Chapter 1: When the father suffers humiliation, the son will surely avenge him

  Duan Huaming and Li Yuedou exchanged a glance, their eyes locking in a brief, wordless understanding, but on the surface, they wore warm, friendly smiles.

  "Hehe, why don't you two senior brothers stop arguing? Why not let me take care of this matter instead? I think it would be more convenient for me to teach than for either of you two men. Besides, my alchemy skills have already reached the top grade, and my foundation is solid, so I don't need to rush to break through the bottleneck in my cultivation." Liu Junru, the only female disciple among the four earliest disciples to enter the sect, smiled and spoke up. She glanced at the two arguing senior brothers with interest, then turned to Ji Yuewu and said with a smile, "What do you think, Yuewu junior sister? Are you willing to let your senior sister temporarily take over as your teacher for a while?"

  The girl's eyes swept across Duan Huaming and Li Yue, then nodded, her cherry lips opening slightly as she said softly: "In that case, I'll trouble Sister."

  Duan Huaming and Li Yueto exchanged a glance, then simultaneously retreated.

  "Alright, the matter with Yue Wu is settled. However, you still have a junior brother. Xiao Chen may be my nominal disciple, but how could we people of Lingyao Valley not know how to refine pills? Who among you is willing to take him under your wing for a while? Hua Ming, why don't you take care of him?" Yao Daozi asked.

  Duan Hua's face showed a few shades of difficulty, and after a brief hesitation, he respectfully replied: "Master, I think Second Brother is right. I will be busy breaking through the bottleneck of the late foundation period for some time, and I'm afraid I won't have the time. Please choose someone else."

  Yao Daozi nodded slightly upon hearing this, his eyes gleaming with profound meaning as he gazed at him for a moment before shifting his attention to Li Yue.

  "Master, just now Eldest Brother also said that I am only a first-rate alchemy master, afraid that my teaching is not good and delayed Xiao Chen's cultivation." Li Yue was also busy repeatedly declining.

  A hint of dissatisfaction flashed across Yao Daozi's eyes, and the thoughts of these two people naturally couldn't escape his eyes. However, what they said also made some sense, so he didn't want to force it.

  "Master, I will not participate in this matter!" said Heishi, the third disciple of Yaodaozi, who was as cold and hard as his name suggested. He was normally quite aloof and would naturally not get involved in such things.

  Liu Junru rolled her eyes and smiled: "Master, I've already brought Yuedan Shijie with me. If we bring one more person, it will delay my cultivation. You can't push this onto me."

  Xiao Chen stood at the end, watching several people push and shove each other. He couldn't help but sigh a few times in his heart, then said: "Master doesn't have to be troubled, Master's brothers and sisters are right, besides my talent is dull, don't delay their cultivation for me again. Just give me some scriptures and let me cultivate by myself."

  Yao Daozi heard this and slightly pondered, then slowly nodded, which was considered a response. After all, he also understood that with Xiao Chen's cultivation qualifications, it would be difficult to achieve great things in alchemy.

  "All of my disciples can obtain a medicine garden in Luoyun Valley as their own cultivation place. Although you are just my nominal disciple, I will make an exception and grant you this qualification today. Later, follow your senior brother to Dianling Pavilion and find a medicine garden." Yao Daozi said with a hint of guilt in his heart.

  "Yes, thank you, Master!" Xiao Chen's face showed a few shades of joy, and he hastily bowed respectfully.

  "Alright, from today on I will start my closed-door training, you all can leave." Yao Daozi closed his eyes and waved his hand, Xiao Chen and the others bowed and slowly retreated out of the room.

  "Junior sister Moon Dance, although senior brother is busy breaking through the bottleneck, if you have any questions about alchemy or cultivation, feel free to come to me, I should be able to help junior sister." Duan Huaming stood outside the Spiritual Medicine Valley, smiling as he spoke to Ji Yuewu.

  Li Yue smiled and said: "What Eldest Brother said is right. If you have any difficulties, Junior Sister can also come to me."

  Ji Yuewu nodded slightly, her expression calm and serene, seemingly unimpressed by the two people's enthusiasm. However, she suddenly turned to Xiao Chen and said: "Xiao Chen, if you have any difficulties in the future, you can also come find me."

  Ji Yuewu suddenly spoke up, instantly drawing everyone's attention to Xiao Chen. Duan Hua and Li Yue both had a flash of surprise in their eyes, while Liu Junru's gaze was also somewhat astonished, not understanding why this talented and highly sought-after junior sister would look at Xiao Chen, someone without spiritual roots, with such favor.

  "Thank you, Moon Dance Shifu." Xiao Chen noticed the unusual color in Duan Hua Ming and Li Yue's eyes, and his heart couldn't help but smile wryly. It seemed that he would be remembered by these two from now on.

  "Alright, I'm in a hurry to go back and teach Moon Dance Junior Sister her skills, so I won't chat with you all anymore. Two Senior Brothers, we'll take our leave first." Liu Junru couldn't help but glance at Xiao Chen with a mixture of surprise and delight, then pulled Ji Yuewu along as they left ahead of the others.

  "Senior brother, I'm also leaving." Lei Yue didn't leave any trace as she glanced at Xiao Chen with a cold glint in her eyes, then smiled and cupped her hands before departing.

  Duan Huaming expressionlessly looked at Xiao Chen for a moment, his eyes flashing with a hint of coldness that was hard to detect. He said lightly, "Since Master has given you the qualification to own a medicine garden, then follow me." After finishing speaking, he didn't even glance at Xiao Chen again and turned around to walk away.

  Xiao Chen secretly smiled wryly, although he didn't have a spiritual root, his intelligence was exceptional. He naturally understood the underlying reason and couldn't help but secretly sigh that "beauty is a curse" - the ancients' words were indeed reasonable!

  Dian Ling Pavilion, Luoyun Valley is in charge of allocating cultivation resources within the sect. Such an important place is naturally not to be neglected, and it is managed by the three elders of Luoyun Valley who have reached the late stage of foundation building. However, the three elders focus on their cultivation and rarely take care of mundane affairs, which are mostly handled by a few disciples.

  "Junior Brother Duan, how do you have time to come here today? Ha ha, it's been a long time since we last met. Junior Brother's cultivation has reached the peak of the sixth layer of Qi Refining, looks like advancing to the seventh layer is just around the corner!" The two entered the Ling Pavilion, and from afar, a slightly chubby man with a smile came to greet them. This person was quite strange, not only did he not have the spiritual energy that cultivators usually had, but instead looked exactly like a worldly merchant.

  "Master Ma is overpraising me, I've been busy cultivating lately and it's hard to say whether I can break through the bottleneck." Duan Huaming said with a smile on his face, politely cupping his hands. He didn't dare underestimate this unassuming-looking Ma Yun, after all, rumor had it that he was already at the 8th layer of Qi Refining stage and could successfully build his foundation at any moment.

  The two of them laughed and exchanged a few pleasantries at the entrance of Lingge Pavilion before turning to the main topic.

  "Master Ma, I came here today on the orders of our master to bring Brother Xiao Chen to the Ling Pavilion to claim a medicine garden. Although Brother Xiao is just a nominal disciple, Master has made an exception and granted him this privilege." Duan Huaming said with a slight smile.

  Na Ma heard this and was stunned for a moment, his eyes immediately fell on Xiao Chen's body, carefully looked at him for half a while, then smiled: "It turns out that it is the new disciple of Fifth Master Uncle, Xiao Chen. Since so, you follow me to the second floor to choose a medicine garden."

  As they spoke, Master Ma led the way forward, and the two of them followed him up the stairs to the second floor.

  PS: There's still one more update tonight, brothers. Considering there are five updates today, how about giving it a collect?