C21 It Was Heartbreaking

"Of course!"

Xue Xiaoling nodded and said, "The greatest feature of a flawless pill is that it doesn't have any side effects. In other words, even if it is used to increase one's cultivation, it won't cause any harm to the foundation of the arcane cultivator."

"Damn, you mean to say that using a pill that isn't a flawless pill to increase one's cultivation will cause harm to the foundation of the arcane cultivators?" Lu Chen asked anxiously.

"Of course."

Xue Xiaoling said matter-of-factly, "No matter what kind of pill it is, it contains harmful substances. After using it, it will cause a certain degree of damage to the foundation of the arcane cultivator. Furthermore, the lower the grade of the pill, the higher the damage.

Because of this, the adjuvant pills of the flawless grade have always been in high demand. Even if the price was several times or even more than ten times higher, there were still a lot of great clans willing to spend money to buy them.

And if they couldn't buy a flawless pill, they would choose to buy a superior-grade or a good quality pill. They would rarely use pills that were below the standard of a commodity.

This was also the reason why most of the herbs and pills were only sold by the herbs and pills trading companies. Other than the fact that the herbs and pills with higher quality were difficult to refine, there was also a great reason why the herbs and pills with higher quality would be divided up by the aristocratic families in advance. Ordinary people could not buy them at all.

After hearing Xue Xiaoling's inner story about the grade of the pill, Lu Chen's expression changed.

After a while, he asked with a bitter smile, "If I use too many non-flawless grade pills to increase my cultivation, will the side effects be too great?"

Xue Xiaoling thought for a while and said, "I think so! Anyway, my father said so. He also didn't let me use pills to increase my cultivation continuously. He said that if I use too many non-flawless grade adjuvant pills, the foundation of the arcane would be damaged, and it would be impossible for me to advance to a higher level of the arcane."

When Lu Chen heard this, his face turned even darker.

He had long heard that there would be side effects when using pills to increase one's cultivation, but he had never been clear about the exact side effects. Now, it seemed that the side effects were indeed not small. It was no wonder that the disciples of rich families rarely used adjuvant pills. They all trained hard to cultivate.

It turned out that it was not that they could not afford it, but that they did not dare to use it too much.

Xue Xiaoling found that Lu Chen was silent, and his face was a little dark. She could not help but ask, "Lu Chen, what's wrong with you?"

Lu Chen sighed and said slowly, "My current cultivation is already at the fifth level of Qi Awakening, and I have all of it because of the adjuvant pills."

Xue Xiaoling blinked and said in a daze, "So what?"

Lu Chen said hesitantly, "If I continue to use the adjuvant pills to increase my cultivation, and after I enter the Qi Refining Realm, without the support of the pills, my foundation of the arcane will be damaged again. Will I be stuck at the Qi Refining Realm for the rest of my life?"

"Hahaha, idiot Lu Chen! What are you thinking? Don't worry."

Xue Xiaoling laughed out loud and patted Lu Chen's shoulder. She said with a smile, "Didn't you say that you have the worst talent? With this talent, even if your foundation in the arcane is not damaged, without the support of the adjuvant pills, you will most likely stay in the Qi Refining Stage for the rest of your life."

Lu Chen, "..."

What she said made sense. Lu Chen was speechless for a moment. He felt that it was very heartbreaking. He suddenly wanted to cut off all ties with this venomous girl … No … Maybe he should just die together with her …

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As for the side effects of the pill, Xue Xiaoling's words were actually not that difficult to understand. Lu Chen was also well aware of it, so he did not continue to think about it.

As for going to the town to visit the Treasure Festival, after being persuaded by Xue Xiaoling, Lu Chen reluctantly agreed to go with her after she agreed to lend him 100 gold coins without any interest.

After following Xue Xiaoling to the entrance of the sect, Lu Chen realized that Xue Xiaoling was not the only one who called him. Yan Qingmeng, that dead ice block, was also there.

Perhaps it was because their destinies were extremely incompatible, Lu Chen felt that he had not done anything wrong. However, after knowing Yan Qingmeng for more than a month, he had met her a few times, but he had never gotten a good look from her.

Every time he saw her, she would have an ice-cold face, as if he owed her a few million gold coins. It was extremely unlucky.

Furthermore, according to Xue Xiaoling's feedback, Yan Qingmeng was hostile towards him. Every now and then, she would say bad things about him in front of him and encourage Xue Xiaoling to break off all relations with him, saying that she wanted to stay away from this shameless person.

This was intolerable.

Lu Chen could tolerate Yan Qingmeng's cold words and cold eyes, but he absolutely could not allow her to pry his thighs... No... In other words...

She was not prying his thighs, she was trying to break the pure friendship between him and Xue Xiaoling.

How could he tolerate this? He could not!

All kinds of reasons caused Lu Chen's impression of Yan Qingmeng to drop. Now, he was basically in a bad mood, and he secretly called her a blockhead.

Lu Chen did not like Yan Qingmeng's cold face, and Yan Qingmeng did not like Lu Chen, this lowly scoundrel. She was born with a lowly background, had a weak talent, was weak, lazy, had a rotten mind, and had a wicked heart.

In any case, other than her good looks, Lu Chen was full of flaws in Yan Qingmeng's eyes.

Furthermore, she firmly believed that Lu Chen was trying to get close to her and Xue Xiaoling on purpose, and his goal was to use their status and position to gain benefits.

Therefore, Yan Qingmeng hated Lu Chen very much, and she had been trying her best to persuade Xue Xiaoling to stay away from Lu Chen, but it was completely ineffective.

Today, they went to the town to shop at the Everfest with Xue Xiaoling. This was an agreement that they had made a long time ago, but they did not expect that Xue Xiaoling would actually call Lu Chen over.

Seeing Lu Chen following Xue Xiaoling over, Yan Qingmeng's expression immediately changed from calm to ice. She frowned and said with obvious displeasure, "Xiaoling, didn't I tell you so many times? Don't interact with those scoundrels. Let's go shopping. Why did you bring this guy along?"

Damn, this ice-cold face is taking the initiative to attack me again.

Lu Chen cursed in his heart, but he pretended not to hear anything. He greeted Yan Qingmeng warmly, "Hello, Qingmeng! It's been a long time since we last met, and you have become even prettier."

There was no other way. The difference in their strength was too great. If they were to fight face to face, Lu Chen was sure that he would be killed by this ice-cold face in an instant.

Since that was the case, he might as well go the other way around. No matter how Yan Qingmeng ridiculed him, he would not retaliate. Instead, he would praise her back.

There were three benefits to doing this!

The first was safety.

As the saying went, one should never hit a smiling person. No matter how much Yan Qingmeng hated him, as long as he did not retaliate, she would have no reason to attack him. At most, she would only say some insulting words. It would not hurt or hurt anyone.