Chapter 874: Pill King

At this moment, Li Yuqian viewed Ye Mo as an equal, or even superior. A pill king held significantly higher status than a Golden Core cultivator.

Ye Mo rejoiced. “Great! In half a year, I’ll still need your help, Sister Li.”

Li Yuqian, having recovered from her initial shock, reflected on her cultivation journey. Reaching the tertiary stage of Golden Core at sixty attested to her talent; however, she’d anticipated reaching Nascent Soul only around 150 or 200 years of age. Meeting Ye Mo had drastically altered her prospects. Instead of decades, she might achieve Nascent Soul in less than half a year.

Her greatest fortune, however, wasn't the pills themselves, but meeting a pill king—and such a young one at that. Ye Mo's potential for advancement was immense.

The most crucial element in cultivation was resources, with pills being paramount. Pill masters were indispensable; spirit herbs were useless without someone to refine them. Knowing, and securing the services of, a pill king was exceedingly rare; their fees were prohibitive, and they typically avoided unusual requests, conserving their cultivation energy.

Reflecting on her previous dismissal of Ye Mo, she sighed. She understood his request for help in six months; she knew he wanted her to oversee China Pharmaceuticals, particularly Song Yangzhu and Ye Ling. She had initially accepted because of her fondness for her two disciples and her disappointment with the Zheng Yuan Sword Sect, not to mention Ye Mo's life-saving intervention.

Now, her decision seemed profoundly correct. Even if Ye Mo requested her departure, she wouldn't leave; she wouldn't abandon her connection to a pill king unless she abandoned her ambition for higher cultivation.

"Don't worry, Yangzhu and Ye Ling are my disciples, and I'm settled here. Just attend to your business; leave China Pharmaceuticals to me," Li Yuqian declared.

Pleased with her response, Ye Mo nodded. "Then I won't disturb your cultivation. I'll cultivate as well. In three months, I'll give you the Cao Huan Pill."

Li Yuqian nodded. "Regardless of whether I reach Nascent Soul, I'll treat China Pharmaceuticals as my own. But I do have a question."

Pausing, she said, "The cultivation method you taught Song Yangzhu and Ye Ling isn't ordinary, is it? I suspect it's at least Spirit Grade 7, or even—"

Worry etched her face.

Ye Mo, understanding her realization, didn't hide it. "That's right. I planned to tell you after you reached Nascent Soul, but since you know, I'll be frank. It's beyond Spirit Grade, even Heaven Grade. I can't determine its exact grade."

Li Yuqian was shocked. Beyond Heaven Grade? The highest-ranked cultivation method on the Luo Yue Continent was only low-level Heaven Grade.

Seeing her shock, Ye Mo explained, "Sister Li, if you weren't their master, observing their cultivation firsthand, you wouldn't have noticed its grade."

He knew her concern. Discovery of an above-Heaven Grade cultivation method would endanger the girls. However, only someone in close proximity to them would witness their practice. Even Li Yuqian hadn't immediately discerned its true grade, making it unlikely others would.

He still intended to caution Song Yangzhu and Ye Ling against revealing this fact.

"Sister Li, I planned to give you this cultivation method after you reached Nascent Soul," Ye Mo stated, genuinely intending to do so. The Primordial Chaos Chant wasn't currently suitable; she'd need substantial time to convert her cultivation essence. Reaching Nascent Soul would allow for a new method.

Li Yuqian stared at Ye Mo, dazed. "You—you were planning to let me cultivate this method?"

She couldn't believe his generosity. Such a method would be jealously guarded, even within a family. She knew she needed a new method upon reaching Nascent Soul, and had been troubled by the lack of a suitable one.

Ye Mo smiled. "Sister Li, since you can teach your knowledge to Ye Ling and Yangzhu, I can teach you this."

Li Yuqian understood his intention to bind them together, still amazed by his magnanimity. He knew that while the Primordial Chaos Chant was powerful, his Three Birth Chant was superior. With sufficient power, he could create new cultivation methods based on diverse spirit roots.

Li Yuqian composed herself. "Ye Mo, your pill concoction skills are the best I've seen. I'm fortunate to be at China Pharmaceuticals, but your skills are limited by your pill fire. Using only a Foundation Establishment level cultivation fire restricts your potential. A superior pill fire would elevate your skill far beyond that of a Level 1 Pill King."

Ye Mo recognized the need for a new pill fire. He'd considered it, but hadn't prioritized it. Now, he saw that his limitation wasn't in skill, but in his fire.