'Oh well. I'm starting from scratch with nothing to my name. I can't be too demanding.'
Qin Ya gave a wry laugh. He was no longer that all-powerful Pill Venerable who could command the wind and rain and spend money like water. Everything had to start over. "Clerk, give me three taels of Golden Leaf Grass Stems, two taels of Snow Ginseng, five taels of Six Flavor Fruit..."
In total, there were seventeen kinds of medicinal herbs. After the clerk packed them up, he said with a chuckle, "Sir, your herbs come to a total of two hundred forty-two Silver Coins. I'll round it down for you to two hundred twenty Silver Coins."
The currency of the Azure Sky Realm was divided into Copper Coins, Silver Coins, and Gold Coins. One hundred Copper Coins equaled one Silver Coin, and one hundred Silver Coins equaled one Gold Coin. Two hundred and forty Silver Coins was enough for an ordinary family of three to live prosperously for a year.
After paying, Qin Ya returned to the Qin Family estate.
Qin Ya noticed the people around him were giving him strange looks. It seemed word of what happened between him and Qin Feiyang today had already spread. 'This is fine, too. Some of the ordinary family disciples should now know that I'm not to be trifled with. It'll save me some trouble.'
Sitting on his bed, Qin Ya focused his mind. A ball of purple flame appeared in his hand. Immediately, the flame blossomed into a Purple Lotus, dancing in his palm like an enchanting beauty, looking dreamlike and illusory.
'Very good. It seems the Purple Lotus Celestial Flame didn't disappear.'
Qin Ya's face lit up with pleasant surprise. The Purple Lotus Celestial Flame was a Flame he had created in his previous life by refining several kinds of Exotic Fires from heaven and earth. It was his most important partner when refining elixirs, and after being nurtured for several hundred years, it had long been deeply imprinted upon his sea of consciousness.
In this rebirth, the Purple Lotus Celestial Flame had come with him.
'Only the Fire Seed is left. But don't you worry, old friend, I'll definitely restore you to your former glory.' Although the Purple Fire hadn't vanished, its power was a far cry from what it used to be, leaving only a Fire Seed.
He took out the Snow Ginseng he had bought and applied the Purple Lotus Celestial Flame to it. The purple flame coiled around the herb, instantly melting it into a liquid.
Even as a mere Fire Seed, its power was not to be underestimated.
'Excellent,' Qin Ya thought to himself.
Next, he followed the same procedure, melting the other medicinal herbs and mixing them together, forming a fist-sized, cyan-colored droplet of liquid.
Under the control of his Spiritual Power, the cyan droplet floated in the air, emitting a faint glow as wisps of black smoke, visible to the naked eye, drifted out from it.
Those were the impurities from the medicinal herbs.
Soon, the cyan droplet solidified into three pale-cyan pills.
"Hooo..."
Qin Ya let out a heavy breath, his face deathly pale and his back drenched in sweat. 'I never thought my Spiritual Power would be this depleted. It's this exhausting just to refine a few Three Pure Ones Gathering Essence Pills.'
Withdrawing the Purple Lotus Celestial Flame, Qin Ya looked at the Three Pure Ones Gathering Essence Pills in his hand, a faint smile gracing the corner of his lips.
Assuming a meditative posture with his palms and soles facing the heavens, Qin Ya swallowed one Three Pure Ones Gathering Essence Pill.
The pill dissolved the moment it entered his mouth, turning into a warm current that coursed through his body. Qin Ya quickly focused his mind and began to circulate the Nine Heavens Shocking God Record to refine the Medicinal Power.
In his past life, Qin Ya had been a noble Pill Venerable. Martial Arts experts lined up one after another, begging him to refine elixirs for them. Since he looked down on ordinary treasures, many people offered Cultivation and Martial Skills in exchange. The Nine Heavens Shocking God Record was the most powerful one among them.
In the Azure Sky Realm, Martial Arts Cultivation Techniques and Martial Skills were divided into four Grades: Holy, Earthly, Profound, and Yellow. Each Grade was further divided into five Tiers: Lower Class, Middle Class, Upper Class, Upper Class, and Top Level. The Nine Heavens Shocking God Record was a super Cultivation Technique of the Holy Grade, Middle Class tier.
As the Medicinal Power was refined, the "leaks" in Qin Ya's body were slowly repaired.
A person's body is not perfect. No matter how talented someone is, when they absorb and refine the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi, some of it will inevitably be lost.
But once a Leakless Body was formed, it could reverse this situation, achieving a state of perfect, lossless absorption.
With the help of the Nine Heavens Shocking God Record, the Medicinal Power of the Three Pure Ones Gathering Essence Pill was absorbed in no time.
Qin Ya hadn't expected the Nine Heavens Shocking God Record to be so powerful. An ordinary cultivation technique would require at least forty-five minutes to absorb the Medicinal Power of a single Three Pure Ones Gathering Essence Pill, yet he hadn't even taken eight minutes.
'The effect is beyond my expectations. It looks like I'll be able to complete the Leakless Body today.' With a faint smile, Qin Ya swallowed the remaining two pills.
Time slowly ticked by...
Qin Ya, who had been sitting on the bed as still as a stone statue, suddenly opened his eyes. Even with his normally imperturbable temperament, he couldn't help but feel a surge of joy.
'The Leakless Body... it's complete.'
If the previous Qin Ya had been the one cultivating, it would have taken several more months to complete the Leakless Body. But now, with the help of the Three Pure Ones Gathering Essence Pills and the Nine Heavens Shocking God Record, he had done it in less than half a day!
'From this day forward, this "trash" is going to shock everyone!'
Having completed his Leakless Body, Qin Ya felt a distinct difference. It was as if the entire world had fused with him. The feeling... was beyond words.
He couldn't wait to test the wonders of the Leakless Body.
He circulated the Nine Heavens Shocking God Record, and the surging Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi flooded into his body like a torrent, scaring him into stopping at once.
'This Leakless Body is truly formidable!'
Having learned his lesson, Qin Ya calmed his mind and slowly absorbed the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi. Even so, his speed was at least ten times that of an ordinary person!
For the rest of the day, Qin Ya remained behind closed doors, completely immersed in his cultivation.
「Meanwhile, in the outside world...」
"Qin Feiyang, what am I supposed to say to you? You actually lost to a piece of trash. In my eyes, you're even more of a waste than he is."
In a large hall, Qin Feiyang, his face red and swollen, looked with some fear at the young man in brocade robes before him. This was Qin Yuncheng, the second son of the Qin Family Patriarch, Qin Hai.
Qin Yuncheng was arrogant and domineering by nature, but his aptitude was not bad. At a young age, he had already cultivated to the Human Element Realm Ninth-Grade Perfection, just one step away from breaking through to the Profound Essence Realm.
"Young Master, that Qin Ya has Elder Qin Yuxiang backing him. There was nothing I could do." After suffering a loss at Qin Ya's hands, the more Qin Feiyang thought about it, the angrier he became. But since he couldn't do anything to Qin Ya himself, he had come to find Qin Yuncheng.
Qin Yuncheng was the son of the Qin Family Patriarch, while Qin Yuxiang was an Elder of the Qin Family. Their statuses weren't too different, but in the Clan Leader's heart, his own son, Qin Yuncheng, was surely more important.
Therefore, no matter what Qin Yuncheng did to Qin Ya, the Clan Leader would protect him.
"Qin Yuxiang? Hmph. She's just an Elder of our Qin Family. What waves can she possibly make?" Qin Yuncheng said coldly.
"Of course. Qin Yuxiang is merely an Elder, while with the Young Master's talent and ability, you're destined to be the future head of the Qin Family..."
"Shut up. Where does that leave my older brother?" Qin Yuncheng snapped.
"The Eldest Young Master is obsessed with Martial Arts and is a student at Mingxin Academy. He naturally has no interest in the position of Clan Leader," Qin Feiyang said.
"Even so, it's best not to say such things carelessly."
"Yes," Qin Feiyang said respectfully.
"So that Qin Ya thinks no one can touch him just because an Elder has his back? I'd like to see what he can do in my hands!" A cold glint flashed in Qin Yuncheng's eyes as he spoke.
Qin Feiyang was overjoyed, his attitude becoming even more respectful. "Thank you, Young Master!"
'A bootlicker will always be a bootlicker,' Qin Yuncheng thought with contempt, shooting Qin Feiyang a glance.
"Human Element Realm, Fourth Grade!"
Qin Ya felt the Primordial Qi surging within his body, his heart filled with joy.