Lina's expression quickly turned into a frown after recognizing the voice before turning to see the familiar yet annoying person approach.
If there was one person in the entire Grand Ocean Palace that pesters her, but at the sa ti, not afraid of her status, it can only be the disciple of the Venerable Forgemaster.
Venerable Pill Master and Venerable Forgemaster were long-ti rivals within the Grand Ocean Palace, and their statuses were not inferior to the Palace Master.
"Senior disciple-brother Jukh," Lina greeted politely, not failing to show proper etiquette to a senior disciple in the Grand Ocean Palace.
"Junior apprentice-sister Lina," Jukh acknowledged with a nod before he said, "I heard that you went out and only killed 20 9-star level sea monsters with your party. Well, guess what? My party killed 20 Early-rank 1 Transcendent Sea Monsters today."
"Good for you, senior disciple-brother Jukh. Are you proud of beating a girl? Not to ntion soone who is your junior and cultivated for a lot shorter ti than you?" Lina casually asked with a calm expression.
She was already used to the person's constant pestering since she beca the Venerable Pill Master's direct disciple.
At the sa ti, her words imdiately made senior disciple-brother Jukh feel embarrassed. When she put it like that, it was not really sothing to be proud of.
"Ahem, maybe not." Senior disciple-brother Jukh shook his head before saying, "What I really wanted to say is that my master has better foresight in picking disciples than your master."
"Oh?"
Lina's expression imdiately crumpled with a deeper frown. An insult to her was sothing she can ignore. However, an insult to her master was sothing she can keep quiet about.
She owed all her present achievents to her master for nurturing her.
"Whether the Venerable Forgemaster has better foresight than my master, the Venerable Pill Master, or not, it's not your place to comnt. Do you think you can escape punishnt after saying the Venerable Pill Master's foresight is bad?"
"That… that was not what I said," Senior disciple-brother Jukh was taken aback before he said with an abrupt change in expression, "You are twisting my words, junior apprentice-sister Lina!"
"Am I?" Lina glared at him.
"Junior apprentice-sister Lina, you're back!" another male voice was suddenly directed at Lina.
However, the person's voice was evidently warm, a clear contrast to Jukh's tone when he called out to Lina.
The person was Lina's eldest senior disciple-brother Neron, the Venerable Pill Master's first direct disciple.
Neron was also soone in the Initial Seeking Insight-stage Transcendent Realm, one of the top genius disciples of the Grand Ocean Palace.
"Is sothing wrong, junior apprentice-sister Lina?" Neron quickly discovered Lina's foul expression before noticing Jukh's presence. "Is this person pestering you again?"
"Apprentice-brother Neron speaks too seriously. I was just having a small chat with junior apprentice-sister Lina. Since you are here, I will take my leave first."
Shortly after Jukh spoke, he quickly entered the Mission Hall building to turn in his mission objective and collect his reward before fleeing the area swiftly.
Nevertheless, Lina's expression did not ease.
"Just now, senior disciple-brother Jukh was speaking badly about our master, the Venerable Pill Master, saying how our master's foresight is not good," Lina explained.
Neron's expression darkened imdiately.
"You ca back at the right ti, junior apprentice-sister sister Lina. Master just returned from his trip and is now looking for you. You should go see Master first. I have sothing else to do."
Swoosh~!
After informing Lina, Neron quickly disappeared in the direction that Jukh previously left. If nothing unexpected happens, soone was going to get hurt really bad.
Lina felt slightly better after knowing what fate was awaiting Jukh for annoying her and disrespecting her master.
Shortly after, she bid farewell to her junior disciple-brothers and sisters before heading towards the center of Moonlight Island and taking the long shaft down in the undergrounds.
The Grand Ocean Palace was located underneath Moonlight Island—or more precisely, it was situated underwater on the seabed below the island.
It was not long before the narrow tunnel of the shaft leading downward expanded into a wide-open space, revealing the city-size Grand Ocean Palace at the bottom, protected by a clear do that warded out the seawater.
At the sa ti, the place was illuminated by beautiful multicolored light coming from various glowing objects and runic tools that prevented the underwater space from becoming a dark and gloomy place.
After so twists and turns, Lina arrived at the dicine Hall and went around to her master's private courtyard.
"Welco back, Master," Lina greeted upon finding the Venerable Pill Master ditating in the open courtyard before inquiring, "I heard from senior apprentice-brother Neron that you were looking for ?"
"Un. Co take a seat beside , my disciple." The Venerable Pill Master patted the ground with his hand for Lina to take her seat there.
Shortly after, the Venerable Pill Master began ntioning, "With your talents, you could have entered the Transcendent Realm already."
"Do you know why I forbid you from breaking through to the Transcendent Realm on your own, forcing you to stay at the 9-star Ranked Awakener Realm for so long?" The Venerable Pill Master asked.
"To stabilize my foundation and erase future problems that may arise as a result of my swift increase in cultivation to the 9-star Ranked Awakenerr Realm?"
"Wrong."
"To teach humility and not beco complacent?" Lina made another guess, uncertain of the answer that her master was looking for.
"Also wrong again."
Lina imdiately expressed her confusion after guessing wrongly again.
The Venerable Pill Master shook his head before revealing his burning white flas that danced on the palms of his hand. "You should know what this is, at least, right?"
"Yes, Master. This white fla is a type of Heavenly Fla that was tad by Master," Lina answered before her brows wrinkled in confusion shortly after. "But what does this have to do with , Master?"
"To be a good alchemist, you cannot rely on your wood ability alone. You also need the accompany of a good fla—and there are no better flas than the Heavenly Flas that have their own sentience."
"Master found a suitable Heavenly Fla for you. However, Master does not want you to simply refine and ta it."
"Then what should I do with the Heavenly Fla, Master?" Lina asked with surprise.
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