Immortality: Starting with the Fruit of Taiyin

According to the regulations of the lower court, apprentices of the Hundred Arts Pavilion, while enjoying the materials regularly provided by the sect, have no right to dispose of the finished products they have practiced.

Only entry-level craftsmen with independent alchemy and weapon-refining rooms can resell finished products with the tacit approval of the sect, or even sell them directly to the sect. This can be considered a hidden benefit under the principle of the strong always being strong.

However, the purpose of the sect's resources is to help disciples hone their alchemy skills, not to make money or exploit the sect... Therefore, only pills of the highest quality or above are within the scope of acceptance.

Previously, Wang Xuan's priority in opening up channels outside the sect was also related to this.

After a moment of contemplation, three years later, he returned to the Hundred Arts Pavilion.

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As before, the area around Baiyige was sparsely populated.

Wang Xuan felt a little nervous, after all, according to the hint from the Foundation Establishment senior uncle, he should stay away from here.

However, considering that he only came once every three years and that the sect had no other place to collect pills, he still walked into the gate of the Hundred Arts Pavilion.

What puzzled Wang Xuan was that this time, not only was there no one in the hall, but there was also no one behind the counter.

"Excuse me... is anyone here?"

I searched everywhere but couldn't find any steward who could exchange pills, and the Foundation Establishment senior uncle from last time wasn't there either.

Left with no other choice, Wang Xuan had to shout it out.

"Please wait a moment, senior brother, we're coming right away!"

The next moment, a clear and childlike response rang out, and a little girl in a white dress hurriedly ran over from behind the counter.

Her hair was tied into two small buns, and she still had some baby fat on her face.

His brows furrowed unconsciously. No matter how he looked at it, this was a child who was at most ten years old... However, when those bright eyes met Wang Xuan's gaze, he was surprised to see a hint of astonishment.

"Hmm?" Wang Xuan probed, "Junior sister, do you recognize me?"

"No! I don't recognize him!"

He emphasized loudly, his eyes flickering slightly.

Seeing Wang Xuan's somewhat suspicious look, she awkwardly changed the subject.

"Yes, that's right. Today, Master... my martial uncle isn't here, so I'm in charge here now."

"So, senior brother, is there anything you need at the Hundred Arts Pavilion?"

"...I'm here to exchange for pills."

After a moment of eye contact, until the other person guiltily looked away, Wang Xuan finally revealed his purpose.

"Exchange for pills?"

Her already large eyes widened again, and Dan Chen subconsciously asked, "You can actually refine genuine pills now?"

"Already?" Wang Xuan asked again.

"Ah...no, what I mean is, senior brother, you are really amazing. You have become a formal alchemist recognized by the sect at such a young age."

Realizing she had said the wrong thing again, Dan Chen quickly tried to make amends.

After all, according to the sect's rules, apart from the guards in charge of supervision, no one is allowed to pry into the personal privacy of the sect's disciples when they are refining pills.

Separated only by the wooden counter, Wang Xuan felt somewhat helpless about the girl's reaction.

Indeed, every rule has its reason.

Why do sects limit their disciple recruitment to those aged 12-15? Of course, it's because it's difficult to cultivate loyalty in those who are too old, and they lack the ability to survive independently if they are too young.

Judging from the girl in front of me, who is no more than ten years old, I could tell that if no one gave her any pointers, she would probably be swindled out of her meal money.

"Ahem... this junior sister."

Shaking his head helplessly, seeing the girl's slightly bewildered expression, Wang Xuan took out his identity jade talisman.

"Do I look that much like an idiot in your eyes?"

"Never mind... Anyway, please finish the registration for me as soon as possible, junior sister."

"If possible, please grant me access to the 'Soul Contract' chapter of the Beast Taming Secret Technique directly. I need to borrow it from the Scripture Pavilion later."

Without asking further questions, Wang Xuan had already roughly guessed the origin of the girl in front of him.

The use of words like "surprisingly" and "already" indicates that the other party had clearly seen his entrance test three years ago; and for someone around ten years old to appear in the lower academy and even dare to register on behalf of that Foundation Establishment peak senior uncle, the two must have a very close relationship.

Therefore, excluding the possibility of certain violent or explicit content that only appears within the Demonic Sect, the Foundation Establishment elder and the young girl should be related by blood.

If nothing unexpected happens, the latter is likely quite talented and is the successor chosen by the former across generations, hence he often stays by his side.

The girl should have been present when he conducted the test, but she had the means of a Foundation Establishment cultivator to conceal her identity, so he couldn't find her at all.

This explains why the old man didn't want him to come to the Hundred Arts Pavilion—but then again, Wang Xuan wasn't angry about it.

"After all, he may say it, but he really does give you benefits when there's something to gain..."

He murmured to himself, knowing that apart from the Dao Fruit, the [White Yang Elixir Book] was actually the most valuable thing Wang Xuan possessed.

So he took out all the pills he had previously refined, and out of respect for the little girl, Wang Xuan couldn't help but feel quite fond of her.

"This junior sister."

"Here are three bottles of Grade 1 Low-grade Minor Blood Purification Pills, genuine, totaling thirty-six pills."

"Tier 1 Low-grade Spirit Feeding Pills, genuine, two bottles totaling twenty-four pills."

"First-grade low-level artifact-nourishing elixir, genuine product, seven bottles in total, seven portions."

"First tier..."

Arrange them one by one and introduce them individually.

Wang Xuan took out eight different kinds of pills and said with a smile.

"Regardless of whether my junior sister knew me before or not, since I'm now acting as her steward, let's follow the rules—I wonder if she'd like to have her qualifications verified?"

"Hmm... since it was brought by my senior brother, then there's no need for that."

Dan Chen bit her lip slightly and shook her head.

However, a hint of doubt still flashed in her clear eyes as she looked at these pills:

"However, senior brother, I must remind you that when exchanging pills from outside the sect for contributions within the sect, it is best not to exceed 30% of the total amount. Moreover, without a powerful backer, it is easy to be made a typical example of such a situation."

"As for exchanging soul contracts, that's not a problem. It's the most common method of beast taming, not involving any real secret techniques. Senior brother just needs to register it... Senior brother, what's wrong?"

Wang Xuan: "..."

"It's nothing."

What else could it be? Of course, I'm very grateful to you for telling me that the contribution system of the Nanhua Sect can be accessed through backdoors. But are you sure this is a reminder and not an encouragement?

There's still a 30% quota left, right...? Wang Xuan thought to himself, these family scions are really playing dirty tricks.

Indeed, the so-called rules cannot be broken either because you don't have the right to break them, or because you don't have the value to make others break the rules for you.

However, upon closer reflection, Wang Xuan realized that he himself seemed to be one of the beneficiaries.

After all, if it weren't for a certain Foundation Establishment senior master abusing his power for personal gain, he wouldn't have been qualified to enjoy the treatment of a formal alchemist ahead of time.