Chapter 39

"Junior Sister, let me tell you some good news—I've broken through!"

"Eh? You've broken through too?"

The two Divine Void Grotto-Heaven disciples exchanged a glance, then said in unison: "Hundred Herbs Jin Dan?"

As the words fell, both of them suddenly stiffened.

"Should have thought of it long ago—if I could exchange for a Hundred Herbs Jin Dan, Junior Sister naturally could as well."

"If that's the case, who knows how many people in this sect have already dissolved their Bitter Sea and stepped onto the path of cultivation."

"Senior Brother worries too much—how could it be that easy?" Junior Sister shook her head, feeling somewhat fortunate. "That Hundred Herbs Jin Dan is useful for Senior Brothers and Senior Sisters at the Divine Bridge and the Other Shore realms; it's long since been exchanged for. If we hadn't gone early, how would these elixirs ever have fallen to us?"

The senior brother was stunned: "Exchanged for everything? I was still thinking of exchanging for one more to keep!"

Junior Sister smiled: "How could such good fortune ever fall to us? Who knows when that master alchemist will fire up his furnace and refine again—everyone's waiting on tenterhooks!"

The senior brother nodded: "Next time, I must fight to exchange for an elixir before all the Senior Brothers and Senior Sisters!"

Li Yan came out of seclusion and was just about to exchange for a Hundred Herbs Jin Dan when he heard the news already spreading through the sect. He was instantly speechless.

"What a pity—those elixirs are only exchanged for disciples who've entered the Inner Gate; Outer Gate disciples can only make do with Hundred Herbs Liquid for now." Li Yan sighed, then felt somewhat fortunate. "Good thing Uncle gave me a good assignment and let me get one Jin Dan. Otherwise, if I'd had to break through using Hundred Herbs Liquid, who knows how long I'd have had to wait!"

Now, of course, it was time to verify his cultivation base and enter the Inner Gate.

Once he entered the Inner Gate, he would also be qualified to exchange Jin Dan using sect contribution points.

……

He waited over ten days, and only when he felt his actions wouldn't shock the world did Zhang Taixuan finally take out the elixirs he had prepared and head to the sect's Steward Hall.

Upon seeing Zhang Taixuan, the Steward Elder's face lit up the moment he spotted him, and he came out to greet him.

"Who is that person? He actually got the Steward Elder to greet him with a smile?"

"Right, judging by his attire he should just be an ordinary disciple?"

Li Yan stood in the crowd, his spirits lifting, and hurriedly squeezed to the very front of the exchange point.

Senior Brother is here—can the elixirs be far behind?

These past dozen-plus days, hadn't he been desperately racking up sect contribution points precisely for this moment?

"Little friend, have you refined more elixirs?" Li Changkong's heart was full of anticipation.

Zhang Taixuan nodded: "I have not failed my mission!"

He took out the porcelain bottles he had prepared.

"These are six hundred Hundred Herbs Jin Dan; these are Marrow-Washing Pills, Purple Yang Pills, and Spring-Returning Pills!"

Li Changkong took them, opened them and examined the pills' quality, and especially upon seeing the quality of the Purple Yang Pills, his expression shook.

"This... the quality of these Purple Yang Pills is just too good!"

"The Hundred Herbs Jin Dan will still be counted at 100 contribution points each. As for the Marrow-Washing Pills, Purple Yang Pills, and Spring-Returning Pills, I need to report to the Sect Master before deciding."

So saying, he handed the Hundred Herbs Jin Dan over to the contribution point, then left with the three kinds of pills—Marrow-Washing Pills and the others.

"Give me three Hundred Herbs Jin Dan!" Li Yan's eyes lit up as he said loudly.

As the words fell, everyone looked over.

"Good lad, no wonder you were willing to spend sect contribution points to swap for a spot at the front—you knew the Hundred Herbs Jin Dan were coming all along!"

"That spot is mine, move aside!"

"Don't rush, that spot is mine!"

In an instant, the sect contribution hall descended into chaos.

"Ahem!"

Suddenly, a cough rang out: "Line up properly. Today there are six hundred Jin Dan—more than enough for all of you to exchange."

The crowd's expressions stiffened, and only then did they dare not fight any longer.

Queuing up, they watched Zhang Taixuan disappear at the end of the road.

"This Senior Brother is just too amazing—who would have thought the Hundred Herbs Jin Dan were actually refined by him."

"Right, you really can't judge by appearances. I always thought an alchemist would be an old man with a white beard and white hair!"

"When I have time, I must go and build some ties with Senior Brother. With my beauty, who knows if I might catch Senior Brother's eye?"

Leaving the sect hall, Zhang Taixuan headed straight for the Scripture Pavilion.

With his Core Disciple status and sixty thousand points in hand,

now there were far more things he could exchange for.

His identity verified, he entered the Scripture Pavilion.

"'Records of the Eastern Wastes,' an introduction to the Eastern Wastes sects and the current state of cultivation—five sect points, exchanged."

"'Clear Void Treasure Canon,' a cultivation method that can be cultivated to the peak of Dragon Transformation—ten thousand sect contribution points, exchanged!"

"'Great Feather Art,' a cultivation method that can be cultivated to the peak of the Four Extremes—three thousand sect contribution points, exchanged!"

"'Star-Shaking Scripture,' can be cultivated to the third layer of Immortal Platform—fifty thousand contribution points, can't afford it!"

Just as he was thinking, he saw several figures hurrying over.

The leader was a middle-aged man in a Daoist robe, wearing a jade crown, handsome and elegant.

This person was none other than the Sect Master of Divine Void Grotto-Heaven.

Zhang Taixuan had once seen this man at the sect's Kaishan Grand Ceremony.

Behind him followed two people—one was the sect's Steward Li Changkong, the other a lean old man.

"Greetings, Sect Master!" Zhang Taixuan hurriedly saluted.

The Sect Master waved his hand: "Dispense with the ceremony. Earlier Steward Li came to find me and presented several pills—are all these pills refined by you?"