Chapter 70: The Ninefold Pill River

The next morning, as the first ray of sunlight streamed through the window, Long Feng’s eyes snapped open.

He soon felt a warm, soft body pressed against him. Looking down, he realised that he was completely naked at the time, along with his sexy maid. The bed was a mess with many places still having dark spots of dried cum remaining from their night of sex.

He lay on the bed with his arm wrapped around Xiao Ruo’s narrow waist.

While her black hair was tousled, spread across the pillow. Her body had the marks he had left behind her, realising the madness they showed last night.

Thinking about the events of last night, he couldn’t help but cough lightly.

Long Feng glanced at Xiao Ruo, who was still sleeping peacefully beside him.

A faint smile appeared on his face. Last night’s events had been rather unexpected, but he didn’t regret them.

However, he quickly put those thoughts aside.

Today was more important.

He had finally obtained the opportunity to enter the Ninefold Pill River, and he intended to squeeze every bit of benefit from those three days.

As he slowly stood up and went to ready up. It didn’t take before he removed every trace of residence smell lingering upon him.

After putting everything in order, Long Feng finally left his residence. Today, he was heading toward the deepest region of the inner sect.

The Ninefold Pill River.

After traveling for some time, Long Feng finally arrived. The first thing he noticed was how secluded this place was. The spiritual energy of nearby area became noticeably denser.

Maybe there was a formation covering the entire area, because of which this place looks covered in fog when viewed from afar.

Long Feng walked toward the entrance and found an elder was sitting there.

"Disciple token."

Long Feng immediately handed over his token. The elder examined it for a moment before returning it.

"You have three days of training time. Once the given time is over, leave immediately."

"Understood."

The moment he stepped inside, he understood why this place was considered one of the most valuable cultivation grounds for Golden Core Realm disciples.

The spiritual energy was so dense that every breath seemed to carry traces of medicinal fragrance into his body.

His pores almost instinctively opened, greedily absorbing the surrounding energy.

Looking front, he found a long river stretched through the valley. It wasn’t particularly wide, only around ten meters.

But it was incredibly long. Its end couldn’t even be seen from where Long Feng stood. And instead of ordinary water, the entire river was filled with a faint red-golden liquid.

Wisps of medicinal energy continuously rose from its surface. Floating across the river were numerous small platforms.

Many disciples were sitting cross-legged on them, quietly cultivating. Some had expressions of concentration. Others had beads of sweat covering their foreheads as they desperately refined the energy entering their bodies.

Long Feng’s eyes flashed with curiosity.

He had heard about the Ninefold Pill River before, but seeing it personally for first time was still quite shocking.

Even core disciples cannot come here as they please, so how could a True Spirit expert like him ever enter?

According to what he knew, the river wasn’t naturally formed. It was created by the sect itself.

Long Feng couldn’t help but admire the sect’s method.

The Azura Heaven Sect possessed an enormous pill market and sold countless pills throughout the continent. Millions of pills were refined within the sect every year. Even if only a fraction of them failed, the amount of medicinal energy left behind would still be astonishing.

Throwing all that energy away would have been an enormous waste.

So the sect came up with another method.

Instead of allowing that energy to disappear, the sect had turned its waste into a cultivation resource.

They collected the medicinal residue from countless discarded pills and used special formations to extract and purify the remaining energy.

After years of accumulation, the Ninefold Pill River was formed.

This was more than just a cultivation ground. It was also proof of how terrifying the sect’s resources were.

However, even after purification, the energy still contained some impurities. Therefore, disciples couldn’t simply absorb it without restraint.

They had to refine the medicinal energy themselves before allowing it to enter their cultivation.

This was also why the Ninefold Pill River was especially useful for increasing cultivation in a short period.

However, it had a significant limitation.

If a disciple cultivated here for too long, medicinal residue would gradually accumulate within their body.

Once too much of it accumulated, it could interfere with future breakthroughs and even damage their foundation. Therefore, the sect had strict restrictions on how long each disciple could cultivate here.

Three days was already considered a generous opportunity. And there was only one Ninefold Pill River within the entire sect.

Even across the central region, cultivation treasures of this kind were extremely rare.

Long Feng looked at the river with pleasant surprise.

’No wonder they only give this opportunity to the top hundred.’

He jumped onto one of the empty platforms. The platform immediately sank slightly before stabilizing.

Long Feng sat down cross-legged and closed his eyes.

"Let’s begin."

He circulated the Scarlet Ember Cultivation Art and the very next moment, strange fluctuation immediately spread from the platform.

Buzz!

The formation engraved beneath it activated. The faint red-golden liquid in the river suddenly rippled.

A thin stream of medicinal energy rose from the river and flowed toward Long Feng.

The moment it entered his body, a powerful medicinal force erupted in his meridians.

Boom!

Long Feng’s eyebrows immediately furrowed.

’So powerful.’

The energy wasn’t difficult to absorb, but refining it was another matter.

Long Feng immediately circulated his cultivation technique. The medicinal energy slowly moved through his meridians.

He refined it bit by bit before allowing the purified energy to enter his Golden Core.

His cultivation began increasing, but the speed was still slower than he wanted.

’At this rate, three days won’t be enough to get the maximum benefit.’

As he began to think about another ways, so that he could speed up his refining speed. Another thought came in his mind. If we are strictly talking about refining speed, who could possibly help more than a strange flame?

He bring the Hell Python flame in his meridians and began to circulate it with this terrifying river’s energy.

And as he expected, the medicinal energy inside his body began being refined at a much faster rate.

The medicinal energy that had previously required careful refinement was rapidly purified by the terrifying flame.

Long Feng’s eyes brightened.

A strange flame was naturally capable of refining energy.

And after obtaining the Myriad Illusion Demon Emperor’s Will, his soul had become much stronger.

Controlling the Hell Python Flame for a long period was no longer as exhausting as before.

As a result, his refining speed continued increasing.

At the same time, the medicinal power that couldn’t immediately be converted into cultivation began nourishing his physical body.

Long Feng could clearly feel his body becoming tougher.

The Ninefold Pill River wasn’t merely increasing cultivation. It was also tempering the body through its medicinal energy.

The stronger one’s body was, the more energy one could endure and refine.

And the more energy one could refine, the faster one’s cultivation could increase. It created a beneficial cycle.

However, Long Feng didn’t dare become careless.

The medicinal energy within the Pill River was simply too enormous. If he allowed the flame to burn recklessly, he might accidentally damage his own meridians.

He therefore maintained precise control, allowing only a thin strand of the Hell Python Flame to circulate alongside the medicinal energy.

Little by little, the speed increased. Soon, his refining efficiency had reached a level that even he hadn’t expected.

Several hours passed quickly, as the disciples nearby gradually began noticing something unusual.

"That guy..."

A disciple opened his eyes and glanced toward Long Feng.

"Is he refining the river’s energy?"

"Of course he is."

"Then why is his speed so fast?"

Another disciple frowned. The medicinal energy around Long Feng was being absorbed at a frightening rate.

Compared to the surrounding disciples, his speed was almost abnormal.

"Who is that?"

"I don’t know."

"Wait..."

Someone suddenly recognized him.

"He’s Long Feng. The twenty-eighth-ranked disciple on Inner Disciple’s ranking."

Several disciples looked at him with surprise.

Long Feng ignored all of them. His entire attention remained focused on cultivation.

Time continued passing. The first day ended, then the second. Long Feng’s cultivation steadily climbed.

The energy accumulated within his Golden Core became increasingly dense.

Finally, on the third day, a powerful aura suddenly erupted from Long Feng’s body.

Boom!

The surrounding medicinal energy violently surged toward him. His Golden Core trembled.

By absorbing energy, it became even more solid; the quality and quantity of energy within his Golden Core had increased significantly compared to before.

Long Feng’s eyes suddenly opened. A sharp light flashed through them.

Fifth level of the Golden Core Realm!

He had broken through. The breakthrough wasn’t particularly dramatic. After all, he had already been close to the next level.

The Ninefold Pill River simply provided the enormous amount of energy he needed to complete the breakthrough.

Long Feng slowly exhaled. A smile appeared on his face.

"Not bad."

Three days passed very quickly, and at the same time, his training time was also about to end, so he solidified his level and stood up from the platform.

He looked toward the endless red-golden river one last time.

If I could cultivate here for another few days, I might be able to advance even further.

Unfortunately, the sect’s rules were strict. He couldn’t stay any longer.

If he wanted to do more training here, he would have to spend a lot of contribution points. And he didn’t even have a single penny.

Since coming in this body, he hadn’t done anything to earn points, so this was bound to happen.