Chapter 452

Xu Yang soon cast the Su family matter to the back of his mind; the people who needed to be killed had already been killed, and even if the Su family wasn't destroyed, they couldn't cause him trouble anymore.

At night, he sat with his five hearts facing the sky and began to contemplate the Blood Prison Heart Blade Scripture.

The Blood Prison Heart Blade Scripture was a supreme mental cultivation method for refining the mind and cultivating blade intent; only martial artists whose cultivation had reached Marrow Cleansing Minor Success were barely qualified to cultivate it.

Before, he had only remembered it in a rough, gulping manner, fearing it would damage his mind, so he didn't even dare to contemplate it.

Now that his Marrow Cleansing Minor Success cultivation was stable, he should be qualified to contemplate this cultivation method.

"Blood Prison Heart Blade Scripture: visualize a blood prison with the mind, temper the mind with the blood prison, hone the will, and finally condense blade intent. If one can break through the blood prison with blade intent, only then is it perfection..."

Xu Yang closed his eyes, and the content of the Blood Prison Heart Blade Scripture appeared before his eyes; his whole person gradually became quiet, his breathing steady.

As time passed, his aura gradually became sharp.

Half an hour later, his aura suddenly became chaotic, his breathing hurried, and beads of sweat the size of beans appeared on his forehead.

"Hoo..."

Xu Yang opened his eyes, gasping for air, his face pale.

"This cultivation method is indeed mentally taxing, and the threshold for cultivation is high, but it is truly profound."

Just contemplating it gave him a sense of strain; it wasn't that his comprehension was insufficient, but that his mind was too weak. Contemplating and deducing it was like a child wielding a big blade.

【Blood Prison Heart Blade Scripture · Not Yet Entered (21/500)】

Looking at the panel again, the progress was pitifully small; just to enter the entry-level, he would have to spend nearly a month.

Of course, such a divine art wouldn't be a divine art if one could enter it in a few days.

Exhausted, he fell straight asleep.

Time flowed slowly; Xu Yang took Qi Gathering Pills to increase his cultivation, occasionally took time to guide Xu Qing in martial arts, and contemplated the Blood Prison Heart Blade Scripture at night.

Even without starting to cultivate it, he felt his mind becoming stronger and stronger, and the time he could contemplate it each time gradually extended.

At the same time, he also began to collect information on the Medicine King Peak Master and the four great Elders, screening candidates for apprenticeship.

During this period, news of the Su family also arrived one after another.

Su Jianye and the others had not appeared for many days and had already been judged dead; the Su family was in internal strife and falling apart.

There were also large families secretly taking action to swallow up the Su family's industries.

This day, September finally arrived; the three-year term for their batch of disciples had expired, and they could be admitted to the Inner Sect.

At the same time, the four peak gates opened wide, beginning to accept apprenticeship applications from Outer Sect disciples.

Early in the morning, Xu Yang and Sun Tao and the others found pen and ink and began to write their apprenticeship applications.

"Which master does Junior Brother Xu intend to apprentice under?" Sun Tao asked curiously.

Xu Yang said: "I intend to apprentice under Elder Changchun!"

The Profound Sun Sect had four peaks, each with a Peak Master and four Elders; only these five people were qualified to take disciples.

The strongest, highest-status, and most skilled alchemist on Medicine King Peak was naturally the Peak Master, but he didn't intend to apprentice under the Peak Master, but rather this Elder Changchun.

Because in the news he had gathered, the Medicine King Peak Master only took one disciple a year, and the requirements were extremely strict.

If the three of them, Du Chuan, Li Chuyang, or Jiang Fan, also intended to apprentice under the Medicine King Peak Master, he likely wouldn't have a chance.

Of course, there was another reason for not choosing the Peak Master: the Medicine King Peak Master was very strict and had a bad temper.

If a "lazy" person like him were to apprentice under him, he would definitely not be favored.

His goal wasn't to apprentice under a big shot; he needed to be admitted to Medicine King Peak and have a way to access various elixir formulas.

And this Elder Changchun was said to have the best temper among the four great Elders of Medicine King Peak.

It couldn't be said that he had a good temper, but rather that he was obsessed with alchemy; even if he took disciples, he had no time to manage them and let them develop on their own.

For someone like him, such a master was the best.

As for the other three.

Elder Liyang was suspected to be a rabbit; he would never apprentice under such a person. If he were targeted, such a pervert could do anything.

He would rather not be admitted to Medicine King Peak than apprentice under Elder Liyang and invite trouble.

The other two Elders of Medicine King Peak were named Chisong and Danyang; of course, these were Elder titles, and as for their real names, he hadn't found out.

Elder Chisong was said to have been in seclusion for two or three years and was not taking disciples for the time being; submitting an application would be in vain.

The last one, Elder Danyang, was someone Xu Yang had gathered information on: this person belonged to the aristocratic faction and never took commoners as disciples. Without a certain background, no matter how good one's talent was, he wouldn't even glance at them.

So although it sounded like there were five people to choose from, in reality, he could only choose between the Peak Master and Elder Changchun.

And between the Peak Master and Elder Changchun, he had a greater possibility of apprenticing under Elder Changchun.

"I wish you success, Junior Brother. If you become an alchemist, Zhang Yong and I will rely on you in the future!" Sun Tao smiled.

Xu Yang nodded gently, and after careful consideration, he began to write: "Disciple Xu Yang, twenty-two years old, Marrow Cleansing cultivation, ranked sixth among the Ten Elites...

Disciple loves alchemy and has read some medical books in his spare time, but suffering from a lack of inheritance, it has been difficult to achieve anything...

Hoping the Elder will pity the disciple's sincere heart and give the disciple an opportunity to follow the Elder and learn..."

The so-called apprenticeship application was about bragging about oneself, showing one's achievements and abilities; only when the Elder saw these could he decide whether to take the disciple.

Of course, he didn't dare to say that he already knew how to refine Blood-Coagulating Pills and Qi Gathering Pills, only saying that he had read some medical books and was not a complete novice who knew nothing.

For nearly two years, he had been reading the *Introduction to Alchemy* he obtained from Su Zhe, confident that even without the panel, he could achieve something in alchemy.

Folding the paper, signing his name, he went out of the courtyard with Sun Tao and the others.

At the foot of the four peaks, quite a few disciples had already gathered, all holding apprenticeship applications in their hands.

There were disciples from their batch, as well as some disciples from the previous batch who had now reached Gang Qi Major Success and also came to submit apprenticeship applications.

Xu Yang scanned the crowd and saw Li Chuyang, Du Chuan, Han Feng, and others.

"Brother Xu!"

"Greetings, Brother Xu!"

When Xu Yang appeared, many people clasped their fists to greet him.

Xu Yang responded one by one and stood beside Jiang Fan with Sun Tao and Zhang Yong.

"Which peak does Brother Jiang Fan intend to be admitted to?" Xu Yang asked curiously.

As soon as these words were spoken, many people pricked up their ears to listen.