Yun Ruge knew this method but didn’t share it with Song Ruyu, fearing the young woman might not accept the idea of decapitation.
So, she kept it to herself.
However, Yun Ruge also knew that while decapitation and a Reshaping Pill could cure their poison, it wouldn’t remove the self-destruct array in her Niwan Palace.
The Niwan Palace, located in the brain, was beyond the Reshaping Pill’s ability to reconstruct.
…
The next day, when Ye Chen returned to the Champs-Élysées Hot Spring Hotel, he brought two enhanced Peiyuan Pills refined in his cauldron.
To his surprise, Song Ruyu and Yun Ruge hadn’t rested the previous night. They had spent the entire time meditating and practising in the cultivation room Ye Chen had prepared for Song Ruyu.
Seeing Ye Chen return so early after leaving the previous night, both women felt touched. Yun Ruge said, “Mr. Ye, I’m looking after Miss Song here. You don’t need to worry too much.”
Ye Chen smiled, “I’m not worried. I came to bring you both something.”
Curious, they wondered what Ye Chen could be delivering so early in the morning.
Ye Chen didn’t elaborate, instead saying, “Both of you, sit cross-legged and enter meditation. I’ll lend you a hand.”
Overjoyed, Song Ruyu, who had only recently attained enlightenment and was still weak, was eager to improve. Though Ye Chen had helped her find her sea of consciousness, she was far behind Yun Ruge and desperately wanted to advance her cultivation.
Yun Ruge, equally passionate about cultivation, knew Ye Chen’s assistance could propel her practice forward, achieving twice the results with half the effort.
Ye Chen had them sit cross-legged side by side, while he sat cross-legged in front of them. He said, “Your strengths differ. Miss Yun has cultivated for a long time, is stronger, and has better control over spiritual energy. Miss Song has just found her sea of consciousness and is still unfamiliar with controlling spiritual energy. For both of you, the best help isn’t teaching you how to control spiritual energy or purify it, but directly providing you with more spiritual energy. Natural meditation no longer yields spiritual energy in this world, so the way to give you more is through pills.”
With that, Ye Chen produced the two enhanced Peiyuan Pills, asking, “Have you heard of Peiyuan Pills?”
“Peiyuan Pills?!” Yun Ruge’s heart raced at the name.
The last time Ye Chen treated her injuries, he gave her a Rejuvenation Pill, which introduced her to the wonders of heavenly treasures. The sensation of cleansing and refining her body lingered in her memory. She hadn’t expected Ye Chen to have Peiyuan Pills as well!
In the Qing Breaking Society, she had only received so-called “Lesser Peiyuan Pills,” which contained minimal spiritual energy. Over her years there, the total amount of Lesser Peiyuan Pills she obtained was negligible.
The name “Lesser Peiyuan Pill” wasn’t a distinct type of pill but a diluted, inferior version created by Wu Feiyan’s unscrupulous methods.
A single ordinary Peiyuan Pill, mixed with various non-spiritual herbs, could be stretched into about twenty Lesser Peiyuan Pills, drastically reducing their efficacy.
Even so, Lesser Peiyuan Pills were treasures Wu Feiyan used to win over the four earls and cultivators like Song Ruyu.
Song Ruyu exclaimed, “Mr. Ye… I’ve only taken the Lesser Peiyuan Pills granted by Wu Feiyan. I’ve never heard of Peiyuan Pills…”
“Lesser Peiyuan Pills?” Ye Chen caught the implication from the name alone.
It was like diluting a cup of sugary water into twenty weaker versions. The logic of diluting pills was the same.
Smiling, he said, “Actually, what I’m giving you today isn’t just Peiyuan Pills, but Great Peiyuan Pills!”
