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The spirit medicine was sufficient, and there were plenty of pills to assist in cultivation. Naturally, the speed of cultivation increased rapidly. In the elegant and graceful Changqing Pavilion, there were already more than twenty members who had entered the stage of refining their organs.

Kou Ruozhi was not far from entering the martial way.

However, the consumption of pills was also considerable.

Almost every day, Su Lingxiu was refining pills, especially the need to refine Qi and Blood Pills, to supply the Changqing Pavilion and also for the Xu Family's use.

As a result, her cultivation time decreased somewhat.

Half a month later, Su Lingxiu also broke through the realm of Qi and Blood.

"Your disciple Su Lingxiu has broken through the realm of Qi and Blood. Your mastery in alchemy and martial arts is consummate (Innate Realm)."

A golden light emerged.

Li Xuan looked at Su Lingxiu, pondering a question.

To cultivate borderland warriors and rapidly improve the strength of borderland martial arts, pills were indispensable. The quantity of pills required was not a small number.

Spirit medicine was secondary. After all, generally, not much spirit medicine was needed for Qi and Blood Pills. They could be refined into a large furnace with just a little spirit medicine, and even if it fell short, spirit medicine could be the main ingredient, with other precious medicines used as adjuvants.

But how could Su Lingxiu alone refine such a large quantity of pills?

Even though her skill in refining Qi and Blood Pills was already superb, she could refine dozens of them in one furnace. Yet, relying on her alone, she couldn't support such a huge quantity.

Moreover, Su Lingxiu also needed time to cultivate martial arts, comprehend the martial arts classics, refine higher-level pills, study alchemy, and so on.

The borderlands were only a temporary dwelling place. Entering the inner domain was inevitable, and the Changqing Pavilion would also develop in the inner domain, focusing on selling pills.

It could be anticipated that once the pills were introduced, inner domain martial artists would flock to them.

Following this, there would certainly be coveting from all sides, as well as various threats, and whether Tianbao Pavilion could withstand them was unknown.

As for cooperating with Tianbao Pavilion, it depended on what price Tianbao Pavilion could offer.

Of course, no matter how they cooperated, the initiative would still be in the hands of Changqing Pavilion.

To have a large supply of pills, even if Su Lingxiu worked herself to death, she wouldn't be able to supply enough.

Li Xuan thought of assembly line production methods. Could pills also be produced this way?

The refining of pills was also divided into several steps. It was not easy to learn the complete alchemy, but individual steps were much easier.

In the final step, the essence of the spirit medicine was extracted, fused, and condensed to complete the final transformation, and the pills were produced.

Even if someone stole all the steps of pill refining, it would be difficult to learn alchemy. Moreover, the methods for refining each type of pill were also different.

Only alchemist martial artists could master the methods of refining various pills.

The most common types of pills sold in the inner domain were three.

Qi and Blood Pills, needed by common martial artists. Even though there were differences in inner domain martial arts, the effect of Qi and Blood Pills could still assist them in cultivation.

Qi-Nourishing Pills, corresponding to Grandmaster martial artists.

And, healing pills.

Changqing Pavilion only needed to produce these three types of pills to obtain vast resources in the inner domain.

They could even accept missions, such as exchanging a certain amount of spirit medicine for the refinement of a pill, and so on.

As long as Changqing Pavilion establishes itself in the inner domain and promotes pills, once martial artists taste the benefits, who would still fear the lack of spirit medicine?

Of course, at the beginning, the steps must not be too large, otherwise the sudden strong impact would be extremely intense.

Li Xuan went to the inner domain to enjoy, not to constantly solve various troubles.

So, only when the borderland martial arts became powerful and formed a huge force, could pills be widely promoted. Even if they faced coveting and impact, they would have the strength to resolve it without his intervention.

With this in mind, Li Xuan called Su Lingxiu over and gave her some guidance on the assembly line method of pill refining, letting Su Lingxiu perfect it herself.

"Master, this method is great, I know how to do it now."

Su Lingxiu was delighted at his words.

Next, she began to contemplate how to assemble the pill refining process. First, she differentiated the steps of pill refining, the techniques for each step, how to preserve the semi-finished products of refining, and so on to the next step.

This was all a complex process, and it also required pill furnaces, which required someone to forge.

But before that, suitable alchemist martial artists were needed to learn the separated steps of pill refining. It was impossible to prioritize the assembly line production of pills in the short term.

And the current demand for pills was not large, Su Lingxiu recently set aside some time to refine a batch, which was enough to support the required time.

While contemplating the assembly line production of pills, she also pondered the Eight Trigrams and various martial arts techniques in the martial arts classics.

...

In the inner domain, Xu Yan had been running several forces and had obtained the rewards.

As for the rewards from the three major countries, he only sought out Dayue Country. Perhaps it was because of his renowned name, or perhaps the powerful deterrent of killing a Grandmaster, or perhaps Dayue Country didn't care much about the reward.

But they gave them quite generously, and Xu Yan was very satisfied with it.

As for the other two countries, the journey was too far, so they had to be temporarily shelved. They would go to collect the rewards when there was a chance in the future.

Returning to Seven Star City, Xu Yan met with Xie Lingfeng and Hushan again, and returned the Kite Order to Hushan.

"Xu Xiong, you have made a name for yourself in the martial arts world, even killing the Skeleton of Life in your hands!"

Xie Lingfeng exclaimed.

Xu Yan was only at the Innate Realm, corresponding to a Great Grandmaster in terms of realm. Yet he had already killed a Grandmaster.

Truly killing an enemy of a higher realm!

This was the might of true martial arts.

"The Grandmaster was very strong too. Among the Grandmasters I killed, he was the strongest. I had to use several swords to kill him!"

Xu Yan sighed with emotion.

Xie Lingfeng thought to himself... Several swords were enough to kill a renowned Grandmaster? And this was considered very strong on the other side?

"I'm going to take over Canglan Island now. After that, it will be my territory. After taking over Canglan Island, I'll buy some spirit medicine, and then return to the Northern Wasteland."

"Xie Xiong, are you going to stay in the Seven Star Academy to study martial arts classics?"

Xu Yan mentioned his upcoming journey.

"I have condensed True Qi throughout my body, but I don't have much clue about how to proceed with my cultivation next. I want to seek advice from seniors. How about accompanying you?"

Xie Lingfeng thought for a moment and said.

He had come down from Sword Saint Cliff this time to find Xu Yan for the matter of cultivation.

Since Xu Yan was going back to the borderlands, it was a good opportunity to go with him and directly seek advice from the seniors.

"That's fine!"

Xu Yan nodded.

"Oh, Xu Xiong, this is a generous gift from Miss Du."

Xie Lingfeng had Hushan bring out a large box.

This was the generous gift that Du Yuying had sent to him when she went to Sword Saint Cliff. He had it sent from Sword Saint Cliff to deliver it to Xu Yan.

"Xie Xiong, this was sent to you by Miss Du. It's more appropriate for you to keep it."

Xu Yan shook his head.

"Miss Du sent it to you. It's not suitable for me to take it. Besides, by using my name, it helped enhance your reputation, Xu Xiong, why be so polite? Please accept this gift. After all, it's Miss Du's heartfelt intention."

Xie Lingfeng smiled as he opened the box.

Inside were some spirit medicines, a treasure sword, and some treasures, all of considerable value, truly a generous gift.

"These two boxes are a specialty of the Du Marquis's Mansion, Yunwu Spirit Tea. It's said to be rare and has a strong tea fragrance. The tea leaves resemble clouds, and when brewed in a teapot, it's like brewing a pot of clouds and mist."

Xie Lingfeng picked up one of the jade jars from the box and introduced it.

There were a total of three jade jars in the box, all containing Yunwu Spirit Tea.

"Yunwu Spirit Tea is only considered a low-grade ninth-rank spirit medicine, but it is quite famous because of its clouds and mist. Its tea fragrance is refreshing and loved by some Grandmaster martial artists."

Xie Lingfeng put the tea jar back in the box.

Xu Yan's eyes lit up. "Good, I'll take it!"

Wouldn't Master like Yunwu Spirit Tea? In the borderlands, Master only drinks coarse tea. Although Master's realm is too high, returning to simplicity and naturalness, and doesn't care about tea, as a disciple, I can't just let Master drink coarse tea all the time, right? Since there is spirit tea, it must be taken back to show respect to Master!

"Hushan, carry the box on your back, let's go."

Xie Lingfeng said happily.

"No problem, Young Master."

Hushan lifted the box and tied it with a rope, carrying it on his back.

Xu Yan asked puzzledly, "Xie Xiong, don't you have a storage bag?"

Xie Lingfeng smiled bitterly, "Xu Xiong, you may not know, storage bags are too expensive, and they're not something you can buy with just spirit crystals. Although my status at Sword Saint Cliff is not bad, I still can't afford a storage bag!"

There was another reason he didn't mention.

Martial artists at the Grandmaster level, if they carry storage bags, are easily targeted for robbery!

Even though he was a genius at Sword Saint Cliff and his father was Xie Tianheng, he couldn't avoid being targeted, although it wouldn't be life-threatening.

Many Grandmasters couldn't afford storage bags, yet they envied those who had them. Once it's discovered that a Grandmaster martial artist possesses a storage bag, not robbing them would be strange!

After all, not everyone has Xu Yan's strength.

Xu Yan was amazed; storage bags were even more precious than he had imagined, even someone like Xie Lingfeng couldn't afford one.

As they walked outside, he asked, "What kind of person can have a storage bag?"

He had killed many Master-level martial artists and some Grandmasters, such as the Skeleton of Life, who was quite notorious among Grandmasters, yet none of them had a storage bag.

"Usually, only Peak Grandmasters have them, but not all Peak Grandmasters do."

Xie Lingfeng thought for a moment before replying.

"Peak Grandmasters..."

Xu Yan sighed.

It's not easy to kill them! With his current strength, killing a Great Grandmaster posed no problem. Killing Peak Grandmasters presented some difficulty, after all, the strength of Peak Grandmasters was truly at the peak, far beyond what Great Grandmasters could compare to.

In the entire inner domain, there weren't many Peak Grandmasters. Any force with a Peak Grandmaster sitting would be considered a top force.

As they stepped out from another courtyard, they saw Du Yuying running over with Cui'er.

"Master Xu."

Du Yuying wasn't wearing a veil, her face was extraordinarily beautiful, with a faint blush on her tender white cheeks, making her even more charming.

Of course, Xu Yan remained indifferent.

"Miss Du!"

Xu Yan nodded.

"Master Xu, are you going to Canglan Island?"

Du Yuying asked softly.

"Yes!"

Xu Yan didn't hide anything and suddenly remembered something, saying, "Thank you for the generous gift, Miss Du."

Du Yuying saw the box carried by Hushan and couldn't hide her joy. "As long as Master Xu likes it!"

Turning around, she reached out, "Cui'er!"

Cui'er took out a bag and handed it to her, "Miss, here!"

Du Yuying held the bag in one hand and grabbed Xu Yan's hand with the other, placing the bag in his hand, "Master Xu, there are 200,000 spirit crystals inside. Although it's not much, it's my gratitude to Master Xu."

As she spoke, her fair little hand secretly caressed Xu Yan's hand back, her jade face reddening even more.

"Without merit, there is no reward. Miss Du should take it back."

Xu Yan shook his head.

Although he was poor and lacking in spirit crystals, he was a principled person.

"Master Xu, you killed the Skeleton of Life. This is part of the reward. He had been eyeing our Du Marquis's Mansion for some time. Master Xu's killing of him has solved a big problem for our mansion.

"These spirit crystals can't repay Master Xu's kindness, but at the moment, this is all I have. Please accept this token of gratitude, Master Xu. I hope you won't refuse!"

Du Yuying had already prepared her words.

Holding Xu Yan's hand with both hands, she clasped his hand, placing his palm together, and said softly.

"In that case, I'll accept it!"

So it was a reward for killing the Skeleton of Life. Xu Yan happily withdrew his hand and accepted the spirit crystals.

Miss Du was a good person, someone who knew how to repay kindness. Perhaps she was too excited, holding his hand, she didn't even realize she was still holding it.

Xu Yan bowed, "Miss Du, until we meet again!"

It was time to say goodbye.

"Master Xu, I owe you a great debt of gratitude. If Miss Du buys a storage bag in the future to thank you, I don't know where to find you?"

Du Yuying hurriedly asked.

"A storage bag?"

Xu Yan's eyes lit up with joy, "Miss Du, you're too kind. Although storage bags are precious..."

"No matter how precious the storage bag is, it can't compare to Master Xu's kindness."

Du Yuying said sincerely.

"In that case, perhaps you can find me at Canglan Island, or ask Xie Xiong. He will convey the message for me."

Xu Yan felt even more that Du Yuying was a girl of great integrity and gratitude, so he replied immediately.

"Miss Du, I will remember!"

Du Yuying nodded.

"Xie Xiong, let's go!"

Xu Yan walked away quickly, his figure swiftly disappearing.

Xie Lingfeng glanced at Du Yuying with a strange expression, shook his head without saying anything, and hurriedly followed Xu Yan's footsteps.

"Miss Du, she's actually someone who knows how to repay kindness. It wasn't in vain for me to escort her back then."

Xu Yan sighed with emotion.

Hushan twitched the corner of his mouth. Was this repaying kindness? She was just thinking about you!

"Miss Du's talent is also quite good, but her body seems to have some problems, but I don't know what the reason is. She's already at the First Rank, and becoming a Grandmaster shouldn't be too far away."

Xu Yan continued to lament, his fondness for Du Yuying increasing.

Of course, it was just pure fondness.

Xie Lingfeng nodded, "Miss Du studied under the supervision of the Seven Star Academy, her talent is indeed extraordinary, perhaps it has something to do with her special physique."

Du Yuying was a disciple of a supervisor at the Seven Star Academy, indicating her remarkable talent.

The three of them had just left Seven Star City and were preparing to go to Canglan Island when a graceful figure floated over, dressed in white, her clothes like snow, although her face couldn't be seen, she still gave off an aura of unparalleled beauty.

The Unsullied Pavilion, the woman in white!

(End of this chapter)