As agreed, Lin Xuan arrived at the residence of the Grand Elder at the appointed time.
There were already four elders and a sect vice-leader waiting for him there.
The five of them were at the peak of the Golden Core Realm, and at that moment, they were enjoying tea while chatting and laughing.
In recent years, the sect had developed quite well by relying on a powerful figure.
The only problem was that they hadn't managed to advance further.
If they could get three or four more cultivators in the Nascent Soul Realm, and the sect leader reached the Divine Transformation Realm...
The sect's strength would take a huge leap forward.
When Lin Xuan arrived,
the elders smiled at the young disciple, who had not been in the sect for long.
"Greetings, vice-leader. Greetings, elders."
In front of these old monsters whose strength far surpassed his own, Lin Xuan was very respectful.
At this stage, he needed their help!
"Are the pills ready?"
The Grand Elder asked with a smile.
"They are ready."
Lin Xuan took out a small, finely carved white jade bottle.
From it, he poured four Residual Cloud Pills.
As the four pills emerged, a faint misty halo surrounded them, a characteristic feature of these pills.
"They look good."
Upon seeing the bright color and round shape of the pills,
the Grand Elder extended his hand, and the four pills flew toward him and the other three elders.
Once the four had their pills, Lin Xuan stared at them intently.
The elders, knowing what he was expecting, smiled knowingly and, though with some pain, took out ten high-grade spirit stones each from their storage rings and handed them over.
That price seemed fair to them.
Outside, a single Residual Cloud Pill would cost at least 50% more.
The sect vice-leader looked at Lin Xuan with appreciation.
This young man was certainly proud, but he had every reason to be.
Not only could he easily defeat cultivators of his own level, but he also mastered alchemy, making him an exceptional talent.
After receiving the forty high-grade spirit stones, Lin Xuan's mood improved noticeably.
The cost of the materials barely came to five stones per pill.
Now, having earned so much at once, he wouldn't lack resources for his cultivation in the short term.
"Elders, please take the pills as soon as possible. The Residual Cloud Pill, unlike others, cannot be stored for long."
After receiving the stones, Lin Xuan became more cordial with the elders.
If he managed to maintain a good relationship with them, he could even ask for their help in selling the pills in the future.
"Alright. If at least two of us manage to break through today, the merit will be yours, and the sect will reward you."
The Grand Elder smiled slightly, then turned to the vice-leader:
"Dazhi, please ensure we are not disturbed during the process."
When four people attempt to advance at the same time, the worst thing would be an external interruption preventing them from overcoming their inner demons.
"Don't worry. I've already activated the sect's great formation. As long as no one from the Divine Transformation Realm comes, no one will be able to disturb them for a quarter of an hour."
The vice-leader, Zhang Dazhi, took out a command plate.
The protective formation of the Guiyuan sect activated immediately to ensure the safety of the process.
After thanking him in unison, the remaining three elders
sat in lotus position, took their Residual Cloud Pills, and began trying to advance.
"You should watch closely from the side as well. It will greatly help your cultivation in the future."
The vice-leader, Zhang Dazhi, invited Lin Xuan to sit nearby.
Lin Xuan nodded. A rare opportunity like this couldn't be missed.
The inner demon had always been the greatest enemy of a cultivator!
And from a distance, Tang Yu observed with his spiritual sense while taking out a specially modified disc-shaped artifact.
He planned to record the scene of the collective breakthrough of the four.
Then he would distribute it for free.
The dramatic effect would be excellent.
As for whether those cultivators from the Golden Core Realm would get angry and seek out Lin Xuan to kill him...
That would no longer be his problem. After all, a Son of Destiny doesn't die so easily.
As the four took their Residual Cloud Pills,
they began circulating their internal energy to try to advance.
In reality, their cultivation had already reached the threshold.
To take that final step, they first had to overcome their inner demons.
Only with a firm heart could one reach the Nascent Soul Realm!
With the start of the process, the Grand Elder began to face his inner demon.
The environment around him transformed into a thick white fog, followed by the sound of a rooster.
After the loud crowing, the Grand Elder heard a bell sound in his mind, and immediately the fog dissipated, transforming into a straw hut.
"Brother, wake up! Second Uncle said that in a little while he'll take us to the river to catch fish, and at night, Mom will make fish soup."
After a little girl's voice rang in his ear,
the Grand Elder realized he was lying on a bed.
A girl with braids, wearing a worn cotton coat, was loudly shouting next to the bed for him to wake up.
Seeing that familiar face, though tinged with strangeness,
The Grand Elder felt confused for a moment.
Is this... his house?
After over eight hundred years of cultivation, everything so familiar to him felt strangely alien.
"Nephiew! Are you still lying down? Did you pee the bed and can't bring yourself to get up?"
A middle-aged man entered, laughing loudly from outside.
With hands as cold as ice, he touched the Grand Elder's face.
The cold contact instantly brought him back to clarity.
After getting dressed and getting out of bed, he scratched his head and said, "Second Uncle, I had a dream."
"Did you dream you were eating chicken thighs? Or did you dream of Wang's girl from the neighboring village?"
"Of course not! I dreamed that I became an immortal, that I could fly through the sky and use lightning to strike monsters."
"Wow! We have a future cultivator in the Chen family! Incredible! Come on, let's go catch some fish with your second uncle."
The middle-aged man took his hand with a smile.
And the Grand Elder's memory seemed to have been sealed.
He began adapting to his identity as a little boy.
He went fishing with the adults, played with the village friends, attended private school, and when he misbehaved, his mother would grab him and hit his hands with a ruler.
The events repeated like a cycle that kept happening to him.
Until he grew up, and on the day of his wedding, just as he was about to bow with his wife for the wedding greetings,
a cloud appeared next to him.
When he instinctively reached out and touched the cloud, a torrent of memories suddenly flooded his mind.
By the time he finished assimilating all those memories, the Grand Elder's face was covered in tears.
He looked at the familiar and beloved faces around him.
And his gaze finally stopped on his mother, whispering, "Mom."
"What's wrong? Why are you crying on such a happy day?"
A woman with many gray hairs in her hair, whose face could not be called beautiful, looked at him with a smile full of tenderness.
"I... I missed you so much."
The Grand Elder approached to take his mother's hand, his heart full of guilt.
As a young man, when he had accidentally encountered a cultivator flying through the clouds, he wished with all his heart to follow the path of cultivation to attain immortality.
When the opportunity arose, he joined a sect; ten years later, when he returned home, his mother had already passed away from illness.
"Then stay longer with mom, I still want to help you raise the children."
The woman gently patted his hand while smiling.
The Grand Elder showed a face full of pain, and looking at the incense burning on the table, he whispered:
"Then I'll stay for one more stick of incense."
The woman looked at him with a smile, though with a touch of melancholy in her eyes.
When the incense burned completely, the landscape around him began to fade little by little.
Upon awakening from his inner demon, he had passed the heart's trial.
Just as the Grand Elder thought it was time to wake up and return,
the scenery around him changed again.
This time, he was back in his childhood, herding cows with some friends, and his memory was once again sealed.
While herding, the Grand Elder suddenly felt a sharp pain in his stomach and bent over, holding his belly.
"What's wrong, Er Niu?"
A friend rushed to him to ask.
"My stomach hurts, I need to poop."
"Go behind that tree, we won't bother you."
"Okay, then watch the cows for me."
After warning his friends, the Grand Elder quickly went behind a tree, pulled down his pants, and prepared to defecate.
But he felt that his body completely rejected that act.
It was as if doing it would bring extremely severe consequences!
However, the urge was too intense.
In the midst of that internal struggle,
the Grand Elder gritted his teeth and finally did it.
A second later, he opened his eyes wide and felt warmth flowing under his pants.
And then, an unbearable stench.
The other three elders who were beside him also opened their eyes at the same time.
And the sect's deputy leader, Zhang Dazhi, who had been sitting to the side protecting them, looked at them with a completely astonished face.
How could this be?
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