This was Mo Tiange's first time meeting Elder Qingmiao.
She'd been at Bixuan Court for several months, but all this time, it was always Wei Haolan and the other Foundation Building cultivators who received her — the three Core Formation elders had never met her.
Of course, he was a Core Formation Realm senior. Generally speaking, Core Formation cultivators cultivated in seclusion. Who would want to meet a junior who wasn't from their own sect?
They weren't that free, and they wouldn't do something that would lower their status.
However, even if she hadn't met the three Core Formation elders, she was never worried Elder Qingmiao would really harm her.
She had taken over Shangqing Palace's affairs and helped Lord Daoist Jinghe make connections, so Mo Tiange was very clear about the twists and turns in the hearts of high level cultivators in cultivation groups.
In the eyes of high-grade cultivators, especially those who supported their sects, no matter how much they doted on their juniors, it was impossible for it to affect their view of benefits. Although they doted on their children, they couldn't mix these feelings with official business.
Therefore, Hua Yilin's threat sounded like a joke to those in the know.
But now, Elder Qingmiao used this kind of tone to say something like that to her, which was thought-provoking.
Not simple? What was not simple?
Aside from her pill-concocting skills, in the eyes of Bixuan Court cultivators, Mo Tiange was just an ordinary foreign cultivator.
What Elder Qingmiao said definitely wasn't a compliment to her pill-concocting skills.
Mo Tiange's expression didn't change. She merely raised her gaze slightly and said, "Senior … you flatter me."
Elder Qingmiao gently swirled the teacup in her hand but didn't drink it. She said slowly, "I wasn't praising you."
"Since Senior didn't say anything, Junior can only take it as praise." Mo Tiange still had a faint smile on her face. It seemed she didn't mind Mo Tiange's words at all.
Elder Qingmiao once again looked up at her with a sharp gaze.
Mo Tiange didn't feel guilty at all and just let her look.
Time passed bit by bit. Elder Qingmiao even used the spiritual aura pressure of a Core Formation cultivator, but Mo Tiange still had a faint smile on her face. Although her smile was somewhat stiff and her forehead was even covered in sweat, she was still smiling in the end.
After a long time, Elder Qingmiao finally withdrew her spiritual aura pressure and asked coldly, "You … Who are you in the end?"
Mo Tiange secretly heaved a sigh of relief.
Even though she cultivated the Soul-Refining Art and the strength of her divine sense was far stronger than that of cultivators in the same realm as her, a Core Formation cultivator was still a Core Formation cultivator. She almost used all her strength to resist this spiritual aura pressure.
She naturally knew why Elder Qingmiao treated her like this.
Mo Tiange had long formed a habit of using her divine sense to pay attention to her surroundings at all times, so she immediately knew Elder Qingmiao was here.
But even though she knew, she still said those words to Hua Yilin.
As a Core Formation cultivator, Elder Qingmiao couldn't help but feel a bit embarrassed when a junior was lectured like that by a junior.
It was precisely because she couldn't hold back her pride that she reprimanded Hua Yilin even more. She wanted to show that as a Core Formation cultivator, she would never shield a junior and lower her status.
However, reprimanding was one thing, but in the end, they were still her descendants. She also wanted to see why this junior who dared to lecture her descendants had such guts. He knew a Core Formation cultivator was coming, but he still wanted to teach a disciple of Bixuan Court a lesson. How could an early stage Foundation Building cultivator be so bold?
Mo Tiange only took a moment to think before she answered, "Junior is the disciple of Lord Daoist Xuanyin from Xuanqing School."
"Lord Daoist Xuanyin …" Elder Qingmiao slowly uttered this Daoist name. The way she looked at Mo Tiange gradually changed. In the end, the fierceness in her expression disappeared and she showed a faint smile. "Turns out your master is a Nascent Soul cultivator. No wonder he has such guts."
Even if she didn't know about Lord Daoist Xuanyin, he was naturally a Nascent Soul cultivator.
As one of the three great Core Formation elders with the highest cultivation level in Bixuan Court, Elder Qingmiao naturally wouldn't be ignorant of this.
Mo Tiange merely smiled and maintained her politeness. "Junior was just very lucky."
Although that was the case, how could a Nascent Soul cultivator accept a disciple so easily?
If she had a Nascent Soul cultivator as her master, the benefits would be obvious.
After forming her Gold Core, every step of cultivation would be difficult. Two-thirds of Core Formation cultivators would be stuck in the early stage of the Core Formation realm for their entire lives. With the guidance of a Nascent Soul cultivator, not only would they be able to avoid many detours in the Core Formation realm, but they could also give them pointers when they tried to form their Nascent Soul …
As Elder Qingmiao thought about it carefully, she couldn't help but feel jealous.
Although she was an elder of a cultivation group and a dignified Core Formation cultivator, she couldn't worship a Nascent Soul senior as her master right now.
Nevertheless, she was an elder of a cultivation group after all, so she quickly calmed down and said with a faint smile, "In that case, Little Fellow Daoist must have excellent spiritual roots and extraordinary talents, right?"
Mo Tiange answered faintly, "Junior's aptitude isn't bad, so Junior was able to receive Master as her master's disciple."
"Is that so?
Little Fellow Daoist's pill-concocting skills are also extraordinary! "Elder Qingmiao said disapprovingly.
Mo Tiange was keenly aware of something. Her gaze fell on Elder Qingmiao's half-smiling face and she said bluntly, "Does Senior have some advice?"
Elder Qingmiao stood up and slowly paced around the pavilion, seemingly thinking about something.
After a long time, she finally said, "Little Friend Ye, do you know of a kind of medicinal pill called Clear Sky Pill?"
Mo Tiange was stunned. "This is a high-level Core Formation medicinal pill that's ten times better than Soul-Solidifying Pills."
When she first obtained the Virtual Sky World, because the medicinal plants growing inside were very suitable for concocting this pill, she used this Clear Sky Pill to practice.
"Correct."
Elder Qingmiao nodded. "Little Friend Ye really came from a famous cultivation group; your vision is extraordinary. Very few people know about this Clear Sky Pill."
"… Junior's master also made a realm-breakthrough several years ago, so Junior can still be considered clear about matters related to the Core Formation realm."
Elder Qingmiao smiled at her while walking slowly. "Even so, I can see that Little Friend Ye is very valued by your master."
At first, she called her Little Friend Ye, but now she called her Little Friend Ye — this form of address was much more intimate.
Mo Tiange could tell that Elder Qingmiao intentionally wanted to get closer to her. Based on what she said, it was very likely related to medicinal pills.
In any case, she still had some confidence in the Dao of Pill-Concocting, so she didn't avoid the topic. "Yes, Junior's achievements today are all thanks to Master's careful guidance."
Seeing how calm Mo Tiange was, Elder Qingmiao inwardly reevaluated her identity.
"Little Friend Ye has such brilliant pill-concocting skills and knows about Clear Sky Pills, so can you concoct them?"
"En … I've concocted them a few times with Master, so I can, but if I were to concoct them myself, I'm afraid the success rate wouldn't be too high."
She didn't tell the truth. In fact, she didn't concoct many Soul-Solidifying Pills, but she concocted many Clear Sky Pills. For her, the success rate of concocting Clear Sky Pills was much higher than concocting Soul-Solidifying Pills.
However, how could it be so easy for a Foundation Building cultivator to successfully concoct Clear Sky Pills?
This explanation was more in line with the truth.
Sure enough, Elder Qingmiao didn't doubt her. She nodded and said, "If you've only concocted them a few times, your success rate naturally wouldn't be high.
What's your estimate of your success rate? "
Mo Tiange paused for a moment then answered with uncertainty, "About forty to fifty percent."
Elder Qingmiao smiled. "Forty to fifty percent is already pretty good. It seems Little Friend Ye's pill-concocting skills are indeed extraordinary."
Thirty to forty percent was the standard for ordinary concoctions masters. Although forty to fifty percent seemed like an uncertain increase of ten percent, it was already close to the level of great concoctions masters.
After all, Clear Sky Pills were high-grade medicinal pills, so they were several times more difficult to concoct than Soul-Solidifying Pills. Even in Kunwu, there weren't many people who could reach the level of great concoctions masters.
"Little Friend Ye." Elder Qingmiao hesitated for a moment, but a moment later, she made up her mind. "During this period of time, we've been watching you teaching that girl Xia Qing pill-concocting skills, so we have a good idea of your pill-concocting skills.
It just so happens that during this period of time, the three of us have gathered enough spiritual plants for a furnace of Clear Sky Pills, so we need to concoct a furnace of pills.
However, Xia Qing has never concocted Clear Sky Pills before, so she's not confident. If we send people to Kunwu to ask someone to concoct pills for us, it'll take too much time, and it'll also be hard to find a trustworthy person, so … "She stopped and looked at Mo Tiange." Little Friend Ye, could you concoct a furnace of Clear Sky Pills for us? "
Mo Tiange didn't answer immediately. Concocting Clear Sky Pills wasn't a trivial matter. Not to mention the success rate, it would also take a long time …
"Of course. We trust Little Friend Ye's pill-concocting skills, and we trust Little Friend Ye's character even more. If the concoction fails, we definitely won't make things difficult for you.
If you succeed, we'll prepare another generous gift to thank Little Friend Ye for helping us. "
Mo Tiange glanced at Elder Qingmiao then continued to ponder.
After a long time, a smile finally appeared on her face. "… Since Senior said so, I have no reason to refuse."
Elder Qingmiao looked delighted. She warmly held Mo Tiange's hand and patted it. "Good!
Although Little Friend Ye is a Nascent Soul senior's disciple and is used to seeing precious treasures, we old fellows can still give you one or two unique little things.
Liusu! "
Elder Qingmiao called out, causing a maid in the queue to step forward. Her cultivation level was already in the tenth layer of the Aura Refining realm, and she was only a step away from entering the Foundation Building realm.
In the end, she was a Core Formation elder's maid, so her cultivation level was a bit higher than Yi Liu and Yi Qiu's.
"Here."
"A few days ago, we caught a Feifei. In a bit, you can give it to Little Friend Ye."
A hint of astonishment flitted across the maid's eyes, but she didn't say anything. She only answered, "Yes, Grandmaster."
Mo Tiange also looked surprised. She thought for a moment then asked, "Senior, are you talking about a kind of divine beast mentioned in ancient texts, Feifei?"
"Yes."
Elder Qingmiao was also surprised for a moment, but she soon smiled and said, "Little Friend Ye's really knowledgeable. Nowadays, very few people know about these so-called divine beasts.
However, the one I'm talking about isn't a real Feifei. It just looks like a Feifei and seems to have the bloodline of a divine beast, so people in the Eastern Sea call these spiritual beasts Feifei.
Although Feifei's cultivation levels aren't high, they have miraculous effects that ordinary spiritual beasts don't have. "
"Oh?
May I know what kind of miraculous effects it has? "
Elder Qingmiao smiled and said, "According to ancient texts, Feifei can relieve worries. The Feifei we're talking about indeed has the effect of calming one's mind if you keep it by your side. In addition, Feifei are very sensitive to spiritual aura, so they're the best for searching for things."
"So that's how it is …"
Elder Qingmiao went on to say, "Although this Feifei we're talking about isn't an Ancient Era's spiritual beast, it's not easy to find one in the Eastern Sea.
This can be considered a greeting gift for Little Friend Ye. When the Clear Sky Pills are successfully concocted, we'll prepare another generous gift for you. Even if it doesn't work, we'll still give Little Friend Ye compensation for your hard work. "
"… Since Senior said so, it would be impolite for me to refuse."
Elder Qingmiao nodded with a smile. "Little Friend Ye's a straightforward person. If Little Friend Ye wasn't already a disciple of a famous school, this old woman would've appreciated your talent.
What a pity, what a pity … Oh, no, I mean, fortunately, fortunately. "
Mo Tiange raised her head. The two of them smiled at each other.
Whether they each had their own thoughts or not, they seemed to be very harmonious for now.
However, it seemed their return to Kunwu would have to be delayed.