Chapter 67: Robbing the Alchemist

Xu Yang took out a small spirit boat from his storage space, about the size of a palm.

He tossed it into the air, and a white light enveloped the boat. The boat rapidly expanded and grew larger.

In just a few seconds, it had grown from the size of a palm to about the size of half a house.

"Master, that's amazing! What is that?" Liu Qing asked, astonished, looking at the spirit boat floating in mid-air.

Although she had seen many immortals at Yaoshan Manor, this was her first time seeing a spirit boat.

Wang Fangcui was also greatly surprised and muttered to herself, "Immortal techniques really are unfathomable."

"Get on, there's no need to stay here searching anymore. I'll take you both to Tianlan Sect," Xu Yang said.

Wang Fangcui hesitated for a moment before saying, "I'll go tidy up the house..."

"No need to clean," Xu Yang said lightly.

"But, I can't just throw everything away... there's a lot of silver," Wang Fangcui mumbled.

Bang…

Xu Yang threw a pile of silver ingots that stacked as high as a person.

"Is this enough?"

Wang Fangcui froze for a few seconds, then instinctively nodded and said, "That's enough..."

"I'll give it all to you, but you can't carry it right now. I'll keep it for you," Xu Yang said. With a wave of his hand, the tons of silver vanished in an instant.

In one day, Wang Fangcui had experienced so many shocks that she could hardly process it all. Her head was buzzing.

The three of them boarded Xu Yang's spirit boat, and Xu Yang took them to Tianlan Sect at great speed.

...

The speed of the spirit boat was extremely fast. In just a few minutes, they had crossed thousands of mountains and rivers and arrived at Tianlan Sect.

Xu Yang didn't waste time. He found a spacious courtyard in the back mountain of Tianlan Sect for Wang Fangcui to stay in.

Then, he gave her all the silver.

Wang Fangcui couldn't handle the shock and almost fainted, feeling completely overwhelmed.

Xu Yang could only smile bitterly and called two Foundation Establishment disciples to attend to Wang Fangcui.

As the mother of his two disciples, Xu Yang naturally wouldn't let her be treated poorly.

After settling Wang Fangcui, Xu Yang took Liu Qing and Liu Ming to the alchemy room.

...

"From today, you both will be cultivators and alchemists. The process of cultivation is very dull and full of hardships. Alchemy will involve countless failures, but I hope you won't give up. If you do, you'll be wasting your talents," Xu Yang said, standing beside the alchemy furnace, his tone calm.

He had said the same thing to each of his disciples.

"Yes, we understand, Master," Liu Qing replied, her eyes sparkling as she touched the alchemy furnace.

Although she had never seen such things before, they felt strangely familiar.

Xu Yang took out a few bottles of pills and handed them to Liu Qing and Liu Ming.

"These are the pills you will need to make," he said.

"Of course, I'm not asking you to make pills yet. I want you to take these pills. They will allow you to become cultivators."

Under Xu Yang's guidance, Liu Qing and Liu Ming took the pills, one after another.

In just one day, both had reached the mid-Foundation Establishment stage.

Sending his disciples to Foundation Establishment again, Xu Yang felt pleased, but also more melancholic.

He had been stuck in the Qi Refining stage for over a hundred thousand years. Yet his disciples could go from having no cultivation at all to the Qi Refining stage in a day, and then quickly break through to the Foundation Establishment stage.

With cultivation and spiritual energy, Liu Qing and Liu Ming could now begin making pills.

Over the next few days, Xu Yang tirelessly taught his two disciples how to make pills.

The two didn't disappoint him; Liu Qing had already mastered making low-tier pills to perfection.

Although Liu Ming hadn't reached Liu Qing's level, he was close.

...

The sky was clear and blue, the sun shining brightly. Xu Yang lay on a reclining chair, while Ling Qingshu massaged his shoulders and legs. The two disciples, just now taught, were busily making pills in front of him.

Everything felt so peaceful.

This tranquility lasted until the arrival of Fang Yan.

"I say, when you go out to play, why don't you take me along?" Fang Yan rushed in, immediately addressing Xu Yang.

Though he knew Xu Yang was the patriarch of Tianlan Sect, he still didn't show any of the usual respect that younger disciples would.

This was, of course, related to Xu Yang's appearance.

Although Xu Yang was over a hundred thousand years old, he still looked like a teenager.

If Xu Yang looked like an old man with white hair, Fang Yan probably wouldn't act so casually.

Of course, Xu Yang didn't mind. Despite being over a hundred thousand years old, he still had the heart of a teenager.

"I wasn't out playing, I was busy! My legs almost broke from running," Xu Yang laughed and replied.

"By the way, what were you doing out there? You're being hunted again?" Fang Yan suddenly asked.

Xu Yang nearly choked on his saliva.

He looked at Fang Yan with curiosity and asked, "Who's the fool hunting me now?"

Xu Yang was confident that, despite some low-level cultivators not recognizing him, those with a higher cultivation would definitely know him.

He was infamous, so how could anyone still dare to hunt him? Was their head too heavy for their neck?

"Heh, it's someone from Yaoshan Manor. They issued a bounty on the first day, and the next day, they recalled it with all their disciples," Fang Yan said, unable to hold back a laugh.

Xu Yang couldn't help but laugh as well.

Suddenly, Xu Yang's mind flickered, and an idea came to him.

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The next day, Xu Yang appeared at Yaoshan Manor.

When the disciples of Yaoshan Manor saw Xu Yang, they looked as if they had seen a ghost.

After an urgent report, the Elder of the Manor, Zhou Tian, quickly arrived.

"Lord, welcome to Yaoshan Manor. May I ask what brings you here?" Zhou Tian, a late-stage Golden Core cultivator, asked.

When he learned that the sect leader of Yaoshan Manor had been killed by a single person, he was enraged and immediately issued a bounty.

Then, the next day, he found out that the person he had been hunting was Xu Yang.

He was nearly scared to death.

For the past two days, he had been on edge.

Now, facing Xu Yang's visit, he really wanted to cry. Who had he offended to be so unlucky?

Thinking of the forces Xu Yang had destroyed, he couldn't help but feel anxious. Would Yaoshan Manor be next?

"I'm here just to hire an alchemist," Xu Yang said.

"Hire an alchemist?" Zhou Tian asked, a bit confused, not understanding what Xu Yang meant.