"What is he trying to do?" Elder Huoyun’s beard bristled with rage.
He had placed great hopes in Xu Yang, expecting him to revitalize his lineage and, in the future, undergo the Secondary Dragon Ascension and leave the Purple Sun Sect.
To this end, he had even squeezed out one Dragon Tiger Great Golden Pill from his own allotment every three months to help Xu Yang. He hoped Xu Yang could quickly reach Marrow Cleansing Great Success, break through to the Celestial Essence realm, and participate in the Dragon Ascension when the time came for the Secondary Dragon Ascension.
But who would have thought that after earning so many contribution points, instead of exchanging them for elixirs to advance his Marrow Cleansing and improve his cultivation, he would go and trade for the Pill Formula of the Dragon Tiger Great Golden Pill?
’Is that something you can just craft because you have the Pill Formula?’
"Master, please calm down. I don’t think Junior Brother Xu is an irresponsible person. Perhaps he’s already a Pill Master."
Gao Lin was startled; it was the first time he had ever seen his master this furious.
"Do you even believe what you’re saying? Learning Alchemy from a few Pill Formulas? Do you really think those people on Medicine King Peak are all useless?" The more Elder Huoyun spoke, the angrier he became.
He had finally found a disciple with the potential for a Secondary Dragon Ascension, and yet he had fallen so low.
Gao Lin didn’t actually believe it, but it was the only explanation for why Xu Yang would spend so many contribution points to exchange for the Dragon Tiger Great Golden Pill’s formula.
"Master, what’s done is done. It’s no use being angry. I’ll go talk to Junior Brother Xu in a bit and tell him not to act so recklessly in the future."
Gao Lin also hadn’t expected Xu Yang to do something so irresponsible.
Elder Huoyun snorted coldly. "The future? What future is there? He just holes up in the Sect all day doing nothing. Where is he going to get so many contribution points to waste in the future?"
Gao Lin was speechless. It was true that Xu Yang would likely never have so many contribution points again. He wouldn’t have the chance to be reckless even if he wanted to.
"I think he’s just too idle. Having nothing to do all day gives him the energy to mess around. Before, he was practicing the Weapon Forging Skill. Since that only cost silver, I tacitly allowed it.
But I never thought that practicing the Weapon Forging Skill wasn’t enough for him—he even wants to learn Alchemy, wasting so many contribution points.
Next month, when the Fifth comes back to relieve the guard, tell him to get his ass over to Moon Lake and stand garrison. Away from the Sect, let’s see how he can cause trouble then."
What infuriated Elder Huoyun the most was that Xu Yang had spent twelve hundred contribution points. He wouldn’t have been this angry even if Xu Yang had spent over a hundred thousand taels of silver.
He had plenty of silver, but something like contribution points had to be used carefully, even by an Elder of a peak like himself.
Originally, he hadn’t planned on making Xu Yang fulfill his duties as an Inner Disciple to garrison a territory so soon. He had wanted to let Xu Yang cultivate for a while longer, but now he couldn’t be bothered with that.
By going to a place like Moon Lake, which was in a constant state of crisis, Xu Yang would be forced by the threat of life and death to focus solely on improving his cultivation, and stop messing around with other things.
"Yes!"
Gao Lin knew this would be better for Xu Yang, so he didn’t plead on his behalf.
He also felt that with Xu Yang’s talent, he should be out experiencing life-and-death trials to prepare for his Secondary Dragon Ascension.
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[Dragon Tiger Great Golden Pill (0/1500)]
Xu Yang put down the Pill Formula and rubbed his aching head.
[Martial Arts Longevity Points: 1742]
In just over three months, with the rewards from obtaining the Bright King Unmoving Body and being listed on the Ten Heroes List, the contribution points he had accumulated already exceeded seventeen hundred, enough to max out the Dragon Tiger Great Golden Pill to Perfection.
What truly gave him a headache were the medicinal ingredients needed to craft the Dragon Tiger Great Golden Pill. Not only were there many, but a lot of them were also very difficult to purchase.
The two main ingredients were even more daunting—they were both Spirit Medicines.
No matter how rare a medicinal ingredient was, as long as it wasn’t a Spirit Medicine, it could be bought with enough money. But Spirit Medicines were things that money simply couldn’t buy; often, you couldn’t even find a place to purchase them.
Anyone who obtained a Spirit Medicine wouldn’t be foolish enough to sell it for money. They would either consume it themselves to improve their cultivation or trade it for an item of equal value.
Dragon Beard Root, Tiger Soul Red Sun Fruit!
These were the two Spirit Medicines required to craft the Dragon Tiger Great Golden Pill. He had already obtained the Dragon Beard Root from the Su Family’s Treasure Vault, and now he was just missing the Tiger Soul Red Sun Fruit.
As for the other ingredients, he could barely scrape together enough for one batch from the gifts he had recently received.
But even if he could put together this one batch, there was no guarantee he could gather the ingredients for a second.
’I’ll have to go to the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall and see if I can trade the Crystal Lotus Root and the Hundred-year-old Blood Ginseng for a Tiger Soul Red Sun Fruit.’
The Sect should have the Tiger Soul Red Sun Fruit, and Inner Sect Disciples could exchange for it as long as they had enough contribution points.
He didn’t have many contribution points left. If he wanted to make the trade, his only option was to sell the Hundred-year-old Blood Ginseng and Crystal Lotus Root to the Sect in exchange for the Tiger Soul Red Sun Fruit.
’I’ll just use the Spirit Iron!’
After some thought, he decided against using the Crystal Lotus Root and the Hundred-year-old Blood Ginseng.
Compared to Spirit Iron, Spirit Medicines were far rarer!
The main reason was that he had a surplus of Spirit Iron. Besides what he had plundered from the Su Family, there was still half a bag of Spirit Iron in the mountains that he hadn’t retrieved yet.
’I need to find some time to go get the Spirit Iron from the mountains.’
Without further delay, he opened the panel.
"Add Dragon Tiger Great Golden Pill!"
With a thought, as the points were consumed, a massive amount of knowledge flooded his mind.
[Dragon Tiger Great Golden Pill (1500/1500)]
[Martial Arts Longevity Points: 242]
An unknown amount of time passed. When Xu Yang opened his eyes again, every detail of crafting the Dragon Tiger Great Golden Pill was clear in his mind, as if he had already refined it thousands of times.
He rubbed his forehead. This time, it really hurt.
Receiving so much knowledge at once was a bit much, even for his Heart Realm.
After bagging the Spirit Iron he had obtained from the Su Family, he headed directly to the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall.
The place was crowded, with many people standing in line.
Seeing this gave Xu Yang a headache. He didn’t want his plan to exchange for the Tiger Soul Red Sun Fruit to become public knowledge, nor did he want people to know he possessed so much Spirit Iron.