A Heavenly Spirit Root Appeared-This Disciple Is Mine

Lu Chen guarded the Waste Pill Repository by day, then went down the mountain at night disguised as a reclusive master experiencing the mortal world.

But he never expected that the moment he stepped into the House of Ten Thousand Beauties' main hall, countless people waiting there would block his path completely.

"Masked Senior, this humble woman is willing to give herself to you. I only beg Senior to grant me a Spirit-Gathering Pill..."

A beautiful woman stepped forward directly to ask for a pill.

"Uh..."

Lu Chen was utterly bewildered.

"Senior, I am willing to offer all my family's possessions. I only ask for a Realm-Breaking Pill..."

"Senior, I am willing to serve as a slave or maid. Please grant me a Spirit-Concentrating Pill and help me break through to the fifth level of the Qi Refining Realm..."

The crowd surged forward, each begging for pills.

Had Zhao Hong not stood in front of Lu Chen, Lu Chen would have long since been pounced on by these beautiful female cultivators.

Countless cultivators crowded toward Lu Chen.

Lu Chen could not move an inch.

"Everyone, get out of the way!"

Zhao Hong roared. A powerful wave of vital energy immediately erupted from his body, blasting everyone around him apart.

You people really had beautiful dreams. If you became the master's slaves and servants, then what would I be?

Zhao Hong was truly furious. These people actually wanted to replace him as his master's servants—how could that be allowed?

"A great Foundation Establishment cultivator?"

Everyone was cowed by Zhao Hong's imposing aura.

Those with weaker cultivation had already begun trembling in terror.

After all, the overwhelming majority of cultivators present were only in the Qi Refining Realm.

Everyone retreated in panic.

"Big Brother, can you give Xixi a Meridian-Unblocking Pill? Xixi wants to become a cultivator too!"

A soft, childish voice rang out.

Lu Chen looked down and saw a rosy-cheeked little girl gently tugging at the hem of his clothes.

"How did you know I'm Big Brother?"

Lu Chen looked at the adorable child curiously.

"I just know. Big Brother, please give Xixi a Meridian-Unblocking Pill. Father and Mother said that as long as I eat one, I can become a Qi Refining Realm cultivator. Then they won't dare bully Father and Mother anymore."

The little girl looked up at Lu Chen with innocent eyes.

"Whose child is this? Come take her away at once!"

Zhao Hong shouted at the crowd.

"Don't be so loud. You'll scare the child!"

Lu Chen waved his hand.

"Xixi, come here quickly..."

In the distance, a middle-aged man and woman looked extremely anxious.

They were afraid the little girl would offend Lu Chen.

Lu Chen glanced at the pair and discovered that they were merely ordinary people, not even Qi Refining Realm cultivators.

"Father, Mother, I'm asking Big Brother for a pill!"

The little girl looked at her parents and said.

"Mm, I don't have a Meridian-Unblocking Pill. I'll give you a Beauty-Preserving Pill instead. Take it and trade it for a Meridian-Unblocking Pill!"

As Lu Chen spoke, he took out a small jade bottle containing a Beauty-Preserving Pill.

"A Beauty-Preserving Pill..."

All the female cultivators present stared at the little jade bottle in Lu Chen's hand.

This was a pill that could preserve one's appearance forever.

One Beauty-Preserving Pill could be traded for ten Meridian-Unblocking Pills.

A Meridian-Unblocking Pill was merely an ordinary pill that allowed mortals to open their meridians and break through into the Qi Refining Realm.

Yet even the most ordinary Meridian-Unblocking Pill cost one hundred Low-Grade Spirit Stones at the Joyful Union Sect's Pill Pavilion.

And spirit stones had all been monopolized by the major cultivation factions.

Ordinary people could scarcely obtain even a single Mixed Spirit Stone, much less a Low-Grade Spirit Stone.

"Thank you, Big Brother..."

The little girl happily accepted the small jade bottle from Lu Chen.

However, at the very instant the little girl's hand touched Lu Chen's, the Yin-Yang Cauldron in Lu Chen's dantian suddenly reacted.

"Fire-Aligned Heavenly Spirit Root!"

"What..."

Lu Chen was greatly shocked.

This little girl actually possessed a Fire Spiritual Root, and it was even a Heavenly Spirit Root.

One had to know that this was a Heaven-Grade Spirit Root, a level higher than even a Supreme-Grade Spirit Root.

"Little one, are you willing to take me as your master?"

How could Lu Chen let a cultivation genius with such heaven-defying talent slip away?

Back then, Liu Fuyao had been tested by the Joyful Union Sect and found to possess a Heavenly Spirit Root—moreover, a Sword Spirit Root. That was why the Joyful Union Sect's master had directly accepted her as a personal disciple.

And this little girl also possessed a Heavenly Spirit Root, and it was even a Fire Spiritual Root.

She was simply born to refine pills.

"What..."

"The mysterious senior wants to take the little girl as a disciple?"

Everyone present was dumbfounded.

Especially the little girl's parents.

They had originally intended to offer up all their possessions, merely to beg this senior for a Meridian-Unblocking Pill for their daughter.

Who would have thought that the mysterious senior would actually want to accept their daughter as a disciple?

This was a colossal stroke of fortune.

"D-Daughter, hurry... hurry and agree!"

The little girl's parents were so excited that they could barely speak properly.

If their daughter could enter the senior's tutelage, their entire family would soar into the sky in a single bound.

"Taking a disciple?"

At that moment, Jiang Yingyue, the Joyful Union Sect's Supreme Elder sitting in the corner, could not help growing curious at the sight.

Could it be that this little girl possessed heaven-defying cultivation talent?

Otherwise, why would this senior take the initiative to accept her as a disciple?

Yun Feiyan, the Joyful Union Sect's senior disciple, also watched the scene suspiciously.

"Big Brother, if Xixi becomes your disciple, can Xixi become a cultivator?"

The little girl asked innocently.

"Of course you can, and you'll become a very powerful cultivator too!"

Lu Chen reached out and patted the little girl's head.

A Heavenly Spirit Root—its cultivation speed was beyond question.

And the little girl was still so young. In just a few years, she could become the youngest Golden Core Realm cultivator in the cultivation world.

Hadn't Liu Fuyao also reached the Golden Core Realm in merely a few years?

The little girl's talent was no weaker than Liu Fuyao's.

Liu Fuyao, Liu Fuyao—disciples I raise will be able to defeat you.

"Mm, Xixi is willing to take Big Brother as her master!"

As she spoke, the little girl directly knelt before Lu Chen.

"Haha... good, good, good..."

Lu Chen had never expected that he would actually take on a disciple.

Wait, he himself was only in the Qi Refining Realm, and he did not even know how to refine pills. What now?

How was he supposed to teach a disciple?

Oh, mother of heaven.

He had encountered a Heavenly Spirit Root and become so excited that he had not considered this at all.

Forget it. He would take things one step at a time for now.

"Hold it!"

Just then, a loud shout came from outside.

Everyone looked over and saw someone striding into the building from outside.

Lu Chen recognized the newcomer.

It was none other than Lin Tianhe, one of the Lin Household's elders.

"Lin Tianhe, what are you trying to do?"

Zhao Hong stepped forward and shielded Lu Chen behind him.

"How can a member of my Lin Household take another person as master, especially some fellow of unknown origin?"

Lin Tianhe looked coldly at Lu Chen.

"Hm?"

Lu Chen was startled upon hearing this. He had never imagined that this little girl was actually a member of the Lin Household.

"Elder, we are only a branch family of the Lin Household. We have no right at all to cultivate the Lin Household's techniques, yet you refuse to let my daughter enter another's tutelage. Aren't you cutting off my daughter's path of cultivation?"

The little girl's father grew anxious.

"So what? As long as you are a member of the Lin Household, you must obey the Lin Household's orders."

Lin Tianhe did not care about any of that.

"This is too much! You disregard whether we live or die. We want no part of this Lin Household!"

The little girl's father said indignantly.

"Has the Lin Household ever given us any support? Not even a little! When we were in trouble, where were the Lin Household's people?"

"You direct descendants feast on fine food and wine. When you want cultivation techniques, you have cultivation techniques; when you want cultivation resources, you have cultivation resources. What do we branch families have? All we have is work that can never be finished. Are we born to toil like oxen and horses for you direct descendants?"

Several members of the Lin Household's branch families in the main hall voiced their dissatisfaction.

"Are you trying to rebel? Without us direct descendants tossing you a mouthful of food, you would have long since been wandering the streets as beggars!"

Lin Tianhe roared.

"..."

Those Lin Household branch family members immediately dared not make another sound.

"What a display of authority. When I take a disciple, it is not the Lin Household's turn to point fingers!"

Lu Chen said coldly.

"I don't care who you are. Behind my Lin Household stand the Joyful Union Sect and the Sacred Pill Sect. I have already sent word to the Joyful Union Sect's elders and the Sacred Pill Sect's Alchemical Master. They are on their way. If you know what's good for you, get lost. Never appear before me again, or you will die a miserable death."

Lin Tianhe said disdainfully.

"Oh, really?"

Lu Chen smiled. "Then let them come! This disciple is mine, no matter what!"