48: Is the road ahead dead?

During dinner, Qin Yue met his five Senior Brothers. Senior Brother Jiang Shang said that two other Senior Brothers were currently on missions, and the remaining Senior Brothers had already graduated and no longer lived in Chaoyang Cave.

After dinner, Qin Yue stood up, intending to leave the dining hall—

“Qin Yue, stay. You all help him wash his bowls and chopsticks.”

Seeing Master remain seated, Qin Yue also sat down.

After all the Senior Brothers had cleaned up the table together, Senior Brother Jiang Shang brewed a pot of tea for Master, then finally left.

“Tell me, what Cultivation Techniques have you Cultivated before?”

Hearing Master’s question, Qin Yue recounted all the Cultivation Techniques he had Cultivated since he started practicing martial arts.

“I first Cultivated Wild Bull Fist to build my Foundation, then Divine Bull Blood Refining Art to refine Blood Qi, Blood Qi Body Tempering Skill for Body Refining, and Mad Demon Saber Technique for weapon practice. After entering the Martial Academy, I learned Nine Revolutions Body Refining Art and Holy Mountain Basic Swordplay. Finally, I used Blood Transformation Yuan Gathering Art to Breakthrough to the Liquid Transformation Realm.”

“Hmm!”

Master nodded, noncommittally, then asked, “What kind of poison did you use as your Foundation for Guiding Poison into the Body?”

“I used the Touch Spirit Pill as my Foundation, and performed Guiding Poison into the Body after improving its Pill Formula.”

Hearing Qin Yue’s answer, Master’s expression changed drastically, no longer maintaining his calm demeanor.

“What?

Touch Spirit Pill?

Isn’t that the Medicinal Pill that Yan Zhongli just developed?

Didn’t you use poison for Guiding Poison into the Body?

Didn’t Yan Zhongli stop you?”

Facing Master’s five consecutive questions, Qin Yue didn’t panic. He had anticipated today’s problem ever since he chose not to use poison for Guiding Poison into the Body.

“The Touch Spirit Pill I used is indeed based on the Pill Formula developed by Teacher Yan, with some improvements.

Teacher Yan explained the pros and cons to me, but I insisted on choosing the Touch Spirit Pill for Guiding Poison into the Body.”

Master became even angrier when he heard Qin Yue say this. He no longer sat but stood up and walked a few steps.

“That means Yan Zhongli didn’t explain it clearly enough to you. However, it can’t be blamed on him; not having reached the Divine Intent Realm means he doesn’t fully understand the Dao after the Divine Intent Realm.

Why do we, on Pill Refining Peak, need to use poison for Guiding Poison into the Body? It’s not just to accelerate Cultivation speed or gain an extra means of attack.

Perhaps that’s true before the Divine Intent Realm, but after the Divine Intent Realm, Guiding Poison into the Body has another purpose.”

At this point, Master paused and asked Qin Yue a question, “Do you know what kind of Concept each peak of the Holy Sect needs to comprehend to Breakthrough to the Divine Intent Realm?”

“Teacher Yan told me they are the Extreme Intent, Sword Intent, and My Intent.”

“Right, it’s the Extreme Intent, Sword Intent, and My Intent. Then do you know the Cultivation path of the Divine Intent Realm?

You don’t know! Yan Zhongli doesn’t know either! Otherwise, he wouldn’t have agreed to you using other Medicinal Pills to complete Guiding Poison into the Body.

The Cultivation of the Divine Intent Realm involves devouring the Soul of Demon-King-level Demons.

We need to both devour the essence of the Demon King’s Soul to enhance the total amount of our Divine Intent and use the ferocity of the Demon King’s Soul to temper our Martial Artist’s Divine Intent.

But how do we deal with the consciousness within the Demon’s Soul?

The Extreme Intent can repel all consciousness that is not ‘My Intent.’

Sword Intent can directly eradicate the Impurities within the Soul.

Only My Intent has no way to deal with the Demon’s consciousness. In fact, if the Demon’s consciousness were integrated into My Intent, it might give birth to a humanoid Demon.

That’s why we on Pill Refining Peak need to Master Guiding Poison into the Body in the Liquid Transformation Realm, using the poison integrated into our Soul to eliminate these Demon consciousnesses.”

After explaining the reason why Pill Refining Peak needed Guiding Poison into the Body, Master finally calmed down a bit.

He looked at Qin Yue and said to him, “While you haven’t officially become my disciple yet, do you want to withdraw from Pill Refining Peak?

I see you have great talent in Body Refining. In fact, joining Martial Peak is also a good choice.”

After hearing what Master said, Qin Yue felt a bit bitter in his mouth.

He hadn’t expected that his small innovation in Guiding Poison into the Body would cut off his path to the Divine Intent Realm.

However, Qin Yue couldn’t go to Martial Peak. While Cultivating on Pill Refining Peak might make it difficult for Qin Yue to Breakthrough in the Divine Intent Realm, Qin Yue felt he wouldn’t even be able to Breakthrough to the Divine Intent Realm if he Cultivated on Martial Peak.

To be honest, when Senior Brother Bo Lun told him about the Divine Intent Realm of each peak that day, he knew that Martial Peak was not suitable for him. Even if he completely abandoned the AFK System, he still couldn’t enter the Divine Intent Realm of Martial Peak.

Don’t forget that Qin Yue is a Transmigrator, and this body wasn’t originally his.

If even his body isn’t his own, how can he trust his own body?

So Qin Yue couldn’t leave Pill Refining Peak. The Cultivation of the Divine Intent Realm was a future matter, but Breakthrough to the Divine Intent Realm was a current difficulty. He needed to solve the current predicament first. Qin Yue didn’t believe there would be no solution for future predicaments.

Of course, Qin Yue couldn’t tell Master that he had Transmigrated and couldn’t comprehend the Extreme Intent, nor could he say that he had a System cheat and couldn’t comprehend Sword Intent. So, he thought for a moment and said to Master:

“Master, from the first day Teacher Yan taught me, I fell in love with Medicine Refining.

I believe that the future of one’s individual martial Dao is certainly important, but Medicine Refining is not just an auxiliary to individual martial Dao.

The emergence of every new Medicinal Pill benefits not just oneself, but all Martial Artists in the world.

I don’t just learn Medicine Refining for myself; I learn Medicine Refining for the people of the world!

So, even if my martial Dao Cultivation can only go as far as the Divine Intent Realm and make no further progress, I still want to choose Pill Refining Peak.”

Hearing Qin Yue’s impassioned speech, Master no longer paced in the room but stopped beside Qin Yue, his expression serious, staring at Qin Yue.

“Child! Do you truly think that way?”

After speaking, Master kept staring at Qin Yue, as if waiting for Qin Yue’s answer.

But Qin Yue didn’t answer; he just stared back at Master with a resolute expression.

Master’s lips slowly curved into a smile, growing wider and wider until he burst into laughter.

“Hahahahaha, hahahahaha, good! Good! Good!”

“I didn’t expect you, at such a young age, to possess such breadth of mind!”

As he spoke, Master patted Qin Yue’s shoulder.

“Refining medicine for the people of the world! Refining medicine for the people of the world! Refining medicine for the people of the world! I actually forgot!

The most important thing for our Pill Refining Peak is not martial Dao Cultivation, but refining medicine for the people of the world!”

At this point, Master’s eyes held a complex emotion, as if recalling other matters. Qin Yue just remained silent beside him, not speaking a word.

After a while, Master came back to his senses. He patted Qin Yue’s shoulder again, “Starting tomorrow, come to my Alchemy Room after breakfast every day and refine medicine with me!”

With that, he turned and walked out of the dining hall. Only after stepping over the threshold did a voice come through, “My state of mind is not calm today, so I won’t teach you. You go back and rest first. We’ll talk about Cultivation tomorrow!”