Profound Firmament Upper Sect, Azure Sky Peak
Ye Luqing walked out of her room, her mood greatly improved.
The two Earth-Rank pills Elder Xue had given her could be sold to the Corruption Value Shop at any time.
The moment she resold them, her Corruption Value points would surge to 1100, the maximum amount after purchasing the Profound Yellow Mountain-Suppressing Art.
If she then took on a mission, she could afford another Earth-Tier Technique.
A cultivation method of that grade could even be effective on cultivators at the Spirit Transformation Stage.
Of course, she wasn’t targeting Xiao Qingxuan specifically. She was simply targeting all Spirit Transformation Stage cultivators equally.
Still, Ye Luqing decided she would first ask her Shizun, Bai Yuhan. If the value of these two pills was greater than 800 Corruption Value points, she might as well keep them for herself.
She walked to the courtyard gate and happened to meet Ying Qianqian, who was returning after seeing Elder Xue off.
“Is Senior Sister Ye heading out?”
“Yes, I want to go find Shizun and ask about the pills.”
Since Elder Xue had hinted at it, asking shouldn’t be a problem.
“Wonderful, I was just about to go find her too. Senior Sister, let’s go together.”
Ying Qianqian smiled slightly, a hint of hope in her eyes.
Looking at Little Ying, whose eyes were practically sparkling with the unspoken wish, “I want to go with Senior Sister,” written all over her face, Ye Luqing found it hard to refuse.
Besides, this was her first time actively seeking out Bai Yuhan. Although she wasn’t sure what Little Ying needed from their master, having someone else around certainly boosted her confidence.
“Alright then…”
The two of them followed the mountain path to the summit.
From a distance, Ye Luqing spotted the pavilion above and within it, her Shizun—the Cold Fairy with the voluminous, veiled figure.
As the two took a step forward, a Teleportation Array activated without warning, sweeping them directly inside the pavilion.
Ye Luqing was somewhat surprised. She hadn’t even detected a trace of the array’s existence, yet it had activated so suddenly.
For a Formation Cultivator at the Dao Integration Stage, a single thought was an array.
“Greetings, Shizun.”
Ye Luqing and Ying Qianqian bowed in unison.
Bai Yuhan smiled warmly at them. This duo was a rare sight.
“How is it, Little Qing? Are you recovering well?”
She gazed with a smile at Ye Luqing. Her Direct Disciple seemed different today. With her dashing sword-like brows and bright, starry eyes, she resembled a young Feng Linyi.
It was truly strange. They were two completely different people, so why did they share a similar aura?
Unable to help herself, Bai Yuhan stole a couple of extra glances.
“Elder Xue just examined me. She says my body and soul are essentially fine,” Ye Luqing replied.
She looked up. During her near-death experience before, she hadn’t had the chance to observe carefully. Now, she finally had the opportunity to take a good look at her master.
Bai Yuhan’s face was touched with kind, gentle affection, yet her eyes held a hint of bashfulness as she looked at Ye Luqing.
A moon-white, gossamer-light gauze robe encased her curvaceous, gourd-shaped figure. It wasn’t just her body; even her lotus-white forearms, her slender, delicate hands, and the shapely legs below were wrapped in a thin layer of heavenly silk. She was the very definition of a “gossamer-veiled fairy.”
In short, she perfectly matched Ye Luqing’s stereotype of the “voluptuous, gossamer-robed Cold Fairy.”
“Sect Master Feng Linyi really ate well…” she marveled internally.
As if noticing the shift in Ye Luqing’s expression, Bai Yuhan’s pretty face flushed a charming red.
The way this child looks at me… why is it a bit like how Linyi does? she thought.
Could it be because Linyi has been in seclusion for so long, and I’m just… lonely?
At this thought, Bai Yuhan quickly shook her head.
Ye Luqing was her own Direct Disciple! How could she entertain such thoughts about her?
She cleared her throat twice and turned to her other Direct Disciple, Ying Qianqian.
“What brings you here today? Is there something you need?”
Ying Qianqian froze for a moment, as if she hadn’t expected her master to ask her first. Slightly flustered, she said, “Senior Sister Ye can go first.”
Ye Luqing nodded and produced the two pills from her Storage Dharma Artifact.
Since Elder Xue had hinted her master might have clues about them, asking shouldn’t hurt.
“These are…”
Bai Yuhan was taken aback for a moment. Then, a rosy cloud flew to her cheeks.
“Little Qing… w-where did you get these?” Her throat moved slightly, as if recalling some unbearable memory.
Ye Luqing answered honestly, “Elder Xue from Cauldron Peak gave them to me. She said she had prepared some pills to restore my soul but didn’t need them. She let me pick freely, and I chose these two.”
Watching Bai Yuhan’s expression grow increasingly odd, Ye Luqing asked with some concern, “Shizun, is there something wrong with these two pills?”
“This…”
Bai Yuhan hesitated. She couldn’t exactly tell her disciple that these were… handy tools she’d used with Feng Linyi.
“This Dragon-Tiger Yang Pill… is used by cultivators to temporarily boost their physical strength. Its effects are quite potent.”
Feng Linyi was usually the one who fed this pill to her. A Sword Cultivator’s physique was far superior to an Array Cultivator’s, and it was meant to prevent things from going too far, to the point where she physically couldn’t handle it.
“The side effects of this pill are significant, Little Qing. You won’t be able to withstand them. You’d better give it to me.”
As for the side effect… it heightened one’s sensory perception during certain activities.
Simply put, this pill simultaneously increased the user’s physical endurance while also enhancing their physical sensitivity.
Combined with a certain someone’s overwhelmingly powerful Sword Qi, it was, admittedly, quite addictive.
“As for this Heavenly Sword Unyielding Pill… it has no real side effects, but it’s typically meant for Sword Cultivators. It has little effect on other cultivators.”
Originally, this pill was meant to ensure a continuous flow of Sword Qi. But Feng Linyi, with her “clever little ideas,” had added a new function to it.
The modified Heavenly Sword Unyielding Pill could be taken not only by Sword Cultivators but by other cultivators as well.
After consuming it, one’s own True Qi would be forcibly converted into Sword Qi. Moreover, releasing this Sword Qi would feel incredibly satisfying, to the point where one would want to keep unleashing it until their True Qi was completely exhausted.
Sometimes, when Feng Linyi was tired and didn’t want to move, she’d have Bai Yuhan take a few pills to become the active party, effectively allowing them to swap roles.
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The only problem was that Bai Yuhan was an Array Cultivator and couldn’t properly control the Sword Qi, so it always ended up spraying everywhere.
“I see.”
Ye Luqing was somewhat disappointed. It seemed she couldn’t really use either pill. Her only option was to recycle them for points.
Which meant losing half their value in the exchange…
Observing Ye Luqing’s expression, Bai Yuhan chuckled softly and patted her head.
“Your master won’t let you lose out. Give me that Dragon-Tiger Yang Pill, and I shall transmit a Profound-Tier Superior array to you.”
Upon hearing this, Ye Lu’s eyes lit up.
She remembered that a Profound-Tier Superior array cost around seven or eight hundred points in the shop, while the resale value of the Dragon-Tiger Yang Pill was only three hundred and fifty.
And receiving a personal transmission from a Dao Venerable was surely different from learning it on one’s own.
She blinked and glanced at Ying Qianqian beside her.
“Shizun, can you also transmit this array to Junior Sister Ying?”
Hearing this, Ying Qianqian froze for a moment, then quickly waved her hands in refusal.
“This is something Senior Sister Ye traded her pill for. How could I…”
As a cultivator at the Golden Core Peak Stage, Ying Qianqian had mostly mastered Profound-Tier Mid-Grade arrays. She was well aware of the value of a higher-level array.
If she were to exchange for it at Myriad Affairs Peak, it would likely cost nearly a thousand contribution points.
Bai Yuhan looked at Ye Luqing, a hint of approval in her eyes.
Even though she had lost her memories, Ye Luqing was still that kind-hearted child.
“Since Little Qing has said as much, I shall transmit it to both of you simultaneously.”
“But…” Ying Qianqian still felt unworthy.
Bai Yuhan also patted Ying Qianqian’s head.
“Little Ying, you are both my disciples. Even if Little Qing hadn’t spoken, I would have transmitted this method to you.”
Ying Qianqian nodded, a smile gracing her lips.
“Thank you, Shizun. Thank you, Senior Sister Ye.”
In the next instant, a point of light coalesced at Bai Yuhan’s fingertip. It split into two and flew toward Ye Luqing’s and Ying Qianqian’s foreheads.
Ye Luqing felt a brief moment of disorientation. In a trance, she seemed to see five golden, gleaming words.
Six Desires Triggering Array.
