Chapter 190: The Teacher Sells Medicine

Unexpectedly, she had stumbled upon a private transaction between two other disciples.

After thinking it over for a while, Mu Yanxi concluded that she should first go back and ask Shangguan Yun.

In theory, every cultivator had personal secrets. It was normal for sect disciples to engage in private transactions and keep things they didn’t want others to know. As long as it didn’t harm the sect, Mu Yanxi felt she could turn a blind eye.

But those two had been so sneaky about their transaction, and the girl who had come earlier said that if this was discovered, she’d be in serious trouble.

That was enough to prove that what they were trading was indeed contraband—at the very least, something that couldn’t see the light of day and could potentially endanger the sect.

So Mu Yanxi decided to go back to the dormitory and ask Shangguan Yun first.

She quickly stepped onto her gliding board and returned to the dormitory. Shangguan Yun was still meditating in the bedroom while handling some student council documents.

After hearing Mu Yanxi’s account, Shangguan Yun’s expression immediately turned serious. She said to Mu Yanxi:

“Although this matter doesn’t count as harming the sect, it could very well harm the disciples.”

“Why? Because of the physical enhancement injections?” Mu Yanxi guessed something. Physical enhancement injections like these were something Wei Dai forbade selling to other disciples in physical education class.

“Yes. Most of these physical enhancement injections have side effects—some are even experimental products. Even in class, disciples are required to use them only under a teacher’s supervision. Do you think using them privately like this carries no danger?”

Shangguan Yun asked back.

“True. Should we tell the teacher then?” Mu Yanxi asked. This should be equivalent to a disciple practicing forbidden arts, right?

“We don’t get involved. As long as you don’t touch them, it’s fine,” Shangguan Yun said.

“Huh?! Don’t get involved? Why?” Mu Yanxi couldn’t understand. If this was an illegal transaction between disciples, wasn’t reporting it to the sect the most basic thing to do?

“The Spiritual Moon High Sect doesn’t prohibit disciples from trading pills and most cultivation resources, but they traded in secret, which means they clearly knew it was contraband. So the question is: where did they get these banned drugs?”

Shangguan Yun asked.

“From outside the sect?” Mu Yanxi guessed. The Spiritual Moon High Sect’s management wasn’t strict. Disciples could come and go freely, and outsiders who had business dealings with the sect could also enter. So some contraband could be brought in from outside.

“If they have connections outside the sect, why not sell the injections directly outside? Remember, the Spiritual Moon High Sect has a ban, but there’s no ban outside.”

“There are plenty of itinerant cultivators who want to buy physical enhancement injections,” Shangguan Yun asked back.

“You mean… the injections themselves came from within the sect? Because taking them out carries the risk of inspection, so they have to be consumed inside the sect? No, wait—how did they get in then?”

Mu Yanxi was confused again. If getting out was hard, getting in should be even harder.

“So, of course someone can bring them in. The most likely candidates are certain teachers, or certain VIPs, or both.”

Shangguan Yun revealed a shocking truth.

“Huh? Teachers? That’s impossible, right?” Mu Yanxi asked in shock.

If this were her past life, such words would have been considered grossly disrespectful—questioning or even slandering one’s elders.

“How is it impossible? A PE teacher can openly sell drugs in class, but other teachers can’t? If they have a way to get physical enhancement injections, do you think they wouldn’t want to sell them to disciples for spirit stones?”

Shangguan Yun continued to question.

Mu Yanxi still found it hard to believe that a teacher would privately sell dangerous drugs to disciples. Moreover, the two she had seen trading were clearly young girls. Then something suddenly occurred to her:

“Yun’er, did you already know about something like this?”

“Yeah. When I first joined the sect, a senior sister asked if I wanted drugs. I also know that the injections we use in PE class are probably bought from them. Supposedly they’re even experimental products.”

Mu Yanxi thought back.

“It’s probably an open secret. That’s why I said we can’t tell the teacher. If we cut off their source of income, they’ll hate us to death.”

Shangguan Yun laid it all out.

“I also know a bit about where the drugs come from. You know that the Spiritual Moon High Sect and Yangxin Hall have a series of cooperative projects, right?”

“That does seem to be the case, but there’s no evidence, right?” Mu Yanxi was still shocked.

“Yeah. Yangxin Hall’s subsidiary, Yangxin High Sect, is one of the three heaven-grade High Sects in Yuzhen City. Yangxin High Sect disciples mainly focus on pill refining and alchemy.”

“New disciples aren’t skilled in their techniques, so they produce many substandard pills every year that must be disposed of.”

Shangguan Yun said.

“Waste pills?” Mu Yanxi asked.

Pill refining had a high failure rate. Most of the time, waste pills were produced and had to be thrown away. In her past life, they were just casually discarded.

“Not exactly waste pills either. Some are just substandard—they still have medicinal properties, but the side effects are unknown.”

“These pills are usually sent for specialized recycling, but some unscrupulous teachers sell these pills that should have been disposed of to outsiders, including teachers of the Spiritual Moon High Sect who have cooperative relationships with them. The teachers then let close female disciples sell them to other disciples.”

Shangguan Yun said.

“That’s too shady!” Mu Yanxi exclaimed.

Even though in her past life she thought that as long as a pill wasn’t a waste pill, it could be eaten, selling drugs that were explicitly required to be disposed of to disciples was purely benefiting oneself at others’ expense.

“Right. So I’m warning you—don’t ever touch these drugs. The harm to your body is incalculable. Qi deviation or meridian damage are both possible.”

“But aside from that, we’ll act like we never saw anything. Cutting off someone’s wealth is like killing their parents. Never offend the teachers.”

Shangguan Yun emphasized again.

This left Mu Yanxi feeling conflicted. The senior generation was doing things contrary to sect rules, and some disciples were acting as their accomplices.

But as a newly initiated disciple, she had to observe the hierarchy of seniority. This wasn’t really her place to handle; it was a matter for the sect’s upper echelons.

Yet Mu Yanxi couldn’t stand such things, which made her deeply torn.

Perhaps seeing her inner conflict, Shangguan Yun smiled and said:

“Don’t overthink it. Let’s cultivate together. Cultivation can help you forget these unpleasant things.”

“Alright.”

Mu Yanxi could only nod and climb onto the bed with Shangguan Yun.

This was the first time she had dual cultivated with Shangguan Yun since mastering the lingyue art. The fake phoenix art had originally been practiced to assist the lingyue art.

But after dual cultivating for one night, Mu Yanxi realized something was wrong.

Very wrong.

The heat in her body wouldn’t subside, and that craving feeling only grew stronger.

“No… Can our dual cultivation not relieve the craving caused by the lingyue art?”

Mu Yanxi could barely hold back anymore and had to ask.