Chapter 72: The Two Pills

Chapter 72: Chapter 72: The Two Pills

Ye Xuan flew off at once, leaving that place behind. The woman looked startled and tried to call out to him again, but he chose to ignore her.

He returned to his decrepit dormitory, where many outer disciples were away on missions.

Ye Xuan chose not to go. He would rather use his time now to study the technique until he had truly mastered it.

As soon as he was ready, he would go out on missions like the other disciples.

Please watch over me for a while, Qingyu.

I can’t trust them!

[I’ll do it.]

Qingyu came out of the domain ring and floated in front of Ye Xuan’s face. She immediately coiled her tail around his neck, her eyes fixed on watching the surroundings.

The two techniques appeared in front of Ye Xuan, one combat technique and one cultivation technique.

They were different, and so was the way to comprehend each. The combat technique was clearly harder to learn than the cultivation technique.

But that depended on the technique’s grade. With Ye Xuan’s current cultivation base, learning a spirit-stage combat technique would take only a few hours at most.

He looked ahead. The technique’s title was the Mystic Serpent Technique. His hands immediately formed a hand seal and activated the basic comprehension technique.

Ye Xuan let the essence of the technique flow into his dantian through his forehead.

He tried to comprehend it slowly, having realized that the essence of a demonic cultivation technique was a bit more complicated than that of a Dao-path technique.

Meanwhile, Qingyu was assigned to guard him. She would fight anyone who tried to harm Ye Xuan while he was focused on training.

With her abilities, it wouldn’t be hard for Qingyu to defeat them, mere outer disciples of the sect.

Inside his dantian, Ye Xuan read the technique’s essence and tried to understand it.

He felt a slight turbulence, different from before when he had learned other techniques.

Still, the turbulence didn’t disturb or injure Ye Xuan.

"Look at him! Can a Dao-path cultivator really comprehend our sect’s technique?" asked several disciples who had come to Ye Xuan’s dormitory.

"I doubt it. Even if he can, it might take a long time, like... I don’t know, a week?"

"HAHAHA!"

Qingyu stared ahead, her pupils sharpening and her hissing growing louder. She leaped from Ye Xuan’s neck and immediately transformed into a huge white python.

The transformation caught their attention. Their eyes went wide in shock as they saw that the white snake with Ye Xuan was a Spirit-Beast-tier spirit beast.

Realizing they were far outmatched, they chose to leave, clicking their tongues in annoyance.

Qingyu had at least managed to intimidate them and drive them off without any fighting.

When the situation gradually became safe, Qingyu transformed back to her original form, then flew to Ye Xuan’s neck and coiled her tail around it again.

Time kept passing as Ye Xuan continued studying the Mystic Serpent Technique.

After five hours, a burst of qi pulsed through Ye Xuan’s body, signaling that he had comprehended the technique.

The qi wave only spread briefly and wasn’t very strong, a small side effect of successfully learning a technique.

His eyes opened and looked ahead. No one was there, but he could hear sounds from the front yard, like explosions and people training.

[How did it go, Ye Xuan?]

"Demonic-path techniques really are different. It took me longer to comprehend it."

"But you don’t need to worry. I learned it perfectly," Ye Xuan said.

He formed a hand seal and activated a purple rune behind his back, then two fingers of his right hand moved to point in another direction, targeting an old tree near his dormitory.

A snake with its body wrapped in mist shot forward and struck the tree. The tree toppled at once with a blast of wind, blowing a gust through the surroundings.

[At least your attacks are more varied now, Ye Xuan.]

"I don’t know why, but this technique feels stronger than the Dao-path techniques."

"Because Daoist cultivators emphasize balance and control when creating techniques. We, on the other hand, focus on drawing out the full destructive potential of our energy," someone explained.

Ye Xuan turned quickly and saw Yi Xin there, perched hanging from the dormitory roof. He was a little startled because he hadn’t been able to detect her presence.

"How long have you been there?"

"I just arrived," Yi Xin answered. "Sect Leader Yi told me to come see you."

"Why?"

Yi Xin smiled slightly. She patted her bag of holding and tossed out two wooden boxes that floated in front of Ye Xuan’s face.

He looked and opened the boxes. Yi Xin explained that the purple pill was the Soul-Possessing Demon Pill, while the blue pill was the Spirit Ascension Pill, meant for Qingyu.

"This fast? I thought I’d get them after waiting for months."

"You think our sect’s resources are scarce?" Yi Xin complained.

"When Sect Leader Yi handed over those pills, she told me to help you when you decide to take the pill."

"I’m sure I’ll be fine without your help," Ye Xuan said.

"Don’t be foolish. You know nothing about demonic qi energy!" Yi Xin said. "I don’t want to be blamed when you turn into a demon!"

Yi Xin leaped forward and landed in front of Ye Xuan.

She asked whether Ye Xuan was ready to take the pill, since using it clearly required mental and physical readiness.

Ye Xuan was happy to have the pill, but he didn’t know what preparation was needed.

"Might I need to break through to Golden Core before taking this pill?" Ye Xuan asked.

"Sect Leader Yi recommends that too. The chance of you getting hurt by the pill’s effects goes down once you’re a Golden Core."

"Honestly, I can see a surge of qi in your body. You’re very close to breaking through to Golden Core."

"If you make good use of your spiritual energy, you could break through in a month at the earliest!"

Ye Xuan listened to Yi Xin’s advice, his eyes still fixed on the pill in front of him, which for some reason kept emitting a significant qi aura, purple to match the pill’s color.

"What do you say? You can use my place if you like, considering the people here probably won’t like seeing you break through so quickly," Yi Xin said.

The man smiled at Yi Xin’s offer and clasped his hands in respect. "Then I’m sorry to trouble you, Elder Yi."