Chapter 17: Baiyun Pavilion

Lin Mo refined quite a few more Medicinal Pills in the Waste Pill Room: detoxifying marrow cleansing pills, holy mother peiyuan pills, and true vajra pills. Fearing he wouldn't have enough Spirit Stones while traveling the Jianghu, Lin Mo specially purified three Foundation Establishment Pills.

Once all the Medicinal Pills were purified, Lin Mo didn't have half a Spirit Stone left in his pockets.

However, three Foundation Establishment Pills could be exchanged for several thousand Spirit Stones.

With his Storage Pouch bulging, he felt much more confident.

Lin Mo walked with strides full of vigor to the Task Pavilion, where the available tasks were wide and varied.

Helping an Inner Sect Senior Sister find a lost puppy; the Sect's guardian Spirit Beast, the Gale Wind Eagle, was going out to travel recently and needed a Disciple to help incubate its eggs.

A fox spirit in love with a scholar needed a proper Dual Cultivation Cultivation Technique so she would no longer absorb the scholar's Yang Qi.

Helping Spiritual Herb Peak collect a ton of Spirit Beast Dung, properly fermented, to nourish spiritual plants.

An eighty-year-old Mortal Empress Dowager had no teeth left and needed a pair of Magical Artifact dentures refined for her.

In short, the outer Sect tasks were wide and varied, and most of them were not very difficult.

The task hanging highest was the most eye-catching: "Infiltrate a sub-branch of the demonic Sect, Chuanxiao Sect, find evidence of their crimes, and then the Sect will dispatch forces to wipe them out in one fell swoop."

This was a group task, with dozens of wooden tokens hanging beneath it; taking a wooden token meant accepting the task.

Lin Mo hesitated for a moment, but ultimately chose not to accept this task. The cruelty of demonic Sects was deeply ingrained in everyone's minds.

Cultivating immortals was to seek longevity; he didn't want a single wrong step to become an eternal regret, ending up refined into a Ten Thousand Soul Banner by the demonic Sect.

After a moment of consideration, Lin Mo accepted another task that seemed a bit more normal.

"In Dongchang Prefecture of the Lu Kingdom, wolf yaos are running rampant. Eradicate the wolf yaos. Reward: 50 Contribution Points."

According to the task description, most of these wolf yaos were at the Middle Stage Qi Refining. With Lin Mo's current cultivation, dealing with them would be easy.

Furthermore, he could take the opportunity to collect some low-grade Yao Beast Cores, which could be used to purify Medicinal Pills.

Lin Mo said to the Disciple guarding the Task Pavilion, "Senior Sister, I would like to accept the task of eradicating the wolf yaos."

The Inner Sect Disciple looked at Lin Mo with doubt. "Are you sure you want to take on a combat task like this? Although the Contribution Point reward is generous, this could easily cost you your life."

Lin Mo wasn't one of those top combatants in the outer Sect, so it was normal for this Senior Sister to have her doubts.

Lin Mo cupped his hands together and said, "Senior Sister, rest assured, I am confident in my abilities."

She sighed helplessly. Every Disciple who died while on a task had said the exact same thing when accepting it.

"Take down the token yourself, and I'll register it for you. The task time limit is two months. If you don't return to hand in the task within two months, it will be considered a failure, and I'll hang the token back up for a new Disciple to accept."

Lin Mo nodded to show he understood. Once registered, he set off from the Sect.

…

On the other side, in Liu Ruyan's Immortal Cave, her younger sister Liu Ruyue said with an indignant look, "Sister, you're just too merciful! If you ask me, we should just throw Lin Mo directly out of the Jade Maiden Immortal Sect!"

Liu Ruyan gave a bitter smile in her heart. Was it that she didn't want to throw Lin Mo out? The guy had already jumped up in seniority by leaps and bounds; as a mere Saintess, what could she do? She could only play small tricks in secret to find a way to drive Lin Mo out of the Jade Maiden Immortal Sect.

Hearing this, Liu Ruyan was somewhat tempted, but she still said, "That wouldn't be proper. How is the matter I asked you to handle going?"

Liu Ruyue clenched her small fist. "That idiot Shen Xuanyin couldn't even deal with Lin Mo. Word is that this guy actually took first place in the outer Sect mini-competition."

Liu Ruyan said in surprise, "He actually won first place? I remember Lin Mo didn't even have a discernible Spiritual Root. Where did he get the resources to Cultivate?"

Liu Ruyue snorted coldly, "He must be using your name, Sister, to swindle people! For his cultivation to progress so fast, who knows how many resources he scammed!"

Liu Ruyan speculated in her mind that her godmother, Luo Qingcheng, had likely given Lin Mo a vast amount of cultivation resources.

Having already disliked Lin Mo, she hated him even more now. Ever since Lin Mo became her godfather, Luo Qingcheng cared for her less.

Liu Ruyan took a sip of tea and said, "We still need to find a way to get Lin Mo out of the Jade Maiden Immortal Sect."

Liu Ruyue raised her small fist. "Sister, I'll go help you teach him a lesson—a harsh one, so he'll never dare to come back!"

Liu Ruyan nodded gently. "Remember, do not take his life."

Liu Ruyue waved her hand dismissively. "Don't worry, Sister! I haven't even killed a chicken in my life, how could I kill a person?"

With that, Liu Ruyue ran out of the Immortal Cave impatiently, determined to teach Lin Mo a good lesson.

…

Meanwhile, after leaving the Jade Maiden Immortal Sect, Lin Mo headed straight for Baiyun City. This time, he didn't go to the market square where Cultivators set up stalls.

Inside Baiyun City stood a six-story building, the tallest in the city, with blue bricks and red tiles shimmering with bright radiance. On its signboard were three large characters: "Baiyun Pavilion."

This was a shop opened by a grand Core Formation Cultivator, Immortal Master Baiyun, and every item stocked within was of fine quality.

Showing no stage fright, Lin Mo strode inside.

A maidservant with exquisite facial features wore a cheongsam slit up to her hip, revealing long, snow-white legs.

With a professional smile on her face, she asked, "Immortal Master, how may I assist you?"

Lin Mo admired the maidservant's pretty face for a moment before asking, "Do you sell flying Magical Artifacts here?"

The maidservant was secretly overjoyed. Flying Magical Artifacts were priced much higher than ordinary Magical Artifacts. If this deal went through, she would get a substantial commission.

With that money, she could go to Yichun House to find her clingy little young master.

Her smile grew a bit sweeter. "Immortal Master, please follow me to the second floor."

As expected of a large establishment, it was fully stocked with all kinds of Magical Artifacts. Finding a flying Magical Artifact in the market square was purely a matter of luck.

Lin Mo picked up a long, narrow flying boat Magical Artifact. Engraved with runes, it could expand to the size of a canoe as long as Spiritual Qi was funneled into it.

There was also a groove in the center; after placing a Spirit Stone inside, it required only a small amount of Spiritual Qi to control.

The more Lin Mo looked at it, the more he liked it. He asked, "How much is this flying Magical Artifact?"

The maidservant introduced, "Immortal Master, this is a shenfeng boat. It contains a wind-attribute Formation, and among High Grade Magical Artifacts, its speed is among the very best. It costs only 200 Low-Grade Spirit Stones."

Although the price was much higher than in the market square, Lin Mo didn't feel any heartache at all—he didn't need to spend Spirit Stones anyway.

"Do you purchase Medicinal Pills here? If you do, call your shopkeeper over."

The maidservant could sell ordinary items, but when it came to appraising Medicinal Pills, being a Mortal, she was completely clueless.

The maidservant poured Lin Mo a cup of clear tea and asked him to wait a moment while the shopkeeper came over.

Before he had even finished his cup of tea, a shopkeeper with a mustache and a cultivation at the Great Perfection of Qi Refinement Stage cupped his hands in greeting:

"Fellow Daoist, do you have Medicinal Pills to sell?"

Lin Mo didn't beat around the bush. He pulled out a holy mother peiyuan pill and said, "This was refined by my master. Give me an estimate."

Glancing at the Medicinal Pill just once, the shopkeeper cupped his hands again. "So you are a Disciple of a Great Master! My apologies for my lack of respect!"

Nowadays in the cultivation world, those who could refine Nine-Vein Medicinal Pills were, apart from recluses, world-renowned Alchemy Great Masters.

Respect involuntarily filled the shopkeeper's eyes. After all, he could not afford to offend an Alchemist.

Picking up the holy mother peiyuan pill, he examined it carefully once more and said, "This is indeed a genuine Nine-Vein Medicinal Pill with almost no Pill Toxicity. However, since this pill only works on Qi Refinement Stage Cultivators, Fellow Daoist, how about 50 Spirit Stones apiece?"

Lin Mo nodded and, like performing a magic trick, pulled out another bottle of Medicinal Pills from his robes.

"Counting this one, there are six Medicinal Pills in total. You just need to give me back 100 Spirit Stones in change."