Qi Zhiheng was stunned by the scene described by Yuehua, and one of them asked incredulously, "That's amazing?"

Yuehua said, "It's impressive, but the price is also high."

"What price is required?" Qi Zhiheng pondered for a moment, but did not realize what price he needed to pay for doing these things.

The moon beast glanced at him indifferently: "I don't have that ability, how would I know what price to pay? It's recorded in the inheritance that there were gods who created rules in the past, and the price they paid when using their power was different. I can't explain it either."

Qi Zhiheng's lips twitched. Even after saying that, he still didn't know what the price would be. But at least he knew what this ability was.

The mere prospect of "divine power" was enough to entice Qi Zhiheng to run forward with all his might.

However, the descriptions of Yuehua and Yangzhen were too general, and Qi Zhiheng still needed to ponder them carefully.

Qi Zhiheng then found a place to begin studying his abilities.

Since the space was his domain, he didn't expand the area, but instead directly tested his abilities within the space.

Sure enough, even without expanding the area, he could still unleash his abilities within the space. Qi Zhiheng even discovered that once rules were established here, they would always act according to his commands.

For example, he allows withered branches to grow in the space. Once these withered branches sprout, they won't wither away as they would outside, just like they would outside, once the space is removed.

Such ability truly captivated Qi Zhiheng.

He used his ability on an open space in the space, and a mountain burst out of the ground, and after a few rumbling sounds, it began to shoot straight upwards.

Unfortunately, the mountain only grew to about ten meters before Qi Zhiheng realized that his spiritual power was being drained, and he had to stop trying to create more mountains.

For a Golden Core cultivator, such skill is quite impressive. However, Qi Zhiheng's soul power is not comparable to that of an ordinary Golden Core cultivator. The spiritual power extracted from the growth of this mountain is actually more than the spiritual power he would need to use to make the mountain break through the soil by directly using magic.

Qi Zhiheng said, "My spiritual power has been drained. Is this the price I have to pay for using the rules?"

The moon beast shook its head and said, "I don't know, perhaps this is one of the costs."

Qi Zhiheng took a pill to restore his spiritual power and then sat cross-legged in meditation.

After Qi Zhiheng recovered some of his spiritual power, the Moon Beast suggested that he go out and try it out first.

Qi Zhiheng was a little confused: "Senior, didn't you say that I could use my abilities better in this space?"

"That's assuming you can fully grasp the rules," Yuehua said disdainfully. "You haven't even learned how to use a knife yet, and you're already thinking about how to kill people?"

"If you have a knife, just cut. What's so difficult about killing someone?" Qi Zhiheng retorted softly.

Yuehua glared at him: "Anyway, that's the gist of it. You've only grasped a tiny bit of the basics and don't know anything about the rules. But the rules outside this space are already mature. You can only learn how to create by experiencing them firsthand."

Qi Zhiheng thought this argument made a lot of sense, so he bid farewell to Yuehua Yangzhen and said, "Then I'll go out first. If there's any breakthrough, I'll come back to check on you."

After Qi Zhiheng finished speaking, he left.

Yang Yitian and the others were still waiting outside. When they saw him come out, they all surrounded him and asked if he was confident that he could break through to the Nascent Soul stage.

Qi Zhiheng blushed. His previous aura of being able to do whatever he wanted had weakened considerably. This was not his fault. The Nascent Soul stage was the time for him to lay his foundation. His Great Dao had to be determined before he became a Nascent Soul.

When he first became a Golden Core cultivator, the way he realized he could advance further was to befriend the surrounding spiritual energy, allowing it to provide him with better support and increase its power. However, this didn't seem to be the most suitable path for him, so he had to change his cultivation method.

Under everyone's gaze, he took out the revised "Ten Thousand Yuan Mixed One Technique" and looked through it. However, he couldn't figure it out. He said to his family somewhat awkwardly, "This technique may need to be modified. I should be able to break through once I find the correct way to cultivate it."

Qi Zhenhe asked, "So what are your plans now? Are you going into seclusion?"

Qi Zhiheng thought about it for a moment and felt that it was a good idea: "I do need to go into seclusion for a while. I'll take care of some things first before I go into seclusion."

Qi Zhiheng went to see the sect leader the next day, as he had not yet told the sect leader about what had happened last time.

Que Hanhai was not surprised by his visit. He sighed and said, "You came here today because you heard something, didn't you?"

Qi Zhiheng was somewhat puzzled: "What did you hear?" He really hadn't heard anything; he had entered the space after returning yesterday.

Que Hanhai said, "You don't know? Didn't Tang Min mention it to you?"

"I haven't seen Peak Master Tang since I came back. What happened?" Qi Zhiheng saw that Que Hanhai mentioned Tang Min, so it must be related to alchemy.

Que Hanhai said, "You've put in some effort this time; our sect has encountered some problems!"

Qi Zhiheng, who was planning to go back to seclusion later, heard Que Hanhai's words and alarm bells went off in his mind.

Que Hanhai continued, "You made a big splash in the competition this time, which made the Shenmu Sect hold a grudge."

Qi Zhiheng didn't think it was a big deal when he heard this: "Let him hold a grudge. What can he do to me?" In terms of ranking, isn't their Lushen Sect still ranked above the Shenmu Sect? As for the Lushen Sect, would they hand him over to someone else to deal with just because of the Shenmu Sect's face?

Que Hanhai chuckled: "Of course they can't do anything to you, so he cut off the supply of pills to our Lu Shen Sect."

The Shenmu Sect, of course, had already prepared a plausible reason.

Ye Yunchuan, representing the Shenmu Sect, said the following: "Since your sect's alchemists are so skilled that they can stand out among the many alchemists in the South, our Shenmu Sect will not embarrass ourselves in this regard. There is no need for future transactions of pills. I am sure that Alchemist Qi of the Shenmu Sect can do better than our sect."

Qi Zhiheng was speechless for a moment, realizing that Ye Yunchuan was practically dragging the sect's hatred onto him.

Que Hanhai looked at him with hope in his eyes, and Qi Zhiheng felt a chill run down his spine: "Sect Master, please speak plainly."

Que Hanhai smiled and said, "It's like this, our sect's various peaks usually need a lot of pills. In the past, half of these pills came from the Shenmu Sect, but now the Shenmu Sect has stopped trading with us. I just wanted to ask if you have any way to solve this problem?"

Qi Zhiheng felt this wasn't a big problem: "Didn't our sect recently have a group of people who have achieved quite a bit? Why can't we let them refine pills? To be honest, if you give the reward for these pills to the Divine Wood Sect, you might as well give it to your own sect."

Que Hanhai naturally knew: "That's what we were planning too. I just don't know if you could discuss with those people about providing the sect with a fixed batch of pills?" He naturally knew that the sect was in a great position now. The reason why the sect couldn't supply pills was mainly because the sect's alchemists had a low success rate and the quality was poor. However, after Qi Zhiheng and Qi Dong's instruction some time ago, many alchemists in the sect had improved their alchemy skills a lot. Not only had the success rate increased, but the quality had also risen to a higher level.

Qi Zhiheng found Que Hanhai's words inexplicable: "Sect Master, you are the Sect Master, are you saying anything less than what I say?"

Que Hanhai said, "These alchemists' significant improvement is inseparable from your teaching. You should talk to them about it; it will definitely be more effective than me saying it. Also, the sect mostly needs first and second-grade pills. With so many disciples, could you ask them to help out?" Actually, this was the key point. Que Hanhai thought to himself, he didn't know how Qi Zhiheng taught his disciples, that they could refine only high-grade or mid-grade pills, not even a single low-grade pill! Sometimes they could even produce quite a few top-grade pills. This made Que Hanhai wish he could go back to the Qi Refining stage and start cultivating all over again. If he could cultivate while consuming top-grade pills, he would be happy to do it all over again.

Qi Zhiheng hadn't thought of that, so he agreed: "That's no problem, but about the spirit herb..."

"We'll provide the spiritual herbs! You can exchange pills for contribution points or spirit stones!" Que Hanhai readily agreed.

Qi Zhiheng was fairly satisfied with the answer: "How much does the Sect Master intend to ask for?"

"Is that even a question?" Que Hanhai said matter-of-factly, "Of course we'll take as many as you have!"

"Alright, I'll go back and tell my disciples in a bit. Once the sect has prepared the spiritual herbs, they can be sent to my alchemy room." Qi Zhiheng also felt that his disciples lacked opportunities to refine pills. Before, he was just teaching them, and he couldn't guarantee their success rate. If their success rate was too low, he would lose money. Now that they had become proficient in alchemy to a certain extent, they didn't need to worry too much about the success rate.

"Alright, I'll have Tang Min handle it later!" After finishing his business, Que Hanhai remembered that Qi Zhiheng hadn't come to see him because of the Shenmu Sect, so he asked, "What brings you here this time?"

Qi Zhiheng said, "This all started when the Tianyuan Sect asked me to refine pills. Someone came to me and asked me to refine pills. After I finished refining the pills, I had some contact with him."

Que Hanhai knew that Tianyuan Sect had caused trouble for Qi Zhiheng before the competition: "Haven't you already perfectly resolved the trouble you caused?"

"It's not that simple." Qi Zhiheng recounted how he discovered demonic energy within his body after refining pills: "If it weren't for my special physique, I probably wouldn't have noticed this anomaly." He didn't mention that he used a dark spiritual root, but rather that he possessed a light spiritual root.

Everyone knows that dark spiritual roots are best suited for demonic cultivation, so he certainly couldn't portray himself in a negative light.