Huangniu was flabbergasted by the greed he witnessed in Ye Fan.
It's a good thing that that's the most he's able to take. Otherwise, he's going to strip our cave clean! If the ancestor could see his life's work of going into the secret realm to acguire the weapons only to have them fall into Ye Fan's hands, I think they'll be pissed.
However, Ye Fan did not feel guilt regarding the matter.
I haven't even taken revenge for the ambush! Consider this exchange a downpayment!
“What a pity I can't take any more items,” Ye Fan lamented. “I would have gladly taken everything.”
With all the preparations in place, Ye Fan prepared to restore the Dragon God Hall.
As its Hall Master, it is my duty to show my gratitude to my loyal followers.
Though Ye Fan did not have the power of feudal kings to allocate land to his subjects, he felt that some tokens of appreciation were necessary.
I can't think of a better way to reward my comrades by sharing the treasures of this cave with them. What a pity I couldn't take more!
“Maybe I'll come back another trip if I get the chance,” he said cheerfully.
Unbeknownst to him, Ye Fan would not be able to find the cave after departing.
Duanmu Wan'er giggled at the sight of Ye Fan carrying all the treasures.
What an interesting and funny man.
“I'll take the pill and leave the rest behind, Wan'er,” Ye Fan said briskly as he deposited her handwritten notes. “The well is treacherous. I'm afraid your spells and incantations wouldn't be able to do much.”
Duanmu Wan'er nodded.
He's right. Good thing he anticipated that possibility before it happens.
“Take some more stuff then,” Duanmu Wan'er said as she disappeared behind a small room. She had the air of a gracious hostess who insisted that her guest were well-equipped for his departure.
It did not take long before she and Huangniu reemerged, with a wooden box atop the latter's back that smelled strongly of herbs that seared the nostrils.
When the box was dropped to the ground at Ye Fan's feet, he saw that it was a crate filled to the brim with the pills.
Some were stored in jade bottles like the one she gave him while the rest rolled around freely within the wooden box.
Some of the pills had even gone stale and lost their potency.
“That's a lot of pills,” Ye Fan muttered, his eyes wide with shock and awe.
Having already inspected Duanmu Wan'er's creation earlier, he had concluded that they were no concoctions of earthly charlatans.
Rather, they were actual magical pills made via ancient knowledge that aided and augmented the body.
Wan'er had mentioned that the pills were made with the ingredients available in the cave, which contained
the collections of the Indian ancestor.
Ye Fan put two and two together.
The Indian ancestor must have been a fighter of the god realm. Only rare and valuable herbs like that are worthy of his attention. The combination of such powerful ingredients could only yield a pill of magical power.
“I was pretty bored, so I began tinkering around,” Duanmu Wan'er explained, slightly apprehensive that Ye Fan may not find her creations helpful. “With an archive of recipes and concoctions in my head, a near-limitless inventory, and the well that acts as an oven, I had a lot at my disposal. I did not expect my noodling around to bear any fruit as I did that to kill time. I hope that they may be of some use to you.”
“Pill of the Thunderdrake?” murmured Ye Fan, thunderstruck. “You are really a little monster, Wan'er.”
The concoctions that Ye Fan was more familiar with were mostly from the Book of Celestial Cloud, though they were mostly cultivated by fire.
It was the first time he had heard the Power of Lightning could be used to aid the process.
If he was sure of one thing, it was that the pills had miraculous power.
Contained within each pill was the spiritual energy of an array of herbs unleashing their full potential as it mashed and boiled together, granting Ye Fan a vigor, unlike any other stimulant.
Over the past couple of years, Ye Fan had not seen much progress in his training. He found himself helplessly stuck at the fourth level of Invoke the Celestial Sky for the longest time without even a glimmer of hope to advance to another level.
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