"You too. One pill each."
"Go cultivate once you've taken them."
Qian Daoliu took out a jade bottle containing the Muscle-Tendon and Marrow-Cleansing Pills he had just obtained.
"G-Great Enshrined, at our level, these pills shouldn't do much for us anymore, should they?"
Unsure what to call him, Chen Jianjun could only address him by his position. He looked at the jade bottle in Qian Daoliu's hand, puzzled.
"Unless you reach level one hundred and become a god, the human body will always contain impurities."
Qian Daoliu shook his head as he explained.
"They saw it today too. Even I expelled impurities while cultivating."
Chen Jianjun looked toward Golden Crocodile and the others and saw them all nodding to confirm that Qian Daoliu was telling the truth.
"You..."
There's a share for me too? Looking at the jade bottle passed into his hands, Chen Jianjun stared at Qian Daoliu, his mouth slightly open, words hovering on his lips.
"Take it. For these thirty years, you belong to my Spirit Hall. It's only a pill."
Qian Daoliu folded his arms and spoke calmly.
"All right, Golden Crocodile, come with me to the Angel Temple."
"All right!"
Inside the Angel Temple,
The Angel God's statue radiated light, illuminating the entire temple.
Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile sat facing each other.
"How have things been lately? Still no opportunity to break through?"
"No. I've been stuck here so long that even my desire to break through has almost been worn away."
Golden Crocodile had actually grown calm now. All he hoped for was for Spirit Hall to flourish.
"Ah, just follow your heart when cultivating. Everything will fall into place, like water flowing into a channel."
"Take this pill first and get your body into shape. Then cultivate the Nine-Yang Divine Skill."
Golden Crocodile accepted the Muscle-Tendon and Marrow-Cleansing Pill.
A quarter of an hour later,
Thanks to his high cultivation, it did not take long to purge the impurities from Golden Crocodile's body.
"How do you feel?"
Qian Daoliu asked with a chuckle.
"Clearheaded and refreshed. My body has never felt this light. Big Brother, I'll go wash off first."
Golden Crocodile gave Qian Daoliu a knight's salute, then turned into a streak of light and left the Angel Temple.
"Teacher."
After watching her second teacher leave, Bibi Dong walked in from outside the temple.
"Come here, Dong'er. It's time to take your pills. These two work on soul rings below thirty thousand years."
Qian Daoliu took out his last two Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring Pills and handed them to Bibi Dong.
"Teacher, shouldn't you give these pills to my other teachers first?"
Bibi Dong was puzzled. Taking them would, at most, speed up her cultivation; it would do nothing to improve Spirit Hall's high-level fighting strength.
Hearing Bibi Dong's words, Qian Daoliu grumbled inwardly, Resources are limited. If you don't take them, how am I supposed to get rebates to give them?
"Ahem. Dong'er, you represent Spirit Hall's future. We old fellows can improve our strength slowly."
"You're already the strongest among your peers."
Qian Daoliu spoke with a broad smile.
"After taking the Muscle-Tendon and Marrow-Cleansing Pill just now, your current physique should leave your old one streets behind."
"All right, enough talk. Go absorb them over there. I'll help your second teacher cultivate his technique."
Patting Bibi Dong's little head, Qian Daoliu pointed toward a corner of the Angel Temple.
"Teacher, what technique is it? Can I learn it?"
Bibi Dong was curious.
Seeing her curious expression, Qian Daoliu shook his head and said,
"Hahaha! Dong'er, it's not that I won't teach you this technique. It's just that only men can cultivate it."
"Ah, if a woman cultivated it, after a year her chest would flatten, hair would grow on her arms and legs, she'd sprout a beard, and her voice would sound like an old ox."
"Would you still want to learn it?"
Bibi Dong trembled after hearing Qian Daoliu's last few sentences. If I learn that, won't I become ugly?
"Sorry to bother you, Teacher. I'll go cultivate over there by myself."
With that, Bibi Dong hurriedly fled.
"Hahaha!"
Qian Daoliu laughed at Bibi Dong's frightened expression, then waited for Golden Crocodile on his meditation cushion.
Soon, Golden Crocodile appeared before Qian Daoliu again.
"I'll circulate my soul power through your body for several full cycles. Remember this circulation route."
Hearing Qian Daoliu's words, Golden Crocodile took a deep breath.
Nine manifestations resembling suns appeared around Qian Daoliu.
Nine Suns Soaring!
In the distance, Bibi Dong had not taken her pills. She wanted to see just how miraculous this technique was to make her teacher say such things.
Nine little "suns" appeared around Qian Daoliu at once. Bibi Dong's little mouth formed an "O." What a magnificent sight!
Golden soul power flowed through Golden Crocodile's eight extraordinary meridians. Following the route, Qian Daoliu mixed a trace of divine power into his soul power, slowly nourishing Golden Crocodile's meridians.
An hour later,
A strand of violet mist formed inside Golden Crocodile. Having already mastered the new soul power circulation route, he immersed himself in his spiritual world.
Qian Daoliu watched Golden Crocodile with his golden eyes. Just as when he had first cultivated the technique himself, "Nine Suns Soaring" appeared around Golden Crocodile from time to time.
[Congratulations, host! Bibi Dong successfully consumed a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring Lifespan Pill, triggering a critical twentyfold rebate reward: Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring Lifespan Pill ×20] [Congratulations, host! Bibi Dong... triggered a fivefold reward: Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring Lifespan Pill ×5]
Turning to look at Bibi Dong, Qian Daoliu thought, This girl's luck is so good today. Two critical rebates.
Then Qian Daoliu frowned. The soul power within Bibi Dong had reached a critical threshold. She was about to break through.
With a sweep of his hand, a barrier of soul power separated Bibi Dong from Golden Crocodile. These two must not disturb each other.
With that, Qian Daoliu also took out a handful of Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring Lifespan Pills and tossed them straight into his mouth.
The pills melted on his tongue. He could clearly feel a warm current spreading throughout his body before flowing into his Six-Winged Angel martial soul.
Several black soul rings floated out in response.
He had eight black soul rings in total, but the Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring Lifespan Pills could only raise them to thirty thousand years. Currently, his first soul ring was 13,140 years old and his second soul ring was 21,340 years old, making them eligible for absorption. All his other soul rings were over thirty thousand years old.
Without hesitation, Qian Daoliu guided the pills' medicinal power into his first and second soul rings. The two pale-black rings darkened somewhat.
Qian Daoliu felt his body grow much lighter. After this absorption, all his black soul rings were now over thirty thousand years old.
Still, Qian Daoliu instinctively glanced at his status panel.
[First martial soul]: Six-Winged Angel (Severely injured; one-tenth combat strength) [Second martial soul]: Chaos Bell (Seal unlocked: 5%)
The panel for his Six-Winged Angel martial soul had changed slightly, but the Chaos Bell's had not.
It now appeared that improving the Six-Winged Angel's soul rings had no effect on the Chaos Bell's seal.
He could only pin his hopes on the Chaos Bell's first soul ring.
Qian Daoliu pondered this, then focused his mind and calmed his breathing. He activated the cultivation method of the Nine-Yang Divine Skill and resumed cultivating.
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