The two-thousandth birthday of Que Hanhai, the sect leader of the Lu Shen Sect, is approaching. In the past few days, people from other sects have also arrived at the Lu Shen Sect one after another and settled in the places arranged by the Lu Shen Sect.
During this time, people from other sects would also be moving around within the sect. Qi Zhiheng specifically instructed the children not to run around during this period. However, the triplets were picked up and dropped off by Yang Yitian during this time, so they basically had no chance to run around.
Ye Hanyuan made great progress in alchemy during this period, and finally succeeded in refining a second-level pill under Qi Zhiheng's supervision.
Qi Zhiheng was overjoyed by the news. Looking at the second-level pill that Ye Hanyuan had refined, he patted him on the shoulder and said, "Well done. Come with your master to register it later."
"Yes, Master!" Ye Hanyuan's body trembled slightly. He never expected that he could actually refine a level two pill while still in the Qi Refining stage. Many excellent alchemists could not achieve the feat of refining pills beyond their level.
Qi Zhiheng gave instructions to his third disciple and then left the alchemy room with Ye Hanyuan.
The alchemy room that Qi Zhiheng is currently using was specially allocated to him by Tang Min. There are a total of five large alchemy rooms and ten small alchemy rooms, which he can use freely for the next fifty years.
So far, Qi Zhiheng has only used two large alchemy rooms and three small alchemy rooms.
Qi Zhiheng went to find Tang Min at an inopportune time, as Tang Min was busy entertaining guests.
Many people have entered the sect during this period. Some cultivators from other sects want to visit Danfeng, but cultivators from other sects naturally cannot move freely on Danfeng and need to be led by someone.
The group of visitors came from several sects, primarily disciples of the Shenmu Sect, including several fourth-level alchemists. Tang Min, as the peak master of Danfeng, naturally had to personally guide them. After all, sects didn't have many fourth-level alchemists; aside from the Qi family, there were only four in total. Currently, two of the four fourth-level alchemists were already receiving guests.
There's nothing we can do about it; nobody knows if alchemists from other sects will suddenly hold an alchemy competition.
When Qi Zhiheng was outside Tang Min's courtyard, he was received and led inside by an acquaintance, who was none other than Tang Min's third disciple, Lin Yixi.
Lin Yixi noticed that Qi Zhiheng seemed a little awkward, but at this moment, he was the one with the highest status in the courtyard. None of the other senior brothers lived here, and Qi Zhiheng was a fourth-level alchemist, so it was natural for him to come out and greet him.
After considering it for a moment, Lin Yixi still called out, "Senior Brother Qi."
Qi Zhiheng nodded and said, "I've come to find your master."
Seeing Qi Zhiheng's natural attitude towards her, Lin Yixi was no longer so nervous and answered truthfully, "My master went to receive disciples from other sects today and probably won't be back until the afternoon. Senior brother, would you like to go in and wait?"
Qi Zhiheng hadn't expected this, and replied, "I see it's getting late. How long until your master returns?"
"They should be back in about two hours." Lin Yixi glanced at the sun and estimated the time.
Seeing that it was still early, Qi Zhiheng thought for a moment and said, "Alright, I'll go back first. When your master returns, please send someone to my alchemy room to let me know."
Lin Yixi said, "Don't worry, senior brother. I'll send someone to inform you when Master returns."
After receiving a reply, Qi Zhiheng took Ye Hanyuan back with him.
At that moment, Tang Min and his men arrived at the alchemy room where Qi Zhiheng's disciples were.
The Shenmu Sect disciple who came to the banquet this time was not Guan Yunmo, but another fourth-level alchemist, Qin Haoyue and Ye Yunchuan.
There were people in the alchemy room, which Ye Yunchuan, being a Nascent Soul cultivator, could naturally sense. The presence of so many people in the alchemy room inevitably aroused curiosity, so Ye Yunchuan immediately asked, "Master Tang, could it be that someone is also holding an alchemy lecture here?" Otherwise, it would be hard to explain why so many people would gather here to refine pills. Usually, alchemists would choose to refine pills in a private alchemy room so that they would not be disturbed and could concentrate more on refining pills. Also, it would be better not to reveal their alchemy techniques to others.
Tang Min explained, "That's not the case. This is the alchemy room of a master alchemist in the sect. Because of his great contributions to the sect, the sect is willing to give him a place to teach his disciples." Tang Min naturally couldn't tell the whole truth. Was he supposed to say that Qi Zhiheng was helping the sect train alchemists and teaching them the content of the inheritance?
If that were really said, I'm afraid the people of the Shenmu Sect would be the first to disagree.
The Divine Wood Sect has always been domineering in the field of elixirs. If the Slaughtering God Sect were to secretly train alchemists behind the scenes for disaster relief, it would likely be targeted by the Divine Wood Sect.
There is no overt targeting, since the Slaughter God Sect is ranked above the Divine Wood Sect. However, if the Divine Wood Sect were to stop supplying the Slaughter God Sect with level three and four pills, it would likely cause dissatisfaction among the sect's disciples. Therefore, this matter must be kept secret for now.
"Does Master Tang mean that these hundred-plus people are all disciples of the same alchemist?" Qin Haoyue was somewhat surprised. Even in their sect, no alchemist would take in so many disciples.
Tang Min forced a smile: "These are basically disciples who were previously eliminated by Danfeng. Since some people are willing to take them as disciples, even the sect can't easily stop them."
Qin Haoyue smiled sarcastically and said, "This alchemist is quite interesting. The quality is poor, so he tries to make up for it with quantity." As he spoke, he shook his head, looking down on the alchemist who had taken in so many disciples.
Ye Yunchuan was quite interested in this alchemist who had taken in so many disciples: "I wonder who this renowned alchemist is? After hearing Peak Master Tang's description, I'm quite interested and would like to get to know him."
Tang Min was somewhat troubled. To be honest, he didn't want Qi Zhiheng to be exposed to the Shenmu Sect members.
It was both a coincidence and a misfortune; Qi Zhiheng and Ye Hanyuan had just returned to the entrance of the alchemy room when they saw Tang Min with his men near the room.
Although Qi Zhiheng was eager to ask Tang Min for the spiritual vein, now was clearly not a good time.
Tang Min's eyelids twitched. He had just been hesitating about how to refuse these people's requests when Qi Zhiheng came knocking on his door. Now, he couldn't completely hide it anymore. Seeing Qi Zhiheng, he greeted him, "Qi Zhiheng, come here."
When Ye Hanyuan saw the person in the distance, her heart skipped a beat, and she instinctively hid behind Qi Zhiheng.
Although Qi Zhiheng was puzzled by his disciple's behavior, he still stepped forward and bowed, saying, "Greetings, Peak Master."
Ye Hanyuan couldn't avoid it at this point, so he could only lower his head as much as possible and bow as well: "Greetings, Peak Master."
Tang Min quickly told them not to stand on ceremony: "These are the distinguished guests who have come to our sect to attend the sect leader's birthday celebration."
"Qi Zhiheng greets all seniors." Qi Zhiheng, along with Ye Hanyuan, bowed to everyone.
Ye Hanyuan also bowed, and then kept his head down, looking humble. As a Qi Refining stage disciple, his appearance in front of a group of Nascent Soul, Golden Core, and Foundation Establishment cultivators was surprising, as he was simply afraid.
Qi Zhiheng noticed his disciple's unusual behavior, but he couldn't let him go back in front of so many people, as that would seem deliberate.
Tang Min introduced, "Master Ye, this is the owner of our alchemy room, Master Qi Zhiheng."
Ye Yunchuan said with some surprise, "I originally thought he would be a Nascent Soul cultivator, but I didn't expect him to be a Golden Core cultivator?" To be honest, he had underestimated Qi Zhiheng's cultivation level. He originally thought that someone who could take in so many disciples must be at least a Nascent Soul cultivator.
Tang Min naturally understood the meaning behind Ye Yunchuan's words, but he wouldn't say anything more at this moment. In order to prevent Qi Zhiheng from revealing too much, he naturally wouldn't say that Qi Zhiheng's alchemy skills were superior to his own. Otherwise, how could he rely on Qi Zhiheng to seize the opportunity to comprehend the Enlightenment Tree?
Qi Zhiheng didn't want to stand out in front of so many people, so he didn't reply.
Qin Hao disapproved of Qi Zhiheng's lack of interest in alchemy and his practice of taking on disciples, and suggested, "Since we're here, why don't we have this Alchemist Qi show us around? I'm quite curious about this place. I wonder what kind of outstanding disciples Alchemist Qi has taken on."
Qi Zhiheng said, "They are just some first-level alchemists. If you are interested, senior, I would be honored. If you could give me some pointers, those kids would benefit from it for life." He put on a slightly obsequious tone, hoping to give the other party the illusion that he was getting a good deal and dissuade them from going in for a visit.
Qin Haoyue was somewhat dismissive of his statement. How could he, a dignified fourth-level alchemist, possibly lower himself to instruct first-level alchemists, especially since these people were disciples from other sects?
"If there's an opportunity, I'll certainly offer some pointers. Let's go in and take a look then," Ye Yunchuan said.
Having said all that, Qi Zhiheng led the way, while Ye Hanyuan quietly retreated to the back.
Qi Zhiheng first led them into a pill-refining room for fifty people. Fortunately, at this time, most of the disciples were not refining pills, but identifying spiritual herbs or purifying ordinary medicinal materials.
Qi Zhiheng led a large group of people inside, which naturally attracted the attention of the disciples. After introducing the guests to the disciples, he explained to everyone, "These disciples are older, while the disciples next door are ten years old or younger."
When everyone heard that it was a group of children, some people wondered why Qi Zhiheng had accepted so many young disciples.
Qi Zhiheng explained that younger children are more malleable. Some disciples did not receive better instruction when they were young, which delayed their studies. He believes that starting to train younger children will make these alchemists more outstanding in the future.
This claim is obviously nonsense. These are all the ones he selected from the sect, so he naturally packed them all up and brought them back. Why would he wait for them to be snatched away by others later?
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