Wild Dogs

As Wang Mazi continued his explanation, Yang Fan felt a chill run down his spine.

"Does that mean all the men who go up there will be targeted by Fairy Bai Feng?"

"Uh, it's not that serious. As long as there's something important to do, or if Fairy Bai Feng isn't around, it's not a big deal."

"That's good."

Yang Fan breathed a slight sigh of relief.

He also felt that it was inappropriate to kill innocent people indiscriminately.

"What, nobody wants to go?"

Grandmaster Qingyang's expression was rather unpleasant.

"you go!"

Just then, one of the disciples standing in front suddenly pointed at Wang Mazi.

"Me, I'll go?"

Wang Mazi was so frightened that he trembled and almost collapsed to the ground, but Yang Fan caught him and prevented him from falling.

"Alright, then take these pills up the mountain."

Seeing that Yang Fan had stepped forward, Patriarch Qingyang was very satisfied.

As Yang Fan picked up the pill, the Qingyang Patriarch casually tossed him two spirit stones.

"Here's your reward, take it!"

Yang Fan hurriedly stuffed the spirit stones into his pocket with profuse thanks and walked out of the main hall with the pills.

Red Lotus Peak was not close to this place. It took Yang Fan half an hour to reach the foot of Red Lotus Peak.

"What do you do?"

Two fierce-looking female cultivators blocked Yang Fan's way.

Yang Fan hurriedly picked up the porcelain bottle.

"My two fairies, I have been sent here by my grandmaster Qingyang to deliver elixirs."

"This is the Rejuvenation Pill, please take a look."

A female cultivator took the porcelain bottle, opened it, glanced at it, and nodded.

"It is indeed a Rejuvenation Pill. Grandmaster Bai Feng is not on the mountain. Take the pill to Aunt Mingyue and give it to her."

"Keep going up this road, there's a cave with the words 'Bright Moon' written on the outside. Don't go to the wrong one, or I'll gouge out your eyes and cut out your tongue."

Upon hearing this, Yang Fan hurriedly nodded and carried the pills up the bluestone path of Red Lotus Peak.

Female cultivators would occasionally glance over curiously, but Yang Fan always kept his head down and ignored them.

He was thinking about how to find Xu Longyue after giving the elixir to this Fairy Mingyue.

After walking for a while, a cave appeared ahead.

Yang Fan glanced over the cave dwellings, and upon seeing the words "Bright Moon," he immediately took the pills and walked to the front of the cave dwelling.

"Immortal Qi, this humble servant Yang Fan from the Pill Hall has been sent by Grandmaster Qingyang to deliver the pills."

After the shout, a sound came from the doorway, the cave door opened, and a clear, cold voice came out.

"Come in."

Yang Fan dared not delay and hurriedly took the pills inside.

He didn't dare to look up, but simply held the pills in his hands.

Then a gust of wind blew past him, and the pills were taken away from him in the air.

"Yes, it is indeed a Rejuvenation Pill. Alright, you may leave now."

"yes!"

Yang Fan hurriedly left the cave. As he hesitated about whether to go find Xu Longyue, a figure followed him out of the cave.

Yang Fan didn't dare to raise his head at all, and just retreated timidly.

"Don't be afraid, it's me."

Hearing a somewhat familiar voice, Yang Fan looked up and saw it was Xu Longyue.

"Didn't you have the Ascension Token? Why are you working as a handyman in the Pill Hall?"

Yang Fan dared not tell the truth and could only give vague answers.

Xu Longyue, being intelligent and perceptive, naturally guessed what had probably happened and couldn't help but sigh.

"Since the Ascension Token is useless, you might as well come down the mountain."

Yang Fan shook his head.

"I've long lost my home, and even if I go down the mountain, I'll have nowhere to go."

What he's doing now will surely lead to his death if exposed; he can't drag his family down with him.

"What?"

Hearing this, a flash of sympathy crossed Xu Longyue's eyes.

Not long after the massacre of the Xu family, she was heartbroken day and night.

Hearing how pitiful Yang Fan was, she felt a pang of pity.

"Fine, since I brought you into the sect, it wouldn't be right to ignore you."

As she spoke, Xu Longyue handed him a thin book.

"This is the [Clear Breeze Technique]. Although it's just a beginner-level technique, it should still be useful to you. You should practice this technique."

"Once you are strong enough to protect yourself, come down the mountain. This place is not for you."

Yang Fan took the booklet and stood there, frozen in place.

The sleeping potion that was originally intended to be used could no longer be administered.

"Also, the sect has a rule that servants are not allowed to learn cultivation techniques, so you'd better keep this hidden."

Xu Longyue gracefully departed, leaving behind only a wisp of fragrant breeze.

Yang Fan held the [Qingfeng Jue] and felt a mix of emotions.

Fortunately, he remembered Xu Longyue's words and hurriedly and carefully put the Qingfeng Technique into the small cauldron.

After returning to the main hall, Master Qingyang had already left. Wang Mazi walked over and grabbed Yang Fan's hand.

"Brother, you saved me!"

Wang Mazi gripped Yang Fan's hand tightly, tears welling up in his eyes.

"Don't say anything more. From now on, as long as I have food to eat, you'll have soup to drink too."

"We share both good times and bad!"

Yang Fan thought he was going to offer him half a bite of food, but it turned out he was just offering him soup.

Well, it's good enough that there's soup at all.

"Senior brother, actually Red Lotus Peak isn't that dangerous."

Yang Fan wanted to explain, but Wang Mazi was already convinced that Yang Fan was the one who saved him.

"Junior brother, you have no idea how hard my life has been!"

Wang Mazi pointed to his face as he spoke.

"My senior brother is disliked by everyone because of his pockmarked face. The women on Red Lotus Peak also judge people by their looks. If I went there with this face, I would definitely die."

"Although you're young, you're quite good-looking. See, those women really let you go."

Listening to Wang Mazi's tearful complaints, Yang Fan could only helplessly go along with him.

"By the way, junior brother, did Grandmaster Qingyang give you two spirit stones?"

Yang Fan was speechless as he watched Wang Mazi rubbing his hands incessantly.

Well, we just agreed to share the good fortune, and now this Wang Mazi wants a share of his spirit stones.

Yang Fan reluctantly took out two spirit stones.

"Hehe, don't worry, junior brother, I'm not that greedy. You take one piece, I'll take one piece!"

Wang Mazi carefully put away a spirit stone.

"Junior brother, remember this: these spirit stones are extremely precious. You must not let Chief Zhou find out, or we'll both be in deep trouble."

Yang Fan nodded and put the spirit stone into his pocket.

Because the pills were successfully refined this time, there was little furnace ash and no wasted pills.

"By the way, senior brother, I'd like to go down the mountain in a few days for a trip. Is that alright?"

Yang Fan tentatively looked at Wang Mazi.

"Sure, we handymen get one day off a month. I'll take care of you then, you just need to go down the mountain. But you have to make it clear to Head Zhou in advance."

At this point, Wang Mazi lowered his voice.

"Zhou Bantou is a big drinker. Just tell him you're going down the mountain to get him some good wine, and he'll turn a blind eye."

If you have something you like, things will be much easier.

Yang Fan breathed a slight sigh of relief.

With the month-long deadline fast approaching, Yang Fan needs to go down the mountain to get some antidote.

He couldn't gamble with his life.

After dinner, the two returned to their respective rooms.

After playing with Xiao Hei for a while, Yang Fan closed the doors and windows before carefully taking out the small cauldron.

After staying on the mountain for so long, I can finally learn immortal techniques.

Yang Fan excitedly reached out towards the small cauldron, but his expression changed slightly after he touched the contents inside.

"No, something's changed!"

During the day, Xu Longyue had given him a thin book, but now the material seemed to have changed when he touched it.

Yang Fan hurriedly took the items out.

His expression changed drastically after just one glance.

The original handwritten copy of the "Qingfeng Jue" has disappeared.

Before him was a book that shimmered with light, made of neither gold nor jade.

【Qingyun Ascension Scripture - Qi Refining Chapter】

"What is this thing? Isn't it the Qingfeng Jue? How did it turn into the Qingyun Yuhua Jing?"

Yang Fan stared at the book in disbelief, his hands trembling uncontrollably.

"Could it be that this thing can not only turn trash into treasure, but also enhance immortal techniques?!"

Yang Fan excitedly bit his arm until it bled before stopping.

"My darling, my precious baby!"

"Whether I can turn my life around depends on you, my precious treasure."

Yang Fan immediately opened the Azure Cloud Ascension Scripture and eagerly read its contents.

After quickly reading through the book, Yang Fan immediately began practicing with great enthusiasm.

This Azure Cloud Ascension Scripture only contains the Qi Refining Chapter, but Yang Fan doesn't need the later chapters for now; he'll just have to get through this first.

Yang Fan immediately sat down cross-legged and began to sense the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, as instructed in the Qingyun Feather Transformation Scripture.

The first stage of cultivating immortality is Qi Refining, which involves refining external spiritual energy into the body.

To cultivate Qi, one must first sense the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

However, after sitting cross-legged in the wooden house for two whole hours, Yang Fan did not sense anything at all.

"Is everyone this slow?"

Yang Fan was somewhat puzzled, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt it was impossible.

"How could it be so slow? I must have done something wrong!"

Yang Fan continued to try to sense the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, but after sitting there for most of the day, there was still no reaction.

He seemed completely unable to sense the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

"Could it be that my hidden spiritual root is really useless?"

Yang Fan looked somewhat dejected.

He couldn't cultivate before because he lacked magical techniques.

Even though he now possesses immortal techniques, he still cannot sense spiritual energy.

"Never mind, it's getting late, let's talk about it tomorrow."

With that, Yang Fan put the immortal technique and the small cauldron back into his body.

Lying on the bed, Yang Fan was still unwilling to give up. He tried to sense the spiritual energy of heaven and earth as the immortal scripture had instructed.

Just then, everything around seemed to change.

Auras of various colors passed through his body.

"This...this must be spiritual energy!"

Yang Fan sat up excitedly. He immediately took out the small cauldron and continued to cultivate according to the instructions of the immortal technique.

But this time he couldn't sense any spiritual energy.

"It seems that everything is because of this small cauldron."

After several attempts, Yang Fan figured out that he could sense spiritual energy every time he put the small cauldron into his body.

"I have a hidden spiritual root, which appears and disappears intermittently, making it difficult for me to sense spiritual energy."

"But this little cauldron is extraordinary. With it, as long as I cultivate according to the immortal techniques, I can sense spiritual energy at any time!"

Yang Fan was extremely excited. He put away the small cauldron and immediately tried to introduce spiritual energy into his body.

The lights in Yang Fan's wooden house stayed on all night.

The next morning, Yang Fan left the cabin yawning.

After a hard night, he was finally able to sense spiritual energy and even tried to draw it into his body.

Next, as long as you can refine the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, you will have reached the first level of Qi Refining.