Wild Dogs

Yang Fan was taken aback and picked up the booklet.

"Insights into Alchemy"

The cover is quite old; it looks like it's been around for a while.

Yang Fan glanced through it; it contained instructions on how to refine pills and the details to pay attention to during the process.

The contents of this booklet are quite valuable; it's clear that this young girl values ​​the heirloom left by her grandfather.

However, out of gratitude for the ten spirit stones Yang Fan gave her, she took out her alchemy insights.

Hopefully, those ten spirit stones will be of some help to her.

Yang Fan sighed, walked around the surrounding stalls, and prepared to leave the market.

He was very careful, and only left hastily after making sure no one was following him.

After leaving the market, Yang Fan changed back into his previous clothes and headed towards the Pill Hall.

Just to be on the safe side, Yang Fan put all the items he traded at the stall into the small cauldron, leaving only a dozen or so spirit stones and the token for going up the mountain in his storage bag.

That way, even if someone searches his place, most of his belongings won't be taken.

When he returned to Qingyun Temple, it was almost dark. He hurried to the cave of Qingyang Zhenren.

"Grandmaster, the matters at Sword Forging Valley have been completed. Please give us your orders."

Yang Fan respectfully bowed towards the cave entrance.

"Yes, Xuan Yang told me that you did a great job. You can go to the Pill Hall and get busy. We might need your help from the Sword Forging Valley in a while."

Will I need your help again in a while?

Yang Fan was somewhat surprised.

The business in Sword Forging Valley is far too good.

However, he didn't dare to ask any more questions and could only politely bow and leave, heading towards the Pill Hall.

"Oh, Junior Brother Yang is back?"

Just as Yang Fan arrived at the Pill Hall and was about to go back to his room to rest, a familiar voice came from there.

Senior Brother Chen walked over from the side, his face beaming.

Clearly, he must have been waiting nearby for a while.

"I came here early because I heard that things were over at Sword Forging Valley. I didn't expect my junior brother to be back so soon."

Yang Fan felt a chill run down his spine.

If Senior Brother Chen finds out that he went to the market, it will be troublesome.

Thinking of this, he pretended to be simple-minded and scratched his head.

"Hey, one of my senior brothers over there had some problems with his weapons, so I helped him out a little."

Unless this senior brother Chen goes over and questions them one by one, he won't get any clear answers.

Senior Brother Chen didn't ask any further questions. After all, what could Yang Fan, with only a hidden spiritual root, possibly do?

"Really? I heard that everyone who helped out there these past few days received quite a few spirit stones..."

Before he could finish speaking, Yang Fan immediately relaxed.

He thought his senior brother had discovered something and was questioning him, only to find out that he just wanted to get some spirit stones from him.

Yang Fan nodded, feigning nervousness.

"Yes, senior brother, there's a benefit of receiving one spirit stone every day..."

"One spirit stone a day, that's quite a lot! As a Qi Refining stage disciple, I only earn ten spirit stones a month..."

"Thank you for your hard work, senior brother!"

Yang Fan wasn't stupid, and he quickly handed over the storage bag with both hands.

"Oh, I can't accept this."

Senior Brother Chen opened his storage bag with a smile and took out all the spirit stones.

"You've earned over ten spirit stones in these ten days, which is more than what my senior brother earns. I really envy someone like you who has a skill."

As he spoke, he grabbed seven spirit stones, stuffed them into his storage bag, put the remaining four spirit stones into his storage bag, and tossed them back to Yang Fan.

"Junior Brother Yang, I'm a little short on money lately. Would it be alright if I lent you some spirit stones?"

"Senior brother, you flatter me. If it weren't for your help, I wouldn't be able to stand here in the Pill Hall."

Yang Fan felt contempt in his heart, but his face remained calm.

"Besides, given our relationship, lending them would make us distant. So, I'll give those spirit stones to my senior brother."

"Hmm, good. You're so generous, junior brother. Is there anything you need help with, junior brother? I'll help you solve it."

As he spoke, Senior Brother Chen patted Yang Fan on the shoulder and lowered his voice.

"If you're willing, I'll get rid of Chief Zhou, and you can be the chief from now on, how about that?"

Yang Fan felt a chill run down his spine and shook his head slightly.

"No need, no need, Junior Brother, you should stay in the front hall."

Although he didn't get along with Zhou Bantou, he didn't have the energy to manage these menial tasks.

"Have you thought this through? There's a lot of money to be made with Zhou Bantou."

Senior Brother Chen tried to persuade Yang Fan, but Yang Fan just shook his head, looking obedient.

"Alright, since you don't have this idea, I won't force you. Just keep doing it for now."

Now that he had the spirit stones, Senior Brother Chen didn't stay any longer and immediately flew away on his sword.

"There's still something to be gained from this kid. Don't kill him yet, or we'll have trouble explaining it to Sword Forging Valley."

"We'll kill him after we're done with things at Sword Forging Valley."

"But how are we going to explain this to Senior Brother Wang Yu? He specifically asked me to kill this kid."

While playing with the spirit stones, Senior Brother Chen pondered how to deal with Yang Fan next.

On the other side, Yang Fan respectfully bowed in the direction where Senior Brother Chen had gone. Once Senior Brother Chen was gone, Yang Fan's expression darkened.

"Pah! How shameless!"

"One day, you'll make me vomit up twice as much as I ate today."

Back on the hill, I greeted Zhou, the squad leader.

Zhou Bantou was extremely polite to Yang Fan.

Since Yang Fan has become the alchemist apprentice of Grandmaster Qingyang, he is no longer someone Qingyang should provoke.

"Senior Brother Yang, if you need anything in the future, just tell me and I will do my best."

Looking at Zhou Bantou's obsequious manner, Yang Fan felt a pang of sadness.

A little over a month ago, Zhou Bantou wasn't like this at all.

However, thinking about the trouble he would face next, Yang Fan sighed helplessly.

Although the location of the wooden sword has now been determined.

He wasn't sure how to explain things if he went down the mountain in a few more days.

"It's nothing. I'll be going down the mountain in a few days. Keep a close eye on them then, and make sure they don't make any mistakes in their alchemy."

Zhou, the squad leader, nodded and agreed meekly.

After circling around the back mountain, Xiao Hei, who had been hiding in the shadows, immediately jumped out excitedly.

"Haha, how did you grow so much in less than ten days?"

Xiao Hei had clearly grown a size larger, which surprised Yang Fan.

With the amount of food he left for Xiao Hei, Xiao Hei won't grow very big.

Little Black must have eaten something nearby to grow so fast.

"Why don't you stay on the back mountain?"

The cabin is too small, and Yang Fan said he would be going down the mountain from time to time, so it might be safer to leave Xiao Hei in the back mountain.

After thinking for a moment, Yang Fan took out the meat of those demonic beasts from the small cauldron.

"Such a strong fragrance."

As soon as the monster meat was taken out, a strange aroma wafted out.

Little Black excitedly pounced on the monster meat and began to eat it in large mouthfuls.

"Then you can stay here in the back mountain from now on."

The meat has such a strong aroma; if we bring it to the cabin, the others will definitely notice something is wrong. It's better to leave it in the back mountain.

Yang Fan patted Xiao Hei's head and returned to the wooden house.

After closing the doors and windows, Yang Fan took out the small cauldron and carefully checked its contents.

What he cared about most was that flying needle talisman.

"The jade box has become like this?"

Looking at the jade box that had become incredibly exquisite, Yang Fan excitedly opened it, and then he was pleasantly surprised to see that the dilapidated talisman inside had been completely renewed.

Although the flying needles and patterns on it remained unchanged, it was clear that the talisman had become completely new.

"In this way, the talisman can be used ten more times."

He essentially bought a brand new talisman for one-tenth of the price.

"It's a pity. Only those at the sixth level of Qi Refining can activate this flying needle talisman by using their full strength. I still need to improve my strength quickly."

Yang Fan sighed and put the talisman aside.

I wonder if the other talismans have changed?

He hurriedly opened the other two jade boxes.

Inside the jade box containing the golden shield talisman, the golden light emanating from the talisman had become noticeably stronger, clearly better than before.

"I heard from Elder Shi before that this talisman could withstand an attack from someone below the seventh level of the Qi Refining stage. Now that the talisman has become even stronger, I am even safer."

He carefully put away the two golden shield talismans and turned his gaze to the explosive talisman beside him.

All five explosive talismans were now enveloped in red light, looking extremely dangerous.

"This should be considered a top-grade talisman, right?"

Yang Fan was also startled.

When he bought this talisman, Elder Shi said it was a high-grade explosive talisman, and with some improvement, it should be a top-grade talisman.

"With this talisman, once the Gu worms are released, we will be more confident in dealing with that True Man Beiming."

Yang Fan was still unsure of Bei Ming Zhenren's strength, but that was all he could do for now.

However, judging from the fact that Master Beiming dared not go up the mountain but only dared to send Yang Fan up to search for treasures, this person's strength should not be too great.

After carefully putting away these trump cards, Yang Fan slowly examined the items he had bought from the girl's stall.

Looking at the brand-new alchemy furnace, Yang Fan's eyes burned with fervor.

Although the alchemy furnace is not large, it looks to be of very good quality.

"Great, I can use this alchemy furnace whenever I want to refine pills in the future."

However, he doesn't know how to refine pills yet, so the pill-refining furnace is not needed for the time being.

After putting away the alchemy furnace, Yang Fan looked at the three booklets.

Of these three booklets, only the one titled "Experiences in Alchemy" is still basically intact; the other two are completely unrecognizable.

Yang Fan was very curious about the other two booklets, wondering what they were.