"What are you looking at, kid?"
Grandmaster Qing Zhu was a little baffled by Chen Shaojie's strange gaze. He could not help checking his hair bun.
"N-Nothing. I was just thinking, Grandmaster, this is really a good place for cultivation. I was wondering if I can come here again," Chen Shaojie brazenly asked.
Grandmaster Qing Zhu smiled: "Qing Ming Peak is an important place for the sect. It's not somewhere a lower court disciple can come at will. I made an exception this time, but if you want to come here again, you'll have to wait until you get promoted to the upper court."
I'll miss you dearly, Grandmaster...
Chen Shaojie had found his purpose in life for the first time ever since he transmigrated.
He secretly vowed to work hard in cultivation and get promoted to the upper court as soon as possible so that he could become a glorious and unrestrained upper court disciple.
Grandmaster Qing Zhu teased, "If you can get promoted to the upper court within half a year, I'll consider taking you under my wing."
"Don't worry, Grandmaster, I'll definitely work hard."
Chen Shaojie was extremely determined.
A big shot like the Grandmaster was willing to accept him. It instantly filled him with hope for the future.
"Let's go, I'll take you back."
Grandmaster Qing Zhu smiled and led Chen Shaojie out of the grass hut. He sent Chen Shaojie back to the Qing Zhu Peak using the bamboo magic treasure.
Although the agreed period of one month had passed, there were still a lot of work that needed wrapping up in the Book Depository, so House A Class 2 would continue to work on Qing Zhu Peak.
That was actually the result of some clever arrangements by Chen Shaojie.
He prioritized doing the most crucial and obvious parts first, so that the entire Book Depository would look as if it had been transformed into a brand new place.
He secretly saved the most time-consuming and labor-intensive work for last, and was prepared to do them slowly.
This way, not only could he please the higher ups, he would also reduce the workload of the servant disciples. It was a win-win situation.
After sending Chen Shaojie back to Qing Zhu Peak, Grandmaster Qing Zhu turned around and left, disappearing without a trace.
Chen Shaojie looked at the green ray enviously. He could not help dreaming of flying around in the sky like that one day. How cool would it be if he could do that.
If he had a beautiful girl riding with him, that would make it even sweeter...
"Junior Brother Chen!"
Chen Shaojie was immersed in his sweet daydream when the ill-timed voice of Wu Fulai suddenly came from behind him.
Freaking hell... Chen Shaojie wiped away his dripping saliva in a hurry and turned around to greet Wu Fulai with a smile. "Good morning, Senior Brother Wu."
Wu Fulai came over with a pained expression on his face. "I don't even know what to say to you, Brother Chen."
"What's the matter?" asked Chen Shaojie.
Wu Fulai said painfully, "Yesterday, when Grandmaster Qing Zhu tried to reward you with the Qi Attracting Pills, why did you refuse? Those were ten Qi Attracting Pills! Other people can't even find the opportunity to obtain them, but you actually refused them? What should I say to you?"
Chen Shaojie resisted the urge to reach into his pocket to touch the Qi Attracting Pills. He humbly asked for advice. "Brother Wu, I honestly have no idea what the Qi Attracting Pills do, so I thought I'd rather fulfill my wish to visit the residence of the Grandmaster... Are the Qi Attracting Pills actually really precious? Can tell me in detail about the wonderful application of the Qi Attracting Pills?"
"What's the use of talking about it now?"
Wu Fulai let out a long sigh of sorrow, but under Chen Shaojie's expectant gaze, he finally relented. "Alright. I'll tell you how wonderful the Qi Attracting Pill is..."
Through Wu Fulai's explanation, Chen Shaojie finally knew that the Qi Attracting Pill was meant specifically for people who had just started cultivating. It could boost a person's Qi sense a hundred-fold for ten hours.
Chen Shaojie was quite surprised to hear that. He could not find anything about the pills in the original Chen Shaojie's memory at all.
The original Chen Shaojie must have been too reclusive. He was too busy acting cool and did not collect any useful information!
Bah, that worthless trash!
He had zero redeeming quality besides his good looks!
Chen Shaojie decided to consider this a lesson. He would never let himself give in to the temptation of using his good looks for everything like the original Chen Shaojie did.
After giving himself a warning, his thoughts went back to the Qi Attracting Pills.
A person's potential was completely decided by their Qi sense.
With a stronger Qi sense, their cultivation speed would naturally be faster.
Taking the Qi Attracting Pills could increase one's Qi sense by a hundred-fold. It was indeed terrifying.
Ten hours was not that long, but it was not that short either.
Chen Shaojie roughly estimated that his stay in the Grandmaster's grass hut last night was around ten hours long. It was long enough.
The Qi Attracting Pills are indeed amazing, but if I get to choose, I'd rather spend another night in the Grandmaster's hut, thought Chen Shaojie.
Increasing his Qi sense a hundred-fold or basking in the glow of the Grandmaster's super-grade Earth Spiritual Root that increased his cultivation speed 10,000-fold... It was obvious which one was better.
Meanwhile, Wu Fulai was still lamenting Chen Shaojie's choice yesterday. "You have no idea how valuable the Qi Attracting Pills are. Even if you don't use them yourself, you can sell them when you get the chance to go to the mundane world in the future... I remember hearing from a Senior Brother from the imperial capital of the Rui Kingdom that, back where he came from, a Qi Attracting Pill can easily be traded for a large mansion that has five rows of houses."
A Qi Attracting Pill was worth a mansion in an imperial capital?
The weight in Chen Shaojie's chest pocket suddenly felt heavier.
Ten mansions. It was no joke. This was not a trivial matter.
Wu Fulai rambled on for a while before he finally looked at Chen Shaojie with a pitying gaze. "I should have talked to you about these things more often. You would have known about the value of the Qi Attracting Pills if I did, and you wouldn't have exchanged them for a chance to visit the Grandmaster's residence. Sigh, let alone ten Qi Attracting Pills, I'd do anything to have just one... Even if I have to eat a piece of dog poo on the ground, I won't hesitate."
Oh, Brother Wu, please don't say that...
Chen Shaojie blinked a few times. He now hesitated if he should immediately share a Qi Attracting Pill with his Senior Brother.
But he only hesitated for a split second before he thought better of it.
Eating poo...
That would put Senior Brother Wu in an awkward position...
If Chen Shaojie really did take a pill out, should Wu Fulai eat or not eat? It would be a dilemma...
The next day, Chen Shaojie rushed to the lower court as usual.
Although he had gotten addicted to cultivation, he did not arrive early.
That was because Li Xuejiao would not arrive early. It was useless for him to be there ahead of time. There was no WiFi to connect to.
Li Xuejiao had not arrived yet, so he could only sit down by himself next to her usual corner.
He peeked at another corner. Meng Tiancheng had been there for some time. He was fully focused on controlling his breathing.
He seemed to be a cultivation addict too. That must be why he came here so early every day.
After a while, Li Xuejiao finally arrived.
When saw Chen Shaojie while walking to her usual corner, her eyes flickered slightly.
Chen Shaojie's eyes had never left Li Xuejiao since he detected her figure at the door. When she approached, he even took the initiative to greet her. "Good morning, Senior Sister."
Li Xuejiao nodded and sat down in the corner, looking as cold as ever.
Chen Shaojie could not care less how cold she looked because the system prompt had already sounded in his head. He happily chose the option to connect and started his cultivation.