Immortality: Starting with the Fruit of Taiyin

"Well--"

Upon hearing this, Yang Yunzhi paused for a moment, his expression changed slightly, and he quickly lowered his voice, glancing around at his surroundings.

Fortunately, not many people nearby paid attention to him, so no major problems arose.

"Ahem... Fellow Daoist Wang, why didn't you remind me sooner?"

Yang Yunzhi coughed lightly, his face looking embarrassed.

"But pills..."

"Here."

Shaking his head helplessly, Wang Xuan handed the porcelain bottle to the other party.

His eyes flickered, and seeing Yang Yunzhi's slightly pale face, he couldn't help but smile and say:

"I don't know what use Fellow Daoist Yang has for this pill that replenishes qi and blood and nourishes essence, but out of consideration for our past acquaintance, I'll still give you a heads-up."

"A beautiful woman of sixteen or seventeen, her body as soft as butter, with a sword at her waist to slay foolish men."

"Though no heads fall, in secret you are drained of your very marrow."

"Fellow Daoist Yang, please take care."

"I...you...I...this isn't—"

Yang Yunzhi nearly choked on his breath and tried to argue.

But for some reason, he ultimately said nothing.

His face turned pale for a moment, and he didn't bother to say anything else. In the end, he left the payment and left in a hurry.

Watching the other person's departing figure, the smile on Wang Xuan's face vanished, leaving only a thoughtful look in his eyes.

Ever since he saw the other person on the Lingzhou four years ago, he knew that Yang Yunzhi had finally bowed to reality and married into a collateral branch of the Lu family.

To be more specific, it should be that the faction to which that talisman genius Lu Qingyi belonged married a woman who was more than ten years older than him.

Over the past two years, Wang Xuan has met him a few times.

She has a mid-grade spiritual root, an average appearance, and a strong personality, but she is said to be Lu Qingyi's confidante, which has allowed Yang Yunzhi to also benefit from her.

He had only missed a year of cultivation, and his own aptitude was at the bottom of the top-grade spiritual root category.

Therefore, Yang Yunzhi is still at the sixth level of Qi Refining, and no one has even noticed his breakthrough.

However, this was not the key point. What really concerned Wang Xuan was the elixirs that the other party had asked him to refine, which started two years ago.

"Medicines that replenish qi and blood...is there someone in the Lu family who needs these?"

"It's been almost two years, but his, her, or its need for pills has not decreased but increased... I don't know why."

After a moment's thought, without more concrete information, he was unable to make a sufficiently accurate judgment.

"Forget it, curiosity killed the cat, this has little to do with me."

Wang Xuan shook his head slightly, wondering if he and Yang Yunzhi had a deep relationship.

The reason I offered "advice" before was not to persuade the other party not to indulge in excessive desires, because that possibility is really not very high.

Joining a cultivation family as an outsider son-in-law is something that those who know, know.

If Yang Yunzhi has already successfully established his foundation, that would be fine. Otherwise, just look at the prince consorts of some dynasties in the mortal realm, and you'll know what it means to have to report before going to bed with someone, and what it means to be summoned at will and dismissed at will.

After all, the Core Formation Clan does not lack cultivators who have reached the Qi Refining Perfection stage; their own branch clansmen have more than enough.

Therefore, Wang Xuanfang intentionally "misunderstood" to show that he did not know the truth about Yang Yunzhi's need for the elixir... although he really did not know.

In short, as a regular alchemist who takes orders, all he needs to do is refine pills.

Whether you refuse to refine it or try to get to the bottom of it, you're likely to attract unnecessary trouble.

On the contrary, if we continue to go with the flow, there shouldn't be any problems coming our way.

……

Two days later.

The top floor of Han's Dan Pavilion features a spacious reception room.

Han Changde sat in the main seat, while Wang Xuan sat at the end of the table.

Two days ago, Han Li came to deliver a message, saying that the Second Elder had something to ask him.

"Master Wang is here... Come, have a seat."

With a smile, the Second Elder welcomed Wang Xuan into the room; he was in a very good mood.

In the Dan Pavilion alone, the progress of the younger generation of the family in alchemy is very encouraging.

At this rate, as long as the family can obtain the complete inheritance, they will most likely become top-grade alchemists before they turn one hundred.

Although it was a bit slow, this was how the first generation of cultivators began their journey... Relax and sit down in the main seat.

Just as Han Changde was about to say something, the next moment, under the perception of his spiritual sense, he could clearly detect the aura of someone who had recently broken through.

"Um?"

His smile froze, and his pupils contracted slightly.

He swallowed back what he was about to say and raised his teacup to cover it up.

So fast? He broke through?

Several years have passed, and he still hasn't used up all the resources he brought from the sect?

"Cough cough..."

In the midst of his fluctuating emotions, Han Changde nearly choked on his tea.

Sitting opposite him, Wang Xuan simply picked up the teacup on the table and mentally gave it a bad review.

It wasn't freshly picked tea leaves, but rather stale tea that had been steeped twice.

People who don't drink it often may not notice the difference and may simply think it's due to a different variety of Lingcha.

But in the past two years, Wang Xuan, who has gradually become more financially well-off, has often gone to Tingyuxuan to buy a few ounces of tea. He can taste whether it is good or bad just by drinking it.

I don't know if the Han family was too stingy, or if Han Changde felt that he wasn't good enough and could just make do...

"Second Elder, what brings you to see me today?"

With his thoughts wandering, Wang Xuan asked.

"...Young friend Wang, I haven't yet congratulated you on breaking through to the late stage of Qi Refining."

His smile was somewhat forced as he wiped the water stains off the table.

Feeling the aura of that recent breakthrough, Han Changde felt a slight toothache.

How did he break through? Could it be that he really intends to try Foundation Establishment?

"With your talent, young friend, you have cultivated so quickly. It seems that the legacy left by the sect in the past is indeed extraordinary."

"It's a shame you didn't inform me before going into seclusion, so I could have arranged for my disciples to protect you and avoid disturbing your cultivation."

"Elder, you flatter me. I only recently broke through to the next level myself."

Wang Xuan put down his teacup, cupped his hands in greeting, and smiled.

"Besides, this is not a big deal, so why should I mention it?"

"Cough cough—"

With an itchy throat, Han Changde felt his teeth hurt even more as he listened to Wang Xuan's response.

Recently, as Han Dao and Han Bodan's skills have gradually improved, the Second Elder's originally calm ideas have become a bit more active.

According to the head of the family, this younger member of the family should be made to see clearly what happens when there are no resources and to experience the cruelty of reality.

Now, several years have passed, and the younger generation in his family are about to become formal alchemists one after another, but he still doesn't have enough medicinal materials to hone his alchemy skills. Han Changde asks himself if he's done enough.

Who would have thought that upon meeting him today, while he was unsure whether Wang Xuan's alchemy skills had improved, his cultivation level had clearly made a breakthrough.

At the age of twenty-eight, one enters the late stage of Qi Refining. Within a sect, this is equivalent to being promoted from the outer gate of the lower courtyard to the inner gate of the mountain gate, which is almost the same as having a superior spiritual root.

Even if the use of elixirs is inevitable, isn't it only natural for an alchemist to refine elixirs?