Extracting all things: My attributes grow infinitely.

Yun Danzi took out a communication jade talisman from his bosom and infused it with a divine thought.

Before long, there was a knock on the door.

"Come in."

Yun Danzi's voice regained its usual dignified tone.

The formation slowly activated.

Two figures walked in one after the other.

The man on the left was thin and had a sharp, capable-looking face. His eyes darted around quickly. As soon as he entered, he habitually scanned the room, his gaze lingering on Jiang Chuan for a moment before quickly looking away without making a sound.

The man on the right was a big, burly man with an honest and simple face. As soon as he entered the door, he bowed his head properly, put his hands at his sides, and stood in a very respectful posture.

Yun Danzi cleared her throat.

He introduced the two men, saying, "This is Jiang Chuan. From today onwards, he will be your senior brother. You must take good care of him and not neglect him."

The tall, thin man was taken aback at first, then immediately put on a smile and cupped his hands in greeting to Jiang Chuan: "I am Zhao Kuo, greetings Senior Brother Jiang! If there is anything you need in the alchemy room in the future, just give the order."

Another honest-looking man also bowed deeply in a deep voice: "I am Shi An, greetings, senior brother."

Jiang Chuan waved his hand without saying a word. A bright blue light suddenly shone behind his head, and the Heavenly Wall form instantly unfolded, enveloping the entire room.

Zhao Kuo's expression changed slightly, and he subconsciously took half a step back, looking at Yun Danzi with a surprised expression:

"Master, what is this...!"

Yun Danzi stood motionless, her calm expression sending a chill down their spines.

Jiang Chuan reached out with his right hand, and the warm starlight poured down from the center of the treasure mirror, like a flowing galaxy, rolling straight towards the two of them.

Both of them were only at the Qi Connoisseurship Realm, and in front of Jiang Chuan, who already possessed the Qi Refining Realm, they didn't even have the right to struggle.

Three breaths later, the struggle in their eyes vanished completely, replaced by fervent worship.

"Your subordinates Zhao Kuo and Shi An greet our master!"

"Alright, you can all go now."

Jiang Chuan said casually.

Controlling these two was merely to protect his own identity from being exposed; Jiang Chuan didn't expect to get anything out of them.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Tian suddenly spoke up: "Master, there is something I am not sure if I should say."

"Um?"

Jiang Chuan glanced at him indifferently.

Zhao Tian glanced at Yun Danzi, looking somewhat embarrassed, and said, "Master, although I am Master Yun's alchemy apprentice, I actually have another identity in secret: I am a spy planted by Alchemist Shen Henian beside Master Yun..."

Upon hearing this, even Yun Danzi was stunned.

"What did you say?"

Yun Danzi's expression changed, and he stared at Zhao Kuo in disbelief: "I personally selected you from the outer disciples five years ago. At that time, your aptitude was mediocre, your background was clean, and I personally investigated your background. How could you possibly be Shen Henian's person?!"

Zhao Kuo replied without changing his expression: "I am indeed a person planted by Master Shen. Five years ago, when the outer sect was selecting alchemy apprentices, Master Shen knew your selection criteria in advance and deliberately forged my resume. He also spent a lot of money to bribe the two disciples in charge of registration at the time, so that my fake resume could be mixed into the list of candidates. The information you saw when you checked it yourself was all fake from beginning to end."

Yun Danzi's face immediately turned pale and then flushed.

His trusted confidant, whom he had used for five whole years, turned out to be a spy planted by someone else from beginning to end.

Even more deadly is...

In those five years, Zhao Kuo handled countless shady dealings for him.

If any one of those things were reported to the Enforcement Hall, it would be enough to make him suffer a terrible fate.

And he actually thought he had a discerning eye and had chosen a loyal and capable helper!

He clenched his fists so tightly his knuckles cracked, and squeezed out a few words through his teeth: "Shen Henian... Old man Shen! How dare you plant a traitor right under my nose! This is simply outrageous!"

Jiang Chuan glanced at him, but didn't rub salt into his wounds. He turned to Zhao Kuo and asked, "Shen Henian sent you here just to keep an eye on Yun Danzi?"

"Master, it's not just that."

Now that Zhao Kuo had spoken, he had no intention of hiding anything and told the whole story in one breath: "Shen Henian sent his subordinates here, firstly to monitor Master Yun, and secondly, to have his subordinates secretly tamper with Master Yun's alchemy..."

Yun Danzi, his face ashen, retorted, "No wonder I've been wasting more and more pills these past two years... I thought my skills had deteriorated, but it turns out it was you, you scoundrel, who was behind it all!"

"I was just following orders."

Zhao Kuo did not offer any explanation; he simply stated the facts.

"Alright."

Jiang Chuan, too lazy to listen to the two dredging up old grievances, asked, "What's the situation with this Shen Henian? What grudge do you have against him that would make him go to such lengths to plant a spy by your side?"

Yun Danzi took a deep breath, suppressed her anger, turned around and cupped her hands in a gesture of respect to Jiang Chuan, her tone tinged with bitter helplessness.

"Reporting to Master, there is indeed no personal grudge between Shen Henian and me, but if we were to talk about a conflict, there is one."

He gathered his thoughts and continued, "Yuanling Mountain has a tradition of holding a Pill Gathering every ten years, which all alchemists can participate in. The top ten winners of the Pill Gathering will be given the opportunity to listen to the teachings of the Heavenly Fire Alchemist."

"The Heavenly Fire Alchemist imparting his teachings?"

Jiang Chuan's gaze narrowed slightly.

"Exactly."

Yun Danzi's tone became solemn, "Those Heavenly Fire Alchemists on Yuanling Mountain are all important figures who are on par with the Mountain Lord. Their alchemy skills have reached a level that ordinary alchemists can hardly hope to match in their entire lives. To be able to personally hear their teachings once is, without exaggeration, equivalent to a hundred years of hard work for us!"

"Moreover, for us Earth Fire Alchemists, this is one of the few ways to advance. Without the guidance of Heaven Fire Alchemists, it would be difficult to even touch the threshold of advancement if we relied solely on our own exploration, even if we spent our entire lives trying."

At this point, he gritted his teeth: "The Profound Origin Condensing True Pill that I'm refining is my trump card for the Pill Gathering in half a month. The Profound Origin Condensing True Pill is a top-grade spiritual pill, and I don't know how much effort I've put into this batch... Who would have thought that Shen Henian would be monitoring my progress all along!"

"Since he knows that his subordinate is going to refine the Profound Origin Condensing True Pill, he will definitely take countermeasures in advance. He will either refine a pill of a higher grade than the Profound Origin Condensing True Pill, or he will tamper with the subordinate's pill formula and embarrass the subordinate in public at the pill gathering!"

"That method is fucking insidious!"

Jiang Chuan listened quietly as he finished telling his story, his fingers lightly tapping the armrest of his chair, lost in thought.

half an hour.

A playful smile appeared on his lips.

"So, Shen Henian doesn't know yet that you've betrayed him."

Zhao Kuo immediately replied, "Yes, Master, that's exactly right. In recent years, I've passed on a lot of important intelligence to Master Shen. He has long believed in my identity and would never guess that I've already abandoned the darkness and joined the light!"

Upon hearing this, Yun Danzi was immediately so angry that he gritted his teeth.