I made the entire cultivation world cry

Chapter 651 Envy of Salted Fish (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

After Jiang Yi was knocked unconscious by the explosion, chaos erupted in the herb garden.

When the martial uncle who had asked Jiang Yi to watch the fire in an emergency returned and saw this scene, he was completely stunned.

Upon learning of this, Bai Lin rushed back in a panic and gave his senior uncle a severe dressing-down.

"Nonsense! Utter nonsense! Li Maocai! You've grown some guts? Making a girl who just established her foundation control the furnace fire for you at the Golden Core level? Are you out of your mind or tired of living? No matter how solid her foundation is, no matter how good her sense of alchemy is, her cultivation level is what it is! Is the backlash from the furnace fire a joke?"

Uncle Li was so humiliated by the scolding that he couldn't lift his head. "Elder, please calm down! I only thought that Junior Nephew Yi was exceptionally talented..."

"What do you think? In alchemy, the slightest error can lead to a huge mistake, and the control of the heat is a matter of life and death. Can you rely on 'what you think'?"

Bai Lin was so angry that his beard stood on end.

"Get out of here and face the wall in the icy pool! You're not allowed to come out without my permission! The losses here will be deducted from your allowance!"

Li Maocai felt as if he had been granted a pardon. He glanced guiltily at the unconscious Jiang Yi before slinking away.

Bai Lin personally stepped forward and carefully examined Jiang Yi's injuries, confirming that her vital essence had not been damaged and that she only needed to rest for a period of time before her complexion improved.

He fed Jiang Yi several high-quality healing pills and instructed the other disciples to carefully carry her back to the stone house to recuperate.

In the following days, although Li Maocai was punished, he felt guilty and uneasy. Every few days, he would send people various high-quality healing pills and internal and external ointments, which piled up at Jiang Yi's bedside.

After Jiang Yi woke up, she appeared weak and bored. The disciple that Li Maocai had sent to take care of her was quick-witted and immediately went to find many books for Jiang Yi and piled them up by her bedside.

Jiang Yi comfortably enjoyed the 'work injury' treatment, spending her days engrossed in books, seemingly studying diligently, but in reality, most of her mind was focused on synchronizing information with her main body and Zhu Xin, discussing how to proceed.

After she recovered from her injuries, Jiang Yi returned to her internship. Although she was still the same diligent and eager-to-learn Yi Xianyu, she seemed to have developed a minor problem from the previous explosion, so that every time she helped with the work, she would always encounter a small problem.

While helping a senior female student sort medicinal herbs, I 'accidentally' mixed two excipients that looked extremely similar but had conflicting medicinal properties, almost ruining the essence of the medicinal liquid that my senior female student had painstakingly purified.

While assisting a senior apprentice in processing impurities from a demon beast's inner core, he accidentally let a trace of the inner core's aura, which contained violent energy, leak out. Although he managed to control it in time to prevent an explosion, it still gave his senior apprentice a fright.

On one occasion, she volunteered to water a patch of delicate moonflower grass, but ended up watering it with half a ladle of spiritual spring water, which nearly caused several young moonflower grass plants to burst due to the excessive spiritual energy.

These 'accidents' were not serious and did not cause any substantial losses. At most, they just caused some chaos and a false alarm among the senior students.

After this happened several times, the way people in the herb garden looked at her changed.

What started as admiration gradually turned into... headaches and keeping one's distance.

"Junior Nephew Yi, I can manage this medicinal herb field myself. You go and rest!"

"Xianyu, the fire in the furnace is too strong. You should go and tidy up the storeroom... Ah, the storeroom was just tidyed up yesterday? Then... then you should go read a book! Yes, reading more books is good, it helps solidify your foundation!"

"Junior Sister Yi, the extraction of this Jade Dew Flower Stamen is too delicate. I can do it myself slowly. I don't want to take up your time..."

Gradually, when Jiang Yi offered to help again, she was almost always met with a polite but firm refusal. Everyone preferred to endure the hardship themselves rather than experience the anxiety of a 'little accident'.

A genius disciple is a treasure of the sect, but having a genius who is prone to "doing good deeds but making bad ones" helping you around is just too much pressure.

When Bai Lin heard about this, he initially thought that Jiang Yi was in an unstable state after her injury, or that she was deliberately throwing a tantrum.

However, after hearing everyone's descriptions, especially the contrast between "very strong ability but very confusing operation", even the well-informed Elder Bai Lin once fell into deep self-doubt.

"Could it be... that I have truly misjudged her? This woman is indeed talented in alchemy, but her temperament is too impetuous to be of great use? Or did the explosion in the furnace damage her soul, affecting her control?"

To verify this, Bai Lin specifically called Jiang Yi over and conducted a serious test.

As a result, Jiang Yi answered fluently, quoted extensively from classical texts, and offered unique insights. He even offered perspectives on some obscure and difficult points in alchemy that impressed Bai Lin. His solid foundation in alchemy and his high level of comprehension were far beyond those of ordinary disciples.

Even during the actual alchemy process, he remained calm and meticulous, leaving Bai Lin with no room for criticism.

Looking at the young disciple before him, whose eyes were clear and who answered questions with composure and focus, and then recalling the 'accidents' circulating in the herb garden... the old fox's eyes narrowed, and then a knowing and helpless smile flashed across his face.

"You clever little devil!" Bai Lin cursed inwardly.

This little girl clearly finds those chores too time-consuming and trivial, but she doesn't want to refuse openly, so she uses this method to make everyone afraid to order her around anymore. She's quite a talent.

Having figured this out, Bai Lin was not angry at all; instead, he looked at Jiang Yi with even greater respect.

To be able to find such a clever way to gain time and space in a strictly regulated sect—this resourcefulness might also lead to a different path in the art of alchemy.

“Alright,” Bai Lin stroked his beard and said to Jiang Yi, “Xianyu, you have exceptional talent and a rather intelligent temperament. Those trivial matters really shouldn’t take up too much of your energy. Since your foundation is already solid enough, simply staying in the herb garden might actually stifle your spirituality.”

As he spoke, Bai Lin carefully took out an ancient jade slip from his storage ring and handed it to Jiang Yi.

"This is the 'Azure Origin Elixir Fire Technique,' a fundamental alchemy method created by the Azure Emperor in his early years. Although it is not a core secret of the Azure Emperor's palace, it is the foundation for his supreme alchemy path. It emphasizes using oneself as a furnace, drawing on the mystical energy as fire to refine all things and turn decay into wonder. Take it and study it carefully, and practice diligently."

"If you can master this technique, you will be able to control fire as easily as your own limbs, making alchemy twice as effective. Once you use this technique to form your core, your cultivation will improve, and your understanding of alchemy will deepen. When the Azure Emperor Palace opens the selection process for alchemy disciples next time, you may be able to compete for a spot."

Jiang Yi respectfully accepted the jade slip with both hands.

"Thank you for your generous gift, Master. Your disciple will do his utmost to live up to your expectations."

Jiang Yi suppressed the heaviness in her heart, trying her best to maintain a grateful and solemn expression, and carefully put away the jade slip.

Bai Lin relieved Jiang Yi of all chores, allowing her to focus on cultivation, and she could browse the alchemy books in the medicine garden on her own in her spare time.

Now, the fish that once seemed so desirable has truly become a salted fish.

Now, however, she is no longer in a hurry to see the Azure Emperor, because she has already understood what the Azure Emperor wants to do, and she is not yet fully prepared.

(End of this chapter)