I alone am enough to resolve them all.
Though Ye Xingchen spoke in an understated manner, it sounded very domineering and lived up to his previous life’s title of Emperor Ye!
He hadn’t integrated into the Tiegu Sect, nor did he consider himself a true disciple, but he’d been consecutively subverted in his worldview from his past life by various secret manuals and various pills.
The Tiegu Sect was very extraordinary!
The Sect Master definitely still had many good things he hadn’t taken out yet. He had to use his strength to prove himself and obtain more resources!
At this point, even if someone brought an eight-bearer palanquin to invite our esteemed Emperor Ye to leave the Tiegu Sect, he would definitely clutch the great hall’s pillar and refuse to budge.
“Handle a sixth-rate sect by yourself?” Jun Changxiao said, “That confident?”
Ye Xingchen said in a deep voice, “As long as they’re Mighty Qi Sect disciples, whether inner sect or personal disciples, I’ll crush whoever comes up. If I can’t do it, I’ll read my name backwards!”
“Chen Xing Ye.”
Jun Changxiao stroked his chin and said, “Actually sounds quite nice.”
Chen Xing Ye: “…”
As long as they’re Mighty Qi Sect disciples.
This phrase Ye Xingchen said was very clever, representing that a month later, he could act with impunity before sixth-rate sect disciples, but couldn’t face the higher-ups.
No helping it—time was limited.
He had confidence in crushing disciples, but crushing sixth-rate sect elders and such would require cultivating for a considerable period.
“Good.”
Jun Changxiao slapped his thigh and decided, “When going to challenge the Mighty Qi Sect, you’ll be the main DPS. If you perform well, various rewards. If you can’t deal damage, expect punishment.”
Main DPS? Can’t deal damage?
Though Ye Xingchen didn’t understand the terms, from the mention of punishment, he could deduce this meant he had to be formidable.
Mighty Qi Sect.
Whether this emperor can obtain more martial dao resources from this kid depends entirely on you all!
“Ke ke ke!”
Sinister, eerie laughter transmitted from Ye Xingchen’s room.
That sound seemed to traverse endless void, reaching the ears of Mighty Qi Sect disciples, making them involuntarily shiver.
“This damn weather, why did it suddenly get cold?”
…
The next day, Jun Changxiao summoned all the inner sect disciples and began a new round of hellish training, lasting twenty days!
Since they were going to challenge another sect, he definitely couldn’t only bring Ye Xingchen alone.
He didn’t have Zhou Hong come—firstly because his cultivation method was different, and secondly, how could such a formidable genius be used like a cleaver to kill chickens for small fry?
Holy Spring Mountain a year later was his stage for performance.
Because their physical body tempering had reached the limits of their cultivation levels, Li Qingyang and the others focused their efforts on nurturing spiritual energy.
The Spirit Array operated around the clock, twenty-four hours a day, with Qi-Gathering Pills constantly supplied!
This kind of resource-abundant training was a bit terrifying—even fifth-rate sects might not necessarily be able to achieve this degree.
“Still over 200 contribution points remaining. Let me first buy a bottle of aptitude modification liquid to upgrade to superior-grade for Zuiji and Xingchen each.”
Jun Changxiao opened the purchased goods section.
“Ding! Host consumed 100 contribution points, obtained Aptitude Modification Liquid ×2, already delivered to spatial ring.”
“Ding! Sect contribution points: 110/500.”
After Xiao Zuiji and Ye Xingchen consumed them, their spiritual roots all reached superior-grade, driving their cultivation to improve. The former broke through to the eleventh segment of Meridian Opening, while the latter broke through from Second-Rank Wutu to Third-Rank Wutu.
Su Xiaomo and the others would be given them too.
But when going to challenge another sect, it would inevitably be a fierce battle.
Therefore, he first had Xiao Zuiji and Ye Xingchen, whose combat power was slightly higher, improve so they could contend with the Mighty Qi Sect’s outstanding disciples.
Jun Changxiao himself wouldn’t be idle either, not only comprehending the Muscle-Tendon Transformation Scripture but also comprehending the Single-Character Swift Art.
Even comprehending just ten percent of this sword art would be stronger than the Nine-Style Wave-Stacking Sword.
Moreover, Jun Changxiao didn’t think that going to the Mighty Qi Sect for exchange and discussion of the Dao would only be competition between disciples.
When the time came, if Qin Haoran sent elders, or personally came down to spar with him, it would be troublesome if his strength didn’t improve.
On the small training field, Zhou Hong continued comprehending the sword.
In the green area in the distance, Ye Xingchen was tragically practicing the Single-Character Swift Art with a tree branch.
…
Huyang City, the Ai Family.
Ai Shangni found an outstanding disciple from the family, had him consume a Body Tempering Pill, and after verification, discovered that both physical body strength and power had significantly improved.
“Family Head, Third-Rank Wutu Xiao Ting has gained a thousand jin of strength out of thin air compared to before consuming it. This is truly too terrifying!” Ai Shangke exclaimed in shock.
Healing Pills were ultimately just for healing. On the Xingyun Continent, the most important thing was still the martial dao. A single Body Tempering Pill could temper a martial artist’s physical body and increase strength—this was absolutely very powerful!
Ai Shangni suppressed his shocked state of mind, his gaze grave as he said, “Shangke, Sect Master Jun is truly an incredible pill refiner. If his Body Tempering Pills are launched, the sensation they cause will definitely far exceed the Healing Pills!”
Ai Shangke frowned and said, “Family Head, if our Ai Family sells this kind of pill, I’m afraid it will attract the covetous attention of major powers.”
“Therefore, I’m considering how to auction them while avoiding being targeted by some powers with ulterior motives.” Ai Shangni said thoughtfully.
After thinking for a while, supporting his chin, he said, “We can invite experts from the Cangshan Sect to preside over the auction.”
“Good idea!” Ai Shangke agreed.
Although the Cangshan Sect’s level wasn’t that kind of super top-tier, it was publicly recognized as a righteous orthodox sect with quite high prestige in the jianghu. Inviting them to preside would certainly deter powers with ideas.
Of course.
This would definitely require paying to hire them.
…
The Ai Family successfully contacted the Cangshan Sect and hired a Peak Wuzong-level elder at a good price, then released news of the Body Tempering Pills.
Needless to say, they publicly claimed they were refined by their own family, since Jun Changxiao didn’t like being in the spotlight.
“Pills that can strengthen the physical body and increase strength?”
When the news spread throughout Qingyang Commandery, many martial artists’ first reaction was skepticism.
However, remembering how they’d been slapped in the face by the Healing Pills previously, this skepticism quickly weakened, and numerous families and sects also began using connections to carefully inquire.
Finally getting confirmation that the Ai Family indeed had Body Tempering Pills and was going to auction them, they immediately began raising funds.
Pills that enhanced the physical body and strength definitely had greater allure than Healing Pills—after all, that was genuine, tangible improvement in hard power!
Jun Changxiao received intelligence about the Body Tempering Pill auction and was quite expectant about what price they could sell for under the Ai Family’s operations.
But just expectant—he wouldn’t participate, continuing to develop the sect in a low-key manner.
…
The disciples cultivated in full swing, and time also flowed onward.
Ten days later, Elder Wei came to report: “Sect Master, the medicinal materials you mentioned some days ago have already taken form and can be used for pill refining.”
“Really?” Jun Changxiao was greatly delighted.
The medicinal materials Elder Wei cultivated that were suitable for Qi-Gathering Pills were quite abundant. After he carefully collected them all by himself, the quantity exceeded three hundred portions.
He didn’t let anyone else help, also worrying they’d be clumsy and damage the spiritual energy within the medicinal materials.
“Sect Master.”
After handing the medicinal materials to Jun Changxiao, Elder Wei said with a serious expression, “These medicinal materials are best refined as soon as possible. Otherwise, even if stored in a spatial ring, the medicinal efficacy will dissipate.”
Storing in a spatial ring isolated from the outside world, medicinal efficacy dissipation could be considered negligible.
But it wasn’t hard to see that Elder Wei had an almost harsh pursuit of medicinal material efficacy, which further proved he was definitely not an ordinary medicinal materials master.
“This seat will begin refining today. Tomorrow I should be able to completely finish refining them all.”
Jun Changxiao was still very low-key, not saying he’d finish in a few dozen minutes.
Elder Wei who walked out of the great hall shook his head and muttered, “With so many medicinal materials, even a high-level pill refiner would need several days. How could the Sect Master possibly refine them all in one night?”
Ding! Ding! Ding!
In the study, the sound of pill refining rang in Jun Changxiao’s ears.
Speaking of which, it was also strange—over three hundred portions of Qi-Gathering Pills actually took two hours, even slower than refining Qi Spiral Pills.
Jun Changxiao wondered, “What’s going on here?”
The system said, “The medicinal efficacy of materials determines pill quality, and the level of quality also determines the speed of refinement.”
“You mean to say.”
Jun Changxiao said, “The medicinal materials Elder Wei cultivated have high medicinal efficacy, so the Qi-Gathering Pills refined also have high quality?”
“Correct.”
Regarding the host’s clear and orderly mental circuits that occasionally brought a bit of cheekiness, the system never had any doubts.