Holding the token Elder Du had given him, Su Mo asked for directions, then made his way up Medicine Mountain without any obstruction.
The disciple guarding Medicine Mountain was somewhat startled to see Su Mo holding Elder Du's token... He had never seen Elder Du give a Medicine Mountain token to anyone.
Still, after pointing Su Mo in the right direction, he let him pass without saying anything more.
As Su Mo climbed Medicine Mountain, he smelled a rich medicinal fragrance permeating the air.
Unlike Dew Mountain, which teemed with disciples, Medicine Mountain was so deserted that he did not see a single person on his way up.
Su Mo reached the summit of Medicine Mountain and saw an exceedingly crude thatched cottage. It did not look like an elder's residence at all.
Sounds came from within the cottage from time to time, and a medicinal fragrance drifted out continuously.
Su Mo walked up to the cottage, but before he could speak, Elder Du's voice came from inside. "Come in."
"Yes." Su Mo pushed open the door and entered, finding the gray-haired Elder Du concentrating intently on refining pills before a Pill Furnace.
Seeing that Elder Du paid him no attention, Su Mo did not disturb him and waited quietly to one side.
Elder Du's clothing was as exceedingly plain as the thatched cottage.
He looked even worse off than an Outer Sect Disciple, yet the medicinal fragrance drifting from his disheveled long hair gave him an air far removed from the mundane.
This is an unassuming old man... Su Mo formed a rough impression of Elder Du in his mind.
Elder Du continued to pay Su Mo no attention, and Su Mo continued to wait.
As he waited, Su Mo's gaze was gradually drawn to Elder Du's pill-refining technique.