23: Chapter 23 You... are that menial disciple?

Seeing the Junior Sister he had silently protected for many years so easily agree to go with someone else, Fang Yuan felt a bit bitter in his heart.

But he also knew what his own standing was. Some things that belonged to him would always be his, and if they weren't, he needed to have some self-awareness.

But as long as he held onto this golden thigh securely, once his Cultivation was successful, what kind of woman wouldn't he be able to have?

Thinking this way, he instantly let it go.

The three of them soon arrived at the peak.

As soon as Bai Jiner stepped onto the stone stairs at the peak, she couldn't help but take a deep breath of the dense Spiritual Qi.

The concentration of Spiritual Qi on the peak was ten times that of the foot of the mountain.

This meant that the speed of Cultivation here was ten times faster than at the foot of the mountain.

If it weren't for Chun Xiaobai bringing her here, a Disciple like her at the fifth layer of Qi Refining would have no qualifications to come to the peak.

This was a rule specially designed by the Qingyun Sect to push Disciples to climb higher; if you want better Cultivation resources and faster progress than others,

then you must do more missions and improve your strength to live in better houses and obtain the best resources.

When passing by Fang Yuan's Immortal Cave, Fang Yuan cupped his hands at the two of them before slinking into his own Immortal Cave next door.

...

"Junior Sister, come, help me activate the Formation."

As soon as they entered the courtyard, Chun Xiaobai handed the Array Talisman to Bai Jiner.

Bai Jiner was slightly stunned.

This jade talisman was equivalent to a house key; how could he give it to someone else so easily?

Moreover, this wasn't what confused her the most. What confused her most was that Senior Brother Chun could open the Formation with a single strand of Divine Sense; why couldn't he just open it himself, and why did he need her to do it?

However, she didn't think too much about it, assuming Senior Brother Chun just wanted to express his trust in her.

Her earlobes turned slightly red, and she then condensed a strand of Divine Sense, carefully probing into the Array Talisman.

"Hum!"

The Array Talisman emitted a mysterious light, and the concealment array, shielding array, and defensive array around the courtyard instantly activated, with a layer of faint light barrier enveloping the entire small courtyard.

"Hmm!"

Seeing this, Chun Xiaobai snatched the Array Talisman back.

Now, it wouldn't be so easy for this little girl to run away!

When Bai Jiner saw that look in his eyes, she felt it was familiar.

"What is going on?"

"Why do I feel again that he is that Utility Disciple?"

Chun Xiaobai brought Bai Jiner directly to the Cultivation room, flipped his hand, and took out a bottle of spirit gathering pill to hand to her.

"Come, Junior Sister, these are Medicinal Pills I can't finish, I'll give them to you."

"This...!" Bai Jiner felt a bit embarrassed and raised her hand to decline.

But just as she touched the Medicinal Pill bottle, she accepted it on impulse.

"Oh my, since when did I become so thick-skinned?"

Her small face turned bright red, and she looked at Chun Xiaobai, a wave of emotion welling up in her heart.

She really hadn't expected this Senior Brother Chun, who possessed such a high Realm, to be so generous.

Chun Xiaobai looked indifferent.

As bandits, what they valued most was the word 'loyalty'.

Words spoken were like spilled water; if he said he would give it, he absolutely would.

Moreover, he liked people who were greedy for small gains the most; in his heart, such people were like-minded individuals.

Bai Jiner opened the bottle stopper and saw that there were actually fifty of them inside!

These spirit gathering pills cost ten Spirit Stones each outside; did Senior Brother Chun just give her five hundred Spirit Stones directly?

The reward for the three-star missions she usually did, which were life-threatening, was only one hundred Spirit Stones!

"Thank you... thank you, Senior Brother Chun!" Bai Jiner said, moved, thanking him repeatedly.

"No need to thank me, no need."

Chun Xiaobai waved his hand generously, then took out those two bottles of qi recovery pill, about a hundred or so, tilted his head back, and poured them into his mouth in one go.

Like eating roasted beans, he chewed them a couple of times with a crunch before swallowing them, and even let out a burp.

Bai Jiner watched, dumbfounded.

This... this Senior Brother Chun really treats Medicinal Pills like a meal!

That's too overbearing, right?!

Wait!

She suddenly noticed the three eye-catching characters "qi recovery pill" on the Medicinal Pill bottle, her expression changed, and she exclaimed.

"Oh no! Senior Brother Chun! How could you eat so many qi recovery pills?"

"Quick! Spit them out! Be careful not to explode and die!"

"Huh?"

Chun Xiaobai quickly felt himself, and discovered that apart from his stomach feeling a bit full, he didn't have any sensations of surging blood or his Meridians about to burst.

"Don't worry!" He burped again, unconcerned, "It's just a little bit of Medicinal Pill, your Senior Brother has long been used to eating them, how could I explode and die?"

"This... this!" Bai Jiner was anxious.

These qi recovery pills were different from spirit gathering pills!

They contained extremely pure Spiritual Qi and were precious Medicinal Pills used by Cultivators to rapidly replenish their spiritual energy when it was exhausted; their value was even higher than spirit gathering pills!

With her current cultivation of the fifth layer of Qi Refining, one qi recovery pill could fully replenish her spiritual energy.

But Chun Xiaobai had just eaten over a hundred of them in one breath!

With this kind of dosage, even a Golden Core Elder of the Sect would never dare to act so recklessly!

However...

She stared blankly at Chun Xiaobai and found that his face wasn't red, his heart wasn't racing, and it seemed... he was truly fine.

How is this possible?

She asked with a serious expression: "Senior Brother Chun, are... are you really okay?"

"Really fine." Chun Xiaobai looked matter-of-fact.

He had already finished a bottle when he woke up this morning, how could there be any problem?

He suspected it was very likely because he hadn't entered the Dao and couldn't feel the Spiritual Qi, so he just digested it like food and absorbed some of the medicinal power.

However, this also taught him a lesson.

In the future, he couldn't just eat Medicinal Pills randomly. What if the name sounded righteous, but it was actually a poison pill refined by someone from the Righteous Path, and he ate himself to death? These Medicinal Pills weren't produced by a pharmaceutical factory.

"Alright, Junior Sister, don't worry about that, come, help Senior Brother with a favor."

Bai Jiner looked at Chun Xiaobai carefully again, and seeing that his breath was steady and there wasn't even a trace of Spiritual Qi fluctuation on his body, she suppressed the shock in her heart with half-belief.

"Hmm, Senior Brother Chun, what do you need me to help you with?"

"Swish!"

Chun Xiaobai took out the Qingyun Manual directly from his bosom and said very seriously: "Teach me how to perform Qi Induction."

"Hmm!" Bai Jiner nodded subconsciously, but immediately felt something was wrong.

Right!

Qi Induction?

She suddenly widened her eyes and looked at Chun Xiaobai in disbelief.

He... he was already at the Late Stage of Qi Refining?

He was a Disciple ranked in the top hundred of Green Bamboo Peak?

And yet... he hadn't even performed Qi Induction yet?!

How is this possible?!

A Mortal who hadn't even started to Cultivate could defeat an Outer Sect sword Dao top ten Genius with one sword strike?

Wait...

Bai Jiner suddenly felt her brain was a bit messy, like a ball of paste.

Defeating Li Xuanfeng, snatching his Immortal Cave... defeating Zhao Wuyuan with one sword strike... all of this was actually done without having started to Cultivate?

Uh???

Bai Jiner looked at Chun Xiaobai with the eyes of someone looking at a monster.

This... this is absolutely impossible!

It completely defies the common sense of Cultivation!

You must know that the power of a Cultivator comes from refining Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi into the body, then circulating it through a Cultivation Technique, tempering oneself, and thereby achieving transcendence.

Strength is based on Realm and the intensity of spiritual power, ultimately supplemented by corresponding Spells and techniques.

Without spiritual power, no matter how strong the body is, one is just a Mortal martial artist; how could one possibly contend against a Cultivator who has entered the Dao through Qi Induction?

But to say it was impossible, she had seen it with her own eyes today; that final sword strike even required Elder Gu to personally intervene to rescue Zhao Wuyuan!

At this moment, she even felt that she might be dreaming.

Or she had truly met a monster!

Suddenly, she thought of something else.

Not yet entered the Dao... a newly admitted Disciple... looks exactly the same as that shifty-eyed Utility Disciple from before... then wouldn't he be!

The shock on her face instantly turned into terror, and she pointed at Chun Xiaobai, her voice trembling as she said.

"You... you... are that Utility Disciple?!"