The legendary warrior

'The voice might be coming from Elder Mateo, ' Ricky pondered.

Before he came here, Grace had told him something about the Snow Sect's Treasure Tower. For the longest time, Elder Mateo, the eighth elder in the sect, had been dutifully guarding it since.

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"Elder, I have won the Outer Competition. I'm here to get my award," Ricky said respectfully.

"Oh? Are you the one who doesn't have a spiritual meridian? Come in," the Elder replied after a while. "But you have to come alone," he added, implying that Heather couldn't come with him inside the tower.

"Are you going to be okay here outside?" Ricky turned around to ask her. Heather smiled softly and told him she was going to be fine. With that, Ricky stepped inside the tower.

He looked around the whole place. There were only a few things that could be found around the ground floor—some tables, chairs, cushions and a big crude wood bed.

'This floor must be the place where Elder Mateo used to cultivate himself, ' Ricky thought to himself

Ricky walked and observed the place for a while, until he saw an old man with white hair who was sitting on a chair, drinking a cup of tea. Ricky guessed that he must be Elder Mateo.

"Elder," Ricky greeted respectfully.

After hearing Ricky's voice, Elder Mateo put his cup of tea down on the table and shifted his gaze to Ricky. He carefully studied him, looking at him up and down. Elder Mateo broke into a small smile and after a while of pondering, he said "Extraordinary. I see that you have a great foundation at the Skin Refinement"

"Thank you, Elder," Ricky bowed. He felt honored to be acknowledged by the eighth elder in the sect.

"About the Nine-degree Body Refining Formula, can you show it to me?" Elder Mateo asked while he sipped his tea. Ricky was stunned with the odd request.

He was taken aback with the old man's request. Stunned, he calmed himself down and replied, "Yes, Elder."

Ricky summoned his spiritual energy to activate the Nine-degree Body Refining Formula—his whole body turned orange immediately.

a thousand years since the last time." Elder Mateo observed calmly but there was a glint in his eyes that sparked excitement.

this," Elder Mateo handed Ricky

yourself. I'm not thirsty." Ricky appreciated that Elder Mateo would

He didn't expect Ricky would turn him down.

He didn't want to be on the bad side of Elder Mateo, so he thought

drank all of its

He could sense something bubbling up in his stomach—an immense heat that radiated from within. He felt like the "tea" that he had drunk was going to burn his stomach up anytime. Eventually, the scorching heat started

asked apprehensively as he clutched his stomach to calm the heat

want to burn, you'd better sit and start cultivating

cup of tea was a gift from him. Without hesitation, he sat in

into pure powerful energy. He could feel it flooding his whole

the ninth grade

exclaimed to himself. He got up and thanked Elder Mateo for the tea.

Treasures from Heaven and Earth. Even a small sip is able to enforce the grade

Nine-degree Body Refining Formula, I would never

thank you so much!" Ricky replied excitedly. He felt honored that Elder Mateo had given him such a great gift.

put more effort into cultivating the Nine-degree Body Refining Formula, or one day, you'll be

serious?" Ricky felt a little worried

Elder Mateo added. "Don't waste any more time. You should go upstairs to get your reward. But you can only choose the Treasures from Heaven and Earth from the second floor,"

Elder," Ricky replied, as he bowed respectfully before the Elder.

old saying before—Help people through the

me. What kind of treasure do you

element of water, and the other with the element of fire or ice," Ricky

warriors with the water nature spiritual meridian," Elder Mateo said after thinking hard

But, there is an Ice Ganoderma Lucidum on the

you immensely to cultivate the

He was glad that he had asked Elder Mateo and was able to listen some of his wise suggestions.