"Lingling." Zi Ning'er brought Ye Chuan to a cave dwelling on the Divine Pill Peak. After calling inside, a woman soon emerged, yawning, her robes loosely draped over her shoulders as she rubbed her sleepy eyes.
"Huh? Oh, it's Senior Sister Ning'er. What brings you to my cave today?"
As she spoke, she noticed Ye Chuan standing beside Zi Ning'er and gave him a once-over. "You are…?"
"My junior brother, Huang Haotian," Zi Ning'er introduced. "This is Yao Lingling, a direct disciple of the Divine Pill Peak."
"Greetings, Senior Sister Yao."
"Here to commission a pill?" Yao Lingling asked Zi Ning'er.
"No, I was hoping you could teach Junior Brother Huang how to refine pills." Zi Ning'er explained the situation. Upon hearing she was being asked to teach someone, Yao Lingling immediately lost interest.
"Pfft, no way. I don’t have time."
"Come on, Lingling, please?" Zi Ning'er even tugged at Yao Lingling’s sleeve, as if pleading like a child.
Yao Lingling seemed reluctant but eventually sighed. "Fine, but you owe me some rare herbs as payment."
"Deal." Zi Ning'er smiled, then turned to Ye Chuan. "Junior Brother, from now on, you’ll be learning pill refinement under Senior Sister Yao."
Ye Chuan nodded. "Thank you, Senior Sister."
"I have standards for taking on disciples. If you want to learn pill refinement from me, I’ll need to test your talent first." Yao Lingling pulled out a meter-tall cauldron from her storage pouch, its surface engraved with intricate metallic patterns, and set it down with a clang.
"This is a Spirit Cauldron. If you can ignite the immortal firewood inside, you’ll be qualified to learn from me."
"Just light it?"
"Yep. If the flames reach two fingers high, I’ll acknowledge your talent." Yao Lingling crossed her arms, not particularly optimistic. If this guy had any real talent for pill refinement, the Divine Pill Peak would’ve snatched him up during recruitment.
Most likely, he was just mediocre.
Hearing this, Ye Chuan directly converted his chaotic energy into spiritual flames. Before he could even release them, Yao Lingling gasped. "That’s spiritual fire?"
"Yeah." Ye Chuan toyed with the flickering flames in his palm.
"Why is it spewing black smoke?"
"Oh, probably ate too much soy sauce."
"……"
Seeing the unusual color of Ye Chuan’s flames, Yao Lingling guessed he might have a mutated fire spirit root—if so, he could actually be a decent candidate for pill refinement.
Though "decent" needed air quotes.
Pills refined with mutated fire spirit roots often had unique effects. For example, the Nine Suns Pill Sovereign’s flames had a pink hue, making every pill he refined possess aphrodisiac properties. His pills were so sought after that they were nearly impossible to buy.
Who knew what effects these black flames would bring.
"I’ve changed my mind. Even if the flames don’t reach two fingers—" Before she could finish, the black fire suddenly roared to life inside the cauldron, soaring several meters high!
"Ah…"
Ignoring Yao Lingling’s stunned expression, Ye Chuan calmly withdrew the flames. "Passable?"
"Pretty talented, right?" Zi Ning'er asked Yao Lingling.
"……" Yao Lingling couldn’t deny it—this guy was at least qualified, no… far beyond expectations when it came to flame intensity.
"Fine, you can learn pill refinement from me."
"Thank you, Senior Sister."
Yao Lingling didn’t hold back, pulling out a small manual from her storage pouch. "This contains some of my personal insights on pill refinement, along with basic medicinal and pill recipes."
Ye Chuan took it and casually stored it away.
"Alright, you two can leave now. Come back when you have time."
"Thanks, Lingling."
"Don’t mention it. I need to rest."
After bidding farewell to Yao Lingling, Ye Chuan followed Zi Ning'er out of her cave. On the way back, he was pleasantly surprised to find that Yao Lingling’s gift was actually quite useful.
He already had the basic pill recipes, but the insights were a rare treasure.
[Yao Lingling’s Insights: +10% success rate for basic pill refinement.]
Not bad—something actually practical.
"Junior Brother, make sure to learn well from Yao Lingling. She’s the most talented alchemist on Divine Pill Peak, capable of refining high-grade pills despite being less than a hundred years old."
"Understood."
"I should head back too. I have trials at the sacred grounds tomorrow." Zi Ning'er sighed.
"Senior Sister, are your injuries alright? I heard remnants of the Jade Void Sect were behind the attack?" Ye Chuan feigned concern.
"Yeah, but they’re just desperate stragglers. The Sect Master plans to use the Heavenly Water Mirror soon—it won’t take long to track them down."
Heavenly Water Mirror?
"It’s a treasure of the Qingyun Sect, capable of reviewing past events," Zi Ning'er continued. "Aside from those rats, the Sect Master also intends to use it to find the thieves who raided the Scripture Pavilion and herb garden."
Ye Chuan: "……"
That powerful? It can see the past?
Doesn’t that mean everything I’ve done will be exposed soon?
Ye Chuan pondered silently. If that’s the case, he’d have to speed things up.
Once he secured the pill recipes and treasures from the sacred grounds, he’d leave the Qingyun Sect immediately.
It’d be great if he could get his hands on that Heavenly Water Mirror, but he doubted he stood a chance against the sect’s top experts.
Qian Shuang had mentioned the Qingyun Sect Master was at the peak of the Enlightenment Realm, just a step away from the Ascension Realm.
Against that level of power, no amount of tricks would help.
After all, Ye Chuan was only at the peak of the Crystalization Realm.
"Something wrong, Junior Brother?" Zi Ning'er asked, noticing his distraction.
"Nothing, Senior Sister. I just wanted to thank you again for being so kind to me."
"Enough with the sweet talk." Zi Ning'er chuckled. "Alright, I’m heading back. You should rest early too."
"Got it."
Back in his cave, Jiu'er had already returned to her own quarters. Ye Chuan sat in contemplation, planning his next steps—he never intended to stay in the Qingyun Sect forever.
Where should he go next to grow stronger?
Unnoticed, night had fallen.
The darkness spread like thick ink, moonlight seeping through gaps in the clouds, casting scattered fragments of silver amidst the swaying trees.
"Time to hunt." Inside the cave, Ye Chuan merged with his shadowy avatar, his form turning pitch-black once more, save for his gleaming white teeth.
Time to "borrow" some pill recipes from the Pill Tower.
Using spatial jumps, his figure flickered through the night, blending seamlessly into the darkness.
u Chenyuan transmigrated into a female-oriented novel about a real and fake heiress, becoming the CEO elder brother of both. Unfortunately, the entire Lu family—including himself, the CEO—were mere cannon fodder in the story. Determined to save himself, Lu Chenyuan took action. The spoiled, attention-seeking fake heiress? Thrown into the harsh realities of the working class to learn humility. The love-struck real heiress? Pushed toward academic excellence, so lofty goals would blind her to trivial romances. As for the betrayed, vengeful arranged marriage wife… the plot hadn’t even begun yet. There was still time—if he couldn’t handle her, he could at least avoid her. "CEO Lu, are you avoiding me?" Mo Qingli fixed her gaze on Lu Chenyuan. For the first time, the shrewd and calculating Lu Chenyuan felt a flicker of unease.
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