Chapter 73: Like a Curse

Tang Linyuan's lips twitched, and he was speechless.

This time, he really didn't dare to bet again...

"Rebellious disciple, is it not enough that you've embarrassed yourself thoroughly?"

Finally, Wei Chuan couldn't take it anymore and kicked Tang Linyuan in the leg.

Slap!

Tang Linyuan was kicked to his knees...

Things had reached this point; he had no choice and no room to be stubborn.

He could only unwillingly kowtow toward Yang Yu, his head hitting the ground...

"The kowtows aren't loud enough." Yang Yu said with dissatisfaction.

"Ahhhhhhh!!!" Tang Linyuan's face was deathly pale, and suddenly, like a madman, he slammed his head fiercely against the ground.

Thump!

After one deafening sound, he didn't stop, slamming it continuously more than a dozen times.

Thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump!!

Anyway, he had already kowtowed, and his dignity was completely gone.

A few more kowtows, loud or not—what difference did it make?

Tang Linyuan was completely insane, as if venting his emotions...

After slamming so many times, his head was bleeding.

"What are you doing?! I told you to kowtow three times, and you slammed it so many times?"

Wei Chuan was startled and forcibly pulled his disciple up.

Tang Linyuan just had a dull look in his eyes, like he had lost his soul...

As a former high-and-mighty genius, suffering such humiliation was more painful than being sliced into a thousand pieces.

"Can such a small setback completely defeat you?"

Wei Chuan sighed and patted his disciple on the back with his palm.

Slap!

Tang Linyuan was patted back to his senses, secretly clenched his fists, and said:

"Master is right; I must learn from my shame and be brave. No matter what, I am a third-tier alchemist; I have top-tier alchemy talent!"

"Today's shame will only become the motivation for me to move forward! Sooner or later, I will become a fifth-tier or even sixth-tier alchemist; by then, mediocre people like Yang Yu will still have to look up to me."

"Master, let's return to the sect. I want to continue to study alchemy!"

Wei Chuan was very gratified and said: "Good, good, good; if you really think so, this setback might not be a bad thing."

Yang Yu laughed loudly:

"Even now, do you still think that someone who can only explode furnaces is worthy of being an alchemist?"

Tang Linyuan scolded: "Shut up, don't try to affect my state of mind! Exploding a furnace during alchemy isn't that rare."

"Whatever makes you happy." Yang Yu scoffed.

Although Tang Linyuan didn't admit it on the surface, he was actually panicking inside.

Exploding once could be a coincidence.

Exploding three times in a row—it was hard to call that a coincidence.

He seemed to have caught some kind of disease, a disease where the furnace explodes whenever he refines pills.

"Hmm... well..."

At this moment, Liang Shitong hesitated.

Wei Chuan said: "Does Master Liang have something to say?"

Liang Shitong gave a dry cough:

"This situation with little Tang reminds me of someone. I once almost took a disciple named Ximen Yuan. His talent was quite good, but every time he refined pills, the furnace would explode; no matter how he learned or practiced, it was useless..."

"No, that's impossible, right?" Tang Linyuan's face changed drastically.

Liang Shitong said: "There really is such a weird thing in this world, like some kind of curse that can never be broken."

"No, that won't happen..."

Tang Linyuan's newly ignited drive vanished again.

"Disciple, don't scare yourself; return to the sect, reorganize, and try refining a few more times." Wei Chuan comforted him.

"Right, right, try, try again; Master, let's go." Tang Linyuan's body trembled subconsciously, and he hurriedly jumped onto the Swift Wind Eagle.

"Family Head Bai, Master Liang, farewell! Hmph!"

Wei Chuan bowed and cupped his hands, smiling without warmth, and flew away with his disciple.

…………

The scene finally quieted down.

But this quiet didn't last long before the Bai family members let out a cheer:

"Awesome!"

"Badass!"

"The Sword Master is invincible!"

"He slapped the Tianxiang Sect's face hard!"

"It's one thing that the Son-in-law can pull out the sword, but he actually has such heaven-defying alchemy talent!"

Liang Shitong asked suspiciously: "Wait, Sword Master?"

"Uh, Master Liang might not know yet, but the Divine Sword was pulled out by Yang Yu." Bai Sheng explained.

The Bai family hadn't spread this news, but now that Liang Shitong was Yang Yu's master, there was naturally no need to hide it.

"What?!" Liang Shitong exclaimed, "So it was him who pulled it out? The whole city is spreading that the sword was pulled out by Ximen Kun, and now many people are searching everywhere."

Yang Yu said: "That Ximen Kun was bragging, so I played along to help them attract some hatred."

Liang Shitong realized: "No wonder... the Ximen family didn't die unjustly."

Then, he sighed and said: "It's just that you not only possess such heaven-defying alchemy talent but also gained the recognition of the Divine Sword. What virtue or ability do I have to be your master?"

Yang Yu said sternly: "Master, please don't say that; I just have an ordinary fire-affinity physique."

"But you easily refined a Lingyun Pill; becoming a third-tier alchemist right out of the gate is a once-in-a-thousand-years event." Liang Shitong still felt it was unbelievable.

Yang Yu explained: "This... actually, it's a coincidence; I only know how to refine Lingyun Pills."

"Ah?" Liang Shitong was even more confused.

He couldn't talk about the system, so Yang Yu made up a reason:

"It might sound a bit bizarre, but I once met an expert who forcibly instilled information about the Lingyun Pill into me... I felt like I had a dream and mastered the method for this pill."

"Oh? There's actually such a thing." Liang Shitong exclaimed, "That can be considered a rare opportunity."

Others who heard this explanation also believed it.

The Zixiao Continent is vast and boundless; anything can happen.

Yang Yu added: "So, for other pills besides the Lingyun Pill, I still need to learn properly from Master, especially some basic skills."

Liang Shitong was very satisfied and said: "You have such an opportunity, yet you are neither arrogant nor impatient; that's very good. From now on, as your master, I will surely do my best to cultivate you into the best alchemist!"

"Thank you, Master." Yang Yu said.

Bai Sheng laughed loudly and said: "Exactly, Master Liang has become Yang Yu's master; you must come to the wedding in seven days."

"Oh? Yang Yu and Bai Zhi are getting married?" Liang Shitong said.

"That's right, that day is a good day; I was just about to send people to send out invitations." Bai Sheng said.

Liang Shitong was glowing with health and said: "Good, good; I just gained a beloved disciple and can attend his wedding—double happiness! Yang Yu, you'll be busy preparing for the wedding recently, so I'll head back first; come visit me when you have time, and I'll prepare a gift for your apprenticeship then."

"Alright, Master." Yang Yu nodded.

Liang Shitong didn't stay any longer and left first.

Having been busy until now, Yang Yu finally found time to find Su Yuechan in the crowd and said: "Miss Su, I should fulfill my promise."

Su Yuechan said: "Can you really save me? Although you said you could before, I was half-doubting and just wanted to give it a try."

"Of course it's true." Yang Yu said.

Su Yuechan looked expectant and said: "How will you save me? Do we need to dual cultivate or something?"

Bai Sheng: "..."

【Ding! Detected a 1% decrease in Bai Zhi's favorability; current favorability 79%】 ===== CHAPTER 74 =====