Chapter 100: More Comfortable Than the Sect Master

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In the dim, dark, bottomless canyon, a streak of flowing light cut through as Yue Qianchou floated down onto the mountain peak. His long sword circled around his body once before returning to its sheath. A slight smile appeared at the corner of his mouth as he murmured: “Who would have thought there was earth fire down here too – it’s actually a good place for pill refining.” His gaze stopped on a boulder on the opposite cliff face. He nodded slightly, pressed his palms together, raised four fingers in two pairs, and held them to his brow. With a thought, his sword rang out “clang” from behind as it left its sheath, while two cold gleams shot out from his storage bag. In an instant, three long swords circled around his body.

“Go!” Yue Qianchou called out softly, thrusting his four fingers toward the boulder on the opposite cliff. The three swords circling his body transformed into three cold gleams that shot out rapidly. “Bang bang bang…” A series of sounds rang out as the boulder was shrouded in dust kicked up by itself. The three cold gleams flashed in and out of the dust like weaving maidens, taking turns endlessly. Broken stones from the boulder clattered down into the bottomless valley.

“Return!” He clenched his hands back into fists, and the three cold gleams shot out from the dust like chasing clouds and pursuing the moon, each returning to its position. After the mountain wind blew away the dust on the opposite peak, Yue Qianchou looked intently and his facial muscles twitched slightly. He could see three large characters carved on the boulder: “Utopia.” Though they had presence – the kind of presence that comes from very large characters – they were somewhat crooked and not very neat.

“Sigh! Magical implements are just magical implements. If I had three treasure-grade long swords, it wouldn’t affect my performance so much.” Yue Qianchou shook his head looking at the three large characters across from him. A year ago, from the many techniques he had obtained from the Scripture Repository Hall, he had chosen a set called “Returning Origin Sword Technique.” The reason he favored it was that after mastering it, he could simultaneously control multiple swords to fight enemies, and as his cultivation deepened, the number he could control would increase.

After Bai Suzhen read the technique, she had advised him: “I’ve never seen this kind of sword technique before, but it seems somewhat mediocre. Its power is insufficient for fighting enemies and isn’t suitable for people walking in the cultivation world to practice. It would be better to choose a more powerful technique.”

Yue Qianchou disagreed. When he fought group battles in his previous life, he had concluded from experience that many fists could beat an old master to death. So when he saw this sword technique, he felt it was very destined. He refused: “Sister, didn’t you see what the sword technique says? The deeper the sword wielder’s cultivation and the higher grade the swords they control, the greater the power.”

“This principle applies to any sword technique,” Bai Suzhen said irritably. Seeing her brother still didn’t care, she was too lazy to say more. Some people only turn back after suffering losses.

Seeing Bai Suzhen was getting angry, Yue Qianchou also hesitated. After returning to Floating Immortal Island and asking around, he really hadn’t heard of anyone practicing it. He didn’t know which generation of disciples had collected it from outside and stored it in the Scripture Repository Hall without anyone practicing it since. The reason, as his sister had said, was insufficient power. Most Floating Immortal Island disciples practiced the sect’s traditional “Floating Immortal Sword Technique,” which was quite powerful. Guan Yu had stayed at Floating Immortal Island and after convincing Chen Feng, both practiced this very technique. But for some unknown reason, Yue Qianchou really couldn’t bear to give it up – perhaps it was fate! Gritting his teeth, he decided to continue practicing.

In a year’s time, all three had broken through to mid-stage Foundation Establishment. This cultivation speed would frighten people if spoken of, but it was all thanks to Yue Qianchou. When they had just reached early Foundation Establishment stage, the three finally escaped the pain of not daring to absorb spiritual energy casually when they were at Qi Refining tenth level. Piles of spirit stones naturally became their absorption targets. But after absorbing and refining a high-grade spirit stone into their dantians, they all felt somewhat helpless. Though it wasn’t as exaggerated as a drop in the ocean, it was close to that meaning. Spirit stones helped, but not greatly – they didn’t know how many years it would take to improve their cultivation.

The only shortcut was pills, and naturally the solution to this problem fell to Yue Qianchou. After using spirit herbs from the Alchemy Pavilion to refine several batches of Vital Energy Pills for consumption, the effects were really very good. But this wasn’t a long-term solution either – you couldn’t keep using the Alchemy Pavilion’s spirit herbs without giving the Alchemy Pavilion a single pill.

Finally, he set his sights on Furong at Ten Thousand Fragrance Garden. He would visit Ten Thousand Fragrance Garden whenever he had nothing to do, chatting with Furong, making her look forward to his visits every day. Then he would incite Furong to ask Fei Denan for spirit herb seeds – today wanting seeds of this spirit herb, tomorrow wanting seeds of that spirit herb.

Such things naturally couldn’t be hidden from Fei Denan. Although it violated sect rules, Fei Denan always turned a blind eye – as long as his daughter was happy.

Various spirit herb seeds were continuously brought to Utopia in different ways, leaving Guan Yu and Chen Feng looking on in admiration. These were spirit herb seeds treasured in the cultivation world, not weed seeds, yet their boss could casually obtain them every few days without concern. They couldn’t help but admire him – at least they didn’t have that ability. With seeds and purple chaos, spirit herbs naturally weren’t a problem. Subsequently, Yue Qianchou very regularly went to the pill chamber to pay respects to his master, then holed up in his own pill chamber for periods of time.

After living this kind of life cyclically for some time, he ended up asking for all the seeds in Ten Thousand Fragrance Garden. Finally, when Furong couldn’t produce any other spirit herb seeds, this guy Yue Qianchou very heartlessly went into secluded cultivation, making Fei Denan so angry he howled. He found excuses to run to the Alchemy Pavilion many times but could never find any trace of Yue Qianchou.

“Boom…” A loud sound rang out. Standing on the mountain peak, Yue Qianchou faintly felt some vibration under his feet. His brow showed a trace of joy as he turned to look at a figure at the foot of the mountain. His sword shot out to carry him there.

Chen Feng at the foot of the mountain was laughing heartily with arms spread wide. Seeing Yue Qianchou arrive, he waved and laughed: “Boss, success!”

Yue Qianchou landed and looked around. He could see that there had originally been a boulder several zhang in size lying here, now shattered into a pile. From the traces, it was obviously destroyed by external force. At this time, Guan Yu flew over from the other side of the mountain. Landing and looking at the broken stones, he said joyfully: “Chen Feng, your ‘Gang-Breaking Talisman’ is complete.”

Chen Feng said proudly: “My Chen family’s ancestral talisman-making skills aren’t just empty reputation. If it weren’t for my limited cultivation, I’d definitely show you what the power of the talisman path is like…” He was boasting boundlessly when he suddenly noticed Yue Qianchou staring at him blandly. His voice immediately died down – he still had some fear of this boss.

Yue Qianchou was just curious. During this period, under his supervision, Chen Feng had begun picking up his family’s traditional craft for cultivation. Since then, he could often hear him boasting about how amazing his Chen family’s ancestral talisman-making skills were. He didn’t seem to be lying, but then why had he never heard of any family surnamed Chen among those known for talisman expertise in the cultivation world?

Seeing this talisman had such great power and should be good for self-defense, Yue Qianchou casually said: “Chen Feng, make me ten of these ‘Gang-Breaking Talismans’!”

“Uh…” Chen Feng looked troubled as he touched his storage bag – this bag was also given by the boss. He took out over ten blank talisman papers, then pulled out a few darker-colored ones: “Boss, I only have these few talisman papers that can make ‘Gang-Breaking Talismans.’ There’s really no way to make ten.” After speaking, he felt a bit embarrassed. Storage bags, Foundation Establishment Pills, Vital Energy Pills, and various techniques – the boss had given everything he should. Now when he asked for a few talismans, he couldn’t even produce them.

“Oh, then make however many you can – it’s better than having none. Also, list in detail the materials needed for talisman-making. I’ll see if I can get some.” Yue Qianchou thought and said.

Chen Feng nodded: “Boss, I understand.”

Yue Qianchou said nothing more and disappeared from in front of the two. After returning to his room and pushing open the door, he saw Ling Feng and the other two eating in the courtyard. Seeing him, all three stood up and bowed: “Uncle Master Yue.” Although Yue Qianchou often told them not to address him this way, the distance he gave the three was growing ever greater, while the three remained in place.

The former waved his hand, indicating they should continue eating and not mind him, then walked toward the courtyard exit. Behind him, Ling Feng spoke: “Uncle Master Yue, yesterday Elder Fei from Ten Thousand Fragrance Garden came looking for you again and instructed us to notify you to visit Ten Thousand Fragrance Garden when we saw you.”

“I know,” Yue Qianchou said without turning back, though he thought to himself that he was getting a bit hungry, so going to Ten Thousand Fragrance Garden was just right. His long sword shot out to carry him away.

The three in the courtyard watching Yue Qianchou fly away were truly envious. In all their years at Floating Immortal Island, they had never seen anyone live so carefree. A Foundation Establishment stage disciple almost never had to do any work, playing around all day without a trace, causing many people in the Alchemy Pavilion to have opinions. Strangely, none of the elder-level figures in the Alchemy Pavilion had ever interfered, and even people like Yan Shu turned a blind eye. There was also that chief elder of Ten Thousand Fragrance Garden who came to invite him every few days, yet he was always indifferent – it was truly strange!

“Ah…” Bei Zi let out a dry howl, covering his face with both hands and crying out sadly: “When will I ever be able to live like him! Damn it, he’s even more comfortable than the Sect Master!”