Marrow Washing Pill

Another failure!

For a long time, Lin Xuan remained silent, although his expression showed no joy or anger, yet his hands were clenched tightly, his nails dug deep into his flesh, and his lips were bitten.

But this condition did not last long, after a few minutes, Lin Xuan took a deep breath, without a word, he sat down again and continued his efforts ...

...

Early in the morning, the sun was rising and a new day was beginning.

The Flying Cloud Hall is magnificent, with an area that rivals the stadiums of Earth, and is the most important building in Piaoyun Valley, where disciples of the Spiritual Movement stage will gather on the first day of every month to receive what they need for cultivation.

Despite having practised for most of the night and having slept for less than three hours, Lin Xuan arrived at the Flying Cloud Hall on time. In the spacious hall, there were already over a hundred people standing in the shadows, all of them at the Spiritual Movement stage, but each of them had deeper powers than Lin Xuan, and his arrival caused a lot of chatter, with cold words cutting through the air and reaching his ears from time to time.

"See, that kid is a mortal who has no spiritual roots and still presumes to cultivate immortality."

"Hmph, not good looking either, such a person staying in the sect is a waste of pills."

"Who says otherwise, I heard he's working hard, but how can an ordinary person with no spiritual roots compare to us, three years in and still only stuck at the first level of the Spiritual Movement Stage."

"He doesn't know the sky is high, he thinks he, himself, can break the iron law that has remained unchanged for ten thousand years in the cultivation world, mortals cultivating, are not destined to achieve anything."

...

While sneering blankly, Lin Xuan's expression remained unchanged, as if he was a mad dog barking wildly, and silently came to the back of the group.

An ancient bell rang out, and the disciples hurriedly stopped talking and stood in line as an old man led the children into the main hall, each one holding a disc in their hands, covered with red cloth, yet still emitting a refreshing fragrance.

"Senior Uncle Ma!" The disciples bowed and saluted.

"Hm." The old man tilted his head arrogantly, his power was not high, he was only at the pre-foundation stage, but he was in charge of the sect's pharmacy, so it could be said that his position was high and powerful.

However, the materials used to make the pills are all precious exotic flowers and herbs, so the sect can only provide very few pills for the disciples.

According to the rules, disciples at the Spiritual Movement stage can receive two Marrow Cleansing Pills every month.

As the name implies, the Pill is capable of cleansing the marrow, dissolving the turbid Qi in the body, and generating a little bit of spiritual energy.

After opening the incense hall and paying homage to the ancestors, the disciples lined up to receive the elixir from the old man, each with a cherished and joyful expression on their faces.

Soon it was Lin Xuan's turn, and Elder Ma glanced at him with a look of contempt on his face as he took a jade bottle from the round tray, poured out two pills from it and tossed them in front of him.

"Thank you, Senior Uncle." Before Lin Xuan's words left his mouth, the corners of his eyes suddenly jumped as he looked at the two pills in his hands, were these ... waste pills?

The path of immortality cultivation was all encompassing, with gong methods, weapon making, alchemy, and talisman drawing, to name a few, each of which contained a vast amount of learning.

For example, in the case of alchemy, in addition to various precious materials, exotic flowers and herbs, it also requires the Three Flavours True Fire to refine, while the fire, the dosage of auxiliary ingredients, the opening time and the materials of the precious censer all have a bearing on the success rate of the alchemy.

Even experienced alchemy masters often slip up and turn a pot of heavenly treasures into a useless waste pellet.

A spent pellet is one that contains too many impurities, so not only will it not benefit your cultivation, but it will damage your body.

Although the pills distributed to the disciples of a small faction like Piaoyun Valley were only of the lower grade, the lower grade was after all a useful elixir, while this waste pills ...

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"Senior uncle you have taken the wrong pills, how can these two spent pills be taken?"

"What's not allowed?" The contempt in Elder Ma's eyes was unmistakable, a neglected low ranking disciple was just that, he tilted his head and said arrogantly, "What, not satisfied?"

"Anyway, with your qualifications, it's just a waste to take spirit pills, the waste pills might just be suitable.

Saying that, he took two jade bottles from the tray and tossed them into Lin Xuan's hands.

"Other disciples only have two Marrow Cleansing Pills per person, I'll give you two bottles, how about that, Senior Uncle is treating you well enough!"

"Thank you, Senior Uncle!"

To Elder Ma's surprise, the discontent on Lin Xuan's face completely disappeared as he accepted the pills with a respectful bow and retreated.

"How is that?" Elder Ma was instead filled with astonishment, dumbfounded and speechless.

Ruined pills, simply put, were rubbish, taking them was simply harmful to cultivation, not to mention two bottles, even taking more would be worthless, how could Lin Xuan ...

It was a completely unexpected reaction. Originally, Elder Ma thought that if he treated him unfairly in this way, Lin Xuan would make a fuss and then he could use the issue to cure him of disrespecting his elders and expel Lin Xuan from the division.

It wasn't that Elder Ma had an axe to grind with Lin Xuan, but rather that this fellow was a snob by nature and despised mortals without spiritual roots, and felt that letting Lin Xuan stay in the sect was simply a disgrace, which was why he was scheming to drive him out.

The plan could not be said to be seamless, but it was still well thought out. According to the sect rules, lower ranked disciples could receive Marrow Cleansing Pills, but he deliberately made things difficult by using spent pills instead, such unfair treatment, not to mention Lin Xuan, a teenager, even an experienced old fox might not be able to endure it, and as soon as he had an attack, he could use the issue to his advantage.

However, although Lin Xuan had no spiritual roots and was only an ordinary person, he was not stupid, he was even very smart, and his character was tough, he could endure what others could not, he always thought twice before he spoke and did something, he did not act impulsively.

From Elder Ma's contemptuous eyes, Lin Xuan also saw a hint of teasing, there was a conspiracy, he immediately came to a conclusion, although he did not know exactly what the conspiracy was or why he was targeting himself who had no grievances or enemies, but these could be investigated later, the priority was not to fall into the trap.

So not only did Lin Xuan not get angry, instead he took the Ruined Pill with a normal expression, successfully avoiding a persecution. Elder Ma's plan failed, and instead of framing Lin Xuan, he himself was so angry that he could not speak.