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Chapter 168: Rewards at the Martial Temple, Devouring the Celestial Elixir
Chapter 168: Rewards at the Martial Temple, Devouring the Celestial Elixir
"You two, it's about time to come out."
At the entrance of the Martial Temple, a middle-aged man in plain cloth stood still and gently reminded them.
"Our apologies, we shall take our leave now." Jiang Chengyun politely bowed to the man and then led Shen Yi out.
Only after leaving the Martial Temple did he quietly introduce, "These people are the creme de la creme selected from various provinces and counties, including the capital. There are no shortage of royalty and nobles among them, but regardless of status, once they enter here, they are all disciples of the Martial Temple."
As he spoke, he pointed to the two sides of the Martial Temple.
Compared to the towering main hall, the offices on both sides resembled the ears of the Martial Temple.
"The left side is for demon catchers, and the right side is for the Demon Suppression Bureau."
As he spoke, quite a few people noticed Shen Yi's attire and turned their gazes to his youthful face.
Soon, several men dressed as personal attendants of the generals at the Demon Suppression Bureau stepped aside and courteously said, "Please, General, go ahead."
The demon catchers on the left all smiled. Such a young Demon Suppression General had come to the capital, most likely for the Martial Temple's refinement. This group of attendants would have quite the wait; they could slowly line up.
Just then, they saw Shen Yi slightly shake his head. "No need."
Then, in full view of everyone, he turned and walked into the demon catcher's office.
The group of people were all stunned for a moment, and then the corners of the mouths of several attendant generals curled up. "Keep smiling."
"...” The demon catcher curled his lips. "Your identities on that side don't hold any weight here."
The Demon Suppression General on the right was sure to be given priority for refinement, but the demon catchers didn't play by those rules; whoever had the highest achievements went first.
His words had just landed when they suddenly heard a surprised voice from inside the office.
"Ten times?"
Several demon catchers' faces changed slightly, and they no longer had the leisure to banter with the Demon Suppression Bureau and hurriedly squeezed in.
Jiang Chengyun placed the golden-edged ledger on the table. A woman stood opposite him, silently looking at the page that was filled with the name recording his achievements.
"Are all the other demon catchers in Qingzhou retired?"
"Ten times of Martial Temple refinement..." She shook her head in amazement.
Her words confirmed their suspicions, and the faces of the demon catchers showed their astonishment.
They didn't know how many years it would take to accumulate one refinement.
And this guy had ten at once? Was he here to refine his body or take a bath?
"Alright, I'll arrange it as soon as possible." The woman nodded slightly.
"Wait a moment, first give General Shen a copy of the manuscript on the Devouring Celestial Elixir's technique." Jiang Chengyun stopped her.
Hearing this, the woman, who had just calmed down, suddenly fell silent again. Her fingertips moved to the words recording the achievement of slaying the White Deer Demon Lord at the Nascent Soul Realm, and then she looked at the quietly waiting Shen Yi beside her.
She found it hard to associate this set of dark armor and the achievements recorded in the ledger with a pill-condensing technique.
"Are all the Jade Liquid Realm cultivators in your Qingzhou this strong now?"
The woman rubbed her temples. If it weren't for the fact that these worm-like characters were written by someone she knew, she would really suspect that Qingzhou had gone crazy and was trying to cheat the court out of its rewards.
After inspecting the demon and magical beast's blood in the silver bell, she turned and went to the back.
It would be hard to find a safer place in the entire Da Qian Dynasty than next to the Martial Temple, so most of the martial arts techniques, pills, and treasures were stored here, which saved a lot of time.
The other onlooking demon catchers heaved a sigh of relief when they learned that this young Demon Suppression General still needed to study a pill-condensing technique. Then, before they could finish sighing, they realized that something was amiss.
Then they fell into the same thoughtful silence as the woman.
Shen Yi ignored the ghostly expressions of the people around him. The low cultivation and high combat strength brought about by the Nine Transmigrations of the Immortal and Demon often failed to conceal his true self. On the contrary, because it was too abrupt, it inexplicably attracted more scrutiny.
Shen Yi took the Condensing Pill technique but didn't immediately use the panel.
Being new to the capital and with an unknown, eerie presence within the grand hall, it wouldn't be wise to attract too much attention with an ostentatious display.
He decided to wait at least five days. That was about the same time it took for the Four Harmonious True Yang and the Severing Pulse Capturing Dragon techniques, and it would also align with others' expectations of him.
While he was told he would be staying at the Martial Temple, the residence allocated by the demon catcher's office was actually located behind it.
In the central courtyard, he occasionally saw people coming and going. Although their attire wasn't as uniform as those in the main hall, they were all dressed simply in long robes and cloth shoes.
Perhaps due to their location within the imperial city, this group didn't bother to conceal their auras.
Shen Yi sensed their power casually and found that they weren't particularly formidable, mostly Condensing Pill Realm warriors, but there were slightly more of them than in Qingzhou.
"That's the residence of the Martial Temple disciples. Ours is over here."
Jiang Chengyun led him to the left side. The accommodations here were noticeably more modest, not because of any difference in furnishings but because they seemed unused and dusty.
"Make do for now. After all, it's rare for people who come to the capital to collect their rewards to stay long. Most leave as soon as they've collected their rewards, and only those waiting for refinement at the Martial Temple stay for a few days."
"As you've just been appointed as a Demon Suppression General, it's best not to appear too extravagant and give others a chance to gossip."
Jiang Chengyun manipulated his qi to clean up two rooms.
"It's fine. I'm not picky."
Shen Yi didn't really mind such things.
When he first traveled back in time, the side room he stayed in was even more dilapidated. If not for Lin Baiwei's help in cleaning, it would have been a filthy doghouse.
He entered the room and sat at the table, feeling very satisfied as he looked at the thick manual for the Condensing Pill technique.
He had to admit that the Demon Suppression Bureau had done an impeccable job with this. Like the previous Wind, Thunder, Fire, and Sun manual, this one was not only detailed but also filled with annotations, far surpassing the pretentious old Taoists of the White Cloud Temple who pretended to be profound.
As he slowly turned to the first page and looked at the cryptic text, the relaxed expression on Shen Yi's face suddenly froze...
It wasn't that the technique was explained in great detail; it was simply that the content was extensive, with each page containing as much information as the golden pages that recorded the Two Extremes True Intent.
He glanced toward the door, "Was the Condensing Pill technique you cultivated this thick?"
"Don't joke around." Jiang Chengyun raised an eyebrow, a hint of envy in his voice, "I saved up my merits for a long time, and in the end, I could only afford a medium-grade Condensing Pill technique, which totaled less than ten pages. Who do you think is as talented as you and Commander Jiang, daring to cultivate the number one Condensing Pill technique in the Great Qian Dynasty?"
Hearing this, Shen Yi's gaze returned to the manual for the Heaven Devouring Elixir.
Damn... He'd been tricked.
Back then, Jiang Qiulan's casual attitude had led Shen Yi to believe that this was just an ordinary Condensing Pill technique.
He gritted his teeth and began flipping through the pages, one by one.
The tiny, densely packed characters were words he could all recognize, but when strung together, they might as well have been a foreign language.
Finally, he reached the last page, and a new line of text finally appeared on the panel.
[Condensing (Rare) . Heaven Devouring Elixir: Uninitiated]
Once again, he had obtained a technique with the character "Treasured" at the end, and unlike the Immortal and Demon Nine Transformations, which was a body refinement technique, this was a proper internal martial art.
Shen Yi sighed and apologized to himself, "Brother, I'm sorry."
With a slight fluctuation of his mental energy, the vast amount of demon and magical beast lifespan essence he had obtained flowed into this new technique.
(End of Chapter)
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