Chapter 86: Challenge Letter

After the Prince of Southern Pacification left, Yang Yu and Li Xiangwan started their first alchemy lesson.

Only after truly learning together did Yang Yu discover that his junior sister's comprehension in alchemy was indeed very powerful.

Liang Shitong taught from some basic knowledge to the refining methods of several common pills.

Yang Yu could easily learn these things.

Mainly because he had already mastered the Lingyun Pill.

Being able to refine this Third-tier pill automatically meant he had mastered a large amount of prerequisite knowledge and techniques.

With this as a foundation, going back to learn other lower-tier pills was also easy and very relaxed.

But Li Xiangwan had no cheats; she started learning alchemy from scratch, step by step.

Under these circumstances, her learning efficiency was not inferior to Yang Yu's at all.

Even in many cases, she understood and mastered things faster than Yang Yu, basically understanding it at a single point.

Even some high-difficulty techniques and details didn't take many times to learn.

From this point, Yang Yu felt inferior.

After all, his alchemy was all based on entries.

If everyone started from scratch, he would definitely be left behind by his junior sister.

"Good, good, Wanwan has mastered these basic operations of extracting medicinal liquid so quickly, hahaha."

After teaching for most of the day, Liang Shitong laughed from ear to ear.

Having one such excellent disciple would be happy enough, and he suddenly had two.

"It's Master's good teaching." Li Xiangwan said softly.

Liang Shitong said: "You girl, your temperament is too gentle and introverted. In the future, learn more from your senior brother about being thick-skinned, be bolder, say what people want to hear when meeting people, and say what ghosts want to hear when meeting ghosts."

Yang Yu said gloomily: "Master, don't talk nonsense; where am I thick-skinned? My skin is thin, and I'm not good with words."

"Good, good, good, you're not good with words." Liang Shitong ignored Yang Yu's complaining and then asked, "How does it feel after learning today?"

Yang Yu thought for a while and said: "The biggest feeling is... I often feel powerless."

"Power... powerless?"

Li Xiangwan heard this, her little face turned red, and she glanced at Yang Yu quietly.

Senior Brother is so young, and already...?

"Junior Sister! What kind of look is that?!" Yang Yu said loudly.

Li Xiangwan panicked: "I... I don't have any look."

Yang Yu said sternly: "What are you thinking about? You're still just a child?!"

Li Xiangwan said softly: "I'm not small anymore, I'm seventeen."

"Three years younger than me, of course you're a child... When I was seventeen, I still didn't..."

Yang Yu wanted to say he still didn't understand anything, but swallowed it back.

Let's not mention the seventeen years of this life.

At seventeen in his previous life, he had already watched countless films and was familiar with various Japanese teachers...

"Ahem, I meant powerless in the sense that my cultivation is holding me back."

Yang Yu coughed dryly and explained.

Liang Shitong said sternly: "You're right to realize that; an alchemist needs sufficient cultivation to support it, and your current cultivation is a bit of a drag on your alchemy."

Yang Yu nodded silently.

He was now a Third-tier Alchemist; although he could only refine one kind of Lingyun Pill, he was still a Third-tier Alchemist.

The higher the grade of an alchemist, the higher the cultivation required to support it.

An excellent alchemist's cultivation will not be low either.

A Third-tier Alchemist ideally should have Spirit Sea Realm cultivation.

Yang Yu was only at the Hua Xuan Realm now; although he could refine Lingyun Pills, he often felt stretched when refining other pills, his operation limited by his cultivation, forming a bucket effect.

However, wanting to break through to the next major realm was much harder than improving small layers.

Even for Yang Yu, it was hard to say how much time it would take.

"So I also intend for you to break through to the Spirit Sea Realm as soon as possible to make up for the shortcoming." Liang Shitong continued.

Yang Yu was overjoyed: "Listening to Master, is there a way to help me break through?"

Liang Shitong said: "Hmm, you know the Luolong Mountain Range, right? There is a peculiar spring water in it, named the Earth Core Yan Quan. Anyone with a fire-type physique, soaking in the Yan Quan, can improve their cultivation..."

"I've heard of it too," Li Xiangwan said. "People with a fire-type physique are actually equivalent to alchemists. Every alchemist can get progress after entering the Earth Core Yan Quan. Unfortunately, the Yan Quan is only useful the first time you enter; you can't absorb much spring power the second time."

Liang Shitong: "Wanwan, you haven't been there, right?"

"I haven't." Li Xiangwan shook her head.

Liang Shitong said: "That's perfect; you and Yang Yu go together. One of you has the Red Flame Sacred Body, the other the Yanyang Sacred Body; you can maximize the benefits of the spring water."

"There's such a good place? Go, must go!" Yang Yu was overjoyed.

Li Xiangwan was also looking forward to it: "Good, I'll go with Senior Brother."

"However, in three days, Yang Yu will be married to Bai Zhi; time is a bit tight. How about going after the wedding?" Liang Shitong suggested.

Just then, a shout came from outside:

"Brother-in-law, Brother-in-law! Something happened!"

Yang Yu found the voice familiar; it was indeed Bai Junjie.

He saw him running over, panting, holding a scroll, and said:

"Brother-in-law, look at this! Tang Linyuan has issued a challenge letter to you..."

"Tang Linyuan? That idiot from the Tianxiang Sect who exploded his furnace?"

Yang Yu frowned and opened the scroll; it was indeed a challenge letter.

It roughly stated that Tang Linyuan wanted to challenge Yang Yu on the day of Bai Zhi and Yang Yu's wedding...

"What does this person mean? Challenging on Senior Brother's wedding day?"

Li Xiangwan was very dissatisfied; choosing such a time to challenge was too rude!

"Brother-in-law, is this the new sister-in-law?" Bai Junjie only then saw Li Xiangwan and couldn't help but brighten up.

Although this little girl wasn't very old, she was also pretty and cute, not inferior to his sister at all.

"..." Li Xiangwan was stunned for a moment, then blushed again.

"What new sister-in-law, she is my junior sister, Li Xiangwan, the daughter of the Prince of Zhennan." Yang Yu knocked on Bai Junjie's head and scolded with a smile.

"So it's the Princess, I was presumptuous." Bai Junjie chuckled.

Li Xiangwan wondered: "I've heard of this Tang Linyuan, the Southern Region's number one alchemy genius; he has nothing to do with Senior Brother, why would he do this? Choosing to challenge on the wedding day, what kind of grudge is that?"

Bai Junjie said: "He refined pills at the Bai family last time and exploded three alchemy furnaces in a row. I heard that after he returned to the sect, he exploded furnaces again... In short, he can no longer refine pills."

"What does this have to do with Senior Brother?"

Li Xiangwan was even more confused; exploding a furnace is just exploding a furnace, it wasn't Senior Brother who exploded it!

Bai Junjie was also very annoyed and said:

"He always feels that he can't refine pills because of the Bai family, because of Brother-in-law. He said that after he went to the Bai family, he was cursed... Now he hates Brother-in-law to death, so he high-profilely declared that he would challenge Brother-in-law at the wedding."

"Normally, a challenge letter can be refused. But he specifically chose this time point to issue the challenge and spread the news to the entire Southern Region, which is equivalent to roasting Brother-in-law on a fire, making it difficult to advance or retreat..."