Chapter 490 The Masters' Care
Inside the tea room of a mansion in the Azure Dragon Mountains.
The slightly frail-looking young man sat opposite the burly and handsome man, and now turned his head to look at Zhong Cai and Wu Shaogan.
Zhong Cai blinked.
Wu Shaogan stood quietly.
And so, we watched for the time it takes to drink a cup of tea.
Zhong Cai couldn't hold back any longer and immediately shouted, "Master! Master Jiang! If you keep looking at people like that, you'll melt away!"
Wu Shaogan couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth into a smile.
Sang Yunchu and Jiang Chongguang, who were sitting opposite each other, couldn't help but smile.
Zhong Cai immediately hopped over and sat opposite her two masters, smiling as she said, "Masters, please don't be angry. We didn't mean to do this; it was just an accident!"
Wu Shaogan followed closely behind and sat down next to Zhong Cai. He then slightly raised his hand to pick up the teapot on the table and poured tea for the two masters, thus cooperating with his aggrieved-looking daughter, A Cai.
Sang Yunchu sighed softly, patted Zhong Cai's forearm, and said, "Cai'er, I'm not angry, I'm worried."
Zhong Cai blinked again: "But Master's stern face is quite frightening."
Sang Yunchu gave a somewhat helpless look: "Even if I'm angry, it's not because I'm angry at you."
Zhong Cai immediately broke into a bright smile.
Jiang Chongguang finally revealed a hint of anger and said, "Bullying the weak is disgusting."
When Zhong Cai saw that they were getting down to business, he became a little more serious, but his tone was still relatively light: "They're all heretics, they really have no shame. Master Jiang, don't worry, Old Wu and I are perfectly fine!"
Sang Yunchu sighed, "It's still because Senior Brother Jiang and I are not strong enough. Otherwise, even if those evil sects had malicious intentions, they shouldn't have come after you."
Zhong Cai waved his hand: "Master, you're overthinking it! Even Tongtian's beloved son, who survived the tribulation, was taken away. When the evil sects cause trouble, they don't care about your safety. Don't worry, Masters, with Gu Cheng protecting us, Old Wu and I will definitely be safe."
Sang Yunchu patted Zhong Cai's head again and exchanged a glance with Jiang Chongguang.
Jiang Chongguang was clearly not in a good mood either.
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The two of them knew that the evil path had no scruples when it came to violence, and the victims were far more than just their two disciples.
The main reason they say this is that they feel their strength is still too weak.
If one of them is now a ninth-level alchemist and the other is at the Tongtian realm, the former can invite Tongtians to help him, and the latter can join forces with those Tongtians to attack the evil path and slaughter more people to appease his two disciples.
But now, they are powerless to do anything about it and cannot gang up on the poisonous toads.
The only thing we could do was join the war.
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Sang Yunchu said softly, "Jiang Shixiong and I will be going to attack Hongzhang Mountain this time."
Zhong Cai raised her hand: "Old Wu and I are going too!"
Seeing his disciple's lively and agile demeanor, Sang Yunchu felt a little better, smiled, and asked, "Controlling the ancient city?"
Zhong Cai nodded: "That's right!" He said enthusiastically, "Old Wu and I are of low cultivation levels, so we couldn't get involved before, but once we get to the Red Mist Mountain Range, the target will be bigger, so I'll bomb them with Old Wu!"
"Of course, this work is mainly done by Lao Wu. I plan to refine more pills and be more proactive in logistics."
"It's just refining pills batch by batch, which takes a long time. Master, could you teach me the method that allows me to refine many batches of pills at once?"
Sang Yunchu couldn't help but smile: "You've certainly found an opportunity."
Zhong Cai chuckled.
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Refining many batches of pills at once inevitably sacrifices quality and is also limited by one's cultivation level, resulting in a reduction in the pill grade and an inability to guarantee the number of pills produced.
Sang Yunchu's special method is impossible to learn if one's cultivation level and talent are insufficient; while for those with high cultivation level and talent, learning it is not cost-effective.
Because learning this method requires being very familiar with the elixir, one can only try multiple batches at once when all aspects are very proficient. After continuous refinement and gaining a more precise grasp of the heat and medicinal properties, the number of elixir furnaces can be increased.
Ultimately, before this kind of refining, the level of refining this kind of pill was already very high. Even if a hundred batches were refined at once, each batch could be refined to the usual standard... But at most, these hundred batches would only be one level lower than one's own cultivation level, and might even be two levels lower than one's own pill refining level, or even lower.
Such training, which involves focusing too much on controlling the heat, is not very useful.
After all, the skill required to simultaneously refine one hundred batches of level-five pills is far more technically demanding than the skill required to refine one batch of level-seven pills. The former is simply a matter of rushing to finish a batch.
Therefore, even if you refine it dozens or hundreds of times, you won't make any progress except for accumulating more low-level pills.
Previously, Sang Yunchu had mentioned this method of alchemy when he was explaining a special alchemy technique to Zhong Cai.
Zhong Cai was very curious at the time, but Sang Yunchu wanted him to focus on studying high-level alchemy techniques that matched his cultivation level, so he told Zhong Cai not to think about this method for the time being. This happened a long time ago, because Zhong Cai wasn't really interested in mechanical alchemy; he simply found it novel and fun. Since his master wasn't teaching it, he didn't care much and quickly put it aside.
I just suddenly remembered it.
This method of alchemy is indeed most effective when it comes to supplying logistics on the battlefield.
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Zhong Cai asked with a grin, "Master, is this thing easy to learn?"
Sang Yunchu smiled and said, "It will definitely be a good time for you to learn."
Zhong Cai beamed with joy: "Master, will you teach me right away?"
Sang Yunchu chuckled softly and said, "I'll teach you right away."
Zhong Cai was even happier.
Seeing Zhong Cai's bright eyes and cheerful mood, Wu Shaogan couldn't help but smile gently.
Then……
He noticed that his master was looking at him.
Wu Shaogan asked respectfully, "What are your instructions, Master?"
Jiang Chongguang said, "I will kill twenty heretical Nirvana cultivators for you."
Wu Shaogan was taken aback, realizing that his master felt he hadn't been able to vent his anger this time, so he couldn't let go of this knot in his heart until he killed so many people.
So he smiled slightly and said, "Then I'll have to trouble you, Master."
Jiang Chongguang nodded in satisfaction.
Then he planned to call Wu Shaogan to the newly opened martial arts room next door, intending to spar with his disciple and supplement his deficiencies in secret techniques—such opportunities were becoming increasingly rare.
Not many years will pass, and his disciple will pass away, but he himself will probably still be in the state of Nirvana.
By then, he might not even be able to beat Shao Gan.
Therefore, I can only take advantage of the present time to fulfill as much of my responsibility as a mentor as possible.
Wu Shaogan naturally understood his master's intentions and readily agreed.
But he still glanced at Zhong Cai first.
Zhong Cai was about to learn the art of alchemy from Sang Yunchu.
So, after saying hello, Wu Shaogan followed Jiang Chongguang without worry.
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Zhong Cai sat cross-legged opposite Sang Yunchu, watching his master slowly take the pill furnace out.
One, two, three...
Before long, thirty alchemy furnaces had been set up, arranged in a semi-circular shape, with one half surrounding Zhong Cai and the other half surrounding Sang Yunchu.
Everything in front of Zhong Cai was within his line of sight.
Zhong Cai's abilities are more than enough to take care of them all—whether it's opening the furnace lid, controlling the fire, or adding medicinal herbs, he can directly control them all with his Xuan power.
Zhong Cai glanced over and saw that they were all level five alchemy furnaces.
His eyes widened in surprise: "Wow! Master, where did you get so many alchemy furnaces!"
Sang Yunchu laughed and said, "Some people want to join the Azure Dragon Mountain Range and give away pills, while others come to ask for pills and give away pills. I don't know their specific origins."
Zhong Cai thought about it and realized it made sense. His master was such a skilled alchemist, and he was a newcomer with few orders yet, so naturally many people wanted to visit him, and even more people wanted to give him gifts.
What is the best gift to give to an alchemist?
Aside from medicinal herbs, isn't it just an alchemy furnace?
Even Zhong Cai herself had accumulated many alchemy furnaces through countless card draws in the past.
This is definitely enough for now.
Zhong Cai looked at Sang Yunchu with anticipation in her eyes.
Sang Yunchu laughed and said, "Let's set it on fire first."
Zhong Cai naturally did as instructed.
In an instant, a wisp of fire appeared beneath the furnace at the very front.
Sang Yunchu sat cross-legged and flicked out a wisp of wood fire.
He then made a few hand seals, and the wisp of wood fire instantly transformed into strands, which fell under each of the alchemy furnaces in front of him.
Because all these wood-fires originate from the same wisp of wood-fire, even though they are now divided into several parts, it only makes it more difficult for alchemists to control them, but it will not weaken the firepower in the slightest.
Sang Yunchu's hand gestures were very clear, just enough for Zhong Cai to see clearly.
Zhong Cai immediately followed Sang Yunchu's movements and also performed the hand seals for controlling the fire.
Then, the wisp of wood fire in front of him trembled, as if it had been split by some invisible force, and suddenly scattered into more than ten strands, which fell below the many alchemy furnaces.
He learns too fast.
It's amazing that I was able to complete it smoothly after only watching it once, except that my movements were a little clumsy when I was making the hand seals.
Such unfamiliarity will not affect his success rate at all.
Seeing this, Sang Yunchu couldn't help but feel pleased.
Look, this is his beloved student, so talented!
The hand gesture he just used was extremely difficult and not easily understood. However, Cai'er not only saw it clearly at a glance, but was also able to perfectly replicate it. That's how intelligent she is!
However, Sang Yunchu had anticipated this.
Otherwise, he wouldn't be teaching directly now.
He simply believed that Cai'er could learn it in the shortest amount of time.
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After completing the hand gesture, Zhong Cai raised her face triumphantly.
Sang Yunchu praised, "Cai'er's learning is flawless, very good."
Zhong Cai became even more smug: "Master, just teach me! I guarantee I'll learn it!"
Sang Yunchu couldn't help but chuckle.
The anger that had previously been felt when Tongtian had bullied and blocked his beloved disciple was now somewhat relieved.
But this grudge will never be forgotten.
Once they reach the battlefield, he and Senior Brother Jiang will make those evil cultivators understand that even if they are only at the eighth level now, their beloved disciple is definitely not someone who can be easily humiliated!
A barely perceptible glint of malice flashed in Sang Yunchu's eyes, but he still smiled gently at Zhong Cai and continued, "Cai'er, let's learn the next step. Let's refine the most commonly used healing pills and pills that replenish Xuan energy on the battlefield among the fifth-level pills."
Zhong Cai had no objection.
He also felt that one should start by working with a large number of people to gain experience.
If there is still room for further research, it is not too late for him to study other things further.
Then, Zhong Cai saw his master take out many kinds of medicinal herbs and give him a portion.
Both of them knew the refining method. What Zhong Cai needed to learn now was the things she needed to pay attention to during the refining process together.
The next moment, the master and apprentice quickly began processing the level-five medicinal herbs, each of them having to process fifteen portions.
Sang Yunchu said softly, "You can choose some helpers from among the accompanying alchemists to process the medicinal materials for you, which will also make it easier for you to refine them."
Zhong Cai nodded: "If I'm too busy, I'll find some experienced people."
The two had finished processing the medicinal herbs while they were talking.
Sang Yunchu flicked his sleeve, and all the furnace lids flew up and landed near the furnace. Then he pinched his fingers and flicked his sleeve again, and fifteen medicinal herbs quickly floated up and rotated around the different furnaces.
Then, he waved his sleeve again.
Each swing was highly rhythmic, as if performing a peculiar secret technique.
Zhong Cai stared intently at Sang Yunchu's movements, replicating each one one-to-one.
It's a little rough around the edges, but it still won't make any mistakes.
Thus, after the medicinal herbs entered the furnace to react, Sang Yunchu then used other hand seals to control the fifteen strands of wood fire.
Zhong Cai learned by completely imitating.
Sang Yunchu flicked his sleeve again and continued to add the medicinal herbs.
Zhong Cai did as instructed.
In this way, Sang Yunchu continuously refined fifteen batches of pills at the same time, each movement was quite large, and each hand gesture was extremely complex.
However, Sang Yunchu's movements remained perfectly composed from beginning to end.
Perhaps it's because level 5 pills are very simple for Sang Yunchu now. After studying high-level pills, refining lower-level ones is almost effortless—the so-called complexity lies only in the hand seals used during the refining process.
Zhong Cai was no exception.
He preferred refining large quantities of top-grade pills to his master, and at the same level, he was always stronger than Sang Yunchu.
Therefore, once he truly immersed himself in the refining process, even though he had to constantly learn new techniques, he could still easily memorize all the steps and was extremely skilled when refining pills.
From beginning to end, because the master and apprentice were able to ensure that there was no wasted time in any of the refining processes, they were able to achieve the fastest speed at which the cultivators at the Palace Building realm could refine level 5 pills—that is, each batch took one hour.
Sang Yunchu is a Spirit Transformation cultivator. If he were to refine a level 5 pill at full speed, it would only take him four quarters of an hour. However, his main task today was to teach Zhong Cai, so each step was done at the fastest speed that Zhong Cai could achieve.
Both the master and apprentice were quite busy.
Despite being busy, Zhong Cai remained organized and successfully refined the elixir when the time came.
Sang Yunchu flicked his sleeve again, and all the furnace lids that had been covered when he was condensing the pill were opened again.
Zhong Cai followed the same method.
In an instant, a rich fragrance of cinnamon wafted over, refreshing and invigorating.
Sang Yunchu took out each batch of pills to check the quality of the ones he had refined.
The quality varies, but all of them can produce full-quality pills, with the lowest quality being top-grade pills. A few batches have even produced top-grade pills.
Zhong Cai also checked her scores.
Then, his eyes brightened.
Sang Yunchu also showed a look of joy and approval.
"Cai'er is doing very well!"
Because Zhong Cai's performance was no worse than his, even though his cultivation level was one level lower, his final product was not only full of pills and at least of the highest grade, but also had more top-grade pills than Sang Yunchu!
This was only Zhong Cai's first time learning.
In any case, even if there are no mistakes during the first attempt, it will not reach the most perfect state.
Therefore, this is not Zhong Cai's limit at all.
Sang Yunchu was very satisfied.
"Since Cai'er is so skilled, she can add more alchemy furnaces herself."
Zhong Cai immediately cheered.
Sang Yunchu then asked with concern, "How did you feel while refining? Did you show any signs of mental instability? When controlling the fire in multiple furnaces at the same time, did you feel overwhelmed?"
Zhong Cai thought about it carefully, shook his head, and said, "It was very stable from beginning to end, and manipulating the fifteen strands of wood and fire was quite easy."
Sang Yunchu was even more satisfied. If it weren't for the many alchemy furnaces separating the master and apprentice, he would have patted Zhong Cai on the head to express his joy.
Zhong Cai chuckled.
Sang Yunchu flicked his sleeve again, and the wood and fire instantly exploded.
He cleaned all the impurities from the alchemy furnaces.
Zhong Cai was the same.
Then, Sang Yunchu once again flicked his sleeves, and all the alchemy furnaces in front of him were placed appropriately in front of Zhong Cai.
All angles are suitable for Zhong Cai to operate.
Zhong Cai understood.
Now, without a master's guidance, he is going through the previous process on his own, and he is doubling the power of the alchemy furnace.
We'll see if he succeeds.
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Zhong Cai succeeded.
The time was slightly longer than before, about an hour and the time it takes to drink a cup of tea.
This wasn't the fastest speed, which left Zhong Cai somewhat disappointed.
But there was also something to be happy about: none of the batches of Zhongcai's pills exploded, and every batch produced a full set of pills.
At the same time, it has its drawbacks.
Among these newly produced pills, a few were of medium to low grade, and the number of top-grade pills was only three more than the previous batch.
The number of alchemy furnaces has increased by fifteen!
Therefore, the average level is not as good as before.
However, even if the quality of this refining is slightly inferior, it is still more suitable than the fifteenth batch on the battlefield.
Moreover, if Zhong Cai practices a few more times, her performance should improve.
That's already very good.
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The master and apprentice continued to sit facing each other, refining their alchemy skills.
Sang Yunchu mainly explained and demonstrated, while Zhong Cai learned diligently and surpassed his teacher.
So busy, two or three days passed by in the blink of an eye.
On the other side, Wu Shaogan was also fighting Jiang Chongguang to a standstill.
What surprised Jiang Chongguang, but upon reflection it seemed reasonable, was that his disciple could barely block many of his attacks without him having to deliberately suppress his cultivation level.
Even if he can't block it, he rarely gets injured because of it—his movements are exceptionally fast.
Jiang Chongguang, being experienced, quickly devised more complex tactics and continued to spar with Wu Shaogan.
If Wu Shaogan couldn't hold on any longer, he would stop quickly, let Wu Shaogan think about how to deal with the situation, and then continue sparring with him.
Jiang Chongguang was well aware of his own strength. Although he was not yet comparable to the Dou Huang of the Sky Ranking, he was definitely not far off.
Even so, his attacks could not completely trap his disciple.
Jiang Chongguang had not taught his disciples like this for a long time, and the joy in his heart was indescribable.
He knew even better that with Wu Shaogan's current strength, if he were facing a cultivator of ordinary strength who had just entered Nirvana, he could at least inflict considerable damage on them, if not kill them easily.
In that case, Jiang Chongguang was even less likely to hold his disciple back.
Hard work and perseverance!
Before going to the battlefield, he would definitely train his disciples more!
He felt that every breath that the young cadre took to fight him, and the young cadre's progress was very clear.
It was so clear that it shocked him.
Such a top genius, such an outstanding fighting king!
This made him very happy.
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Cangxuan Divine Sect.
The place is located very far from the West River Region, where the top power is the Cangxuan Divine Sect, which controls all the power in the region.
The entire region was dominated by the sect's absolute power.
The reason why this Divine Sect is so terrifying and powerful is that it has three members who have reached the Heavenly Realm!
The most powerful one was none other than the Four Tribulations Tongtian.
He has been in seclusion for many years now.
The other two had only just entered the Tongtian realm.
Moreover, they were all disciples of that Four Tribulations Heaven-Reaching One.
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Feng Tiancan arrived at the Divine Sect and sat cross-legged on a solitary peak outside a towering peak that seemed to pierce the clouds.
At the summit of a solitary peak, where the temperature is extremely cold, there is a pavilion.
Feng Tiancan sat in the pavilion.
The peak opposite him appeared to be brimming with strange energy, and the person he was waiting for was in seclusion inside.
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Inside the pavilion, there was not only Feng Tiancan, but also another person named Tongtian.
This is a woman of remarkable beauty, with a gentle and graceful demeanor.
She was holding a small teapot, pouring tea for Feng Tiancan.
"Senior Feng, have some to warm yourself up."
Although Feng Tiancan always had a stern face, he was quite gentle when facing this woman.
"Miss Qiu, there's no need to be so polite. We're on the same path, so just call me by my name."
Qiu Xiao smiled and said, "Senior Feng is a good friend of both me and my mentor Qiu Hao, so I can't be casual about addressing him."
Feng Tiancan didn't argue either.
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These Qiu Xiao and Qiu Hao are two cultivators from the Cangxuan Divine Sect who have just entered the Tongtian realm.
At the same time, they were not only disciples of Li Cangxuan, who was at the Fourth Tribulation Heavenly Realm, but also developed feelings for each other and became Daoist partners through years of joint cultivation. They supported each other and entered the Heavenly Realm one after the other.
It was only after one of them reached the Heavenly Realm that Li Cangxuan was able to remain in seclusion for an extended period.
For this reason, Feng Tiancan had not seen Li Cangxuan for hundreds of years.
He always cultivated on his own in the past. Unless the two of them emerged from seclusion around the same time, they would always find time to get together. But if not, they would not wait for each other.
Qiu Xiao and Qiu Hao took turns coming up to accompany Feng Tiancan.
For no other reason than that they had heard that there were some clues about the murder of Feng Tiancan's son, so they guessed that Feng Tiancan had come to ask their master for help.
So the couple were very concerned about Feng Tiancan and comforted him in this way.
Moreover, because their master wasn't in seclusion this time, Feng Tiancan actually had a token that could help transmit a message and allow their master to come out of seclusion ahead of time—neither the couple minded Feng Tiancan doing this at any time, since it was a right given to Feng Tiancan by their master anyway.
However, Feng Tiancan hasn't done that yet.
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