Inside the great hall on Wood Spirit Peak, the Spiritual Qi was extremely dense, comparable to the fifth floor of the Spirit Gathering Pagoda.
Opening the Qiankun Bag Zheng Huaiyuan had given him, Ye Xuan was stunned by his generosity.
"Gasp! Spirit Origin Pills-aren't these pills for cultivating in the Foundation Establishment realm? The Spiritual Qi inside this Spirit Stone is so dense. Could it be a mid-grade Spirit Stone? This one is even denser. Surely it can't be a high-grade Spirit Stone?"
Several bottles of Spirit Origin Pills, ten mid-grade Spirit Stones, one high-grade Spirit Stone, and various other cultivation resources once again brought home to Ye Xuan just how wealthy alchemists were.
Cultivation resources worth tens of thousands of low-grade Spirit Stones had been casually tossed to a disciple. No wonder Ji Fenghe had been so lavish before.
With cultivation resources like these, coupled with one-on-one instruction from a Golden Core Peak cultivator, even a randomly chosen servant disciple could probably break through to Foundation Establishment within half a year.
It was not that servant disciples could not go further on the path of cultivation; it was simply a question of the resources invested.
If the resources Zheng Huaiyuan had given him were used to train inner disciples, they could probably produce ten Foundation Establishment cultivators.
Half a month passed quickly, and Ye Xuan figured out the patterns of checking in on Wood Spirit Peak.
Checking in at the spirit fields could improve his wood spirit root; checking in inside the great hall could grant around one year of cultivation; checking in at the Pill Cauldron in front of the great hall could grant various pills.
With cultivation resources like these, Ye Xuan also pretended that his cultivation had broken through to the Qi Refining Fifth Layer.
As for Ji Fenghe, after spending around ten days in the great hall, he grew restless. Seeing that Ye Xuan had no problems with his cultivation, he went down the mountain to enjoy himself.
His cultivation had long since reached Qi Refinement Peak, and he could break through at any time without the aid of a Foundation Establishment Pill. Thus, he had no need to cultivate painstakingly during this half year, and the plan Zheng Huaiyuan had previously arranged for him was to improve his Pill Refining Technique.
After half a month, Zheng Huaiyuan returned as well.
"Not bad. Your cultivation has improved quite a bit."
Zheng Huaiyuan looked at Ye Xuan with gratification on his face. Then, with a flick of his hand, a bottle of pills appeared in it.
"This is a bottle of Marrow Cleansing Pills. They can cleanse your spirit roots. Take them over the coming days to improve your aptitude."
Gasp!
Ye Xuan took the Marrow Cleansing Pills, utterly shocked. He had only seen pills like these in books, and each one was worth a considerable sum. He had never heard of any outer disciple being able to take a Marrow Cleansing Pill.
Yet now, Zheng Huaiyuan had actually given him an entire bottle, containing at least ten Marrow Cleansing Pills.
Seeing Zheng Huaiyuan's somewhat weary expression, Ye Xuan knew that he had probably paid no small price for these Marrow Cleansing Pills.
"Thank you, Master!"
Ye Xuan's eyes reddened slightly. This was the first time he had felt someone genuinely treating him well, and he felt a greater sense of belonging to Wood Spirit Peak. This place felt more like a home now.
"Hehe, why thank me when we're master and disciple? Hurry and take a pill. I'll stand guard for you."
Zheng Huaiyuan stroked his white beard lightly as he spoke with a smile. He valued Ye Xuan's talent greatly, and Ye Xuan's character was also upright. Ji Fenghe had praised him often as well.
Ye Xuan bowed in thanks again, then took out a Marrow Cleansing Pill and swallowed it.
Thanks to his previous check-ins, Ye Xuan's wood and fire spirit roots had already reached the High-Grade Spirit Root level, while his other spirit roots were trash spirit roots. He just did not know how much these Marrow Cleansing Pills could improve his aptitude.
"System, check in!"
[Ding!] [Check-in successful!] [Congratulations! Host's spirit roots have improved. Metal, water, and earth spirit roots have reached low grade!] [Claim check-in reward now?]
"Claim reward!"
Ye Xuan was overjoyed. He had not expected a single check-in to upgrade three trash spirit roots to low-grade spirit roots.
The Marrow Cleansing Pill's medicinal power was potent. With the cultivation Ye Xuan displayed on the surface, he certainly could not absorb it all within a day.
The remaining nine Marrow Cleansing Pills would allow another nine check-ins!
With Zheng Huaiyuan's help, Ye Xuan still finished absorbing all the Marrow Cleansing Pills within ten days.
The main medicinal ingredients in these Marrow Cleansing Pills were of the wood element, so they significantly improved Ye Xuan's wood spirit root. Together with the improvements gained from checking in, Ye Xuan's wood spirit root had already surpassed high grade, becoming a supreme-grade wood spirit root.
Host: Ye Xuan Age: 16 Aptitude: Top-grade spirit root: wood; high-grade spirit root: fire; mid-grade spirit roots: metal, water, earth Realm: Foundation Establishment Middle Stage Cultivation methods: Chaos Dao Scripture, first layer; Wind Thunder Step; Azure Feather Swordsmanship, fourth layer; Qi Refining Formula; Black Tiger Fist; Lesser Cloud and Rain Formula. Skills: Pill Refining Technique (level 1), Talisman Technique (level 1), formations (level 1), Artifact Refining Technique (level 1), innate sword heart Items: Waning Moon
"Not bad. Your wood spirit root has reached mid grade, and your other spirit roots have reached low grade as well. Your cultivation has also broken through to the Qi Refining Sixth Layer."
Zheng Huaiyuan inspected the results of Ye Xuan's ten days of effort and nodded in satisfaction.
"You've broken through two minor stages in succession. Now you need to lay a solid foundation. Don't rush recklessly for quick gains. Go find Fenghe and practice Azure Feather Swordsmanship to settle your state of mind and cultivation."
"Yes!"
Azure Feather Peak.
Ling Ziling set down a Jade Slip and rubbed her forehead.
The desk before her was covered in Jade Slips.
These Jade Slips contained information on all the demonic sect disciples captured during the earlier purge.
Some time ago, with Ling Ziling fanning the flames, a great purge had swept through the entire Azure Feather Dao Sect.
Starting with Ling Ziling's list and centering on the seventh elder, the Azure Feather Dao Sect had achieved what could be called an overwhelming victory.
This purge had captured a total of three Nascent Soul elders, seventeen Golden Core stewards, one hundred and fifty-two Foundation Establishment disciples, and eight hundred and forty-six Qi Refinement disciples, quite a few of whom were inner disciples.
Capturing so many Demon Sect spies had shocked the entire upper echelon of the Dao Sect. They had never imagined that so many Demon Sect spies were lurking within the Dao Sect.
Yet despite such tremendous results, Ling Ziling still could not feel happy.
This operation had still failed to find the stranger. That meant quite a few Demon Sect disciples remained hidden within the Dao Sect, and were very deeply concealed.
The task of rooting out traitors still carried a heavy burden and a long road ahead.
Ling Ziling rallied her spirits again. A month had passed, and the Sect Simulator could run another simulation.
Through the seventh elder, she had rooted out a whole swath of spies. Unable to find the stranger, Ling Ziling put the matter aside for now and began searching for a path to save the Dao Sect's hundred years of fortune.
"Simulate Wu Yuehua!"
Wu Yuehua had broken through to Golden Core a month ago and joined the Law Enforcement Hall. She had shone brilliantly during this operation to encircle and eliminate the spies, slaying two Golden Core stewards in succession and successfully drawing Ling Ziling's attention.
"She cultivated a sword heart while still in the Foundation Establishment realm. Resolute in mind, with extraordinary talent for the sword Dao. A promising seedling."
[Age 0: You were born into a cultivation aristocratic clan.] [Age 5: You were found to have cultivation talent, and your lineage began focusing its efforts on nurturing you. You were very interested in longswords.] [Age 12: You were sent to the Azure Feather Dao Sect and became an outer disciple.] [Age 15: Despite your youth, you displayed extraordinary charm. A large number of disciples pursued you, but you rejected them all. You were interested only in the sword in your hand.] [Age 17: You took first place in the outer sect competition and successfully entered the inner sect.] [Age 18: You successfully reached Foundation Establishment. Your lineage was overjoyed and arranged a marriage for you!]