111: The Sect Leader's Promise

Tianshan, halfway up the mountain.

Inside the secluded courtyard where Gu Changsheng resided, the peach tree in the yard was still covered in countless bright pink peach blossoms.

When the wind blew, an endless fragrance of peach blossoms wafted through the air.

Under the peach tree, Gu Changsheng, with his white robes and white hair, sat by a stone table, quietly brewing a pot of tea.

“Sect Master, you were looking for me?”

Seeing this scene, Lin Yi, who had just entered the courtyard, took the initiative to cup his fists and speak.

Upon hearing this, Gu Changsheng slightly raised his head to look at Lin Yi. After a moment, he suddenly smiled:

“Hehe, 36th on the nine provinces latent dragon general ranking, and 3rd on the qingzhou latent dragon branch ranking.”

“Lin Yi, your performance this time really gave me a bit of a shock!”

“The Sect Master overpraises me!”

Lin Yi gave a faint smile and said:

“This Disciple was merely lucky this time. A few days ago, when facing that ‘green wind sword’ Hou Wu, if I hadn't happened to stimulate my potential and make a sudden Breakthrough, I'm afraid I would have already become a ghost under his sword.”

“If it happened again, this Disciple would not be confident in surviving his hands a second time.”

“Not confident in surviving his hands?”

Hearing these words, a trace of amusement flashed in Gu Changsheng's eyes, but he didn't explain further. Instead, he continued to smile and said:

“Alright! Lin Yi, there's no need to be modest. As the saying goes, luck is also a part of strength.”

“Regardless of the reason you were able to Breakthrough, as long as the result is here, then it is your own ability.”

“As the Sect Master of Tianshan Sect, when such a Genius and Prodigy emerges within the Sect, I naturally cannot remain indifferent. Otherwise, if the leaders and Sect Masters of other forces were to find out, they would laugh at me, Gu Changsheng, for being stingy.”

“I remember that a year and a half ago, I made an agreement with you. As long as your cultivation reached Martial Dao Second Rank within two years, and your Force Exertion Realm reached the Third Level of Limit Breaking Perfection.”

“Furthermore, if your willpower reached within the first 200 meters of the willpower stone pillar within a year and a half, I would reward you with one Innate Low Grade Divine Soul type Heaven And Earth Treasure, a soul profound spirit fruit; three Innate Low Grade cultivation type Heaven And Earth Treasures, hundred dew grass; three Innate Low Grade Comprehension Ability type Medicinal Pills, spirit comprehension pills; and 500,000 tianshan coins, right?”

“Correct!”

Hearing about these massive rewards, Lin Yi's eyes couldn't help but light up, and he nodded heavily.

Gu Changsheng smiled slightly and continued:

“Now, after this Breakthrough, based on the strength you've displayed, your Force Exertion Realm and cultivation have already met the standards ahead of schedule.”

“The only thing missing is your willpower, which has not yet been tested by the willpower stone pillar.”

“How about this! Go to the willpower stone pillar right now and try again.”

“As long as you can reach the first 201 meters this time, then all the rewards I promised before will be issued to you in full.”

“If you break into the first 200 meters, the reward will be increased by ten percent!”

“The first 195 meters, increased by thirty percent!”

“The first 190 meters, increased by fifty percent!”

“The first 185 meters, increased by seventy percent!”

“If you break into the first 180 meters, then all rewards will be doubled directly!”

“What! Doubled directly!”

As soon as Gu Changsheng said this, Lin Yi's breathing instantly stalled.

Doubling the rewards—what kind of concept was that?

That meant that at that time, even the incredibly precious Innate Low Grade Divine Soul type Heaven And Earth Treasure, the soul profound spirit fruit, would amount to a full two fruits!

The Innate Low Grade cultivation type Heaven And Earth Treasure, hundred dew grass, would even be six stalks!

The Innate Low Grade Comprehension Ability type Medicinal Pill, the spirit comprehension pill—six of them!

Even the least valuable tianshan coins would be a full one million! That was 120 million taels of silver!

If this amount of resources was converted into silver, it would probably exceed even a billion taels! Even ordinary Xiantian Master would be envious!

And the Sect Master was actually willing to give this to a little guy who was only at the Martial Dao Second Rank; he was far too generous!

Thinking of this, Lin Yi was excited and intended to go to the willpower stone pillar to try it immediately.

However, just as he moved his feet, Lin Yi suddenly remembered something.

“Sect Master, I'm sorry, I'm afraid this Disciple cannot go to the willpower stone pillar today.”

“Hmm, why?”

Gu Changsheng frowned slightly.

Seeing this, a hint of embarrassment appeared on Lin Yi's face as he explained:

“It's like this. Every time this Disciple challenges the willpower stone pillar, I always feel that only by using the pillar to squeeze my mental willpower to the limit can I maximize the improvement of my willpower.”

“So every time I challenged the willpower stone pillar in the past, I would definitely push myself to that limit, and then I would inevitably fall unconscious.”

“About half a month ago, this Disciple challenged the willpower stone pillar and fell unconscious once. I am currently in a state of damaged Divine Soul.”

“So if I want to challenge it again, I have to wait another half a month for the Divine Soul to fully recover before I can go.”

“Hehe, I thought it was something serious, but it's just such a small matter.”

Upon hearing this, Gu Changsheng gave a faint smile. He then took out a pill bottle from his robes, opened the stopper, and poured out a Medicinal Pill that was as crystal clear as jade, emitting a faint jade-like glow and bursts of fragrance. Finally, he smiled at Lin Yi and said:

“This pill is called a soul nurturing pill. It is an Innate Medium Grade Medicinal Pill, and its function, as the name suggests, is a type of pill used to treat the Divine Soul injuries of a Martial Artist.”

“With the slight injury your Divine Soul has suffered now, you only need to take half a pill at most, and within an hour, your Divine Soul will be completely restored. As for the remaining half, you can keep it for next time.”

“What! A soul nurturing pill? There's actually such a miraculous Medicinal Pill in this world!”

Hearing this, Lin Yi was deeply shocked.

Good heavens! Repairing Divine Soul injuries—this pill was practically tailor-made for my ‘My Heart is Like Iron’ and ‘Abyssal Dragon in the Wild’!

If this kind of pill could be supplied to him infinitely, then never mind a year and a half, he could probably break into the first 200 meters of the willpower stone pillar in just a month or two!

But unfortunately, Lin Yi knew that this kind of thought was just a dream.

After all, it was both Innate Medium Grade and a Divine Soul type pill. The value of this soul nurturing pill was likely higher than that of an ordinary Innate High Grade pill!

Even Gu Changsheng probably didn't have many in his hands, so how could he provide an infinite supply?

“Thank you, Sect Master.”

Thinking of this, Lin Yi thanked Gu Changsheng, then took the pill, broke off half, and swallowed it in one gulp.

Immediately, as Lin Yi's blood-qi power circulated, he slowly absorbed the pill.

*Whoosh—*

A cool sensation immediately rose from Lin Yi's head and Divine Soul.

At this moment, Lin Yi felt as if his Divine Soul was soaking in a hot spring, incredibly comfortable, and the damage suffered from previously challenging the willpower stone pillar was rapidly being repaired under the medicinal power.

Soon, in less than an hour, Lin Yi felt that his damaged Divine Soul had been completely restored.

“Let's go! Lin Yi, we'll head to the willpower stone pillar square together.”

In the small courtyard, seeing Lin Yi open his eyes, Gu Changsheng gave a faint smile, then stood up and walked toward the willpower stone pillar square.

“Yes! Sect Master!”

Lin Yi nodded and didn't dare to delay, quickly following after him.