Chapter 256
byBefore dawn on this day, Yang Kai’s door was pushed open, and Dong Qingyan rushed in excitedly and directly jumped in front of Yang Kai： “Cousin…”
“Cousin what cousin？” Yang Kai glared at her and interrupted her words.
Dong Qingyan stuck out her tongue, quickly changed her words, and said in an overbearing manner： “Guard Yang, come out with this young lady for a trip！”
After all, she is the daughter of the Dong family, and the Dong family and the Yang family have an in-law relationship. If someone hears Dong Qingyan’s address to Yang Kai, they will definitely guess Yang Kai’s identity.
So the two discussed and decided that Yang Kai would play the role of Dong Qingyan’s guard.
When the sons and daughters of the big families go out, there are always several servants by their side. Such a title is also reasonable.
Looking at the sky outside, Yang Kai said lightly： “Go and play by yourself. I won’t accompany you today！”
Dong Qingyan was not angry either, but just smiled lightly： “Guard Yang, don’t you want to enter that place anymore？”
Yang Kai’s expression changed.
“Is it time today？”
During these days, Yang Kai had been constantly asking her what method she had to enable him to approach the Pill Saint Peak. Dong Qingyan had never gone into details, only saying that the time was not right. Bringing it up today naturally made Yang Kai see a glimmer of hope.
“So do you want to go out with this young miss？” Dong Qingyan looked at him triumphantly.
Yang Kai quickly got out of bed.
In the town of the Medicine King Valley, Dong Qingyan moved among the crowd. as nimble as a fish swimming in water. Yang Kai was wearing a tight-fitting outfit, with his hands behind his back, and the expression on his face was solemn. He closely followed behind her, not leaving her side for a moment.
Just by looking at this appearance, it was obvious that Yang Kai was Dong Qingyan’s lackey.
When they walked to the east end of the town, Dong Qingyan’s small face immediately became flushed with excitement and nervousness. Yang Kai could even clearly hear the sound of her heartbeat coming from her chest. She took a deep breath, covered her chest with her hand, and it took quite a while for her to calm down.
Yang Kai looked around and found that there were a lot of people gathered here, and each of these people had that unique petal embroidered on their chest, some with one, some with two, and the three colors of gold, silver, and white were shining and reflecting each other.
These people were actually all alchemists.
Most of them were Earth-level low-grade and middle-grade alchemists, and there were also many Mortal-level ones. There were at least more than two hundred people gathered here, bustling and lively.
Dong Qingyan also didn’t know where she took out a rusty ornament. It was exactly a silver one-petal flower, which she pinned to her chest. Her soft breasts were thrust out, as if she wanted everyone in the world to know that she was a mortal-rank middle-grade alchemist.
“What are you up to？” Yang Kai faintly felt something was wrong and asked in a low voice.
“Wait！ Whether you can get in or not depends on this time.” Dong Qingyan replied softly, with a serious expression on her small face.
Yang Kai furrowed his brows, closed his eyes, and slowly released his spiritual sense, listening to the whispers of the nearby alchemists.
After a short while, his expression became strange.
These people came from all over the place. They gathered here actually to become disciples under the elder Xiao Fusheng of Yunyin Peak in the Medicine King Valley and learn the art of alchemy.
Yang Kai opened his eyes and looked at Dong Qingyan and asked, “Are you here to apprentice？”
Dong Qingyan let out a charming laugh. “Of course. Master Xiao is accepting disciples. It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. I escaped from home this time just for today！”
As she spoke, she looked at Yang Kai pitifully again. “Guard Yang, you won’t want to go and inform to my brother, will you?”
“I just want to know. What does this have to do with my goal?”
“Yunyin Peak. It’s not far from there. If you can get in…” Dong Qingyan said with a meaningful hint.
Yang Kai’s heart moved when he heard this. Indeed, if he could enter Yunyin Peak, there might not be no chance to find a way to enter Dansheng Peak. The two peaks were only separated by two mountain peaks.
“But I don’t understand alchemy.”
Dong Qingyan chuckled lightly： “Master Xiao’s acceptance of disciples must have some hidden mysteries. Even if you don’t understand alchemy, there is still a chance. It all depends on whether you have the aptitude or not.”
“Guard Yang…” Dong Qingyan gently shook Yang Kai’s arm. “Look, I’ve done so much for you. Can you not inform my brother？ Besides, if I can be accepted as a disciple by Master Xiao, it’s also an honor for the family. Even if my father finds out afterwards, he will only praise me. So, don’t do anything thankless.”
Yang Kai said indifferently： “Let’s talk about it after you can get in.”
“I’m sure I can.” Dong Qingyan was full of confidence. “I’ve made a lot of preparations for this day. Humph, just wait and see. I don’t know if you can get in or not.”
Yang Kai secretly shook his head.
He really didn’t expect that the method Dong Qingyan mentioned was actually this. The method was good, but Yang Kai didn’t have any confidence in his heart. He had never come into contact with alchemy before. How could he pass Master Xiao’s test？
But now he could only bite the bullet and give it a try. Anyway, it wouldn’t lose a piece of meat.
As time passed, more and more alchemists gathered here. Everyone was in high spirits. Like Dong Qingyan, they were nervous with anticipation, and even quite a few alchemists had a devout look on their faces.
It could be seen that these people admired and worshipped Xiao Fusheng of Cloud Hidden Peak very much.
Yang Kai listened carefully to the conversations of those people and also learned a lot of things.
Xiao Fusheng is also one of the top-ranked existences among the ten elders of the Medicine King Valley. His alchemy skills are even better than those of the Valley Master of the Medicine King Valley. He is one of the few alchemists in the world who has reached the upper rank of the Mysterious Level.
Above the Mysterious Level is the Spiritual Level, which is a height that no one has ever reached.
Xiao Fusheng has been obsessed with alchemy all his life. Although he occupies a partial peak in the Medicine King Valley, he has never opened a mountain to accept disciples. He has also not married and had children, and has dedicated his whole life to the art of alchemy.
In the alchemy world, Xiao Fusheng has unparalleled prestige.
A few months ago, the Medicine King Valley spread the news that Xiao Fusheng was going to accept disciples, which shocked the world. Countless alchemists flocked to it, wanting to worship under Master Xiao’s door and inherit his mantle.
The eight great families in the central capital and those first-class great forces even wanted to send the alchemists in their families in, but they were all rejected by Master Xiao.
Until today, in this place in the town of the Medicine King Valley, there is a test set up exclusively by Master Xiao. Only those who pass the test can worship into Cloud Hidden Peak.
Master Xiao has no particular requirements for accepting disciples. No matter where you come from or what kind of force you come from, as long as you have the talent, you can learn his alchemy way.
There is only one condition, that is, you must be under twenty-five years old.
Therefore, all the people gathered here are alchemists of the younger generation. Some people, in order to worship into Cloud Hidden Peak, don’t even plan to participate in the Alchemy Conference.
Time slowly passes.
Yang Kai stood behind Dong Qingyan, paying attention to the movements around while secretly observing.
When the sun was three poles high, with a commotion of the crowd coming, the disciples of Medicine King Valley finally appeared.
These disciples of Medicine King Valley were not the disciples of Master Xiao, but alchemists from other peaks. They were just entrusted to handle and supervise today’s test.
Not far ahead, there was a pre-built high platform. The length and width of the high platform were both more than ten zhang. All the alchemists who came to participate in the test gathered around this high platform.
Four disciples of Medicine King Valley jumped onto the high platform. The leading one was a middle-aged man. There was a three-petal golden flower embroidered on his chest. His expression was cold and stern, and he had an awe-inspiring presence without anger. He was holding a huge medicine cauldron in his hand and walked with a dragon-like and tiger-like gait.
A burst of exclamations came.
“It’s Qin Ze from Medicine King Valley. He is only thirty-five years old and has already reached the level of a Heavenly Grade Upper Rank alchemist！”
“He is also a genius of Medicine King Valley. It is said that the next master of Medicine King Valley will be him.”
“Shh, keep quiet…”
Qin Ze came to the high platform and put the huge medicine cauldron in his hand on a table. The three disciples of Medicine King Valley behind him also stopped.
After sweeping around the crowd, Qin Ze bowed and said, “Fellow daoists, my Martial Uncle Xiao has set up a test here today to widely accept disciples. Qin is not talented and is in charge of “supervision!”
The special and important status of alchemists makes this group of people extremely arrogant, and they have been with the alchemy furnace tripod all year round, resulting in many of them not understanding the ways of the world and being too lazy to greet anyone.
As a genius among alchemists, Qin Ze’s arrogance and coldness are even more obvious.
After simply saying a few words, he uncovered the huge medicine cauldron with a straight face, and immediately a strange medicinal fragrance filled the air. Everyone who smelled it was refreshed.
The test is very simple！ There are some pills here, which were personally refined by my Martial Uncle Xiao for today. Those who want to worship under Cloud Hidden Peak, come up and take one pill and refine its medicinal effect. If there is no problem, they can pass the test. Now, everyone, please help yourselves！
After saying that, Qin Ze stepped aside, and the three young disciples of Medicine King Valley took a step forward, looking down at everyone with a cold expression.
Hundreds of people stood dumbfounded under the stage, and no one dared to be the first to take the risk.
Qin Ze spoke lightly, but anyone could tell that Master Xiao’s test must have some tricks. Now everyone is thinking of letting others go up and try first, so how could they take the initiative to stand up and be the pebble to explore the way？
The people from Medicine King Valley were not in a hurry either. They just stood on the high platform and waited quietly.
After a long time, someone finally spoke up and asked, “Dare to ask, what kind of pill is this？”
One of the disciples of Medicine King Valley sneered： “Poison pill！”
The crowd was in an uproar.
Although they knew that the test of Master Xiao was not easy to pass, this kind of test method still greatly exceeded everyone’s expectations. Letting people take a poison pill right away, who could stand it？ Life is only one. In case they can’t pass the test and die here, wouldn’t it be too uneconomical？
Qin Ze said lightly: “Although it is a poison pill, it is not fatal! However, if one’s qualification is not enough to take it, being weak for three to five months is the least.
Hearing that it was not fatal, the minds of many people became active again. After all, Master Xiao was also a famous master and naturally would not harm people’s lives.
Putting this large amount of poison pills here was probably just to make those who wanted to fish in troubled waters back down.
But the people who came here, which one was not extremely confident in themselves？ After thinking for a while, someone immediately jumped onto the high platform： “I’ll give it a try！”
“I’ll come too！”
With someone taking the lead, suddenly many people responded.
Swish swish, more than a dozen people rushed up.
“Please！” The disciple of Medicine King Valley stretched out his hand to signal.
Those people stepped forward one by one, took out a pill from the medicine jar, and then put it into their mouths.
“Please refine the medicinal effect！”
The dozen or so people who took the pills quickly sat cross-legged and circulated their respective cultivation methods.
Hundreds of people, each with their eyes wide open, carefully observed, not willing to miss even the slightest bit.
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