Self-Recommendation for the Pillow Seat
Translator: Cinder Translations
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"Since you are here as a pill refiner, we should exchange ideas more often in the future," the woman said.
She pointed to the other four and continued, "We are all inner sect pill refiners."
Song Wen replied, "It would be a great honor to exchange refining experiences with you all. May I ask, how should I address you?"
The woman smiled, "I am Yu Jiao. I live in the No. 7 cave residence on the west side of the valley. If you wish to find me, just speak my name, and no one will stop you from entering the mountain."
Her voice sounded oddly sweet, and a glimmer of affection flashed in her eyes.
A sudden chill rose in Song Wen's heart.
The term "sit and absorb the dirt" flashed through his mind.
Song Wen smiled awkwardly, "I will definitely visit you when I have time."
Yu Jiao responded, "I'll be waiting. You must come!"
Her enthusiasm was not unreciprocated. The other four cultivators simply glanced at Song Wen and then ignored him.
Two of the male cultivators, who looked quite similar to each other, shook their heads with pity as they watched Song Wen and Yu Jiao chatting happily, seeming to have suffered from Yu Jiao's entanglements before.
Two hours later, another trio of golden core cultivators, two men and one woman, arrived together.
These three were familiar with the inner sect group and greeted them warmly.
Among them, the woman, who was strikingly beautiful, looked disdainfully at Song Wen, who was still being interrogated by Yu Jiao.
Perhaps her expression was too easily read, as Yu Jiao noticed it and spoke up.
"Ke Shuang, what kind of look is that? What, do you look down on me, Yu Jiao?"
The woman, called Ke Shuang, forced a smile.
"As a newly promoted outer sect golden core elder, how could I dare look down on Yu Daoist? Three hundred years ago, Yu Daoist's fame was as loud as thunder across Wu Ji Island. Who doesn't know your name? Countless cultivators crossed the vast seas just to glimpse your beauty."
Yu Jiao's expression gradually turned cold.
"So, you're saying that I'm old?"
Ke Shuang smiled brightly, "Yu Daoist, don't slander me. I didn't say that."
Yu Jiao suddenly sneered.
"You're right. I'm no longer young, but that means my pill refining skills are more refined. You're young, but you've only been a golden core for a few years. How many third-tier pills can you even handle? You probably haven't even seen many third-tier spiritual herbs, have you? Yet you dare to take on a pill refining mission, aren't you afraid of messing up the Demon Sovereign's important matters? Demon Sovereign isn't like your underlings, he won't greet you with a smile. Don't let the rich rewards of this mission cost you your life."
Ke Shuang's face turned as cold as ice. "My business is not something you need to worry about."
With that, she turned and walked to the corner of the cave, ignoring Yu Jiao.
Yu Jiao snickered coldly.
After another hour passed, a figure suddenly appeared at the top of the pit.
The newcomer was a male cultivator, extremely thin, his bones protruding as if there was only skin and bone with no flesh beneath.
"Greetings, Demon Sovereign Ye Hua!" the crowd greeted respectfully. Song Wen followed suit and saluted.
Ye Hua extended his spiritual sense, scanning the nine people before coldly speaking.
"The pills involved in this refining mission are extremely precious, and there can be no mistakes. I don't want anyone here to be a fraud. If anyone feels their pill refining skills are insufficient, they may leave now. I won't hold it against you."
Now that they had entered this Soul Cave, who would leave?
Who could guarantee that Ye Hua's words were true?
None of the nine third-tier pill refiners withdrew.
After waiting for a moment and seeing no one leave, Ye Hua raised his hand and threw out nine jade slips.
"These are the formulas for the Life Returning pill. You should all study them carefully. The Life Returning pill involves fifty-five different spiritual materials, with the primary ingredient being the living two-legged sheep. The refining and the life-sustaining process will be completed by the Demon Sovereign. All you need to do is assist Demon Sovereign in refining the auxiliary herbs and, at the appropriate time, add the extracted essence into the great pill furnace."
"The fifty-four auxiliary herbs need to be refined by each of you. Detailed information about the herbs you need to refine is in the jade slips, and you must be familiar with them. After three days, we will begin the pill refining. If anyone makes a mistake that causes the refining process to fail, Demon Sovereign will not be lenient."
After speaking, Ye Hua floated in the air and sat above the great pill furnace, entering a meditative trance.
Song Wen extended his spiritual sense into the jade slip and began to read carefully.
The refining process for the Life Returning pill was extremely complex, especially the extraction of vitality from the two-legged sheep, which was especially difficult. Song Wen thought to himself that he was completely incapable of handling that aspect.
It was easy to kill someone, but to directly seize their life force, aside from the "Devouring Soul Array" he had seen from the Su family, Song Wen had never encountered any other technique capable of doing such a thing.
Furthermore, the number of two-legged sheep required for the Life Returning pill was not just one or two, but millions.
With such a terrifying number, Song Wen believed that even if Ye Hua possessed a technique to steal life force, it would be impossible for him to do it alone.
Unless, of course, he could use some external object, something similar to the "Devouring Soul Array."
Song Wen's gaze shifted toward the massive pill furnace at the center of the pit.
The furnace itself appeared unremarkable; Song Wen could not discern anything mysterious about it.
"Perhaps the secret lies inside the furnace."
Thinking of the ten pill furnaces, all newly cast, Song Wen speculated.
While the process of refining the Life Returning pill was difficult, what Song Wen and the other eight third-tier pill refiners had to do wasn't too challenging; they only needed to extract the spiritual liquids of various herbs.
Song Wen looked at the herbs he needed to refine: emerald algae, nine-death flower, soul-returning root...
These were rare and seldom used spiritual herbs.
The herbs the other eight needed to refine were mostly similar, with some of them he had never even heard of.
Three days passed quickly.
At noon, the blazing sun hung high in the sky.
However, the sunlight could not penetrate the corpse-laden Corpse King Valley, nor could it reach the Soul Cave, filled with lingering spirits.
Inside the Soul Cave, everything was dim and filled with death energy.
Suddenly.
A huge shadow appeared in the sky, making the already dim pit even darker.
The cultivators in the pit looked up and saw an enormous flying ship, its boundaries impossible to make out, covering the wide cave entrance.
In that moment, Song Wen felt like he was sitting in a well, unable to see the true form of the giant ship above.
The figure of Zhu Yin slowly descended from the top of the pit. She stopped above the great pill furnace and respectfully saluted Ye Hua.
"Report, Demon Sovereign. The two-legged sheep have arrived. When should we begin adding them for refining?"
Ye Hua opened his eyes, briefly sweeping his gaze over the giant ship above, then turned his attention to the nine third-tier pill refiners below.
"Are you all prepared?"
"Report, Demon Sovereign, we are prepared," Song Wen and the others responded in unison.
Ye Hua's eyes gleamed with intensity, "Good. Then let's start refining the pill."
He raised his hand and threw out nine storage bags.
"All the herbs you need to refine are in these storage bags."
(End of the Chapter)
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