Novel Full Chapter 420: Sect Master, Is It Worth It?
After Jiang Qingyi walked into the room, she looked quite angry.
Xiao Mo looked at that tightly closed door and couldn’t help but smile bitterly a few times.
Actually, Xiao Mo wasn’t unable to understand this Fairy Jiang.
He and this Fairy Jiang had been together for nearly a year now.
Although this Fairy Jiang had a bad temper and a very cold personality, as a person she was still quite good. One could feel that her heart was very kind.
Perhaps, in this Fairy Jiang’s view, he clearly had such talent yet still wanted to waste it in this kind of place, which was truly too wasteful but Xiao Mo also couldn’t really explain it to her.
“Fairy Jiang, the night has deepened. Please rest well, Fairy.”
Xiao Mo bowed toward the door. Without lingering here longer, he turned and walked out of the National Preceptor’s Manor.
“Fool… Who knows what’s so good about this imperial palace. Could you really be that eager for those two princesses?!”
Jiang Qingyi watched Xiao Mo’s gradually departing figure and couldn’t help but press her thin lips together.
Only after the courtyard gate closed again did Jiang Qingyi walk out of the room and sit back in the courtyard.
She took out the Xuanshuang longsword and a whetstone, carefully polishing the sword edge.
The Xuanshuang longsword was merely an ordinary fourth-grade magical artifact yet this whetstone was forged from Gengjin Iron, a single piece difficult to find in the world, usually used to polish immortal weapons.
Before long, a woman emerged from the darkness and walked before Jiang Qingyi.
The woman wore palace robes, with a thin silken shawl draped over them, faintly revealing the woman’s fair and delicate shoulders.
A chest wrap bound two peaks of white snowy mountains, faintly revealing an unfathomably deep white ravine.
She stepped forward, gracefully bowing in salute, “Xia He, Hall Master of Ten Thousand Swords Sect’s Pill Hall, pays respects to Sect Master.”
“Mm.” Jiang Qingyi nodded, casually setting up a formation to isolate them from the outside world. “This seat has a matter for you to handle.”
“Please command me, Sect Master!” Xia He nodded. “As long as it’s something this subordinate can do, even if it means braving fire and water, I won’t decline.”
“No need to be so dramatic.” Jiang Qingyi shook her head, then tossed out a glass vial from her bosom.
Xia He caught it steadily. Her delicate fingers held the glass vial, which contained crimson liquid.
Even though this glass vial was a remarkable magical treasure that concealed the aura of what was inside, Xia He could still sense that the essence blood in the bottle contained vast spiritual power and incomparably domineering sword qi.
“Sect Master, this is…” Xia He’s eyes revealed a trace of surprise, immediately understanding whose fresh blood was in the bottle.
“You guessed correctly. This is my essence blood,” Jiang Qingyi said in a calm tone. “I want you to use my essence blood to refine a type of medicine.”
“I wonder what kind of pill Sect Master wishes to refine that would require such precious essence blood.”
Xia He was filled with doubt.
This was the essence blood of an Ascension realm sword cultivator, and moreover, essence blood from an innate sword bone!
If put out into the world, this small vial of essence blood could cause countless cultivators to fight to the death over it.
Jiang Qingyi glanced at Xia He and slowly spoke, “I want you to help me refine the Heaven-Stealing Pill.”
“…”
Hearing Jiang Qingyi speak those three words “Heaven-Stealing Pill,” Xia He froze slightly.
As a cultivator who had entered the Jade Simplicity realm through the Dao of pill refining, Xia He naturally knew what the Heaven-Stealing Pill was.
The so-called Heaven-Stealing Pill, as its name suggested, was meant to steal heavenly secrets, conceal the Heavenly Dao, thereby accomplishing impossible deeds and performing prohibited actions.
“Sect Master, the Heaven-Stealing Pill is no small matter. Back when this subordinate studied the Dao of pills with my master, Master said that pills like the Heaven-Stealing Pill that involve major karma require understanding the circumstances. Therefore, could Sect Master inform this subordinate of the purpose for refining this pill?
Otherwise, even if this subordinate dies beneath Sect Master’s sword, I dare not rashly refine this pill for you.”
Xia He spoke solemnly.
Jiang Qingyi glanced at Xia He coolly and said, “Why are you pill refiners like Daoist priests, having to ask about everything clearly, so afraid of bearing karma? I don’t know how you normally cultivate.”
“Please forgive me, Sect Master.” Xia He insisted.
“Very well, there’s no harm in telling you.”
Jiang Qingyi drank a cup of tea and slowly spoke.
“The current monarch of Zhou Kingdom has decent talent. Though he’s somewhat stubborn as a person, he’s barely acceptable to the eye. However, he’s unwilling to follow me to Ten Thousand Swords Sect.
The pill I’m refining is simply to allow Zhou Kingdom’s current monarch to be able to cultivate.”
“Allow an emperor to cultivate?” Xia He looked at Jiang Qingyi, suspecting she had heard wrong.
“That’s right.”
Jiang Qingyi set down the teacup in her hand.
“In ancient times, legend has it that Great Qin monarch issued three imperial edicts and accomplished three matters.
One of those matters stipulated that emperors’ cultivation must not exceed the Foundation Building realm but the rules established by that Great Qin monarch relying on the Immortal realm and landscape fortune ultimately have certain limits.
Not to mention that Great Qin fell tens of thousands of years ago. Now that imperial edict is not so unbreakable. In this seat’s view, if this Heaven-Stealing Pill is successfully refined, it shouldn’t be difficult for an emperor to cultivate.”
“That’s correct in theory, but Sect Master, setting aside how extremely difficult the Heaven-Stealing Pill is to refine, even if this subordinate truly manages to refine this Heaven-Stealing Pill and can conceal part of the Heavenly Dao, this Heaven-Stealing Pill needs to be taken periodically without stopping.
Each time it’s refined, it requires your essence blood, which could affect your future cultivation.
Moreover, helping a person conceal themselves from the Heavenly Dao, the karma involved is hard to say.”
Xia He’s tone held some urgency. “Sect Master, even if the Zhou Kingdom ruler’s talent has caught your eye, how can he compare to a single strand of your hair? For you to do this, is it truly worth it?”
Xia He truly didn’t understand what was so special about this Zhou Kingdom ruler. Was it really just because of his talent?
That he could make the Sect Master make such a decision?
“If losing some essence blood would affect my cultivation, then my Ascension realm would be far too cheap.
Furthermore, worth it, how so?
Not worth it, how so?
Whether it’s worth it or not, only I can say.”
Jiang Qingyi looked directly into Xia He’s eyes, her tone brooking no argument.
“One question. Can you refine it or not?”
Xia He’s mouth opened slightly. She still wanted to persuade her, but seeing the Sect Master’s eyes, Xia He knew that whatever she said would be useless. “This subordinate understands. Please give this subordinate three months’ time. Xia He will do her utmost to refine this pill for Sect Master.”
“Very good.” Jiang Qingyi nodded. “If you need any heavenly materials or earthly treasures, find Qiu Ye. If Qiu Ye cannot provide them, come find me again. You may go.”
“Yes, Sect Master.” Xia He bowed in salute. Unable to help but sigh inwardly, she gradually disappeared into the night.
“Is it worth it?”
In the silent courtyard, Jiang Qingyi lowered her head, gently stroking the Xuanshuang sword body.
“Back then when you devoted everything for my cultivation, did you ever consider whether it was worth it or not?”