Double Cultivation
study room
Inside the room filled with high standing Sect Elders with a deep cultivation base in the four-season academy, Su Yang stood in front of Matriak with a calm expression, saying, not feeling any pressure at all despite being surrounded by so many strong individuals.
"He was the one who gave elder Deng the recipe for the Soul Divination Pill? She's so young …"
Matriak looked at Su Yang with a strange look. Although he had already heard of him before from Elder Deng, it was still somewhat surprising to see him in person.
To be this calm and relaxed when he was in the presence of these many experts and even Matriak from the four-season academy, he had to be absolutely sure that nothing bad could happen to him even in such a situation.
"I'll get to the point." Matriarch took the recipe of the Soul Divination Pill and said, "Who are you and what do you want to achieve by giving us this paper?"
"The Soul Divination Pill was a gift from Immortal Han Xin, who was a close friend of the Sect's founder, shortly after the four-season Academy was created. Moreover, as far as we know, only one of these pills exists in this world. In other words, this was a priceless treasure. "
"We've been trying to recreate this pill since we received it, but unfortunately, we're not even close to our goal after hundreds of years."
"However, out of nowhere, a young man, unrecognized by anyone, came up with the prescription of the Soul Divination Pill …"
"What do you want from us?" matriak said
The entire room went silent after the Matriarch finished her words. Everyone in the room noticed Su Yang and Qiuyue.
Although it was not visible on their faces, they were all anxiously waiting for Su Yang to speak – including Matriak.
After a moment of silence, Su Yang smiled and spoke, "All I want is really simple – Pills of Your Soul Forecast."
Hearing his words, other than a slight sigh, Matriarch did not show much reaction.
"So you expected it, yeah."
Matriarch nodded, and said, "Indeed, but unfortunately, I won't be able to respond to your request."
"There are two reasons why you need a Soul Divination Pill despite having a recipe to make it. One, you don't have the ability to make it yourself, and two, that recipe isn't real."
At this point, the Matriarch narrowed her eyes at Su Yang with a serious expression.
"If that's the last reason, no matter what background you have behind you, I will definitely make you pay for this stunt!"
"…"
The room went back to being quiet, but the atmosphere had changed completely.
Su Yang could feel an invisible pressure befalling him. If the next few words that came out of his mouth were not the ones they wanted to hear, there was no doubt that they would attack him there.
However, in response, Su Yang began to laugh out loud, far from everyone's expectations there.
"And unfortunately for you, both of your reasons are wrong" he said with a smile.
"What did you say?" Matriarch and everyone in the room frowned at his words. If he had the ability to concoct pills and had a recipe, then what was he doing here, asking them for Soul Divination pills?
"The only reason I'm here is simply because it's too much time to gather all the ingredients and make it myself! It's troublesome!" He said in a clear voice, making everyone there dumbfounded.
"What?!" say everyone there.
The people there could hardly believe their ears. He was willing to give such a valuable recipe just for bothering to make it himself? Just incredible! It would be one thing if he had the recipe, but the people there were almost certain that it belonged to his family! Talk about being a black sheep for the family!
After a moment of silence from being speechless, the Matriarch said, "B-Even if you say that, I fear that I will not be able to give you the Soul Divination Pill, either, because it was given our Ancestor by the Exalted Immortal. Han Xin's. Giving her a gift was the same as throwing away her good intentions and slapping her face. "
"Haaa .. so it's like this .. It's a pity." Su Yang sighed, making the people there feel bad.
"W-What are you going to do?" Matriak asked in an anxious tone.
"Instead of the Soul Divination Pill, I want all the ingredients in the list I gave you – I will make it myself. That you should be able to fulfill, right?"
"So that's what he meant!" Matriarch exclaimed inwardly.
He then looked at the paper for a few seconds.
"Alright, But it will take several days to prepare some ingredients, as some of them are quite rare even for a Sect as big as us." he finally said.
Su Yang quickly nodded. He could use these few days to cultivate the large amount of Yin Qi he had absorbed from Wu Jinjing and breakthrough to the Earth Spirit Realm. If he allowed this much Yin Qi to remain within his dantian for too long, it could easily damage his entire Planting base, he said, so it would be wiser to turn Yin Qi into Profound Qi while he had time.
"If you want, we can also prepare a room for you for now" he added.
"I will appreciate that," Su Yang had no reason to refuse the offer.
"Good, then I'll start the preparations. Until then, you can take a look around our Four Seasons Academy with one of our Elders to pass the time."
"A sect specializing in Alchemy, yes …"
Although Su Yang did not care about Alchemy as much as the sword, it held a special place in his heart, as it reminded him of one of his best friends in the four divine heavens.
"I will also accept the offer" he said with a smile.
"alright"
Matriarch then looked at Elder Deng and said, "Please and give our little friend here a tour around our house and make sure nothing causes trouble for him. This is a direct order. Anyone who disobeys will come face to face with me directly, you hear?"
He spoke in a way that made it seem as if there would be someone who would cause trouble for Su Yang. Or maybe he was worried that Su Yang could cause trouble and wanted Elder Deng to watch over him, just in case he didn't do anything suspicious.
"Yes, Matriak!" Elder Deng, despite feeling reluctant to stay around Su Yang again, quickly accepted his mission.
As soon as they left, the room that was silent the entire time suddenly turned lively.
"Matriak, are you sure we can trust someone like him? What if he has an ulterior motive?"
"The Great Elder is right, Matriak. We still don't know where it came from, let alone its identity. What if he wants to hurt our Sect?"
Logical complaints and concerns arose as soon as Su Yang left the room.
"We have to pressure him to give us more information before we give him so many valuable resources. He may look calm now, but if we—"
"Enough!" Matriarch raised her hand, and she continued as soon as the room returned to being peaceful.
"You guys are focusing too much on that young man .. It's not him that I'm worried about but the young lady behind him like some kind of personal bodyguard." matriak continued.
"What's? The young lady? what's wrong with him?"
People there are confused. None of them noticed Qiuyue due to Su Yang's vast presence in the room. Shit, most of them thought he was just his servant.
"The young man's cultivation base was at the initial true spirit, and I can tell that it was his original cultivation. As for the young lady behind her ... I can't even feel her presence even though she's standing right in front of my eyes, it's almost like I'm looking at a ghost!
And the way she looked at me .. as if she was warning me not to make any rash decisions." said matriak.
"Now you mention it! I can't see the cultivation base either!"
The sect elders revealed shock once they realized it as well. Because Qiuyue looked so ordinary to them that they casually ignored his existence, focusing only on Su Yang, who seemed to be the one in charge.
"Haaaa .. either his ability to disguise himself was completely heaven-defying, or he .. at a level where even I, a peak Sovereign spirit realm expert, could not see the slightest bit of his cultivation base." Said the Matriarch sighing.
"That's impossible! Matriak was one of the three Sovereign spirit realms in the entire continent, someone at the peak of cultivation! How could some ora—"
"Peak cultivation?" Matriarch suddenly laughed out loud, dumbfounded by the Sect Elders.
"Forget me, even that old man in the Sacred Sword Sect would not dare to say that he was at the peak of cultivation! Not when 'he' is here!"
When he mentioned the Patriarch of the Sacred Sword Sect, he did not say it because of his status but because of his cultivation base that was at the 1st level of the Divine Spirit Realm, which was also considered to be at the boundary of the Mortal World.
"He ... you mean …"
The Sect Elder immediately recognized who Matriak was talking about despite the unclear description being impossible.
"That's right! Immortal Fairy Su Yue, who had long surpassed the limits of humans, even surpassed Immortal Han Xin in terms of cultivation! He is the only other individual in this world who has a cultivation base that I cannot see at all! " matriak.
"Then, are you saying that ... the young lady has a cultivation base similar to that of the immortal Su Yue?"
The Sect Elders began to sweat after they thought of such a possibility.
The existence of the immortal elf Su Yue was enough to overturn the balance of power of this entire world, they could not imagine having another person with the same strength.
Matriak shook his head and said, "I won't go that far, but I won't deny that such a possibility is possible either."
"In the end, it's best not to offend them. Even if there was only a slight possibility that they were a group with such devastating prowess, we could not afford to make this gamble, or our thousand-year-old academy might be destroyed in an overnight! "
"!!!" The Sect Elders there nodded ferociously. None of them were stupid enough to make a bet like this.
"For now, we should focus on preparing the ingredients on this list so that he can leave as soon as possible."
All the Sect Elders all nodded in agreement.
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"This is the Lecture Hall. Sect elders will appear here once a week to give a lecture to the disciples so that they can gain enlightenment."
Elder Deng pointed to the large open area in front of them. Right now, the Lecture Hall was filled with disciples numbering in the hundreds with a single Sect Elder in the front while sitting in front of a large cauldron, seemingly in the process of concocting pills.
Compared to the Blossom Sect Profound Lecture Hall which was always empty with almost no Sect elders giving lectures, the atmosphere in this place was completely different.
Su Yang stopped walking to see the Lecture Hall in the distance – cauldrons to be exact.
"Are you interested in the pills he made?" Elder Deng asked him after seeing him staring in the Lecture Hall.
"Advanced Spirit Refreshment Pill," Su Yang suddenly said.
"Excuse me?" Elder Deng looked at him with questioning eyes.
But Su Yang ignored it and continued, "Seeing from the smell, it should come out with a purity of about 80%, so a medium-quality pill is best."
"…"
At this point, Elder Deng could only stand there with a stunned expression.
"P-Excuse me. I'll be right back."
After saying that he ran towards the Lecture Hall, leaving Su Yang standing in the distance.