Lin Caogen and Du Yumei arrived at the canteen, where more than a hundred disciples were already eating chicken.
As Du Yumei entered, the chicken-eating disciples all turned to look at this beautiful woman with a graceful figure and prominent curves.
The Wuwei Sect is also one of the top 100 major sects, with a million disciples, including 600,000 male disciples and 400,000 female disciples.
Among the 400,000 female disciples, only a handful are as beautiful as Du Yumei.
Lin Caogen laughed and said, "Junior Sister Xiaoyu is so beautiful that everyone has forgotten to eat and is staring at you."
Du Yumei blushed slightly and said, "Don't tease me. If you ask me, Senior Brother Caogen is quite handsome too. Look, aren't all the female disciples staring at you?"
The two ordered their food and found a corner to wait for the waiter to bring the chicken to their table.
In the center of the dining hall, an older disciple stared at Lin Caogen and Du Yumei with a strange look in his eyes.
This senior disciple, named Song Qingshu, had cultivated for over seven hundred years, yet his cultivation level remained stuck at the Qi Condensation stage, unable to advance any further. His talent was mediocre, his future limited, yet he harbored lofty ambitions—a truly pitiful and lamentable situation.
Once, Song Qingshu went to the outskirts to kill mythical beasts and search for immortal herbs, and accidentally encountered members of the Demonic Sect.
Song Qingshu learned from the members of the Demonic Sect that the Demonic Sect had unique cultivation methods. Their methods were ruthless and unique, and they could make up for their own weak talents by being bloodthirsty and absorbing the essence and immortal energy of others. The members of the Demonic Sect were elusive and had extremely high cultivation levels.
Song Qingshu had cultivated for seven hundred years but had never been able to enter the Core Formation stage. He had tried orthodox cultivation methods for hundreds of years but had not succeeded. He had long harbored the idea of taking a risky path and joining the Demonic Sect.
Unfortunately, to join the Demonic Sect, one must offer gifts. Song Qingshu was just a poor disciple with no talent, receiving only three Immortal Yuan Coins a month. What gifts could he possibly offer to the Demonic Sect?
Staring at Lin Caogen and Du Yumei, Song Qingshu's eyes lit up, and he came up with a brilliant idea.
He put down his chopsticks and sat down at the table where Lin Caogen and Du Yumei were sitting, saying, "My two junior brothers and sisters, your senior brother greets you."
Lin Caogen was taken aback, not expecting a senior brother to take the initiative to speak to him. He said, "Hello, senior brother. May I ask what I can teach you?"
Song Qingshu smiled and said, "I wouldn't call it giving you guidance. I am Song Qingshu, and I just want to make friends with my fellow disciples."
Lin Caogen said, "So it's Senior Brother Song. Junior Sister Xiaoyu and I are also new to the sect and don't know much about the sect's affairs. We hope that Senior Brother will give us some guidance in the future."
Song Qingshu smiled and said, "There's nothing to give you any pointers on. This morning at the lecture platform, I listened carefully to Junior Brother Lin's questions. Junior Brother Lin is practicing the Golden Bell Shield technique from our sect, right? And Junior Sister Du is practicing, if I'm not mistaken, the Frost Armor technique, is that right?"
Lin Caogen and Du Yumei both nodded.
Song Qingshu sighed and stopped talking.
Lin Caogen asked in confusion, "Why is Senior Brother sighing?"
Song Qingshu slowly said, "I have cultivated for over 700 years, but my cultivation level has always been stuck at the Qi Condensation stage. I have taken too many detours in these 700 years. Junior brother and sister, the Golden Bell Shield and Frost Armor techniques that you two cultivate not only require a massive amount of immortal energy, but also body-refining fluids of the metal and water attributes. According to my estimate, to cultivate these two techniques to the great perfection level, you two will need at least several hundred bottles of body-refining fluids!"
Lin Caogen said, "That's right, I estimated it to be over a hundred bottles. Now the sect gives me and my junior sister ten bottles a month. At this rate, we should be able to cultivate to the Great Perfection realm in two or three years."
Song Qingshu was shocked. He hadn't expected the sect to provide these two with ten bottles of body-refining liquid per month, whereas he had been given one bottle every three months. The difference was simply...
Song Qingshu smiled and said, "Junior brother and junior sister are the key talents cultivated by the sect. The body refining liquid they receive each month is thirty times that I received back then. However, my talent is limited, while your future is limitless. Many prodigies in other major sects can cultivate their body refining stage to the Great Perfection stage in half a year. If junior brother and junior sister wait for the sect to give you body refining liquid, your cultivation speed will be reduced."
Upon hearing this, Lin Caogen asked, "Does Senior Brother have some idea?"
Song Qingshu said, "There is a way, which is to collect the immortal herbs with the metal and water attributes yourself. There are many forests and lakes at the foot of the mountain with these immortal herbs, but it is quite dangerous to go there. There are not only first- and second-order immortal beasts, but also third-order immortal beasts. If you don't have someone familiar with the way to guide you, I'm afraid you may not return."
Song Qingshu sighed again and said, "When I was young, I couldn't break through, so I went on adventures to find medicinal herbs. In the end, I finally broke through to the Body Refinement stage on my own. Here is a book on how to make Body Refinement Liquid. I used it back then, so I'll give it to you!"
Lin Caogen took the book, flipped through a few pages, and then handed it to Du Yumei.
Song Qingshu said, "Alright! I should go back to cultivate now! If you junior brothers and sisters want to go to the outskirts to look for immortal herbs, you must not go alone. It will be October 1st soon, and there will be an eight-day holiday. The entire Ziwei District will be on holiday then, which is the best time to look for immortal herbs. I will go out to look for great opportunities then. If you junior brothers and sisters are interested, you can come with me."
Lin Caogen immediately nodded and said, "Thank you for your guidance, Senior Brother!"
Song Qingshu smiled, turned and left.
Du Yumei looked at the Body Refining Liquid formula in her hand and said, "This formula is genuine. It must have been handwritten by Senior Brother Song from memory. My parents also have a similar formula. Senior Brother Caogen, during the National Day holiday in Ziwei District, when the whole country is celebrating, shall we go with Senior Brother Song to the outskirts to search for immortal herbs?"
Lin Caogen thought for a moment and said, "I have a feeling that this Senior Brother Song is not a good person. But if he invites us to go on the 11th, then let's go! Even if there is danger, the two of us can still protect ourselves."
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