Feng Ming and Bai Qiaomo went to Lanshui City for a feast. This was a way to relax and enrich their cultivation life. After returning, they plunged back into their busy cultivation.
On this day on Heavy Stone Peak, the situation in which Feng Ming and Bai Qiaomo got along was also noticed by the cultivators present. They publicized it in the academy afterward.
Anyone with eyes could see that the relationship between the two of them was very good. Every time they got along, the others felt like they couldn’t intervene and didn’t want to disturb the harmonious atmosphere. Anyone else between them would feel superfluous.
Even Han Shu and Sheng Duo didn’t participate.
It was hard to tell who belonged to whom between the two. Feng Ming trusted Bai Qiaomo, and Bai Qiaomo also loved Feng Ming. Don’t ask how they knew. It was obvious from the look in his eyes.
Due to Feng Ming’s appearance, there were some different opinions on Bai Qiaomo when the academy disciples discussed it privately.
“Who Uncle Feng is willing to be with and who he is a good match with is something that others can’t control. So what if Uncle Feng is willing to be with Bai Qiaomo? It is none of other people’s business.”
“Uncle Feng is studying alchemy under Uncle Yu. Who knows, he might be able to repair Bai Qiaomo’s dantian one day. Then there won’t be any problems between the two of them>’
“I also think this is good. As a cultivator, who can guarantee that there won’t be any problems during the cultivation process? Who can bear it if you encounter the same situation as Bai Qiaomo and the people around you immediately leave.”
“Isn’t it possible for some people to be sentimental and others to be realistic?”
“Bai Qiaomo is actually a very good person. I met Bai Qiaomo when I was practicing at Heavy Stone Peak and asked him some questions about my cultivation that I couldn’t figure out. I just casually asked Bai Qiaomo and he immediately answered my questions. I think that my promotion speed has been accelerated.”
Even Pei Yingmin heard such voices. He wondered in his heart if it was accidental that Feng Ming came to Heavy Stone Peak to look for his junior brother or did Feng Ming know about the gossip outside and came on purpose?
Soon after, Feng Ming became even more famous in the academy.
It was because as Feng Ming refined batches of elixirs, the quantity increased and the quality was high. The Wuyi Pavilion of the academy, which specialized in selling elixirs and other items, opened a special counter for Feng Ming, putting up his banner.
This wasn’t an isolated case. Feng Ming’s six senior brothers and sisters also had their own dedicated counters at Wuyi Pavilion. There were dedicated stewards responsible for the sales of these elixirs.
But only alchemists, weapon masters, talisman masters, and formation masters who were proud of their strength would do this. Otherwise, it would be very embarrassing if a counter was opened but the sales volume wasn’t good.
Feng Ming had only been in the academy for a short time but there was already a special counter selling his pills. This aroused the curiosity of many disciples and they formed teams to go and watch.
The result was very surprising. It was because almost all the pills displayed were top-grade pills and medium-grade pills were rarely seen.
This was unless it was a new pill that he had just learned. Then there would be low-grade pills. However, the more he refined them, the higher the quality.
This situation was very surprising. Even Feng Ming’s sixth uncle, Sang Yang, had an outstanding talent in alchemy but his display counter wasn’t full of high quality pills. There were mainly medium-grade and low-grade pills. This was a normal situation. What Feng Ming was doing was abnormal.
This was in a situation where the best-grade pills he refined weren’t disclosed to the public. In order to protect his young disciple, Yu Xiao discussed with him that there was no need to take out the best-grade pills. His young disciple could keep it for his own use or sell it through other channels.
Others, Feng Ming’s young age and outstanding talent would easily arouse the jealousy of others. This threat should be eliminated before he fully matured.
Feng Ming naturally agreed with his master’s approach. He would’ve done so even if his master hadn’t told him.
Sometimes, being too good was a sin.
Just two months after entering the academy, more than 20 types of pills appeared on Feng Ming’s display counter. This included two that were third-grade pills.
The academy disciples who came to watch were in an uproar when they saw this situation.
“Feng Ming is already a third-grade alchemist? Isn’t it said that he is a second-grade alchemist?”
“He was second-grade when he entered the academy. Now that Elder Yu Xiao is teaching him step by step, it is normal for him to improve.”
“What is normal? It is said that Feng Ming became an alchemist not long ago. There is still a record of the time when he passed the first-grade alchemist qualification of the Medicine Hall? He is still hanging onto the qualification of a first-grade alchemist.”
“Wow, they are basically all top-grade pills. Is the pill refined by Feng Ming of such high quality?”
The academy disciples, who were originally preparing to watch the excitement, saw so many high-quality pills. What were they waiting for? They immediately rushed to the counter and took out yuan crystals to buy pills.
Even though their Sihong Academy was very good at training alchemists and there were two fifth-grade alchemists in charge, the top-grade pills weren’t so easy to obtain.
After alchemists refined their pills, they often kept the better ones for themselves and sold the rest. This was why there were no top-grade pills for sale even though there were alchemists who could refine top-grade pills.
There were almost all top-grade pills filling the counter now. What were they waiting for? They might not see them again next time.
The disciples who came here were only worried that they had too few yuan crystals and couldn’t snap up more pills. Even if they couldn’t use them all, they could take the pills back to their families for the relatives to use.
Moreover, they were buying it at the internal price. They could make a big profit from selling it to outside cultivators if they didn’t want to use it themselves.
The steward in charge of the sales received these disciples with a smile. He wasn’t surprised at all by this phenomenon. He had already been surprised once when he received the pills. He had already been mentally prepared for such a phenomenon. It would be strange if it didn’t cause a sensation.
Now they finally understood why Elder Yu Xiao specifically accepted a young disciple after all these years of only having six disciples.
It turned out that the young disciple’s talent for alchemy was too high. Elder Yu cherished talent so much that he made an exception and accepted Feng Ming.
A total of more than 500 pills were put on the shelves. By the time the disciples who got the news late came, the counter was sold out. Now a single pill was left. Even the few low-grade and medium-grade pills for cultivators were sold out.
“No more?” The disciple who came over said in disappointment.
“Hey, I came here one step ahead of you and couldn’t grab it. Why are you disappointed?”
“It is because some disciples have too many yuan crystals and bought too many pills. This caused the people behind to have nothing to buy.”
“Should I give Uncle Feng a suggestion to limit the amount each disciple can buy?”
“I think it is okay. Let’s have more people to give us suggestions. Maybe Master Feng will see it earlier and implement it sooner.”
This incident spread quickly in the academy and caused quite a shock. There were quite a few alchemists in the academy, but there had never been any alchemist who achieved it to this extent.
Some disciples questioned whether this pill might only look better on the outside while the effect after taking it wasn’t as good as the appearance indicated.
However, some disciples couldn’t wait to take the pill. They found that not only did it look better, but the effect was also much better.
The first person who came out was a qi gathering realm disciple who bought a third-grade pill from Feng Ming, but it was only of medium quality.
The price wasn’t high, so the disciple took it immediately after buying it. He had been stuck at a bottleneck for a long time, but now he advanced to the middle stage of the qi gathering realm in one day.
Not only was the effect of this pill not compromised, but it exceeded his expectations.
His six senior brothers and sisters all knew how strong Feng Ming’s talent for alchemy was. Their respective apprentices also knew it from their masters. There was a huge gap between them and their junior uncle, so they had to practice more diligently.
They weren’t surprised at all that Feng Ming’s pills caused a sensation in the academy, but Luoyue Peak and Cai Jinqiu’s lineage were very surprised.
At first, they were on the fence about Feng Ming’s intention to sell pills. They even asked their disciples, in other words, Liang Han’s generation, to send all the elixirs they had accumulated to be sold in an attempt to steal Feng Ming’s spotlight.
If Feng Ming’s pills failed to sell, Feng Ming’s reputation and even the reputation of the Qiansui Peak would be affected.
It was a pity that none of them asked about the quality of the pills that Feng Ming sent to the Medicine Pavilion.
If he wanted to compete with Louyue Peak’s many second-grade alchemists on his own then the result would be doomed to failure.
As Feng Ming’s pills caused a sensation and were sold out in a short period of time, Liang Han and the others stayed calmly at Luoyue Peak. They sat together and drank tea, waiting for the medicine boy they sent out to bring back good news. Then they could strike a blow to the arrogance of Feng Ming and the Qiansui Peak.
“It has only been two months and he is already in a hurry to sell pills to the outside world. Has the one million yuan crystals that Elder Yu gave him already been spent? Or is this number simply not enough?”
The thought that they could receive one million yuan crystals and a thousand pairs of spiritual plants just for becoming a disciple caused all the disciples of Luoyue Peak to be so jealous that their eyes turned red.
Most of them might’ve come from noble and powerful families, but they weren’t so wealthy that they could throw out millions of yuan crystals, let alone thousands of pairs of spiritual plants that were worth more than one million yuan crystals.
Liang Han was the one who was most unconvinced. He was fooled by Feng Ming and made such a bet with him. As a result, he rarely showed up outside during this period. Every time he showed up, he would be reminded of the bet with Feng Ming.
So this time, Liang Han was the most active and sent over all the best quality pills he had saved.
“It must be fake,” Liang Han said maliciously. “They teamed up to fool outsiders. After today, I want to see how this Feng Ming can still be so arrogant.”
In Liang Han’s eyes, Feng Ming’s behavior was arrogant and just like a smug villain. Liang Han wished to knock him down into the dust immediately.
“Junior Brother Liang, why do you have to get so angry over a ger? How much progress can he make in alchemy in two months? Alchemists like us need to calm down and study the art of alchemy attentively, avoiding being impatient.”
Liang Han took a deep breath. Now that they were united in facing the outside world, everyone could get along peacefully. In fact, the competition among disciples of their generation was usually very fierce.
What this senior brother said was actually meant specifically for Liang Han to hear.
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