Kui Bi was a rogue cultivator, a pill cultivator who had been a rogue cultivator for over fifty years. He was once an ordinary pill cultivator disciple of the Ziyun Sect. After the fall of the Heavenly Maiden, he also experienced some tribulations. Through these misfortunes, he gained a deeper understanding of the Dao of Pills, which is why he was able to advance all the way to become a sixth-level pill master.
From then on, he, who had been previously unknown, began to gain some fame. Sects frequently invited him to join, and even a celestial sect offered him the position of elder. However, due to some unresolved issues, he never had the intention of rejoining a sect. He only wanted to focus on cultivating in seclusion to improve his cultivation level, occasionally practicing alchemy to gain insights.
He knew in his heart that he had reached the edge of advancing to the Nascent Soul stage, but had not yet broken through. When the True Evolution Sect came to him, he originally did not want to pay attention to them, thinking that they were just one of those sects that wanted to recruit him, until they offered to refine the Bone Forging Pill.
He had to admit, he was somewhat surprised. In the immortal sects, the Bone-Forging Pill was considered a useless item. Although it had the ability to strengthen tendons and bones, it was only effective for those in the Qi Refining stage or mortals without cultivation. However, it required the top-grade spiritual plant, the Seven-Spirit Leaf, to refine. The Seven-Spirit Leaf was the most crucial ingredient in refining the Barrier-Breaking Pill, and it was extremely rare. It should be known that the Barrier-Breaking Pill was a pill for advancing from the Nascent Soul stage to the Deity Transformation stage. Anyone with eyes could tell the difference between a Deity Transformation cultivator and a Qi Refining cultivator.
Therefore, a normal sect wouldn't choose to waste Seven Spirit Leaves to refine Bone Forging Pills, so it's clear that the True Evolution Sect is a bit abnormal. However, considering that he did need to refine more high-level pills to improve his understanding of alchemy, he proposed using half a Seven Spirit Leaves to refine a Barrier-Breaking Pill. Although as a sixth-level alchemist, he would most likely fail if he forcibly challenged a ninth-level pill, he would likely gain a lot of insight into alchemy and benefit from it.
But he never expected that this True Transformation Sect was not just abnormal, but downright insane! They refused his request for half a Seven Spirit Leaf, but instead offered to replace it with any one of the spiritual plants such as Heavenly Origin Dragon Bamboo, Ice and Fire Crystal Flower, or Mysterious Feather Grass. If one plant was not enough, two plants could be negotiated.
Kui Bi wondered if he had misheard. Tianyuan Dragon Bamboo, Ice and Fire Crystal Flower, and Xuan Yu Grass—aren't these all top-tier spiritual plants? Xuan Yu Grass is even a spiritual plant that can be used to refine tenth-grade pills. Have these people gone mad? They actually traded these things for some Bone Forging Pills.
Kui Bi immediately became restless, not because he was worried that the other party would realize their mistake and go back on their word, asking him to find someone else to refine pills. Rather, he was concerned that such an ignorant sect might accidentally ruin these top-tier spiritual plants, which were all top-tier spiritual plants that he had never seen in all his years of alchemy. Yet they were offering them up to exchange for seventh-grade pills.
The more he thought about it, the more worried and heartbroken he became about the spiritual plants, even vividly imagining them being ruined. Unable to wait any longer, he grabbed the disciple who had delivered the message and rushed to the True Evolution Sect that very night! As a professional alchemist, he needed to personally oversee such top-tier spiritual plants to feel at ease.
Kui Bi arrived at the True Exploration Sect in the morning. Having secluded himself in the Tranquil Valley for many years, he was unaware of the outside world and had naturally never heard of the rumors surrounding the True Exploration Sect. He had initially thought it was just a newly established small sect, but upon arrival, he was astonished by the massive floating peaks in mid-air. Its scale rivaled that of a first-rate immortal sect. He could sense the spiritual energy several times denser around him from afar, not to mention the spiritual energy within.
He was momentarily unsure what kind of sect this was. The disciple who came to deliver the message briefly informed the sect members and then led him towards the main peak, their journey unimpeded.
Kui Bi was somewhat surprised, and then belatedly realized, "Wait, doesn't your sect have a mountain-protecting formation?"
"Oh, so that's true!" The disciple replied without any sense of crisis as he led the way. "Ever since the sect leader made a pact with Venerable Yuanqi, the Venerable has set up a mountain-protecting formation within the sect every few days, with at least ten layers of formations, each one more complex than the last. But True Person Fengrong always complains that the mountain-protecting formations he sets up are too weak."
"Then……"
"And then he burned it." The disciple blurted out, "See that dark, pointed rock on the mountaintop? That's what Master Feng accidentally burned when he was setting up the formation."
"..." Wait, is this how you play your family's protective mountain formation?
Kui Bi was speechless. That was a ten-layered array. Only top-level array masters would have such an ability. How could it be so easy to break?
"Huh!" Before Wei Bi could even complain, he looked up and saw disciples flying around on swords everywhere in the sky. He frowned again. "Why doesn't your sect forbid disciples from flying on swords on the main peak?"
"Our sect leader said that sword flight is a fundamental skill for cultivators. Even with teleportation arrays, we can't neglect sword flight; practicing more is always beneficial. Who knows when we might accidentally get lost?" the disciple replied matter-of-factly. "Besides, sword flight is much more efficient than teleportation arrays!"
No, can something fly away and get lost?
"So many people flying around, it's so chaotic, what kind of order is this!" Kui Bi said with a look of disapproval.
"That's proper!" the disciple retorted, pointing to a spot in the air with a proud expression. "Daojun, do you see those three different colored magic arrays in the air? That was suggested by our sect leader. He said it's like... traffic lights. Only when the green magic array is lit can the disciple in the corresponding position fly through on their sword, to prevent some disciples from bumping into people because they're not skilled enough at flying. That's proper."
Upon closer inspection, he realized that although there were many people flying in the air, they were indeed not chaotic and appeared quite orderly. He was speechless for a moment. After all, it was another sect's business, so he couldn't say anything. He continued walking forward with the disciple, thinking about the spiritual plants, and urged, "Take me directly to the alchemy room. I need to see those spiritual plants."
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