Lu Chen accepted the tea and drank, smiling gently. "You've worked hard. You've been busy preparing pills all this time, haven't you?" He could smell the faint medicinal fragrance on Yun Qingyue; clearly, she had not been idle these past few days.
Yun Qingyue shook her head softly. "Compared to what you did, this is nothing. The Valley Master and the elders are already waiting in Hundred Herbs Hall. They said they wish to formally thank you."
Hundred Herbs Hall was Medicine King Valley's main council hall, and it was never opened except for matters of great importance.
When Lu Chen entered Hundred Herbs Hall under Yun Qingyue's guidance, the sight within stirred him slightly.
Inside the hall, Valley Master Mu Tianqing stood at the head, alongside Mu Wanqing, Purple Cloud, Green Ripple, and four other elderly men whose auras were deep and still—clearly core elders as well. The eight of them wore solemn ceremonial robes and stood in two rows on either side.
Even more astonishingly, dozens of jade chests, jade cases, and jade bottles with their lids open had been arranged neatly at the center of the hall.
Even from a distance, he could feel the spiritual energy and medicinal fragrance rushing toward him from the items within.
There were thousand-year spirit ginseng, lingzhi, and snow lotuses, crystal-clear and lifelike; an Earthcore Fire Lotus sealed within cold jade, yet still pulsing like a heart;
Seven-Glow Flowing Cloud Pills kept in specially made jade bottles, shrouded in seven-colored rosy light;
high-grade spirit stones piled into small mountains, emanating pure spiritual energy; and several scrolls that appeared to be cultivation manuals or pill formulas...
A dazzling array of treasures, their radiance soaring to the heavens. This was practically half of Medicine King Valley's precious treasury laid bare!
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