AWB Chapter 25 That despicable Qi the Skinflint!
Chapter 25 That despicable Qi the Skinflint!
With ten days left before the secret realm closes, the six, having completed their training, decided to wander around and collect some spiritual plants.
The original plan was to go to Cloud Shore Cliff to meet up with the other party, but now that we've found them, there's no need to go there anymore.
They can be teleported out by crushing the jade token. The exit is set up to prevent some disciples from accidentally losing their jade tokens and being unable to leave.
"There is a kind of dragon saliva grass in the Hidden Dragon Secret Realm, which is the main ingredient for refining body-refining pills. I don't know if we can find it."
Mu Qianqian had read many records about the Hidden Dragon Secret Realm and knew everything about it like the back of her hand, but the records did not indicate the location of the Heavenly Spirit Treasures.
Indeed, if it had been labeled, it would have been taken down long ago.
Yun Zhao squatted on the ground, digging for spiritual herbs. "Senior sister, where does the Dragon Saliva Grass grow? We still have a few days, let's go look for it!"
Mu Qianqian shrugged. "I don't know. I'm not an alchemist. When I read the records about the Hidden Dragon Secret Realm, it wasn't mentioned there."
Lin Shu raised his hand timidly, "Um, that's me."
Yun Zhao slapped his forehead, "Oh dear, I forgot."
Lin Shu didn't know either, but he had a book on spiritual plants. He flipped through it and found it: "Dragon's Saliva Grass, which often grows on cliffs. It is golden in color, has small white flowers, and fruits..."
He explained, "Body Refining Pills are not commonly used pills. They are generally only used by cultivators who advance four or five levels at once to assist in body refining."
"But as far as I know, no cultivator has ever advanced this much in one go."
After he finished speaking, Yun Zhao and the others looked at Qi Yan at the same time. Mu Qianqian explained to Lin Shu, "Little Lin, now we have it. Our junior brother Qi has advanced from Qi Induction to the fourth level of Golden Core in one go!"
Lin Shu: "!!!"
He stammered, "Really?!"
Shuangxue and Shuangyue came forward to testify: "It's true, the lightning tribulation when Junior Brother Qi formed his core almost scared people to death!"
Lin Shu scratched his head. "That powerful? It's a pity I was in seclusion at the time and didn't see it."
Yun Zhao was both amused and exasperated. He repeated what he had said to the sect leader and the others, and Lin Shu finally breathed a sigh of relief.
He knew it! How could anyone be promoted so many times at once!
but--
"Advancing five ranks in one go is amazing!"
Yun Zhao thought for a moment, "Senior Brother Lin, can Ayan use this kind of pill?"
Lin Shu nodded, "Yes, if Junior Brother Qi takes this kind of pill, he won't have to worry about advancing too much at once and causing his foundation to become unstable."
“However,” he added, “a monk can only take one pill within a hundred years; taking more is useless.”
"That's good," Yun Zhao said with delight. "Ayan has advanced so much in such a short time. From now on, she will definitely cultivate step by step."
"By the way," Yun Zhao looked at Qi Yan, "A Yan, why did you advance to the fourth level of the Golden Core stage all at once last time?"
Qi Yan pondered for a moment, "It might be due to the lightning tribulation."
Yun Zhao thought it made sense.
With this in mind, Yun Zhao decided to go find the Dragon Saliva Grass.
"If it's a cliff, then it's Cloud Shore Cliff, right?"
Yun Zhao asked, "Senior Sister, are there any other cliffs in the secret realm?"
"That's all, just that one."
The six immediately decided to go to Yun'an Cliff. After traveling for two days, they arrived at the foot of Yun'an Mountain.
"It's so high," Mu Qianqian looked up at the summit. "Should we climb up?"
"No way!" Yun Zhao exclaimed in frustration, "Walking on flat ground is already exhausting enough, and now we have to climb mountains..."
The inability to use a sword in the secret realm was driving her, a chronic procrastinator, crazy!
Mu Qianqian couldn't help but chuckle: "You're already complaining about being tired? Well, it's normal to be tired since you've never taken a physical training class."
Yun Zhao asked in surprise, "The sect has body tempering classes?"
It was only then that she realized that everyone else looked relaxed, as if they hadn't been traveling for two days straight, but had instead rested for two days.
"Senior Sister Zhao Zhao," Shuang Xue said in disbelief, "you don't know about the Body Tempering Class, do you?"
Shuangyue chimed in, "From the sect leader down to the newly joined disciples, everyone in the sect should know this."
Yun Zhao looked at Qi Yan, who blinked and said, "I know too."
"Well," Yun Zhao coughed, looking embarrassed, "I was quite busy before..."
Mu Qianqian blurted out, "Yeah, busy chasing after Song Zhiyuan..."
As soon as the words left her mouth, Mu Qianqian regretted them.
Receiving Yun Zhao's death-inducing look, she quickly said, "Pah, pah, pah, why are we talking about him? Well, let's rest for a while and then go hiking."
The topic shift was too abrupt, but Qi Yan acted as if he hadn't heard what she had said before, his expression unchanged.
"Would you like some water?" Qi Yan took out a water bottle. "It's cold."
Yun Zhao took it and drank a sip: "It's sweet, is it sweetened with honey?"
Qi Yan casually broke off a blade of grass, played with it in his hand, and upon hearing this, glanced at Yun Zhao, "Nothing was added."
Yun Zhao frowned, then took another sip. "Hmm, it's probably because A-Yan prepared the water; it's sweet even without any additives. Thank you, A-Yan~"
Her tone was sickeningly sweet.
Qi Yan threw away the grass that he had trampled into a mess.
Is it sweet?
He doesn't think so.
It can't compare to even a fraction of someone's sweet words.
“Actually, there’s no need to look for dragon’s saliva grass,” Qi Yan said, bowing his head. “I won’t have an unstable foundation.”
“But it will take you a long time to stabilize your current level,” Yun Zhao said seriously. “If you have a Body Refining Pill, you will be able to continue cultivating and advance soon.”
She scoffed, "I'm still waiting for you to surpass that person and become the most powerful disciple of the younger generation in the sect, so I can use your power to bully others... no, I mean, so I can use my influence to bully others."
Qi Yan: "..."
Neither of these words are good!
After a moment of silence, Qi Yan looked up, her eyebrows twitching slightly, and said, "Okay."
"what?"
Yun Zhao asked in confusion, "Can you do what?"
“You can use someone else’s power to bully others,” he tilted his head, “you can even use your power to bully others.”
Mu Qianqian shuddered as she listened to their sickeningly sweet talk and the pink bubbles between them.
Is this what it looks like to fall in love?
She doesn't understand.
Fifteen minutes later, they prepared to climb the mountain. Yun Zhao took a deep breath and had only taken two steps when Qi Yan grabbed his hand.
"Don't look at me like that, ready to die," Qi Yan chuckled. "I have a way to get up there without any effort."
Yun Zhao's eyes lit up: "What's the idea!"
Qi Yan summoned Yin Xue, and as soon as Yin Xue came out, it rushed into Yun Zhao's arms, happily begging to be petted.
Sister, I haven't seen you in so long, I miss you so much!
Yun Zhao stroked its soft fur and said affectionately, "I missed you too."
A thought suddenly occurred to her, and she said incredulously, "You wouldn't be thinking of riding the Blood Drinker up there, would you?"
Qi Yan nodded, "You guessed right."
Yun Zhao swallowed hard. "You...you...how can you be so heartless?!"
Qi Yan shrugged. "What's there to be reluctant about?"
"A sin!"
Yun Zhao was heartbroken. She hugged Yin Xue tightly and looked at Qi Yan as if she were a villain. "It's such a small thing. You're hiring child labor!"
It's still a cub!
That despicable Qi the Skinflint!