Chapter 15, 015. He felt as if his brain had been ironed smooth...
The Bixia Sect is a small sect that mainly deals in elixirs.
Since they practice alchemy, the Bixia Sect also keeps some spiritual minerals and rare medicinal herbs in reserve.
All the coming and going of these raw materials required Shen Zhiwei's approval.
Shen Zhiwei was formerly the head of the Bixia Sect, wielding absolute power. Later, the sects merged, and Shi Miaoxue and Nan Yulou joined. At that time, Shen Zhiwei did not separate the key to control the sect.
Shi Miaoxue was simple-minded and never cared about these things, but Nan Yulou always held a grudge against her.
Tian Xiyu was favored because she always spoke the innermost thoughts of Zhongnan Yulou.
Therefore, when Tian Xiyu said this, Nan Yulou did not scold her, but simply lowered her head and tugged at her clothes.
Shen Zhiwei nodded and said, "Then these matters need to be discussed in detail."
Nan Yulou believes this is Shen Zhiwei's tactic of stalling.
Zhe Shuang and Ling Yuyan, both disciples of the Tianchi Sect, were stunned and incredulous!
How much injustice has Young Master Yulou suffered!
Shen Zhiwei is the sect leader, which is fine, but he even keeps a tight rein on the storeroom. So Nan Yulou, the honorary elder, is just given a worthless title!
This is absolutely outrageous!
Although these two had no feelings for Nan Yulou, the saying "a thin dog shames its master" still held true, and since they were all from the same lineage of Tianchi Sect, they couldn't help but feel a bit indignant.
Shen Zhiwei, who is shameless and takes advantage of the young master of the upper realm, really got away with this!
Nan Yulou remained silent, so Tian Xiyu spoke for him: "It's not just the storeroom, but also our Bixia Sect's alchemy room. The several-grade alchemy furnaces were also set up seven years ago. When the two sects were merged, the land and resources of the Red Lotus Sect and the Golden Elixir Sect were also incorporated into the Bixia Sect. How to divide them will naturally need to be discussed carefully. Which part will get more and which part will get less will definitely need to be calculated clearly."
Tian Xiyu spoke in great detail, showing that she had been pondering these words in her heart for a long time.
Shen Zhiwei was clearly a little embarrassed, showing a bit of helplessness: "Alright! Let's go to the alchemy room first. The storeroom is located in the alchemy room. Now that everyone is here, let's do a good job of sorting it out."
Her voice was clearly not as loud as before.
Shi Miaoxue saw this and felt a pang of sadness in her heart!
This is an insult to the sect leader!
The sect leader is usually full of vigor and has a strong sense of pride, but today he has suffered such humiliation!
Shi Miaoxue could no longer contain herself: "Nan Yulou, are you just going to let your maid be so disrespectful to the sect leader? Is it because Bixia sent an important guest today that a mere disciple like you dares to bully the sect leader?"
Shi Miaoxue's anger was quite obvious, and Nan Yulou, who had been secretly sneering, also came to his senses.
Nan Yulou knew something was wrong.
He quickly said, "That's right, Tian Xiyu, you're just a lowly disciple, what right do you have to speak today?"
But the atmosphere at the scene was different.
The Bixia Sect disciples present all felt that Nan Yulou was abusing his power and deliberately humiliating Shen Zhiwei. Even those who usually favored Nan Yulou felt that he had gone too far and was not behaving like a gentleman as usual.
Not to mention that although Tian Xiyu was reprimanded, she showed no anger, but simply smiled and withdrew, with an expression that showed she and Nan Yulou were on the same wavelength, and everyone understood.
It's obvious at a glance that Tian Xiyu and Nan Yulou are putting on a show together.
The saying goes that one fan is worth ten haters, and Tian Xiyu's fierce battle for Nan Yulou has now yielded even more obvious results.
However, the two envoys from the Tianchi Sect felt that Shi Miaoxue had a rather bad temper.
Looking at the pendant given to Shi Miaoxue by Nan Yulou, the two felt that Shi Miaoxue clearly didn't know what was good for her.
Nan Yulou had no choice but to say, "Then we'll go to the alchemy room first."
Shen Xiaochun: "Mother, I want to go too."
Shen Zhiwei didn't object either; it's good for children to have some social practice classes.
Xiao Xing wanted to go with Shen Xiao Chan, but she also wanted to leave.
Si Yu softened her voice: "Xiao Xing, would you like to talk to me for a while?"
Xiao Xing looked away nervously, saying, "Xiao Chan, you've just come back and you'll be leaving again soon."
Lin Lanyou suggested, "Why don't we all go together?"
Lin Lanyou wanted to find an opportunity to see more.
Shen Xiaochun: "Mother, is it alright?"
Shen Xiaochun clearly thought it was a good idea.
Shen Zhiwei nodded and said okay.
Xiao Xing still didn't look directly at Si Yu, her eyes involuntarily darting elsewhere, and whispered, "You, you should come with me."
Si Yu smiled and said okay.
Xiao Xing ignored Lin Lanyou.
For some reason, Lin Lanyou vaguely felt that Xiao Xing was quite hostile towards her.
Could it be true, as the disciples of the Bixia Sect said, that Xiaoxing was born with exceptional sensitivity?
Lin Lanyou touched her face, trying to conceal her true feelings.
Nan Yulou snorted inwardly, thinking that Chen Zhiwei was just pretending to be generous, but in reality, he just wanted to win over more outsiders so that she would have to be more cautious.
Aren't all women like this? They care most about reputation and rules, spending a lot of effort on them, thinking they can use morality to blackmail others.
No matter how capable Shen Zhiwei is, she is still just a woman.
Unlike men, who are said to be able to overcome all obstacles with sheer force, when it comes to violently overturning a table, all rules and decorum are of no use.
Nan Yulou thought to himself with a sarcastic tone.
However, on the way to the alchemy room, Nan Yulou couldn't help but coax Shi Miaoxue.
Having come to this point, Nan Yulou thought for a moment and then devised another persuasive argument.
He quietly set up a small array to block out external noise and said to Shi Miaoxue, "Miaoxue, you are devoted to the sect leader, but how does she treat us?"
“Ever since the merger, she has gone to great lengths to win over the subordinates of both our factions. You, the former elder of the Red Lotus Sect, became the leader of the Bixia Sect. Six Red Lotus Sect members came out to take charge, and Shen Zhiwei has won over at least half of them! It's pitiful that you still consider her a good sister. And I even discovered that Shen Zhiwei has planted spies around me, and it was Xiyu who found them for me.”
"The only way now is for us to join forces and reclaim what is rightfully ours."
After his analysis, Shi Miaoxue suddenly turned her head and sneered, "Nan Yulou, do you truly consider the sect leader a friend?"
"Where is your conscience? Why are you so cold-blooded and heartless, scheming against the Bixia Sect?"
Nan Yulou nearly bit her own tongue.
Well, he painstakingly analyzed the pros and cons for Shi Miaoxue, but she didn't listen to a single word.
Shi Miaoxue is not love-obsessed, but emotionally driven.
Her mind is smooth; she can't tolerate the slightest scheming, and all her thoughts revolve around the word "love."
Nan Yulou took a deep breath; he was having a heart attack.
Shi Miaoxue: "We're all family, but you're so scheming and calculating. Do you think everyone is like you? You've tainted people's hearts."
Nan Yulou is far from innocent; how could his heart be so tainted?
Nan Yulou still wanted to try, feeling that Shi Miaoxue was acting out of spite, and that as her lover, he should give her some sense of security: "Miaoxue, do you not trust me? Don't worry, I will never leave you in the lower realm. I will definitely take you to ascend to heaven and not let you continue to stay at the foot of Mount Sumeru."
After analyzing the pros and cons, Nan Yulou skillfully painted a rosy picture, determined to deal with Shi Miaoxue in a familiar way.
Of course, the final promise was fake; Jiang Cui was extremely jealous and definitely wouldn't tolerate Shi Miaoxue.
Therefore, Nan Yulou was slightly uneasy and devised this argument when Shi Miaoxue questioned the authenticity of the cake.
Shi Miaoxue's face also turned cold. She didn't question the authenticity of the cake, but said, "Nan Yulou, so what if it's at the foot of Mount Sumeru? Do you look down on the sects and cultivators of the first level? Your mind is full of thoughts of ascending to the upper realm, no, returning to the upper realm. Do you think everyone is like you?"
"Think whatever you want, but don't corrupt the child. Don't say these things in front of Xiao Chan. Don't let an innocent little girl learn these vulgar schemes and cunning."
Having said that, Shi Miaoxue was already impatient with arguing with Nan Yulou, so she casually broke the barrier and flew ahead.
She clearly didn't want to talk to Nan Yulou much.
Nan Yulou felt as if her brain had been ironed smooth, leaving no wrinkles. This shows that simply dating isn't enough to know what kind of eccentric someone is. You need to go through things together, like running a business together, before you can have a clear understanding of their character.
Heh! A cultivator from the lower realms!
That's what the lower realm is like—so ridiculous! Crude! Savage!
It's difficult to find many people with normal intelligence, let alone those who are truly rational.
Shi Miaoxue's reaction wasn't simply because she was a woman, but because she valued relationships. If you built a good rapport with her, she was incredibly generous.
If you're on the third level, everyone is an elite, shrewd and insightful, clearly understanding the pros and cons, and tacitly agreeing with each other.
Communication would not be so difficult in this way.
Nan Yulou was thoroughly fed up with the foot of Mount Sumeru and just wanted to leave as soon as possible.
Nan Yulou gritted her teeth and followed on her sword.
Others are in front, while Nan Yulou is slightly behind.
He stared at Shen Zhiwei from the side and behind. Shen Zhiwei's skin was as clear as jade, even her earlobes were moist and translucent, her red lips were full, and her appearance was extremely beautiful.
But Nan Yulou's heart remained unmoved.
No matter how stunningly beautiful a woman is, if she competes with you, it's hard for you to develop feelings of affection for her.
Shen Zhiwei has an extremely handsome appearance. Even if you initially feel some goodwill towards him, once you get to know him better, you will inevitably keep your distance.
In a short while, everyone arrived at the alchemy room.
Shi Miaoxue's face was radiant, but her voice suddenly became somewhat sore: "Back then, the Jiuyi Immortal Sect of Yuanyuan Heaven used the fire of the burning mountain and gathered the essence of the five metals to create nine unprecedented giant cauldrons. They worked day and night to refine the top-grade Qi-Nourishing Pill. We alchemists at the foot of Mount Sumeru all thought that everything was over."
"Thanks to Sect Leader Shen's persuasion of all parties, the unity of the three sects was brought together to create this Purple Grade Immortal Cauldron. Furthermore, by borrowing the alchemical fire of the mountain range, all the top alchemists in this region were summoned. After several improvements to the formula and several failures, they finally managed to refine the Qi-Nourishing Pill, which is of the same quality as that of the Nine Peaks Immortal Sect."
How could I ever forget those years?
At this point, Shi Miaoxue gritted her teeth, as if she were about to take off the pendant given to her by Nan Yulou.
He could raise his hand halfway, but then it would fall back down.
Shi Miaoxue was filled with conflicting emotions and hesitated greatly!
In the end, such intense feelings cannot be so easily let go.
Nan Yulou chuckled to himself, thinking that Shi Miaoxue couldn't forget him, and he couldn't forget him either.
In her desperate gamble, Shen Zhiwei mortgaged everything she could in the sect, including the land occupied by the Bixia Sect.
Not only that, at that time, Nan Yulou was misled by Shen Zhiwei into thinking that he could have both a beauty and a sect, so he agreed to join the sect and became an elder of the Bixia Sect.
In the blink of an eye, Shen Zhiwei, without even blinking, mortgaged all of the Golden Core Sect's assets as the sect leader.
If this succeeds, Shen Zhiwei will become rich; if it fails, Nan Yulou will be ruined. At that time, Nan Yulou will feel like dying.
If Nan Yulou really loses everything, his cheap father will never pay him any attention again.
Shi Miaoxue is only talking about superficial things, so Nan Yulou shouldn't comment.
Shen Xiaochun stared with her round eyes and said, "Sister Shi, so Mother is this amazing?"
A gentle smile appeared on Shi Miaoxue's lips: "Indeed, your mother is an extraordinary woman, very remarkable."
Shen Zhiwei seemed a little shy and started to feel embarrassed: "If we praise our own people, others will laugh at us."
Shen Xiaochun looked up and smiled, "Sister Shi must be sincere. How could she lie?"
Looking at Shen Xiaochun's fair and rosy face, and the fine downy hair that is unique to little girls, Shi Miaoxue's originally sour mood immediately improved a lot.
A slight smile appeared on Shi Miaoxue's troubled face as she replied, "Exactly!"
Shen Zhiwei knew all along that Shi Miaoxue doted on Xiao Chan, so she had another powerful weapon up her sleeve.
At this moment, they arrived at the alchemy room.
The alchemy room of the Bixia Sect is quite large; it was built by hollowing out the entire mountain.
The entire alchemy room was built on the earth's veins, making it convenient for the spirit furnace to absorb the earth's energy.
After the Bixia Sect successfully registered, Shen Zhiwei gritted her teeth and borrowed money to build this alchemy room in the mountains.
This scale is the largest at the foot of Mount Sumeru; no other establishment has this scale.
Zhe Shuang and Ling Yuyan also found it somewhat interesting. The scale of Bixia Sect's alchemy room wasn't very large even in the third level of heaven, but it was quite impressive at the foot of Mount Sumeru, and it looked quite decent.
The walls at the entrance to the alchemy room were as red as cinnabar, and a wave of heat rushed towards you.
Shi Miaoxue spoke first: "It's quite chaotic inside, please bear with us, both envoys. Actually, Yu Lou rarely comes to the alchemy room. It's the sect leader who comes and goes here every day to cultivate."
"For example, controlling the fire in a large furnace requires the fire breath to be mixed and exhaled with the cultivator's internal energy. Only when they are mixed to a certain degree can the cultivator control the fire. As a result, the cultivator's meridians will inevitably suffer from the fire breath. But the sect leader doesn't care much about this and just says that it's a good way to cultivate."
"That's why she broke through to the Jade Liquid Realm so quickly."
Shi Miaoxue had clearly sided with Shen Zhiwei, and every word she said was biased towards Shen Zhiwei, praising and flattering her.
Nan Yulou also broke through to the Jade Liquid Realm, but instead of coming to the Pill Room to cultivate, he obtained a high-grade spiritual pill from the third level of heaven.
Nan Yulou was somewhat embarrassed, and pondered Shi Miaoxue's thoughts, wondering if Shi Miaoxue had remembered an old grudge.
When he first obtained the elixir, Shi Miaoxue gifted him a strange fire. He sweet-talked her, saying he would definitely get another one for Shi Miaoxue so that they could both improve together.
Naturally, the matter was eventually dropped.
Nan Yulou was lost in thought, thinking that this woman was very realistic; as soon as the affection faded, she would start to hold grudges for the losses she had suffered.
He felt that Shi Miaoxue was targeting him.
Shi Miaoxue was, of course, targeting Nan Yulou.
Actually, the Bixia Sect wasn't originally an alchemy sect; most of its disciples were sword cultivators. However, after the great war, the foot of Mount Sumeru was ravaged by a beast tide, leaving only a handful of members in the entire Bixia Sect. Therefore, Shen Zhiwei led the entire sect to transform its operations.
Shi Miaoxue is honest, but she has a rather arrogant temper, especially when it comes to alchemy.
Shen Zhiwei didn't actually know how to refine pills at first, but she was willing to learn and spent a lot of time in the pill room, becoming familiar with the pill refiners of the Bixia Sect.
Shi Miaoxue gradually came to her senses.
On the contrary, the elegant young man from Nan Yulou never lifts a finger.
Nan Yulou rarely went into the alchemy room, finding it stuffy and dirty, which was very unpleasant.
Every time Shi Miaoxue came out of the alchemy room to see Nan Yulou, she would change into clean clothes and take a bath.
Nan Yulou is a very sophisticated person. He is good at social maneuvering and winning people over. He knows many people in the Upper Realm and has also brought some business to the Bixia Sect.
But he wouldn't do alchemy.
The two-day envoy from the Chi Palace understood, but didn't think it was a big deal.
Those in positions of authority don't need to do everything themselves; they just need to know how to manage.
There are plenty of people who can do this kind of rough work.
To be honest, the Bixia Sect should have had Nan Yulou as its leader to manage the overall situation, while Shi Miaoxue and Shen Zhiwei would have been elders or stewards to oversee their subordinates, which would have created a harmonious environment. If Shen Zhiwei hadn't been so greedy, things wouldn't have turned out this way.
If Shen had known when to advance and retreat, he might have been able to get a share of the spoils. Unfortunately, human greed knows no bounds.
Nan Yulou pretended to be deaf and dumb, and didn't argue with Shi Miaoxue.
The group entered the alchemy room.
The space inside the mountain was vast, with spirit ores and medicinal herbs scattered on the ground. Although they appeared to be piled up haphazardly, there was actually an order to the chaos. Each location was marked, forming a smooth and effortless flow, allowing the disciples to work in an orderly manner.
Three mid-grade spirit furnaces float in mid-air, and they do not cultivate pills day or night.
Yin Wujiu is controlling the fire.
His hair was as black as ink, and a bright red flower adorned his temple, as vivid as blood. Although the room was hot, there was not a drop of sweat on Yin Wujiu's pale skin.
This is a state of inner peace, where one is no longer afraid of cold or heat.
Yin Wujiu had taken off the dark gloves he usually wore, and his pale, slender fingers pressed against the blazing furnace, urging the flames to circulate.
The elixir fire transformed into a soft purple hue.
Such skillful fire control is comparable to that of the fire-controlling alchemists of the Nine Peaks Immortal Sect.
Ling Yuyan, as an envoy of the Tianchi Sect, was slightly taken aback!
A wisp of past memory surged up; Yin Wujiu was merely a disciple of the Bixia Sect, yet it sent chills down Ling Yuyan's spine.
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