10: Chapter 10 Refining the Nine-Turn Rejuvenating Pill

"It is getting late."

Nangong Li sighed softly, appearing extremely reluctant to leave.

As the Peak Master of Purple Bamboo Peak and one of the Grand Elders of the Taichu Holy Land, she usually did not concern herself with worldly affairs, but today was special.

Yesterday, she had forcibly broken into the Listening to Rain Pavilion, shattering the doors and windows; the commotion had been too great.

Those old immortals within the Sect had likely already noticed.

She had to go and handle them.

Otherwise, if they were to discover Su Ye's current state, who knew what kind of trouble would ensue.

"Ye'er, Revered Master needs to go deal with some flies."

"You behave and wait for me here."

"You are not allowed to go anywhere."

Nangong Li leaned down.

That stunningly beautiful face rapidly magnified in Su Ye's eyes.

The next second.

Two cold yet soft lips pressed onto Su Ye's lips once more.

This time, it was not as wild and tyrannical as it had been last night.

Instead, it held a lingering tenderness.

The tip of her tongue gently traced the shape of Su Ye's lips, as if she wanted to carve his taste into her very bones.

A faint stream of Spiritual Qi flowed through her lips and tongue into Su Ye's mouth.

That was not just Spiritual Qi.

It was more like an invisible shackle, a brand upon his Soul.

A long moment passed.

Their lips parted.

Nangong Li looked at Su Ye's lips, which were now moistened and somewhat flushed, and curled the corners of her mouth in satisfaction.

"Remember this."

"You are mine."

With that said.

She stood up and got off the bed, waving her delicate hand. Her slightly disheveled clothes instantly returned to neatness; she was once again that white-clad figure, unstained by dust, the aloof, high-and-mighty Peak Master of Purple Bamboo Peak.

Only Su Ye knew.

What kind of crazy Soul was hidden beneath that holy exterior.

Nangong Li walked to the door and paused slightly.

She did not look back.

She merely raised her hand and cast several incantations.

"Hum—"

The space around the entire Listening to Rain Pavilion vibrated slightly.

The purple barrier that had originally shrouded the outside now became even more solid, even faintly exuding an aura of destructive thunder.

"If anyone dares to trespass..."

"They shall be killed without mercy."

After the icy voice fell, her figure instantly turned into a stream of light and disappeared into the horizon.

...

Only after Nangong Li's aura had completely vanished did Su Ye's tense nerves finally relax.

"Huu..."

He let out a long sigh of relief in his heart.

That feeling was like jumping back and forth before the gates of hell all night, and finally returning to the human world alive.

"This soft rice, as expected, is not so easy to eat."

"It's hard on the teeth."

"It's damn hard on the teeth."

Su Ye grumbled inwardly, but the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up slightly.

Although the process had been terrifying, the result was good.

Not only was his life saved.

He had also managed to fleece quite a bit from the System.

More importantly...

The hot current in his abdomen was finally no longer suppressed, and began to gush out like a volcanic eruption!

That was the "nine-turn spirit recovery pill" that Nangong Li had fed him last night.

This was a High Grade Saint-rank healing medicine!

Even for powerhouses at the Soul Transformation Stage or Void Tempering Stage, it was a life-saving treasure that was hard to come by.

That crazy woman, Nangong Li, had actually fed it without blinking to him, a little piece of Trash who was only at the Qi Refining Stage.

It was simply a waste of heavenly treasure!

But precisely because the medicinal power was too immense.

Last night, Nangong Li had been using her own water-attribute Spiritual Qi to suppress the medicinal properties, helping him slowly sort it out, for fear that he would be unable to handle the supplement and explode to death.

Now that she was gone, the suppressed medicinal power instantly rebounded.

"System!"

"Hurry!"

"Activate auxiliary Cultivation mode!"

"If this medicinal power isn't controlled well, I'll really become a bomb!"

Su Ye shouted urgently in his mind.

[Ding!]

[Request received from host.]

[Mobilizing the Origin of the "incomplete Ancient Desolate Sacred Body"...]

[Guiding the medicinal power...]

Boom!

Su Ye felt a loud noise in his mind.

The "nine-turn spirit recovery pill" that had been dormant in his abdomen all night completely dissolved.

If the previous medicinal power had been like a trickling stream.

Then now, it was a breached ocean!

The terrifying torrent of Spiritual Qi instantly rushed into his already dried and broken Meridians.

Pain!

Heart-wrenching pain!

That feeling was as if countless blunt knives were sawing back and forth inside his body.

The originally broken Meridians were forcibly reconnected under the scouring of this tyrannical medicinal power.

At the fractures, granulation tissue squirmed and grew wildly.

"Hiss—"

Although Su Ye's body could not move, his Soul was trembling.

"Hold on!"

"Must hold on!"

"This is the best time to reshape the Foundation!"

"That bastard Lin Feng, for destroying my Meridians and shattering my Golden Core, I will make him pay back a hundredfold sooner or later!"

Su Ye gritted his teeth (mentally, at least).

He mobilized his last remaining trace of Divine Sense, cooperating with the System's guidance, and crazily devoured this medicinal power.

It was only because he possessed the "incomplete Ancient Desolate Sacred Body."

Thick-skinned and fleshy, with vigorous blood energy.

If it were an ordinary Qi Refining Stage Cultivator, even with a top-grade Spiritual Root, they would have likely exploded into a mist of blood under the impact of this Saint-rank medicinal power.

But Su Ye was different.

His body was like a bottomless pit.

Those violent medicinal powers, after being filtered by the Sacred Body, gradually became docile.

Golden blood surged in his blood vessels.

Emitting bursts of roaring sounds like a rushing river.

[Ding!]

[Meridian repair degree: 10%... 20%...]

[Assimilating medicinal power into cultivation...]

Su Ye could clearly "see."

Those originally gray and withered Meridians in his body were now emitting a faint golden light.

It was like withered wood meeting spring.

Full of vitality.

And his cultivation aura also began to soar wildly at a speed like a rocket!

Qi Refining Fifth Level!

In just an instant, the Bottleneck that had originally stuck him was like paper, easily pierced through.

But this was just the beginning.

The medicinal power of the nine-turn spirit recovery pill, even if only one percent was absorbed, was a massive amount of Spiritual Qi for the Qi Refining Stage.

Qi Refining Sixth Level!

Su Ye felt every pore in his body open up.

That long-lost sense of power was slowly returning.

Moreover, compared to the original owner who only knew how to take pills to level up, his current Spiritual Qi was more condensed and purer.

If the previous Spiritual Qi was cotton.

The current Spiritual Qi was steel!

"Awesome!"

Su Ye roared in his heart.

The feeling of watching the experience bar soar was even more satisfying than playing a max-level account to bully noobs in his previous life.

However, the pain was not over.

As his cultivation improved, the transformation of the body by the medicinal power became more profound.

It was not just repairing the Meridians.

It was cleansing the marrow and cutting the bones!

Qi Refining Seventh Level!

On the surface of Su Ye's skin, layers of black, greasy filth began to seep out.

Those were the Impurities accumulated in his body for years.

They were the toxins remaining in a body hollowed out by wine and lust.

At this very moment, all of them were forcefully squeezed out by this tyrannical medicinal power.

"Lin Feng, you wait for me."

"When I return to my Peak, I will definitely make you taste the feeling of becoming a vegetative state person!"

Su Ye felt fierce in his heart, that will to survive was stronger than ever.

He didn't want to be Trash.

He didn't want to be a doll that could only lie on the bed and be manipulated by women.

He wanted to control his own destiny!

He wanted to...

Eat soft rice hard!

Qi Refining Eighth Level!

The roaring sound in his body grew louder and louder.

Su Ye felt his bones creaking as if they were undergoing some kind of reorganization.

His originally pale complexion began to show a healthy ruddy glow.

Even that body, which had always appeared somewhat thin and weak, seemed to have become stronger and more powerful.

The lines were smooth, and the muscles were firm.

This was what the Ancient Desolate Sacred Body should look like!

Even if it was just an incomplete version, it was enough to beat those of the same rank!

"Still not enough!"

"This is far from enough!"

Su Ye felt that more than half of the medicinal power remained.

He did not stop at all, continuing to crazily operate his Cultivation Technique.

Even if his Meridians felt bloated and painful, even if his Sea of Consciousness was dizzy from over-exertion, he would never stop.

Qi Refining Ninth Level!

At this moment, the Spiritual Qi in Su Ye's body had gathered into a golden river.

Roaring through his Meridians, endless and unceasing.

That powerful feeling even gave him an illusion—that he could kill a cow with a single punch right now!

"The last step!"

"Break for me!"

Su Ye roared in his heart.

He mobilized all the Spiritual Qi in his body and launched a charge towards the final barrier.

Boom!

It was as if a thunderclap exploded inside his body.

That solid barrier, in front of the surging torrent of Spiritual Qi, shattered with a bang.

Qi Refining Tenth Level!

Great Perfection!

Su Ye's aura surged, instantly climbing to the Peak.

The Spiritual Qi within the entire Listening to Rain Pavilion seemed to be guided by something, crazily gathering towards his body, forming a small vortex of Spiritual Qi.

But just at this moment.

That originally extremely violent medicinal power seemed to have finally exhausted its momentum and began to calm down slowly.

Finally, it lurked in Su Ye's limbs and bones, turning into nutrients to nourish his body.

"Stopped?"

Su Ye felt the changes in his body with a sense of wanting more.

Qi Refining Tenth Level.

Which is what is commonly known as Qi Refining Perfection.

Just one step away from Foundation Establishment!

As long as he crosses this step, he can truly step into the threshold of Cultivation, from then on, his Lifespan will increase, he can fly with a sword, and be free in the world.

However...

Su Ye tried to impact the barrier of Foundation Establishment.

It didn't move at all.

Solid as a rock.

"As expected..."

Su Ye smiled bitterly in his heart.

"Although the Ancient Desolate Sacred Body is powerful, the difficulty of advancing is ten or a hundred times that of ordinary people."

"Wanting to reach Foundation Establishment, relying only on the residual medicinal power of this one nine-turn spirit recovery pill is far from enough."

"And..."

He looked inward at his Dantian.

Although it was filled with golden mist of Spiritual Qi, that once-shattered Golden Core was still a mess.

Although there were slight signs of healing under the nourishment of the medicinal power, it was still a long way from reforming the Golden Core.

"The Meridians are reconnected."

"Cultivation has returned."

"But this Golden Core injury is an injury to the Dao."

"To fully recover, I'm afraid I'll have to rely on the System, or..."

In Su Ye's mind, Liu Ruyan's enchanting figure inevitably appeared, as well as that Earth Rank Cultivation Technique called the "Yin-Yang Joyful Union Record."

And his Revered Master Nangong Li's extremely overbearing way of feeding medicine.

"Or... more soft rice?"

Su Ye's mouth twitched.

Although he really didn't want to admit it.

But in this cruel world of Cultivation, especially as a villain in a vegetative state.

This seemed to be his only and most efficient way to become stronger for now.

"Whatever."

"Since the heavens gave me this good appearance, and such a 'good' Sect."

"Then I will reluctantly..."

"Sacrifice my looks."

Su Ye comforted himself.

At this time.

The midday sun was just right.

Although Su Ye still couldn't open his eyes or move, he could feel that his body had been renewed.

Full of power.

Full of hope.

Just at this moment.

The barrier reinforced by Nangong Li suddenly rippled.

Immediately after.

A slight sound of footsteps came from outside the courtyard.

Very light.

Very careful.

Like a thief.

Su Ye's heart moved.

"These footsteps..."

"It's not Nangong Li."

"It's not Liu Ruyan either."

"Then..."

"Is it Junior Sister Jiang Nian?"

Su Ye's alertness was instantly maxed out.

After all, Jiang Nian had shown real feelings for him last night, wiping his body and kissing him.

This girl, although she looked weak, was also an expert at the Foundation Establishment Stage Eighth Level.

And she was good at using poison.

What if she discovered the traces left by Revered Master last night...

Or discovered the changes in his current cultivation...

"Creak—"

The door of the Listening to Rain Pavilion was pushed open a crack.

A small head with double ponytails poked in, looking around.

It was the Third Junior Sister of Purple Bamboo Peak, Jiang Nian.

Her little face was flushed, and she was carrying an exquisite jade bowl in her hand, filled with medicinal soup emitting a rich fragrance.

"Senior Brother..."

She called out softly.

Her voice carried a trace of trembling, and a hint of expectation that could not be concealed.

"Revered Master has left."

"Second Senior Sister has gone to practice."

"I have so many things... I want to say to you quietly."

Jiang Nian walked in on tiptoe and closed the door behind her.

Looking at the man lying quietly on the bed.

Her eyes gradually became a bit blurred.

"Senior Brother."

"Don't worry."

"No matter how Revered Master and Second Senior Sister treat you."

"Nian Nian will protect you."

As she spoke.

She walked towards the bed, bowl in hand.

And in Su Ye's Divine Sense perception.

What kind of medicinal soup was this girl carrying?

That was clearly a bowl of "Soul-charming soup" with extra ingredients!

And her eyes...

No matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like she wants to protect me; it looks more like she wants to take advantage of the situation and do me!

Su Ye wailed in his heart:

"Revered Master!"

"Didn't you say you set up a barrier?"

"Didn't you say no one else could get in except you?"

"The quality of this anti-theft door is not good!"

"Help!"

"Am I going to be pushed down again?!"

However.

No matter how much Su Ye roared inside.

He could only watch helplessly as Jiang Nian sat on the edge of the bed.

Those slightly rough but warm little hands touched his face again...

"Senior Brother."

"Your skin... seems to have gotten better."

A trace of doubt flashed in Jiang Nian's eyes, which then turned into pleasant surprise.

"It seems the medicine Nian Nian prepared is really useful."

"Then today..."

"Let's continue the 'treatment'."

Su Ye: ...

What the hell kind of treatment!

Do you female Cultivators of Purple Bamboo Peak have some misunderstanding about the word "treatment"?!