Magic Sect of Beauties: The Strongest Mage is in a Cultivation World

Bai Suzhen was in a pagoda near End Mountain, doing her occasional prayers. She clasped her hands together and bowed her head with great reverence, wearing a peaceful expression. In the pagoda stood a sizable statue of a figure seated in a lotus position, holding a long staff in one hand and a balance scale in the other. This was the Sage of Origin, the true ancestor of the Celestial Serpent Sect.

"A year has passed, and it seems he is due to return soon. Ancestor in heaven, please bless Yang Wei and keep him safe. I also request that you help me find my sister, and your daughter, Hei Xuanji."

With that, Bai Suzhen swished her sleeves and gazed out of the small pagoda, taking in the scenery for a moment. Her cultivation was still at the Nascent Soul level, thanks mostly to all the beast cores she had consumed during her time with Yang Wei and Liu Yan in the Red Snake Mountains.

Although my cultivation base has regressed back to 1st Path Cultivation, it seems I'm still excluded from the Sect Resource-Allocation Trial for obvious reasons. I'll have to rely heavily on Yang Wei's progress in his cultivation. Many sects boast Nascent Soul experts, but in the end, there are some lower realm cultivators who can really impress with their versatile cultivation techniques.

A tired sigh left her breath.

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A few hours later, Yang Wei was nearing the Dragon's Peak Mountain Range. He took his time getting home, mainly because he encountered several sects along the way. Some recognized him as the Fate Defying Elder, while others had no clue but still showed their respect. Since some sects knew he was coming back from his year-long seclusion, they gave him welcome back gifts.

Great Crane Temple handed him scrolls on wind-based cultivation.

White Tiger School offered martial arts and physical cultivation techniques.

Blue Dragon Pavilion gifted him a Dragonwater Spirit Pill which could accelerate one's water spirit root cultivation to the Nascent Soul level.

Numerous other small sects and clans scattered around the Dragon's Peak Mountain Range did the same.

It also showed him they had beefed up their defenses and formed a sizable number alliances to support them, which made him happy.

By now, the longing to finally return home surged strong in Yang Wei's heart. Taking a deep breath, he zoomed toward the mountains on a fang sword, cautiously sending his heightened senses ahead to scan the path. Soon, he noticed something different about the mountains. There was a strange defensive array around it that distorted his cultivation base.

"That's a little strange, to be honest…" he said.

On getting closer, Yang Wei felt it──a multi-dimensional barrier! It spread out as far as the eye could see, creating a huge rift between the Celestial Serpent Sect and the great forest around it.

"Hmm, this is a nice development. With a barrier like this, I don't think anyone would think twice about attacking the sect. Maybe in the future, I should consider beefing up the defense of the barrier with magic... perhaps adding a second layer?"

He wasn't sure about the idea yet, but he knew he'd figure it out when the time came.

Thanks to a jade pendant given to him by one of the clan elders in the allied clans on his way here, he was able to cross through the barrier with zero difficulty.

"Hm?"

Looking around, he saw no one nearby.

However, he took his time to admire the new and improved Celestial Serpent Sect.

It was unbelievably vast and beautiful. . .

A vast courtyard stretched out beyond, lined with statues of legendary cultivators frozen in stances of martial prowess. Stone pathways wound through lush gardens filled with exotic flowers and ancient bonsai trees, leading to majestic pavilions where disciples in flowing robes practiced martial arts with graceful movements.

"This place looks absolutely amazing…"

He was impressed, and it showed in the way he looked around like a child in an amusement park.

"I think it'll be better if I enjoy the scenery with someone like Lin'er... I'm sure she'll have a lot of fun things to say about how it was built or who did the building. Considering I've been gone so long, I'm certain all my women are already crying because it's been a year and they still haven't seen me, hehe!"

Yang Wei pulled out his blue fan and unfurled it with a stylish flick of his wrist. "Fate Defying Elder" was embroidered with golden threads on the surface of the fan, and it only showed when it was unfolded and well spread out. There was even a way to adjust the fan to show "Fate Elder" or maybe even something daring like "Defying Elder".

Huo Yue made it for him, and he was more than excited to show it off.

With a proud smile on his face, he walked and fanned himself.

He passed two outer sect disciples who were talking with slight frustration on their faces.

"The medicinal scrolls for the Stone Melting Pill is very hard to grasp."

"Indeed. The fact it's just a 2nd-grade pill and it's that difficult to refine scares me. If we can't properly grasp that scroll in a few months I don't think Peak Chief Guo will have any interest in selecting us to join her peak."

"If only we were more skilled in the path of medicine. Sigh~"

With a gentle shake of his head, Yang Wei kept walking past them.

"Juniors, to refine a Stone Melting Pill, use a Skyfire Lily for heightened potency. Additionally, infuse it with Thundercloud Ginseng to enhance its conductivity. Both will help with its transmuting and melting properties."

When the two outer sect disciples heard this casual advice, they stopped in their tracks and quickly pulled out their medicinal scrolls to research what this unknown Senior Brother had just said.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

"It actually makes sense now!"

"W-, wait you mean he's right?"

"YES! HE'S MORE THAN RIGHT!!"

With amazement in their eyes, they rushed back to Yang Wei and fell on their knees before him.

"Senior Brother, you're such an apothecary genius!"

"How were you able to discover a different refinement method for the pill so easily!"

"If we use your instructions, it's even possible for slow-witted apothecary disciples like us to refine a 3rd-grade Stone Melting Pill!"

"Please, take us as your students!"

Yang Wei raised an eyebrow as he looked at them.

Hm?

He was surprised they didn't know who he was and why he was so intellectually outstanding. But then, when he glanced at their outer sect robes, he figured they were probably new to the sect and likely didn't recognize him. Still, they seemed eager to learn, and he didn't mind teaching them a thing or two about pill refinement.

"The path of medicine is difficult. You must perceive more than you see, and the answers will come. Apothecary Grandmasters like myself have walked this path, but there comes a time when you must forge your own path and concoct a pill in your own way."

During his time studying and structuring the Dao of Spirit-forging Alchemy, Yang Wei had delved into various medicinal plants and read about countless pills, developing his own unique formulas for some of them.

He had studied over 5,000 types of pills, mastering more than half of them! The outer sect disciples lifted their heads in awe. The brilliance of this man before them was so immense it frightened them!

"S-, Senior Brother is really an Apothecary Grandmaster?!"

"Th-, this is unbelievable!"

With a soft chuckle, Yang Wei walked past them, continuing to fan himself. "Indeed, I am." He retrieved five scrolls from his storage pouch and tossed them behind him.

The scrolls landed before the disciples, revealing a few notes he had made on the medicinal path.

Crying loudly with tears of joy, the two outer sect disciples bowed their heads countless times to praise his exiting figure.

"HEAVENS BLESS SENIOR BROTHER!"

"HE'S NOT ONLY BENEVOLENT, BUT POSSESSES HEAVENLY BEAUTY!!"

"PRAISE SENIOR BROTHER! HE IS TOO GENEROUS!"

They were certain their promotion to inner sect and apothecary disciples of the Green Sanctuary Peak was more than settled.