"Palace Leader Bian Zhen of the Medicine Palace, you have been among us for ten years. You have been loyal and steadfast, and you have performed meritorious service. You have accumulated sufficient merit and reached the Perfected Mastery Qi Refinement Realm. Today, you shall be awarded one Foundation Establishment pill, along with a bottle of revitalization liquid."5

Within Huixin Hall, the morning meeting was underway. Under the watchful eyes of many senior members of the Luo Tian Society, Bian Zhen stepped forward. His hands trembled as he carefully received a jade box from Sima Huiniang. His unusually cautious demeanor stood in stark contrast to his normal composure, yet none of the spectators laughed. On the contrary, they gazed at him with undisguised envy.0

A Foundation Establishment pill! Even though it was common knowledge that Luo Tian Society had stockpiled a number of them, to see one handed out directly by the director as a reward still felt surreal. 1

This was especially true considering that Bian Zhen was not like Wang Yuan or Duan Feng. He hadn’t accompanied the president during the society’s early, precarious years. He had joined only later, during the Xiaohuan Mountain period, after Luo Chen had already reached Foundation Establishment. In fact, he had joined later than even Sima Huiniang. And yet, purely through...0