Chapter 260
byThis line of bright red small characters highlights the domineering and extraordinary spirit of the Medicine King Valley.
Only the people of the Medicine King Valley would dare to erect such a majestic stone tablet in front of their own door.
There was no one guarding at the foot of the mountain, and Qin Ze led the crowd to start climbing the mountain.
Dong Qingyan walked side by side with Qin Ze, and then came the three Medicine King Valley disciples. Yang Kai, with his hands behind his back, walked at the end.
The three young Medicine King Valley disciples looked at Dong Qingyan with envy, and there was also some admiration and even love in their eyes. On the contrary, they still looked down on Yang Kai and didn’t even bother to say a word to him.
Alchemists are all a group of guys who are not good at communicating with others and are arrogant.
This is even more true for the alchemists of the Medicine King Valley！
Dong Qingyan has an extraordinary background and is naturally beautiful, so she naturally attracts their attention. Although Yang Kai has also passed the test set by Master Xiao and has the qualification to worship into Yunyin Peak, in essence, he is just a small bodyguard with a low status. How could they lower their status to make friends with him?
Since they didn’t speak, Yang Kai was also like a silent gourd, secretly observing while walking up.
Dong Qingyan, on the other hand, was like a sparrow. Ever since she set foot on the rugged mountain path beneath her feet, she had been chattering non-stop with questions. She was about to enter the holy land in her heart and was about to meet the senior masters she admired. Dong Qingyan was very nervous and also very expectant.
Qin Ze didn’t talk much and was mostly silent, but in the face of Dong Qingyan’s inquiries, he also answered them carefully one by one without the slightest sign of impatience.
By listening to the conversation between the two of them, Yang Kai also learned some things.
In the line of Yunyin Peak, there has only been one alchemist, Xiao Fusheng, sitting in town since decades ago. Besides two maids who served and took care of him, there is no one else.
Moreover, these two maids are both ordinary people who have never practiced.
Xiao Fusheng was obsessed with alchemy all his life, never married and never accepted apprentices. It was not until this year that he changed his mind and decided to pass on what he had learned in his life.
So there was the test today.
“Why did the master suddenly change his mind？” Dong Qingyan asked curiously.
Qin Ze’s expression darkened and he didn’t answer. After pondering for a moment, he said, “What my uncle thinks, I don’t dare to speculate randomly. Wait until one day when you ask him in person.”
“Oh.”
The first half of Yunyin Peak was nothing special. What could be seen was all jagged rocks. The mountain forest was beautiful and sometimes some wild beasts would appear, all small things like rabbits and roe deer, not posing any danger.
But in the second half, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth rushed towards them. It made people feel relaxed and happy, and extremely comfortable. There were many strange flowers and rare herbs in the mountains, growing there blatantly, Youdaoplaceholder0 in the wind, with a wide variety, making people dazzled.
“There are so many herbal medicines. Didn’t anyone come up secretly to pick them？” Dong Qingyan asked curiously as she walked along. She didn’t see anyone guarding the mountain forest.
“Who dares！” Qin Ze snorted coldly. “Whoever dares to touch the herbal medicines of the Medicine King Valley will have all his nine generations of ancestors wiped out！”
When this murderous sentence was said, Dong Qingyan quickly stuck out her tongue.
The herbal medicines planted in the mountain forest must not be too precious. It is obviously not cost-effective to offend the Medicine King Valley for these things.
Half an hour later, everyone came to the top of the mountain. There was a row of houses on the top of the mountain, not many in number, probably only seven or eight. More than half of them were newly built.
They should be the residences prepared by Xiao Fusheng for his disciples.
Arriving here, Qin Ze stopped and turned to the three Medicine King Valley disciples and said, “You just wait here.”
When the three of them heard this, they immediately put on a flattering face and said with a smile, “Uncle, we also want to go in.”
“What are you going in for?” Qin Ze said unhappily.
One person had a look of yearning on his face： “Since we entered the Medicine King Valley until now, we have only seen Grand-uncle Xiao from a distance. Now that we are all here… Hehe.”
Qin Ze furrowed his brows and pondered for a moment, then nodded and said, “Well, then you all must not speak later. Your grand-uncle doesn’t like to be disturbed by others.”
“Yes. We promise not to speak.” The three of them immediately became elated.
Yang Kai observed their expressions from the side and noticed that in addition to the joy on their faces, there was also a hint of awe. Even Qin Ze had a serious expression.
It seems that Xiao Fusheng’s reputation among alchemists far exceeds his imagination.
Even these disciples of the Medicine King Valley consider it an honor to see him once.
Led by Qin Ze, a group of people walked straight towards that row of houses.
Before they could get close, two beautiful women came towards them. Both of these beautiful women had plump figures and beautiful appearances. There was a hint of faint charm and faint dignity between their brows, and they had a shallow smile.
At first glance, the two beautiful women looked to be only twenty-five or twenty-six years old.
In fact, both of them were already over forty.
Because as early as twenty-five years ago, they had come to Cloud Hidden Peak to serve Xiao Fusheng. Twenty-five years ago, they were only sixteen or seventeen years old.
These two beautiful women were both ordinary people who had never cultivated, but they could still maintain their youth and their complexions did not fade. They were even better maintained than many martial artists. All of this was due to Xiao Fusheng’s methods.
Seeing the two beautiful women walking over, Qin Ze quickly cupped his fists, not daring to show the slightest disrespect, and said respectfully, “Two ladies, please report to Martial Uncle that the people he wants have been brought here by me.”
“Are these the two？” One of the beautiful women in a long moon-white dress looked at Dong Qingyan and Yang Kai with a smile.
“Greetings, senior！” Dong Qingyan also knew the rules of etiquette, and she and Yang Kai quickly saluted.
The beautiful woman chuckled and said, “Just call me Aunt Xiang, and this is Aunt Lan.”
Dong Qingyan giggled and obediently saluted again.
Aunt Xiang added, There’s no need to be so reserved here. Just treat it as your own home. You two will have to live here for a long time in the future. If you’re too constrained, you’ll be uncomfortable, and so will we.
The other beautiful woman, Aunt Lan, said with a smile, “When we came to Cloud Hidden Peak all those years ago, we were about the same age as you. In the blink of an eye, more than twenty years have passed.”
Seeing that the two of them were so kind, the nervous look on Dong Qingyan’s face gradually relaxed.
“Two ladies, Martial Uncle he…” After they finished their greetings, Qin Ze respectfully asked for instructions.
“The Grandmaster is refining pills. The news from the foot of the mountain has already been passed back. You should go back first. After the Grandmaster finishes refining that furnace of pills, he will naturally meet with them.”
Hearing this, not only did the three young disciples of Medicine King Valley look depressed, but even Qin Ze showed a slight disappointment.
“Thank you two！” Qin Ze quickly adjusted his expression, cupped his fists, and led the three Medicine King Valley disciples away.
After they left, the two beautiful women then beckoned to Yang Kai and Dong Qingyan, arranging accommodation for them with smiles on their faces.
For many years, there have only been the three of them – them and Xiao Fusheng – on Cloud Hidden Peak. Xiao Fusheng often goes into seclusion to refine pills and doesn’t show up for more than ten days. The two of them have depended on each other as companions for so many years. Now that Yang Kai and Dong Qingyan have come, there is a lot more vitality, and naturally they are happy.
Cloud Hidden Peak is not like other side peaks. There is nothing much to pay attention to, and there are not so many rules and regulations to restrain. Everything is very free.
After arranging the accommodation for Yang Kai and Dong Qingyan, the two women then left.
Yang Kai and Dong Qingyan lived on Cloud Hidden Peak for three consecutive days, and Xiao Fusheng still didn’t show up. Only the two beautiful women often came to see Yang Kai and Dong Qingyan, inquiring about their well-being.
Three days later, just as Dong Qingyan was muttering to herself, wondering when Xiao Fusheng would come out of seclusion, a powerful energy fluctuation suddenly came from not far away.
Yang Kai’s expression changed slightly. He exchanged a glance with Dong Qingyan and quickly rushed out of the house.
The two beautiful women had also walked out and were staring blankly at a room.
This was Xiao Fusheng’s residence.
In a short while, the door opened, and an old man with white hair and beard, about sixty years old, walked out from inside. The old man had a peaceful face, but at this moment, his brows were tightly furrowed. He was holding a golden pill in his hand and frowning and observing it as he walked.
Dong Qingyan suddenly became nervous.
The person she had always worshipped in her heart appeared right in front of her eyes. One can imagine her mood.
Yang Kai was also sizing up this legendary figure in the alchemy world and suddenly discovered that there was not a trace of Yuan Qi fluctuation on this person. He was just like an ordinary old man, plain and unremarkable.
But Xiao Fusheng could not possibly be an ordinary person. He was at least a Divine Movement Jing expert.
Yang Kai could not help but be solemn. To be able to converge one’s essence to such an extent, this Xiao Fusheng was not simple！
“No Dan Marks, no Dan Marks… What use is it to me without Dan Marks.” Xiao Fusheng muttered a few times with a pained expression on his face and let out a long sigh.
Yang Kai took a glance at the pill in his hand and found that this pill was full of spiritual energy. Even from a few zhang away, one could smell the fragrance of the pill, and it was round and full, clearly a good pill above the Heaven Rank.
But now this pill was actually belittled by Xiao Fusheng as worthless.
“Master.” Xiang Yi, one of the two beautiful women, called out softly, “The person has already come.”
“Hm？” Only then did Xiao Fusheng come back to his senses from his deep thought. He casually threw the pill in his hand to one of the beautiful women and then looked at Yang Kai and Dong Qingyan with great interest.
“Hm, not bad, not bad！” After walking around Dong Qingyan a few times, Xiao Fusheng praised repeatedly.
By this time, Dong Qingyan instead put on a small serious face, looking very proper and not daring to move at all.
Walking around Yang Kai for a few more circles, Xiao Fusheng suddenly frowned and said, “Not bad either, but too much killing intent！”
Yang Kai’s heart froze.
Xiao Fusheng, however, brushed it aside lightly and said, “Both of you stretch out your hands.”
Yang Kai and Dong Qingyan obediently stretched out a hand. Xiao Fusheng flicked his fingers and touched the wrists of the two. After probing for a while, a smile spread across his old face, and his eyes shone slightly as he looked at Yang Kai with great significance and said, “You faked it during the test！”
Yang Kai was stunned for a moment, and then smiled awkwardly and said, “Senior has sharp eyes.”
Dong Qingyan was dumbfounded on the spot and quickly defended Yang Kai, saying, “He didn’t fake it! He took that poisoned pill and also forced out the poisonous gas. How could he have faked it？”
Xiao Fusheng said with a smile, “I’m not saying his qualification is not good. On the contrary, his qualifications are probably even better than yours. However, he deliberately delayed the time to force out the poisonous gas. Obviously, he didn’t want to be too much in the limelight.”
“Ah！” Dong Qingyan was stunned.
The beautiful eyes of the two beautiful women also shone with a strange light as they looked at Yang Kai in surprise.
Yang Kai smiled bitterly and said, “How did senior see it？”
Xiao Fusheng chuckled and patted the dust on his body, saying, “I set up the test myself. Don’t I know the tricks in it？”
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