Chapter 19 – Divine Medicine Emerges
Azure Cloud Sect.
At the peak of Crimson Sky Peak—
Daoist Qingxuan only emerges from seclusion once a week to give a lecture, each time lasting two hours.
After the lecture, he dedicates another hour to answering questions from his disciples about their cultivation challenges.
At this moment, all the disciples of Crimson Sky Peak are gathered under an ancient pine tree at the summit.
The lecture has concluded, and it's now time for questions and answers.
Lu Changtian is the first to stand up. After performing a respectful bow, he looks towards the figure in green under the pine tree and asks, "Master, I heard that the Sect Master's personal disciple, Zhao Lingtian, had his dantian shattered by a demonic cultivator. The Sect Master is now troubled over how to repair Zhao Lingtian's dantian, sparing no expense... Is there truly no way to restore a dantian?"
As soon as the question is asked, the expressions of the others under the pine tree vary.
After all, Zhao Lingtian isn't the only one with a shattered dantian.
There was also their former Fifth Junior Sister—Li Qingran.
Daoist Qingxuan, upon hearing this, slightly opens his closed eyes, strokes his beard, and says calmly, "The dantian is not irreparable, but it requires a rare ancient divine herb. With that herb, even a lost dantian can be restored. Without it, it's as difficult as ascending to the heavens!"
"May I ask, Master, what is this divine herb?"
"The Primordial Heaven-Mending Pill!" Daoist Qingxuan enunciates each word clearly.
Everyone exchanges glances, feeling a jolt just from hearing the name.
What a treasure!
Daoist Qingxuan continues to explain:
"When all living beings are born, their dantian is already set, it is fate!
The quality of each person's dantian varies, affecting the amount and quality of spiritual energy it can hold. In terms of cultivation talent, the impact of the dantian is not as obvious as the spiritual root, but as one's cultivation level advances, when two cultivators with the same cultivation level and spiritual root talent fight, the difference in dantian quality becomes apparent.
In ancient times, when spiritual energy was abundant, Supreme Beings even categorized dantians into nine grades. Ninth grade being the lowest, first grade the best. A first-grade dantian could absorb vast amounts of spiritual energy, refining it quickly and with extreme purity. At that time, one could determine how far a cultivator could go just by looking at their dantian, and sects placed more importance on the quality of a disciple's dantian."
"Then, Master, what grade do you think my dantian is?"
Zhang Hanxiao steps forward confidently, patting his stomach a couple of times.
He believes his dantian is quite good, with fast cultivation speed and fairly dense spiritual energy.
Daoist Qingxuan merely glances at him sideways and scoffs, "You?"
"Not even graded!"
Zhang Hanxiao: "..."
Laughter erupts under the pine tree.
Zhang Hanxiao's face turns dark, wishing he could find a hole to crawl into.
But then Daoist Qingxuan speaks again, "What are you laughing at? Most of you aren't even graded. Only Lu Changtian's dantian barely counts as seventh grade. In the ancient times when spiritual energy was abundant, you would only be doing chores in the outer sect, cleaning up after the sect's guardian beasts!
It's only because the spiritual energy in the Azure Cloud Realm is now depleted, and its quality is declining, that the impact of the dantian on cultivation and combat power is less than that of the spiritual root and some external items, allowing you to qualify for the inner sect or as personal disciples."
The laughter stops, and everyone's faces turn grim.
With just a few words, Daoist Qingxuan has managed to dampen the spirits of all his disciples, before bringing the topic back, "A cultivator's dantian is fate; once broken, it cannot be repaired, just like spilled water cannot be retrieved. But as the saying goes, 'Heaven has its way.' In ancient times, a Pill Master extracted a sliver of change from the Heaven-Mending Stone, deciphered the Heavenly Secret, and refined the Primordial Heaven-Mending Pill. This divine herb can turn the fate of the dantian into a variable. It can not only repair the dantian but also improve its quality, and this is just the effect of a Common Grade Primordial Heaven-Mending Pill! As for what an Immortal Grade can do, only that ancient Pill Master might know..."
After Daoist Qingxuan finishes speaking, everyone shows a look of longing.
If they could obtain a Primordial Heaven-Mending Pill now and present it to the Sect Master, they might never have to worry about cultivation resources for the rest of their lives.
"Next month, a small ancient secret realm in the Central Continent will open. It not only has a demonic beast battlefield but is also rumored to contain the cave dwellings of ancient cultivators. Maybe we can find such a divine herb there?" Lu Changtian says excitedly. According to Daoist Qingxuan, his dantian is currently seventh grade. If he could obtain a Primordial Heaven-Mending Pill, his dantian might be upgraded to sixth or even fifth grade, right?
"You can try your luck," Daoist Qingxuan nods.
In truth, he doesn't hold much hope. The Primordial Heaven-Mending Pill was rare even in ancient times, so how could it appear in a small secret realm? However, entering the secret realm is a form of training and can yield some resources, so he refrains from discouraging his disciples.
"Today's lecture ends here, return to your cave dwellings."
With a wave of his sleeve, Daoist Qingxuan prepares to dismiss the disciples.
However, at that moment—
Boom—!
A beam of azure light shoots up from nowhere.
It pierces through the clouds above Evergreen Mountain.
The azure light continues to rise, reaching the heavens like a divine pillar.
Cultivators throughout the Azure Cloud Realm look up, their expressions changing drastically.
"A pillar of spiritual light, medicinal aura soaring to the sky! This, this is a Divine Pill emerging!"
"It's coming from the direction of Evergreen Mountain! Let's go, we might still make it!"
"I wonder what kind of Divine Pill it is. If I can obtain it, my cultivation will surely advance by leaps and bounds!"
At the peak of Crimson Sky Peak, Daoist Qingxuan's narrowed eyes snap open.
In the next second, he leaps into the air, flying swiftly towards the direction of the azure light. Simultaneously, several other Great Cultivators from the main peaks of Azure Cloud Sect also take flight.
Around Evergreen Mountain, any cultivator with some strength sets out.
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Daoist Qingxuan, who was the first to approach, stops mid-air, bewildered.
His divine sense sweeps over several miles like a tidal wave, but he finds nothing.
"Isn't that Li Qingran?" As his divine sense sweeps over a small hut, Daoist Qingxuan recognizes his former Fifth Disciple inside. He remembers that after Li Qingran was expelled from Crimson Sky Peak, she was also kicked out of the sect. Zhang Hanxiao said he sent Li Qingran down the mountain back to the mundane world, so why is Li Qingran still lingering in Evergreen Mountain? Is she seeking death?
"Hmph, does she think staying at Evergreen Mountain will get her back into the sect?"
Daoist Qingxuan shakes his head, sneering.
Unable to find the divine herb, he's already in a foul mood and has no desire to deal with Li Qingran.
After searching around to no avail, he returns to Azure Cloud Sect with confusion and frustration.
There must have been a divine herb emerging in Evergreen Mountain, but the sudden disappearance of its phenomenon can only mean two things.
Either the divine herb has already been taken away.
Or the Heavenly Secret of the divine herb has been concealed.
Whichever it is, the cultivator capable of such a feat is not someone he can afford to provoke.
"Could the senior please come out and meet me? This junior humbly requests the senior to grant me a pill to repair a dantian, and I am willing to exchange any resources for it!"
Azure Cloud Sect's Sect Master, Wu Duantian, bows deeply towards Evergreen Mountain.
If a Supreme Being is refining a divine herb here, then with their ability, they might have a way to obtain a pill to repair a dantian.
That way, his personal disciple could be saved.
But after waiting for a long time, there is no response from the vast mountains.
"Sigh—!" Wu Duantian sighs with a gloomy face, helplessly turning back.
The Great Cultivators who understood the situation have all left.
Only some rogue cultivators and inexperienced ones remain in Evergreen Mountain, hoping for luck.
No one knows that the divine herb, which shocked the entire Azure Cloud Realm for a moment, is now lying on an unremarkable wooden table.
In the corner beside it, a girl who has been scared senseless is huddled.
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