Chapter 3: Divine-Grade Elixirs, Astonishing and Unbelievable

Chapter 3: God-Grade Pills, Shocking to the Core

Seeing Luo Li’s loss of composure, Ye Yun gave a faint smile, his expression turning somewhat peculiar. It was just a god-grade Marrow Cleansing Pill. He had enough of them in his storage to pile up into a mountain the size of the Himalayas.

With a flick of his mind, the pill seemed to respond to a summon, floating back onto Luo Li’s palm.

"How could it be god-grade?" Luo Li regained her senses, staring at the ancestor in shock.

"Is god-grade so strange?" Ye Yun asked with curiosity, smiling gently.

"Ancestor, such a precious Marrow Cleansing Pill... I really can’t bear to eat it!" Luo Li held the pill in her palm, her eyes gleaming like a starving beast, and she swallowed hard.

A god-grade Marrow Cleansing Pill. It had never appeared in the entire Cangnan Continent; it was something that existed only in legends. In the current world, the hierarchy for cultivation techniques, pills, and artifacts—from lowest to highest—was Mortal, Yellow, Spirit, Profound, Earth, Heaven, King, Emperor, Imperial, and God.

In the Cangnan Continent, people would kill for even a Heaven-grade Marrow Cleansing Pill, and anything above King-grade had never been seen before. The world only recognized these ten tiers. Perhaps some pills might occasionally reach King-grade, but anything above Imperial remained strictly in the realm of myth. As for Marrow Cleansing Pills, the highest ever produced by the top alchemists of the continent was merely Heaven-grade, low quality.

Luo Li had lived a life of poverty; the best pill she had ever consumed was only a Yellow-grade, high quality. At this moment, a greedy glint appeared in her eyes, wondering how many Heaven-grade pills she could exchange for this single god-grade treasure.

Observing the girl’s avaricious look, Ye Yun chuckled and produced a small purple-gold gourd.

"Don't be reluctant to consume it. There are ten thousand more pills in this gourd. You could eat them like candy and it wouldn't matter..."

Upon hearing this, Luo Li was shocked once again. She felt as though her brain had ceased to function.

"Ancestor, you’re joking, aren't you?" Luo Li asked tentatively. If this ancestor, who had reached the Eternal Realm 100,000 years ago, had managed to possess one god-grade pill through sheer fortune, it might be plausible—after all, the Divine Dragon Sect was incredibly powerful back then. But to claim he had ten thousand of them? That was absolutely impossible!

"Do I look like I’m joking?" Ye Yun took out a small mirror and checked his reflection, finding himself looking quite serious. Where was the joke? He gently tossed the purple-gold gourd to Luo Li. "Open it and see for yourself, Luo Li..."

"Oh!"

Luo Li took the gourd with half-doubting hesitation and opened it. Inside, she found a pocket dimension filled with a dense, floating swarm of Marrow Cleansing Pills. A rough count revealed at least eight or nine thousand. Each one was identical to the one in her hand—all of them were god-grade, top-quality Marrow Cleansing Pills!

It felt as though she had been struck on the head by a heavy hammer. Luo Li was paralyzed by shock, her mind a complete blank. If these were ever revealed, the countless powerful factions of the Cangnan Continent would fight until they were bathed in blood. Even an Eternal-level sect would be wiped out overnight. A single god-grade pill could create a genius—a peerless genius of the world!

"Ancestor, am I dreaming?" Luo Li rubbed her eyes, dazed and disbelieving.

"It is all real, little one," Ye Yun smiled, his expression kind. He could see that this 298th Sect Master of the Divine Dragon Sect had suffered much hardship and grievance since childhood, which moved him deeply. He silently vowed to mold this, the weakest sect master in history, into the most dazzling prodigy the continent had ever seen.

"Wuu..." Luo Li covered her face with her hands and began to sob. She didn't even know why; perhaps she was simply overwhelmed by joy.

"Luo Li, stop crying and eat that pill," Ye Yun said with a smile.

Luo Li suppressed her tears. Her years of living as a fugitive had made her character incredibly resilient, and her self-control was far beyond that of her peers. She respectfully offered the purple-gold gourd back to Ye Yun.

"Keep this gourd of pills," Ye Yun waved his hand. Back in that dark, sunless space, he had signed in every ten minutes until he became numb to it. Perhaps the system was intentionally tormenting him. After 30,000 years, the rewards became increasingly excessive. At first, it was one gourd; later, a single sign-in would yield ten thousand, a hundred thousand, a million gourds... Ye Yun dared not think about it further. He had obtained so much that it had become his most painful memory. He never wanted to look into that warehouse again, filled with countless pills, techniques, treasures, and... divine pets. Good heavens!

Seeing the ancestor trying to give her the gourd, Luo Li was startled. As a weakling at the eighth level of Qi Refining, how could she dare to carry such a precious item? If her aura leaked even slightly, she would be dead. Having lived on the run for so long, the young Luo Li was already a veteran of the world; how could she not know the principle of not flaunting one's wealth?

"Ancestor, this is far too valuable. You should keep it!" Luo Li said with an awkward smile, placing the gourd back into Ye Yun's hands.

"Very well!" Ye Yun nodded with a smile. Having once been the sect master of a great school, roaming the world with a sword, he naturally understood the dark laws of the cultivation world.

Following this, Luo Li carefully consumed the god-grade pill.

*Whoosh...*

Her body began to change, secreting black sweat and then black grime—the impurities from within her. The process lasted for the duration of a stick of incense.

"Oh my, it smells terrible. Please forgive me, Ancestor!"

After the marrow cleansing was complete, Luo Li was covered in a layer of pitch-black filth and emanated a foul odor. The girl blushed, wishing she could hide in a hole. At that moment, she heard the ancestor ask a strange question.

"What color robes do you like, Luo Li?"

"Yellow!" Luo Li blurted out.

A flash of bright yellow light flickered, and suddenly, a yellow woman's robe floated before her. The goose-yellow garment was exquisite and magnificent, embroidered with a divine dragon pattern on the back, and it radiated a sacred light that made it hard for Luo Li to look directly at it. The quality of this robe exceeded her imagination; she couldn't even discern its grade. The most powerful artifact robe she had ever seen was only Heaven-grade.

Ye Yun sighed lightly, "This is only an Imperial-grade robe. Make do with it for now."

Imperial-grade? Hearing the ancestor’s nonchalant words, Luo Li was stunned, standing there like a wooden chicken. To wear an Imperial-grade robe so casually—she felt like she was going insane. If she wore this out, would she even live to see tomorrow?