Half a year later.
Ghost Guest swallowed a Barrier Breaking Pill, and spiritual energy surged from his Qi Sea, breaking through the seventy-second acupoint and the bottleneck between the seventy-second and seventy-third acupoints with the help of the pill's dicinal power.
Monts later, Ghost Guest's eyes snapped open, his aura skyrocketing.
After half a year, he finally broke through to the second level of Qi Refinent!
During these six months, he focused on three things: refining pills to earn Spirit Stones, consuming dicinal ingredients, and seeking advice from his senior brother.
If he had relied on his original aptitude, it would have taken him a year to break through. But with his improved aptitude, the ti was significantly shortened. Now, his Wood Spirit Root had reached seventy percent.
This was all thanks to the large amount of dicinal ingredients he consud over the past six months. Seventy percent Wood Spirit Root was considered dium aptitude, and as long as he had enough Spirit Stones, his cultivation speed wouldn't lag behind others.
Moreover, after consuming dicinal ingredients for six months, his understanding of their properties had reached a deep level.
Although only five types of ingredients were most effective, enhancing the Wood Spirit Root mainly depended on the quantity consud. He would eat a bit of each ingredient to deepen his understanding of their properties.
He didn't have to worry about Spirit Stones because his understanding of dicinal properties increased, significantly raising his pill refining success rate.
Especially with Rejuvenation Pills, his success rate was close to fifty percent. With the ingredients for ten Rejuvenation Pills, he could earn thirty Spirit Stones, allowing him to earn enough Spirit Stones with minimal pill refining ti.
As for the remaining fifty percent failure rate, it had nothing to do with the dicinal properties but was due to the fla. His Fire Spirit Root was almost nonexistent, so his control over the fla was always imprecise.
Ghost Guest spread his spiritual sense, quickly covering the entire courtyard. Without a light barrier, it could even extend outward. After breaking through to the second level of Qi Refinent, his spiritual sense had also strengthened considerably.
Outside the pavilion, the originally empty space had been transford into a garden by Laura Jiang and Cynthia Jiang, with small paths paved with gravel and a pavilion in the center.
At this mont, Cynthia Jiang was chasing Little Tiger around the garden with a pill in hand, "Brother Tiger, take the dicine, be good."
"But the pill is really bitter, can't I not take it?" Little Tiger complained as he ran.
"But you need to take the dicine to get better."
"I really don't want to take it."
Suddenly, Cynthia Jiang stumbled and fell to the ground, covering her face and crying.
Hearing the commotion, Little Tiger hurried back, anxiously asking, "Cynthia, are you okay?"
Sitting on the ground, Cynthia Jiang hugged her knees and sobbed, "Brother Tiger is being disobedient and won't take his dicine."
"Don't cry, Cynthia, I'll take it." Little Tiger took the pill and swallowed it all in one go, opening his mouth wide, "Cynthia, see, I took it, please stop crying."
Only then did Cynthia Jiang look up, sticking out her tongue and revealing a triumphant expression.
Realizing he had been tricked, Little Tiger didn't get angry but scratched his head and laughed foolishly, "As long as you're okay, it's fine."
"It seems only Cynthia can handle you," Ghost Guest's teasing voice suddenly rang out. The three of them turned around to see Ghost Guest walking out of the pavilion, their eyes filled with joy.
Little Tiger laughed, "Dylan, you're finally out of seclusion. Cynthia has been talking about going on an outing for days. Let's go together."
Ghost Guest nodded with a smile. Having just broken through, he wouldn't be going into seclusion again anyti soon.
Laura Jiang brought over a bowl of soup and said softly, "Sir, I made so lotus seed soup. Please try it."
Ghost Guest took the bowl and tasted it, praising, "Hmm, delicious. Where did you get the lotus seeds?"
Laura Jiang replied softly, "I opened a pond outside and planted so lotus flowers."
"You really are skillful. Take to see it." Ghost Guest walked while eating the lotus seed soup, not noticing the bright smile on Laura Jiang's face behind him.
Outside the courtyard, Ghost Guest stood by the pond for a mont before he was about to return. Suddenly, his ears twitched, and he turned to look at a courtyard below.
A crowd had gathered there, seemingly in a dispute.
"Don't follow , I'll go take a look." Ghost Guest handed the bowl to Laura Jiang.
As he approached, the sounds of the argunt beca clear to Ghost Guest.
"Why? We've already paid the monthly fee, why do we have to pay again?"
"Exactly, it's supposed to be monthly, how can they collect it early?"
"I've already given all my Spirit Stones, I don't even have any left for cultivation, this is too much."
...
Seeing John Wei surrounded in the center, Ghost Guest imdiately understood. It seed John Wei was extorting benefits from these people again.
John Wei snorted coldly, releasing the aura of his fourth level of Qi Refinent, instantly silencing the crowd, "This is the Mountain Lord's order, do you dare to defy it? Don't bla for not warning you, if you offend the Mountain Lord, you won't even know how you died."
"The Mountain Lord asked you to collect Spirit Stones, but he didn't ask you to pocket them," Ghost Guest squeezed into the crowd and said calmly, "If you need to pay the monthly fee, go to the mountain top yourself. Paying him doesn't count."
"Ghost Guest, you!" John Wei's anger flared upon seeing Ghost Guest, glaring at him, "Why are you everywhere? Today, I'm collecting Spirit Stones on behalf of the Mountain Lord, don't spout nonsense here!"
Ignoring him, Ghost Guest looked at the crowd and asked, "How long have you been paying?"
"Half a year."
Ghost Guest sneered, "Only half a year? That's too little. If you want to cultivate in peace, you should pay more, so no one cos knocking on your door every day. The more benefits you give, the less you'll have to worry about."
John Wei roared, "Ghost Guest, stop slandering . The Mountain Lord asked to collect half a year's worth, I would never pocket a single Spirit Stone!"
"Really?" Ghost Guest smirked, pointing to the mountain top, "Then let them go up and pay themselves, why are you making a fuss here?"
John Wei's face fell instantly. He had planned to extort a good amount from these newcors, but Ghost Guest had co to ruin it.
"Ghost Guest, don't go too far!" John Wei glared at Ghost Guest, his teeth grinding.
"Oh?" Ghost Guest raised an eyebrow, "Is senior brother planning to kill ?"
John Wei fell silent imdiately. The scene of Ghost Guest using his hand to kill Jordan Shen half a year ago was still fresh in his mind. He didn't dare to respond, fearing he would fall into Ghost Guest's trap again.
But if he left just like that, not only would he lose face, but this trip would be for nothing.
Ghost Guest pointed at John Wei and said to the crowd, "This man is nad John Wei, a parasite of Dusk Mountain, who loves to extort newcors. Stay away from him in the future."
"Ghost Guest, are you looking for death?" John Wei clenched his fists, ready to fight at any mont.
Ghost Guest spread his hands and shrugged, "If senior brother wants to kill , go ahead. I won't resist."
"Junior Brother Ghost Guest, don't say such things. I just want to spar with you." John Wei, unable to suppress his anger, was about to teach Ghost Guest a lesson when he suddenly felt a chill on his back. Turning around, he was shocked.
Elijah Shen was leaning against a tree, casually tossing a stone and looking in their direction.
Cold sweat instantly covered John Wei's forehead. Three months ago, Elijah Shen had broken through to the fifth level of Qi Refinent. With the death of the old Mountain Lord of South Goose Mountain, Elijah Shen had beco the new Mountain Lord. Using the resources of the mountain, his cultivation had almost caught up with Douglas Situ in less than three months.
Everyone knew that Douglas Situ and Elijah Shen were childhood friends who joined the Demonic Extre Sect together. Now that Elijah Shen was in power, Jiang He's fear of Douglas Situ grew.
Moreover, Elijah Shen's intimidating presence was not just because of his Mountain Lord status.
If he had attacked Ghost Guest just now, Elijah Shen would have taken him down and handed him over to the Law Enforcent Hall, and not even Jiang He could save him.
Knowing he couldn't collect Spirit Stones today, John Wei gave Ghost Guest a cold look and left.
Ghost Guest cupped his hands in salute, exchanging a smile with Elijah Shen.
He had provoked John Wei earlier because he saw Elijah Shen giving him a signal from afar, imdiately understanding and cooperating with him.
Unfortunately, John Wei didn't take the bait, otherwise, they could have cut off one of Jiang He's main supporters.
Turning to the crowd, Ghost Guest pointed to Douglas Situ's courtyard, "That is Senior Brother Douglas's abode. He is always helpful, so if you have any trouble, you can seek his assistance."
"Thank you, senior brother!" The young disciples cupped their hands in gratitude.
Ghost Guest waved his hand and left, feeling a mix of emotions at being called "senior brother" by the young disciples.
Having endured as a newcor for over half a year, he was now a senior brother himself.
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