Shen Yuan Ring

Six months later,

"Brother Dao, congratulations! You're the first in our group to break through to the Tendon Refining Realm, and you're now a true member of the Inner Court. Most importantly, now we have a Tendon Refining Realm expert, just like Group Four."

Ji Zihan gave Ji Xiaohu a disdainful look and said, "Go away, go away. As for Dao Yique's status as an inner court member, with his talent, he could do very well even in the outer court."

Upon hearing this, Ji Xiaohu retorted unhappily, "Hey Zihan, can you stop arguing with me? Besides, who in the family doesn't want to enter the inner courtyard? Don't you want to? The number of inner courtyard spots is fixed every year. Now, Brother Dao has become an inner courtyard member in less than a year of cultivation. How many people would envy him?"

Ji Zihan's expression turned somewhat unnatural after being confronted by Ji Xiaohu; she hadn't expected Xiaohu to be so eloquent at this moment.

"Of course I want to enter the inner academy, but I think even more that Dao Yi's current cultivation level is entirely due to his own efforts. Moreover, with his current abilities, the inner academy would be more than happy to welcome him in."

"Alright, what's there to argue about? You've both broken through to the Organ Refining Realm, haven't you? I believe you'll both break through to the Tendon Refining Realm in less than two months," Ji Daoyi said to the two of them. Then he looked at Wang Dan and asked, "Wang Dan, how much longer will it take you to break through to the Organ Refining Realm?"

"Almost there, I've already reached the peak of the Blood Refining Realm. However, my cultivation level was all built up using Body Tempering Pills, and now those pills are becoming less and less effective for me. I estimate that once I break through to the Organ Refining Realm, the Body Tempering Pills will be ineffective." Wang Dan said, sounding somewhat dejected. He knew that his talent had allowed him to break through to the peak of the Blood Refining Realm in less than a year, which was already incredibly lucky.

Upon hearing this, Ji Daoyi smiled and said, "Don't worry, even if you break through to the Refining Organs Realm, you can maintain your previous breakthrough speed."

Ji Daoyi had alchemy knowledge imparted to him by his master Dan Chenzi, and there were many kinds of pills used in the Body Refining Realm, unlike the relatively simple pills used in his family's cultivation. Before the Meridian Refining Realm, they basically used Body Tempering Pills for cultivation.

He knew that Wang Dan's cultivation talent was far inferior to theirs. The reason he was able to break through to the Blood Refining Realm Perfection so quickly was because he had been taking the Body Tempering Pills he had refined for a short period of time, and the amount he took each time was increasing.

This also caused Wang Dan to develop a tolerance to the Body Tempering Pill, meaning that the Body Tempering Pill now has negligible effect on Wang Dan's cultivation.

When Ji Xiaohu heard that Ji Daoyi had pills to accelerate the cultivation of the Organ Refining Realm, he immediately became unhappy. He grabbed Ji Daoyi's hand and said, "Brother Dao, you're being too biased. You have such good stuff but you won't let us use it first. Do you know how we've survived the past six months?"

Ji Daoyi said helplessly, "I haven't used any pills in the past six months either. Besides, you've been using the Body Tempering Pill just fine, haven't you? In order to make everyone's foundation more solid, I haven't refined any pills suitable for the Organ Refining Realm for the past six months. But in the next two months, I will refine the Five Organs Pills for you, and then you will be able to break through quickly."

"Brother Dao, you're so kind! You'll always be my good older brother!"

"Little Tiger, are you a dog? Your face changes so quickly. Dao Yi, don't give it to him. Let him use the Body Tempering Pill first. Let Pu Yu and me use it first. Let him be furious!"

Ji Daoyi was used to the two bickering and didn't respond.

Instead, he looked around and, not seeing Wang Yueyue, asked, "Where's Sister Yueyue? I haven't seen her."

Ji Zihan replied, "Sister Yueyue went to help us take on this month's tasks, so she didn't come along."

......

Shijiazhuang

Within the Daoshu City, Shijiazhuang is considered a third-rate cultivation family. The strongest member of the family is Shi Potian, the lord of Shijiazhuang, who is only at the Refining Organs Realm and is said to have completed the Three Organs.

In the reception room of Shijiazhuang, the owner, Shi Potian, was receiving a guest.

A person dressed in a black robe and wearing a black cloak, whose entire body was completely covered, as if he did not want others to see his face.

The two chatted amiably in the reception room, and the man in black robes took out a jade bottle from his storage bag and handed it to Shi Potian.

Shi Potian took the jade bottle, opened it, poured out the pills, and saw that all the Body Tempering Pills were of high quality. His smile widened.

"Master Alchemist, I am very satisfied with the quality of your pills. I will take as many as you have, and the price I offer will be 10% higher than the market price, no! 20% higher! I just hope that if you have any more pills like these in the future, you will give priority to selling them to Shijiazhuang."

“Since Master Shi is so generous, how could I refuse?” the man in black robes said hoarsely, then waved his right hand, and twenty jade bottles appeared in front of Shi Potian.

Shi Potian randomly took out a few bottles to inspect the goods. After confirming there were no problems, he also took out a few boxes of spirit stones and handed them to the man in black robes.

The man in black robes didn't check the boxes; he simply put them all into his storage bag, seemingly unconcerned about whether he was short of spirit stones.

Shi Potian raised an eyebrow when he saw that the man in black robes hadn't checked the contents: "Alchemist, aren't you afraid I'll give you too little if you don't check it?"

"I trust Master Shi's character!"

"As expected of a generous person, alchemist. Why don't you stay at my manor for a few days and make some friends? I've always enjoyed associating with generous people."

"Master Shi, you're too kind. I still have matters to attend to, so I won't bother you any longer. Farewell!"

Upon hearing this, Shi Potian wanted to get up and see him off, but was ultimately refused by the man in black robes.

After the man in black robes left, a man in his twenties emerged from the side door and made a kill gesture to Shi Potian: "Father, should we...?"

"No need. If you kill a hen that lays eggs, who will lay eggs for us to eat in the future?"

After leaving Shijiazhuang, the man in black glanced back slightly, sneered, and disappeared into the crowd in the blink of an eye.

......

Ji's inner courtyard,

As soon as Wang Yueyue stepped out of the mission hall after receiving the mission, she ran into Ji Daoyi and his group walking towards her.

"Sister Yueyue!"

"Sister Yueyue, what kind of task have you given us this time? Tell us quickly."

Wang Yueyue shook her head and laughed, "You're really in a hurry. These are all routine tasks, except one of them is an investigation task. This task is a bonus for you because no matter what the investigation results are, it will count as a completion."

"So if we don't complete the task, we can take it again next month and earn another task point for free?"

"What are you thinking? You can only accept the same task once. Do you really think the people who issue tasks in the inner court are idiots?"

Ji Zihan asked incredulously, "Sister Yueyue, what kind of investigation mission is it? Even you think we can't complete it."