Chapter 31

Tang Xing was summoned to the Small Room.

Had it been before, he would have secretly rejoiced, but now he only felt unwillingness.

"Tang Xing, this is Master's Personal Transmitted Disciple; from now on, call him Senior Brother," Gongsun Yang said, gesturing with his palm toward Yu Zhangsheng.

Tang Xing raised his eyes and looked at the face younger than his, not yet sixteen or seventeen, and intense envy surged in his heart! Why him! Clearly he had arrived first! But Tang Xing was deep and calculating, knowing that even if indignant it would be useless, and would only gratuitously offend Gongsun Yang.

What Inner Chamber Disciples learned was already much; what differed from Personal Disciples was resources, status, and Gongsun Yang's more dedicated teaching.

Acting up now was meaningless; wait for the opportunity, wait for this Personal Disciple before him to die unexpectedly, then wouldn't he be the only Personal Disciple candidate? Thinking this, Tang Xing hurriedly lowered his head in salute and smiled.

"Tang Xing pays respects to Senior Brother!"

Yu Zhangsheng did not know that this person before him harbored ulterior motives.

Because they had spoken when entering the Study Hall, and judging by his appearance he was not bad, his impression of Tang Xing was not poor.

"Junior Brother is too polite; from now on we must help each other more."

"That is natural; in a few days when Senior Brother comes to Yu Ding Peak, Junior Brother I will hold a banquet to welcome you. Don't look at my realm being only Qi Refining Eighth Layer, but on Yu Ding Peak I still know many people; by then I will introduce some to you, so that establishing yourself will be much easier!"

Tang Xing hooked a smile at the corner of his mouth and said flatteringly.

However, Yu Zhangsheng looked somewhat awkwardly at Gongsun Yang, not knowing whether to say that he would join Yushou Peak.

After all, this also concerned Gongsun Yang's face.

However, Gongsun Yang waved his hand, saying, "No need for such trouble."

"Your Senior Brother, for some reasons, will not join Yu Ding Peak, but will still participate in the Sect Selection and become an Outer Sect Disciple of Yushou Peak."

What? Hearing this, Tang Xing was stunned for a moment, then his eyes kept darting between Yu Zhangsheng and Gongsun Yang, showing an expression of disbelief.

"Senior Brother, you want to join Yushou Peak?"

Yu Zhangsheng nodded and said, "I wish to mainly cultivate the Beast Taming Path, so I cannot join Yu Ding Peak."

Hearing these certain words, Tang Xing's gaze fixed on Gongsun Yang.

He did not expect that to take Yu Zhangsheng as a Personal Transmitted Disciple, Gongsun Yang would compromise to this extent; could it be that the other's Alchemy Talent was so high as to make people disregard everything?

You must know that his Personal Transmitted Disciple being from another Peak, if this got out, would absolutely make many Elders feel bewildered and sneer.

An Elder actually compromising for a disciple; could this disciple be a once-in-a-century genius prodigy?

If his talent in the Pill Dao was truly so terrifying, then why not join Yu Ding Peak?

What, you say his talent in other aspects is equally terrifying? Hahaha, absolutely impossible!

A person's energy is limited; cultivators are the same. Yu Zhangsheng is only sixteen years old, and the Pill Dao is a great path that consumes much time; no matter how talented, can one be a genius to the extent of mastering everything? At least in the ten thousand years of Wanxiang Sect's history, no one has mastered several great paths without affecting cultivation.

Tang Xing felt much better in his heart, thinking the other was wasting his talent, and with a smile on his face said, "Junior Brother has heard that the days at Yushou Peak are not easy, and the arts are hard to perfect; wanting to use Pill Dao to assist Beast Taming is difficult."

"Better to wholeheartedly cultivate Yu Ding Peak arts, which can mutually assist Pill Dao."

Yu Zhangsheng smiled and shook his head.

"Thank you, Junior Brother, but my mind is made up."

"Is that so," Tang Xing pretended to sigh and said, "Since Senior Brother has already made up his mind, Junior Brother will not say more."

"It's just that the Sect Selection is not easy; if Senior Brother cannot pass, there is still a chance to have Master help you change sects." Beside him, Gongsun Yang also nodded and said, "Changsheng, what your Junior Brother says is not without reason; do not be too obsessed with Beast Taming."

"We cultivators with Mixed Spirit Roots, wanting longevity, wanting Foundation Establishment, can rely only on Pill Dao."

"Yes, Master; I will definitely follow Master well to learn Pill Dao," Yu Zhangsheng said.

"Mm, the arts and pill formulas that should be given to you have all been given. Starting tomorrow, you can come find me as Teacher at any time; I will reduce the length of Study Hall classes and focus my mind on nurturing you."

"After you learn the essence, as Teacher I will also enter Closed-door Cultivation to prepare for Foundation Establishment."

After Gongsun Yang finished these words, the two took their leave.

"Senior Brother, take your time on the way; if there is anything, you can come find me at Yu Ding Peak; this is my Communication Talisman."

Tang Xing sent off Yu Zhangsheng with a face full of smiles, then stared at his back; a trace of gloom flashed in his eyes, and he coldly laughed in his heart.

"Sect Selection, huh; that is an opportunity."

Returning to the Wooden Hut.

Yu Zhangsheng immediately took out several pill formulas given by Gongsun Yang.

"I already have the Gathering Qi Pill; the Gathering Spirit Pill is not very useful; the Huang San Pill, when taken, can recover twenty percent of a Qi Refining cultivator's magic power; refining it is not difficult, suitable for me. The Antidote Pill can cure most First Rank Demonic Beast toxins and poison mist in dangerous places."

"There are also the Spirit-Enhancing Pill and Qi-Enhancing Pill; these are the best cultivation pills for the Qi Refining Period, and the pill formulas are valuable."

"Most importantly, this pill formula: the Foundation Establishment Pill!"

Yu Zhangsheng stared at this pill formula with great joy; this was a pill formula that ordinary Loose Cultivator alchemists could not obtain, and even every time it was exposed, it caused a slaughter among Qi Refining cultivators!

"If I can refine one furnace, selling it to the First Grade Medicine Hall can exchange for at least tens of thousands of Low-grade Spirit Stones!"

He excitedly finished reading this pill formula, then his heart cooled by half.

"Just gathering these spirit medicines is extremely difficult; the main materials Jade Marrow Mushroom, Purple Monkey Flower, and Heavenly Spirit Fruit cost at least several thousand spirit stones, and they have price but no market; I fear only some Great Families can obtain them."

"Of course, commissioning the First Grade Medicine Hall to purchase them is also possible, but the price will be higher. With my current alchemy level, producing them is not easy; once it fails, bankruptcy."

Yu Zhangsheng sighed, extinguished the desire to refine the Foundation Establishment Pill now, and picked up again the pill formulas for the Spirit-Enhancing Pill and Qi-Enhancing Pill.

"Wealth must be accumulated step by step; start researching from small things. As long as I can thoroughly understand these two pill formulas, I need not worry about not being able to buy materials for the Foundation Establishment Pill. Moreover, I am still young, and my realm has not reached Qi Refining Peak; no rush, no rush."

"By the way, Master gave me this bottle of Qi-Enhancing Pills just right; it is enough for me to break through to Qi Refining Fifth Layer, and even have a chance to reach Qi Refining Sixth Layer."

The urgent matter is to raise my realm and participate in the Sect Selection four months later. As long as I can become an Outer Sect Disciple of Yushou Peak, my combat power can rapidly expand.

"Master really gave me a lot."

"Come out, Chi She Wang, Iron Feather Eagle."

Yu Zhangsheng sighed inwardly, made a hand seal, and summoned the two spirit beasts from his Inner Landscape.

Other cultivators need several days or even a week to fully refine one Qi-Enhancing Pill, and cannot take them consecutively in between, because Qi Refining cultivators' spirit veins are fragile, but Yu Zhangsheng had no such worry.

Leave everything to the spirit beasts to digest; he reaps the benefits without effort!

(Chapter End)