Chapter 3444: Kindness as Heavy as a Mountain

"Great Cultivation Origin Pill?!"

The two women were both shocked beyond belief, their faces full of disbelief.

They had only ever taken the Minor Cultivation Origin Pill; Song Ruyu hadn't even heard of the Cultivation Origin Pill, let alone the Great Cultivation Origin Pill.

Yun Ruoge had spent quite a long time by Wu Feiyan's side, and she had once heard Wu Feiyan mention the Cultivation Origin Pill, and knew its medicinal effect was much stronger than that of the Minor Cultivation Origin Pill, but she knew in her heart that she could never obtain such a precious pill from Wu Feiyan.

It seemed that besides Wu Feiyan herself, only the three Grand Elders had ever taken the Cultivation Origin Pill.

But Ye Chen said his pill was the Great Cultivation Origin Pill.

Judging by the name, the Great Cultivation Origin Pill must certainly be somewhat stronger than the ordinary Cultivation Origin Pill.

Even the Cultivation Origin Pill was something these two women dared not hope for, let alone the Great Cultivation Origin Pill, which they didn't even dare to think about.

Seeing the two women's utterly astonished expressions, Ye Chen smiled and said: "Great Cultivation Origin Pill — as the name suggests, it is certainly stronger than the ordinary Cultivation Origin Pill. For your current cultivation level, this pill's enhancement should still be quite significant."

At this moment, Yun Ruoge and Song Ruyu were so astonished they could not speak. In the Breaking Clarity Assembly, medicinal pills were the greatest reward the Hero Lord Wu Feiyan could bestow upon a person. Song Ruyu, since attaining the Dao, had only ever received a few Minor Cultivation Origin Pills, and each time only one pill, and each time she received one, she would kneel and give thanks, even if she had never seen Wu Feiyan, she would kneel before the person handing over the pill to thank Wu Feiyan for her great kindness and virtue.

Yun Ruoge was somewhat stronger than Song Ruyu; as a martial artist who had already become a baron, she could receive a pill from Wu Feiyan every six months. However, the quantity of pills was not large either — over a year, she could only obtain a few Minor Cultivation Origin Pills.

Occasionally, when a major task was completed and merit earned, if Wu Feiyan was in a good mood, she would reward three or five pills — this was the utmost limit one could receive.

But Ye Chen and Wu Feiyan's approaches were completely different. The two women had not yet truly served Ye Chen, and Ye Chen could even say he had been protecting them all along, settling them here, giving them a safe, quiet, and undisturbed cultivation environment.

Now he even proactively produced pills to bestow upon them, and moreover, they were Great Cultivation Origin Pills, stronger than the Minor Cultivation Origin Pill by an unknown multiple.

Seeing the two women staring with mouths agape, Ye Chen smiled faintly and said: "You need not be so astonished. I happen to know a bit about pill refinement and alchemy, and I am not stingy with pills either. You two have painstakingly attained the Dao through great hardship, and I hope these two pills may be of some help to you."

Yun Ruoge was deeply moved and said respectfully: "Mr. Ye, your kindness is as heavy as a mountain; I shall never forget it in this life!"

Song Ruyu's eye sockets reddened, and tears streamed uncontrollably down her face. In her short life of over twenty years, she had never felt anyone truly care for her.

Not to mention the Song family — she herself was merely the result of her father sowing his seed abroad, and her original purpose had only been to be used by the Song family to curry favor with the Wu family.

As for the Wu family, including Wu Feiyan, no one truly cared for her.

The Wu family only cared about how she could better serve them.

Thus, looking now, the only person who truly cared for her in life was probably Ye Chen alone.

She slightly composed herself, choking with sobs, and said: "Thank you, Mr. Ye, for your great kindness and virtue; in this life, I, Ruyu, am willing to lay bare my liver and brains for you!"

Ye Chen smiled and said: "I give you pills to help you progress quickly, not to make you swear loyalty to me. For now, let us set these thoughts aside, quickly take the pills, and I will guide you to properly absorb the spiritual energy within them."

The two women glanced at each other, nodded simultaneously, and simultaneously placed the pills into their mouths.

Even before the pills entered their mouths, they could feel the pills contained surging spiritual energy, almost about to gush forth from within.

Cultivators are naturally extremely sensitive to spiritual energy, yet there is hardly any spiritual energy in heaven and earth for them to absorb. Thus, when they come into contact with pills rich in spiritual energy, their intuition becomes exceptionally sharp.

The two women suppressed their inner excitement, placed the pills in their mouths, and as the pills dissolved into a warm current, both felt an unprecedentedly powerful surge of spiritual energy rush straight into their abdomens, then travel along their meridians toward the Sea of Consciousness in their brains.

Although the two women had braced themselves for the Great Cultivation Origin Pill to be far stronger than the Minor Cultivation Origin Pill, when the pill truly began to dissolve within their bodies, both were shocked by the immense, boundless spiritual energy.

This single Great Cultivation Origin Pill could at least match dozens, even nearly a hundred Minor Cultivation Origin Pills.

Moreover, medicinal pills are like medicine taken when one is ill — if the dosage is too small and scattered, the effect will be greatly diminished. Thus, overall, the efficacy of the Great Cultivation Origin Pill is sufficient to match a hundred Minor Cultivation Origin Pills.

To the two women, it felt like a person who had never eaten enough suddenly receiving several days' worth of meat and fish they could not finish, instantly causing their internal spiritual energy to leap several levels.

Ye Chen guided spiritual energy into the two women's bodies, helping them direct it into the Sea of Consciousness, and reminded them: "Do not keep all the spiritual energy in the Sea of Consciousness. Now, follow me as we move the spiritual energy out from the Sea of Consciousness to strengthen your meridians."

The two women's control over spiritual energy was not yet refined. Song Ruyu had hardly any spiritual energy in her body normally, and the little she had remained in her dantian.

Although Yun Ruoge had already opened her Sea of Consciousness, the spiritual energy she usually accumulated was also unwilling to be sent into her meridians; she kept it all stored in the Sea of Consciousness as a reserve.

Now Ye Chen instructed them to draw spiritual energy out from the Sea of Consciousness and send it into the meridians. At first, both felt a reluctant twinge, but since this was Ye Chen's command, they dared not delay in the slightest, immediately following his guidance to draw spiritual energy from the Sea of Consciousness and channel it into their bodily meridians.

After the meridians received nourishment from spiritual energy, they continuously grew stronger, and their flow capacity also continuously improved.

For cultivators, it is common to focus on grasping spiritual energy while neglecting the strengthening of meridians and body, but in fact, meridians are the foundational structure of cultivation — like the infrastructure of an industrial nation: the better the foundation, the faster the future development.

Because they had abundant spiritual energy to squander freely, the two women first realized that, under the influence of spiritual energy, their meridians could undergo such tremendous change, and this change brought a very obvious improvement, allowing them to immediately sense that their bodies had undergone a complete transformation.

After more than an hour, the two women had used nearly half of the spiritual energy contained in the pills to strengthen their meridians and dantian. Once their meridians and dantian had greatly improved, both noticed a clear change: whenever they needed to mobilize a large amount of spiritual energy, their unobstructed meridians would make their response speed much faster.

At this moment, they heard Ye Chen's voice sound beside their ears: "Alright, you may end your meditation now."

The two women opened their eyes simultaneously, saw Ye Chen before them, and their hearts surged with intense emotion.

Anyone could sense that their strength had taken a great leap forward. Though it was only one pill, it could at least save them two or three years, even three to five years of arduous cultivation.

Yun Ruoge ended her cross-legged sitting posture, directly knelt before Ye Chen, and said respectfully: "Thank you, Mr. Ye, for fulfilling me!"

Song Ruyu also hurriedly followed suit, kneeling shoulder to shoulder with Yun Ruoge, and said sincerely: "Thank you, Mr. Ye, for fulfilling me!"

Ye Chen said calmly: "No need for such formality. In the coming days, I still need to make a trip elsewhere. You two remain here to cultivate in seclusion. If you need anything, contact Master Hong Wu — he will arrange everything properly for you."