"Finished reading?" A voice sounded behind Su Mo.
Su Mo turned to look behind him and saw Du Pingsheng standing there.
Su Mo nodded. "I have!"
"What insights did you gain?" Du Pingsheng asked, looking at Su Mo.
Su Mo thought for a moment, then shook his head. Though he had gained insights, he could not put them into words.
Du Pingsheng watched Su Mo for a long while before nodding. "Very good."
Being unable to express his insights meant Su Mo had truly gained some.
Many things could not be put into words. Once spoken, they were no longer what they had been...
"I need to go out for a while. Focus on refining pills over the next few days. If you need anything, ask the Inner Affairs Elder for it." After leaving these instructions, Du Pingsheng said nothing more and turned to leave.
Su Mo watched Du Pingsheng leave, his thoughts unknown.
A gentle breeze drifted over, scattering Su Mo's thoughts.
Su Mo took out the Thousand Fragrances Cauldron, his expression bewildered.
Every day, the essence of pills drifted over Medicine Mountain.
Su Mo immersed himself in pill refining day and night, paying no heed to worldly affairs. He even pushed the matter of the Phoenix Carriage to the back of his mind.
While Su Mo spent each day refining pills in seclusion, a pall seemed to hang over the Cloud Sect.
Everyone felt a storm was brewing. Shocking news kept coming from the direction of the Rain Sect:
The Phoenix Carriage had entered the Rain Sect and, in an exceedingly overbearing manner, seized Frost, the Sacred Artifact borrowed from the Seventh Realm.
The Rain Sect had deployed all its hidden reserves, yet still failed to hold the Phoenix Carriage there. However, the Phoenix Carriage had left gravely