"What is it?"
Gu Yunxi was asking a question she already knew the answer to.
But she still wanted to hear exactly what Wei Sheng had to say.
"Earth-Element Great Medicine! If you grant me just three stalks of Earth-Element Great Medicine, Court Master, I can break through and become a master within a month!"
Wei Sheng looked at Gu Yunxi with utter sincerity.
"I don't have any!"
Gu Yunxi waved him off decisively. "At my level as Court Master, all cultivation is directed toward breaking through to Grandmaster. Why would I have Earth-Element Great Medicine?"
Wei Sheng looked at Chen Yuque.
Chen Yuque shook her head. "Neither do I! I'm already a third-organ martial arts master, after all! What would I need Earth-Element Great Medicine for?"
Wei Sheng's expression darkened.
They didn't even have Earth-Element Great Medicine! He might as well not join this lousy Academy!
As though she had seen through his thoughts, Gu Yunxi coughed lightly. "However, just because Kui Water Court has none doesn't mean the other four courts have none! But since you aren't their disciple, there are only two ways for you to obtain Earth-Element Great Medicine!"
Wei Sheng's eyes lit up. "Please enlighten me, Court Master!"
"First, become a core disciple! Then you can choose a treasure from the Academy's treasury yourself. Take your pick of the Five-Element Great Medicines!"
"A core disciple..."
Wei Sheng's mouth twitched.
What a useful piece of empty talk!
The Academy's disciples were divided into three ranks:
Ordinary disciples generally had cultivation below the Twelve Refinements;
Elite disciples had cultivation ranging from the Twelve Refinements to the First Organ level;
Core disciples had cultivation at the Second Organ level or above.
Becoming a core disciple required cultivation of at least the Second Organ level.
The problem was that