Chapter 87
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In my stay in this place, I have learned the sincerity of the old man towards teaching me herbal and medical knowledge. And because of this, I have viewed the old man with respect. I have already checked his body and true to my suspicion the old man is really poisoned.
But what surprises me is the decision he made to hide away in this place and live a life of solitude.
The reason for this is because I could sense the ambition in his eyes. The old man has the ambition to rise up and once again reach the top of the sect. In our subtle conversations, I could understand the underlying desire in his words and what he wanted to do and have.
In fact, the reason why he is training Fa Wenling with everything he knows is that he wanted her to be the key to coming back to the top. With him as her master, and as she grows, he would be able to ride in her coattail.
And for this reason, I could somewhat feel the reason why he is training me to such a degree that I might be able to create higher-level pills for Fa Wenling.
Just like what is happening right now. As of this moment, I am inside the pill concoction room where I am tasked to refine a batch of level 4 pills, for Fa Wenling's consumption.
Old Chang advised me not to go out and attend the contest. He has already submitted my name as someone who forfeited the contest.
In the outer sect, everyone has already known that I am Old Chang's disciple and is one of the alchemists who create pills that the outer sect uses. My pills are a bit more effective than others, plus their purity is around 95% which means that it contains less poison than other alchemists in the sect. Many praised me, yet most of the alchemists in the outer sect hated me.
But I did not care about any of that, what I care about is the experience that I can get. Right at this moment, two new active skills have been registered in my stats, Herbal refinement, and Pill concoction.
Learning alchemy is truly a good thing as I know that it could help me further my skills and my weapons for my revenge.
In this place, I have learned both medicinal herbs and poisonous herbs. Medicinal herbs I diligently learned on the outside, while poison, I learned it in secret.
I could tell that the old man is secretly observing me, so how could I show him my cards. Though I somewhat trusted him a bit, I already knew that a human heart is not that simple and would always be cruel especially in this place of dog-eat-dog environment. So how could I let my guard down?
"You have to make at least 30 pills today… This would supplement what she needed to be able to finally break through to the 5th level and with that enter the inner sect. As for you, you also need to reach the 4th level in Qi Practice. Since reaching the 1st level last month you still have a long way to do… But I have a way for you to breakthrough. Though it would rely on your luck if you could survive or die trying…" Old Chang said while watching me refine the pills on the cauldron.
I did not say anything and just pretended to concentrate on controlling the fire by controlling the knob on the side. According to what I have learned, the intensity of the flame could affect the result of the pills.
If one could not grasp the proper intensity of the flame then the purity of the pill would be affected by much.
And so, I pretended to concentrate. In fact, the truth is, I did not need to concentrate that much. I can actually sense the proper temperature right now by just using my 5 senses. I could tell if it is too hot or not. I could even tell the condition of the pills inside the cauldron by listening to them.
Suddenly, I quickly turn off the fire and open the pill cauldron's lid. I could see the pills inside slowly forming when the air enters the cauldron.
"Haha… Perfect! Truly amazing!… I know that I did not make a mistake in taking you in as my disciple…" Old Chang said with an elated smile on his wizened face.
Old Chang grabs the pill bottle that I used to keep the pills, and then strode outside the pill concoction room.
Yesterday, while in the Outer Sect library, I came across a very interesting book.
It says, 'Weapon Refining for Beginners…' it was really interesting as it talks about blacksmithing using Qi as a supplement to combine the elements in the air and imbue them on the things that one would refine.
But for beginners, it talks about how one could create a strong weapon while refining a cold weapon using Qi.
It is said that Qi refined weapons are stronger than normal ones. Even those so-called legendary weapons of old could not stand against Qi refined weapons.
So, this has tickled my curiosity, and began reading it.
And now, I wanted to prove if the theory written in the book is true or false. It is said that a Qi refined weapon emits an aura of Qi within its surface.
I know that there are blacksmiths in the outer sect, and right now, I wanted to see those weapons and armors that they have created. I wanted to see if any of them are able to create Qi refined weapons or armors.
After Old Chang walks out, I too followed outside not long after I cleaned the pill concoction room.
After walking for a while, I soon heard a few clinking sounds from afar. It already gained my attention at that instant. However, I soon discovered that some people are actually following me.
I dare not make a mistake at this time and just casually stopped and walk to the side where one of the outer sect members is selling some refreshments.
"Senior… How much?" I asked.
The one behind the booth is a woman with her back turn towards me. She looks slim, and her waist is so small that in my own opinion it's only around 24-25 inches.
She turns around and was a bit surprised to see me. She seems to be looking at my face and I could see her gulping a bit hard. I knew that she is afraid of the scar on my face which is what I have intended in the first place upon entering this sect.
"How much?" I asked once again while pointing at the refreshments.
"Oh… oh… It cost 1 point per cup," she said while stammering a little bit.
"Do you accept City H credits?" I asked.
She shook her head in reply.
I just nodded her head and then gave her my Sect Card which was given to me upon entering the sect.
She gave me a cup and quickly swipes the sect card.
In that card, I already have enough points to be able to live well in this place. Besides the 30 points that I already have, through pill concoction, I was able to gain around 500 plus more points. So in other words, I am a bit loaded with points right now.
I took a sip of the refreshment which tasted like a mixture of strawberry and orange. It is a bit refreshing, but it has no value to me.
Suddenly from the corner of my eyes, I already saw the group that if following me from behind.
"If it isn't the newbie alchemist… You've been doing well lately I heard. Too well, that you have already stepped on the people that you should not have stepped into…" the leading man said with a crafty smile on his face.
"This senior… What do you want from this junior?" I asked politely.
"Haha… What do I want? What do I want? Hmm… Nothing, I just wanted to teach you a little lesson about taking the glory for yourself and stepping on other's heads." He said with a smirk.
When the little woman behind the booth heard this, she seems to already know that there is trouble brewing. However, she did not want her business to be affected as this is the only way she could gain points. So she immediately frowns.
"I suggest that you guys look for another place to fight, you are going to affect my business here…" she said with an unhappy tone.
When the group heard her words they immediately recognize her.
She is not the most beautiful woman in the sect, but the woman is still fairly attractive. But no one wanted to offend this girl.
The reason for this is because she is the cousin of the top three strongest fighters in the Outer Sect, Zhao Bojing, also known as 'the Mountain'.