Raise a sword!

With two more disciples on Biwu Peak, Jiang Peng's life became a little easier.

Su Zhi and Mei Jinhe were not among the Dan Hall disciples who helped Jiang Peng refine pills in exchange for his guidance.

These two were specifically recruited by Qin Yuan to join Biwu Peak.

In a sense, these two had just entered the sect and skipped the outer disciple stage, directly becoming de facto inner disciples of the Cangshan Sect.

It is precisely because of this relationship.

Therefore, Jiang Peng directly entrusted the management of the medicinal fields on the back mountain of Biwu Peak to these two people.

After all, they're no longer outsiders.

......

Teaching disciples was a completely unfamiliar field for Jiang Peng.

This is quite different from instructing those disciples of the Pill Hall.

The disciples of the Pill Hall are all legitimate alchemists. Although their skill levels vary, they have all at least laid a solid foundation.

Su Zhi and Mei Jinhe knew absolutely nothing about alchemy. They wanted to learn alchemy simply because they were both cultivators with fire spirit roots, so their families sent them to the Cangshan Sect to learn alchemy, nothing more.

Therefore, Jiang Peng could only follow the method he had used when he was self-studying and teach them the "Danyangzi's Alchemy Insights" that he had obtained from Dan Laomo, so that they could study it on their own.

As for their master's true teachings from Danyangzi, it was still too early for them.

Two months passed in this way.

With Jiang Peng's daily answers to their questions, the two of them finally managed to learn most of the alchemy tips she had given them.

So Jiang Peng led them into his alchemy room for the first time.

Inside the alchemy room, the earth fire was divided into two parts, and two first-grade low-level alchemy furnaces were also placed there.

"This alchemy furnace is what I prepared for you. All the materials for the Qi Condensation Pill are here. Start refining it. You can eat when it's finished," Jiang Peng said with a serious expression.

Su Zhi bowed slightly and thanked him.

Mei Jinhe then watched as Jiang Peng raised her hand.

Jiang Peng ignored her, so she kept her hand raised.

This was a rule Jiang Peng established when instructing them: no one was allowed to interrupt the teacher during lectures, and everyone had to raise their hand if they had a question.

Jiang Peng has learned the tricks from her previous life quite well.

Jiang Peng finally couldn't refuse and could only ask, "Junior Sister Jinhe, what is it?"

"You're not allowed to eat until you've mastered it; if you do, I'm going to eat crystal pork knuckle."

"Eat, eat, all you know is how to eat! Cultivators should prioritize cultivation, but your cultivation is so poor that instead of trying to make up for it through hard work, you spend all your time thinking about those petty gluttonous desires!"

Upon hearing this, Su Zhi seemed to want to say something, but being quite well-mannered, he ultimately chose to remain silent.

But Mei Jinhe argued vehemently.

"Before coming to Biwu Peak, I had no idea that pork knuckle could be made transparent. My senior brother taught me all of this! I've lived here for two months, and every night I've seen him cooking for himself! Smoke is constantly billowing from his chimney!"

Su Zhi, who was standing to the side, couldn't help but nod slightly in agreement.

Mei Jinhe continued, "The one who's most craving food on this little hill is you, Senior Brother!"

Su Zhi hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

Jiang Peng was speechless. He angrily raised his hand and pointed at Mei Jinhe before turning and leaving the alchemy room.

Seeing this, Mei Jinhe immediately revealed a victor's smile and looked triumphantly at Su Zhi beside her.

"Little Su, we'll have braised pork knuckle for dinner tonight."

"Didn't my senior brother refuse?" Su Zhi was still a little uncertain.

Mei Jinhe narrowed her eyes slightly, a shrewd glint in them.

"My senior brother is cold on the outside but warm on the inside. He always seems aloof, but he's actually a very kind person. I've had him completely under my control for a long time."

Su Zhi was still a little worried.

"But this is our first time refining pills, can we really succeed?"

"So what if we can't refine it? Senior brother, can you really bear to see us both go hungry?"

......

Evening, at the summit of Biwu Peak.

Bathed in the fiery sunset, Jiang Peng sat at the entrance of her small house, gnawing on a huge crystal pork knuckle, her face covered in oil.

Before him were two small porcelain bottles, each containing two dark lumps that looked like pills. Eating them might not kill him, but they were definitely not the Qi Condensation Pills, and were therefore unknown pills.

Touch it gently with your oily hands.

[Useless Elixir: Deficient]

The Purple Gold Cauldron didn't even offer a refining option, indicating that the useful parts of the Qi Condensation Pill's ingredients had already been removed during the refining process.

Useless residue condensed into elixir.

Mei Jinhe and Su Zhi remained silent.

Jiang Peng didn't comment on anything, she just kept her head down and ate the pork knuckle.

A moment later, a pitiful light appeared in Mei Jinhe's bright eyes.

Jiang Peng, upon seeing her, couldn't help but sigh, "She's a natural beauty, so lovely she's almost pitiful."

"Senior brother, I'm hungry."

Su Zhi nodded in agreement.

Two boys who had only been training for two months were naturally hungry after a day of running around.

With a wave of her hand, Jiang Peng placed two pills into the hands of the two men.

"Eat up, you won't be hungry anymore."

After speaking, Jiang Peng turned around and went back into the house, locking the door behind her.

A moment later, wisps of smoke rose from the kitchen chimney, and the aroma of food wafted out from under the door.

Su Zhi looked at the Bigu Pill in his hand, then at Mei Jinhe beside him.

"Didn't you say you were going to manipulate your senior brother?"

Mei Jinhe snorted and tossed the Bigu Pill to Su Zhi.

Su Zhi took the pill, puzzled.

Aren't you hungry?

"I want to eat braised pork knuckle," Mei Jinhe said.

That night, Jiang Peng's kitchen was burglarized.

......

Early morning, in the Dan Palace.

Jiang Peng listlessly handled some miscellaneous tasks.

Such as the supply of elixirs to each peak, the procurement of spiritual materials, and the status of elixir refining, etc.

These are all tedious and mundane tasks, but they are the kinds of trivial matters that one has to deal with if one wants to control the Pill Hall.

After breaking through to the late stage of Qi Refining, Qin Yuan gradually handed over some tasks to Jiang Peng. Later, seeing that Jiang Peng did a good job, he gave him even more responsibilities.

To what extent, it means that without interfering with his cultivation, most of his time is completely squeezed out.

"Why does Senior Brother Jiang look so listless?" a disciple from the Pill Hall asked.

"Our house was burgled." Jiang Peng shook her head helplessly.

The disciple from the Pill Hall was startled and asked, "Ah? Azure Mist Peak was robbed? What was stolen? Was it reported to the sect's Enforcement Hall...?"

"A pork knuckle, a piece of pork skin jelly, a plate of stir-fried mountain vegetables with cured meat, and three ounces of spirit rice are missing. There's no need to report it to the Enforcement Hall; the culprit was caught red-handed and arrested on the spot... but what's the use?"

Meeting the surprised gazes of the Pill Hall disciples, Jiang Peng sighed softly.

Just then, Qin Yuan suddenly appeared and waved to Jiang Peng.

"Master?" Jiang Peng stepped forward.

Qin Yuan asked, "How are you doing with your study of the Cangshan Sect's fire control technique?"

Jiang Peng raised his hand, and a wisp of flame flickered in his palm, changing shape, size, and temperature.

"I'm fairly skilled at it. Although it's not as good as the fire control method using pills, it still has many merits, so I often draw inspiration from its subtleties."

"Not bad." Qin Yuan nodded. "Later, when the new disciples of the Pill Hall will be refining pills for the first time, you will use the Cangshan Sect's fire control technique to demonstrate."

Jiang Peng was taken aback.

"Isn't Zhao Shan'ao in charge of this matter?"

"That kid," Qin Yuan shook his head, "He thought the new disciples were all idiots, so he quit after teaching them a few times."

Jiang Peng chuckled twice.

"That's something he's capable of doing."