“Haha, motivational fluff can be really harmful. When it comes to natural talent, hard work always pales in comparison. The reason everyone keeps telling you to work hard is simply because they want to use you. Working hard, especially in Ethereal Realm, holds no significance. These people are destined to become stepping stones for others. If all their abilities were to be transferred to you, you’d make significant progress and gain widespread fame.
There’s even a chance to break through Ethereal Realm and ascend to Immortal Realm. This is a world where might is right. Without strength or talent, all the effort one puts in is merely for the benefit of others. As long as you take me as your master, I can guide you in crafting the Devouring Pill.
You can then absorb all these people’s cultivation. Everyone has their own unique qualities. If you learn and absorb the strengths of these people, your abilities will grow instantaneously.
Medicine God stood with his hands clasped behind his back, speaking with an expression of utter indifference.
It seemed as though the alchemists on Cauldron Peak could be killed for the sake of increasing one’s strength.
“Devouring someone else’s abilities?” Jared furrowed his brows. “Isn’t this the technique only used by Demonic Cultivators?”
Jared also knew how to devour the cultivation of others. However, as his power continued to increase, the difficulty of doing so only grew.
In Ethereal Realm, Astral Attraction simply didn’t work.
“Demonic Cultivator?” Medicine God smirked. “The practice of devouring the abilities of others is indeed classified as a Demonic Cultivator’s technique. However, what I’m teaching you is how to craft the Devouring Pill, not the act of devouring itself. So, it doesn’t ‘count as that. Furthermore, I’m not a Demonic Cultivator. Even with diligent cultivation, it’s not guaranteed you’ll become immortal, nor is it certain your cultivation level will advance. However, if you take this opportunity, elevating your cultivation level is guaranteed. This is a case of a fool being in the right place at the right time. However, the prerequisite here is that the fool must know not to pass over his opportunity. If you take me as your master now, it will be your golden opportunity. I can assure you that in no time, you’ll break through to Ultimate Realm!”
Medicine God was desperately tempting Jared to become his disciple.
Jared gazed quietly at Medicine God before him, then suddenly broke into a smile. “Devouring these people’s cultivation to enhance my own, isn’t that the same as following a great demon lord? I could never harm others for my own gain,” he said.
Medicine God explained, “I’m not telling you to harm others. By using the Devouring Pill, you’re only consuming a portion of their cultivation, not their lives. This is different from the Demonic Cultivators’ absorption technique. The people you are to devour will still be around, you know. It’s just that their skills might be diminished, or they might never be able to improve again. Would you consider that harming them?”
“Enough. I won’t be taking you as my master,” ‘Jared promptly cut off the Medicine God.
“Aren’t you tempted at all? Didn’t you undergo all those trials just to inherit my legacy?” Medicine God asked in confusion upon seeing Jared’s blunt refusal.
“Indeed, I came for your legacy, but I can’t accept you as my master, let alone consume someone else’s cultivation,” Jared answered with unwavering determination.
A hint of anger flashed across the face of Medicine God. Utterly perplexed, he questioned, “Am I, an immortal from the celestial realm, not worthy of being your master? Do you think that just because I have fallen, becoming nothing more than a soul remnant that I’m of no use as your master? Let me tell you, I didn’t fall at all. I merely used a divine pill to return to the celestial realm, that’s all. I had painstakingly crafted the divine pill for over a thousand years, finally allowing me to return to the celestial realm. My original plan was to leave behind a soul remnant to seek out a fateful individual that is destined to become my disciple.”
