[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-immortal-path-among-the-stars":3,"chapter-the-immortal-path-among-the-stars-the-immortal-path-among-the-stars-chapter-124":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The Immortal Path Among the Stars",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2320056,4537,"Chapter 124: Kang Wuhen","the-immortal-path-among-the-stars-chapter-124",124,"\u003Cp>According to this Seventh Marvel Elder’s explanation, the difficulty in stacking spells lies in condensing spell seals, and the difficulty in blending spells lies in comprehending complex spirit patterns—but to him, neither seemed problematic at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yu forcibly suppressed his inner delight, memorizing every detail the Seventh Marvel Elder had just explained, planning to input all this data into the Taiyuan System upon returning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Half a day later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That concludes my lecture, I hope all you junior disciples have benefited from it,” the Seventh Marvel Elder finally ended his teaching, manipulating the lotus platform to slowly descend back onto the stone dais.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, the others rose and bowed their thanks to the Seventh Marvel Elder, then gradually exited the grand hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yu also left with the crowd, but as he reached the doorway, he couldn’t help glancing back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He saw Chen Tianxing and the other three true disciples had not left; instead, they had stepped onto the stone dais and begun speaking with the Seventh Marvel Elder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yu pondered silently, then exited the hall and parted ways with Wanshan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He did not return directly to his cave dwelling, but instead rode his mechanical flying bird straight toward the General Affairs Hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The newly built General Affairs Hall stood among a cluster of buildings at the mountain’s base; the Pill Hall, as one of its most important structures, occupied the largest side hall beside the main hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yu circled high in the sky several times, and after confirming no other disciples had entered the Pill Hall, he landed his mechanical flying bird and walked inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as he entered the hall, a strong medicinal scent filled his nose, but Wang Yu paid it no mind, walking directly to a counter and handing over his inner disciple token.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind the counter sat a middle-aged Pill Hall official, seemingly only at mid-Stage Qi Refinement, yet upon seeing Wang Yu, an inner disciple, he asked indifferently:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Young brother, what pills are you looking to buy?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Brother, please give me one top-grade Zengyuan Pill, one mid-grade Zengyuan Pill, and three vials of Beast Marrow Pills,” Wang Yu replied solemnly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A top-grade Zengyuan Pill requires one thousand merit points—Young brother, are you certain?” The middle-aged official, previously calm, was startled, and glanced at Wang Yu again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Absolutely certain,” Wang Yu replied without hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wait a moment, I must first verify whether your token holds sufficient merit points,” the official said dubiously, then pulled out a pale golden token and pressed it against Wang Yu’s crimson one; instantly, a string of numbers appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘1051’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your merit points are exactly sufficient, but the mid-grade Zengyuan Pill requires two hundred and fifty spirit stones, and the three vials of Beast Marrow Pills require one hundred and fifty spirit stones—four hundred spirit stones total,” the official said quickly, though internally astonished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yu pulled four mid-grade spirit stones of varying colors from his person and placed them on the counter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The official nodded, formed a hand seal, tapped his golden token, then touched Wang Yu’s token; instantly, the merit points on Wang Yu’s token dropped to just one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Young brother, please wait a moment—the top-grade Zengyuan Pill must be retrieved from the storage,” the official said to Wang Yu, then turned and walked through a small door behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yu, seeing this, could only wait.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, a burly man entered through the hall’s entrance; he appeared no older than thirty-five or thirty-six, broad-shouldered and muscular, clad in a green robe, wearing silver-white gauntlets on both hands, radiating an unmistakable sharpness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing someone already at the counter, he paused slightly but said nothing, stepping to the opposite side of the counter and crossing his arms to wait.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yu frowned slightly but said nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this close range, he sensed no fluctuation of spiritual energy from the man—clearly, the man’s cultivation was higher than his own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moments later, the middle-aged official returned carrying a wooden tray; upon seeing the burly man, he instantly tensed, placed the tray before Wang Yu, then bowed respectfully to the other man:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So it’s Senior Brother Kang—you’re still buying the ‘Gold Essence Pill,’ then?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ten vials of Gold Essence Pills,” the burly man said coolly, but his gaze unconsciously swept over the wooden tray before Wang Yu, and his pupils shrank slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yu said nothing, merely swept his sleeve—the several small vials on the tray vanished instantly. He bowed to the official, then turned and left the Pill Hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But barely a hundred zhang into flight, a sharp whistling sound came from behind; a white shadow flashed past, blocking his path—a single wooden flying skiff, upon which stood the very ‘Senior Brother Kang’ he had just met in the Pill Hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yu froze, halting his mechanical flying bird, yet a faint unease stirred within him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Young brother, didn’t you just exchange for a top-grade Zengyuan Pill?” the man asked bluntly from atop the skiff.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Senior brother, that’s untrue—I couldn’t possibly have that many merit points; I only exchanged for a mid-grade Zengyuan Pill,” Wang Yu replied without hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmph, you don’t recognize me, yet dare lie to me! The vial you took from the tray is clearly meant exclusively for top-grade Zengyuan Pills. Besides, I just confirmed this with the Pill Hall official—you can’t hide it.” The burly man’s expression darkened, his tone icy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Even if I did buy a top-grade Zengyuan Pill, what concern is that of yours?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yu replied expressionlessly, though inwardly furious at the Pill Hall official.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the Pill Hall’s unspoken rule, disciples were forbidden from revealing to others what pills they purchased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet this official had just sold him out without a second thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And judging by this ‘Senior Brother Kang’s’ tone, he clearly wasn’t an ordinary inner disciple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Heh, since you admit it, I’ll be frank—I’m at Qi Refinement Stage Ten, just one top-grade Zengyuan Pill away from reaching Qi Refinement peak and attempting Foundation Establishment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You’re only at mid-stage Qi Refinement; using a top-grade Zengyuan Pill now would be a waste. How about I offer you five thousand spirit stones plus three mid-grade Zengyuan Pills in exchange? If you agree, Senior Brother Kang owes you a favor.” The burly man smiled slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No deal. I need this top-grade Zengyuan Pill to break through to late-stage Qi Refinement,” Wang Yu replied immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So you truly don’t recognize me, Senior Brother Kang? You’d better think again,” the burly man’s face darkened as Wang Yu refused so bluntly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are you planning to rob me? If I recall correctly, the first rule of the inner disciples is: no harming fellow disciples—violators have their spiritual power stripped and are expelled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sorry, I have other matters to attend to—I won’t keep you chatting here.” Wang Yu replied coolly, then urged his mechanical flying bird to veer past the skiff and fly straight toward the mountain’s mid-slope.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The burly man stood motionless on his skiff, watching Wang Yu’s retreating back with cold eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, Wang Yu heard the man’s icy voice in his ear: “Remember well, young brother—my name is Kang Wuhen. Wuhen, as in ‘kill without leaving a trace.’”\u003C\u002Fp>",1198,"2026-06-20T15:44:30.991Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","394aec940fbdbb64afb61848a93dc6110581cd939fe377ee442d2428abefc322","the-immortal-path-among-the-stars-chapter-125","the-immortal-path-among-the-stars-chapter-123",530,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-immortal-path-among-the-stars-cover.jpg"]