An Expert Appears

"Fellow Daoist Xu Qing, Elder Ji instructed me to deliver these Qi Regulating Pills and Azure Cloud Pills. Please accept them," the disciple said respectfully.

Xu Qing accepted the pills and gave the disciple a grateful look. "Thank you."

The disciple bowed again. "If Fellow Daoist Xu Qing needs anything else, please feel free to ask."

Xu Qing nodded, returned to his room, picked up the jade slip tray containing the Nine Stars Pill Inquiry Art, and handed it to the disciple.

"I've already read this art. It is indeed profound and exquisitely intricate,

but for me at present, it is somewhat too simple. I wonder if I could exchange it for a more advanced Pill Refining Method?

Of course, if it is inconvenient for your sect, then forget it."

Xu Qing said with a smile.

The disciple froze, then opened his mouth. "Simple? Fellow Daoist, aren't you... exaggerating a little?"

Xu Qing smiled awkwardly. "I'm not saying this pill-refining art is simple.

I only mean that it is somewhat simple for me at present. I also know a little about pill refining."

The disciple was still rather incredulous. "This, this... I'll have to ask Senior Brother. Please wait a moment."

With that, he dragged the tray away and sprinted off.

Xu Qing silently apologized.

But if he wanted to master more pill-refining methods, he had no choice but to resort to this provoking tactic.

He returned to his room and placed the pills on the table, his heart churning with emotion.

The great sects of the Star Sea Realm were probably all treated this way.

No wonder they were so powerful.

Pill resources were an important component of a sect's resources.

If any disciple wanted to grow from weak to strong through nothing but bitter cultivation, it would be