Dragon Tiger Pill Formula

Whoosh!

The crimson arrow streaked like a beam of light, illuminating the estate.

Chen Ping had been about to make a move, but he sensed a deadly aura from the arrow.

In an instant, the power that had been surging within him abruptly subsided.

"Ah—!"

With a miserable scream, a bloody hole appeared between Zhao Yi's brows. His eyes dimmed, and he collapsed to the ground.

"Yi'er!" The beautiful woman let out a heart-rending shriek.

Yet Bai Jing turned a deaf ear to it all and walked away.

Today's outcome was the fruit of seeds they had sown. Those who killed would eventually be killed; there was nothing more to say.

As for Chen Ping's warning, though Bai Jing was wary, this was an assessment. If Chen Ping dared ruin his chance at a Grade A Rating, then he was blocking Bai Jing's path.

"Bai Jing, I will report this matter truthfully to Yun Hai," Chen Ping said as he watched Bai Jing's retreating figure leave once more.

The latter seemed not to have heard him and gave no response. In the blink of an eye, he vanished through the doorway.

"Immortal Master, you must tell Yun Hai! Yi'er was his best friend. Make him kill that man and avenge my son and my husband!"

The beautiful woman's eyes brimmed with hatred as she gritted her teeth, but Chen Ping frowned and could not help barking, "Shut up!"

"I will report this matter exactly as it happened. Whatever the outcome, it is not something a worldly person like you should concern yourself with."

Then he stared in the direction of the doorway, lost in thought for a long while.

Bai Jing's strength had caught him off guard and made him deeply wary.

"Perhaps he is nothing worth mentioning on the path of spiritual cultivation, but in the field of formations, he absolutely cannot be underestimated," he murmured, his gaze complicated.

Thinking back to the power displayed by that Star Array, even he had trembled at it.

Bai Jing might be a genius of the formation path!

"This matter can be either great or small. One is a Violet Cauldron Genius, while the other is an outstanding talent of the formation path. But no matter what, it has nothing to do with me. I cannot involve myself in this karma."

Chen Ping turned the matter over in his mind and reached a decision.

He could not afford to offend either of them.

Just as he was about to leave, he recalled something and muttered to himself, "When I return, I'd better keep my distance from that fellow Chu Ming. He forcibly shut two geniuses, who could have forged bonds of comradeship through struggle, out the door."

"Star Array Basics at minor mastery? Junior Brother Changsheng, when did that boy learn formations, and how long has he practiced this array?"

Above the clouds, a white-robed cultivator looked at the figure some distance away and asked.

"Only about half a year. How could he compare to those formation-cultivator disciples?" Lin Changsheng gave a bitter smile, then added, "That boy merely has some scheming. He wanted to pass the assessment through the power of formations. You saw it yourself—when he killed enemies, he did not even dare approach them, only launching sneak attacks and relying on tricks. How could he compare to Chen Ping, who acted openly and cleanly?"

"It was the same when he defeated Li Huai'an earlier. He merely took advantage of Lightness Skill Mastery."

Hearing this, the white-robed cultivator nodded. He had witnessed everything just now. Bai Jing had completed the task so easily only because he had secretly set up the array while no one was paying attention, and his array setup speed had been extremely slow.

Then spiritual light flashed, and he vanished from where he stood.

"Take care, Senior Brother!" Lin Changsheng wore a smile. Only after the other had been gone for a while did his expression fade, replaced by surprise.

"That boy reached minor mastery in the Star Array Formation in just one month. He is absolutely a rare formation genius."

"After the assessment ends, I should recruit him into our Spiritual Elegance Peak and add another talent to our line." His expression turned solemn as he murmured, "This must be settled early. We cannot let anyone notice the clues. I'll notify Senior Disciple Yun at once."

Elsewhere.

After leaving the Zhao Residence, Bai Jing arrived on a street near the inn.

"I told you not to come out, but you refused to listen." Looking at the corpse before him, he shook his head and sighed.

He then buried the youth in the mountain forest outside the city and erected a gravestone.

Only after finishing all this did Bai Jing return to the inn and begin taking stock of his gains.

He took two jade bottles, a manual, and a damaged sheet of paper from his robes.

All of them had been stripped from Zhao Tianyang's body.

"Tiger Roar Technique!" He picked up the manual and flipped through it briefly before shaking his head.

"This should be the mastery Zhao Tianyang learned when he took Shangqing Mountain's assessment back then."

"Unfortunately, it is of little use to me."

Such a mastery was only suited to cultivators at the qi-and-blood stage. Experts beyond the Dao Platform realm had no use for it at all.

He certainly could not sell it to Rogue Cultivators either, since it was a Shangqing Mountain mastery.

Zhao Tianyang had already acted improperly by passing this mastery down to his son.

"Better destroy it." Bai Jing tossed the manual directly into the candle flame.

Only after the manual had turned to ash did he shift his gaze to the sheet of paper and the two jade bottles.

"Dragon Tiger Pill Formula!"

Reading the description on the paper, he immediately understood.

This should be the mysterious pill formula obtained by Zhao Tianyang's adoptive father—the culprit behind the Zhao family being devoured down to the last scrap.

"Nourishes qi and blood, strengthens the foundation, and cultivates the origin."

Bai Jing skimmed through it, then picked up the jade bottles and examined them. He guessed, "These may be Dragon Tiger Pills refined by Zhao Tianyang."

He then opened one of the jade bottles directly, and a clear fragrance immediately spread through the air.

He took out a pill. It was red, with nothing else particularly unusual about it.

After some thought, Bai Jing crushed the pill and placed a tiny bit of powder in his mouth.

In ancient times, Shennong tasted a hundred herbs. Today, he would taste this Dragon Tiger Pill.

"Not bad. It tastes alright, with a hint of sweetness—like a sugar pellet."

"Wait!" His expression changed slightly.

"I thought Zhao Tianyang's adoptive father became a great expert through this pill because it could enhance inner force."

"Yet—"

This time, Bai Jing did not hesitate. He took another fresh pill and swallowed it.

At once, he felt streams of rich qi and blood arising within his body.

"This is a pill similar to a Blood Pill!"

But soon, he was somewhat disappointed. Its medicinal effect is ten times weaker than a Blood Pill's.

"No!"

In an instant, his expression changed again.

Bai Jing immediately sat cross-legged and circulated the Minor Formless Technique, thoroughly refining the pill.

As the Dragon Tiger Pill's effects fully unfolded, he felt the fatigue from setting up the array today easing away.

"This is a pill that can nourish the divine soul!" His imposing body jolted, and astonishment filled his eyes.

"This pill is even more precious than a Blood Pill!"

Bai Jing was somewhat excited, but he quickly calmed down and carefully read through the pill formula.

Buzz!

Before long, a bubble appeared amid the scorched earth of his sea of consciousness!

Then Bai Jing placed the pill formula into the candle flame as well, without the slightest hesitation.

Only after a while did he let out a sigh of relief.

This trip has been a complete success. Even if I do not receive a Grade A Rating in the end, I have not lost out, Bai Jing thought.

"I just wonder whether the quality of these pills, and whether what Zhao Tianyang refined, represented the formula's true limit."

"Forget it. Once I enter Shangqing Mountain, I can think about how to deal with it."

Afterward, he took two more Dragon Tiger Pills. The mental energy spent on setting up the array was replenished considerably.

With time still remaining, Bai Jing closed his eyes and immersed himself in cultivation.