Chapter 00123: The Pill Pavilion Has Collapsed and the Manager is Gone
# The Pill Pavilion Has Collapsed and the Manager is Gone
Chapter 123
Novel: Abandon The Universe
Chapter 123: The Pill Pavilion Has Collapsed and the Manager is Gone
Lan Xiaobu clasped his hands together and said, "City Lord Meng, my actions today were too rash. I shouldn't have acted in Baiyu Immortal City. If you wish to punish me, I will humbly accept it."
Meng Ao forced a bitter smile.
How could he punish someone like Lan Xiaobu? He thought, if I mention punishment, then in the next moment, his giant axe might swing towards me! I’ve been in Baiyu Immortal City for many years, and I’ve seen people with tempers like his before, but those who did are long gone.
Why would I want to provoke someone like him? Am I just looking for trouble?
He could only laugh heartily, "Since I, Meng Ao, declared this matter to be neutral, then it is naturally neutral."
Although he knew how difficult it would be to maintain Lan Xiaobu's volatile temper, he still wished to invite him over to the City Lord's Mansion.
He understood that if Lan Xiaobu does not falter, he would certainly grow to be a powerful individual.
A powerful individual is not frightening, but a strong and ruthless one is truly alarming.
However, he knew that today was not the right moment.
Inviting Lan Xiaobu now would undoubtedly offend the Guihai family.
Lan Xiaobu had no intention of visiting the City Lord’s Mansion and offered his apologies once more, promising to return and make amends in the future before swiftly departing Baiyu Immortal City with Shan Qianyue and Xuan Fu.
From the moment Lan Xiaobu smashed the entrance of the Crescent Moon Pill Pavilion, Xuan Fu felt a surge of excitement coursing through him.
When Lan Xiaobu severely injured Guihaizhao, grabbed the throat of Master Xiyin, and then eliminated Yu Ke...
Xuan Fu felt like shouting with joy.
Finally, in all these years, the Thousand Clouds Immortal Sect has welcomed a forceful leader.
Even if it meant risking his life, he would unhesitatingly answer the call of his sect leader.
He had been suffocated for too long within the Thousand Clouds Immortal Sect, and shedding that burden felt like a rebirth.
When could a disciple of the Thousand Clouds Immortal Sect feel this exhilarating, if not today?
"Thank you, Senior Brother," Shan Qianyue bowed deeply to Lan Xiaobu after leaving Baiyu Immortal City.
Her eyes were slightly red; no one knew what today meant for her.
The words "thank you" held significant weight for Shan Qianyue.
Ever since the decline of the Thousand Clouds Immortal Sect, its powerful members had either died or gone missing, and the disciples had either left or perished.
In the end, she, an ordinary disciple at the Essence Gathering Realm, became the elder sister.
The hardships of being the elder sister were known only to her.
Every time she went out with the sect’s junior brothers, she faced the disdainful looks of others.
They could participate in some secret realms, but she had never been inside one.
When bullied, she could only hide her tears.
While searching for the Silver Glimmer Fish with Uncle Xi, she spent the only Golden Crow Talisman when her life was threatened, and both she and Uncle Xi felt heartache over it.
In Baiyu Immortal City, she almost knelt before Master Xiyin of the Crescent Moon Pill Pavilion.
In the end, she presented five plastic dan herbs, and only then did Master Xiyin agree to refine pills, but ended up being blackmailed instead.
Even when she was hung outside the Crescent Moon Pill Pavilion, Shan Qianyue felt no anger.
She had truly grown accustomed to such treatment.
After all, she was born into the Thousand Clouds Immortal Sect.
She didn’t cry when insulted, nor did she cry when struck.
There was even a time when she was slapped in front of numerous cultivators and merely endured.
But today, she couldn't help but feel her eyes reddening, a strong impulse to cry arising within her.
Since her master adopted her, she had endured too many grievances, yet never had a senior brother like Lan Xiaobu stand up for her, boldly offending the three-star Guihai family and even the four-star Eastern Feather Immortal Sect.
She had always dreamed of having the protection of an elder brother like others did.
Today, that dream had finally come true.
Had it been before, if a three-star family’s pill pavilion decided to hang her, she would have had to bear it.
But today’s events taught her a powerful lesson about what a sect truly is and its significance.
Her senior brother didn’t just hang the other party or offer reparations; he outright eliminated them.
“There’s no need to thank me. We’re all siblings here. As the sect leader, it’s only natural for me to stand up for my fellow disciples and junior brothers and sisters. Let's hurry back to the sect. With that butcher, Chunyu, gone, do you think I, Lan Xiaobu, will still eat hairy pigs?” Lan Xiaobu waved his hand carelessly.
He had never had much interest in pill refining and believed it to be useless.
However, now he had no choice but to learn, as the disciples of the sect were lacking even the Storage Pill.
Asking for help and getting hung up was simply losing face as their leader.
No matter what, he had to devote time to refining pills.
What was so difficult about it? He had the Seven Sounds Model and recently obtained a copy of the “Ten Continents Dao Pill Record” from Chunyu Pifu.
With that and the pile of spirit herbs in his ring, he couldn't believe he couldn’t measure up to Chunyu Pifu.
Now that he hadn't perfected his technique using the Seven Sounds Model, he simply decided to jump right into pill refining.
Xuan Fu, who was by his side, understood Shan Qianyue’s feelings at that moment.
He also received a few slaps from the manager before being allowed to leave Baiyu Immortal City to report to the sect leader.
He even knew that the manager intentionally wanted him to return to report, considering the Thousand Clouds Immortal Sect to be like ants that could be crushed underfoot.
By sending him back to report, they aimed to show that even if the sect leader of the Thousand Clouds Immortal Sect came, what could they do about the Crescent Moon Pill Pavilion?
Now he saw that after their leader’s arrival, the Crescent Moon Pill Pavilion collapsed; the manager was gone, and Guihaizhao, who was behind it all, was severely injured and had to pay reparations.
Shan Qianyue had suffered many hardships and grievances over the years.
Even for him, since joining the Thousand Clouds Immortal Sect, it was only today that Xuan Fu felt proud to call himself a disciple of a two-star sect.
Upon returning to the Thousand Clouds Immortal Sect, Lan Xiaobu took out a jade bottle and handed it to Shan Qianyue. “Sister Qianyue, before we go to the Primordial Ruins, I am going to enter closed-door training for a while. This jade bottle contains Storage Pills—there are twenty in total. You can select twenty inner disciples to use them.”
Upon hearing “Storage Pill,” Xuan Fu’s eyes immediately lit up.
Storage Pill! It was something he had dreamed of.
“Senior Brother Xiaobu, where did you get these Storage Pills?” Shan Qianyue widened her eyes in disbelief.
Lan Xiaobu chuckled, “These are from my accumulations at the market. Now that I'm the sect leader, I the need to think of the sect first and put personal interests aside.”
Indeed, these pills had all come from Chunyu Liangyong's ring, where various spirit pills had been cleared out by Lan Xiaobu.
However, he did not take them all out at once.
If he revealed all at once, people would know it was him taking Chunyu Liangyong’s storage ring.
“Senior Brother Xiaobu...”
Shan Qianyue was touched, feeling that her contributions to the sect were still somewhat lacking compared to Lan Xiaobu's.
...
Upon returning to Qianyun Peak, Lan Xiaobu immediately announced his retreat.
This retreat was not for cultivating but for refining pills.
Though he had few advanced spirit herbs, low-grade herbs were as plentiful as grass.
Some were gained in the Jade Dawn Star, while others were taken from Bu Da’s ring.
Bu Da was truly a good person; not only did he give him a lot of spirit stones but also a bunch of low-grade spirit herbs, giving him a chance to learn pill refining.
Of course, besides Bu Da, there was also the generous Chunyu Liangyong.
Chunyu Liangyong had not only given him several hundred thousand low-grade spirit stones but also one thousand high-grade spirit stones along with countless spirit herbs.
Most importantly, he had also given him a copy of the “Ten Continents Dao Pill Record.” He had already roughly skimmed through it with his divine sense, and it was exactly what he wanted.
The “Ten Continents Dao Pill Record” not only contained hundreds of important pill formulas but also described various spirit herbs and their characteristics.
The most precious part was that it taught the art of refining pills.
Along with introducing various formulas and herbs, he had also obtained many reference books on spirit herbs from the market, but compared to the “Ten Continents Dao Pill Record,” none of it was worth mentioning.
It was no wonder Chunyu Liangyong had become a fourth-tier pill master—without a doubt, it was due to this record.
The only regret was that this “Ten Continents Dao Pill Record” only had the first volume.
Typically, to refine a pill, one must start from the basics.
The Storage Pill is a fourth-tier pill, and to refine it, one must be a fourth-tier pill master.
The fourth-tier master is considered a mid-level pill master, and becoming one is not an easy feat.
No matter how difficult it was, even a fool knew that the first step was to become a first-tier pill master, then slowly accumulate experience to become a second-tier, and then a third-tier.
But Lan Xiaobu thought that was too slow; he directly decided to refine the Storage Pill.
A pill refiner who had never even touched a pill before trying to refine a Storage Pill, besides Lan Xiaobu, I’m afraid no one else would dare to do such a thing.
He had this audacity simply because he relied on the Seven Sounds Model.
Armed with enough herbs, the Qianyun Peak had the underground fire summoned, and now with a pile of spirit stones obtained, it seemed he had everything needed for pill refining, except for the technical skills.
He set up a Spirit Gathering Array outside the refining room and instructed the ancient path to not disturb him, then took out the Five Elements Pill Furnace.
Following the formula for the Storage Pill, Lan Xiaobu placed various herbs into the furnace sequentially, controlling the heat...
Just as the herbs had not yet been refined, an explosion sounded from the pill furnace.
Lan Xiaobu anticipated this; from the start of the refining process, he had focused his divine sense on everything that happened inside the furnace and relayed that information to the Seven Sounds Model.
At the same time, he accumulated five thousand high-grade spirit stones to provide energy to the Seven Sounds Model.
Soon, the Seven Sounds Model constructed the framework for this refining attempt, identifying the reasons for the failure: the purification of the herbs was incomplete, the method of pill refining was incorrect, and the control of the flame’s intensity was not precise...
Lan Xiaobu corrected these mistakes and continued refining the Storage Pill.
The second furnace—failure.
The third furnace—failure... the thirty-third furnace—failure...
After the fifty-fourth Storage Pill failed, Lan Xiaobu finally understood that while the Seven Sounds Model was powerful, it was not omnipotent.
To refine pills, he must start from the very beginning.
(End of Chapter)