TFHS: Chapter 104

Feng Ming used only three chances. During the third refining, the xuanyuan pill was finally successful.

Even though it was only a low-grade xuanyuan pill, both the master and disciple were delighted.

In Yu Xiao’s opinion, this was indeed his favorite young disciple. His talent in alchemy was better than Yu Xiao’s, and his future achievements would definitely be higher.

Anyone who wasn’t narrow-minded would always want to teach a disciple who was better than himself.

Feng Ming was also happy. He finally stepped forward to become a fourth-grade alchemist.

There was such a good start, so there was absolutely no problem in officially entering this level.

The consumption of soul power was a bit serious. After all, he was only in the middle stage of the qi gathering realm. His soul power was relatively simple, which allowed him to challenge the fourth-grade pill at this stage.

During this period, the supply of yuan energy was insufficient. It was supplemented by the yuan energy extracted from yuan crystals.

At present, the soul power couldn’t be replenished from the outside world and had to be completely supplemented by the alchemist himself.

After adjusting his breathing, he felt that most of the soul power in the soul sea was under his control. The remaining one-fifth was also being unsealed at an accelerated rate. Feng Ming was in a very good mood.

Therefore, Feng Ming brought up the matter he had discussed with Bai Qiaomo. “Master, it is a bit difficult for me to improve my alchemy skills at present. My cultivation level is somewhat insufficient. The speed is also limited if I stay in the academy to improve my cultivation level. I want to go out for a walk with Brother Bai.”

Yu Xiao had been immersed in joy. He didn’t expect his young disciple to make such a request and was a bit caught off guard. Still, the words of his young disciple were the truth.

For an alchemist, soul power was very important but this didn’t mean that the development of yuan energy wasn’t important. This would also limit the improvement of the alchemist’s level.

This shortcoming was revealed to the young disciple just now when he was refining the fourth-grade xuanyuan pill.

For other alchemists, it was often the soul power that couldn’t keep up with the cultivation speed of yuan energy. Meanwhile, Feng Ming’s problem was completely reversed.

But this didn’t mean that Feng Ming’s yuan energy realm was improving slowly. Compared to other cultivators who mainly cultivated yuan energy, he was still a genius.

Now, it was obvious that the routine training could no longer meet Feng Ming’s needs.

It was inevitable to want to go out and look for opportunities.

Yu Xiao didn’t want to restrict his young disciple’s future development. Geniuses often didn’t follow the ordinary path. Detaining him in the academy would be safe, but his growth rate wouldn’t be as fast as going out to explore. On the contrary, it would limit the growth of a genius.

This was the case with Bai Qiaomo. After leaving the Kunyuan Sect, he rose up all the way. He might’ve experienced unbearable hardships, but it also left him with precious wealth and he made great progress in his character.

Before Feng Ming could try his best to persuade his master, Yu Xiao had already prepared himself mentally for his young disciple traveling far away. He thought for a while before saying, “It is okay to go out for a walk. If you want to grow up better, you can’t do it without experiencing ups and downs. However, you need to make some preparations when you go out to practice. In addition to your personal safety, I also want to teach you more methods for refining fourth-grade pills.”

Feng Ming was overjoyed and very grateful. His master showed great love and care for him and never hid any secrets from him. At this time, he was completely thinking about Feng Ming.

Feng Ming was lucky to meet such a master.

“Master loves and protects me. I understand. I will learn from you well and protect myself well. I will listen to Master’s teachings again when I come back.”

Yu Xiao was pleased. “Okay, okay, Master is waiting.”

Due to the hostility of Luoyue Peak’s lineage towards Qiansui Peak and the incident involving the Wu and Wen brothers, it was impossible for Yu Xiao to let Feng Ming and Bai Qiaomo leave Sihong Academy so directly.

If they wanted to leave, they should naturally leave in a secret and low-key manner. It was best that no one could find them. By the time they were discovered, their whereabouts would be nowhere to be found.

As for hiding their whereabouts, Yu Xiao wasn’t very worried. There was the incident of the Wen and Wu brothers before. All he had to do was provide a cover for them in the academy.

The other thing was to use these few days to teach Feng Ming as much as possible about the various methods of refining fourth-grade pills.

Feng Ming might not be able to digest it all at once, but after recording it in his mind, he could use these contents when he practiced it personally. This way, he could avoid some detours.

Yu Xiao also wanted to see the day when his young disciple became a fifth-grade alchemist as soon as possible.

Once his young disciple left, he could just retreat and try to refine the sixth-grade soul condensing pill as soon as possible.

Bai Qiaomo talked to his senior brother and his master, the dean. Dean Pei didn’t stop him after learning that Yu Xiao had agreed.

His disciple was already in the middle stage of the essence liquid realm. Combined with the life saving methods that Dean Pei and Yu Xiao had given, he could save his life even if he met a strong person in the essence dan realm.

If it wasn’t for his eldest disciple wanting to take over the management of the academy, he would’ve let his eldest disciple go out to wander around. Look, his second disciple hadn’t returned yet. It was because he was too far away and was held back by other things, so he couldn’t come back in time to see his master accept a young disciple.

Before leaving, Bai Qiaomo went to see his master secretly.

Dean Pei told him, “I have talked to Yu Xiao and we will keep it a secret for you for a while. By the time others find out that you aren’t in the academy, you must be far away from the academy.”

“These two jade pendants were made by me. As long as the opponent doesn’t exceed my strength, you have three chances to save your life. I also gave your second senior brother such a jade pendant when he went out to explore.”

“As for other life-saving items, my collection isn’t as good as your Uncle Yu’s. I’m not too worried about this.”

Dean Pei believed that Yu Xiao would arm his young disciple from head to toe, protecting his disciple Bai Qiaomo as well.

As a fifth-grade alchemist, many powerful people outside had come to Yu Xiao for alchemy. He really had a lot of good things and his collection must be richer than the dean’s.

“But you can’t be careless. You need to be more thoughtful outside. I asked your senior brother to find a way to send a message to your second senior brother. If you need it during this trip, go to your second senior brother.”

“That’s right. This is my identity token. You should carry it with you. If you are in danger, reveal my identity. It will buy you some time if you use it well. I can also have time to rush over.”

Bai Qiaomo put the things his master gave him into his storage ring one by one without refusing his master’s kindness.

In his two lifetimes, he only worshiped a master twice. The master he worshiped for the first time was very distant to him, and wasn’t as earnest as his current master.

Bai Qiaomo said respectfully, “Disciple will remember this. Master, please take good care of yourself and wait for our return.”

“Yes.”

In the remaining days, Bai Qiaomo spent less time at Heavy Stone Peak. Instead, he went to the library, flipped through various miscellaneous books, compared his memories and searched for opportunities lurking in this continent.

He and Junior Brother Ming weren’t going out for fun, but to find opportunities to improve themselves.

Thanks to the memories of two lives, he could discover things hidden in the written records more easily than others.

Time passed quickly and ten days passed in the blink of an eye. For the disciples of Sihong Academy, everything was business as usual.

Some disciples talked about Feng Linlang, who left the academy to practice. Sure enough, Wu Yingyan also left the academy only two days after Feng Linlang left.

Many disciples knew it as well. As expected, Wu Yingyan still hadn’t given up on Feng Linlang and started chasing her again.

There was no direct evidence, but many disciples guessed that Bai Qiaomo’s abolishment was related to Wu Yingyan. Most of the disciples in the academy were disgusted with such an unscrupulous son of an aristocratic family.

Just because the other person was very talented and was pursued by the women he liked, he used any means to destroy the other person. How could people not be afraid and stay away from him?

After all, many disciples in the academy weren’t as powerful as the Wu family. Once they made Wu Yingyan unhappy, they were worried that Wu Yingyan would use the same method to deal with them.

If he could do something to destroy Bai Qiaomo, who could guarantee that Wu Yingyan wouldn’t do a second or third thing?

Seeing Bai Qiaomo coming in and out of Heavy Stone Peak and the library, some disciples admired him for being so calm. However, the time for Wuyi Pavilion to put Feng Ming’s pills on the shelves was coming again. Therefore, the waiting disciples turned around and put the matter of Feng Linlang and Wu Yingyan behind them.

Just like before, the pulls displayed at Feng Ming’s counter were sold out in a short amount of time.

Those who grabbed it left happily while those who didn’t grab it were disappointed. Still, they quickly cheered up and knew it would be their turn next time.

No one realized that Feng Ming and Bai Qiaomo had quietly left Sihong Academy. The figures of Bai Qiaomo and Feng Ming, seen by the disciples in the academy, were played by Gong Yuming and Sheng Duo.

The two of them couldn’t help complaining.

Gong Yuming said, “Those two bast*rds ran away to be cool and let us stay in the academy to cover them.”

Sheng Duo was acting like Feng Ming and was very happy. “It has been five days. No one has figured out our identities. Even the disciples at Qiansui Peak call my Uncle.”’

Gong Yuming said in a dumbfounded manner, “Be careful. Those disciples will come to settle accounts with you after your identity is exposed.”

Sheng immediately asked in a worried manner, “No way. Elder Yu knows about this.”

Gong Yuming thought Sheng Duo was stupid, but Feng Ming treated this person better than him. This made him feel jealous.

Now he finally understood Feng Ming’s positioning of their relationship. They were scoundrel friends while Sheng Duo was a younger brother. After all, they had been playmates since childhood.

“Okay, in another ten days or half a month, we should be able to complete the task.” Gong Yuming was actually very pressured about taking on Bai Qiaomo’s identity.

Except for the insiders, the two of them thought that no one noticed their strangeness. However, there was one person who noticed that Gong Yuming and Sheng Duo hadn’t shown up for a long time and that was Song Wantong.

Forget about going into retreat. Based on the cultivation of the two people, there was no need to retreat these days.

He carefully observed before finding something strange. It was that the current relationship between ‘Bai Qiaomo’ and ‘Feng Ming’ was a bit inconsistent which troubled Song Wantong a bit.

But at this time, he didn’t realize that someone else was pretending to be ‘Feng Ming.’ Just when Song Wantong wanted to talk to Feng Ming about something, Feng Ming disappeared and Gong Yuming and Sheng Duo showed up again.

At this time, Qiansui Peak released news that Yu Xiao’s young disciple, Feng Ming, had gone out to practice with Bai Qiaomo and his return date was uncertain.

Something flashed through Song Wantong’s mind when he heard the news. He felt like he had accidentally glimpsed the truth.