Beiyun City, the Sacred Pill Pavilion!
The Sacred Pill Pavilion is a branch of the Sacred Pill Sect established in Beiyun City.
The Sacred Pill Sect is a sect specializing in refining pills, possessing profound strength and a terrifying level of power.
Even the Southern Cloud Empire cannot compare.
Therefore, the Sacred Pill Sect has the right to establish branch pavilions in various cities of the Southern Cloud Empire to sell pills and make profits.
The Sacred Pill Pavilion has three floors. The first floor is a hall selling various pills, the second floor is an auction house, and the third floor is the office space for the internal staff of the Sacred Pill Pavilion and a place to receive distinguished guests.
At this moment, on the third floor of the Sacred Pill Pavilion,
an elderly man with snow-white hair gazes outside, his hands behind his back, exuding an aura of superiority and imposing authority.
"Master Miao, Miss has been gone for three days, and there's been no news of her at all. She went out with Mu Yun, and this time Dongfang Yu and Mu Lang and Mu Qing from the Mu family have all come. I'm afraid…"
Behind the white-haired elder, a middle-aged man frowned slightly, looking worried.
"Don't worry, Xianyu will be fine!"
Miao Qing turned around and looked at the middle-aged man, saying, "Yu Zu, this time, the main sect is sending disciples down for training. You must make thorough preparations and not neglect the disciples who are coming for training. They are the future hope of our Holy Pill Sect, and they are all inner disciples, holding high positions and great power!"
"Yu Zu understands. Preparations for this matter have already begun!" The man named Yu Zu nodded in agreement.
Everyone in the entire Holy Pill Pavilion knew that Miao Qing, a third-grade alchemist, was in charge, but all matters, big and small, were handled by the Pavilion Master, Yu Zu.
"Master Miao, however, the sect has ordered that some outstanding outer disciples will come to assess the inner disciples before they come down for training. We need to be careful!"
"Hmm, you can arrange that!"
Master Miao waved his hand and nodded slightly.
After Yu Zu left, Master Miao's gaze fell on the window, and he murmured softly, "Mu Yun, the illegitimate son of the Mu family, a good-for-nothing? Heh… What a pity, what a pity. If you had shown your talent earlier, I might have been able to get you into the inner sect of the Holy Pill Sect. It's a pity you're already nineteen!"
Bei Yun City!
Mu Yun and Miao Xianyu appeared outside Bei Yun City, dressed in rags.
"Instructor Mu, it's all your fault. You insisted on staying there for three more days. I didn't even bring any clean clothes, and I'm filthy!"
Miao Xianyu couldn't help but complain as she looked at the people pointing and whispering around them.
At this moment, the two of them were dressed in rags, looking as wretched as two beggars.
"Hehe, even so, these hundreds of demon cores should be worth quite a bit of money. Aren't you tempted?" Mu Yun didn't care at all about his dirty appearance.
Currently, he had reached the sixth level of the Physical Body Condensation Realm, but it would still take some time to advance to the seventh level, the Qi Condensation Realm.
However, Mu Yun knew that after the meridians were tempered, it was necessary to draw in the true essence of heaven and earth into the body from the Condensation Meridian Realm to the Qi Condensation Realm.
In short, the sixth level involved nourishing the meridians with qi, while the seventh level involved nourishing them with true essence. After the meridians were formed, they absorbed true essence for the martial artist's use.
This process was extremely difficult and dangerous; one wrong move and the meridians would be ruined, and all his cultivation would be lost.
Moreover, qi was far less powerful than true essence; if the meridians weren't thoroughly nourished, they could easily be shattered by true essence.
Therefore, he needed to refine a pill—the Condensation Meridian Pill, a second-grade pill!
The Condensation Meridian Pill could infinitely increase the resilience of the meridians, making them even stronger when facing the tempering of true essence.
The greatest benefit of the Condensing Meridian Pill is that it creates a sense of affinity between a martial artist's meridians and true essence.
Refining the pill requires medicinal herbs, which Mu Yun inquired about with Miao Xianyu. The main ingredients are
the Spirit Returning Fruit, Iron Mountain Grass, and the demon core of a third-tier demon beast—the Blazing Flame Lion.
These three herbs are quite expensive, which is why Mu Yun stayed in the Northern Cloud Mountains for three more days, hunting demon beasts to exchange for spirit stones to purchase them.
"Sacred Pill Pavilion!"
Looking at the three magnificent characters, Mu Yun nodded slightly.
"We're here, Instructor Mu! This is my home, do whatever you want!"
Miao Xianyu strode in, acting arrogantly.
"Halt! Even beggars come here to beg? Do you know where this is?" Seeing Mu Yun and Miao Xianyu, the gatekeeper shouted from the side.
"Hehe..."
Hearing the gatekeeper's voice, Mu Yun couldn't help but chuckle.
"Shut up! You can't even recognize me!" Miao Xianyu's face darkened, and she put her hands on her hips and shouted.
Having just embarrassed herself in front of Mu Yun, Miao Xianyu was immediately stopped by the gatekeeper, so her face was naturally not pleasant.
However, her appearance was so convincing, she looked like a beggar, and no one would guess her true identity.
"I don't care who you are!" one of the guards sneered. "This is the Holy Pill Pavilion, do you know the Holy Pill Pavilion? If you want to die, go somewhere else!"
*Ding*...
Just as the gatekeeper was blocking Miao Xianyu, a ding sounded, and a luxuriously decorated deer-drawn carriage screeched to a halt at the entrance of the Holy Pill Pavilion. *
Thump thump thump*, and several young men dressed in sect attire stepped out from behind the carriage.
"Get out of the way!"
Seeing Miao Xianyu arguing with the guard outside the Holy Pill Pavilion, a young man in a blue robe frowned and shouted.
Get out of the way?
As the granddaughter of Master Miao Qing of the Holy Pill Pavilion, Miao Xianyu was usually treated with utmost respect, even throughout the entire Beiyun City.
How could she not be furious that these unknown individuals dared to tell her to get out of the way?
"You're the ones who should get lost!"
Miao Xianyu said angrily. "The head of the Saint Pill Pavilion is my grandfather. What business is it of yours if I return to the Saint Pill Pavilion?"
"Get out of the way!"
However, the blue-robed man's expression remained unchanged in the face of Miao Xianyu's reply, and he still shouted.
"You..."
"If you don't get lost, then die!"
Seeing Miao Xianyu blocking the doorway, looking angry, the blue-robed man couldn't help himself and formed a palm, about to strike Miao Xianyu's head.
"Lan Yu, what is it?"
Just then, the curtain of the deer-drawn carriage was lifted, and a handsome young man asked with a somewhat displeased voice.
The young man had fair skin, his hair was tied up, he wore a white martial arts uniform, and had a shy expression.
"Senior Brother Shao Yu, a beggar is blocking the way. I'll deal with him right now!" The man called Lan Yu said tremulously, his face changing.
It wasn't hard to see that the boy named Shao Yu was much younger than Lan Yu, yet Lan Yu was so afraid of him; his status must be the highest in this group.
"Blocking? Just kill him!"
Shao Yu's expression remained unchanged, his clear eyes showing no change whatsoever, as if he were issuing a perfectly ordinary order!
"Yes!"
Hearing the handsome young man's order, Lan Yu's expression changed.
His eyes, looking at Miao Xianyu, were filled with killing intent.
A beggar blocking the way had given Shao Yu a bad impression, which could affect his future status in the sect.
This beggar deserved to die!
"I told you to get lost, and you didn't. Then die!"
Lan Yu, at the sixth level of the Body Condensation Realm, unleashed his power, a powerful pressure directly targeting Miao Xianyu.
Miao Xianyu was only at the third level of the Body Condensation Realm; how could she withstand it? Unconsciously, she took several steps back.
"They're just blocking the way, no need to kill them!"
Just then, a shout rang out. Mu Yun's hand formed a blade, and his Falling Cloud Sword Fist, carrying the force of a thousand tons, crashed down.
Boom...
A loud bang rang out, Lan Yu's face turned pale, his arm cracked with a snap, and he groaned as he fell to the ground.
"Besides, we were here first! Instead of queuing properly, they tried to hit us!" Miao Xianyu stepped forward, puffed out her chest, and snorted.
"Damn it, daring to ambush us, kill him!"
Lan Yu hadn't expected Mu Yun, who was standing to the side, to be so powerful; his physical strength was terrifying.
Having lost face in public, he wouldn't be able to stay in the outer sect of the sect anymore. Today, he was determined to kill these two beggars.
"You want to mess with my students? You'll have to ask me, their teacher, for permission first!"
Mu Yun snorted, and his figure darted out.
"Falling Sea Style!"
"Falling Cloud Style!"
"Falling Sky Style!"
The four styles of Falling Cloud Sword Fist were unleashed in quick succession. In an instant, the five or six disciples groaned and flew backward, lying on the ground, groaning.
Most of them were at the Qi Condensation Realm, comparable to Mu Yun's realm, but their strength was far inferior.
Clap clap...
Applause rang out, followed by a cold laugh, "Hehe, I didn't expect that even beggars in the small city of Beiyun would be so unassuming!"
A young figure slowly stepped down from the deer-drawn carriage.
The young man was tall and slender, giving off an extremely innocent feeling, but his smile carried a hint of coldness.
"Beiyun City has a population of one million, it's not small!" Mu Yun continued, "But the one who dares to bully my Mu Yun students hasn't been born yet!"
Seeing the young man, Mu Yun did not back down.
With his experience, it was not difficult to see that these uniformly dressed youths came from a sect.
Moreover, the Saint Pill Pavilion was originally a branch of the Saint Pill Sect in the Southern Cloud Empire, so these disciples were probably from the Saint Pill Sect.
In his previous life, Mu Yun had also risen step by step from the bottom of the myriad worlds to become powerful, witnessing far too many sect disciples abusing their sects' power.
Mu Yun simply couldn't stand such people!
"You've attacked a disciple of my Holy Pill Sect! You're courting death!"
The young man's originally gentle face suddenly turned cold and murderous. His slender hands transformed into sharp steel fists, his true essence impenetrable, aimed directly at Mu Yun.
Seventh level of Physical Body – Condensation Realm expert!
"This kid's finished!"
Seeing Shao Yu's attack, Lan Yu, her face pale, sneered inwardly.
Shao Yu was an outer disciple of the Holy Pill Sect, and at seventeen years old, he had already entered the Condensation Realm, a true genius.
Moreover, next year he would be able to enter the inner sect, becoming a respected prodigy.
This country bumpkin was only at the Condensation Realm; Shao Yu only needed one punch to completely obliterate him!