20 Chapter 20 Second Disciple_1
Translator: 549690339
Mu Xingzhi’s expression remained unchanged; he knew that Shentu Feng’s question was fraught with schemes!
Due to the Pill Sect’s long-standing heritage of pill skill, they were privy to many alchemical secrets unknown to outsiders.
He asked how many Emperor Grade pills were accompanied by King Grade pills—as if Mu Xingzhi would believe him without even a punctuation mark’s doubt.
Could someone who assumes the position of Sect Leader really be as simple as he appears in front of Li Cheng?
With a slight smile, Mu Xingzhi said, “I’m not sure about that. The pill was refined by an Elder of our sect. Although we were present during the Pill Tribulation, we hardly had a chance to see anything before the Elder took it away.”
Upon hearing this, Ning Qianqiu, the First Elder of the Pill Sect, slapped his thigh, “I knew it! It was refined by an Elder of your sect. Sect Leader Mu, could you introduce us?”
Hearing this, Mu Xingzhi and the others instantly understood why the junior uncle said he was in seclusion.
It turned out he had already guessed that the people from the Pill Sect would seek him out after their arrival.
“It should be possible to introduce you, but that Elder seemed to have gained something from refining the pill and has since entered seclusion,” Mu Xingzhi said with a smile.
A hint of disappointment crossed the faces of Shentu Feng and the others, but they did not doubt it, for the arrival of a Pill Tribulation without any gain was unbelievable to them.
For cultivators, a period of seclusion could be as short as a few days or as long as several years, decades, or even centuries.
This could be problematic.
Ning Qianqiu pondered before asking, “Do you perhaps know how long before that Elder comes out of seclusion? If the time is not too long, we can wait. If it’s too long, well, that’s another matter.”
Mu Xingzhi glanced at Ning Qianqiu, realizing that he was quite straightforward, even to the point of speaking without thinking.
His words made it seem as if meeting the junior uncle after he left seclusion would be an honor for the junior uncle.
That was not a behavior to be encouraged!
Dream on about meeting the junior uncle!
With that thought, Mu Xingzhi said, “The last time that Elder was in seclusion, it lasted ten years. We are not clear about this time.”
Shentu Feng gave Ning Qianqiu a look, conveying some meaning, before bowing to Mu Xingzhi, “Meeting an Elder capable of triggering a Pill Tribulation is of course not something we can insist upon. It all depends on fate. Sect Leader Mu, perhaps we could impose upon your sect for a few more days?”
“Sect Leader Shentu residing in our Heavenly Mechanism Sect would be nothing less than a boon, something we would be so fortunate to host. How could it be an imposition?”
Mu Xingzhi returned the bow, sensing that these people would probably not give up until they met the junior uncle.
This was a matter not even the Sect Master could decide on his own; they would have to consult the junior uncle.
But since the junior uncle had said he wished to be in seclusion undisturbed for a few days, they would wait a few more before asking.
As for the folks from the Pill Sect, naturally, they would have to be put on hold.
In the following days, Li Cheng was engrossed in reading at the Scripture Repository. Initially focusing on records related to pills, he eventually moved on to read everything, he could find.
Meanwhile, the higher-ups of the Pill Sect were intensely studying the Emperor Grade Spirit Transforming Dan.
Five days passed, and Li Cheng had scoured the first six layers of the Scripture Repository, except for the cultivation techniques. Only then did he leave the repository.
“Elder Seven, have you managed to handle the matter?”
As soon as he stepped out of the Scripture Repository, Li Cheng’s Spiritual Sense reached out to Seventh Peak, looking for the Seventh Elder.
The Seventh Elder had said it would be sorted by the next day, but now it was already the sixth.
“It was managed long ago, Junior Uncle. You’ve been in seclusion these past days, so I didn’t dare to disturb you,” Seventh Elder replied.
Li Cheng’s eyes lit up—his second disciple was ready!
“Come to the summit of Eighteenth Peak!”
Li Cheng sent the message and hurried towards the Eighteenth Peak.
Before long, the Seventh Elder arrived with Ling Xi, landing a few yards away from Li Cheng.
Li Cheng examined Ling Xi from head to toe. He saw her slender figure, graceful and elegant, with eyes like stars or the bright moon, long willow-shaped brows, a fine and upright nose, presenting an irresistibly touching visage.
Female cultivators, nourished by nature’s spiritual energy, are generally very beautiful.
Ling Xi is descended from the Yin and Yang Spirit Clan, descendants of primordial spirits, and naturally bore an exquisitely beautiful face.
“Disciple Ling Xi, greets Master!”
Ling Xi, somewhat nervous, stepped forward and respectfully knelt down to perform the salutation to her master.
Li Cheng understood, it seemed the First Elder had already explained everything clearly to her.
[Accepting disciple successful, reward 2 Enlightenment chances.]
[Current remaining Enlightenment chances: 2 times.]
Just then, the prompt Li Cheng had been anticipating sounded.
Just like when he had taken Yun Tianqiong as a disciple, he was rewarded two chances as well.
Li Cheng was secretly delighted, he now had a sure way to improve his formation skills!
If he could use these two enlightenment chances to push his skills as an Array Master to the level of a seventh-grade Array Master, that would be satisfying.
“Get up. I’ve roughly understood your situation. As my disciple, you need not feel scared or worried anymore,” Li Cheng said with a smile in his eyes, not wanting to make the young girl too nervous.
She was already nervous, and if he had a stern face, wouldn’t she be even more so?
“Junior Uncle, please take care of her. Ling Xi yearns for the Alchemy Dao, and I hope that Junior Uncle can support her,” said the First Elder with clasped hands.
Li Cheng glanced at the First Elder, then shifted his gaze back to Ling Xi, speaking dubiously, “I can see that the Wood attribute of the spiritual energy is especially in tune with you, so why would you consider pursuing the Alchemy Dao?”
The spiritual energy swirling around Ling Xi was mostly of the Wood attribute, indicating that her Wood Spiritual Root was stronger than her other roots. In such a case, pursuing the Alchemy Dao was not a wise choice.
Unless she could comprehend the Law of the Fire series or awaken some special constitution, she would have no advantage on the path of alchemy.
“To Master, I just want to save people,” Ling Xi said weakly.
The First Elder took over the explanation, “Don’t be fooled by her young age; before she joined the sect, she might as well have crawled out from a pile of corpses. Perhaps after witnessing so much life and death, she became fixated on this idea!”
Li Cheng was rather indifferent; after all, you do best what you love. If she wanted to practice alchemy, then let her practice! As long as her comprehension wasn’t bad, he was sure to reap a decent number of enlightenment chances.
And as for teaching, Li Cheng would certainly not withhold anything.
Just then, Mu Xingzhi came flying over in haste. His voice reached them from afar, “Junior Uncle, people from the Pill Sect wish to meet you, will you see them?”
“Has it been five days already, and they haven’t left?” Li Cheng said in surprise.
Mu Xingzhi landed in front of Li Cheng and shook his head slightly, “They’ve been asking every day whether you’ve finished your seclusion; they seem to have no intention of leaving, probably because they want to ask how you managed to refine Emperor Grade Divine Pills!”
“What ‘probably’? Definitely.” The First Elder spoke.
Li Cheng took out a blank Jade Slip, infused his comprehension of the Alchemy Dao into it, and handed it over to Ling Xi, “Take a look at this teacher’s insights first, we’ll go over them later.”
The First Elder’s eyes lit up, and he couldn’t help but swallow, “Uh, Junior Uncle, may I also have a look?”
“Of course, you can have a look if you want. Sect Leader Mu, let’s go meet the people from the Pill Sect first,” Li Cheng said as he started to rise into the air.
Mu Xingzhi quickly followed, “Junior Uncle, the Sect Leader of the Pill Sect, Shentu Feng, is very cunning. His words are always full of traps, so be careful.”
Li Cheng looked at Mu Xingzhi, “Did he try to trick you?”
“He sure did. The day they arrived, after observing an Emperor Grade Spirit Transforming Dan, he asked me how many King Grade pills it generated!”
“I felt that there had to be a trap, so I didn’t answer directly,” Mu Xingzhi continued.
Li Cheng narrowed his eyes, “This man has a sharp eye indeed, and he’s an old fox!”
“Oh? How do you figure, Junior Uncle?” Mu Xingzhi grew curious. Just from that, Junior Uncle had deduced that Shentu Feng was shrewd?
