Seven-Star Pill

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Moon-Gazing City had already been thrown into an uproar. Even several great cities nearby had turned their attention toward Moon-Gazing City.

Within Moon-Gazing City's City Lord's Mansion, someone from the Chen Clan had awakened an Immortal Spirit Root. Though no one knew exactly who it was, the matter was absolutely true.

The Immortal World had never lacked well-informed people. When the Immortal Spirit Root appeared that day, more than one person had caught the fluctuations it gave off.

Everyone knew that the Chen Clan was likely about to rise because of this. Of course, many hoped that the one who had awakened the Immortal Spirit Root was that Chen Clan wastrel who did not even know what cultivation was. If so, the Immortal Spirit Root would be wasted on him.

Over the past few days, Chen Xiao had continually consolidated his foundation. He had already reached the peak of the Foundation Establishment Realm, with one foot practically in the Golden Core Realm.

Yet he had delayed breaking through to the Golden Core Realm. He wanted to form his Golden Core naturally rather than force it.

If other cultivators learned of this, they would surely think Chen Xiao was mad. When cultivators formed their Golden Cores, success and failure always came with certain odds. Nearly every cultivator, including Chen Tiannan when he had formed his Golden Core, had expended a vast number of Heavenly Mystery Stones and strained with all his might before successfully breaking through in one go.

However, Chen Xiao's true essence was extraordinarily abundant. In terms of reserves, it had already far surpassed the total amount possessed by Golden Core Realm cultivators. Even if he fought an early Golden Core Realm cultivator now, it was still impossible to say who would win and who would lose.

"Young Master, you've come out of seclusion?"

Three days later, Chen Xiao stepped out of his room. Mengmeng, who had been guarding the place all along, immediately noticed.

"Young Master, you..."

The next instant, Mengmeng covered her mouth. She stared at Chen Xiao in utter disbelief. Three days ago, Chen Xiao had only been at the third level of Qi Refining, yet now he had reached the peak of Foundation Establishment.

This was simply too shocking.

"Could what Master said be true? Young Master, did you really awaken the legendary Immortal Spirit Root?"

Mengmeng asked with wide eyes.

Chen Xiao merely smiled without answering.

"Xiao'er, how did it go?"

At that moment, Chen Xiao's father Chen Tiannan, mother Su Mulan, and his two elder brothers Chen Yuan and Chen Lan also sensed that Chen Xiao had emerged from seclusion and hurried over.

Seeing Chen Tiannan and the others arrive, Mengmeng excused herself and quietly withdrew.

Two flashes of golden light passed through Chen Tiannan's eyes as he examined the fluctuations around Chen Xiao from head to toe.

"It really is an Immortal Spirit Root... a Wood Attribute Immortal Spirit Root. Such abundant true essence, peak Foundation Establishment. Good, good, good! Hahahaha..."

For the first time, Chen Tiannan revealed a smile before Chen Xiao.

"Kid, well done. I never expected it really would be an Immortal Spirit Root." Chen Xiao's eldest brother Chen Yuan laughed as he patted Chen Xiao's shoulder.

Chen Yuan had already reached the early Spirit Division Realm and was one of the outstanding talents among the Chen Clan's new generation. Chen Lan, meanwhile, was at the middle stage of the Out-of-Body Realm. Of course, both of them were already nearing a hundred years old and had each started their own families.

In the Immortal World, cultivators under a hundred years old naturally belonged to the younger generation. Some had not yet even married.

At this moment, Chen Yuan and Chen Lan looked at Chen Xiao with deep satisfaction.

Everything Chen Xiao had shown over the past few days had made them realize that their younger brother had turned back from the edge.

The two, who had doted on their little brother since childhood, were both exceedingly happy.

Chen Xiao's heart was also filled with warmth. He had dreamed of this scene countless times before, and today, it had finally come true.

"However, Xiao'er, you must remember this. Although you have awakened an Immortal Spirit Root and possess the potential to become a Golden Immortal, potential is only potential. If you perish midway, everything will be nothing but a dream!"

Chen Tiannan looked at Chen Xiao with a solemn expression.

"Father, rest assured. If I do not want others to know, then no one will know that I am the one."

Chen Xiao smiled faintly. Golden light flashed over his body, and all his aura vanished. Even his cultivation at the peak of Foundation Establishment transformed into the third level of Qi Refining.

"This..."

Chen Tiannan and his wife, along with their two sons, looked at one another, shock filling their eyes.

"Father, Mother, Brothers, actually, I have a master."

Chen Xiao decided to tell a lie. What he wanted was to put his parents at ease, or at least keep them from worrying about him. Moreover, Chen Xiao needed more room to act freely.

There were some things he needed to reveal, and he had to have a reason and an excuse. This master he had fabricated out of thin air was the perfect cover.

After all, many of Chen Xiao's secrets could not be exposed. Whether it was the inherited secret treasury of the Talisman Treasure Golden Immortal or his ability to control heavenly tribulation, the slightest leak would cause the Chen Clan to vanish into ashes, doomed beyond redemption.

"You have a master?"

Chen Tiannan laughed and scolded him, "If you had a master, how could I possibly not know? Unless..."

At that point, Chen Tiannan stopped speaking.

Could the master Chen Xiao spoke of be an immortal?

"Xiao'er..." Su Mulan also looked curiously at her youngest son.

"Father, Mother, can you not ask?" Having been reborn once, Chen Xiao truly cherished the familial affection he had lost in his previous life. Yet he likewise did not wish to deceive his parents. Still, he had no other choice.

"Fine, fine, fine."

Chen Tiannan nodded reassuringly. All signs indicated that there truly was someone's shadow behind Chen Xiao. Otherwise, how could Chen Xiao perfectly conceal the fluctuations around him? And how could he have dragged out Cai Di, the Poison Immortal whose cultivation had been completely lost?

Thus, Chen Tiannan was very much at ease.

Naturally, he was not at all worried that this master might covet anything from the Chen Clan. To enter and leave Moon-Gazing City's City Lord's Mansion freely without alerting anyone was something an ordinary True Immortal could never accomplish.

Only a more powerful Heavenly Immortal could manage it. Yet in the eyes of a Heavenly Immortal, Moon-Gazing City was undoubtedly some poor backwater, while the Chen Clan was no more than a country landlord. Why would an immortal above the Heavenly Immortal level covet the belongings of a country landlord?

Though Su Mulan was somewhat unwilling, she did not want to pry too deeply into her son's affairs, so she stopped questioning him as well.

This made Chen Xiao heave a huge sigh of relief. In this life, the people he cared about most were his family. If Chen Tiannan had continued pressing him, Chen Xiao feared he would not have been able to endure it and would have spilled everything.

"Father, you must be wary of the Nangong Family. Those people are not simple." After pondering for a moment, Chen Xiao said, "Oh, and Father, the hidden injuries in my body have already been healed by my master. This is a medicinal pill he gave me to pass on to you."

Chen Xiao took a jade bottle from his Storage Ring and handed it to Chen Tiannan.

Chen Tiannan accepted it curiously and opened it. In an instant, a clear, penetrating medicinal power spread forth.

Chen Tiannan had originally been injured from refining Three-Star Pills, but when this medicinal power stimulated him, his injuries actually improved by thirty percent.

"This is a Seven-Star Pill?!"

Chen Tiannan's eyes went wide!

The Seven-Star Pill was an enhanced version of the Chen Clan's inherited Three-Star Pill, a supreme healing spirit pill. It was also the highest-grade medicinal pill Chen Xiao could currently bring out from the Golden Immortal Kingdom.

In truth, the Chen Clan's Three-Star Pill had merely been developed after one of their ancestors accidentally acquired an incomplete formula for the Seven-Star Pill and made slight alterations to it. Compared to a genuine Seven-Star Pill, it was inferior by far more than a single degree.

However, the true refining method for the Seven-Star Pill had long since been lost in the Immortal World. Even within the Talisman Treasure Golden Immortal's Golden Immortal Kingdom, there were only a few remaining.

This time, Chen Xiao had taken out a Seven-Star Pill to treat the injuries Chen Tiannan had sustained from refining Three-Star Pills.