Sword Sect Outer Sect

Chapter 187 The Reward for Witnessing the Sword (Bonus Chapter 13 for the Alliance Leader)

Half a month has passed in the blink of an eye.

Song Yan sat cross-legged in the training room, and wisps of spiritual energy slowly gathered around him.

After half a month of rest, all the injuries have almost completely healed.

He also returned to the routine of refining his spiritual power and improving his cultivation every day.

Surprisingly, despite not consuming any precious elixirs during this period, his cultivation level has continued to improve rapidly.

It was as if some force was propelling his cultivation forward.

After much thought, it's probably due to the continuous fighting and battles of recent days.

Cultivators walk on the edge of life and death, and their physical body, divine consciousness, spiritual power, and even their desire for the Dao will all unleash their potential under extreme pressure.

While the sect's sword-wielding exercises are far from reaching the level of life-or-death battles, continuous combat can still play a certain role.

Throughout history, there have been numerous stories of exceptionally gifted individuals achieving sudden enlightenment in a single battle.

It is perfectly normal for one to gain some benefits from cultivation.

He had been at the seventh level of Qi Refining for nearly two years, and was only a few steps away from the eighth level.

Although it would be difficult to make a breakthrough in a short period of time, he still wanted to try before leaving the sect.

After all, each breakthrough in the late stage of Qi Refining represents a significant improvement.

If one can break through to the next level before going on a journey, it can greatly improve one's ability to protect oneself.

The spirit stone in his hand gradually turned gray and eventually shattered with a crack.

"Um……"

Song Yan frowned slightly and slowly opened his eyes.

Based on his current cultivation level, if he were to forcibly consume that Qi Yang pill, there would indeed be a 50% chance of successfully breaking through.

However, a 50% chance is really too far off.

After the Changping incident, the breakthrough pill that Song Yan obtained was called Qiyang Pill, which is also a type of breakthrough pill.

Its medicinal power is superior to Mingjue Dan, but its effects are extremely violent and not as solid as Mingjue Dan.

With an already unstable foundation, coupled with the violent effects of the Qi Yang Pill, it would be too dangerous to attempt a breakthrough by taking the pill rashly.

If you fail to break through to a higher realm, you can always start over.

If one's meridians become disordered, leading to qi deviation and demonic possession, it can damage one's foundation.

"take it easy."

It won't make a difference if it takes a little more time.

Right now, there is another important matter to be put on the agenda, and that is the Dao of Alchemy.

It is said that since the incident at Jiran Valley, Song Yan has rarely practiced alchemy.

Firstly, my energy and time are limited, and I can't even spare the time to study Kendo.

Secondly, the newly recruited Qi Refining cultivators in the sect had been assigned tasks by the sect every few days before the Sword Testing Gathering.

Later, after entering the inner sect, I went to Changping, and only now have I had time to pick up alchemy again.

I have thoroughly mastered the alchemical jade slips I have on hand.

The elixir formulas he possessed were no longer sufficient for Song Yan's current stage of cultivation.

Today, Song Yan plans to visit Granny Qin to ask if she has any relevant alchemical texts to recommend.

While I'm at it, I'll also make a trip to Tongchen Peak to collect the second-tier reward from the previous Sword Testing Gathering.

On the banks of Lingyuan Marsh.

The Troubleshooter's General Store.

"Classics of alchemy?"

Qin Xijun was holding a monocle, examining the quality of a pill, without looking up: "There are many, pick one yourself."

Qin Xijun had always felt a pity about her disciple's talent in alchemy.

The two were not master and disciple before, so she had no right to instruct him.

After they became master and disciple, Xiao Song rushed off to Changping. Upon returning to his sect, he immediately attended the Sword-Touching Gathering.

I do intend to find some time to give him some pointers.

Many cultivators yearn for such talent in alchemy but cannot attain it, yet this kid has wasted it.

Now that he's standing right in front of me and has brought it up himself, that's naturally the best outcome. It saves me from nagging and annoying my apprentice.

Song Yan was somewhat puzzled: "Master, what are you doing?"

"Sigh, I recently bought a batch of pills, and it's such a mess that I can't even tell what kind of medicinal ingredients are used in them."

"Go, go, go do your own thing." "Okay."

The storage room was piled with many things, with the jade slips placed in a separate pile.

Song Yan casually flipped through the pages.

"The lower elixir must be properly regulated."

"Fragments of the Ancient Chu Dan Bian..."

"Um……"

These are all relatively basic contents, many of which Song Yan has already learned. Occasionally, when he encounters something he hasn't seen before, he makes a copy.

Song Yan's requirements were not high. At the Qi Refining stage, his alchemy skills only needed to be sufficient to enable him to refine Yellow Sprout Pills and Qi Condensation Pills.

That’s all for now.

He quickly sorted through a few jade slips and informed Granny Qin.

"If you don't understand something, you have to come and ask your master. Don't practice it on your own."

"understood."

Before Song Yan could even leave the general store, he turned back: "By the way, Master, I got a jade slip when I went to Changping last time."

"Inside is a technique called 'Observing Spirits and Qi,' which I don't need. Do you want to take a look?"

This was found in Shen Huai's Qiankun bag.

The person has already been killed, and the grudge has already been formed.

To ask him to return Shen Huai's things to the Xuan Yuan Sect is wishful thinking. If Granny Qin can use them, that would be best.

It saves us the trouble of auctioning it off.

"Oh?"

Qin Xijun looked suspicious and picked up the jade slip, scanning it with her divine sense.

"Um……"

"It's a rare and invaluable secret technique; it might actually be quite useful."

Qin Xijun smiled broadly and patted Xiao Song's head: "You're a filial son."

"Hehe, you can keep it and play with it, I'm leaving now."

Watching Song Yan's departing figure, Qin Xijun's expression was somewhat strange.

She held the jade slip in her hand and murmured to herself, "I, as the master, haven't given my apprentice anything yet, but my apprentice is already giving me gifts."

"We should really arrest that good-for-nothing Lu Ziye and make him learn a thing or two."

……

After leaving Lingyuan Marsh, they walked towards Tongchen Peak.

I haven't had a chance to collect the reward for the Sword Wiping Rank B yet, but this trip allowed me to get everything done before heading back to my cave.

They've become so engrossed in cultivating immortality that they don't even want to go out anymore.

"what?"

Song Yan stood outside the Preparatory Hall and looked inside. Wu Zheng, who should have been there, was not there. Instead, Elder Xu Ziqing was inside.

I looked at the plaque above my head in confusion, thinking to myself that I hadn't gone to the wrong place.

"Hey Song Yan, come in, come in."

Xu Ziqing also saw Xiao Song hesitating at the door and chuckled.

"Elder Xu, what are you doing here?"

"Me? What are you doing here? I'm just doing what I'm doing here."

Xu Ziqing gave a half-smile.

Seeing Song Yan now makes him happy.

It seems that when Qin Xijun came to him to thank him before, it was all because of this kid.

At the time, he even said things like, "I'm just a mere outer disciple," and "What does my life or death have to do with me?"

But ever since Changping, when Song Yan beheaded the Xuan Yuan Sect disciple with a single sword strike, his opinion of this young man completely changed.

In short, they are exceptional individuals.

Just as Song Yan was still confused by Xu Ziqing's words, Wu Zheng came out from the back hall and respectfully handed Xu Ziqing a Qiankun bag.

Elder Xu…

"This is your reward for testing your sword."

(End of this chapter)