"Taiping, judging by your Sword Inquiry with Shen Li, Eight-Treasure Powder, a Qi-Guarding Pill, and Dragon Gall Wine together should barely allow you to unleash seventy percent of your cultivation power."
"But it cannot last long. Each dose will give you no more than the time it takes to drink a cup of tea."
"And you must not take them more than three times a day."
Two days later.
Inside the Fan Tower Stone Chamber at Moon Perching Pavilion, Fairy Lingyue was reviewing what Xu Taiping had gained from this Sword Inquiry with him.
After his Sword Inquiry with Shen Li, Xu Taiping had gathered once with his senior brothers and senior sisters from the Seven Peaks, the Sect Master, and the others, then announced that he would continue his secluded cultivation.
Once everyone learned that he was not retreating out of despair, but seeking a breakthrough in his Martial Dao cultivation, none of them tried to dissuade him.
Sect Master Zhao Qian had even sent him a large quantity of medicinal ingredients to replenish his qi and blood and true essence, along with Yellow Maple Valley's Yellow Bamboo Fruit and the three hundred thousand Gold Essence Coins earned from this Spirit Mirror viewing.
"I understand, Sister Lingyue."
After listening to Fairy Lingyue's warnings, Xu Taiping nodded very earnestly, then glanced at the Eight-Treasure Powder and Qi-Guarding Pill in his hand and said:
"These forcibly wrest qi and blood and true essence from the Soul Seal. If I take too much, the Soul Seal's backlash will become even fiercer."
He had taken Eight-Treasure Powder, a Qi-Guarding Pill, and Dragon Gall Wine before his Sword Inquiry with Shen Li, so he naturally understood the intent behind Fairy Lingyue's warnings.
"Besides, my Dragon Gall Stone can only steep another pot or two