Chapter 442: Devouring the Fake Pill

Shen Xuan found it amusing.

"More money?"

"Yes!"

Mu Ling’Er nodded repeatedly, eyes full of joy.

"That’s impossible."

Shen Xuan said seriously, "Mu Immortal, we have signed a Spirit Contract between us."

"One must be honest."

"How about this? If Immortal Mu is really in a bind, then return the deposit to me, Shen, and we’ll void the contract. I’ll just find someone else to arrange the array."

"No!"

Mu Ling’Er said urgently, "I’ve already done it!"

"So, will you do it or not?"

"I will! I’m doing it, can’t you see?!"

Mu Ling’Er stomped her foot.

She muttered under her breath, "Cheapskate!"

Shen Xuan pretended not to hear.

Beside him, Bai Xiao Meng looked curiously at the newly developed cave mansion.

Spiritual Qi was abundant, floating like mist.

Bai Xiao Meng stood amidst it, as if in a dream.

Indescribably comfortable and pleasant.

"So, this is what the Dao Field of a Foundation Establishment Cultivator looks like!"

"The Spiritual Qi is so dense that you can’t inhale it all!"

And this was just at the entrance of the cave mansion.

If inside, who knows how dense it would be!

Mu Ling’Er called upon Chen Da Fu to bring in an Array Master and apprentices from the Chen Family.

She was in charge of directing.

It must be said, in terms of array formations, Mu Ling’Er is quite skilled.

Three days later, she had set up all four array formations.

After sending the Chen Family cultivators off.

Mu Ling’Er activated the formation to demonstrate it to Shen Xuan.

Shen Xuan took over and practiced them all.

There were indeed no issues.

The two went to the reception room of the cave mansion to settle the payment.

"Here are the formation disks for the four array formations, and the usage instructions, Ling’Er has written them in the Jade Scroll."

Shen Xuan took the formation disks and the Jade Scroll.

His Divine Sense scanned the contents of the Jade Scroll.

Mu Ling’Er was indeed a talented Array Master.

The four array formations were organized neatly.

The usage instructions for the formations were written clearly and simply.

"Very well done!"

Shen Xuan took out the remaining 130,000 spirit stones.

"Really won’t give a little more? The price of array materials has indeed gone up!"

Shen Xuan sighed.

"Mu Immortal, if the price of array materials had dropped, would you charge me fewer spirit stones?"

Mu Ling’Er thought about it and finally shook her head.

"No."

"That’s it. Whether materials increase or decrease in price has nothing to do with me. This risk is something Mu Immortal has to bear."

The reasoning was very clear.

With Mu Ling’Er’s calculation skills, she would surely understand.

Shen Xuan was wealthy.

But he couldn’t spend recklessly.

"Alright, Xiao Meng, serve tea to Immortal Mu."

Bai Xiao Meng served the Spirit Tea.

Mu Ling’Er giggled.

She took off her veil, revealing a lively and spirited face.

Shen Xuan pretended to be surprised.

"It’s just as I thought, truly blessed by heaven!"

In fact, Shen Xuan had long seen Mu Ling’Er’s appearance.

The thin veil could block Divine Sense.

Shen Xuan applied the Illusion-Breaking Spirit Eye Technique and Sharp-eyed technique, enhanced his vision, and looked directly with his eyes.

The veil that blocked Divine Sense was ineffective against him.

"Of course!"

Mu Ling’Er said smugly.

Shen Xuan estimated.

Mu Ling’Er lived alone on Spring Breeze Island with no cultivators of the same realm nearby, rarely communicating with others.

It was rare to meet someone like himself, a "young" Foundation Establishment Cultivator of the same realm.

Thus, when Mu Ling’Er met Shen Xuan, she was eager to express herself.

Occasionally revealing a girlish demeanor.

Shen Xuan and Mu Ling’Er chatted for a while.

He asked about some array formation techniques.

Mu Ling’Er was delighted to share, passionately talking on and on.

The psychology of a mentor was greatly satisfied.

After an hour.

Shen Xuan reminded the time was late.

Mu Ling’Er left with some regret.

Upon parting, she advised Shen Xuan that if he didn’t understand anything, he should feel free to ask her.

Considering their friendship, she would not charge a fee.

...

After seeing off Mu Ling’Er, Shen Xuan let out a long sigh.

After listening for an hour, he was also tired.

The path of array formations is not so easy to cultivate.

Over the years, Shen Xuan had almost given up on the Array Dao.

He called Bai Xiao Meng to the bedroom.

The white dress was like snow, tranquil and delicate.

Even though she was a maid, she still paid attention to her clothing and appearance.

Bai Xiao Meng’s delicate body exuded a fragrance unique to young girls.

"Undress."

Shen Xuan said in a low voice, not lifting his head while looking at the array Jade Scroll.

Bai Xiao Meng didn’t speak, with a tense face, silently took off her clothes.

The motion was very slow.

Soon, only the undergarments remained.

Bai Xiao Meng looked up, eyes showing a hint of fear, gazing at Shen Xuan.

Shen Xuan frowned slightly.

His voice carried some impatience.

"Undress completely, hurry up!"

Bai Xiao Meng held back tears and let her undergarments fall, baring her upper body.

Shen Xuan glanced at her.

Well, very nice looking.

The collarbone had graceful lines, the chest stood proudly, the skin was like creamy jade, tender and smooth, tempting one to touch.

"Turn around!"

Bai Xiao Meng hesitated for a moment.

She bit her lip and slowly turned her body.

The white back revealed a large ugly scar, like a centipede clawing outwards, extremely unsightly.

Is this what her good sister called a defect?

Shen Xuan scanned it with his Divine Sense.

It should be a scar left from being whipped as a child.

Not handled in time, it became this way.

"Come over here!"

Bai Xiao Meng slowly walked to Shen Xuan.

"Sit cross-legged, with the five hearts facing heaven, circulate Qi to the Dantian, and operate Spiritual Power."

Bai Xiao Meng obediently followed instructions.

At this moment, a warm, firm palm pressed against her back.

A stream of pure liquid spiritual power entered her meridians from her back and flowed to her Dantian.

Bai Xiaomeng’s delicate body trembled slightly.

That liquid spiritual power formed a source of spiritual power in her Dantian, attracting the gaseous spiritual power inside her body and clustering it together.

"Remember this feeling!"

Shen Xuan’s voice echoed in Bai Xiaomeng’s Divine Soul.

Without waiting for Bai Xiaomeng to respond.

The liquid spiritual power suddenly exploded, transforming into a cloud of spiritual fog and integrating into her gaseous spiritual power.

Bai Xiaomeng quickly calmed her mind to absorb it.

"Is the master strengthening my spiritual power and purifying my meridians?"

Bai Xiaomeng pondered in her heart.

An hour later.

Just as Bai Xiaomeng was about to slowly finish her session.

A sudden pain came from her back.

Shen Xuan’s hand, like a sharp blade, gently erased the scars on her back.

"Ah!"

Bai Xiaomeng couldn’t help but exclaim.

"Stay quiet! Endure it!"

Shen Xuan took out a Spirit Pill, crushed it, and applied it on.

Then, he cast several spells.

Half an hour later.

Silently, bloody scars on the back grew new skin, becoming beautifully smooth and white as jade.

Shen Xuan glanced at it, quite satisfied with his handiwork.

"It’s done!"

"Put on your dress and leave!"

Shen Xuan said in a deep voice.

Opposite, Bai Xiaomeng blushed with two rosy patches on her cheeks.

After putting on her dress, she prostrated herself before Shen Xuan, knocking her head audibly on the floor.

"The maid thanks the master!"

"The master has given the maid a gift of rebirth, the maid will remember it!"

"The maid is willing to..."

Bai Xiaomeng hadn’t finished speaking when Shen Xuan interrupted her.

"Enough! Do your job well."

"Now leave!"

"Yes, Master!"

Bai Xiaomeng knocked her head three times, got up and exited the bedroom.

"Such a girl!"

For strengthening her spiritual power and purifying her meridians, Bai Xiaomeng was merely grateful.

But for healing the scars on her back, she was deeply moved.

"Women!"

Shen Xuan shook his head.

From the Storage Pouch, he retrieved the Jade Scroll of the Divine Hidden Sea Technique given by the teacher back then.

This Jade Scroll only contained the Qi Cultivation Chapter.

Shen Xuan planned to observe Bai Xiaomeng for a period.

If she performed well, he would find an opportunity to gift it to her.

Kindness should not be bestowed too heavily at once.

"Finally settled down."

Shen Xuan walked out of the bedroom, entering the practice room of the Cave Mansion.

The wonderful Spiritual Light Array shielded the movements in the practice room.

After entering, Shen Xuan inserted two Upper Grade spirit stones into the Profound Ice Spirit Locking Array.

Then slowly activated his powers.

When he killed Xiao Jinsong, he transformed into a Flood Dragon, using "Devouring All Things" to absorb the crushed Fake Pill entirely into the Eight-colored Lotus within him.

During these days, amidst rushing and busy works, Shen Xuan hasn’t started the refinement yet.

"The bloodline gift ’Devouring All Things’ comes from the legendary Primordial Fierce Beast Blood-winged Black Mosquito, which can even devour the flesh body of a divinity on the level of the Turtle Spiritual Holy Mother and even the top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure like the Twelve-grade Merit Golden Lotus."

"By reason, what counts a mere Fake Pill!"

Shen Xuan figured it out.

His Mysterious Jade Talisman plundered the bloodline gifts contained in the Demon Beast Essence Blood.

With the Body Refining Technique, the progress in body refining far exceeded the Daoist Sect’s profound technique.

With such shortcuts to enhance strength, why not take them!

He wished to progress step by step, following the routine.

But the path of climbing up from the bottom isn’t easy!

No one will pave the road for you just because you have talent and abilities.

You are not their bloodline kin!

The sects and families controlling the Cultivation Realm have too narrow paths for advancement.

At most, you might become mid-tier, but still in the kind serving like a cow or horse.

To squeeze into the core circle of power is not that easy.

His master, True Master Cold Jade, achieved astonishing feats during the wars among Yan, Song, and Liang kingdoms, yet he remains just a laid-back figure among the True Masters.

After all, background is more significant than strength.

Those cultivators with presumed strength and talent but lacking roots are either prematurely dead or reduced to serving as cattle.

Without exception.

Shen Xuan stopped pondering.

Sat cross-legged, began to operate the profound powers.

In his Dantian, the Eight-colored Lotus slowly bloomed.

With his Divine Sense, he viewed the large clump of yellow powder within the eight-colored lotus within.

That was Xiao Jinsong’s shattered Fake Pill.

Shen Xuan focused, began the refinement.

The Mysterious Jade Talisman emanated a golden light.

"Buzz!"

It seemed a bell tolled within his mind.

Some yellow powder transformed into liquid spiritual power, being refined and absorbed by the Eight-colored Lotus.

The eight colors of the lotus kept transforming.

The purified and absorbed spiritual power.

The majority nourished the lotus itself.

A small portion flowed out, merging into Shen Xuan’s Dao Foundation Spirit Sea.

Suddenly, he gained some insights into cultivation.

"With spirit controlling the sword, the sword births Dao intent..."

Shen Xuan slightly closed his eyes.

The Dao Foundation Spirit Sea surged, continuously integrating the newly refined Fake Pill spiritual power.

A violent aura gradually enveloped.

The whole body felt restless.

"White Bone Pearl!"

Shen Xuan’s Divine Soul roared.

In his mind’s sense, Shen Xuan appeared skeletal.

A red pearl emerged from the jade pillow point in his brain, emitting red divine light, illuminating the entire skeletal frame.

From the inside out, radiating red light.

Inner skeleton glowing, fortifies the outer, illuminating the law realm.

The mindset instantly calmed down.

Two hours later.

Shen Xuan opened his eyes, filled with delight.

In his Dantian, the Eight-colored Lotus had fully closed.

Shen Xuan exhaled deeply, examining his Dao Body.

"Spiritual power increased by approximately one percent."

"But the Fake Pill powder also only refined about one percent!"

"Once fully refined, reaching the late stage of Foundation Establishment will be more than enough!"

Shen Xuan calculated in his mind.

As for the challenge of breaking through bottlenecks, Shen Xuan never considered it.

Celestial Spirit Root, spiritual power, Divine Soul, Divine Sense, and Flesh Body are all far superior to those of the same stage.

With such excellent conditions, breaking through small realms will inevitably be smooth sailing.

"So, what I’m practicing is the Xianxia version of the Star Absorbing Technique?"