fingers unconsciously tightened on the latch.

With a "click," he locked the door, and Shen Fan nimbly crawled under the bed, taking out the Treasure Gathering Universe Bowl.

The pottery bowl with a half-inch chip on its rim felt like it weighed a thousand pounds in his palm.

Shen Fan held his breath and lifted the tattered cloth, but there was no trace of elixir fragrance.

"Could it be... a complete failure?"

Before he finished speaking, a wisp of jade-colored light suddenly lit up.

Shen Fan's pupils shrank, and he saw a pill the size of a longan fruit lying quietly in the bowl, its medicinal aura swirling like clouds and mist, refracting a warm, white jade color.

Shen Fan's fingertips trembled as he picked up the pill, and it was surprisingly warm to the touch.

"Four pill patterns... it's actually a Supreme-Grade Qi Induction Pill!"

Shen Fan gasped, the dark gold patterns flowing on the surface of the pill were clearly the Supreme-Grade elixir phenomena recorded in the classics.

Elixirs are divided into nine grades, and each grade is further divided into low, medium, high, and supreme, each grade having pill patterns representing its quality.

If it were to be sold in the Market, it would be worth a hundred ordinary pills!

"But..."

Shen Fan stared at the empty bottom of the bowl, muttering to himself with some insatiable greed.

"Why only one?"

He then shook his head and smiled wryly.

This isn't unpolished rice; how could it sprout overnight?

"Defective becoming complete, low-grade transforming into supreme-grade..."

Shen Fan pondered the effects of observing the Treasure Gathering Universe Bowl in recent days.

"Quality and quantity, can't have both?"

[Cultivation Level: Qi Refining Stage Twelfth Layer, 1-3 Layers are the Early Stage, 4-6 Layers are the Middle Stage, 7-9 Layers are the Late Stage, 10-12 Layers are the Grand Perfection

Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Transformation Spirit, Refining Void, Body Integration, Great Ascension, Tribulation Transcendence, Nine Realms (Early Stage, Middle Stage, Late Stage, Grand Perfection)]

[Cultivation Technique Level: Heaven, Earth, Black, Yellow, Mortal (Low-Grade, Medium-Grade, High-Grade, Supreme-Grade)]

[Spell Level: 1-9 Order, Low-Grade, Medium-Grade, High-Grade, Supreme-Grade]

[Elixir Level: 1-9 Grade, Low-Grade, Medium-Grade, High-Grade, Supreme-Grade]