After coming here, Li Jun changed a lot, becoming much more peaceful and cheerful from an unruly lone wolf.
"Let me introduce you to a new friend first," Shi Xuan said as he walked to Qiu Chang'an's side. "His name is Qiu Chang'an. He is an array cultivator and will be living here from now on."
Then he said to Qiu Chang'an, "They are Li Jun and Zeng Mo, one is a weapon cultivator and the other is a pill cultivator."
Zeng Mo, whose face was covered in soot and whose features were obscured, walked up to Qiu Chang'an and looked at him curiously.
"Tsk tsk tsk, even demonic beasts can become array cultivators now? Aren't array formations supposed to be the most difficult to learn?"
These two people didn't seem aggressive, which eased Qiu Chang'an's tension considerably. He tried to speak, "Hello, hello."
Zeng Mo and Li Jun were startled. This demonic beast could not only cultivate, but also talk?! Could it be that the demonic beast had become a spirit? Or were the demons not fully evolved?
Shi Xuan didn't keep them in suspense and explained Qiu Chang'an's situation to the two of them in detail.
The two sighed. Fate is cruel; a promising young man has fallen to such a state. One can only imagine his feelings.
However, since it was brought back by Shi Xuan, they are now their companions, and there will be one more person to talk to, making things even more lively.
The two indigenous people accepted it well and immediately took him to the backyard to choose a room and arranged his accommodation.
Qiu Chang'an couldn't be more satisfied with the place he had been assigned to.
This place is like a quiet little mountain village with only three households living there. You don't have to live in the mountains and forests, and you don't have to care about other people's opinions. The key is that even the pills for cultivation and the materials for the talisman arrays he uses are provided for free. Is there such a good thing in this world?
Qiu Chang'an looked at Li Jun and Zeng Mo with some uncertainty and asked, "How did you two get here?"
Zeng Mo: "I was the one she brought back."
Li Jun: "I bought it back at an auction."
Qiu Chang'an: ...
Something seems off. Captured and bought? That sounds so bizarre. But shouldn't those captured and bought resist fiercely? Why do these two seem to be enjoying it?
He paused, then asked, "So what do you usually do here?"
Zeng Mo said, "We'll each refine our own pills and weapons, and hand over a portion. Tsk tsk tsk, it seems you didn't tell me any requirements when you came. How can you just eat, stay, and take things for free here? Shouldn't you create some wealth for the host and demonstrate your value?"
Qiu Chang'an is different from these two people. He was taken in by Shi Xuan. Shi Xuan did not make any demands on him and gave him plenty of time to adapt. As for whether he could create value, Shi Xuan had not considered these things yet.
But after Zeng Mo said that, Qiu Chang'an also felt that he should do something. He only knew how to draw talismans and arrays, so it seemed that he could only draw more talismans or study some valuable arrays.
"Zeng Mo," Shi Xuan called out to Zeng Mo during a pause in their conversation, "What kind of pill did you make that exploded five times?"
When Zeng Mo saw Shi Xuan asking him a question, his eyes immediately lit up. His blind trust in Shi Xuan made him feel that as long as he told Shi Xuan the problem, everything would be solved.
"I want to improve the formula for the Spirit Explosion Pill, but..."
"Did you add Thunderflower?" Shi Xuan asked.
"How did you know?!" Zeng Mo was extremely surprised. He only said he wanted to make improvements, but he didn't say how he would improve them. How could you guess that?! Is it some kind of mind-reading magic?
Shi Xuan had seen this improvement plan for the Explosive Spirit Pill mentioned in the notes from the Azure Dragon Secret Realm. Because the traditional Explosive Spirit Pill would cause weakness for too long after use, some alchemists had always wanted to improve it and make a Explosive Spirit Pill that would not have such severe side effects after use. This is not hard to guess.
Among the improved solutions, the most common one is to add a few new spiritual plants to the traditional solution to replenish the body while it is being over-consumed, in the hope that it will not be completely depleted when the spiritual explosion ends.
The most common ingredient that doesn't mix with the original ingredients is Thunderflower, which is extremely incompatible with Flamegrass, an original ingredient in Explosive Spirit Pills; they could easily explode. Some have tried to use neutralizing ingredients to fuse them, but it has proven to be futile, as these two ingredients are simply not compatible.
Therefore, Shi Xuan guessed that Zeng Mo must have been constantly trying to combine materials.
She said directly, "Forget about auxiliary materials. Why don't you change your approach? Does the Spirit Explosion Pill necessarily have to draw upon your own spiritual power when it explodes?"
Zeng Mo was dumbfounded. He was truly impressed. Not only had he guessed everything with just one sentence, but he had also pointed out a new path for him. At this moment, he felt enlightened and suddenly had a new idea. He ignored the remaining people and ran back to his courtyard to test it again.
Looking at Zeng Mo, Qiu Chang'an realized he was obsessed with alchemy, but Shi Xuan surprised him even more.
When they were on the mountain, Shi Xuan was able to break his illusion array. At that time, he thought Shi Xuan was an amazing array cultivator. It was truly impressive that a Golden Core stage array cultivator could break the illusion array of a Nascent Soul stage array cultivator, especially while he was inside the array.
But now, it seems there's more than that.
Qiu Chang'an looked at Li Jun, his eyes filled with questions about the matter.
Li Jun was overjoyed; finally, someone was astonished by Shi Xuan as he had been when he first arrived.
He was very proud to explain to Qiu Chang'an: "She won all the championships in the six major competitions in the western region of Qian Yuan, including alchemy, talisman, weapon, formation, battle and team competitions."
Qiu Chang'an's cheek twitched, and it took him a while to react. So he had encountered an extraordinary person? Was this her little world? That's pretty impressive.
Seeing that Qiu Chang'an had been settled, Shi Xuan could not stay any longer, as there were still team members waiting outside.
"I'm leaving now. You can stay here for now. If there's anything you don't like, you can let me know next time I come."
“Wait, wait a minute,” Qiu Chang’an said, “There, behind the mountain, is a spiritual spring.”
Shi Xuan raised an eyebrow. Was he referring to the place they had been at before, where there was a spiritual spring? That was great. They had come here for training, so this spiritual spring was a pleasant surprise.
Qiu Chang'an told Shi Xuan about the array he had set up around the spiritual spring, which concealed the spring's location, and how to break it.
After Shi Xuan understood everything, he returned to the cave from the silver frost.
The team members were getting impatient; the lack of movement inside was making them uneasy.
They called out a few times, but there was no response from inside the cave. Worried that something might have happened, the group was just discussing going in to check when Shi Xuan finally came out.
The team members breathed a sigh of relief; they were finally out.
Shi Xuan smiled easily and said, "Let's go collect some more benefits!"
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