Chapter 181 Son-in-law status officially confirmed

Sun and Moon Mountains.

Yao Xin walked out of the cave. The spiritual power in her body was several times stronger than before.

In half a year, she moved from the early stage of foundation building to the middle stage of foundation building.

But there was no joy on her face, more of confusion.

Until now, she still couldn't believe what she had experienced in the past six months.

First, she met an old senior in Chu Ning's cave. When she learned that this old senior was her great-grandmaster uncle, the sect's Nascent Soul expert, she was shocked for a while.

She is just a small foundation-building disciple, how could she attract the attention of the Grand Master Uncle?

After her great-grandmaster uncle told her the reason, the shock in her heart not only did not decrease, but doubled.

Chu Ning participated in the Alchemist Competition under his own name, and there is a high possibility that he will win the first place.

But Chu Ning didn't want to reveal his identity, so the title of genius alchemist would fall on himself.

But the key is that I don’t know how to make elixirs at all.

It's really ridiculous that I, a person who knows nothing about alchemy, now hold the title of the sect's number one alchemist and the number one alchemy genius of the young generation in the four continents.

If she hadn't truly entered the middle stage of foundation building at this moment, Yao Xin would still find it difficult to accept it.

How should she face her fellow sisters and junior sisters, and how should she explain to her master? The great-grandmaster uncle said that there were only a few people who knew about this matter. In addition to Chu Ning and You Xing, the great-grandmaster uncle and the sect master knew about it.

When Yao Xin thought about the situation he was about to face, he suddenly had an urge to shut himself up.

Dong! A bell rang on the Moon Peak. Yao Xin knew that this was the sect's reward for him.

Her great-grandmaster uncle had told her that she had to accept the sect's reward. Only in this way could she solidify her title as a genius alchemist.

Moon Peak.

Yao Xin flew forward on her sword, and when she landed on the top of the mountain, many senior sisters greeted her with great enthusiasm.

Helplessly, Yao Xin could only bite the bullet and respond with a smile on his face as he walked towards the main hall.

Xiyue Sect Master Hall.

Fei Yuelan sat high in the main seat, and many elders sat on the scroll.

When Yao Xin entered the main hall, he felt tremendous pressure in an instant.

With her identity, this was the first time she entered the main hall.

The main hall of Xiyue Sect is where the elders and the sect master hold meetings. Foundation Establishment disciples like them are not qualified to enter the main hall unless the matter to be discussed happens to be related to them.

In Yao Xin’s memory, the last foundation-building disciple to enter the main hall was Junior Sister Tang.

It is said that Junior Sister Tang's talent made the elders all want to accept her as a disciple. The sect leader had no choice but to summon all the elders to discuss for Junior Sister Tang and let Junior Sister Tang choose which elder to take as her disciple.

Today, he also enjoyed the same treatment as Junior Sister Tang, but it was not because of his own strength, but because of the title of alchemy genius that he held for Chu Ning.

It just feels a little awkward.

"Yao Xin, you have brought honor to the sect in this competition. The sect will give you 10,000 contribution points as a reward. In addition, you will be allowed to go to the sect's treasury to choose a top-grade spiritual weapon."

Listening to the sect master's words, Yao Xin looked up with an incredible look in his eyes. Ten thousand contribution points...

Over the years, she has diligently completed the sect's tasks, and has only earned a total of more than a thousand contribution points. If she relies on sect tasks, it will take her at least ten years to earn these ten thousand contribution points.

It is true that the contribution points of the sect missions accepted by the foundation-building monks will be higher, but the difficulty of completing them is also higher.

For a moment, Yao Xin no longer felt awkward.

"Thank you, Master."

Fei Yuelan nodded and glanced at her fellow junior sisters. Seeing the shining eyes they looked at Yao Xin, she felt amused in her heart.

These junior sisters did not know the truth and thought that Yao Xin was really an alchemy genius, but they did not know that the real alchemy genius was Chu Ning.

This was also true for her. If her uncle-master had not told her the truth, she would have known that Yao Xin was actually Chu Ning in disguise.

The uncle-master had instructed that Chu Ning's identity must not be exposed, so Yao Xin's identity had to be confirmed.

Yao Xin guarded the third-level earth fire for the sect, so the reward must be given, otherwise it would arouse suspicion from others.

Fei Yuelan believed that all the major forces had already begun investigating Yao Xin's background. Yao Xin had never made an elixir before. Now the major forces would only suspect that the sect deliberately concealed Yao Xin's identity as an alchemist.

But if Yao Xin is not given the reward he deserves, other forces will begin to doubt the authenticity of Yao Xin's identity.

"In addition to these rewards, the sect also plans to give you another mountain, which you will live on alone."

Yao Xin was stunned. He was given a mountain peak alone? Didn't the sect leader know the inside story of this matter?

"Considering your talent for alchemy, I'll give you a separate mountain so that you don't get disturbed while you're refining the alchemy."

Fei Yuelan added a sentence, and Yao Xin instantly understood that this was to allow her to continue to cover for Chu Ning in the future.

As a genius in alchemy, he would definitely continue to make alchemy in the future, or at least pretend to do so every once in a while. With such a separate mountain, Chu Ning would not be discovered if he pretended to be making alchemy himself.

"Thank you, Master."

Yao Xin quickly agreed. Fei Yuelan glanced at the elders on the scroll and said with a smile, "Elders, Yao Xin has an extremely high talent for alchemy, but her current strength is still a little lacking. I hope you will not ask Yao Xin to refine pills, and give her more time to grow."

After saying this, seeing that some elders were about to speak, Fei Yuelan added lightly: "These are the original words of my great-grandmaster."

When the great-grandmaster uncle was mentioned, the expressions of the elders present all changed. They didn't expect that even the great-grandmaster uncle was alarmed by Yao Xin.

It seems that it may not be so easy for them to ask Yao Xin to refine pills for their disciples.

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Yao Xin didn't know how she walked out of the hall. She didn't even dare to look at her master because she didn't know how to explain to her master.

She agreed so readily to leave Youyue Peak and live alone on a mountain, but she was afraid that her master would be sad. However, she dared not disobey her great-grandmaster's words.

After leaving Yuefeng, Yao Xin came to the mountain assigned to her by the sect.

Qinghuo Peak.

This is a relatively unique peak among many mountains, because the underground fire of Xiyue Sect is located under this peak.

When he arrived at Qinghuo Peak, Yao Xin found that Chu Ning was already waiting for him there.

"Senior Sister Yao won't blame me, will she?"

Chu Ning turned around and looked at Yao Xin with a smile. Yao Xin was speechless for a moment. To be honest, even though she had broken through to the middle stage of foundation building, she was still somewhat dissatisfied with Chu Ning.

But thinking of the benefits given by the sect leader, she suddenly felt that she had no right to be dissatisfied.

In terms of gains, she got a great bargain. Not only did she avoid more than ten years of hard training, but she also got a lot of sect contribution points and the opportunity to choose spiritual weapons from the treasury.

All she had to pay was the title of alchemy genius.

"It's not strange, but I just feel a little uncomfortable."

Chu Ning knew what Yao Xin meant. It was like a poor student taking the role of a top student, and this identity was recognized by the whole school. It was impossible for him not to feel guilty.

"Sister Yao, just treat her normally. The Sect Master won't let you make pills. When you really need to make pills, I will make the pills on the mountain and give them to you."

In order to maintain Yao Xin's identity as a talented alchemist, he would have to be arranged to refine pills once in a while. Only in this way would it avoid arousing suspicion.

"I understand. The sect master gave me this mountain just for me to use in refining pills."

Yao Xin emphasized the pronunciation of the word "I". Chu Ning smiled knowingly. It was comfortable to talk to smart people.

What Chu Ning didn't tell Yao Xin was that the entire Qinghuo Peak was set up with a unique formation, which was personally created by the Yuanying realm expert from the Xiyue Sect. Even the spiritual consciousness of a Jindan realm expert could not enter.

After taking Yao Xin around the mountain, Yao Xin asked curiously, "Is there only one cave on this mountain?"

"Yes, one is enough. I don't stay here on weekdays. I only come here when I am refining pills."

There is a small peak on Hongri Peak that Chu Ning has cultivated himself. Chu Ning has not planned to leave Hongri Peak, so the cave on Qinghuo Peak is prepared for Yao Xin.

"Okay, I understand."

Yao Xin was a little confused. Why didn't Chu Ning move to Qinghuo Peak? Wouldn't it be less likely to be exposed if he lived in Qinghuo Peak?

Could it be...

A smile suddenly appeared on Yao Xin's face, "I understand."

Yao Xin understood that in her opinion, Chu Ning did not live in Qingfenghuo because he was afraid that Junior Sister Tang would misunderstand him.

Junior Sister Tang might feel uncomfortable knowing that a single man and a single woman are living on the same peak.

Apart from this possibility, Yao Xin could not think of any other possibility.

It seems that Chu Ning has deep feelings for Junior Sister Tang. Although there are many Taoist couples in the world of cultivators, very few of them can achieve what Chu Ning has done with each other.

It was worth it that when Junior Sister Tang heard about the incident in Wen Jincheng, she rushed to Wen Jincheng.

Chu Ning looked at Yao Xin's expression, not quite understanding what he had understood. Was he just imagining things? Just as Chu Ning was about to ask a question, a figure appeared in front of them. Yao Xin hurriedly said respectfully, "Meet the Sect Master."

"Yao Xin, you have been wronged in this matter." Fei Yuelan looked at Yao Xin with a smile, and Yao Xin said quickly: "I have not been wronged, but have gained many benefits from it. I am afraid that every disciple in the sect is willing to bear such a grievance."

"Well, it's great that you can think of this. Let's go to the cave first and take a look. If you need anything, let me know."

Hearing what the Sect Master said, Yao Xin understood that the Sect Master had something to say to Chu Ning.

It's just a cave. How could the sect leader worry about such a small matter?

Or if this cave was really where Chu Ning lived, the sect master might still be a little concerned about it. Now it is for him to live in. If he feels that the cave is not good, he can completely renovate it himself.

"Okay, then I'll take my leave first."

Fei Yuelan looked at Yao Xin's departing back, and her eyes fell on Chu Ning: "Chu Ning, you gave this sect master a big surprise."

"Master, please don't say that. I can't bear the responsibility. If I had known that this competition was related to the Earth Fire Contest of Xiyue Sect, I would have signed up for it immediately. After all, I am also the son-in-law of Xiyue Sect and half a member of Xiyue Sect."

Seeing Chu Ning lying seriously, the corners of Fei Yuelan's mouth curled up. No wonder her uncle-master said that Chu Ning was really shameless.

As the great uncle master, he usually would not make comments on a junior. For the great uncle master to make such comments, it can only be said that Chu Ning’s actions really shocked the great uncle master.

Now she finally understood the meaning of her uncle-master's comment.

My uncle-master told me the whole story.

Chu Ning did not agree immediately, but he hesitated for a long time. Finally, he made sure that his identity as Yao Xin's replacement would not be exposed. And it was his uncle who threatened him with Tang Ruowei's marriage that finally he agreed to participate in the competition.

Of course, my uncle-master also said that Chu Ning is a genius in alchemy and is also the son-in-law of Xiyue Sect, so he may be thick-skinned.

What can I do if my son-in-law is this kind of person? "This time you helped my Xiyue Sect to save the Earth Fire. I was going to reward you, but since you also said that you are my Xiyue Sect's son-in-law, and I gave the reward to Yao Xin, then I won't give you the reward."

Chu Ning opened his mouth slightly. Was he shooting himself in the foot? "Ahem, actually, I really haven't thought about rewards, but that...what about the original first place reward..."

A fourth-grade alchemy furnace.

You can't swallow this yourself.

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Fei Yuelan waved her hand and a ray of light shot towards Chu Ning. Chu Ning reached out to catch it. He glanced at the things in the storage bag with his spiritual sense and a smile appeared on his face.

The Xiyue Sect is quite generous in their work. In addition to the first place reward originally announced to the public, this storage bag also contains many medicinal herbs.

In the last round of the alchemy competition, the Xiyue Sect gave storage bags to Zhang Qing and the other three. After the alchemy was completed, the storage bags were taken back by the Xiyue Sect.

In order to ensure that there are enough medicinal materials to be used with the Shouyi Pill, the medicinal materials in the storage bag almost cover all the medicinal materials that can be used for all the pills in the entire foundation-building realm.

However, Xiyue Sect did not take back Chu Ning's storage bag, and it was impossible for Chu Ning to mention such a thing at this time.

"In addition to these, my uncle-master asked me to tell you that he will find a magic weapon for you as a reward."

"real?"

Chu Ning subconsciously confirmed it, and after asking, he saw Fei Yuelan's cold eyes and his expression was a little embarrassed.

What a Nascent Soul expert says cannot be false.

"I mean, I'm really excited. I didn't expect that Grandmaster Uncle would be so kind to me. I really can't repay you. If Ruo Wei and I weren't married, I really want to recognize Grandmaster Uncle as my adoptive mother."

The corner of Fei Yuelan's mouth twitched. If her uncle-master heard what Chu Ning said, he would probably use his magic weapon to chop Chu Ning down directly.

"Stop talking nonsense."

"Hehe, I'm just too excited. Please forgive me, Sect Master." Chu Ning scratched his head.

Fei Yuelan looked at Chu Ning's expression but she was not angry in her heart. Chu Ning and Tang Ruowei were of similar age and both of them had not been practicing for a long time, so it was understandable that they had such a volatile temperament.

"I came to see you this time for another matter, about Shouyi Dan."

Chu Ning was not surprised. Shouyi Dan had a huge impact on the foundation-building cultivators. There were a dozen cultivators in the late stage of foundation-building in Xiyue Sect, but there were hundreds of cultivators in the early and middle stages of foundation-building. If there was Shouyi Dan, the combat power of the middle-level cultivators in Xiyue Sect would advance by leaps and bounds.

"Sect Master, I can give the sect the recipe for Shouyi Pill."

Fei Yuelan raised her beautiful eyes. Chu Ning's words were somewhat beyond her expectations. She didn't believe that Chu Ning didn't know the value of the complete recipe of Shouyi Pill, otherwise he wouldn't have asked to block his spiritual sense during the competition.

"What reward do you want?" Fei Yuelan asked directly.

"What do you think of me, Chu Ning?" Chu Ning said righteously, "I only have one small request, which is to buy some medicinal materials before the recipe of Shouyi Pill is spread out."

Chu Ning had already thought about how to deal with the recipe of Shouyi Dan.

The best way to deal with this pill recipe is to hand it over to Xiyue Sect, because only large sects need it, and refining Shouyi Pill is extremely time-consuming, and he does not have that much time to refine it.

The best way is to purchase the remaining four medicinal materials before the recipe is exposed to the public, and then wait for the price to go up and sell them in a wave.

"The pill formula should be spread out?" Fei Yuelan frowned. According to her idea, the pill formula of Shouyidan should be firmly kept in the hands of Xiyue Sect.

"Sect Master, I'm telling you the truth. The remaining four medicinal ingredients for Shouyi Pill are very rare. They are only available on the market now because people don't know about them. According to the current market price, the cost of a Shouyi Pill is probably tens of thousands of spirit stones."

Tens of thousands of spirit stones is a huge sum of money for a cultivator who is building his foundation.

Fei Yuelan understood what Chu Ning meant. Even the Xiyue Sect would not be able to refine Shouyi Dan on such a large scale.

It’s not that Xiyue Sect doesn’t have the financial resources, but Xiyue Sect still has many Qi Condensation cultivators, and they can’t use all their spirit stones on refining Shouyi Pill.

Magical instruments, spiritual instruments, spirit stones needed for disciples' practice, and other medicinal materials for elixirs, each of them requires a large amount of spirit stones to support.

"I understand what you mean, so the best way is to stock up on some medicinal materials before publishing the recipe for Shouyi Pill."

"I suggest that Xiyue Sect can make the Shouyi Pill recipe public after hoarding the medicinal materials. Of course, it cannot be made public for free, but other forces will need to give corresponding rewards."

Chu Ning added: "It is best to invite all forces at once. If one party is missing, the recipe for Shouyidan will not be made public."

There is no intellectual property protection in the monastic world, so you can only cut the leeks once.

"I understand what you mean. In this way, I will give you 100,000 spirit stones to buy medicinal herbs. You can handle these herbs at your own will."

In Fei Yuelan's opinion, the cultivators in the Hundred Cities area did not have many spirit stones on them. Even if Chu Ning had a master, he was suddenly trapped in Shanyang City and it was impossible for him to give Chu Ning too many spirit stones.

Even some powerful Jindan masters may not be able to obtain a number of 100,000 spirit stones.

It’s not that a Jindan expert cannot earn 100,000 spirit stones. It’s mainly because there are too many places in the path of cultivation that require spirit stones. In order to improve strength, buying spiritual weapons, buying elixirs, and buying various spells are all expenses.

The higher the strength, the greater the expenditure.

"Thank you, Sect Master. I will take out another 200,000 spirit stones and give them to you to help you buy the medicinal materials."

Chu Ning didn't expect to have an unexpected surprise. The 100,000 plus his own 200,000 made a total of 300,000 spirit stones. If he hoarded them for a few years, it would be no problem to multiply them several times.

He had a hunch that the prices of the first six medicinal ingredients of Shouyi Dan must have risen. Anyone who was a businessman, whether a secular businessman or a businessman in the monk circle, had a keen sense of judgment.

He did not stockpile the first six kinds of medicinal herbs, but only stockpile the last four.

Fei Yuelan was silent, especially when she saw that Chu Ning was not just talking but actually took out several storage bags full of spirit stones, she didn't know what to say.

Two hundred thousand spirit stones.

It seemed that when she first entered the Jindan realm, she didn't have so many spirit stones on her.

Unless she needed a large amount of spirit stones to purchase something, in most cases she would only have around 50,000 spirit stones on her.

If possible, she would like to take back what she just said.

"Master, I would like to ask, does our sect have shops in every city?"

A large sect like the Xiyue Sect definitely needs to earn spirit stones, and it is impossible to rely entirely on offerings from affiliated sects.

"Well, why are you asking?"

"I have some unused spiritual weapons that I want to sell, and I would like to borrow the sect's shop to help sell them."

Chu Ning waved his hand, and a handful of magical weapons and spiritual weapons floated in the air, totaling almost a hundred pieces.

Fei Yuelan: ...

She suddenly had the illusion that she, the sect leader, was not as good as Chu Ning.

"However... the origins of these things are a little unclear. If someone asks about their origins when I sell them..."

"The items sold in all shops of Xiyue Sect will never reveal the identity of the consignor."

Fei Yuelan understood the meaning of Chu Ning's words. These magical weapons and spiritual weapons were probably of unknown origin. They were probably snatched by Chu Ning from others.

But Fei Yuelan didn't care. Many of the things sold in all the shops of Xiyue Sect had such origins. They were sold to Xiyue Sect by some monks who killed people for treasures.

The Xiyue Sect buys them at low prices and then sells them at high prices in the store. Looking at the four continents, only the four major sects are qualified to do so.

Even if the relatives and friends of those killed people found the spiritual weapons of the killed people in the store, they did not dare to cause trouble for the store.

"I will ask the elders in charge of this matter to appraise the value of these items for you, and I will pay you 80% of the market price."

"Thank you, Master."

Eighty percent chance, Chu Ning is already very satisfied.

In his previous life, he had come into contact with some black goods. Generally, a 30% profit on the shipping price was already considered very high. The ones who really made the big bucks were the shippers who had backgrounds and were responsible for shipping.

Of course, Chu Ning did not sell all the spiritual weapons he obtained from killing people and stealing treasures. He did not take out the spiritual weapons he got from Wang Sen and the foundation-building monks of Xuantian Sect.

The reason why he chose to sell the stolen goods this time was because he had now entered the Jindan stage. Facing a Jindan powerhouse, these foundation-building spiritual weapons were no longer useful.

After the deal was settled, Fei Yuelan didn't plan to stay any longer. She was afraid that if she stayed any longer, Xiyue Sect would have to work for Chu Ning.

"As for the matter between you and Ruo Wei, this sect master is going to make it public in the entire sect."

"ah……"

Chu Ning was a little surprised, but then he understood that the Xiyue Sect had discovered that he was a huge potential stock and wanted to tie him down.

I don't think Xiyue Sect is realistic. They didn't try to break up the couple in the beginning. What they are doing now is just normal.

"Thank you, Master."

Watching Fei Yuelan leave, Chu Ning had a smile on his face.

When facing the leader of Xiyue Sect, including the great uncle, he acted like a naughty junior. It was his strategy.

All the cultivators in Xiyue Sect are female, and as long as they are female seniors, they will have maternal love.

The more playful and naughty I act, the more I can arouse the maternal love of these female seniors.

When you live under someone else's roof, you really have to think carefully about every step.

But the feeling of living off someone is really good.

(End of this chapter)