Chapter 1856: The Power of the Pill

"..."

Zheng Yang was mortified.

A moment ago, he had been tangled in worry, thinking how to respond, and now the opponent's spear was right on his eye.

Who would have thought... a sliver of his true qi had leaked inadvertently, and the opponent's spear couldn't withstand it, shattering directly.

Mortal-grade weapons were still too weak.

If it had been a Great Sage's ultimate treasure thrust over... his eyelid would probably have blinked, and then it would have snapped...

Shattering like this—had he used too much force?

But the key point was, he hadn't even used any force...

Clatter, clatter, clatter, clatter!

With the spear broken, Mo Xiao was also startled. He quickly retreated a few steps, then suddenly turned and kicked out.

This kick was executed with perfect timing, clearly honed through countless practices, carrying a chill as it aimed at Zheng Yang's chest.

Crack!

The sole of his foot landed on the opponent's throat. No surprise—his leg bone snapped in the middle, as if he had kicked an iron plate.

"Ah..."

With a cry of pain, Mo Xiao fell to the ground, disbelief in his eyes: "Have you already broken through to Grandmaster and reached the Sovereign realm?"

"I..."

Zheng Yang's face twitched.

He hadn't made a single move; the opponent had attacked him head-on, and now the spear was destroyed, the leg broken... How could this be a match?

"I didn't expect you to have reached this level..."

Seeing him silent, Mo Xiao thought he had guessed correctly, his eyes full of envy.

Back then, when this good friend followed Teacher Zhang, he had sympathized with him for a long time. Later, when the two teachers had a conflict, Teacher Wang Chao asked him to become a student of Teacher Lu. Later still, he discovered that the other's spear technique had surpassed his own, and he had been holding a grudge, thinking about when they could have another match.

So, as soon as he saw him this time, he struck directly... He had thought that with over a year of hard work, he could easily defeat him. He never expected that the other had reached the Sovereign realm, far beyond the reach of his attacks.

It was simply amazing.

"I..." Wanting to explain, Zheng Yang finally shook his head.

In the other's eyes, Sovereign was probably the strongest; saying so was not unreasonable.

"He is no longer in the same world as you..." His teacher's words came to his ears.

Nodding, Zheng Yang felt a private sorrow.

A moment ago, he had been thrilled to see his friend, but now he felt an indescribable loss.

Although they hadn't seen each other for just over a year, their worlds were now poles apart, completely incomparable.

The gap between them was not just a chasm, but countless chasms.

It was like two childhood friends: one, through hard work, becomes a billionaire, while the other still can't make ends meet... Their discussions would inevitably be on different topics, with no common ground left.

This was exactly the case with Mo Xiao now.

He was still wondering if his friend had broken through from Grandmaster to Sovereign, unaware that the other had already reached a level he could not even imagine, let alone attain.

"As you grow, many friends will eventually drift away..."

Zhang Xuan continued.

The friends Zheng Yang could now associate with were ancient sages, not this Mo Xiao.

It wasn't that he had changed, but that the disparity in levels was too great; whoever was friends with whom would face endless pressure.

"Alright, I have indeed reached the Sovereign realm..."

Hearing his teacher's advice, Zheng Yang recovered from his melancholy, smiled lightly, pulled his friend up from the ground, and walked a few steps to Zhang Xuan: "Teacher, what about that pill you had earlier? Mo Xiao is injured; it's just right for him to take..."

"Mm."

Seeing him recover, Zhang Xuan flicked his finger, and the pill he had given to the girl earlier flew over.

"Take it!"

He took it and handed it to Mo Xiao.

"Mm!"

Mo Xiao nodded. Just as he was about to swallow the medicine, he saw the girl come up to him, her face anxious.

"Senior Brother, I looked at this thing—it doesn't have any hint of medicinal aura at all. It might be fake medicine; you can't just take it..."

She had examined it carefully; the medicine had no medicinal aura whatsoever. If her senior brother really took it, what if it caused a qi deviation?

"Don't worry, Yangzi wouldn't harm me..."

With a smile, Mo Xiao opened his mouth and swallowed the medicine.

He and the one before him had been friends since childhood. Though their levels were far apart now, the bond in their bones hadn't changed.

He believed that the other would never harm him.

"Xiaomeng is right. How can you just take medicine randomly?"

Lu Xun clearly hadn't expected that his own student would casually take medicine given by someone else. Frowning, he came over and placed his hand on the other's shoulder: "Let me check for you—whether this medicine has a problem!"

Boom!

True qi immediately surged along the acupoints into Mo Xiao's body. Before it even entered the meridians, his body suddenly shook, and a massive wave of heat surged back from within the latter.

Bang!

His face flushed red, Lu Xun flew backward, crashing heavily onto a nearby platform, his back smashing a large pit into it.

"Such powerful force..."

His pupils contracted. Struggling to stand, he hurriedly looked at his student, only to see qi waves constantly surging from every pore of the latter's body, his whole frame seeming about to catch fire. Wild spiritual energy converged, forming a huge vortex above his head.

Crack!

In less than three breaths, the cultivation that had been sealed at the peak of the Profound Realm directly broke through, reaching the Grandmaster Realm.

But it didn't stop.

Grandmaster Initial Stage!

Grandmaster Mid Stage!

Grandmaster Peak...

Supreme Initial Stage!

Supreme Mid Stage...

Soon it reached the Supreme Peak level, still not pausing for long before breaking through again, shattering the mirror to enter the Mortal Transformation Realm.

Finally, it stopped at the Second Layer of Mortal Transformation, the Yuan Qi Stage. Every move stirred yuan qi, giving a sense of feathery ascension and immortality.

"Th-this..."

His eyes wide as saucers, Lu Xun trembled all over, his expression as if he'd seen a ghost, incredulous: "That pill just now... was a sixth-grade pill?"

Only medicines reaching the sixth or seventh grade and above could have such pure medicinal power, allowing one to break through several major levels at once without any harm.

"Sixth grade?"

The girl's vision went dark.

Just now, when the other had offered this pill to her as a gold coin, she had refused...

And had thought it was a trick...

If she had accepted and swallowed it, it would be her breaking through to the Mortal Transformation Realm now!

"Of course not!"

Seeing Lu Xun speak, Zheng Yang shook his head: "How could my teacher have a sixth-grade medicine here?"

"Not sixth grade? Then how could it make someone break through directly without any side effects? Most importantly, the qi is full and not insubstantial?"

Hearing his denial, Lu Xun couldn't believe it.

Every medicine has three parts poison. High-grade pills can make one progress quickly, but they also have harmful effects. This pill showed none of that—could it be that it wasn't even sixth grade?

"Though sixth-grade pills are powerful, after taking them, one still can't recover from injuries and greatly increase cultivation... The one Teacher just gave was eighth-grade. That's why Mo Xiao's leg is not only healed, but his cultivation has directly broken through!"

Zheng Yang smiled.

"Eighth grade?"

All around fell silent, everyone utterly speechless.