zài tóng qī rù gǔ de dì zǐ zhōng ， lín xuān xiàn zài de shí lì ， yǐ jīng kě yǐ pái jìn sān jiǎ ， líng dòng hòu qī ， jí shǐ zài piāo yún gǔ zhè yàng de mén pài lǐ ， yě kě yǐ suàn dé shàng jīng yīng dì zǐ ， dàn lín xuān bìng bù mǎn zú ， cǐ cì bì guān shàng wèi jié shù 。
在同期入谷的弟子中，林轩现在的实力，已经可以排进三甲，灵动后期，即使在飘云谷这样的门派里，也可以算得上精英弟子，但林轩并不满足，此次闭关尚未结束。
Among the disciples who entered Drifting Cloud Valley at the same time, Lin Xuan's current strength had already placed him in the top three. He was now at the late Flexible Spirit Period, and even within the sect of Drifting Cloud Valley, he could be considered an elite disciple. However, Lin Xuan was not content with this achievement; his seclusion had yet to end.
yī lái ， shǒu zhōng hái yǒu yì bǎi duō lì xǐ suǐ dān ， kě yǐ zhī chí shí jǐ tiān de xiū liàn ， èr lái ， zì jǐ suī rán chéng gōng chōng guān ， dàn cái gāng gāng mài rù dì wǔ céng de mén kǎn ， jìng jiè xū yào gǒng gù ， jì xù bì guān 。
一来，手中还有一百多粒洗髓丹，可以支持十几天的修炼，二来，自己虽然成功冲关，但才刚刚迈入第五层的门槛，境界需要巩固，继续闭关。
Firstly, he still held over a hundred Essence Cleansing Pills, which would support his cultivation for about ten days. Secondly, although he had successfully broken through the barrier, he had only just stepped into the fifth layer, and his realm needed consolidation. Therefore, he decided to continue his seclusion.
lín xuān kě bù huì yīn wèi qǔ dé yì diǎn chéng jiù jiù zhì dé yì mǎn ， qià qià xiāng fǎn ， měi yī cì chéng gōng ， fǎn ér ràng tā de mù biāo gèng jiā yuǎn dà ， duì zì jǐ yǒu xīn de yāo qiú 。
林轩可不会因为取得一点成就就志得意满，恰恰相反，每一次成功，反而让他的目标更加远大，对自己有新的要求。
Lin Xuan did not become complacent after achieving any success; on the contrary, each success made him set higher goals for himself. He found that using Lingyun Art became more proficient every day, with a continuous increase in essence energy.
líng yún jué de yùn shǐ yuè lái yuè shú liàn le ， měi tiān dōu néng gǎn jué dào líng lì zài bù tíng de zēng jiā 。
凌云诀的运使越来越熟练了，每天都能感觉到灵力在不停的增加。
Apart from cultivation, the volume of Star Sea within his body had doubled. Previously, he encountered a bottleneck when purifying middle-grade pills—no matter how much he practiced or tried, only 20% success was achieved. This was not due to lack of proficiency but because the application of the blue Star Sea had reached its limit.
chú le xiū wèi ， tǐ nèi xīng hǎi de tǐ jī yòu kuò dà le yí bèi ， yuán běn duì zhōng pǐn dān de tí chún ， lín xuān yù dào le píng jǐng ， wú lùn zěn yàng liàn xí ， zěn yàng nǔ lì ， yě zhǐ yǒu bǎi fēn zhī èr shí de chéng gōng lǜ ， zhè yǔ shú liàn méi yǒu guān xì ， chún cuì shì lán sè xīng hǎi de yùn yòng yù dào le píng jǐng 。
除了修为，体内星海的体积又扩大了一倍，原本对中品丹的提纯，林轩遇到了瓶颈，无论怎样练习，怎样努力，也只有百分之二十的成功率，这与熟练没有关系，纯粹是蓝色星海的运用遇到了瓶颈。
Now that he had entered late Flexible Spirit Period and the volume of his Star Sea had increased, this bottleneck vanished on its own. Lin Xuan tested it and found a 30-40% success rate for middle-grade pills. The purification of lower-grade pills was even more efficient—only one failure out of every three.
ér xiàn zài ， jìn rù líng dòng hòu qī ， xīng hǎi tǐ jī zēng jiā yǐ hòu ， zhè ge píng jǐng zì dòng xiāo shī le ， lín xuān shì le yī xià ， zhōng pǐn dān de chéng gōng lǜ shàng shēng dào le bǎi fēn zhī sān shí jǐ ， ér duì xià pǐn dān de tí chún ， gèng shì měi sān kē ， zuì duō shī bài yī cì 。
而现在，进入灵动后期，星海体积增加以后，这个瓶颈自动消失了，林轩试了一下，中品丹的成功率上升到了百分之三十几，而对下品丹的提纯，更是每三颗，最多失败一次。
Lin Xuan no longer considered lower-grade pills to be worth much now, so the increased success rate did not bother him. However, middle-grade pills were different; this trip to Lingyun Sect not only allowed Lin Xuan to purchase necessary items but also gave him an understanding of the market for various treasures in the cultivation world.
duì yú xià pǐn dān ， rú jīn de lín xuān ， yǐ bù tài kàn dé shàng yǎn ， suǒ yǐ chéng gōng lǜ suī rán tí gāo le ， dàn lín xuān yě bù zài yì ， dàn zhōng pǐn dān jiù bù tóng le ， cǐ cì líng yún mén zhī xíng ， bù jǐn ràng lín xuān gòu dé le suǒ xū de wù pǐn ， tóng shí yě liǎo jiě le xiū zhēn jiè gè zhǒng bǎo wù de háng qíng 。
对于下品丹，如今的林轩，已不太看得上眼，所以成功率虽然提高了，但林轩也不在意，但中品丹就不同了，此次凌云门之行，不仅让林轩购得了所需的物品，同时也了解了修真界各种宝物的行情。
Although Essence Cleansing Pills were the lowest and most common type of pill, middle-grade ones remained extremely rare.
xǐ suǐ dān suī rán shì zuì dī jí ， zuì cháng jiàn de yī zhǒng dān yào ， dàn zhōng pǐn de ， yī rán xī yǒu wú bǐ 。
洗髓丹虽然是最低级，最常见的一种丹药，但中品的，依然稀有无比。
Moreover, middle-grade pills still significantly aided his strength improvement. With a higher success rate, he could consume more middle-grade pills each day without exceeding nine.
gèng bié shuō zhōng pǐn dān duì zì jǐ tí shēng shí lì ， réng rán yǒu jí dà zhù yì ， chéng gōng lǜ gāo le ， měi tiān fú yòng de dān yào zhī zhōng ， zhōng pǐn dān suǒ zhàn de bǐ lì jiù kě yǐ gèng dà 。
更别说中品丹对自己提升实力，仍然有极大助益，成功率高了，每天服用的丹药之中，中品丹所占的比例就可以更大。
He had previously consumed only one middle-grade pill out of nine due to insufficient supply, but now it increased to two or even three.
xǐ suǐ dān měi tiān fú yòng bù néng chāo guò jiǔ kē ， yǐ qián yīn wèi zhōng pǐn dān 《16K xiǎo shuō wǎng shǒu jī fǎng wèn bù gòu ， jiǔ kē zhī zhōng ， zhōng pǐn dān zhǐ yǒu yī lì ， xiàn zài zé zēng jiā zhì liǎng lì shèn zhì shì sān lì 。
洗髓丹每天服用不能超过九颗，以前因为中品丹《16K小说网手机访问不够，九颗之中，中品丹只有一粒，现在则增加至两粒甚至是三粒。
Driven by the powerful medicinal effects, Lin Xuan made rapid progress. After just over ten days, he opened his eyes and walked out of his room. Although he was still far from the sixth layer, his fifth-layer realm had become extremely stable, almost giving him a different aura.
zài qiáng dà yào xiào de tuī dòng xià ， lín xuān jìn zhǎn yī rì qiān lǐ ， shí jǐ tiān hòu ， tā kāi guān zǒu chū le wū zi ， cǐ shí de lín xuān ， suī rán jù lí dì liù céng shàng hái yáo yuǎn ， dàn dì wǔ céng jìng jiè ， yǐ jīng fēi cháng de wěn gù ， shèn zhì zhěng gè rén de qì zhì ， dōu yǒu xiē bù tóng 。
在强大药效的推动下，林轩进展一日千里，十几天后，他开关走出了屋子，此时的林轩，虽然距离第六层尚还遥远，但第五层境界，已经非常的稳固，甚至整个人的气质，都有些不同。
However, there was no joy on Lin Xuan's face; instead, he looked troubled. While an increase in strength was good, as his cultivation improved, it became increasingly difficult to hide his true power.
rán ér lín xuān de liǎn shàng bìng méi yǒu tài duō de xǐ sè ， fǎn ér chóu méi jǐn suǒ ， shí lì tí shēng shì hǎo shì ， kě suí zhe xiū wèi de tí gāo ， xiǎng yào yǐn cáng ， yě yuè lái yuè jiān nán le 。
然而林轩的脸上并没有太多的喜色，反而愁眉紧锁，实力提升是好事，可随着修为的提高，想要隐藏，也越来越艰难了。
He knew his situation well. Although the waste pills room was rarely visited by others, sometimes he needed to move around within the sect. If any elder noticed his cultivation level, that would be disastrous.
zì jǐ de qíng kuàng zì jǐ qīng chǔ ， suī rán fèi dān fáng hěn shǎo yǒu rén lái ， kě zì jǐ yǒu shí hòu xū yào zài mén pài lǐ zǒu dòng ， rú guǒ bèi mǒu gè zhǎng lǎo kàn chū zì jǐ xiū wèi ， nà kě jiù cǎn le 。
自己的情况自己清楚，虽然废丹房很少有人来，可自己有时候需要在门派里走动，如果被某个长老看出自己修为，那可就惨了。
The reason was simple—Lin Xuan was an ordinary person without a spirit root. Just months ago, he was struggling in the first layer of Flexible Spirit Period; now, he had entered late stage, and no fool would doubt it.
yuán yīn wú tā ， zì jǐ shì méi yǒu líng gēn de pǔ tōng rén a ， jiù zài bú dào yī nián qián ， hái zài líng dòng qī dì yī céng zhēng zhá ， zhuǎn yǎn shù yuè guò qù ， jū rán jìn rù le hòu qī ， shǎ guā cái bú huì huái yí 。
原因无他，自己是没有灵根的普通人啊，就在不到一年前，还在灵动期第一层挣扎，转眼数月过去，居然进入了后期，傻瓜才不会怀疑。
If they delved into the matter and discovered the secret of his blue Star Sea...
rú guǒ bèi tā men zhuī gēn jiū dǐ ， fā xiàn le lán sè xīng hǎi de mì mì ……
如果被他们追根究底，发现了蓝色星海的秘密……
Lin Xuan shook his head. While this possibility was small, even if a cultivator far stronger than him could not easily detect what was in another's dantian, one must always be prepared for the worst. He needed to anticipate potential problems.
lín xuān yáo le yáo tóu ， suī rán zhè zhǒng kě néng xìng hěn xiǎo ， jiù suàn shí lì yuǎn yuǎn gāo 《16K xiǎo shuō wǎng diàn nǎo fǎng wèn chū zì jǐ de xiū zhēn zhě ， yě hěn nán chá jué bié rén dān tián lǐ de qíng kuàng ， dàn bù pà yī wàn ， jiù pà wàn yī ， fán shì xū yào wèi yǔ chóu móu 。
林轩摇了摇头，虽然这种可能性很小，就算实力远远高《16K小说网电脑访问出自己的修真者，也很难察觉别人丹田里的情况，但不怕一万，就怕万一，凡事需要未雨绸缪。
Moreover, Lin Xuan had no good explanation for why his strength had surged so dramatically within just a year. Could there be any way to hide his power and make others unaware of his cultivation level?
hé kuàng duì yú zì jǐ de xiū wèi wèi shén me néng zài yī nián de shí jiān lǐ tū fēi měng jìn ， lín xuān shí zài méi xiǎng dào hé shì de jiè kǒu 。
何况对于自己的修为为什么能在一年的时间里突飞猛进，林轩实在没想到合适的借口。
Lin Xuan frowned in thought; this was something he could not ask an elder about but would have to solve on his own.
yǒu méi yǒu bàn fǎ kě yǐ yǐn cáng shí lì ， ràng bié rén kàn bù chū zì jǐ de xiū wèi ne ？
有没有办法可以隐藏实力，让别人看不出自己的修为呢？
He went to the library, where only low-ranking disciples were allowed access to the first floor. There were no cultivation techniques here, but many miscellaneous studies. Lin Xuan spent a whole day searching until he finally found what he wanted in *Records of Various Herbs*:
lín xuān zhòu méi sī suǒ ， zhè ge wèn tí bù néng qǐng jiào zhǎng bèi ， zhǐ néng zì jǐ chá zī liào jiě jué 。
林轩皱眉思索，这个问题不能请教长辈，只能自己查资料解决。
Red Silk Grass: A hundred-year-old plant can be used to refine Essence Cleansing Pills and other spiritual medicines. It also has the effect of concealing one's cultivation level.
lín xuān lái dào le cáng shū gé ， zhǐ yǒu dì yī céng duì dī jiē dì zǐ kāi fàng ， zhè ér méi yǒu gōng fǎ ， dàn gè zhǒng zá xué què hěn duō ， lín xuān huā le zhěng zhěng yī tiān de shí jiān ， zhōng yú zhǎo dào le zì jǐ xiǎng yào de dá àn 。
林轩来到了藏书阁，只有第一层对低阶弟子开放，这儿没有功法，但各种杂学却很多，林轩花了整整一天的时间，终于找到了自己想要的答案。
Lin Xuan was overjoyed, quickly reading further. After a moment, he closed the book, his expression turning somber.
《 bǎi cǎo lù 》 shàng yǒu rú xià jì zǎi ：
《百草录》上有如下记载：
Red Silk Grass was very rare in secular society but common in the cultivation world; it was used to refine Essence Cleansing Pills and could be found in the sect’s medicinal garden. In theory, finding it should not have been difficult.
hóng líng cǎo ， bǎi nián de kě yǐ liàn zhì xǐ suǐ dān děng líng yào ， fú shí hòu hái yǒu yǐn cáng xiū wèi de qí xiào 。
红绫草，百年的可以炼制洗髓丹等灵药，服食后还有隐藏修为的奇效。
However, according to the book, Red Silk Grass also had different grades: ordinary ones were used for refining Essence Cleansing Pills, middle-grade ones for Base Foundation Pills, and the best for Return Root Pills consumed by condensation core stage cultivators.
lín xuān xīn zhōng dà xǐ ， lián máng zǐ xì de kàn xià qù ， piàn kè hòu tā hé shàng shū ， liǎn shàng de biǎo qíng què yǒu xiē yīn qíng bù dìng qǐ lái 。
林轩心中大喜，连忙仔细的看下去，片刻后他合上书，脸上的表情却有些阴晴不定起来。
What kind of joke was this? The materials needed for condensation core stage pills made Lin Xuan's eyes widen in surprise. Clearly, they were incredibly precious; he would never be able to obtain them.
hóng líng cǎo ， fàng zài shì sú ， suàn shì fēi cháng zhēn xī de líng cǎo ， xiū zhēn jiè què hěn cháng jiàn ， liàn zhì xǐ suǐ dān ， jiù huì yòng dào zhè zhǒng yào cái ， mén pài lǐ yǒu zhuān mén de yào yuán ， àn lǐ shuō hěn róng yì zhǎo dào 。
红绫草，放在世俗，算是非常珍稀的灵草，修真界却很常见，炼制洗髓丹，就会用到这种药材，门派里有专门的药园，按理说很容易找到。
*Records of Various Herbs* stated clearly that only one out of ten thousand Red Silk Grass plants might be an upper-grade one.
kě jù zhè shū shàng jì zǎi ， hóng líng cǎo yě fēn děng jí ， pǔ tōng de yòng lái liàn zhì xǐ suǐ dān ， zhōng pǐn de yòng lái liàn zhì zhù jī dān ， zuì hǎo de yòng lái liàn zhì níng dān qī xiū shì fú yòng de huí yuán dān 。
可据这书上记载，红绫草也分等级，普通的用来炼制洗髓丹，中品的用来炼制筑基丹，最好的用来炼制凝丹期修士服用的回元丹。
Closing the book, Lin Xuan left the library with a somber expression despite his disappointment. He stood in a corner where no one noticed and remained silent for a moment before heading to the medicinal garden instead of returning to the waste pills room.
kāi shén me wán xiào ， níng dān qī suǒ fú dān yào de cái liào ， lín xuān yǎn jīng dōu dèng dà le ， kě xiǎng ér zhī ， nà shì hé děng de zhēn guì ， zì jǐ gēn běn jiù bù kě néng dé dào 。
开什么玩笑，凝丹期所服丹药的材料，林轩眼睛都瞪大了，可想而知，那是何等的珍贵，自己根本就不可能得到。
Half an hour later, Lin Xuan emerged from the medicinal garden carrying a bamboo basket filled with Red Silk Grass. He had exchanged it for a lower-grade Essence Cleansing Pill. Fortunately, the head of the medicinal garden did not recognize him and was very polite after he revealed his fifth-layer cultivation level.
《 bǎi cǎo lù 》 yě xiě dé hěn qīng chǔ ， yī wàn zhū hóng líng cǎo zhōng cái yǒu kě néng chū xiàn yī kē shàng pǐn de 。
《百草录》也写得很清楚，一万株红绫草中才有可能出现一颗上品的。
Lin Xuan still obtained so much Red Silk Grass because he suddenly had an idea: if he could purify pills, could he do the same with herbs?
hé shàng shū ， lín xuān zǒu chū le cáng shū gé ， suī rán xīn zhōng shī luò ， dàn liǎn shàng yī rán shì yī fù mò rán de biǎo qíng ， zài yí gè bù wéi rén zhù yì de jiǎo luò ， tā zhàn le yī huì er ， chén mò le piàn kè ， hái shì méi yǒu huí fèi dān fáng ， ér shì xiàng yào yuán zǒu qù le 。
合上书，林轩走出了藏书阁，虽然心中失落，但脸上依然是一副漠然的表情，在一个不为人注意的角落，他站了一会儿，沉默了片刻，还是没有回废丹房，而是像药园走去了。
He was not entirely confident but decided to try. If he could transform ordinary Red Silk Grass into upper-grade ones, wouldn't that solve his problem of concealing his cultivation level?
bàn gè shí chén hòu ， lín xuān cóng yào yuán lǐ chū lái ， shǒu zhōng duō le yí gè zhú lán ， lǐ miàn zhuāng le mǎn mǎn yī lán hóng líng cǎo ， zhè shì tā yòng yī kē xià pǐn xǐ suǐ dān yǔ duì fāng jiāo huàn ， hái hǎo yào yuán de guǎn shì bù rèn shí zì jǐ ， jiàn lín xuān xiǎn lù dì wǔ céng de xiū wèi hòu ， biǎo xiàn dé fēi cháng kè qì 。
半个时辰后，林轩从药园里出来，手中多了一个竹篮，里面装了满满一篮红绫草，这是他用一颗下品洗髓丹与对方交换，还好药园的管事不认识自己，见林轩显露第五层的修为后，表现得非常客气。
Returning to the waste pills room, Lin Xuan closed the door to his living quarters and took out a twenty-year-old Red Silk Grass from the basket. It emitted a faint medicinal aroma and was still very fresh after just being unearthed.
lín xuān zhī suǒ yǐ huán shì nòng lái le nà me duō hóng líng cǎo shì yīn wèi tā tū rán yǒu yí gè xiǎng fǎ ， jì rán zì jǐ kě yǐ jiāng dān yào tí chún ， nà me yào cái shì fǒu yě kě yǐ ne ？
林轩之所以还是弄来了那么多红绫草是因为他突然有一个想法，既然自己可以将丹药提纯，那么药材是否也可以呢？
Red Silk Grass was considered special in the cultivation world; its grade determined which type of pill it could be refined into. Ordinary Red Silk Grass was merely common medicine, middle-grade ones were more precious, while upper-grade ones were even sought after by powerful condensation core stage cultivators, making them incredibly valuable.
lín xuān bìng méi yǒu tài dà de bǎ wò ， dàn zǒng yào shì shì cái zhī dào jié guǒ ， rú guǒ zì jǐ kě yǐ jiāng pǔ tōng de hóng líng cǎo tí chún chéng shàng pǐn ， zhè yǐn cáng xiū wèi de nán tí bù jiù jiě jué le ？
林轩并没有太大的把握，但总要试试才知道结果，如果自己可以将普通的红绫草提纯成上品，这隐藏修为的难题不就解决了？
Only upper-grade Red Silk Grass had the ability to conceal one's cultivation level. Lin Xuan now wanted to test whether the blue light points in his finished pills also worked on fresh herbs.
Among the disciples who entered Drifting Cloud Valley at the same time, Lin Xuan's current strength had already placed him in the top three. He was now at the late Flexible Spirit Period, and even within the sect of Drifting Cloud Valley, he could be considered an elite disciple. However, Lin Xuan was not content with this achievement; his seclusion had yet to end.
Firstly, he still held over a hundred Essence Cleansing Pills, which would support his cultivation for about ten days. Secondly, although he had successfully broken through the barrier, he had only just stepped into the fifth layer, and his realm needed consolidation. Therefore, he decided to continue his seclusion.
Lin Xuan did not become complacent after achieving any success; on the contrary, each success made him set higher goals for himself. He found that using Lingyun Art became more proficient every day, with a continuous increase in essence energy.
Apart from cultivation, the volume of Star Sea within his body had doubled. Previously, he encountered a bottleneck when purifying middle-grade pills—no matter how much he practiced or tried, only 20% success was achieved. This was not due to lack of proficiency but because the application of the blue Star Sea had reached its limit.
Now that he had entered late Flexible Spirit Period and the volume of his Star Sea had increased, this bottleneck vanished on its own. Lin Xuan tested it and found a 30-40% success rate for middle-grade pills. The purification of lower-grade pills was even more efficient—only one failure out of every three.
Lin Xuan no longer considered lower-grade pills to be worth much now, so the increased success rate did not bother him. However, middle-grade pills were different; this trip to Lingyun Sect not only allowed Lin Xuan to purchase necessary items but also gave him an understanding of the market for various treasures in the cultivation world.
Although Essence Cleansing Pills were the lowest and most common type of pill, middle-grade ones remained extremely rare.
Moreover, middle-grade pills still significantly aided his strength improvement. With a higher success rate, he could consume more middle-grade pills each day without exceeding nine.
He had previously consumed only one middle-grade pill out of nine due to insufficient supply, but now it increased to two or even three.
Driven by the powerful medicinal effects, Lin Xuan made rapid progress. After just over ten days, he opened his eyes and walked out of his room. Although he was still far from the sixth layer, his fifth-layer realm had become extremely stable, almost giving him a different aura.
However, there was no joy on Lin Xuan's face; instead, he looked troubled. While an increase in strength was good, as his cultivation improved, it became increasingly difficult to hide his true power.
He knew his situation well. Although the waste pills room was rarely visited by others, sometimes he needed to move around within the sect. If any elder noticed his cultivation level, that would be disastrous.
The reason was simple—Lin Xuan was an ordinary person without a spirit root. Just months ago, he was struggling in the first layer of Flexible Spirit Period; now, he had entered late stage, and no fool would doubt it.
If they delved into the matter and discovered the secret of his blue Star Sea...
Lin Xuan shook his head. While this possibility was small, even if a cultivator far stronger than him could not easily detect what was in another's dantian, one must always be prepared for the worst. He needed to anticipate potential problems.
Moreover, Lin Xuan had no good explanation for why his strength had surged so dramatically within just a year. Could there be any way to hide his power and make others unaware of his cultivation level?
Lin Xuan frowned in thought; this was something he could not ask an elder about but would have to solve on his own.
He went to the library, where only low-ranking disciples were allowed access to the first floor. There were no cultivation techniques here, but many miscellaneous studies. Lin Xuan spent a whole day searching until he finally found what he wanted in *Records of Various Herbs*:
Red Silk Grass: A hundred-year-old plant can be used to refine Essence Cleansing Pills and other spiritual medicines. It also has the effect of concealing one's cultivation level.
Lin Xuan was overjoyed, quickly reading further. After a moment, he closed the book, his expression turning somber.
Red Silk Grass was very rare in secular society but common in the cultivation world; it was used to refine Essence Cleansing Pills and could be found in the sect’s medicinal garden. In theory, finding it should not have been difficult.
However, according to the book, Red Silk Grass also had different grades: ordinary ones were used for refining Essence Cleansing Pills, middle-grade ones for Base Foundation Pills, and the best for Return Root Pills consumed by condensation core stage cultivators.
What kind of joke was this? The materials needed for condensation core stage pills made Lin Xuan's eyes widen in surprise. Clearly, they were incredibly precious; he would never be able to obtain them.
*Records of Various Herbs* stated clearly that only one out of ten thousand Red Silk Grass plants might be an upper-grade one.
Closing the book, Lin Xuan left the library with a somber expression despite his disappointment. He stood in a corner where no one noticed and remained silent for a moment before heading to the medicinal garden instead of returning to the waste pills room.
Half an hour later, Lin Xuan emerged from the medicinal garden carrying a bamboo basket filled with Red Silk Grass. He had exchanged it for a lower-grade Essence Cleansing Pill. Fortunately, the head of the medicinal garden did not recognize him and was very polite after he revealed his fifth-layer cultivation level.
Lin Xuan still obtained so much Red Silk Grass because he suddenly had an idea: if he could purify pills, could he do the same with herbs?
He was not entirely confident but decided to try. If he could transform ordinary Red Silk Grass into upper-grade ones, wouldn't that solve his problem of concealing his cultivation level?
Returning to the waste pills room, Lin Xuan closed the door to his living quarters and took out a twenty-year-old Red Silk Grass from the basket. It emitted a faint medicinal aroma and was still very fresh after just being unearthed.
Red Silk Grass was considered special in the cultivation world; its grade determined which type of pill it could be refined into. Ordinary Red Silk Grass was merely common medicine, middle-grade ones were more precious, while upper-grade ones were even sought after by powerful condensation core stage cultivators, making them incredibly valuable.
Only upper-grade Red Silk Grass had the ability to conceal one's cultivation level. Lin Xuan now wanted to test whether the blue light points in his finished pills also worked on fresh herbs.