Chapter 192 Return
Upon hearing Shan Zhongfeng's words, Gu Lin's face darkened. He said, "I am older than you, but I am a Saint of Alchemy. Even if you pass away, I might still be alive!"
Shan Zhongfeng thought about it and realized it was true. He looked at Gu Lin expectantly and asked, "Master, then why did you say that we don't need to refine pills anymore?"
Gu Lin looked at Shan Zhongfeng, a hint of coldness in his eyes, but his face remained expressionless. He said, "Did you send Shan Wu and Ji Rong down the mountain?"
I heard that recently a yellow-skinned tiger at the Emperor Realm has been giving pills in Liangzhou, carrying a bird cultivator wearing the Jade Void Palace mark on its back. They are very generous and give pills to any cultivator they see!
"Speak! Was this your idea?! Were those strange pills you secretly concocted used on them?!"
"It's over, I'm doomed!" These words flashed through Shan Zhongfeng's mind, and his spine hunched down half an inch. He said in a hoarse voice, "I sent them, Master. I have tarnished your reputation. I am willing to go to the unloading workshop to accept my punishment. Please spare them."
"Hmph! Who said you were guilty?" Seeing that the mountain peak was terrified, the old Taoist Gu Lin's anger dissipated by half.
So he simply sat down next to Shan Zhongfeng and said, "They have made me very famous. Now all the merchants in Kyushu are scrambling to buy my pills. My senior uncles, senior brothers and sisters all want to put their pills under my name in order to sell them at high prices."
Now, your master really doesn't need to refine pills anymore. I can just watch them refine them. Hahahaha!
Don't be afraid, I'm telling the truth. If you still want to refine pills in the future, come to my place and refine them properly.
"From now on, we'll have plenty of materials to refine pills. Your master will no longer need to beat you for a little treasure, nor will he need to travel to various tribes' territories to refine pills for them for money."
Upon hearing Gu Lin Laodao's words, Shan Zhongfeng felt as if he were floating on clouds, feeling extremely unreal.
For a moment, he nestled beside the old Taoist priest Gu Lin, both crying and laughing. The old Taoist priest Gu Lin was also filled with emotion. The tiger and the man stayed together like this, each venting the emotions that had been hidden in their hearts for many years.
Shan Wu carried Ji Rong to the foot of Yuxu Peak, whereupon Ji Rong activated the Xuanhuan wooden tablet to summon Shan Zhongfeng to receive her.
Upon sensing the information transmitted by the Xuanhuan wooden tablet, Shan Zhongfeng immediately stood up, took a handkerchief and placed it in his hand, saying, "Master, they should have reached the foot of the mountain. I will go and bring them back."
Looking at the handkerchief in Shan Zhongfeng's claws, the old Taoist priest from Gulin realized that it was a cheap and multifunctional item that he had personally purchased for Shan Zhongfeng when he became a king.
When his third senior sister found out, she kept making fun of him about it, saying that he was a dignified alchemy saint, yet he was so poor and stingy. His attendant had already become a king, but he couldn't even buy him a decent magic weapon.
Ah, now that there is no shortage of treasures, the old Taoist of Gulin felt refreshed and invigorated. He saw that Shan Zhongfeng was satisfied with everything and wanted to provide him with everything he needed.
Shan Zhongfeng transformed into a man with yellow markings on his face, waving a handkerchief as he sped towards the foot of the mountain. He couldn't suppress the wide grin on his face, and upon seeing Shan Wu and Ji Rong, he felt even happier.
He led Shan Wu and Ji Rong up the mountain, handed over the temporary travel permit, and then Shan Zhongfeng lowered his voice and said, "You two come with me."
Shan Zhongfeng led them back to the small room where Ji Rong and the others were staying. Then he enlarged the handkerchief and held it up to the air, saying, "What's wrong with you two? How come you used my pills while you were applying them? I was almost scared to death when the old man asked me."
Ji Rong took out a storage ring and said, "Godfather, I recorded the effects of your pill on the stone. It's all in here. You can take it."
Has the Ancient Alchemist come out? We have urgent business with him.
"He's here." Shan Zhongfeng wagged his tail happily, beaming with joy. "You've given him such a great reputation. The old man won't need to refine pills anymore. He'll have plenty of time and wealth."
Did you know that from now on, most of the pills in the Pill Pavilion will be sold under his name? For each pill, the old man will get 30% of the profit. We're going to be rich!
He even allowed me to refine pills, letting me go to his place to refine them, and letting me refine them however I wanted!
"Come on, I'll take you to him."
Shan Zhongfeng put away the handkerchief and led Shan Wuda swaggering down the road, his swaying manner extremely arrogant, as if he wanted to take over the entire road.
Upon reaching the door of the old Taoist priest Gulin's meditation room, he didn't knock but pushed the door open and entered, saying, "Master, Shan Wu and Ji Rong are back. They have something urgent to discuss with you!"
"Godfather, this is not a good thing!" Ji Rong sighed inwardly.
Seeing Shan Zhongfeng looking smug as if he were on drugs, Ji Rong thought to herself that if she were to use Zhan Shi, wouldn't it cause Shan Zhongfeng to get scolded?
Just as Ji Rong was pondering how to defend Shan Zhongfeng, she saw the old Taoist from Gulin emerge, unusually dressed in a shimmering indigo robe. In his left hand, he held a horsehair whisk with a lotus pattern, and in his right hand, he carried a small, gilded alchemy furnace. On his head, he wore a dark red wooden hairpin that resembled a magical artifact, a rare and extravagant attire.
Gu Lin looked at Ji Rong and asked gently, "What's the matter that you're in such a hurry?"
Ji Rong gave Shan Wu a wink, and Shan Wu immediately handed the pouch and cage around his neck to Ji Rong. Then he made a hand seal to create an isolation barrier. Ji Rong then handed the pouch to Gu Lin and said, "Lord Dan Sheng, on our way back we passed through Da Dan City. The managers of the various shops in the city have long admired your name and all want to buy your pills."
They all brought generous gifts and asked us to come back and plead with you. My uncle and I were afraid of ruining your reputation, so we only accepted their visiting cards, which are all in this ring.
But that's not the urgent matter we need to discuss.
Gu Lin placed the pile of visiting cards on the table and said, "Tell me about it."
Ji Rong immediately opened the cage and used her wings and claws to dump the two bears out of it.
Dozens of floor tiles were immediately soaked red with Zhan Shi's blood.
She pointed to Zhan Shi, who was still bleeding, and said, "Lord Dan Sheng, we were on our way to Liangzhou to perform alchemy when we encountered this ragged bear and rescued him."
He ate the new elixir you refined and has been in a deep sleep ever since.
We were worried that leaving him in the wilderness would tarnish your reputation, so we brought him and his attendants back with us.
Then she added, "Uncle, quickly show those snake corpses to Lord Dan Sheng."
Shan Wu immediately handed the enormous storage ring to the old Taoist Gu Lin and said, “Dan Sheng, this storage ring of mine has no restrictions. Please look inside. These are what my nephew and I hunted when we rescued this bear. That big snake was shameless. It attacked Ji Rong right away. In my haste, I killed it.”
Ji Rong added from the side, "We said we were servants of the Jade Void Palace, and that we were there to administer elixirs."
But the snakes didn't believe it, insisting that we were trying to steal their prey, and that their Jin clan also had a sage in charge.
Then we started fighting.
"We were worried that killing so many cultivators would cause you trouble, so we simply collected their corpses and brought them back with us." If Old Daoist Gulin hadn't become famous throughout the Nine Provinces this time, he would indeed have had a headache seeing these snake bodies. The Jin clan having a Saint in charge wasn't anything special, because Gulin himself was a Saint who had been renowned for many years.
What troubled him was that his servants had openly killed so many high-level cultivators in Liangzhou. If the tribal chief came knocking on his door, he would have to pay a huge price.
But now, why would the renowned Alchemist Gulin need to worry about such things? Such trivial matters are handled by Qing Guangzi, the helmsman of the Alchemy Pavilion.
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