After bidding farewell to Lin Qing, he returned to Green Leaf Peak.

Since he already had news, there was no need to rush.

For the next half month, he followed his routine, Cultivating daily to increase his Spiritual Power and honing his Sword Qi.

His Qi Refining Stage 6 cultivation progressed steadily, gradually approaching the Bottleneck of Qi Refining Stage Seventh Level.

Initially, he was worried whether his rapidly increasing cultivation in Bei Ya Mountain was superficial and if it would affect his Foundation.

After these days, he discovered that the cultivation transformed from the Senior’s residual Sword Qi was even purer than his own.

This put his mind at ease.

Aside from the essential Spiritual Power Cultivation, he also dedicated some of his free time to Cultivate the Five Stars Pulse Grasping Skill.

Song Yan knew better than anyone the benefits of powerful Divine Sense.

Even though progress was slow now, it was still good to become a little stronger.

An ordinary Cultivator at the Middle Stage of the Qi Refinement Stage would have a Divine Sense of roughly eight to twelve zhang.

This number could fluctuate due to individual Divine Soul strength and talent.

But now, Song Yan, at Qi Refining Stage 6, already had a Divine Sense range of about twenty zhang.

After severing his Spiritual Root and establishing his Sword Manor, he obtained the complete Five Stars Seizing Meridians from the liangyi pearl.

Unfortunately, it required the Foundation Establishment Realm to formally Cultivate.

In terms of swordsmanship, Song Yan also diligently Cultivated without ceasing.

The Cloud Piercing Sword was already practiced to perfection, and he planned to choose another sword art to study once he advanced to the Late Stage of Qi Refining.

After the night incident in Linghua Valley, seeing Cong Yuzhen’s unremarkable but instant-kill sword strike against the Demonic Cultivator, he realized what it meant for one sword to break all techniques.

While the Cloud Piercing Sword was good and could handle any situation, it created too much commotion and didn’t have any particularly outstanding aspects.

"By then, I must choose a sword art that can cooperate with Sword Dao True Essence to instantly kill opponents silently."

He temporarily set aside the Pure Heaven Great Bright Dharma Form.

He would at least have to wait until after Level 9 Qi Refining before trying it again.

These days, the sword scabbard daily nourished his Flying Sword, and Song Yan faintly felt that the connection between ’Lianli’ and himself seemed to have grown closer.

More importantly... he felt that Lianli’s Qi seemed to be subtly changing.

He didn’t know if it was an illusion, but the power within the sword seemed to show signs of slow improvement.

However, the Unmoored Boat, also in the scabbard, did not receive the same treatment.

After much thought, he could only conclude that this sword scabbard was originally crafted for Lianli’s predecessors, the two Flying Swords Green Plum and Zhuma.

It couldn’t nourish other swords.

Or rather, the nourishing effect on other Flying Swords was so weak that even he, its master, couldn’t detect it.

It seemed that in the future, he would indeed need to replace it with a more reliable universal sword scabbard.

On this day, Song Yan left Green Leaf Peak and headed towards Lingyuan Marsh.

He had consumed quite a few Medicinal Pills for refining, and today he planned to visit the Market to purchase some for backup.

Passing by Granny Qin’s general store, he found the wooden door ajar.

"Oh?"

Song Yan stepped forward and gently knocked on the door.

"Come in."

Qin Xijun was holding the jade seal she had played with for a long time, tapping small imprints onto the coatings of some Medicinal Pills.

"My good disciple is here."

"Granny, what... what are you doing?"

He looked closely for a few moments; there were many types of Medicinal Pills, such as Huang Ya Pill, Baopu Pill, Spirit Gathering Pill... even the lowest-grade Qi Nourishing Pill.

"In another three to five years, you, my boy, will also Breakthrough to Qi Refining Stage Seventh Level. Granny has spent all her Spirit Stones on eating, drinking, and having fun over the years."

"Don’t I need to increase my income and save some Spiritual Resources for you? Otherwise, if you need something in the future and Granny has nothing, how much Face would I, as your master, lose?"

"Oh..."

"I didn’t expect you, Granny, to also practice Alchemy."

Qin Xijun was startled: "I don’t."

Song Yan suddenly realized: "Ah? Then... you’re..."

"Oh, these are... *cough*, anyway, I got them at a low price."

Qin Xijun raised her hand, showing Song Yan the jade seal in her hand: "Here, this is the Cave Abyss Sect Pill Workshop’s jade seal."

"Tap it here, and these become Spirit Pills produced by the Dongyuan Immortal Sect."

"I’ll take them to Lingxi Market for auction."

"..."

Song Yan was dumbfounded, unable to utter a word for a long time.

"Do you need anything? If not, go do what you need to do, and don’t disturb Granny Qin’s great Alchemy endeavor..."

"Ah..."

He then came to his senses and asked, "Granny, I wanted to ask if you know anything about Breakthrough Pills."

"Breakthrough Pill?"

Qin Xijun finally looked up at her future disciple standing before her.

A sweep of her Divine Sense revealed a hint of surprise in her expression.

"...How has your cultivation advanced so quickly? Granny remembers you only Broke Through to Qi Refining Stage 6 a few months ago."

She grabbed Xiao Song, first prying open his eyelids, then reaching out to check his pulse.

"What Demonic Technique have you Cultivated?"

To this, Song Yan merely offered a brief explanation, saying he had an encounter in Bei Ya Mountain.

Qin Xijun nodded, muttering, "You, my boy, truly have good luck..."

"Breakthrough Pill, huh... Granny really doesn’t have any. But I do seem to have heard some rumors."

"Oh?"

Song Yan’s eyes lit up.

Is there a chance?

"Next month, Lingxi Market’s auction will have a ’Ming Jue Pill’ for auction."

Lingxi Market?

He had thought it would be the Lingyuan Ze Night Market’s auction.

Seemingly understanding her future disciple’s doubts, Qin Xijun explained:

"Aside from some trash that claims to be Breakthrough Pills but is just selling dog meat under a sheep’s head, genuine Medicinal Pills capable of Breaking Through Bottlenecks almost all come from Sect Pill Workshops."

"These Medicinal Pills normally wouldn’t appear in Lingyuanze Market."

"The reasons behind this are complex, and you will understand them in due time."

"This time, Lingxi Market will be auctioning many good items, including a Ming Jue Pill, which seems to originate from Hanging Sword Mountain."

"If you believe you have ample Spirit Stones, you might try your luck."

Qin Xijun spread her hands: "Anyway, Granny doesn’t have that many Spirit Stones."

Song Yan pondered.

The immortal Cultivation world has existed and evolved for countless years since its inception.

For any Medicinal Pill, countless predecessors, for various reasons or motives, would modify the Pill Formula and optimize the Spirit Medicine ratios, thereby giving birth to new Medicinal Pills. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

Some of these Medicinal Pills are due to the scarcity, high price, or even extinction of the required Spirit Plants.

Other Materials with similar medicinal properties had to be used as substitutes, so the effect would be slightly reduced.

Among the Medicinal Pills used to Breakthrough Bottlenecks in the Qi Refinement Stage, the Ming Jue Pill belongs to the category that, after optimization by Alchemy Seniors, is quite well-rounded in all aspects.

This Pill contains considerable Spiritual Power, and its medicinal properties are not too potent.

Taking it when Breaking Through a Bottleneck can increase the chance of Breakthrough by about thirty percent.

"Thirty percent..."

Given the current state of the Sword Dao Seed, a Breakthrough purely by Spiritual Power without external aid only had a probability of about thirty to forty percent.

It could be said that failure was almost certain.

With the enhancement of the Ming Jue Pill, the certainty would be about seventy percent.

If he also used Spirit Gathering Pill during the Breakthrough... he would have about eighty percent certainty.

This probability was quite high.