Su Qingqing Also Came Seeking Pills?

Within Number Eighteen Waste-Pill Room in Waste-Pill Valley.

Lu Chen began restoring the discarded pills.

For ordinary ninth-grade discarded pills, a single strand of Yin-Yang Essence could restore thirty-three pills.

High-grade discarded pills, however, were different.

Restoring one Realm-Breaking Pill required fifteen strands of Yin-Yang Essence.

And for a Foundation Establishment Pill, restoring one required thirty strands of Yin-Yang Essence.

He currently possessed a total of 427 strands of Yin-Yang Essence.

He took out the Yin-Yang Cauldron and spent two strands of Yin-Yang Essence to restore sixty-six ninth-grade Spirit-Gathering Pills, Marrow-Washing Pills, Spirit-Concentrating Pills, and Essence-Sealing Pills.

Ordinary cultivators could afford these four kinds of pills.

Moreover, the Joyful Union Sect was about to hold its once-in-a-decade Sect Grand Tournament.

The Joyful Union Sect had no shortage of outer sect disciples.

Lu Chen was a lowliest-ranking menial disciple of the Joyful Union Sect,

but among the Joyful Union Sect's outer sect disciples were mountain-patrol disciples, law-enforcement disciples, and mission disciples.

Some outer sect disciples were even trusted confidants of inner sect elders.

These outer sect disciples carried quite a few Spirit Stones on them.

Of course, Lu Chen's primary targets were still those Inner Sect Disciples of the Joyful Union Sect.

The Inner Sect Disciples were the true rich ladies.

Foundation Establishment Pills, Realm-Breaking Pills, Dragon Soaring Pills, and Blood-Burning Pills—those high-grade pills were what the Inner Sect Disciples desperately needed.

And only those rich ladies of the inner sect could afford them.

Hehe!

How could he let such a chance to make a fortune slip by?

The Black Tortoise Sect wanted to annex the Joyful Union Sect, did they?

Then he would produce a batch of Foundation Establishment Pills and Realm-Breaking Pills, so those beautiful senior sisters of the Joyful Union Sect's inner sect could all raise their cultivation realms.

Lu Chen knew that the Joyful Union Sect possessed a formidable protective grand formation.

But to activate it required at least 365 Foundation Establishment Realm disciples to exert their power simultaneously.

This was the Greater Celestial Circuit Joyful Union Immortal-Ensnaring Formation.

It was said that it had been activated once five hundred years ago. The phenomenon had shaken the world, as though an immortal court had descended from the heavens and celestial maidens had come down from the Ninth Heaven. It even bewitched a Nascent Soul patriarch who had barged into the formation until he was dizzy and disoriented, his mind gone; in the end, his primordial yang was drained dry, and he died on the spot.

The Black Tortoise Sect wanted to annex the Joyful Union Sect?

Then he had to make things a little harder for the Black Tortoise Sect.

With that thought, Lu Chen continued restoring discarded Realm-Breaking Pills.

Restoring one consumed fifteen strands of Yin-Yang Essence.

Ten would take 150 strands.

Then he restored discarded Foundation Establishment Pills.

Restoring one consumed thirty strands of Yin-Yang Essence.

Gritting his teeth, he restored five in one go, consuming another 150 strands of Yin-Yang Essence.

In one stroke, he had used up 302 strands of Yin-Yang Essence.

How much Yin-Yang Essence did he have left?

Holy shit!

Lu Chen calculated it. He had 125 strands of Yin-Yang Essence remaining.

He put away the pills and walked out of the Waste-Pill Room.

This wouldn't do.

How could he obtain more Yin-Yang Essence?

By then, dusk had fallen outside.

Lu Chen returned to the small building.

No one had touched the brush and ink he had placed on the table.

Nor had anyone looked through the ledger.

No one had sent discarded pills to the Waste Pill Repository for storage.

Lu Chen thought, the Sect Grand Tournament was only three days away.

Who would still send discarded pills here?

Everyone was preparing for the tournament three days from now.

Especially the outer sect disciples.

If outer sect disciples wanted to rise to prominence, this once-in-a-decade opportunity was their only chance.

Whether inner sect or outer sect, all the Joyful Union Sect's disciples wanted to seize this chance to make a name for themselves.

It was just as well that no one came to disturb him.

Lu Chen did not cook either. He simply swallowed a Grain-Avoidance Pill and returned once more to Number Eighteen Waste-Pill Room.

He went straight to the center of the teleportation platform and stood there. Then he took out six high-grade Spirit Stones, placed them into a groove at the center of the platform, and activated it.

The formation markings on the teleportation platform immediately lit up.

The teleportation platform began to operate.

Lu Chen felt the space around him twist.

"Whoosh!"

At the instant a mass of spiritual light surging from the platform enveloped him, his vision blurred, and the world spun around him.

The next moment, he appeared in the bedroom of Heaven-Character Room Number One at the House of Ten Thousand Beauties.

"Ha ha... Teleportation formations really are useful!"

It was Lu Chen's first time using a teleportation platform to travel instantly.

In the blink of an eye, he had gone from the Waste-Pill Room to the House of Ten Thousand Beauties at the foot of the mountain.

He no longer had to trudge miserably along the mountain road every day.

No wonder those powerful sects could rule over such vast territories.

With teleportation formations, those great sects could instantly send their experts anywhere that had a teleportation formation.

The Joyful Union Sect had once had a Nascent Soul patriarch in residence, so it could be counted as a first-rate power in the cultivation world.

But above the Joyful Union Sect and the Black Tortoise Sect stood an even stronger sect: the Grand Void Immortal Sect.

It was a supreme immortal sect guarded by mighty Spirit Transformation cultivators.

Spirit Transformation cultivators were already the ceiling of combat power in this world.

The Grand Void Immortal Sect was the strongest sect in the entire Eastern Continent cultivation world.

As for what lay beyond Spirit Transformation, that was already legend.

Lu Chen stepped down from the teleportation platform in the bedroom.

"Where is Zhao Hong!"

Lu Chen called toward the door.

"Master, this old servant is here!"

Zhao Hong had been waiting outside.

"Come in!"

Lu Chen sat beside the table in the main hall.

Spirit tea and several kinds of pastries and spirit fruits had been laid out on the table.

"Who has registered to request pills?"

Lu Chen directly changed his appearance and was not wearing the bronze mask.

"Reporting to Master, the identities and names of those registered to request pills are all recorded in the ledger. Please examine it, Master!"

As Zhao Hong spoke, he respectfully presented the ledger with both hands.

Lu Chen accepted the ledger and opened it.

"She came to request pills too?"

On the first line was a familiar name: Su Qingqing; identity: Joyful Union Sect Inner Sect Disciple! Pill requested: Realm-Breaking Pill; willing to Dual Cultivation: willing.

No wonder Su Qingqing had no time to come punish him.

She had been trying every possible means to raise her cultivation.

Su Qingqing was at the Early Foundation Establishment stage.

Naturally, she sought a Realm-Breaking Pill because she wanted to raise her cultivation to the Mid-Foundation Establishment Realm, or even to Great Accomplishment in Foundation Establishment.

Lu Chen continued reading. Over a hundred people had registered to request pills.

Most of them sought ninth-grade pills, things like Qi-Gathering Pills, Marrow-Washing Pills, and Spirit-Concentrating Pills.

There were also some who sought pills that could directly help cultivators raise their cultivation.

"This guy came to request pills too?"

Lu Chen saw a name that greatly surprised him: Pang Yong. The pill he sought was actually a Blood-Burning Pill.

If this fellow truly wanted a Blood-Burning Pill, then clearly he intended to take it during the Sect Grand Tournament and make his cultivation and combat strength surge within a short period.

Did he want to use this method to defeat Manager Zhao of the Black-Character Alchemy Room?

There were also three obviously female names on the list. They sought Foundation Establishment Pills.

They were clearly inner sect senior sisters of the Joyful Union Sect.

Lu Chen ordered Zhao Hong to bring brush and ink, then circled these people's names.

"For this Pang Yong's Blood-Burning Pill, triple the price. If he can't accept it, tell him to get lost!"

"Mm, where is this Su Qingqing? Bring her here at once."

You little brat, you wanted to cripple my cultivation and drive me out of the sect?

"As for these three female cultivators seeking Foundation Establishment Pills, notify them to wait in the hall downstairs as well."

As Lu Chen spoke, he handed the ledger to Zhao Hong.

"Yes, Master. This old servant will handle it immediately!"

Zhao Hong took the ledger and withdrew from the room.

Lu Chen had no choice.

He was short on Yin-Yang Essence.

Before long, Zhao Hong returned.

He had brought Su Qingqing upstairs.

"Master, the person has been brought!"

Zhao Hong said respectfully from outside the door.

"Mm, let her come in!"

Lu Chen's voice came from within the room.

"Mm?"

Su Qingqing frowned. Why did this voice sound so familiar?