Top-Grade Enlightenment Tea, an Epiphany in Every Cup

Pride!

Chen Tianlin's heart swelled with pride!

The reason he had arrived a step late was that his divine sense had detected an evil presence within the Tianyuan Holy Land.

So he had rushed off to deal with it.

Never had he expected to witness this.

That evil entity, at least in the Martial Saint Realm, had actually been slain by his precious son with a single sword strike!

Calling it a slaughter would be no exaggeration!

Then the scene before him had unfolded.

Chen Tianlin was positively giddy with delight.

This felt even better than attaining the Dao and becoming a Great Emperor on the spot!

But thinking about it carefully, wasn't his son breaking through far too quickly?

Just a few days ago, he had still been the worthless good-for-nothing outsiders mocked and sneered at.

Now, he had already reached the Grandmaster realm.

Even Chen Tianlin, who had once risen swiftly thanks to a special fortuitous encounter, had to admit he could not match that speed.

It seemed he would have another rival on the path to becoming a Great Emperor.

But having a Great Emperor for a son seemed pretty good, too!

How proud he would be to tell people about it!

For a moment, Chen Tianlin even considered abandoning his own pursuit of the Dao and handing all his cultivation resources to Chen Mu to help him become a Great Emperor.

"Holy Lord?"

After speaking, the old eunuch received no reply from Chen Tianlin for a long while. His expression kept changing, too, sometimes wreathed in smiles, sometimes creasing into a frown... it was truly baffling.

The old eunuch tried calling out to him.

"All right, I understand." Chen Tianlin came back to his senses.

"Does that mean you agree to the marriage alliance?" the old eunuch asked, beaming.

"Of course I agree, but my son must decide the particulars himself." Chen Tianlin had no intention of forcing Chen Mu to marry Song Wanjun.

Most importantly, he did not have the nerve.

He feared Chen Mu might sever their father-son relationship in a fit of anger and leave home.

If that really happened, Chen Juexin would most likely leave with him.

Then he would be left a lonely, helpless old man.

Chen Tianlin would rather see the sky collapse than let something like that happen.

"Of course, of course," the old eunuch said.

Yet he could not help thinking, Rumor has it that the young lord holds an extraordinary position within the Tianyuan Holy Land. From what I've seen today, his reputation is well deserved!

In the imperial family, even the crown prince had no right to decide his own life before ascending the throne.

Defying the emperor's command was a capital offense punishable by beheading!

Applying that comparison to the Tianyuan Holy Land, Chen Mu's standing was easy to imagine!

"..." Hearing this, Song Wanjun was filled with envy.

How she wished she could be the master of her own life.

A beauty paired with a gifted scholar was, in the end, nothing but an illusion.

Gathering her thoughts, she obediently followed Chen Tianlin out of the hall toward Qingyun Prefecture...

To her, marrying into the Tianyuan Holy Land meant nothing more than jumping from one cage into another.

Inside Qingyun Prefecture.

"Young Lord, this tea is incredible! Just smelling it, I can feel my spiritual energy growing!" Ye Qingcheng returned to the table with a pot of freshly brewed tea, speaking excitedly.

Chen Mu picked up the teapot and poured a cup for himself, then another for Ye Qingcheng. "Here, try it."

"Thank you, Young Lord!" Without standing on ceremony, Ye Qingcheng lifted the cup and drained it in one gulp.

Suddenly, a refreshing clarity spread through her entire body.

It felt as though the tangled undergrowth blocking her mind had suddenly been swept away.

At that thought, Ye Qingcheng hurriedly set down her cup, sat cross-legged, closed her eyes, and drew the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into her body.

Only moments passed.

When Ye Qingcheng opened her eyes again, they curved into smiling crescents. "Young Lord, I—I had an epiphany!"

"What did you comprehend?" Chen Mu asked.

"A cultivation technique! I went from minor mastery to major mastery through an epiphany!" Ye Qingcheng answered honestly.

Then, as though something had occurred to her, she lowered her head, looked at the empty cup, and murmured to herself, "Could it have been because of this tea?"

"That's right. This is called Epiphany Tea. Drinking it gives you a chance of having an epiphany."

"The rather useless part is that once you've had one, you have to wait six months before drinking it again for another chance." Chen Mu casually complained about that restriction.

[Based on the host's feedback, this system has modified the basic settings of Enlightenment Tea!]

[Note: Enlightenment Tea has been upgraded to Top-Grade Enlightenment Tea. One epiphany per cup! Guaranteed epiphanies! Unlimited epiphanies!]

Chen Mu was indifferent to this.

If the system was willing to listen to him, so much the better.

"E-Enlightenment Tea?!"

Hearing that name, Ye Qingcheng found it familiar, as though she had heard it somewhere before.

Thinking carefully, wasn't that the supreme-quality spirit tea her sect master had collected a few leaves of and treated like a priceless treasure?

She looked at the cup she had drained in one gulp, then recalled how her sect master would sniff it through its cloth pouch every day and be perfectly content.

"..." Ye Qingcheng fell silent.

Inwardly, she marveled at the Tianyuan Holy Land's immense wealth!

"Well? Would you like another cup?" As Chen Mu spoke, he poured Ye Qingcheng another.

"Young Lord, letting me drink something so precious would be such a waste." Ye Qingcheng shook her head like a rattling pellet drum.

"It's just a cup of tea. What's there to waste?" Chen Mu told Ye Qingcheng to relax and not burden herself over it.

Then he picked up his own cup of Enlightenment Tea and drank it.

His cultivation techniques did not seem to have improved?

System: [All your cultivation techniques have already reached maximum proficiency through Max-Level Comprehension!]

So that was why.

My mistake, my mistake...

Immediately afterward, Chen Mu gained an epiphany and comprehended a cultivation technique uniquely his own.

A top-grade Heaven Rank cultivation technique called World-Ending Heavenly Thunder!

The moment he comprehended it, [Max-Level Comprehension] brought it to maximum proficiency.

One cup of tea, one fully mastered cultivation technique.

Could cultivation really be this easy?

"..." Ye Qingcheng stared at the cup of tea.

Since he's already poured it, wouldn't refusing to drink be a slight to the young lord? she thought.

Having persuaded herself, she drank the cup.

Even if she could not have another epiphany within six months, that wondrous flavor was truly something she could lose herself in.

Yet after that cup went down...

Ye Qingcheng discovered that she... had another epiphany?!

"Young Lord, I—I had another epiphany..."

Chen Mu explained, "It looks like I took out the wrong tea leaves. This is Top-Grade Enlightenment Tea, which gives you an epiphany with every cup. It's fine. Drink as much as you like. I have plenty more."

Chen Mu poured Ye Qingcheng another cup, knowing she felt too embarrassed to drink.

Top-Grade Enlightenment Tea, an epiphany in every cup?

"..." Ye Qingcheng fell silent.

She could hardly imagine whether her sect master would tearfully beg her to let him take over as personal bodyguard if he learned of this.

Meanwhile...

Outside, Chen Tianlin had arrived at Qingyun Prefecture with the old eunuch and Song Wanjun.

Looking up, he saw it. "Purple qi coming from the east—a sign of good fortune!"

This was the first time Chen Tianlin had ever seen such dense purple qi.

Why was it gathered solely above Qingyun Prefecture?

Could there be some great fortuitous opportunity here?

"Mu'er, wonderful news! Your father has found you a marriage..."

He pushed open the courtyard gate.

Before he could finish speaking, Chen Tianlin froze.

A rich tea fragrance wafted straight into his nose.

His expression changed in shock. "C-could this be Enlightenment Tea?!"