Chapter 263

It wasn’t until they fled to Cloud Hidden Peak that the two of them slowed down. Yang Kai looked at Dong Qingyan suspiciously, with a puzzled expression on his face, not knowing why her face was red.

“What’s going on？” Yang Kai asked with a frown.

Dong Qingyan gave him a glare, then took a deep breath and helplessly explained: Cousin, when alchemists say sparring, it means a in alchemy. Everyone takes some of The same materials and then refines pills. The winner is determined by the quantity and quality of the pills formed and the refining time. It’s not like you…”

While speaking, she also vividly waved her small fists a few times： “It’s not like this…”

Yang Kai was stunned, and his face couldn’t help but turn a lot redder. He said awkwardly： “They didn’t make it clear. How would I know?”

Dong Qingyan let out a bitter laugh： “This is common sense… Fortunately, you didn’t strike hard and didn’t hurt them. If you really injured them, the consequences would be serious.”

Saying that, she patted her forehead and said feebly, “Sure enough, martial artists are all a group of brutes who only know how to fight…”

Yang Kai was also extremely embarrassed. He thought to himself that no wonder those three guys were excited when they heard that he agreed to the sparring, as if they didn’t know how to write the word ‘death’ at all.

It turns out that they thought he was going to compete in alchemy…

That beating was really unjust.

Feeling that he was in the wrong, Yang Kai was also silent on the way back. It was Dong Qingyan who couldn’t help covering her mouth and laughing whenever she recalled what had just happened.

Back at the peak, he handed the medicinal materials collected today to the two beautiful women. After eating the medicinal cuisine they prepared, Yang Kai and Dong Qingyan each returned to their rooms to rest.

The next day, before Yang Kai went out, he smelled a rich and fragrant aroma coming from outside. The aroma entered his nose and made him feel comfortable all over.

Out of curiosity, Yang Kai opened the door and walked out, following the aroma to the outside of the house.

Looking around, he saw that in two rooms not far away, there was a large steaming vat in each room. There were some strange medicinal materials boiling in the vats. The two beautiful women were in charge of one room each and were fanning the furnace fire underneath, busy sweating profusely.

“What kind of pill is the master going to refine？” Dong Qingyan also came out and looked at it curiously. Her two big eyes shone with excitement.

Yang Kai watched for a while and then stepped forward to ask, “Do you need our help？”

Aunt Xiang, one of the beautiful women, heard this and stood up, looking at them with a smile and nodding, “Yes.”

Yang Kai rolled up his sleeves and said, “What should we do？”

Aunt Xiang pursed her lips and smiled, “You don’t need to do anything for the time being. These two cauldrons of medicinal soup are prepared for the two of you. They have been boiled all night and will be ready soon.”

“Prepared for us？” Yang Kai was stunned.

Aunt Lan nodded and said, “Yes. For the past month, Elder Xiao has been preparing various medicinal materials. The ones you collected yesterday are all in there.”

“I also have a share？” Yang Kai’s heart was slightly touched. If Elder Xiao prepared something hard for Dong Qingyan, Yang Kai could naturally understand. After all, Dong Qingyan had already become his disciple and was his successor. But that he actually also had a share made Yang Kai a little surprised.

Aunt Xiang nodded slightly and said, “Naturally. Since you have entered Cloud Hidden Peak you are people of Cloud Hidden Peak. You two go and eat something first and prepare yourselves. Come back in an hour.”

Yang Kai opened his mouth, and there was a touch of emotion in his eyes.

Breakfast was already prepared and was in the kitchen And it was also steaming hot, probably just made not long ago. While eating and watching Aunt Xiang and Aunt Lan busy over there in full swing, a touch of warmth couldn’t help but rise in Yang Kai’s heart.

This kind of feeling had not been there for a long time.

An hour later, Yang Kai and Dong Qingyan each entered a room.

Yang Kai was in the charge of Aunt Xiang. Under Aunt Xiang’s instructions, Yang Kai took off his shirt, wearing only a pair of thin pants, and jumped into the medicinal soup.

Yang Kai had always respected the two beautiful women on Cloud Hidden Peak.

They had silently contributed to Cloud Hidden Peak for more than twenty years, spending the best years of their lives. However, the world only knew that there was a Xiao Fusheng on Cloud Hidden Peak, and no one had ever known that there were two women with no prominent reputation here.

Even Yang Kai, who had entered Cloud Hidden Peak for a month and whose daily life was taken care of by them meticulously, only called them Aunt Xiang and Aunt Lan, and didn’t know their full names.

So even though he was shirtless at the moment, his expression was not the least bit unnatural.

Aunt Xiang, what should I do now？” Yang Kai felt the warmth around him, and his body and mind were extremely comfortable, so he couldn’t help but ask.”

Operate the cultivation technique that Old Man Xiao asked you to familiarize yourself with! That set of cultivation techniques is prepared to absorb the medicinal effects of this cauldron of medicinal soup and has no other uses. These medicinal materials are not easy to gather, and Old Man Xiao also spent a lot of energy to completely gather them. There are only these two cauldrons, so you must be careful and never waste the medicinal effects and let down Old Man Xiao’s good intentions.

I see！” Yang Kai replied solemnly, closed his eyes, and operated that set of cultivation techniques.”

As the cultivation method was being circulated, Yang Kai only felt that the hundreds of millions of pores all over his body had opened up, and the medicinal power contained in the medicinal soup at this moment seemed to have turned into sharp needles.

Ubiquitous and getting in through every aperture.

It pierced into his body along the pores.

Involuntarily, Yang Kai let out a muffled groan, and his body trembled slightly.

On the contrary, from the side of Dong Qingyan next door, a heart-rending scream came.

After all, Dong Qingyan was a woman and had been spoiled since childhood. How could she endure this kind of pain？

Aunt Lan’s comforting voice immediately came from the next door. Aunt Xiang stared closely at Yang Kai’s reaction on this side, a hint of solemnity flashed in her beautiful eyes, and she couldn’t help but be slightly moved.

Elder Xiao had said before that this method of tempering the body with medicinal soup had a very significant effect, but the pain endured was also an inhuman torture. Before, he was still worried whether Yang Kai and Dong Qingyan could endure it, but now it seemed that there was no problem on Yang Kai’s side at all.

The pain seemed to be increasing little by little. After a while, not only did the outside of the body feel pain, but also there was no place in the meridians and internal organs that did not have a feeling of severe pain.

It was as if there were thousands of ants gnawing at his body.

The beads of sweat on his forehead fell down one after another, and Yang Kai’s whole body of skin turned red like blood, but the cultivation method did not stop at all and continued to circulate.

This boundless pain lasted for a full hour. Suddenly, the pain eased a lot.

As if reaching a limit, this kind of easing became more and more obvious. In just a moment, all the pain in the body disappeared.

What replaced it was a sense of hearty pleasure.

Yang Kai couldn’t help but take a deep breath and slowly opened his eyes, with a shining light in his eyes.

Aunt Xiang looked at Yang Kai with satisfaction, with a smile on her face. She listened intently for a while and then said, “Old Xiao underestimated the endurance of you two. It seems that the other side has also held on.”

While speaking, she threw various medicinal materials in her hand into the medicinal soup again, turned around and continued to fan the furnace fire below.

That miraculous cultivation method didn’t need to be deliberately circulated at this moment. Driven by the medicinal soup pouring into the body, it was now rotating autonomously.

With each cycle, Yang Kai could feel that his whole body of flesh and blood seemed to be a little stronger, his meridians became wider and tougher, and the true essence in his body became more and more pure.

“Aunt Xiang, this furnace of medicinal soup should be left for Miss Dong.” Yang Kai felt a little uncomfortable in his heart. He came to Cloud Hidden Peak for another purpose and had also clearly stated that his ambition was not in alchemy. Unexpectedly, Old Xiao still didn’t treat him as an outsider.

Aunt Xiang chuckled. “The medicinal effect of Elder Xiao’s decoction is too overbearing. A person can only use it once in a lifetime. If your young lady uses it a second time, her meridians won’t be able to bear it.”

After a pause, Aunt Xiang added, “Don’t have any psychological burden. In fact, Elder Xiao also has a good impression of you. It’s just that the path you pursue is different from that of an alchemist.”

“What’s the effect of this decoction？” Yang Kai asked curiously.

Aunt Xiang pondered for a while and patiently explained. “According to Elder Xiao, it can essentially improve a person’s meridians, making it easier for you to refine vitality and make the vitality pure when you practice in the future.”

“Is this related to alchemy?” Yang Kai frowned and suddenly remembered the sentence Elder Xiao had said when he first saw him.

“Many people have taken the wrong path in the way of alchemy, and I was also wrong！”

Yang Kai still remembered the desolation and regret in Elder Xiao’s words.

Aunt Xiang nodded. “Naturally it is related. Elder Xiao only realized this in recent years, but it was too late. Alchemists… like warriors, also need pure vitality as a foundation to refine good pills. That’s why he used such a test to select disciples.”

Youdaoplaceholder0 the hair beside her ear, Aunt Xiang lost in thought and only said after a while “Elder Xiao once said that if he accepts a disciple, he will definitely teach him a truth.”

“What truth？”

“One cannot refine pills without reaching the Divine Movement Realm！” Aunt Xiang smiled bitterly. “Perhaps this is not the absolute truth and may not necessarily be correct, but it is Elder Xiao’s realization about pill refinement in his lifetime.”

One cannot refine pills without reaching the Divine Movement Realm！ No wonder he has not taught Dong Qingyan any pill refinement techniques until now. Instead, he has been quite concerned about the growth of her cultivation level in the past month or so.

“If you have the intention to learn pill refinement techniques, you would instead be the talent that Elder Xiao desires！” Aunt Xiang smiled bitterly.

Before Elder Xiao wants to cultivate a pill refiner, he first needs to cultivate a Divine Movement Realm cultivator. This requires his disciple to also have a certain pursuit in martial arts.

And Yang Kai’s yearning for martial arts obviously meets the requirements.

“Elder Xiao has thought highly of me.” Yang Kai slightly shook his head. Before his strength has grown to a certain extent, Yang Kai is not prepared to be distracted to do other things.

Pill refiners are indeed noble and respected by the world, but this is not Yang Kai’s pursuit.

“By the way, I heard that you beat up three grand-disciples under Elder Duan of Yunlai Peak yesterday？” Aunt Xiang changed the topic, for fear that Yang Kai would be too embarrassed.

Yang Kai’s face turned red, and he scratched his ears and cheeks, stammering, “I didn’t know that they mentioned was a competition of pill refinement techniques…”

Aunt Xiang pursed her lips and smiled lightly, her fragrant shoulders trembling slightly. It took a long time for her to catch her breath and said, “Now there is a rumor outside that there is a disciple on Yunyin Peak who is not very good at pill refinement but is “very rogue when it comes to fighting!”

“I haven’t brought any trouble to Elder Xiao, have I？” Yang Kai felt a little guilty.

Aunt Xiang shook her head. “No. You didn’t even seriously injure them. It’s just that someone came over this morning to give a heads-up. But be more careful next time and don’t start fighting people without understanding the situation.”

“Definitely, definitely！” Yang Kai nodded repeatedly.

What he did was really not right. Just thinking about it makes one blush.

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