Chapter 313: Burden Transferred

"Hua Changxi teaches; everything she imparts is the real deal."

Hearing Hua Changxi's lecture for the first time, Ye Lingxuan, Jiang Henian, and the other heirs of the Elixir Saint Hall were all somewhat shaken.

It wasn't because the content Hua Changxi taught was unfathomably profound, but because she truly shared her medical knowledge without holding anything back.

Ye Lingxuan: "Hall One of the Qihuang is for identifying spirit medicines, Hall Two is for processing spirit medicines, Hall Three is for planting and cultivating spirit medicines, Hall Four is for dissection and decomposition... of medicinal ingredients, Hall Five is for extracting the 'useful' components of medicinal ingredients, Hall Six is for alchemy..."

"Of Halls One through Nine of the Qihuang, only the content taught in Halls Seven, Eight, and Nine is still unknown."

Jiang Henian shook his head: "Among Halls Seven, Eight, and Nine, one teaches body refining."

Ye Lingxuan nodded: "I had forgotten about that."

Nangong Yingyue's expression turned odd: "The medical and alchemical inheritance Hua Changxi obtained is more complete than ours. How come it feels like she's more like the heir of the Elixir Saint Hall than we are?"

Hearing this, Ye Lingxuan and the others exchanged awkward glances.

Jiang Henian laughed: "Alright, whether we're Saint Land heirs or not, as long as we're working to promote and restore the Saint Land, we're on the same path."

"Besides, Hua Changxi has been recognized by the Divine Tree. Even if she's not an heir, she's better than one."

Ye Lingxuan showed agreement: "Brother Jiang is right. Just as Wan Feng said, Hua Changxi is tolerant and willing to give people a chance."

"Dan Yuan Peak is one of the nine main peaks of the Elixir Saint Hall. Since we've already joined, let's each contribute our expertise and do our best to assist Hua Changxi in developing and strengthening Dan Yuan Peak."

Upon hearing this, everyone nodded in agreement.

Just then, a steward from the Instructor Hall came looking for them.

"Sister Ye, Brother Jiang, Sister Nangong, Sister Hua, Brother Xie, the Peak Master wants to see you. Come with me to the Instructor Hall quickly."

Ye Lingxuan and the others were taken aback upon hearing this.

Jiang Henian hurriedly asked the steward: "May I ask what the Peak Master wants us for?"

The steward shook his head: "That I don't know. Let's go; don't keep the Peak Master waiting."

The five who were called looked at each other and could only follow the apprentice to the Instructor Hall.

Soon, they arrived at the Instructor Hall.

Inside the hall, Hua Changxi was meticulously flipping through the task records from the Task Hall. Whenever she saw an outstanding apprentice, she would pull out their resume and study it in detail.

Ye Lingxuan and the other five didn't know why Hua Changxi had suddenly summoned them and felt a bit uneasy.

"Greetings, Peak Master."

"Greetings, Peak Master."

Seeing the five arrive, Hua Changxi put down the task record book and the apprentice resume roster and got straight to the point: "You are all third-rank alchemists. Are you willing to teach alchemy to the apprentices on Dan Yuan Peak?"

Ye Lingxuan and the other five exchanged glances before nodding in unison: "We are willing."

Getting the answer she wanted, Hua Changxi smiled: "Starting in November—that is, tomorrow—I will be teaching alchemy at Hall Six. Originally, I only planned to train two hundred people, but with the five of you, I intend to increase the first batch of alchemy apprentices to five hundred."

With that, she handed each of them a list, each containing a hundred apprentices.

"Each of you five will be responsible for one hundred alchemy apprentices. These apprentices all have some alchemy experience; some are even already first-rank alchemists."

"Your duty is to help them improve their alchemy skills."

"The Task Hall has three major divisions: the Planting Division, the Processing Division, and the Alchemy Division."

"Among you five, whoever trains the most alchemists with the highest skill level will become the general manager of the Alchemy Division."

Hua Changxi smiled at the five: "I've said my piece. Do any of you have anything to say?"

Ye Lingxuan and the other five exchanged looks, and finally Jiang Henian couldn't help but ask: "Peak Master, do you trust us that much? Entrusting us with such an important task?"

Hua Changxi smiled: "You've all sworn a Heart Demon Oath not to betray Dan Yuan Peak, haven't you?"

Ye Lingxuan and the other five: "..." Hua Changxi is way too trusting of others!!!

Seeing that the five remained silent, Hua Changxi said: "If you have no objections, then that's settled. Alright, go attend to your duties."

Holding the lists of apprentices they were to be responsible for, Ye Lingxuan and the other five walked out of the Instructor Hall in a daze.

They hadn't concealed their alchemy skills—they truly wanted to be entrusted with important responsibilities—but the responsibility had come too easily, making it feel unreal.

Nangong Yingyue looked at the others in confusion: "Doesn't the Peak Master even test us first?"

Ye Lingxuan and the other three fell silent. Meeting such a Peak Master who trusted her subordinates so much left them somewhat... at a loss.

After assigning tasks to Ye Lingxuan and the other four, Hua Changxi went straight back to her bamboo hut and eagerly took out the *Twelve Imperial Soul Techniques* to read in detail.

Once November was over, she planned to go to the Nine Netherworld for training.

First, to experience the so-called auction, and second, to get some soul crystals to strengthen her divine sense.

She had been to the Nine Netherworld twice before, and both times she had faced life-and-death crises. This time, she had to learn more life-saving techniques no matter what.

"The Soul Transformation Palm is good..."

"The Soul Severing Blade also has great killing power, but the blade used must be a soul artifact (divine artifact). I wonder if Tong Yao has any for sale. If not, I'll need to gather materials to forge a soul blade myself."

"The Soul Capturing Melody can be used for group attacks, played with a bone flute—another soul artifact..."

Among the twelve soul control methods, Hua Changxi first chose to learn the Soul Summoning Incantation, Soul Tracking Seal, and Soul Transformation Palm. The other methods either required soul artifacts or auxiliary materials like soul plants.

A day and a night passed quickly, and soon it was the first day of November.

Early in the morning, Danyuan Peak became lively. The fifty selected alchemy apprentices went to the logistics department to pick up alchemy furnaces, then followed Ye Lingxuan to the Sixth Qi Huang Hall.

The other apprentices watched with envy on their faces.

"Stop staring. The Peak Master said everyone has a chance to learn alchemy. Let's hurry up and finish our tasks so we can go back to our caves to review. Don’t forget the year-end assessment—only those who pass can go up to the second level of the secret realm."

At the Sixth Qi Huang Hall, by the time the Danyuan Peak apprentices arrived, fifty cultivators were already seated inside. Without a doubt, these cultivators had close dealings with Director Gu and Yuan Tianchou.

To expand the learning space, Hall Master Yuan Tianchou had directly torn down the walls, leaving only the stone walls and stone partitions that couldn't be removed.

When Hua Changxi arrived and saw the bare stone walls and partitions, she was stunned for a moment.

"Starting today, I will teach you all how to refine pills."

"The first step in alchemy is to prepare the spiritual herbs, the pill formula, and the alchemy furnace. In addition, you need to be familiar with controlling the flame—heat control is also crucial to pill refining."

"The medicinal herbs, the alchemy furnace, and the heat—these three directly determine the quality of the refined pill."

"Today, we will refine a first-grade pill. I have already explained the identification and processing of first-grade spiritual herbs before, so I won't go into that now."

"As for the alchemy furnace, you can purchase one according to your own financial means—I won't say more on that either."

"Now, we will focus on the control of fire."

"Who would like to come up and demonstrate their control over fire?"