May I seek good fortune and avoid misfortune, and live a long and prosperous life.

Therefore, Li Heng was particularly motivated to clean the alchemy room; he wished Zheng Bingwen would fail at alchemy every day.

After cleaning up, he proactively reported the situation to Zheng Bingwen.

Seeing that he was working hard and had cleaned the alchemy room very well, Zheng Bingwen praised him and asked another alchemist named Lu Chuan to arrange accommodation for him.

After Li Heng respectfully bowed, he followed Dan Tong Lu Chuan to his residence.

Along the way, Li Heng not only showered Lu Chuan with flattery, but also secretly gathered all sorts of information.

Lu Chuan was, after all, just a fifteen-year-old alchemist, how could he compare to Li Heng, who had a wealth of life experience?

Under Li Heng's repeated calls of "senior brother," he gradually lost himself and told Li Heng a lot of information.

Soon, they arrived at his residence, a small wooden house occupying only a dozen square meters. The exterior was indeed simple, but it provided shelter from the wind and rain and was equipped with a wooden bed. In Li Heng's opinion, the environment was not too bad.

After all, he was just a lowly servant, and to be honest, living in this kind of house was much better than being a capitalist in his previous life.

After Lu Chuan took Li Heng to his residence, he said goodbye. The two were not that familiar with each other yet, so Li Heng did not ask him to stay and chat.

After tidying up the bed, Li Heng realized it was still early. He suddenly remembered that the Tianyan Sect had more than one alchemist, Zheng Bingwen, and naturally, there was more than one alchemy room.

Moreover, the alchemy rooms were all located in a unified area, and there were several alchemy rooms next to Zheng Bingwen's alchemy room.

He could easily go check out other alchemy rooms; perhaps he could even lend a hand and pick up some leftovers.

When it comes to finding bargains, he gets even more motivated.

So he left his room and traveled to the outer sect's alchemy workshop complex.

He first went through each alchemy room one by one, eliminating those that were not open. At this point, three alchemy rooms were still open.

Then he discovered that two of the three alchemy rooms were in use, while only one was not being used, but servants were already cleaning it.

Li Heng quickly went to the alchemy room where servants were cleaning.

He walked up to the handyman, politely clasped his hands in greeting, and said, "Senior brother, what is your name? My name is Li Heng, and I am the handyman disciple in charge of Elder Zheng's alchemy room. How did the alchemy go today?"

The handyman disciple was probably in his sixties, with a full head of white hair. He waved his hand and said:

"We're all just menial laborers, so why call me 'senior brother'? I can't take that responsibility. My name is Liu San, and I'm the third child in my family. Everyone calls me Old Liu. Ugh, don't even mention it, it's bad luck. Today, Elder Sun failed at refining pills and produced thirteen worthless pills, which caused me to get caught up in the mess and get a scolding too."

He then looked up at Li Heng and asked in confusion, "Are you new here? Old Master Zheng hasn't had any alchemy assistants for a while. What are you doing here? Old Master Zheng's alchemy room isn't over here."

Li Heng replied, "Hi, I'm new here. I saw how hard my senior brother is working, so I wanted to come and help out. It's good to help others, and I'm not busy right now anyway."

As the saying goes, you can't hit a smiling face. Since Li Heng has said so, Liu San has no reason to refuse. Who wouldn't want someone to help with these hard jobs?

Especially dealing with waste pills, that's the most dangerous job. If not handled properly, it can shorten one's lifespan. No one in the alchemy room wants to do this job.

But there's no way around it; this is what the handymen do. If you don't do it, do you expect the alchemists and noble alchemists to do it? Are you out of your mind?

Don't underestimate alchemy apprentices. Their status is much higher than that of menial servants. They are the sect's prospective alchemists! Who knows, they might become official alchemists someday and be respected by others.

After considering it for a moment, Liu San said, "Then you can help clean up the surrounding area and the surface of the alchemy furnace. I'll handle the waste pills."

Liu San knew that dealing with the waste pills was the most dangerous job, so he dared not let him do it. Liu San still had a conscience. The other party had offered to help, so if he still let him do the most dangerous work, would he still be human?

Upon hearing this, Li Heng immediately said, "Senior brother, you must be tired too. I think I'll take care of dealing with the waste pills. You just need to clean up the trash!"

Liu San immediately panicked, afraid that others would think he was a treacherous villain, and said:

"Hey brother, I know you mean well, but I'll handle the waste pills. You're new here, you might not understand yet, but handling waste pills is risky, and I wouldn't dare to put you in this situation!"

Li Heng smiled and said:

"Brother, don't be so polite with me. I know what I'm doing. I'll handle this carefully. Nothing will happen. You must be over seventy years old this year. Look how much white hair you have. You can't handle it. I'm still young. I'll be careful and everything will be fine."

Liu San was initially adamant about not letting Li Heng deal with the waste pills, but when Li Heng mentioned his age, he was taken aback.

He thought to himself, "Yes, Xiao Li is right. I'm only in my sixties, and my hair is already so white. If I work for a few more years, how many years do I have left to live? He's a good person. How many such helpful handymen do we have in our sect?"

It seems like there isn't a single one! Xiao Li is a good person to work with; he really steps up when needed! Since he insists, let him go. We can always take better care of him in the future and compensate him in other ways.

After Liu San understood, he stopped insisting and said:

"Alright then, sigh, I'm getting old, so I'll have to trouble you, Xiao Li. From now on, just call me 'Brother,' don't call me 'Senior Brother,' that sounds too distant. You're a great friend, I've decided to be your brother!"

Li Heng waved his hand, telling Liu San to go and rest first. Then he went directly to the alchemy furnace, put on protective gloves, took out the waste pills from the furnace, wrapped them in special paper, and disposed of them himself, either burying them in the ground or burning them.

Anyway, just get rid of it. The sect won't care. Everyone stays far away from things that shorten one's lifespan. After all, lifespan is very precious in the cultivation world. Cultivation is not enough, so where would one have extra lifespan to waste!

After wrapping it up, Li Heng said to Liu San, who was cleaning up nearby, "Brother, I'll wrap up the waste pills and take them to get rid of them. You just need to finish cleaning up."

Liu San was deeply moved and said, "Little Li, be careful! Be careful not to let this stuff leak out. Don't get involved with it, it'll shorten your lifespan!"

"Brother, I know, I'm leaving."

Liu San watched Li Heng walk away, and a smile immediately spread through his mind. How wonderful it would be if Li Heng came every day to help him deal with the waste pills!

However, he clearly knew that this was unrealistic. It was already a favor that someone would risk shortening their lifespan to help you deal with your useless pills once. Did you really expect them to keep helping you deal with useless pills? You'd be a living devil!

......

Despite carrying the discarded pills, Li Heng remained calm and composed as he leisurely returned to his residence.

He closed the doors and windows and quickly hid the discarded pills under the bed.

Then, he went out again.

He still remembered that there were two other alchemy rooms where alchemists were refining pills, and they were probably almost finished by now.

If another alchemist fails to refine an elixir, wouldn't I have another chance to profit from it?