"Master, rest assured, your disciple understands."
At this moment, Meng Fan naturally wouldn't boast about having confidence in himself and making grand promises.
Because the more cautious he appeared, the more at ease Elder Lin would be!
Although Meng Fan felt a bit regretful that Elder Lin was unwilling to learn "One Sword Opens the Azure Sky," he also thought Elder Lin had a point.
Indeed, not everyone could be as exceptional as he was…
***
Moments later, Meng Fan left the second floor of the Sword Pavilion and headed to the Cliff of Remorse.
Now that everything was back on track, it was time to resume his regular cultivation.
The Thousand Catty Fall formation at the Cliff of Remorse was a place where others were punished, but it had become Meng Fan's regular training ground.
It was somewhat… absurd.
But absurd things had happened to Meng Fan often enough.
Days without showing off always passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, ten days had gone by.
During these ten days, Meng Fan would spend half an hour each day training in the Thousand Catty Fall formation at the Cliff of Remorse.
After returning to the Sword Pavilion, he would then cultivate the True Scripture of Scarlet Blood and the Orient Loong God Body.
The progress with the True Scripture of Scarlet Blood was slow but steady, not worth mentioning.
However, Meng Fan's cultivation of the Orient Loong God Body was incredibly fast.
Because he had the foundation of the Supreme Dominance Body!
He was gradually converting his cultivation level from the Supreme Dominance Body to the Orient Loong God Body.
This naturally made his progress much faster than if he had started cultivating the Orient Loong God Body from scratch!
After ten days, Meng Fan had completely converted his Supreme Dominance Body into the Orient Loong God Body.
However, the fifth level of the Supreme Dominance Body only allowed him to convert the Orient Loong God Body to the peak of the second level, not reaching the third level.
But this wasn't a bad thing; it was actually a great thing!
Because the Orient Loong God Body was incredibly powerful, far stronger than the Supreme Dominance Body.
The peak of the second level of the Orient Loong God Body was already comparable to the fifth level of the Supreme Dominance Body.
***
"If I can break through to the third level of the Orient Loong God Body, my physical strength will be much greater than before!"
Meng Fan was extremely satisfied with this.
However, reaching the third level of the Orient Loong God Body was quite difficult.
Because he had exhausted the foundation of his Supreme Dominance Body, and he didn't have any special elixirs for body cultivation at hand.
"I should check out the Alchemy Hall!" Meng Fan muttered to himself.
Feeling stuck at the peak of the second level of the Orient Loong God Body made Meng Fan uncomfortable.
He had a bit of an obsessive-compulsive streak, always feeling uneasy and dissatisfied if he couldn't break through.
Perhaps this was a form of perfectionism.
***
One day, Meng Fan went to the Alchemy Hall.
Even now, Meng Fan had little presence in the Shu Mountain Sword Sect. Few people knew him because he had always kept a low profile.
In the Alchemy Hall, no one paid Meng Fan any attention.
Normally, when "celebrities" of the Shu Mountain Sword Sect, like core disciples, came to the Alchemy Hall, the disciples selling elixirs would eagerly gather around to introduce various elixirs.
But when Meng Fan entered, no one approached him.
He had to take the initiative and asked one of the elixir-selling disciples, "Do you have any elixirs for body cultivation?"
Although the disciple hadn't approached Meng Fan, seeing him inquire, he didn't ignore him and began to introduce earnestly, "Of course, we have Body Refining Pills, Body Tempering Liquids, Body Forging Pills…"
After listening, Meng Fan said somewhat helplessly, "These are all Yellow-grade elixirs. Do you have any Xuan-grade body cultivation elixirs?"
Yellow-grade body cultivation elixirs were no longer effective for Meng Fan, as his physical body was already very strong.
Even top-grade Yellow-grade elixirs had little effect on him!
Only Xuan-grade elixirs could interest Meng Fan.
The elixir-selling disciple said helplessly, "Senior Brother, our Shu Mountain Sword Sect has very few people who specialize in body cultivation techniques. We don't have any Xuan-grade body cultivation elixirs for sale in the Alchemy Hall!"
With low demand, naturally, there were fewer sales.
The Alchemy Hall, unlike the Scripture Pavilion or Sword Pavilion, was primarily a business.
Meng Fan had no choice but to leave the Alchemy Hall, but he didn't give up and went to find Liu Yanping.
This young lady was the granddaughter of Elder Liu from the Alchemy Hall and might have special channels for elixirs.
Recently, Liu Yanping had rarely taken the initiative to find Meng Fan, and Meng Fan was even less likely to seek out others.
He seldom contacted Li Xuerou, let alone Liu Yanping.
As for Liu Yanping, she felt the gap between herself and Meng Fan was growing, and she was too embarrassed to keep bothering him.
Unless she encountered a problem she couldn't solve and Meng Fan might be able to help, she would seek his help.
But generally, she was reluctant to bother Meng Fan anymore.
She knew that unless it was absolutely necessary, Meng Fan wouldn't help her.
For instance, when she had previously asked Meng Fan to teach a lesson to the Dragon Princess, he had refused without hesitation.
Of course, she didn't blame Meng Fan for this.
She just felt embarrassed to keep troubling him after being refused.
What she didn't know was that Meng Fan had later taught that Dragon Princess a lesson!
***
"Meng Fan, what brings you here?"
Not having seen Meng Fan for a while, Liu Yanping was pleasantly surprised to see him take the initiative to find her.
"I need your help," Meng Fan said straightforwardly.
He naturally wouldn't come to Liu Yanping for a chat.
"What is it?" Liu Yanping asked curiously.
Given Meng Fan's current strength, what could he possibly need her help with?
Meng Fan said directly, "I want to purchase some body cultivation elixirs, but the Alchemy Hall only has Yellow-grade elixirs, which are useless to me. Do you have any way to get Xuan-grade body cultivation elixirs?"
Upon hearing this, Liu Yanping frowned slightly.
The Alchemy Hall of the Shu Mountain Sword Sect rarely produced body cultivation elixirs. Occasionally, they would make some low-level Yellow-grade elixirs.
As for Xuan-grade, they were almost never made because there was no demand for them in the Shu Mountain Sword Sect.
"Xuan-grade body cultivation elixirs aren't particularly expensive, but they are indeed not available for sale. The Alchemy Hall rarely makes them!" Liu Yanping said helplessly.
"Is there nothing you can do?" Meng Fan's tone carried a hint of disappointment.
But this was something he had anticipated; he was just unwilling to give up without trying.
After all, even Elder Lin found it difficult to obtain Xuan-grade body cultivation elixirs now. Placing his hopes on Liu Yanping was indeed a bit far-fetched.
Seeing Meng Fan's slightly disappointed expression, Liu Yanping felt a bit uncomfortable.
Because Meng Fan rarely sought her help, and it was always her asking for his help. Now that Meng Fan needed her help, she didn't want to let him down!
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