The Edict Hall remained safe and sound, nothing else happened that night.
*Could it really be that the pill furnace would have to explode, this fire would have to rage, before the opportunity for fortune appeared?*
Lei Jun shook his head with a faint smile.
He returned to the spot where that disciple had studied the pill furnace the previous night, glancing around.
The books stored in this area were not our sect’s true inheritance of the Taoist Scriptures, but rather a collection of ancient texts gathered through the years.
*Lei Jun grew thoughtful, beginning to search through these ancient tos.*
After a period of searching, he finally found sothing.
Although it was not the fourth-rank opportunity he had expected, it was just as Lei Jun had suspected before.
Later, when his fellow brother Chu Kun, from the sa lineage, ca by the Edict Hall again, Lei Jun shook a scroll in his hand at him, saying, "See if there’s anything you need in here."
Chu Kun accepted it, seeing it was a travelogue written by a predecessor.
In part of it, there was just a record of the long-lost Celestial Net Encircling the Sun phenonon in this world.
"This is it!" Chu Kun exclaid, overjoyed.
Lei Jun nodded slightly.
The area that had almost been impacted by the pill furnace’s explosion and fire was a section he and Chu Kun had not yet had a chance to examine.
*If there had truly been a fire and those books had been destroyed, afterwards they would hardly realize they had missed the content they’d been searching for.*
Thankfully, the books remained safe for now, and Chu Kun had found what he needed.
As the saying goes, "Unintended willow trees make shade."
*Might the fourth-rank opportunity ntioned in the moderately good lot lie here as well?*
*Lei Jun was curious, but he didn’t pry too much into Chu Kun’s secret; after exchanging a few words, he watched him leave.*
From then on, Lei Jun’s life returned to its usual rhythm, continuing to focus on his own cultivation and at the sa ti fulfilling his duty to stand watch at the Edict Hall.
Outside of his daily practice, Master Lei’s leisure activity was to read in the Edict Hall or to fire up the furnace for alchemy.
The True One Altar first layer, derived from the Celestial Master Seal, was presently working to restore the lost Cold Light Pill of the Mount Shu Sect.
Lei Jun himself, in alchemy, focused his attention on the Heavenly Primordial Qingjing Pill.
He kept a low profile for the ti being, even when visiting the Great Elixir Room—it was only for practice.
Any formal pill refining was done in his private mansion.
While he and Mu Yao both held suspicions about each other’s identities, Lei Jun nonetheless chose to say nothing for now.
After days of trial and growing familiarity, Lei Jun finally managed to produce a Heavenly Primordial Qingjing Pill of a quality that satisfied him.
"Yes, this is truly excellent quality," Yuan Mobai said approvingly.
The pill was a pale cyan in color, like a blue sky, with a surface that shimred with soft golden glow, reminiscent of sunlight.
Yuan Mobai imdiately took one of the pills and swallowed it.
The Heavenly Primordial Qingjing Pill’s prescription had been lost for many years in the Longhu Mountain Celestial Master’s Mansion.
Only a handful of finished pills remained, most of them consud across long history.
By now, only two remained, specially saved by the Celestial Master Mansion both as a last resort and as a morial.
All those who had taken the Heavenly Primordial Qingjing Pill had long since passed away.
Yuan Mobai had only ever seen those two sealed pills and had never personally taken one.
He specifically brought out one of these pills for direct comparison with the one Lei Jun had refined.
There was no difference between them.
Yet as for the true effect, that could only be determined by taking it, just to be safe.
Lei Jun planned to try it himself, but Yuan Mobai stopped him and insisted on handling it.
According to the mansion’s records, the Heavenly Primordial Qingjing Pill was said to help the Taoist Talisman Sect practitioners communicate more effectively with the spiritual energy of nature and all things.
The description was rather broad, but when compared to the usual cultivation practices of Taoist Talisman Sect cultivators, it was clear that this pill would aid daily practice in absorbing and refining spiritual energy, as well as in talisman crafting and spellcasting to better summon global spiritual qi.
Even in visualization and storing spirit, it would benefit spiritual soul cultivation, making the mind more agile.
However, these effects applied mainly to Lower and Middle Three Heavens practitioners; it was of little use to Upper Three Heavens cultivators.
On the other hand, even if there were any minor side effects, it could not harm an Upper Three Heavens cultivator.
Thus, after preventing Lei Jun’s attempt, Yuan Mobai carried out the experint himself.
Fortunately, the result was fine.
"No pill toxicity, no pill tribulation."
The purple-robed youth’s gentle face, always as mild as a spring breeze, now bore an even broader smile, "The Heavenly Primordial Qingjing Pill has truly returned to our sect; in this way, we can comfort the spirits of all our ancestral masters in heaven."
Lei Jun breathed a long sigh of relief, "Indeed, this could not be better."
Yuan Mobai said, "Now that the Heavenly Primordial Qingjing Pill has reappeared, once the news gets out, that Mu Yao and probably others among the Seven Luminaries will notice.
This pill is beneficial to our entire sect and all disciples—more than just a few; we must not abandon it over small fears.
Still, the ingredients for pill refining are uncommon, so large-scale alchemy isn’t possible in the short term. We needn’t rush and should focus first on gathering materials."
Lei Jun said, "That is exactly my intention."
Just collecting and assembling materials would not draw much attention.
Mu Yao’s prescription for the Heavenly Primordial Qingjing Pill was incomplete, so he didn’t even know what materials went into refining the pill.
Unless he possessed the full prescription and was deliberately holding half back.
But as Yuan Mobai pointed out, abandoning effort out of excessive caution was pointless; otherwise, why trouble ourselves to retrieve a broken prescription?
Lei Jun, later on, also consud the Heavenly Primordial Qingjing Pill he had refined himself.
After taking it, he did feel his connection with the heavens and earth beca smoother.
It was as if an invisible bridge had ford atop the existing foundation.
Lei Jun cleared his mind and focused his senses.
Before his eyes, it seed a field of cyan spread out.
During the visualization and storage of spirit, cyan phantom light and shadow transford into a dreamscape, enveloping Lei Jun himself.
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