Chapter 163: All Spirit Medicines (Bonus Chapter 2 for Alliance Leader 'Shi Nana Ya 056')

"Junior Brother~"

Just as Xu Chen flew to the mountaintop, a joyful call suddenly rang out. He turned his head and saw Zhao Xuan standing at the entrance of Taiyuan Hall, waving at him, while cradling a large white dog... or rather, a fox, in her arms.

"Thirteenth Senior Sister, I was just wondering why I hadn't seen you earlier?" Xu Chen was also overcome with joy and quickly landed to greet her.

"Wuya, wuya..."

Xiaobai jumped down from Zhao Xuan's arms and pounced in front of Xu Chen, letting out happy yet aggrieved cries, circling around Xu Chen's legs.

"Alright, alright, didn't I just come back?" Xu Chen bent down to pick up the white fox, rubbing its head vigorously with his hands.

"Wuya~"

The white fox pushed its head hard against Xu Chen's lapels to act spoiled, with an urge to burrow inside.

Xu Chen pulled a long face and tugged at its scalp, saying, "You're so big now and still want to nurse? Aren't you ashamed?"

"Pfft~" Zhao Xuan couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh. She then stepped forward, gave him two light punches, and chided, "You were actually willing to come back? I thought you and that Fairy Lan would just stay at Yuqing Hall as a son-in-law, living as a pair?"

Xu Chen's face instantly turned bright red. He gave a dry, embarrassed laugh and said, "Senior Sister, what are you saying? I didn't go there to enjoy myself, but to make a fortune for the Taiyuan Sect. Come, follow me to the Danyuan to see the Third Elder first; you will be shocked in a moment!"

Zhao Xuan was pulled along by Xu Chen, stumbling as she walked. She felt sweet inside, yet still harbored some jealousy. She pouted and said, "What is there to be shocked about? Yuqing Hall is just a bit larger and has more people. Don't tell me you brought back a baby?"

Xu Chen stumbled and nearly fell to the ground. He looked back, crying and laughing, "Senior Sister, can you be a bit more steady? I've discovered that you're becoming just as unreliable as Jiu Shixiong. I've only been gone for about a month; it's not possible to make a baby that fast, is it?"

"Making a baby yourself certainly wouldn't be fast enough, but sometimes you don't necessarily have to put in the effort yourself. For instance, before you even returned to the mountain, you already took in a little disciple..."

A voice came from behind. Xu Chen turned around and saw Jiu Shixiong emerging from a Dao Courtyard nearby, followed by a little Daoist boy who looked strangely familiar.

When the Daoist boy saw Xu Chen, he ran over in a flurry of surprise and knelt before Xu Chen, kowtowing, "Disciple Su Zhao pays respects to Martial Uncle Xu."

Xu Chen said in surprise, "Eh, it's you! You actually came to the Taiyuan Sect? Where is your master?"

The little Daoist boy kowtowed again and said, "Because my master has no Spirit Root and cannot practice Qi Refining, he is currently staying in Nanyang City to help look after the shop in the Outer Sect."

Xu Chen waved his hand, using a burst of Yuan Qi to lift the little Daoist boy up, and nodded with a smile, "That is fine too. Since you have come to the sect, stay here and practice diligently with Jiu Shixiong!"

Jiu Shixiong shook his head like a rattle-drum and said, "Don't drag me into this; I have no intention of taking on a disciple right now!"

Xu Chen immediately pulled a bitter face, "Senior Brother, you are at least a True Person of the Zhenyuan Realm; you are qualified to take a disciple. Look at my age and cultivation level, I have no way to teach one!"

Seeing the two Martial Uncles arguing and seemingly both trying to push him away, the little Daoist boy turned bright red and stood there at a loss.

Zhao Xuan couldn't watch anymore and punched each of them once, saying, "Alright, you two are at the Elder level now, can you stop acting like children all day? The little Martial Nephew hasn't been on the mountain long, and the little Junior Brother just returned. Let's talk about this in a few days. Let's go to the Alchemy Hall first to see what good things Junior Brother brought back from his trip to Yuqing Hall."

"Right, right, hurry up! I heard Yuqing Hall is filthy rich and full of beautiful fairies. It's fine if Junior Brother didn't become a son-in-law, but don't just bring back some worthless trinkets to fool us!" Jiu Shixiong urged. And so, the group of four laughed and chatted as they quickly arrived at the Danyuan.

The Danyuan was different from before; it had undergone a complete expansion and renovation, with an area more than five times larger. There were five alchemy rooms alone, plus various areas for processing and storing Spirit Medicine, totaling over a dozen rooms of various sizes. They had even specifically built a Scripture Pavilion to house various alchemy formulas and Spirit Medicine Jade Slips.

Unfortunately, despite such a large space, it was still just the Third Elder alone, truly a lonely man.

Xu Chen first went to visit the Third Elder and gave a brief report on his trip to Yuqing Hall. When he mentioned that he had obtained permission from Baiyun Zhenjun to visit and study all the collections in the Yuqing Hall's Scripture Pavilion, not only were Jiu Shixiong and Zhao Xuan stunned, but even the Third Elder was completely dumbfounded.

After a full sixty seconds, the Third Elder finally regained his senses, his whole body trembling slightly as he asked, "You... is what you say true? Did you carefully look at those alchemy formulas in Yuqing Hall?"

Xu Chen nodded, "I did look at them, and I looked for three days. However, there were too many alchemy formula Jade Slips, so I could only look through them roughly one by one." "Then... have you memorized any useful alchemy formulas?" the Third Elder asked, trembling.

Xu Chen quickly said, "Third Elder, rest assured, the disciple naturally memorized quite a few with care. When I have time later, I will slowly record them into Jade Slips."

"Junior Brother, how many alchemy formulas did you actually memorize? Yuqing Hall has thousands of years of heritage; such an opportunity has never happened before," Zhao Xuan said anxiously.

Xu Chen could only smile bitterly, "Senior Sister, don't be anxious. There were so many alchemy formula Jade Slips that I couldn't copy them, so I could only memorize them in a hurried, gulping fashion. I suppose recalling a hundred or eighty formulas shouldn't be a problem."

"A hundred or eighty?!"

The group was stunned again, mouths agape and faces blank.

"Let's not talk about these alchemy formulas for now. I'll need quite some time to organize and record them when I have the chance. Let everyone see what I brought back this time..."

As Xu Chen spoke, he swept his Divine Sense through his Storage Bracelet. Suddenly, the entire room darkened, and Spirit Materials began falling down like firewood, clattering for the time it takes to drink half a cup of tea before finally stopping.

At this moment, in this newly built hall, the floor was densely packed with piles of various Spirit Medicines. Although they didn't seem to be of very high tier—mostly common First-tier and Second-tier Spirit Herbs—the sheer quantity was staggering. Apart from the space to stand, the room was filled with Spirit Medicine, and the rolling Spirit Qi and radiating spirit light almost submerged the entire room.

Just as Zhao Xuan, Jiu Shixiong, and the Third Elder hadn't yet recovered, several Divine Senses swept in from all directions. Then, accompanied by successive exclamations, the Eldest Senior Brother, Second Senior Sister, Third Senior Brother, and others arrived one after another, rushing into the hall. They were completely shocked by the scene before them, unable to speak, each with their mouths agape and faces blank.

There were too many; they were all Spirit Medicines.

Almost the entire hall was filled with them.

The rolling Spirit Qi and colorful spirit light flooded everyone's Divine Sense and eyes; no one could keep their composure in front of so many treasures.

Even Danchenzi, who was still sitting in the back mountain's quiet room meditating, tilted his body abruptly and nearly lost his focus.

And just as everyone was stunned and blank, an even more powerful aura appeared in the hall. Xuanhe Zhenren, who had been in seclusion to stabilize his realm after reaching the Golden Core, couldn't help but run over to see the excitement.

"Master, you have come out of seclusion! The disciple was just saying I would visit the Third Elder before coming to see you!" Xu Chen quickly bowed and saluted.

Xuan Chen Zhenren waved his horsetail whisk, pointed at the room full of Spirit Medicine with a face full of surprise, and asked, "Did you bring all these Spirit Medicines back from Yuqing Hall?"

Xu Chen quickly nodded with a smile, "Exactly."

At this time, the Third Elder and the group of senior brothers and sisters gradually regained their senses, all looking at him as if he were a monster. Jiu Shixiong's voice trembled slightly, "Junior Brother, did you rob the Medicine Garden of Yuqing Hall?"

Xu Chen was left crying and laughing, "Senior Brother, you underestimate the strength of Yuqing Hall too much. These are just a drop in the bucket. One of their medicine gardens is dozens or hundreds of acres; how could they only have this little? This is what I skimmed off while helping them refine medicine."

The group was almost simultaneously petrified. A moment later, they excitedly began to ask for the reason. Xu Chen briefly explained how he had promised Baiyun Zhenjun to help refine the Taiyuan Soul-Entering Pill in exchange for viewing all the collections in the Yuqing Hall's Scripture Pavilion.

After hearing this, the Eldest Senior Brother's face twitched, "Are these what were left over from when you were refining the pills?"

Xu Chen nodded proudly with a smile, "They aren't exactly leftovers, but the price they paid for the Soul-Entering Pills. My success rate was originally ten percent, but I only reported two or three percent, so the rest was naturally skimmed off and brought back."

Zhao Xuan grabbed his arm tightly, her hands trembling slightly as she asked, "Then how many Soul-Entering Pills did Junior Brother actually help them refine?"

Xu Chen stroked his chin and calculated to himself, "I gave them about thirty bottles in total, but I actually brought back more than ten bottles."

As he spoke, Xu Chen waved his hand, and more than ten Jade Bottles, almost identical in color and size and bearing the Yuqing Hall mark, landed on the stone table in front of the Third Elder.

The group:...

(End of chapter)