Ye Chuxue finally refined pills!
A strange glint flashed in Song Wanníng's eyes as she opened them. When she passed on the inheritance to Ye Chuxue, it was not just to have Ye Chuxue produce poisonous pills.
More importantly, it was to pinpoint her location.
Song Wanníng deliberately added an ingredient to every pill recipe in the inheritance, with a note saying it improved pill quality and success rate. She also understood Ye Chuxue's mindset perfectly. There was no way she would suspect anything. After all, this inheritance came from the "Medicine King Sect." It simply could not be wrong.
So even though the refining method differed from conventional alchemy, Ye Chuxue never thought too deeply about it. After many days, now that Ye Chuxue was refining pills again, Song Wanníng had finally locked onto their position.
A meaningful look passed through Song Wanníng's eyes before she smiled. She communicated briefly with her clone far away in Wentiān Sect, who immediately understood and passed Ye Chuxue's location to the new Sect Master.
The new Sect Master also understood Song Wanníng's intention and immediately spread the news, ordering disciples to capture Ye Chuxue and Gu Qingyuan at all costs. But these people were not Song Wanníng's real targets. Her focus was on Bai Yang.
Sure enough, that afternoon Bai Yang learned of Ye Chuxue's whereabouts. He had always wanted to find Ye Chuxue. Now that her location was exposed, he naturally had to pay her a visit. After making up his mind, he first went to find Song Wanníng.
"Master, Ye Chuxue's whereabouts have been exposed. I have decided to go see for myself." He was filled with hostility, and just mentioning Ye Chuxue made his aura unstable.
Song Wanníng raised an eyelid, a trace of mockery flashing in her eyes. But she said, "Gu Qingyuan is surely by Ye Chuxue's side. Aren't you just courting death? I think you should wait. I'll deal with them once I'm free."
She looked concerned. Bai Yang felt a slight warmth in his heart and his eyes hardened with determination.
"Master, now that we have confirmed Ye Chuxue's location, if we delay, they will escape again. I dare not gamble. Do not worry about me, Master. I will be fine."
Even if Gu Qingyuan was with Ye Chuxue, Bai Yang was not afraid. As Master said, he was the son of the Heavenly Dao. Even Gu Qingyuan might not harm him and could end up getting struck by lightning. A flash of killing intent passed through his eyes. Ye Chuxue had killed two of his junior brothers. She must pay.
"That…"
Song Wanníng frowned at his words. After thinking for a moment, she took out many good items for Bai Yang—pills and several defensive magical tools.
"Be careful. If you encounter danger, do not try to be reckless."
The male and female leads were about to confront each other. How could she not add fuel to the fire?
It would be perfect if Ye Chuxue and Gu Qingyuan were caught in one net.
"I understand, Master. You do not need to worry!"
Bai Yang smiled confidently and took the supplies, storing them in his ring.
After exchanging a few more words, Bai Yang left.
Song Wanníng's expression darkened. After a while, she concealed her form and followed.
Meanwhile, Song Wanníng's true body was not idle. Her clone had gone with Bai Yang to find Ye Chuxue. She was waiting to watch the scene unfold. More importantly, she had something critical to do.
Taking out records about dragon veins, Song Wanníng's gaze grew serious. She had skimmed through this book before. It contained many common facts about dragon veins and some famous top-grade ones. Yet no matter how she searched, she could not find a method to awaken a dragon vein. Song Wanníng's expression darkened. Was all her effort going to be wasted?
"No, from Feng Jinchuan's attitude, he must know how to awaken the dragon vein. And the way he got this knowledge must be from this book; otherwise, he wouldn't carry it so carefully."
Song Wanníng murmured to herself, growing more puzzled.
Where was the problem?
She flipped through the book again and again. Her brows furrowed tighter, then a startling light appeared in her eyes.
The more mysterious the book was, the more determined she was to uncover its secrets. She refused to believe Feng Jinchuan could figure it out while she could not. So she settled in the training room, day and night, studying how to awaken the dragon vein.
At the same time, the Song family disciples faced a breakthrough. All cultivation methods brought back by her clone were opened without restriction.
Song Qingyun even arranged for a new library to be built within three days. To survive this crisis, disciples needed no points to redeem. They only had to swear a Heavenly Dao oath to select any method freely.
The oath was designed to prevent anyone from betraying them by spreading secrets to other families.
The Heavenly Dao oath demanded absolute secrecy, with thunder punishment for any leak. The disciples were eager. They gladly swore the oath and dove into the two libraries. After choosing suitable methods, they hurried back to practice.
The Patriarch had warned that many forces were watching the Song family. They had to raise their strength quickly or risk losing face and dying in shame. So the Song family cultivated with fierce determination.
This state caused concern among other families.
The Patriarchs of the Sui and Mu families once again gathered with the Ning family Patriarch to discuss countermeasures.
"Ning Patriarch, I suppose you have heard about the Song family? I don't know where they found their luck or treasures, but not only have those Divine Transformation cultivators grown stronger, the other disciples' cultivation is surging as well. If this continues, our three families might be outpaced by Song!"
The Mu family Patriarch looked grim, his face clouded.
For hundreds of thousands of years, they had held steady among the top three families.
Now a Song family suddenly rose to the top, not only that, but their disciples were training relentlessly. mIt was as if they were deliberately trying to crush the rest of them.
At this rate, they might really be left behind.
The Sui family Patriarch frowned and sighed.
"I just don't understand the Song family anymore. Where are their resources coming from? Could they have found a spirit vein?"
But even if they found a spirit vein, that would only provide more spirit stones and speed cultivation slightly. It could not explain such rapid progress.
In the past year, Song family disciples had surged in strength like monkeys climbing the sky, causing widespread suspicion.
They had tried to investigate but were met with evasive answers from Song Qingyun and discovered nothing.
Their doubts only deepened.
After their conversation, the study fell silent. Ning Patriarch's brow remained tightly furrowed.