Everyone's a Master: I'll reward my disciples ten thousandfold!

Chen Yuan sat cross-legged on the broken offering table, his back against the red lacquered pillars of the main hall.

Most of the paint on the pillar had peeled off, revealing the grayish wood core underneath.

But he's in a great mood right now and doesn't care at all that the table under his butt might fall apart at any moment.

The two disciples were in seclusion in the back, refining the millennium-old spiritual essence.

It is a rare and precious medicinal herb with potent medicinal properties.

Once the two of them break through, and the cultivation synchronization mechanism is superimposed, his realm will jump another level.

We are getting closer and closer to Foundation Establishment.

Chen Yuan swung his legs, and with a thought, opened the public chat channel.

as predicted.

[Li Fugui (Jin Yuan Gang): I just pushed my eldest disciple from the first level of Qi Refining to the second level, fed him three pills, and used twenty spirit stones. Now the disciple is lying on the ground, eyes rolling back in his head. Is this cultivating immortality or cultivating life?]

[Zhang Dachui (Iron Fist Sect): Don't even mention it. My disciple had just reached the threshold of the second level of Qi Refining when he was bitten by a Crimson-Tailed Scorpion. He was poisoned and lay in bed for half a day, his cultivation level regressing directly back to the first level of Qi Refining. I'm devastated.]

[Sun Xiaomei (Hundred Flowers Valley): Does anyone know how to help disciples break through quickly? I'm willing to exchange three Qi Refining Pills for a method! Waiting online, urgent!]

[Li Jianguo (Kaoshan Sect): Give me your head in exchange. I can't even gather enough Qi Refining Pills; my disciples are currently eating tree bark to stave off hunger.]

Looking at the screen full of wails, Chen Yuan finally no longer had to suppress the urge to smile.

Two disciples at the third level of Qi Refining.

A Supreme Primordial Chaos Manual.

A demon-slaying sword.

A millennium-old spiritual essence is being refined.

And these people are still fighting tooth and nail for a single Qi Refining Pill.

gap.

This is the gap.

Chen Yuan continued scrolling down.

[Wang Batian (Sanren): Fellow sect leaders, calm down. While the reward for the first Foundation Establishment kill is tempting, have you considered this: given the current speed of the Guiyuan Sect, this reward will most likely still go to them.]

The channel was silent for two seconds.

Then came a deluge of insults.

[Zhang Dachui (Iron Fist Sect): Wang Batian, can you please shut your mouth?! I'm begging you!]

[Qian Duoduo (Jin Yuan Gang): Guiyuan Sect! Guiyuan Sect! All you ever say is Guiyuan Sect! My ears are practically calloused!]

[Li Jianguo (Kaoshan Sect): @Guiyuan Sect·Chen Yuan, can't you say something? Who exactly are you? Give me a way out!]

Chen Yuan did not reply.

Truly wise people never speak on the channel.

Even now, he has never spoken on the public channel.

Silence is the best response.

Chen Yuan turned off the channel, closed his eyes, and sensed the movements in the side room behind him.

The two spiritual energy fluctuations are steadily increasing.

Lin Xiao's spiritual power slowly began to break through the bottleneck from the upper reaches of the third level of Qi Refining.

Su Muhan's progress is a little slower, but it is still progressing steadily.

Chen Yuan made a rough estimate.

At this rate, at least one person will be able to break through to the fourth level of Qi Refining within two hours.

When his cultivation level is simultaneously increased, he will directly reach the seventh level of Qi Refining.

Further on, there are the eighth and ninth levels of Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment...

The Nine Heavens Spirit Gathering Pagoda.

Chen Yuan took a deep breath.

A bright future is beckoning to him.

He even started to consider whether to build the Nine Heavens Spirit Gathering Pagoda on the mountaintop or the mountainside.

The mountaintop has good lighting, but the dilapidated temple with its three large holes is bad for feng shui.

The mountainside is near a dry well, and beneath it lies a small spiritual vein; the location is superb…

"ah--!"

A heart-wrenching scream erupted from the side room on the left.

Chen Yuan suddenly opened his eyes.

Almost simultaneously, a muffled groan of pain came from the right wing.

The broken doors of the two side rooms were blasted away by a violent spiritual force, crashing into the earthen wall of the corridor and shattering into pieces.

Scalding spiritual energy surged from both rooms simultaneously, clashing against each other in the middle of the corridor.

Dust flew everywhere, and gravel flew everywhere.

Chen Yuan sprang up from the offering table.

He rushed to the back corridor entrance in three steps.

The left wing.

Lin Xiao curled up on the ground, his veins bulging, and the blue veins wriggling under his skin like earthworms.

His face turned purple, his jaw clenched so tightly it made a grinding sound, and his ten fingers dug into the cracks of the blue bricks.

"Master!"

Lin Xiao strained to lift his head, his voice hoarse and distorted.

"This disciple is incompetent... the medicinal power of the spiritual marrow is too overwhelming... my meridians are about to give way..."

He was speaking when a trickle of blood appeared at the corner of his mouth.

Chen Yuan's pupils contracted sharply.

Turn your head...

The right wing.

Su Muhan's situation is even more frightening.

She was suspended in mid-air by spiritual energy, and the Supreme Primordial Chaos Technique was completely out of control within her body.

The vortex of spiritual energy spun wildly around her body, faster and faster.

The Heavenly Spirit Body was uncontrollably and frantically absorbing the medicinal power of the spiritual marrow, with the absorption rate far exceeding the limits that the meridians could withstand.

Cracks spread out one after another along the earthen walls of the outbuilding.

Chen Yuan's mind went blank.

It’s over.

The medicine was too strong.

The Millennium Spirit Essence is a rare treasure of the Earth Rank.

These two disciples are only at the third level of Qi Refining.

What does this equate to?

It's like making a baby who has just learned to drink water drink water from a fire hydrant.

He was only focused on the idea that "the stronger my disciple is, the stronger I will be," and forgot to consider the limits of their meridians.

If their meridians rupture, they will explode and die...

His cultivation level was simultaneously reset to zero, and he was reduced from the sixth level of Qi Refining back to a mortal.

There are no apprentices to teach, even though the program offers cash back for teaching apprentices.

Everything goes to zero.

Chen Yuan's back was instantly soaked with sweat.

Cold sweat trickled down my spine.

But his face remained unchanged.

Two days of experience in disguising himself taught him one thing: the more critical the situation, the less he could show any emotion on his face.

When the disciples see their sect leader panic, their minds will inevitably break down.

Once their mental state collapses, there's truly no way to save them.

Chen Yuan put his hands behind his back.

My palms were sweaty, but the wide sleeves covered them completely.

He walked to the center of the corridor.

He glanced at Lin Xiao on the left.

He glanced at Su Muhan on the right.

Then he spoke, his voice icy.

"A mere spiritual essence has caused you to lose your composure."

There was a pause.

"Where is the heart of the Way?"

Four words.

It hit Lin Xiao's ear, and was even more potent than the spiritual marrow medicine.

Lin Xiao trembled violently.

The sect leader remained calm.

The sect leader wouldn't panic.

The sect leader must have foreseen this scene long ago.

This is a test.

This is a test!

Everything the sect leader gives is never given away for free.

His will to live was tested when his pulse was severed.

The sword was presented as a test of his resolve to kill.

Now, it's time to test his ability to seize opportunities!

If you can't even withstand the effects of a mere overreaction of medicine, how can you accept the heaven-defying fortune bestowed upon you by the sect leader?

Lin Xiao's eyes instantly became bloodshot.

He bit his lip until it bled, desperately trying to force the out-of-control spiritual energy into his dantian.

But the medicinal power of the spiritual marrow is simply too domineering.

For every point pressed down, two points bounce back.

Waves of tearing pain surged through my meridians.

Lin Xiao groaned and stubbornly endured it.

No refund.

The sect leader is watching.

We must not back down.

In the corridor, Chen Yuan's face was ashen.

My mind was racing.

Swearing won't solve anything.

We need to find something to save the day.

Chen Yuan quickly scanned the inventory in his system backpack.

A tranquil bamboo broom, of superior quality, gathers spiritual energy and sweeps away distracting thoughts while sweeping.

It's no use. The problem these two have now isn't that they have too many distracting thoughts, but that their meridians can't withstand the medicine's effects.

Lesser Rejuvenating Pill.

It's for saving lives and is effective at healing wounds, but it's completely ineffective against the effects of excessive medicinal power.