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nBefore the others could come back to their senses, Zhou Yun had already disappeared into the distance.

nAs this place where he had been cultivating had been disturbed, he no longer desired to stay here.

nHe could only find another place.

nNot long after, Zhou Yun arrived at a secluded mountain forest.

nHis body rose into the air and finally sat down cross-legged on a huge rock.

nAfter sitting down, he began to think about his next move.

nNow that he was already at the fifth layer of Qi cultivation, he would have no problem dealing with the outer sect disciple assessment.

nHowever, the problem of his innate ability had not been solved yet.

nPreviously, when he was cultivating, he had already discovered that his innate ability was extremely limited.

nHis cultivation journey ahead would be very difficult and the upper limit of his cultivation would be low.

nEven though he had the system’s assistance, his own innate ability would still limit his development.

nIf he did not solve this problem, his future potential would be stunted.

nZhou Yun sighed and took out a cloth bag he carried with him. Inside the bag were the pills and spiritual stones that Spirit Valley had given him.

nHe lamented, “I’m dirt poor! The saying about scholars being poor and warriors being rich is not wrong!”

nZhou Yun looked at the shriveled cloth bag and could not bear to open it.

nHe didn’t even need to look in it to know that there wasn’t much left.

nSince spiritual Qi was scarce, the resources distributed to the disciples by Spirit Valley had also been reduced.

nIn recent times, the allocation of resources to all disciples had been cut back.

nThe allocation to the inner sect disciples had also been reduced by a third.

nAs for the outer sect disciples, the reduction was even greater.

nEach outer sect disciple was originally given one spiritual stone plus five Qi Refining Pills to assist in their cultivation.

nNow, that amount was directly halved, from the original one spiritual stone to half a spiritual stone per person.

nThe number of Qi Refining Pills had also been cut down to three.

nThe cultivation resources for the outer sect disciples became even more insufficient.

n“Even a dog would pity me if it saw my resources!”

nHelplessly, Zhou Yun opened the cloth bag.

nHe had no choice.

nFor his cultivation, pills and spiritual stones were essential.

nWithout these cultivation resources, cultivation would only be half as effective.

nFurthermore, without pills to nourish his body, his cultivation speed would only slow down gradually.

nZhou Yun composed himself.

nHe opened the cloth bag with trembling hands and looked at the few remaining Qi Refining Pills inside.

nThe spiritual stones distributed to him had long been used up.

nThe spiritual stones that could have supported his cultivation for half a month had been used up in just seven days.

nZhou Yun had no way to overcome this shortage.

nWhen he took out the pills, a faint medicinal fragrance immediately spread in the air.

nAlthough the number of pills was apparent at a glance, Zhou Yun counted them one by one.

nOne.

nTwo.

nThree!

nThat was all he had. There were only three in total.

nIn addition to the six that he had previously accumulated, right now, Zhou Yun’s entire net worth was only these nine pills.

nLooking at these pills, Zhou Yun had a headache.

nEven if these pills were sold, they would be worth less than three spiritual stones.

nNormally, the absorption rate of spiritual Qi from consuming the pills was higher than that of spiritual stones.

nHowever, the spiritual Qi absorbed from spiritual stones was purer than that of pills.

nAfter all, one was natural while the other was refined.

nNow that Zhou Yun’s strength had increased, his need for pills and cultivation resources had increased.

nWhen he was at the first layer of Qi cultivation, the resources distributed by the sect were barely enough.

nNow that Zhou Yun was at the fifth layer of Qi cultivation, his need for spiritual stones and pills was much greater than before.

nIt was as though he was growing from a baby to an adult. As his strength increased, his appetite would also increase.

nOriginally, one pill was enough to support him for almost a day of cultivating.

nNow, one pill was only enough to support his cultivation for two hours.

nThese nine pills added together were not even enough for him to cultivate for a day.

nThis was not enough to satisfy his cultivation needs.

n“What do I do?”

nHis poverty once again made Zhou Yun feel the difficulty of the times.

n“I’m lacking in pills and spiritual stones.”

nA man was only as good as his resources!

nZhou Yun recalled these famous words and once again felt the pain he experienced at work in his previous life.

n“Master, you can try refining pills! Can’t you just refine some pills and trade them for spiritual stones?”

nA cute female voice rang in his mind, interrupting Zhou Yun’s train of thought.

n“Of course I know that medicinal pills can be exchanged for spiritual stones. The problem is that I don’t know how to…”

nJust as Zhou Yun was about to retort the system, he suddenly stopped.

nThat’s right!

nHe could refine pills!

nHe had the God-tier Enlightenment System, so he only needed to observe the process of alchemy in order to learn it.

nHe could also read a few manuscripts about Qi Refining Pills.

nThen, he would be able to produce them.

nEven producing higher grade medicinal pills would not pose a problem to him.

nZhou Yun slapped his forehead in revelation.

n“I actually forgot to make use of such a useful cheat. How foolish of me.”

nAfter some consideration, Zhou Yun finally decided to try refining pills.

nAfter putting away his remaining pills, Zhou Yun flew down from the huge rock.

nHe tidied up his clothes and headed towards the Alchemy Pavilion.

nNot long after, he arrived at his destination.

nBefore he came here, he had sold his remaining nine pills at cost price.

nThese nine pills were exchanged for a total of two spiritual stones, one of which was used to buy medicinal herbs.

nThe other one was used to rent an alchemy room.

nAfter all this was in order, Zhou Yun began to prepare to refine pills.

nElsewhere, Ji Ha was walking around in boredom.

nZhou Yun had left after he had displayed his strength, leaving them behind.

nQin Xiu, who Ji Ha had been clinging to, had also left. Qin Xu claimed that he was summoned by his tutor.

nAfter Qin Xiu left, the few of them also went their separate ways.

nDue to the huge blow they had suffered this time, the few lackeys appeared disinterested when they parted ways.

nAs for Ji Ha, who was sent flying by Zhou Yun, he was even more depressed.

nHe couldn’t figure out how Zhou Yun’s strength had suddenly reached the fifth layer of Qi cultivation.

nAll of them were well aware of Zhou Yun’s aptitude. He was absolutely trash.

nHis innate ability and talent were extremely limited.

nOtherwise, how could he fail to make any breakthroughs in the past two years?

nHowever, in just a few days, he had already reached the fifth layer of Qi cultivation.

nHe mumbled, “Either he has been hiding his strength, or he has had a fortuitous encounter recently.”

nJi Ha thought for a while and came to these two conclusions.

nOf course, he was more inclined to the second conclusion.

nNo matter how much they mocked him before this, Zhou Yun had always been unmoved. So why did he suddenly attack this time?

nNow that he thought about it, Zhou Yun must have had some fortuitous encounter.

nAfter coming to this conclusion, Ji Ha was in a great mood.

nThis was because he knew that opportunities were hard to come by, but they were usually single occurrences.

nIn other words, if Zhou Yun had obtained some fortuitous encounter to reach the fifth layer of Qi cultivation in such a short period of time, he might be stuck at the same layer for the rest of his life.

nJi Ha thought of this as he walked past an alchemy room.

nHe was about to continue on his way when he suddenly stopped and turned his head.

nHe was a little dazed when he saw Zhou Yun’s figure in the alchemy room.

n“Zhou Yun is refining pills?”

nHow was that possible?

nJi Ha found this interesting. He quickly took out his voice transmission stone to inform Qin Xiu of this matter.

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