SFS Chapter 83: Rejecting the Beautiful Mentor
Chapter 83: Rejecting the Beautiful Mentor
As for Lu Wenzheng, he did not change his cultivation method.
He finally reached the third level of Qi Refining.
If you change your practice method, it's no different from starting all over again.
This was hard for him to accept.
In his opinion, if he really didn't have the talent for alchemy, becoming a live-in son-in-law in five years would be a good option.
Lu Bingzhi did not require Lu Wenzheng to learn alchemy.
Li Yourong did not insist on this, and Lu Wenzheng did not feel any pressure.
This day was the ninth day of the second lunar month.
Early in the morning, Yang Jiuli withdrew from his cultivation.
He looked inward at the data on the Three Lives Stone.
Name: Yang Jiuli.
Lifespan: 25/118.
Cultivation level: Half-step Grandmaster
Strength: 3,000 jin.
Martial Arts: "Treading Snow Without a Trace," "Heavenly Fiend Body Refining Technique," "Floating Snow Sword Technique," "Thirteen Sword Styles," "Azure Origin Sword Technique"
Location: Chu Kingdom, Tianyun Star (a third-level cultivation kingdom)
Immortal cultivation level: Qi Refining Level 2.
Mastery of spells: Wind Control, Object Manipulation, Green Wood Cage, Wooden Spikes, Fire Control
……
Spiritual Root: Superior grade spiritual root. (Damaged, under repair (5502/10000) and can be cultivated).
Three Lives Talisman (Past Life Talisman) Tier 1. Five talismans, usable 5 times.
Mental strength: Level 9.
Soul Arrows: Three.
Flame Talisman: Three.
Taiyin Qi Talisman: Two.
"In just one year, I've increased my spiritual root's repair value by nearly 500 points... In less than ten years, my spiritual root will be fully repaired... reaching the level of a superior-grade spiritual root..." Yang Jiuli murmured. "If I were to cultivate in a second-tier spiritual vein, the speed would be even faster!"
This was after he devoted a significant amount of time to cultivating the "Azure Emperor's Longevity Technique" to enhance his magical power.
Otherwise, his spiritual root would repair itself even faster.
Of course, at this time, Yang Jiuli's spiritual root was still in the low grade.
Therefore, he must control his cultivation speed.
There is no need for the spiritual root to be repaired too early.
He must maintain a balance between increasing his magical power, repairing his spiritual roots, and improving his alchemy skills.
If one's magical power increases too quickly, it will arouse suspicion.
At this point, advancing from the first level of Qi Refining to the second level within a year is considered normal.
Yang Jiuli withdrew his mind from his sea of consciousness.
He was quite satisfied with his current progress in cultivation.
Immediately, he got up, pushed open the door, summoned his Azure Cloud Sword, and flew to the foot of the mountain.
Down the mountain, Liu Yuelong, Lu Wenzheng, and Huang Cheng were already waiting.
After becoming familiar with the Li family's situation, Li Feiyu no longer took on the responsibility of picking them up and dropping them off.
When Yang Jiuli flew over, Lu Wenzheng unleashed his low-grade magic sword.
The magic sword emitted light patterns, transforming into a giant sword three feet wide.
He leaped up.
Yang Jiuli leaped onto the magic sword.
Because Yang Jiuli was only at the first level of Qi Refining in the past, his magical power was weak, making it difficult for him to fly on a sword for a long time.
Therefore, he hitched a ride with Lu Wenzheng on his swift sword.
Liu Yuelong then flew with Huang Cheng.
After Huang Cheng changed his cultivation method, he dissipated his previous magical power and started anew. He is now only at the first level of Qi Refining.
call out!
The magic sword sliced through the void and flew towards Little Flame Island.
The four of them entered the alchemy room with practiced ease.
Alchemist Li Yourong had already begun waiting.
Yang Jiuli and the others familiarly arrived in front of their alchemy altars.
"Yang Jiuli, Liu Yuelong, this time you are learning to refine a low-grade first-tier pill... the Bigu Pill!"
"Lu Wenzheng, Huang Cheng, you are learning how to refine medicinal powders, specifically blood-clotting powder!" Li Yourong arranged the course for the group.
She first explained the key points of elixir refining.
Then he let everyone start refining it themselves.
Yang Jiuli opened the alchemy furnace and used his spiritual power to activate the array on the furnace, drawing the earth vein fire within the furnace's firebox to warm it.
Liu Yuelong, on the other hand, warmed the furnace with his own true fire.
Huang Cheng also began to warm the furnace with his own true fire.
Lu Wenzheng then drew upon the fire from the earth's veins to warm the furnace.
Soon, everyone skillfully began placing the medicinal herbs into the furnace to extract the medicinal liquid.
Li Yourong watched silently from the side.
Even if she discovers a mistake, she won't intervene immediately; she'll only offer a reminder afterward.
Interference during alchemy will affect the alchemist's state and soul.
At this moment, Li Yourong stood beside Yang Jiuli, watching silently.
Of the three, Liu Yuelong has the best talent in alchemy.
Yang Jiuli is second best because he doesn't have true fire, and he is very likely to be overtaken by Huang Cheng in the future.
Therefore, Li Yourong paid special attention to Yang Jiuli, seemingly not wanting this promising young talent to have his potential limited by the True Fire.
"Sizzle..." When Yang Jiuli was refining a Tianhua Fruit, the fruit liquid sizzled and emitted a little smoke.
Upon hearing the hissing sound, Yang Jiuli immediately used his divine sense to control the formation and lower the temperature of the earth fire.
The hissing sound then subsided somewhat.
"The earth fire's temperature was too high... it damaged the medicinal properties!" Li Yourong stroked her chin, looked at Yang Jiuli, and muttered to herself, "This pill, even if it were successfully made, would probably be a useless one! But why would he make such a mistake?"
Li Yourong pondered.
She had observed Yang Jiuli many times!
Each time, Yang Jiuli would make a small mistake, resulting in poor quality pills and all his efforts being wasted.
In fact, she felt that Yang Jiuli shouldn't have made such a mistake.
Because through observation, she clearly noted that Yang Jiuli's success rate in refining similar medicinal materials was quite good.
Yang Jiuli was focused on refining elixirs.
He naturally knew that Li Yourong was paying attention to him.
Yang Jiuli was also helpless, as he did not have true fire and his cultivation level was also slightly low.
His spiritual sense would naturally be weaker than that of Lu Wenzheng and Liu Yuelong.
The control over elixirs should naturally be weak.
However, after a year of practice, he had already thoroughly reviewed many of his previous life's experiences.
They were quite adept at refining elixirs.
However, he couldn't reveal his extraordinary alchemy skills, so he had to make occasional mistakes to prevent himself from succeeding in alchemy.
At the very least, he cannot succeed when Liu Yuelong achieves his goal.
This way, he won't attract attention or arouse suspicion.
Unfortunately, this alchemist Li Yourong was quite responsible and had been silently watching Yang Jiuli for half a year!
Half an hour later.
Liu Yuelong opened the alchemy furnace.
The air was filled with the aroma of herbs.
Six pills lay prominently among them.
Five of them were charred black, which was obviously due to improper control of the heat during the pill-making process.
The other one also had some black spots.
It's considered a useless pill.
"Sigh, another failure!" Liu Yuelong sighed.
"It's alright, you just need to pay more attention to controlling the heat and time, and you'll be able to make the pill!" Li Yourong encouraged.
"Yes!" Liu Yuelong nodded, also full of confidence.
Master Li once said that to have achieved such results after only one year of learning how to refine pills was already considered exceptional talent.
Then, Liu Yuelong looked at Yang Jiuli beside him.
Yang Jiuli also brushed aside the red cover.
There was a distinct burnt smell of medicinal liquid inside the alchemy furnace.
Upon closer inspection, there was a puddle of medicinal mud and three charred pills inside.
It's clear that he also failed to refine it successfully, falling short of Liu Yuelong's level.
"Three useless pills..." Liu Yuelong secretly observed with his divine sense, thinking to himself, "Indeed, my talent is even better than Ninth Brother's!"
He was in a great mood and secretly pleased with himself.
"As expected, he's a bit worse than Liu Yuelong!" Li Yourong glanced at him and looked at Yang Jiuli beside her with a slightly strange expression.
From the very beginning of refining medicinal liquids and powders, Yang Jiuli always managed to score slightly lower than Liu Yuelong.
This perfect balance is only natural.
But for some reason, Li Yourong, relying on her woman's intuition, felt it was too much of a coincidence.
It seems like it was done on purpose.
However, since she had no evidence, she did not ask Yang Jiuli about the matter.
"Sigh, only three useless pills were produced..." Yang Jiuli frowned and sighed after opening the furnace.
Li Yourong glanced at Yang Jiuli, then walked to his side and said, "Fellow Daoist Yang, please stay after the alchemy is finished. I will explain the key points of alchemy to you privately..." She planned to discuss with Yang Jiuli and solve his alchemy problems.
"This..." Yang Jiuli looked at Li Yourong with a sense of flattery.
"Is this some kind of special treatment?" Lu Wenzheng said enviously from the side.
By this time, he had finished refining the medicine powder. As expected, the medicine powder refined by Lu Wenzheng also had a slightly burnt smell.
"What, you don't want to?" Seeing Yang Jiuli's flattered and hesitant expression, Li Yourong raised an eyebrow.
Her gaze held a sharp edge as she leaned forward, her jade-like hand supporting her on the alchemy platform, and slowly brought her face close to Yang Jiuli's.
At this moment, she possessed a wilder beauty and a more dashing air.
This made Huang Cheng and Liu Yuelong look on with envy.
"It's not that I'm unwilling, but Master Li has already spent a lot of time teaching us alchemy, which has delayed your cultivation... We cultivators ultimately aim to establish our foundation, and alchemy is just a side job. If we delay Master Li's foundation-building endeavor, Jiu Li really can't afford to suffer the consequences..." Yang Jiu Li said, looking frightened, and quickly stepped back.
"Tsk..." Li Yourong chuckled lightly, her eyebrows curving into crescents as she sized up Yang Jiuli, but remained silent.
Judging from her expression, it seemed as if she wanted to see right through Yang Jiuli.
Yang Jiuli looked terrified, like a little boy whose cheeks flushed red as he was stared at, and he lowered his head and remained silent.
The atmosphere in the alchemy room was somewhat strange.
"Why did Ninth Brother refuse Master Li?" Lu Wenzheng wondered.
Huang Cheng was also puzzled.
"This Ninth Brother is so clueless about romance!" Liu Yuelong thought to himself.
What an honor it must be to have a beautiful mentor privately instruct you in the art of alchemy!
"Very well, as a cultivator, one should indeed focus on refining qi... I won't take up your time... If you have any questions about alchemy in the future, you can ask me directly in the alchemy room..." After staring at Yang Jiuli for several breaths, Li Yourong straightened up and said.
"Thank you very much, Master Li!" Yang Jiuli said.
Li Yourong nodded slightly, then glanced at Lu Wenzheng and Huang Cheng's work.
After providing guidance, today's alchemy session is complete.
Yang Jiuli, Lu Wenzheng, and others bowed to bid farewell to Li Yourong.
"I don't want to delay my Foundation Building project... Interesting..." Li Yourong watched Yang Jiuli's departing figure.
She found the young people around her increasingly interesting.
She naturally knew that this was Yang Jiuli's excuse.
An alchemy apprentice refused private guidance from an alchemist.
There are two reasons:
First: This person's ambition is not in alchemy.
Second: He has a secret he is hiding.
"Which one will you be!" Li Yourong murmured to herself, stroking her hair and twirling it between her fingers.
……