Chapter 44: Bing Chen Lu

The spiritual Qi in the Third Hall hadn't changed much, because with only three people, it was more than enough.

On the first day of the month, Su Cheng was egged on by Su Wuji, and while Su Jin was cultivating, the two of them ran off to the Second Hall.

However, not long after, the two of them ran back again.

"Oh my, Su Yunhu really suffered terribly this time." When Su Wuji and the others came back and saw that Su Jin had just stopped cultivating, they hurried over to her side and said.

"Hmm?" Su Jin was puzzled.

"Over there, the spiritual Qi isn't enough. I heard Su Yunhu say that he has to stop six times in one afternoon now. When he goes home he has to bring a Spirit-Gathering Array, and at night he makes up for the practice at home." Su Wuji continued.

"Didn't Instructor Liu help them raise the concentration of spiritual Qi?" Su Jin didn't understand.

"What's the use of raising the concentration of spiritual Qi any further? Everyone is using a Spirit-Gathering Array. I see the students over there have all activated a first-grade, top-quality Spirit-Gathering effect. The Spirit-Gathering effect that costs eight spirit stones to activate really is different; when it comes to scrambling for spiritual Qi, its effect is remarkably significant.

Now Su Yunhu has been forced by them to also keep a first-grade, top-quality Spirit-Gathering effect activated. Otherwise, if he wants to cultivate, he simply can't gather even a wisp of spiritual Qi.

Su Yunhu complained to us about this matter for ages.

And also, everyone started using the first-grade, top-quality Spirit-Gathering effect, and as a result, in less than half a quarter-hour, the spiritual Qi in the hall over there was swept clean by their Spirit-Gathering Arrays. In less than four quarter-hours, even inside the Spirit-Gathering Arrays, they had no spiritual Qi left to refine. Then they could only stop and rest. They would wait until the spiritual Qi gathered a bit again, then continue cultivating.

We now only have one common-knowledge class a day in the morning too.

The rest of the time is given over to our cultivation.

Su Yunhu said that once it's time to cultivate, he's miserable; his daily cultivation is constantly interrupted, and he has to stop at least five or six times. Sigh!!"

Su Wuji truly felt that Su Yunhu was having a really hard time now.

"When we went over, the students there were still arguing. Among them was a female student, I think her name was Qi Yi, arguing with several male and female students all by herself. She even said something about how with her talent, if she hadn't been held back by them, she would have broken through to the second layer of Qi Refining long ago and come over to our Third Hall." Su Cheng also said.

"The few male and female students opposing her actually mocked her, saying she didn't know the length of her own face. They also said that if she really had good talent, she would have gone to the Third Hall to cultivate long ago; why would she still be hanging around with them in the Second Hall?" Su Wuji said. "That Qi Yi is the new student who came on the twentieth day."

"Oh, oh, I know her. She's the one who only cultivated for one day and then broke through to the first layer of Qi Refining. The one who's supposedly extremely talented in cultivation, right?" Su Jin said with a smile.

"She has three spiritual roots." Su Wuji reminded her.

Su Jin looked at him suspiciously. "What's wrong with having three spiritual roots?"

"Didn't you understand? Our sect's bigwigs all have five spiritual roots." Su Wuji winked.

Su Jin still looked at him without understanding.

"Sigh, I really give up. Your reaction really is slow. Three spiritual roots means real three spiritual roots. Our sect's bigwigs all have five spiritual roots. Do you get it now?" Su Wuji continued.

Even Su Cheng laughed when she heard this.

Su Jin finally caught on.

The corners of her mouth couldn't help but twitch up; five spiritual roots had truly been ruined by those bigwigs in the sect.

"Then how did you find out she has three spiritual roots?" Su Jin asked, speechless. "Aren't students in our clan school not allowed to ask each other about their spiritual root situations?"

"Some students in the Second Hall have relatives in the clan school, so they found out. She's just an in-law and old acquaintance of the Su clan; naturally, no one would cover up her talent for her." Su Wuji said. Don't think the Su clan school will protect everyone; that's impossible.

"Then how did she break through to the first layer of Qi Refining in just one day?" Su Jin didn't understand. "Are three spiritual roots really that strong?"

"No, three spiritual roots definitely aren't that strong.

Our class and the other classes also have several dozen students with three spiritual roots, and being able to break through to the first layer of Qi Refining within the first fifteen days is already considered not bad." Su Wuji explained to Su Jin.

Su Jin was astonished. "Then what's going on with her?"

"This you wouldn't know. As soon as she came to the clan school, she showed herself off too conspicuously.

Many students ranked ahead of her were extremely wary of her.

Think about it, the top ten in the class, when joining the sect, are directly enrolled as outer disciples.

Who wouldn't be wary of her?

Who made her rank eleventh now. If she wants to move up, she has to squeeze out one person ahead of her."

Su Wuji's words, Su Jin also agreed with after hearing them.

The key was that Qi Yi's position wasn't great; she was exactly eleventh.

The ten students above her were probably all extremely wary of her.

"Several students ranked ahead of her couldn't help but take her situation home and ask about it.

Their elders told them exactly what to do to make a three-spiritual-root person break through to the first layer of Qi Refining in just one day." Su Wuji's eyes were full of gossip, the corners of his mouth animated. "Do you want to know?"

Su Jin nodded repeatedly.

She was also very curious.

"Hurry up and pour me a bowl of the Bing Chen Lu you brought." Su Wuji ordered her like a lord.

Su Jin: Fine, to hear gossip, I've really paid too much.

Su Jin hurriedly took out a pot of cold tea from her basket.

This was a kind of cold tea she had selected the medicinal ingredients for herself and prepared according to a recipe, called Bing Chen Lu.

It tasted very good, and the key was it had the effect of calming the mind and concentrating Qi, which could help students quickly enter a cultivation state.

After Su Jin had finished selecting the medicinal ingredients for the cold tea, she had a sudden inspiration and threw all the ingredients into Little Wu Tian for a full day and night.

When she later adjusted it into Bing Chen Lu, the flavor was indeed much better than the Bing Chen Lu she had made before.

Of course, the most important thing was that Bing Chen Lu could also help her raise her cultivation. Although each time the cultivation raised wasn't much, she could drink it day after day.

She took out three small cups.

Su Jin poured Bing Chen Lu for both Su Wuji and Su Cheng.

Su Wuji and Su Cheng immediately started sipping it, with looks of enjoyment on their faces.

It was simply that the Bing Chen Lu Su Jin prepared was too good.

"Su Jin, what's the cost of this Bing Chen Lu? Can you bring me an extra pot in the future? I'll give you spirit stones." Su Wuji, after taking a few small sips, couldn't help but ask.

"The cost of ten jin of Bing Chen Lu is about eight or nine spirit stones. If you really want it, then send someone to my house to get it. But I'll want ten spirit stones for ten jin. My labor fee alone, that has to be worth one spirit stone, right?" Su Jin said.

"Worth it." Su Wuji immediately said, "The recipe for Bing Chen Lu has long been common knowledge. My family has it too. My grandfather even made it. But I feel the one he made doesn't taste as good as yours. The Bing Chen Lu you make has a better effect of calming the mind and concentrating Qi."