Tumor Sword Immortal

Chapter 133 Senior Master?

The inner cauldron is where cultivators store spiritual energy within their bodies.

Only when spiritual energy can be absorbed by itself can cultivators gradually transform it into the form most suitable for themselves.

Just as the water of the spiritual sea is colorless, its color varies from person to person.

This process is the manifestation of spiritual power.

Pei Xia wasn't ignorant or incapable; in fact, he manifested spiritual power much faster than normal people.

The problem is... his inner cauldron is too deep.

On the day he achieved the completion of the Refining Cauldron, his spiritual sea was empty and overflowed. At this level, if he wanted to fully manifest it on his own, no matter how talented he was, it would be impossible for him to do so in a short period of time.

Especially after achieving the first four realms in one fell swoop, this slow pace made Pei Xia feel even more powerless.

He sat down at the table, fiddling with the medicinal herbs in his bundle, and sighed, "I've certainly learned my lesson. No wonder martial arts practitioners are always so eager for elixirs."

The Mixed Spirit Pill can effectively solve Pei Xia's current predicament.

This thing is not the same as any Body Tempering Pill or Qi Condensation Pill. It can greatly increase the speed at which a cultivator manifests spiritual power, and its utilization rate is very high. One pill can basically solve the problem and guarantee advancement to the Profound Realm.

With such a powerful effect, the ingredients used are naturally extremely precious, and the key is that very few people know how to refine it. Its value is even much higher than that of the Fangcun Pill. Even many famous sects are reluctant to use it when training their personal disciples.

If I had a few dozen Mixed Spirit Pills, it would be much easier for me to pass the Profound Realm.

Thinking about it, Pei Xia lowered her eyes and looked at the medicinal herbs in the bundle, then shook her head.

Stop dreaming. A hundred-year-old spiritual plant is a treasure in any sect. It's not easy to even have one. Where are you going to get dozens for you?

"Alright, let's refine these medicinal herbs into pills as soon as possible, prepare our travel expenses, and we'll set off tomorrow."

Pei Xia pulled the basin out from under the table and called to Lu Li to prepare to refine pills.

However, Pear suddenly waved her hand at him: "I have a rumor, but I can't guarantee it's true."

"What?"

"The road to the east is blocked."

Pei Xia was stunned. He blinked and asked, "Da Ling has attacked?"

“No, not at all,” Lu Li began to tell him the rumors she had just heard. “They said that the battle at the front was fierce, and the Northern Barbarians’ logistics department wanted to recruit some alchemists to refine some pills to supply the front. So they blocked off two hundred miles east of Xia Pass to intercept any alchemists passing by and arrest them one by one.”

Pei Xia frowned, her face contorted in a grotesque expression: "It doesn't seem real."

He said, "Please, there are at least tens of thousands of people fighting on the front lines. Even if I, a single cultivator, produce two batches a day, and the simplest healing pills average twenty pills per batch, that's forty pills a day. Even if you find a hundred cultivators, you can only refine four thousand pills a day... Uh, a hundred cultivators are too many. They definitely can't find that many. At most, they'll find twenty!"

Lu Li nodded in agreement: "That's why they're LAKA."

Isn't this bullying? We Master Su are no good at fighting, so you just take advantage of us and bully us, right?
Are you Northern Barbarians still going to do your jobs in the underworld?
Pei Xia gasped, staring at the ceiling of the inn: "What do we do then?"

They didn't just set up one checkpoint; they set up roadblocks for a full two hundred miles. If you were to go around in circles for those two hundred miles, it would take forever to get there.
There's no way to fake it. As long as you sense the spiritual energy, you can test whether they are a martial artist. If they have spiritual energy but are not a martial artist, then just take them away.

Pei Xia can get through it, but Lu Li can't.

Lu Li whispered, "I heard there is a way, but it requires some filial piety."

Pei Xia glanced at her sideways, and Li Zi looked up in response.

After a moment of silence, Pei Xia slammed her hand on the table: "Tomorrow, let's go outside Xiaguan and find out what's going on. If it's true, then we'll take a shortcut. Do you know where that 'tribute' came from?"

Lu Li shook her head: "That's what the kid who sells medicine told me. He was very mysterious. I only heard that he's a big shot with very high cultivation."

……

Xiaguan did indeed have a checkpoint set up, and Pei Xia went to investigate personally.

He didn't want to get into any conflict with the Northern Barbarian military unless absolutely necessary. If another military strategist came out and killed a thousand people, he would be in big trouble.

There was no other way but to return to the inn and find the medicine-selling boy again.

The young man knew his opportunity had arrived as soon as he saw Pei Xia waiting for him instead of Lu Li. Pei Xia didn't waste any words, giving him two Body Tempering Pills and one Qi Condensation Pill, both of excellent quality, and simply asked him to take him to see the so-called master.

This expert has no sect background; he sounds like a rogue cultivator.

The young man selling medicine led Pei Xia and Lu Li into the mountains. The further they went, the more remote the area became, and Pei Xia's brows furrowed more and more tightly.

"The spiritual energy here is getting thinner and thinner. Are you sure people live here?"

As Pei Xia spoke, her glare at him carried a hint of warning.

The young man, without a hood, revealed his freckled face and replied cautiously, "How could I dare to lie to you? There are many other vegetarian masters waiting to pass through the valley ahead. This senior only passes through once every three days, so we still have to wait for her."

It's definitely not a lie.

As you walk further in, you gradually see a path worn into the ground, and then you see paved bluestone. Turning past the narrow valley entrance, you come to a clearing next to a stream.

A thatched hut, a fenced yard, and three or four people sitting or standing scattered around the yard.

These people also had traces of spiritual power, but their physiques were ordinary, so they should all be Su Shi (a type of cultivator).

When they saw someone approaching, they merely raised their eyebrows slightly before paying no further attention.

Pei Xia didn't walk directly into the courtyard, but instead turned her head and asked the young man who had led the way, "Senior, have you always lived here?"

The young man immediately shook his head: "No, I just came this year."

really.

The spiritual energy here is thin, so it would be difficult to break through to a higher realm if one were to cultivate here year after year.

Pei Xia tried asking again, "Yes, a master of the sixth realm?"

My friend shook his head again: "I don't know the specific level, but I've heard that he has cultivated both martial arts and vegetarianism, and that he has reached a very high level in both."

This made Pei Xia raise an eyebrow.

Don't be fooled by Pei Xia's relaxed and carefree dual cultivation; few others possess such talent.

Whether it's martial arts or the art of mastering the basics, reaching a high level requires a tremendous investment of time and energy, and achieving success in both is extremely difficult.

Changsun Yu doesn't count; he's cheating.

Pei Xia tried asking a few more questions, but given his level as a junior pharmacist, he couldn't answer any more. Pei Xia then gave him a Qi Condensation Pill as payment.

Watching the young pharmacist thank her profusely and turn to leave, Pei Xia finally pushed open the fence of the small courtyard and went inside.

Lu Li skillfully climbed onto his neck, following his thigh, and then looked around.

"What do you think?" Pei Xia asked.

Lu Li shook her head: "Not even at the sixth realm."

It's very simple; there couldn't possibly be no array around the residence of a Sixth Realm Master.

As for whether it's the fifth or fourth realm, either is possible, since both are considered "extremely high" for a junior pharmacist.

Pei Xia's gaze swept over the other vegetarian masters present. Most of them were old and bald, which fit the image of a vegetarian master.

Just as Pei Xia was about to find a corner to sit down quietly and wait,

His gaze swept across the area and landed on the fenced-off area on the other side of the yard.

There are no chickens or ducks kept in the pen.

I raised a few rabbits.

Pei Xia stared at the rabbit, and the more she looked at it, the more familiar it seemed.

(End of this chapter)