"That is unexpected. Even from you, Lord Ma Yuan." Ash scrutinized Ma Yuan’s face thoroughly. Even if his youngest son had died, there’s no sign of sadness or resentnt in his eyes.
"Indeed." Ma Yuan nodded. "I have heard everything from the gate guards. That idiot son of mine has offended so many people just to prove himself worthy of bearing Ma Family’s nas. Alas, his grim karmic consequences finally caught him off guard."
"I don’t personally hate your late son or have deep resentnt toward him. May he have better luck in his next life."
"En... once again, I’m terribly sorry for the trouble he caused. Therefore, as our deepest regret and apologies. We would like you to have this as compensation for your losses."
Ma Yuan produced an intricate tal box that was decorated with gold linings and adorned with various precious gems.
Curious, Ash focused his sight onto the box, he waited a brief mont for the system to identify the box but nothing happened which indicated that it was just an ordinary item.
"What’s inside the box?"
Ma Yuan then opened the box, revealing five green round pills that were nestled within the velvet fabric inside the box. The fragrant and refreshing scent soon perated outward, giving Ash a sense of peace and calmness. Although the scent was inferior to Heaven’s Courtyard Green Weeds, those pills successfully reminded him of ho.
"Five Fragrant Grass Pills. Rumor has it, each pill was refined from an entire Fragrant Grass adow by the Peerless Jade Grade Alchemist. It is said that these pills are Epic Rank Cultivation Pills and are able to help you break through the bottleneck in your Cultivation Stage!"
At this mont, the system had successfully identified the pills. Ash was excited at first when he said that the pills were Epic Rank Items. However, the system shows a completely different description.
[Rare Rank Consumable Item]
[Fragrant Grass Pills]
[After refining an entire adow of Fragrant Grass and 100 days of sleepless nights, the unassuming green grass had finally reborn anew in a form of a Cultivation Pill]
[Effect: Gain 20,000 Strands of Qi and recover 500 Health Points upon consumption per each pills]
[Side Effects: There are still impurities in each pill. Might cause blockage if the absorption process was disturbed or stopped abruptly. Might cause mild stomach ache.]
Ash sighed dejectedly, he was so disappointed inside. However, he opted to accept it since he was too tired to deal with trivial matter.
"Very well. Then I shall accept this generous gift." Ash put the box on his lap.
Ma Yuan, however, was a very observant person. He quickly noticed the slight change on Ash’ face. "Is there sothing the matter?"
"There’s none, Lord Ma Yuan." Ash said. "Anyway... are there any further leads about that beast?"
"We haven’t found any, unfortunately. However, my search party will widen the search area till the Great Desert. And I will kill this beast no matter what it takes!"
"I see..." Ash faked a weak sigh as if to tell Ma Yuan to take his leave. "Good luck, Lord Ma Yuan."
’Yeah, good luck finding the beast. Once Shanguang has finished digesting your son, your head will be the next in line.’ Ash quipped inwardly.
"I will take my leave then. I’m terribly sorry for the disturbance."
"You have said enough sorry in one day, Lord Ma Yuan. Be easy on yourself. It’s okay to mourn the deceased but don’t lant over it for too long. The death of your loved ones is a tribulation that you need to overco."
Ma Yuan cupped his fist and left the room without saying anything. Ash, of course, noticed the chaotic rage that Ma Yuan held for the whole ti. Ash could even feel the slight tremor in the air as he strode out.
Ma Yuan was a Late Stage Qi Condensing Cultivator. With his martial skills, he was no inferior to any Golden Core Experts! With just a single punch of his full force, he could’ve killed Ash easily.
However, he was very cautious as he didn’t know anything about Ash’ family background. Having the ability to do appraisal was enough for Ma Yuan to act cautiously to not offend any great family in the Western Region that might backed the young Appraiser.
"A loving father, huh?" Yinghui quipped in his mind.
"Do you think so?" Ash smirked. "That man is fierce and calculative. This gift was not ant to compensate for my losses. But to test my Appraisal ability and to invite to play a ga. Hmph, interesting. Let’s see what or who will co after at the very mont I get out of here."
"A ga? What do you an by that?!"
Ash flicked the latches, opening the box before his face. "Since I’m heavily wounded, he must have thought that it would be impossible for to consu and cultivate the pills. Henceforth, with the rumor that he had spread about the existence of Epic Rank Cultivation Pills in the hands of a cripple like , many powerful experts would surely co after . Ma Yuan, you clearly don’t know what you are fighting with."
"That is astounding, my lord! You could deduce and predict the outco to that point?!"
Ash giggled lightly. "It’s not much different than playing chess. This level of understanding and the psychological depth is what Beasts are lacking. From now on, you will learn how Cultivators are scheming each other, killing and annihilating their own in order to climb to the top."
"Yes, my lord."
*****
It’s been five days since he dwelled in this infirmary room. During this ti, Ash had consud all five [Fragrant Green Pills] without a fail. His cultivation went up from 2nd Stage Sky Rank Immortal Beast up to 3rd Stage Sky Rank Immortal Beast!
Although it didn’t sound very significant, he could feel his power and stamina went up after he distributed the attribute points.
After stabilizing his Beast Core and suppressing his true nature, Ash’ Dao Cultivation appeared to be at Early Stage Body Transformation Realm when he was in his human form.
"Congratulations on your advancent, my lord!" Yinghui greeted him first in the morning.
"En! I feel much lighter now."
On the other hand, Shanguang’s had also advanced after fully digesting Ma Jun’s body and Dantian completely. She even recycled the impurities during the process.
"Master! I also have leveled up! Let’s play! Let’s play!"
Ash giggled jovially. He also wanted to fluff Shanguang’s soft fur and brushed tail.
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