180: You've graduated!

"Greetings, Valley Revered Master!"

Du Bingyan remained in a daze.

When she finally came to her senses, she was already seated in the main hall of Medicine King Valley, receiving salutations from over a thousand Disciples.

Liao Jingxian raised her head and respectfully presented a stack of booklets.

"Reporting to the Valley Revered Master, all the Disciple rosters, spiritual fields, industries, as well as internal income and expenditures of Medicine King Valley are within. Please review them, Valley Revered Master."

Du Bingyan took a deep breath. At this point, even if she was being forced into it, she had to adapt as quickly as possible.

Taking the Jade Slip, she tried to steady her trembling hands and flipped through it page by page... On the other side, Shen Lang stood behind the screen in the main hall, in front of the hanging portrait of the Medicine King.

On the spiritual jade scroll, a lifelike portrait of a figure holding a golden needle, exuding an immortal aura, was depicted.

However, the face on the portrait was blank, which caught Shen Lang's attention.

After about half an hour, Du Bingyan's inauguration ceremony concluded, and she came to see Shen Lian with Liao Jingxian.

Just as the two were about to speak, Shen Lian preemptively asked, "Is this portrait the Medicine King himself?"

Liao Jingxian replied, "It is indeed the portrait of the Medicine King Ancestral Master."

Shen Lian turned to look at Liao Jingxian: "Then why isn't the Medicine King's face painted on it?"

Liao Jingxian said, "We don't know about that either. According to ancient records, after the Medicine King Ancestral Master founded Medicine King Glazed Valley, he was invited by a friend to deal with a Demon Race invasion less than a century later.

He left and did not reappear for a full millennium. When the Medicine King was seen again, it was in the state of a Clone appearing before all of us Disciples of Medicine King Valley.

He told us that he had an important matter to handle and couldn't return for the time being.

After establishing new rules for the Medicine King, he disappeared, and then reappeared every century, only to designate the new Valley Revered Master of Medicine King Valley."

Shen Lian fell silent upon hearing this.

Du Bingyan rarely saw Shen Lian like this. She wanted to ask but held back.

She was afraid that her inadvertent actions would interrupt Shen Lian's thoughts.

A moment later, Shen Lian suddenly said, "Bring me the ancient records of your Medicine King Valley for a look."

Liao Jingxian was startled and instinctively looked at Shen Lian.

"Steward Liao, do as my Revered Master says."

"Yes."

Before long, books detailing the Medicine King's life were slowly being flipped through in Shen Lian's hands.

When he turned to one particular page, he was attracted by a passage recorded there.

"Every seven days, the Medicine King must soak in Spiritual Spring Heavenly Water for three hours to alleviate the toxins left from tasting medicinal herbs back then."

After pondering for a moment, Shen Lian suddenly thought of something, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

He closed the book and handed it to Liao Jingxian, then said to Du Bingyan, "From now on, you are the Valley Revered Master of Medicine King Valley.

I put you in this position, but whether you can hold onto it in the future depends on yourself.

From this moment on, you are officially graduated."

Du Bingyan's pupils constricted, and she immediately knelt before Shen Lian: "Revered Master, is there anything I've done that displeases you? Why are you expelling me from the sect!"

Shen Lian's eyes narrowed: "What nonsense are you talking about? I mean you've already graduated!"

"But Disciple has only followed Revered Master for a mere two months."

"The Revered Master leads the way, but cultivation depends on the individual. Who told you that graduation depends on the length of time?

Are you lacking confidence in yourself, or do you doubt my teaching methods? Get up immediately, don't force me to get angry!"

Du Bingyan then stood up, but her face was still filled with sorrow, looking at Shen Lian with a bewildered expression.

Shen Lian: "To celebrate your graduation today, I will also give you a gift."

With that, Shen Lian directly manifested a Jade Slip.

"This contains a Great Dao Medical Scripture. I don't expect you to comprehend all of it, but as long as you grasp even a trace, it will benefit you endlessly in the path of medicine.

Perceive it with your heart. What kind of person you become in the future will be entirely up to your heart to decide."

Taking the Jade Slip, Du Bingyan's heart was filled with mixed emotions, and tears had already blurred her vision.

Shen Lian, this Revered Master she met halfway, was quite different from the Revered Master-Disciple relationship she had imagined.

However, in the two months she had followed Shen Lian, Du Bingyan had learned more than in her previous twenty years combined.

She had also transformed from a beginner who was only smug about cultivating a few Spiritual Plants into a physician who had touched the threshold of the medical Dao.

And all of this was brought about by Shen Lian.

"If you also wish to learn the Great Dao Medical Scripture, you may do so together."

Seeing the greedy glint in Liao Jingxian's eyes, Shen Lian added another sentence to her.

Liao Jingxian hastily said, "Immortal Venerable is joking. How would this Disciple dare to contend with the Valley Revered Master for such a treasure?"

Shen Lian, however, said, "The essence of the medical Dao is ultimately centered on helping the world.

Since you are all healers and wish to pursue a higher medical Dao to save the world, why should I stop you?

However, the Great Dao Medical Scripture requires extremely high Comprehension Ability and a firm grasp of pharmaceutical Foundations.

If you can truly comprehend a thing or two from it, that is your own capability, and I am happy to see it happen."

Then he said to Du Bingyan, "You can make several copies of the Great Dao Medical Scripture and let all the Disciples of Medicine King Valley comprehend and Cultivate it with you.

However, how much you can comprehend and what level you can ultimately reach will depend on your individual capabilities."

Du Bingyan bowed and replied, "Disciple respectfully obeys Revered Master's teachings."

Liao Jingxian was also extremely excited. She hadn't expected Shen Lian to be so magnanimous, willing to impart this heavenly scripture to everyone in the valley.

But on second thought, she understood.

Shen Lian's purpose in showing such favor was to make everyone collectively acknowledge Du Bingyan's status as Valley Revered Master.

Although with Shen Lian backing Du Bingyan, they naturally wouldn't dare to offend her in any way.

But it was certain that the Disciples in the valley would outwardly obey but inwardly defy Du Bingyan, this Valley Revered Master with low cultivation.

Liao Jingxian understood the principle of returning a favor.

She had to help Du Bingyan firmly secure her position as the Valley Revered Master of Medicine King Valley.

Having understood this, Liao Jingxian immediately knelt before Shen Lian and swore: "Immortal Venerable, I, Liao Jingxian, swear by my Dao Heart that as long as Valley Revered Master Du is here, I will surely assist her in managing Medicine King Valley well and will not let her suffer any grievances."

Shen Lian did not speak, tacitly acknowledging her intention.

"Du Bingyan!"

"Disciple is here!"

"Before we part, I have a few final pieces of advice that I hope you will remember."

"Please instruct, Revered Master."

Shen Lian: "Your Spiritual Root dictates that you are destined to be slower than others on the path of cultivation. Through conventional cultivation, you will never be able to Breakthrough your own Bottleneck.

However, if you approach it from the medical Dao, you will surely forge an extraordinary path.

Properly grasp the characteristics of pharmacology, and by leveraging medicinal properties and your learned medical Dao, you can also increase your cultivation, at a speed no less than those Prodigies.

As for how to do it, you must comprehend it yourself. Also, remember, the hunyuan pill and tribulation crossing pill I left behind, you can take them out to exchange for benefits.

You can also use them to enhance the Spiritual Qi concentration within the valley, but you must never consume them. While consuming Medicinal Pills will indeed improve your cultivation,

it will not allow your Foundation to stabilize. Without a stable Foundation, any cultivation accumulated through Medicinal Pills,

will ultimately be fleeting, unable to withstand even the slightest test. Do you remember?"

"Disciple remembers."

"Then, I should go."

Shen Lian walked out the door, looking at the two figures flying in the Void Realm, a meaningful smile appearing on his lips.

"There's one last thing, all of you remember it."

Du Bingyan and Liao Jingxian looked up at Shen Lian.

"From now on, there is no longer a 'Medicine King' in this world. Every one of you can be the Medicine King."

With that, Shen Lian transformed into a beam of light and flew towards the two figures approaching from the sky.