PDLP Chapter 68 Medicine King Valley 5
Chapter 68 Medicine King Valley 5
"Qingxu's disciples, you can leave now. Go out through this door and keep walking straight ahead. The steward who brought you here earlier will be waiting for you there and will lead you out of the Medicine Alliance," Elder Huoyan said to Cheng Jiu and the other three who were eating melons.
Upon hearing Elder Huoyan's instruction to leave, the four did not linger. They bid farewell to Elder Huoyan, pushed open the main hall door, and walked along the Medicine King Corridor.
Great Hall
"How old was that child? He's already a sixth-grade alchemist!" The girl had only just noticed the extra people in the main hall.
Of the four, Cheng Jiu was undoubtedly the most eye-catching. After all, he was dressed in a pill refiner's robe, with a very ornate sash, which was the standard sash for a sixth-grade pill refiner.
"The disciple of the Guiyuan Sect and Venerable Qingxu, I estimate he's no more than ten years old," Elder Huoyan introduced with a smile.
"Ah~, Grandpa." The girl drawled out her words as she looked at Elder Huoyan.
"what happened?"
"No wonder you were rambling on earlier, trying to use that junior sister as an excuse to lecture me?" The girl exposed his true intentions.
Elder Huoyan glanced at her, still wearing that cheerful expression: "Why do you think that?"
"Hmph! I am your granddaughter. No one knows a grandfather better than his granddaughter. Don't I know you and me?" the girl said arrogantly.
"You know that, yet you still don't work harder. You're always so complacent because you have a little talent. You need to understand that alchemy is like flowing water; if you don't advance, you fall behind." Elder Huoyan glared at his granddaughter in annoyance.
His only son was a sword cultivator, and he had always thought that he would never see his son's child again, given his long-standing loneliness.
Unexpectedly, a few years ago, a baby suddenly appeared and was said to be his daughter. As for the child's mother, she didn't say anything. But it didn't matter to him. He was content with having a little granddaughter to keep him company.
So he doted on his only child, his son, but then discovered that she didn't resemble her father, but rather her grandfather, who had a talent for alchemy.
The only pity is his granddaughter, who has no ambition at all. She relies on her meager talent and only works sporadically. She is already twenty-four years old and has barely stepped into the threshold of a fourth-grade alchemist.
Within the realm of independent cultivators, being able to reach the fourth-grade alchemist level at the age of 24 is considered quite talented, but compared to the disciples of those major sects, it's nothing special.
To be honest, he had considered sending his granddaughter to Medicine King Valley, but her talent was only average, with a blue aptitude and three spiritual roots: fire, wood, and water. Originally, Medicine King Valley wouldn't have refused her out of respect for him.
But his granddaughter absolutely refused, saying she'd rather be a big fish in a small pond than a small fish in a big pond. He also considered that if his granddaughter entered Medicine King Valley, she would definitely forget about becoming an inner disciple; at most, she could only enter the outer sect.
In terms of conditions, it was definitely not as good as following this alchemist who was at the Mahayana stage, so I didn't insist at the time.
"Oh, Grandpa, compared to those freaks, this isn't just going against the current, it's going against the current itself, and it's a waterfall. Just accept your fate, your granddaughter is just an ordinary person with a little talent."
Why has she always touted herself as the number one genius of rogue alchemists for so many years? Doesn't she know that this behavior is extremely laughable?
It's because her grandfather had too many unrealistic expectations of her.
Meanwhile...
When Cheng Jiu and his three companions came out, there were already a lot of people queuing up. When they saw the four of them, especially Cheng Jiu in his noble alchemist robes, they almost thought they were seeing things.
How many? A sixth-grade alchemist! How old is she?! At their age, they can only take the alchemist registration exam, while this freak is already a sixth-grade alchemist at such a young age!
My inner feelings are like a surging river, a mix of emotions, I just feel that we are all human, but the differences are just too great!
This was like a bombshell, causing an uproar in the group of independent cultivators, who began to look at Cheng Jiu with great awe.
Amidst the scrutiny of numerous eyes, Cheng Jiu calmly walked out of the Medicine Alliance.
Hey, there's no need for any awarding ceremony. As long as she walks around in this alchemist's robe, she'll be in no way inferior to anyone.
Medicine King Valley is a city of alchemists. The innkeeper of Baofu Inn, seeing Cheng Jiu's alchemist robes and his attitude towards the four people, took his opinion to a whole new level.
Cheng Jiu took off his alchemist robe, folded it, and put it into his ring. Some of his pretentious act was only needed once.
For the next two days, the four of them waited at Baofu Inn for the Iron-Eating Beast Clan to arrive.
During this time, didn't Cheng Jiu learn weapon crafting from Cang Jiyue?
Previously, the jade slip sold at Tifeng was an improvement by her master. She further improved the jade slip, making it not only able to pull people into a group chat, but also to play simple games, such as the classic Dou Dizhu (a popular Chinese card game).
Simply waiting is incredibly boring.
Senior Sister Ying, Gongcheng, and Gongyu had never played this kind of game before. They were like card games such as Dou Dizhu, a classic and enduring genre, but they fell in love with it the moment they tried it!
The four of them used jade slips to play cards in the room while waiting for the Iron-Eating Beast clan.
"Wang Bang!"
"I can't afford it!"
Cheng Jiu, beaming with excitement, produced a pair of airplanes: "I'm out of cards, give me spirit stones, give me spirit stones."
The three of them let out a wail and handed their chips to Cheng Jiu, while Senior Sister Ying waited for the jade slip to deal the cards to the four of them.
The four of them didn't play high-stakes games, using low-grade spirit stones, since they were friends. If they were to use top-grade spirit stones, then the stakes would be much higher.
"Do you think the shopkeeper's prediction is accurate? We've been here for two days now. I wonder how Wen Sishu is doing."
Senior Sister Ying looked down at the crowd of demons coming and going. They had previously seen the young master of the Tiger Clan and the Peacock Princess, as well as her groom, the young master of the Fox Clan.
However, the race of the other protagonist in the story never appears.
The four of them were too inexperienced at the time, and didn't realize what it meant when they heard it.
But after spending two days there, they learned the juicy details behind the story.
The tiger clan is the elite of the beast races. Their ideal female is one that is strong and voluptuous, the kind that is big and robust. In their eyes, that is the ultimate beauty.
Peacocks belong to the bird family, and their aesthetic standard for females is delicate beauty.
Therefore, Princess Peacock might not meet the aesthetic standards in the eyes of the young master of the Tiger Clan, and might even be considered somewhat unattractive.
The female birds of that race have a preference for males who are robust, beautiful, and provide them with a strong sense of security.
This means that the young master of the Tiger Clan actually fits the Peacock Princess's aesthetic standards.
Of course, her current husband, the young master of the fox clan, is the ethereal and alluring type, which actually fits the Peacock Princess's aesthetic.
In other words, when the young tiger clan leader married the peacock princess, the male wasn't necessarily interested in the female, but the female was very satisfied with the male.
So, in the end, the young tiger clan leader's feelings for the peacock princess turned out to be nothing more than self-interest.
This has nothing to do with a love triangle; the relationship is purely one where the young master of the Tiger Clan deceived her for love, sex, and money.
No wonder that in the end, the princess of the Iron-Eating Beast clan only beat up the young master of the Tiger clan, but did not lay a hand on the Peacock Princess.
She probably knew in her heart that the Peacock Princess was also a victim of being deceived by the young master of the Tiger Clan.
"Sigh, there's nothing we can do about it." Cheng Jiu looked down:
"We did ask those demons, but they didn't know if the Iron-Eating Beast clan had any plans to trade this year."
Suddenly a familiar figure came into view. Wasn't that Liu Shaoyuan?
She remembered that he had taken her good advice and rushed to Hailian City without stopping. Why did he come back?
Liu Shaoyuan also saw her waving her hand, and Cheng Jiu called the waiter outside to invite him up.
As Liu Shaoyuan followed the waiter into the private room, everyone present could feel his overflowing joy.
As soon as he entered the private room, he tossed two fruits to each person. Wow, how generous! They were actually Spirit Refining Fruits.
This fruit has only one effect: to temper one's spiritual roots.
Moreover, they are only meant to be eaten raw. If sold outside, they would be quite valuable. Since everyone present has a high spiritual root value, these two spiritual fruits are better than nothing for the four of them.
Moreover, Cheng Jiu possesses a Heavenly Wood Spiritual Root, so this fruit can only serve as a snack. She munched on the fruit and asked curiously, "You've already solved this?"
"Hehe!" Liu Shaoyuan sat at the table and took out a Spirit Tempering Fruit to eat.
“When I heard your idea, I thought it was very good. After thinking about it carefully, I made another one, and I asked my senior brother to go with me.”
To prevent them from disagreeing, I played the good cop and said I only wanted the positions of patriarch and ancestor, while my eldest brother played the bad cop, saying that if they didn't give them to me, he would personally help me take them.
You wouldn't believe how quickly that woman burst into tears. After all, all she wanted was for me to take advantage of her, and she still wanted her eldest son to become the head of the family.
Well, what can I do when I'm strong? And with my senior brother backing me up, those elders finally agreed after being brutally beaten by my senior brother!
Hmph! I'm bound by filial piety and can't fight them, but my senior brother can't.
As it turned out, they discovered that I, the newly appointed patriarch and head of the family, was someone who only took in money and never gave it back. If I were allowed to stay any longer, the entire Liu family would be emptied out.
"Hehe, they were begging me to sever ties with the Liu family. I even emptied their warehouse before I left! But they were really poor; it was only worth about ten thousand top-grade spirit stones."
At this point, Liu Shaoyuan's expression changed from one of disdain to one of beaming smiles.
"After this, I bet they won't dare come looking for me again. Cheng Jiu, do you want to put on a show like this in the Luo family, after all, your master is the Venerable Qingxu!"
Liu Shaoyuan gathered his friends who had almost the same experience as him.
“Me?” Cheng Jiu pointed to himself and shook his head. “Who’s like you? When I left the Luo family, I had already emptied half of their warehouse.”
Anyway, they haven't bothered me, and I don't really want to get involved with them over something like this.