Chapter 140: The Master is a Bit Nervous!

“You all should focus on your cultivation and strive to break through to Foundation Establishment as soon as possible. Whoever shows the least progress in cultivation, will have to spend fewer nights in my room from now on. Whoever shows the greatest progress, will be rewarded with a top-tier Five Elements Pill next week.”

Ye Chen was encouraging his attendants, while also offering them a top-tier Five Elements Pill as motivation. The three women, upon hearing this, all wore eager expressions.

Ye Chen had already begun giving them top-tier Five Elements Pills. He had even shown them the top-tier Foundation Establishment Pills. When they first saw them, the three women were naturally stunned. They hadn’t expected that Ye Chen even possessed the long-lost Five Elements Pills.

But after the initial shock, their excitement soared. Even for the disciples of the Green Cloud Sect, earning a Five Elements Pill was far more valuable than obtaining a spot in the Five Elements Cave.

And as for them? As long as they performed well, they could receive top-tier Five Elements Pills. Not to mention the top-tier Foundation Establishment Pills. The disciples of the Green Cloud Sect could only hope for high-grade pills at best.

Once they reached the perfect stage of Qi Refining, they could use the top-tier Foundation Establishment Pills to break through. This made the three women even more grateful for their decision to become Ye Chen’s attendants.

Ye Chen was, without a doubt, the best master in the world. Not to mention that Ye Chen was full of energy, able to both enjoy himself and improve his strength at the same time. Since his breakthrough to Foundation Establishment, their own cultivation had advanced even further. This only made them more eager to improve.

As Ye Chen looked at the three women, he shook his head. Lately, he had been feeling a bit disinterested. The women’s cultivation was not particularly high to begin with, and now that he had reached Foundation Establishment, the benefits they brought him had grown smaller with each passing day.

Instead, it seemed he was the one helping them cultivate. This had made Ye Chen’s enthusiasm wane, and his time spent on cultivation every night had significantly decreased as a result.

However, while the three women’s talents weren’t exceptional, they were still decent. Combined with the various pills Ye Chen had given them, they were progressing at a rapid pace.

They had already reached the eighth layer of Qi Refining and were nearing the ninth layer. Once they broke through, they would have the top-tier Foundation Establishment Pills to aid them.

At that point, everyone would be able to reach Foundation Establishment. By then, the benefits they would bring him in return would certainly be much higher. After sending the three attendants off to focus on their cultivation, Ye Chen settled into his own practice, briefly glancing at the gift he intended to present to his master the next day.

“Top-tier True Intent Pill!”

This was another kind of enhancement pill for Foundation Establishment cultivators. When taken during cultivation, a True Intent Pill would clear the mind and sharpen the senses, increasing the cultivation speed by an additional five percent.

However, its price was far steeper than that of the typical pills used by Foundation Establishment cultivators. Such an expensive pill only increased the cultivation speed by five percent. The cost-to-benefit ratio was utterly absurd.

If one were to take a pill every day, the expenditure would double, but the gain would only be five percent. Naturally, very few cultivators would be willing to spend so much on such a pill. The top-tier True Intent Pill was even more potent, but its price was even more outrageous.

Yet Ye Chen had still managed to refine it. He planned to present it to his master the very next day. No other reason—just because he could afford it and wanted to indulge himself.

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If others could afford such pills, he, Ye Chen, would also indulge. If others couldn’t afford them, he, Ye Chen, would still make sure to have them. As long as it was a pill that could provide benefits, Ye Chen wouldn’t hesitate to obtain it. Whether it was expensive or not didn’t matter to him in the least. After all, a single gift could earn him more than what other Foundation Establishment cultivators made in several years.

In this situation, Ye Chen certainly wasn’t going to be stingy with himself. Just as Ye Chen was contemplating whether to continue his cultivation of spells or refine another batch of pills, a guest arrived at the Sword Peak and came to the courtyard.

It was the Elder from the Green Cloud Sect’s External Affairs Hall.

“Greetings, Elder Zhang!” Ye Chen greeted politely. The Elder from the External Affairs Hall was a mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, a beautiful woman with stunning looks, though sadly, the system had no reaction.