"What the heck is that?"
Yue Wen was a little confused. The name Circulation of the Heavenly Circuit Profound Fire Pill was easy enough to understand: it used profound fire to heat the qi sea and accelerate heavenly circuit circulation, increasing the rate at which cultivation grew during practice.
But Seven-Day-a-Week Profound Fire Pill... that sounded like some health supplement you took after meals every day, with the instructions put right in the name in case you forgot.
Old Bai explained proudly, "The traditional Circulation of the Heavenly Circuit Profound Fire Pill merely uses a Redflame Ancient Leaf to refine a strand of profound fire. When you circulate your heavenly circuit, the profound fire helps your true qi move faster. The drawback of this kind of Mysterious Fire Pill is that it only improves your cultivation when you practice your cultivation method. It depends heavily on the cultivator's self-discipline. If you get lazy and slack off, the pill does nothing."
Yue Wen frowned slightly. "Are you saying this pill you refined can increase our cultivation even when we aren't practicing?"
He was skeptical.
"No, it can't do that either," Old Bai said. "I added a clever little touch to my Seven-Day-a-Week Profound Fire Pill. Not only does it speed things up while you practice, but when you aren't practicing, the profound fire forcibly stimulates your qi sea, putting you in unbearable agony. You have to start practicing your cultivation method immediately to relieve it! You must complete at least six heavenly circuits a day, seven days a week, to avoid injury from the profound fire."
Yue Wen: "?"
I thought you were making this pill to help me practice. Turns out it was to force me to practice.
One complete heavenly circuit usually took an hour or two. Six circuits