Chapter 354 I am not alone

"Master, if you were here, you would support me in doing this, right?"

In the cave.

Zhou Li murmured softly. The master he was thinking of was not his current master, but his master in the Lower Domain, in Chengshan Domain.

Two hundred years ago, he passed the Danyu assessment, successfully entered the Danyu, and finally chose to join the Spark Valley.

His rating in Xinhuo Palace is D-level, and the reason why he chose Xinghuo Valley is because it is an emerging sect.

An emerging sect must be full of vitality.

After entering Spark Valley, he took an elder as his teacher.

However, life after entering the door was completely different from what he had imagined.

I have been in the sect for two hundred years, but I have seen my master only a handful of times. Whenever I have any questions about alchemy, I go to see my master, but he is either in seclusion or out attending alchemy exchange meetings.

The few times he met his master, he would not answer his questions for him and always let him find the answers himself in the library.

However, the number of times these disciples can enter the sect's library is limited. They can only enter three times every ten years. If they exceed the number, they can only spend contribution points to enter the sect.

Contribution points are obtained by completing tasks assigned by the sect.

Even so, he was not angry. He just thought that he was dull and the questions he asked were too simple for the master, so the master wanted him to find the answers himself.

Or maybe, he is just dull and not favored by his master. After all, he has more than a dozen fellow disciples, so it is normal for his master to favor him.

But what he couldn't accept was that his master actually violated the rules and tested the new elixir.

Thirty years ago, his master suddenly found him and taught him several times how to make elixirs. This made him feel that his master had been deliberately ignoring him in the previous years in order to test his character.

Not long after, the master took out a pill and told him that this pill was a new medicine that would be of great help to the Jindan cultivator in breaking through his realm.

I come from the Lower Realm, and being able to send this medicine to the Lower Realm can be considered a way of giving back to my hometown.

Zhou Li really believed it and took the pill back to Chengshan Region. He gave the pill to many Jindan cultivators. After taking the pill, these Jindan cultivators indeed quickly broke through a small realm.

But not long ago, he returned to Chengshan Region and found that all the cultivators who had taken this batch of pills had passed away.

These monks clearly had at least a hundred years to live, so how could they all die so soon? Zhou Li became suspicious and began to conduct a detailed investigation. In the end, he found that the deaths of these monks were all the same, all of them died suddenly, and their bodies were dehydrated, leaving only a piece of human skin.

There would be no such coincidences in this world. From that time on, Zhou Li began to doubt his master's pill.

He informed his master of the news, but to his surprise, he was scolded by his master.

There is no problem with the pill!

Those monks were murdered, and it had nothing to do with the elixir.

This is the master's answer.

Could it be that he really made a mistake? Zhou Li was not sure, but the day after he was scolded by his master, a senior brother came to him.

This senior brother said three sentences to him.

Master is going to Danta to take the test for the sixth-grade alchemist.

The sect is striving to become a Class C sect. In order to become a Class C sect, it must have two sixth-grade alchemists. The sect currently has only one sixth-grade alchemist, the sect master.

When the master becomes a sixth-rank alchemist, he will accept him as a direct disciple rather than a registered disciple.

Listening to the words of this senior brother, Zhou Li understood that these words were a warning from his master through this senior brother.

Warn yourself not to tell anyone about this.

The master felt guilty, his guess was correct, that pill was the culprit that killed those people.

But why did the master want to refine such a pill?

Zhou Li has lived for hundreds of years and has seen many crazy alchemists in the Lower Realm.

These alchemists would make some new pills and then find people to test the pills.

Because the efficacy of the drug cannot be guaranteed, there is a high probability that people who try the drug will be harmed by erysipelas.

In Chengshan Region, there are two types of people who try out drugs. One is the losing side in the battle between two forces. These cultivators would have been killed anyway. The other is those who are willing to try out drugs in order to obtain high-value spirit stones.

Alchemists cannot randomly capture people to test their elixirs.

This is the rule that all alchemists must abide by. This is true in Chengshan Domain, and even more so in Dan Domain.

My master refined that new pill, but he was not sure of its effectiveness, so he gave the pill to me and asked me to take it to Chengshan Territory to find someone to test it.

In Danyu, the master didn't dare to do this, because if the matter was exposed, the Danta would definitely punish the master severely.

But Chengshan Region is far away, and it is difficult for cultivators from Chengshan Region to come to Dan Region. Even if something happens, the master can cover it up.

In order to find evidence, he found several fellow apprentice brothers who were also from the Lower Realm. After asking around, he learned that his master had also asked these fellow apprentice brothers to take the pill back to the Lower Realm that year.

In terms of time, these junior brothers returned to the Lower Domain at different times from himself. Two of them returned earlier than him, and two returned later than him.

In other words, the master asked them to take the pills back to the Lower Realm, improve the pills based on the conditions of the cultivators who took them, and then let the next junior brother continue to find cultivators from the Lower Realm to test them.

According to his statistics, there are about three hundred monks in the Lower Realm who have taken this elixir.

Three hundred Jindan monks.

Even in the Dan Domain, no alchemist would dare to use three hundred Jindan cultivators to test the elixir. This is absolutely not allowed in the Dan Domain.

The number of people participating in the pill testing must be limited to ten people. This is the rule issued by the Danta Association.

Danta would issue such regulations in order to prevent alchemists from endlessly experimenting with new elixirs. With these regulations in place, alchemists would conduct repeated inferences when developing new elixirs, which places extremely high demands on the alchemists' pharmacology level.

As for those who test pills like my master, there is no need to have a very high level of knowledge in pharmacology. He can just replace the medicinal materials and adjust the dosage according to the reaction of the person who takes the pill.

After knowing the truth, Zhou Li has been in torment these days.

The most important thing is that after his investigation over the years, he found that this was not the first time the master had done this.

This is not the first time that he has captured a domain cultivator to test his elixirs.

A horrifying discovery was that every alchemist from the Lower Realm who chose to join Spark Valley was accepted as a disciple by their own master.

Does the master have a special love for the monks in the lower realm? Not really.

The only explanation is that they are from the Lower Realm and can bring their master’s new elixir to the Lower Realm for testing.

In the "Dan Fang Lu" published by the Danta Society, my master, a fifth-rank alchemist, refined four new pills that were listed.

In the entire Dan Domain, there are very few fifth-grade alchemists who can discover new pills, and even if there are a few, they can only discover one.

Are these seniors not as good as my master?

Zhou Li knew the answer, because these seniors would not be like his master, who would unscrupulously capture domain cultivators to test their elixirs.

His conscience told him that he should report to the Danta Society.

Danta will definitely punish the master severely. It is impossible for the master to pass the sixth-grade alchemist assessment, and the sect will probably not be able to become a Class C sect.

If you can’t reach the C-level sect, the interests of thousands of disciples in the entire sect will be affected.

On the contrary, those monks who tested the elixir at that time have already died, so as long as I don’t say anything, no one will know about it.

He can become the master's direct disciple and enjoy more resources of the sect, and the sect can also be successfully promoted to Class A, which will be a happy result for everyone.

Zhou Li was a little confused.

He thought of the teachings of his mentor in Chengshan Territory.

He thought of what his mentor had told him about Senior Chu Ning.

Three months ago, he wrote these things in a jade slip and sent it to Danshan Sect.

The jade slip was sent out, but it fell into oblivion and there was no response.

Senior Chu, are you unwilling to intervene in this matter? Keep to yourself.

It’s normal to think about it. After all, this matter has nothing to do with Senior Chu.

"Why did you study medicine?"

“I want to cure diseases and save lives.”

Recalling the first time he met his mentor, he was just an ordinary teenager at that time, working odd jobs in a clinic and secretly watching the doctor treat patients in his free time.

Later, by chance, he met his mentor, and the first question his mentor asked him was why he wanted to study medicine.

Later, he followed his mentor and embarked on the path of cultivation and alchemy.

It was then that he learned about the Hundred Cities area, the Chengshan Region, and that his mentor was a fourth-grade alchemist in the Nascent Soul stage.

His mentor had only him as a disciple, and he passed on all his life's experience in alchemy to him, which enabled him to become a third-grade alchemist in just over a hundred years.

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Not until his death did his mentor reveal to him the resentment buried deep in his heart.

"My master and Chu Ning are both alchemists of the same period. We have been competing since the foundation-building stage. But my master lost the first time we competed. However, my master did not get discouraged and still felt that he could catch up with Chu Ning."

"However, it was during the second Xiyue Sect competition that I realized the gap between myself and Chu Ning. How can the light of a firefly compete with the bright moon?"

"Later, Chu Ning went to Danyu. I could have gone to Danyu, but I gave up because I knew that even if I went to Danyu, I would never be able to catch up with Chu Ning in this lifetime."

"I stayed in Chengshan Territory and became the number one alchemist in Chengshan Territory. It was not for fame, but because I wanted to accept a disciple."

"Our lineage is a one-man lineage. If I go to the Dan Region, I won't have the chance to inherit the good seedlings."

"When you go to Dan Territory in the future, if Chu Ning also has a disciple, you can compete with Chu Ning's disciple. After you win, tell Chu Ning that although your master is not as good as him, your disciple is worse than his disciple."

"It's okay to lose. Chu Ning can give his disciples resources that I can't give you. Don't force it."

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Zhou Li always kept these words in mind. After his master passed away, he invested even more effort in refining the elixir.

He is going to Danyu.

Now he has arrived in Danyu as he wished, and now as long as he chooses to remain silent, he will receive the sect's key training.

But if he reported his master, he would probably have no place to stand in the Dan Realm.

No matter what, his behavior is tantamount to betraying his teacher and ancestors.

The sect disciples would also resent him.

…

…

Zhou Li left the cave and came to a cliff on a mountain in the Spark Valley.

This stop lasts for seven days.

When the first ray of morning light fell on Zhou Li's face, it reflected his determined eyes.

Some things should always be done.

It's not just about his own conscience, but also for the thirty-seven monks who died in Chengshan Territory.

If he could allow his master to become a sixth-rank alchemist and allow Spark Valley to become a Class C sect, in the future, there would be more cultivators coming from the lower realms who would repeat what he had experienced today.

Zhou Li returned to the cave and wrote down all the information he had investigated on a jade slip.

Then, he put away the jade slip and walked out of the cave.

However, what Zhou Li did not expect was that not long after he stepped out of the cave, several figures came together.

Zhou Li's expression became alert, and he didn't breathe a sigh of relief until he saw who was coming clearly.

The five people who came were his five junior fellow apprentices.

"Brother Zhou, we have made the decision to report this to the Danta Society. I wonder what you think, Brother Zhou?"

Looking at the determined expressions of his five fellow apprentices, Zhou Li smiled, and very happily.

It is said that monks are ruthless and only care about themselves.

But at least the scene before him told him that he was not alone.

There are always people like him who are full of passion and don't want to see the alchemy they love being tarnished like this.

Zhou Li knew that these five fellow apprentices were well prepared. Even if he disagreed, they would immediately go down the mountain to the Danta Club and would not give him the opportunity to report to the sect.

"Since it's on the way, let's go together."

Zhou Li’s words startled the five fellow apprentices, and then they showed joy on their faces.

The six people looked at each other, smiled at each other, and headed towards the mountain gate.

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However, as soon as the six people left the top of the mountain, a terrifying aura filled the air, and Zhou Li and the other six people's expressions changed instantly.

"You really dare to do such a thing as betraying your teacher and ancestors."

A middle-aged man appeared in front of the six people.

Just the breath was enough to make Zhou Li and the other six people unable to bear it, and they fell to the ground one after another.

A powerful God Transformation cultivator, even if he is only in the early stage of the God Transformation, is not someone that the six Nascent Soul cultivators can resist.

What's more, they are all only in the middle and early stages of the Nascent Soul.

Chen Fei looked at Zhou Li and the other six coldly: "You are really my disciples, but you actually want to jointly report me."

"The teacher's behavior is improper and violates the alchemist's code. We are right to report it."

"Although you are our master, have you ever really taught us anything since we became disciples? The purpose of accepting us as disciples is just to facilitate you to test the new pills in the lower realm."

The two disciples retorted loudly. Fade Chen raised his hand and a big hand came down. The two men spurted out blood and were directly slapped away dozens of feet and crashed into the cliff.

"Since you have chosen to betray your master and ancestors, don't blame me."

There was murderous intent in Chen Fei's eyes. He accepted the cultivator from the lower domain as his disciple in order to test the new elixir. According to his original intention, he had resentment towards the cultivator from the lower domain.

At first, he could have become a direct disciple of a master, but because of the appearance of a genius from the lower realm, the master chose the other person, and he only became a nominal disciple.

But his master had no less than thirty nominal disciples, and their status could not be compared with that of his direct disciples. From then on, he hated the cultivators in the lower realm.

The cultivators from the lower realms are not worthy to come to the Dan realm.

In addition to facilitating the testing of elixirs, he also had another reason for recruiting people like Zhou Li, which was to completely destroy these cultivators from the lower realms in the Alchemy Realm.

"Now, you can die."

Zhou Li saw that Fade Chen had murderous intentions, and immediately shouted: "You can't kill us. I'm from Chengshan Territory, and I wrote a letter to Senior Chu Ning a few months ago. Senior Chu Ning will definitely summon me. After killing me, how are you going to explain to Senior Chu Ning?"

PS: The content of this chapter was inspired by my feelings, which also means that Jiudeng has no drafts saved, which is really a sad thing.

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