Void-Spirit Pill Cultivation Art, Lu Yun Takes a Disciple

Atop the Main Peak of Little Turtle Peak.

Su Yuqing, clad in white robes, drifted down and cupped his fists toward Qin Ming. "Senior Qin."

"Don't stand on ceremony with me. Come, sit and talk." Qin Ming waved his hand and invited him into a secluded pavilion.

He then summoned the Devouring Sky Rat to burn incense and brew tea for them.

The fragrance of tea filled the air, while spiritual incense curled upward.

The Devouring Sky Rat skillfully poured Su Yuqing a cup of Spirit Tea, then asked, "Brother Su, did you strike it rich recently?"

"It's rare to see you this happy. When good fortune comes, the spirit shines!"

"Hahaha! Brother Rat is quite right—and it isn't just one good thing." Su Yuqing smiled.

Then—

Under the curious gazes of the two, he explained, "Heavenly Star City has exempted Su from service as an Ascended Cultivator, and I have also resigned from my post at the Alchemy Pavilion."

"Oh? Didn't they say you had to serve for at least three hundred years?" Qin Ming could not help asking. "Brother Su, you should only have been there for a little over a hundred years, right?"

"Indeed. But when the foreign races invaded earlier, Su refined a great number of pill formulas in the rear and earned quite a few merits." At this point, Su Yuqing's tone became faintly proud. "Besides that, not long ago, I successfully refined a Sixth Order divine pill and handed a bottle over to Heavenly Star City."

"That was enough to free me from service."

"Oh? So that was it. Then Qin must congratulate Brother Su!" Qin Ming revealed a thoroughly surprised expression.

"Congratulations to Brother Su on advancing into the realm of a Sixth Order Pill God!"

"Qin shall use tea in place of