Chapter 523
After discovering Yuan Jing's alchemy ability, Shi Heng changed his previous attitude and became very enthusiastic towards Yuan Jing. He often pulled Yuan Jing aside to discuss and exchange alchemy techniques, which led to Yuan Jing staying at Danjian Peak for longer and longer periods of time.
He also had his cave on Danjian Peak. In Shi Heng's opinion, why go back to Xijian Peak? Is Xijian Peak a place where an alchemist can stay? The environment of Danjian Peak is so good, he can immerse himself in the fragrance of Yuanzhi and Dan every day.
Duan Linzhi had only one idea about this, which was to drag the guy named Shi out for another fight. This time he was going to give Shi Heng a good beating.
No matter how little the Xingjian Sect's demand for elixirs is, it still needs elixirs, such as the various commonly used and essential elixirs for tempering the body, healing wounds, and restoring vitality. So in addition to Danjian Peak providing a certain amount of elixirs to the sect, it also needs to purchase elixirs from outside every month. This can be said to be a considerable burden for the Xingjian Sect, which has never been very good at business operations.
Ever since Yuan Jing started to refine the first batch of pills, Xing Qingchao discovered that Yuan Jing handed in more pills to the sect than Shi Heng. In other words, this item alone saved the sect a lot of Yuanshi expenses. As expected, this disciple was well-received, and the other elders of the sect would no longer have any objection to the preferential treatment of Zhai Yuanjing.
Shi Heng was more interested in studying alchemy than providing elixirs to the sect. Sometimes he would stay in the alchemy room for a month or two to study. Even the sect master couldn't knock on his door. What else could he do? But since Yuan Jing came, the situation has improved greatly.
Yuan Jing's reputation also spread in the Xingjian Sect. It turned out that his reputation was associated with Duan Linzhi. Duan Linzhi had a big fight with Peak Master Shi, and Zhai Yuanjing was the only one who could live in Xijian Peak. In the eyes of the disciples who did not know the inside story, Zhai Yuanjing existed just to rely on Duan Linzhi.
But now it's very different.
"I said that Senior Brother Duan would not do that without a reason. Senior Brother Duan knew that Junior Brother Zhai had such a good alchemy skill, so he brought him into our Xingjian Sect. The reason why he had no reputation before entering the sect was that Senior Brother Duan was smart. If the Wushuang Sect and other sects knew about it, how could he have a chance to enter our Xingjian Sect?"
"Yes, yes, Senior Brother Duan even sacrificed his looks to bring Junior Brother Zhai into our Xingjian Sect. Senior Brother Duan is truly great."
"Puff! Haha..." Feng Jing almost laughed himself to death when he heard this, and repeated it to Duan Linzhi. It turned out that Duan Linzhi had sacrificed his own looks to get Junior Brother Zhai into the Xingjian Sect. While wiping tears from his eyes, he said, "Senior Brother, your sacrifice is really great. I didn't even know you had such an idea."
"Get out!" Duan Linzhi drove him out in a bad mood. What did the love between two people become in the mouths of these people?
Gradually, the Xingjian Sect underwent some changes due to the joining of Zhai Yuanjing. Shi Heng did not know how to teach his disciples, but Yuanjing was different. He was very good at teaching his disciples. Didn’t you see that the Zhai family had allowed him to train a yellow-level alchemist? Gradually, there were some outer and inner disciples coming in and out of Danjian Peak. In addition to asking Yuanjing for advice on alchemy, they also discussed and exchanged ideas with each other. This phenomenon was rare in the past.
Outside the Xingjian Sect, the number of elixirs purchased by the sect decreased, but the amount of Yuan plants purchased increased. The merchants cooperating with the Xingjian Sect would of course ask more questions. Thus, the news that the new disciple of the Xingjian Sect was a Xuan-level alchemist and had extremely high talent spread. It didn't matter what these merchants thought, as other sects that competed with the Xingjian Sect sneered at this.
It's no wonder they don't believe this news. In their opinion, who would join the Xingjian Sect if they have a high talent for alchemy? Even if they fail to join the Danyang Sect, joining a comprehensive sect like the Wushuang Sect is more promising than joining the Xingjian Sect. What else can the Xingjian Sect have besides a group of sword madmen?
Under such circumstances, Yuan Jing quietly advanced to the rank of Earth-level alchemist. Shi Heng not only had no objection but was also very happy. Discussing and exchanging alchemy techniques with Yuan Jing was the most comfortable time for him. However, after discussing with the sect leader, he decided to conceal the news. The news released to the outside world was that Zhai Yuanjing was still a Profound-level alchemist.
They wanted to protect Yuan Jing, the genius in alchemy, to prevent him from being targeted by other forces and sects. As the saying goes, "A tree that stands out in the forest will be destroyed by the wind," so the number of earth-level elixirs purchased by the Xingjian Sect has not decreased.
But when Yuan Jing was promoted to an earth-level alchemist, there was not much the sect could do to help him, and the sect master and Shi Heng became anxious. As a result, the sect became a hindrance to Yuan Jing's advancement in alchemy.
The two discussed it for a while, then called Duan Linzhi over and gave him a lot of information they had found: "These places all have traces of alchemists having set foot on them, and there are also several places that are suspected to have ruins left by alchemists. You are now quite powerful, so you can go out and train yourself. You can pay special attention to these places. You don't want to see Yuan Jing's talent being delayed by the sect, do you?"
Duan Linzhi flipped through the materials carefully and said, "Even if the Sect Master didn't tell me, I have the same idea. I was thinking of taking Yuan Jing out to experience some training together."
The clan leader frowned: "You want to take him out with you?"
"Why not? I am confident that I have the ability to protect Yuan Jing. Besides, Yuan Jing himself is not weak. He is different from other alchemists."
Well, Xing Qingchao paid a lot of attention to Yuan Jing. He knew that Yuan Jing also practiced a kind of sword technique of the sect besides making pills. This was something that every disciple of Xingjian Sect could do. Yuan Jing certainly would not miss such a benefit. Therefore, Xing Qingchao discovered that Yuan Jing actually had a deep attainment in swordsmanship. He was truly a genius. Even without alchemy, he could gain a foothold in Xingjian Sect with his talent in swordsmanship.
"Okay," Xing Qingchao hesitated for a moment and then agreed with Duan Linzhi's words, because the disciples of Xingjian Sect had to be released to fight and fall, "I hope your trip will have a good result."
"Yes, Master, wait for the good news."
Yuan Jing was quite happy to pack his bags before going out for training, but Feng Jing was not happy. How long has Junior Brother Zhai been in the sect? He was going out for training in less than a year. Yuan Jing bribed Feng Jing with elixirs, and Feng Jing said nothing.
Yuan Jing also asked Senior Brother Feng to do him a favor. If he went to Fengyan Country again this year, he would ask Senior Brother Feng to transfer some of the pills to the Zhai family. Of course, Feng Jing agreed without hesitation. He was willing to make this trip just for the pills.
The atmosphere in the Xingjian Sect is good, but Yuan Jing prefers to travel around with his lover. He hasn't been to many places in this Xuanwu Continent.
The sect leader gave Duan Linzhi the information he had received. Yuan Jing stayed on the Nebula Shuttle and read it with great interest, saying, "Where is our first stop?"
"No rush, we can go to the imperial capital of Jinchi Kingdom first. There are several places in Jinchi Kingdom that we can explore. But the hope is definitely not great. If there are really good things, they would have been taken away by others long ago." Duan Linzhi said.
Yuan Jing continued to flip through the information. He had seen some related records and legends when he was reading the books in the Xingjian Sect's collection pavilion. It was hard to tell whether they were true or not, but when he turned to one of the pages, he was surprised and said, "Isn't this the place? I didn't see any related records in the collection pavilion."
What is recorded here is exactly the place where the Qimu Sect was massacred, a site left behind by the Dan Emperor. Yuan Jing paid special attention to it when he was reading in the sect's collection pavilion, but he didn't find any records. However, he saw it here from the sect master.
Duan Linzhi said: "Although the sect master gave it to us, there is a lot of uncertainty about this place, and we can't be sure that it was left by the Dan Emperor, so the sect master didn't want us to go there. The environment there is also very dangerous, and some people have been there before, but they didn't gain anything."
Yuan Jing understood: "It seems that there is still no such opportunity. The leader of Qimumen has the opportunity, but the fate is not enough. Maybe it is destined to fall into the hands of the male protagonist, but this time we are here, that may not be the case."
Duan Linzhi smiled and said, "Let's put this place last. It's far away from Xingjian Sect. We can just travel there without delaying anything. Maybe we can even go to Qimumen to take a look at your poor cousin."
Yuan Jing was amused and chuckled. Although Zhai Yuanhao had the luck of a male protagonist and was the lucky son of this world, to be honest, his luck did not make the two of them feel envious at all. Instead, they had infinite sympathy for him. If Zhai Yuanhao himself knew about this situation, he would probably not be willing to accept this luck and would rather his relatives and friends around him be safe and sound.
Yuan Jing has also been exchanging letters with the Zhai family during this period. Without the hatred that Zhai Yuanhao had in the past, the Zhai family has developed very smoothly. If this situation continues, even without Duan Linzhi's help, the Zhai family will gradually be able to gain a foothold in the imperial capital of Fengyan Kingdom and move the entire family to the imperial capital in the future.
Before going to the imperial capital of the Jinchi Kingdom, they explored two ruins. One of them was empty and nothing was obtained. However, the second one did yield some small gains. Yuan Jing obtained several ancient elixir recipes from it. Although some of the Yuan plants in them had become extinct, they could be replaced by other Yuan plants with similar effects. Yuan Jing was very interested in studying it.
The two of them quietly entered the imperial capital of the Jinchi Kingdom without revealing their identities. Otherwise, with Duan Lin's identity as the master of Xijian Peak of the Xingjian Sect, he would definitely be treated favorably by the royal family.
The Jinchi Kingdom is indeed big, and its imperial capital is more prosperous than that of the Fengyan Kingdom. The warriors walking on the streets alone are much stronger than those of the Fengyan Kingdom. At this time, Yuan Jing thought that he should be grateful for the barrier between the Fengyan Kingdom and these first-class powers. Without the dangerous dense forest, Fengyan Kingdom might have been incorporated into the Jinchi Kingdom long ago.
On the other side of the dense forest, there are several countries with equal strength. They usually compete with each other, but none of them reaches the point of annexing each other.
The Xingjian Sect was poor, and Duan Linzhi himself was not wealthy either, so in order to eat and drink well in the imperial capital, the two of them secretly purchased some earth-level elixirs so that they could enjoy them to their heart's content.
Duan Linzhi picked up some food for Yuan Jing and said with a smile, "I have to serve you well, so that I can have Yuanshihua."
Yuan Jing almost burst into tears and reached out to touch his face: "Of course, serve me well, and I will reward you."
Just at this moment, there was a loud "bang" outside. Someone was actually causing trouble in this Imperial Capital Restaurant?
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