A Strict Disciple Produces a Great Master!

From the Grand Elder to an ordinary disciple of the Spirit Crane Palace, the entire Vast Heaven Sect is comprised of members.

In any case, if you can concoct medicine, you'll have to learn Voodoo Arts!

What? You're saying this Voodoo Arts is all about poison?

Do you understand the saying "no pain, no gain"?

To learn medicine, you must first learn poisons.

As the saying goes, if you don't study poisons well, you'll inevitably mess up medicine making!

Therefore, the key is to learn how to refine all poison pills before learning alchemy.

As for the fact that the poison pills we refined were useless... does our Vast Heaven Sect care about such a pittance?

And you've already said that after learning Voodoo Arts, the success rate of potion-making will increase dramatically.

Regarding the success rate of alchemy, even the Grand Elder had to admit that Xinghe was right.

As a master alchemist, the Grand Elder naturally knew that poison was also medicine...

In some respects, the success rate of refining poison pills is even lower than that of ordinary pills.

However, after learning Xinghe's Voodoo Arts, although the poison pills they refined seemed useless for the time being, the success rate of the Spirit Crane Palace disciples, including myself, did indeed improve significantly.

The Grand Elder even secretly tried to refine a batch of normal pills, only to find that after learning the Voodoo Arts, the success rate of refining normal pills had greatly improved.

Moreover, it's not just the success rate that has increased. After learning the Voodoo Arts, some pills that were previously difficult to refine now feel much easier to make.

This is the enhancement brought about by Voodoo Arts.

But before the Grand Elder could even rejoice... Xinghe, who was in charge of teaching Voodoo Arts, caught him refining normal pills.

Xinghe looked heartbroken and said, "Elder..."

You're quite old now... you even taught me the basics of alchemy.

Don't you understand that one cannot be distracted when it comes to alchemy?

How did you educate me before?

When I first learned to identify medicinal herbs from you, I was absolutely amazed by things like Evening Primrose, Moon Nether Grass, and Moon Soul Grass... My eyes nearly popped out of their sockets!

I wanted to try something different, but what did you say, Elder?

You told me that the way of alchemy requires perseverance... and one must never be distracted while learning alchemy...

But Elder, you're learning Voodoo Arts, and you haven't even mastered refining poison pills yet. How can you secretly try to refine normal pills?

Isn't that just being distracted?

Do you realize how dangerous what you're doing is?

Come, come, from today onwards, I, Xinghe, will personally supervise your study of Voodoo Arts every day, Elder!

We won't learn too much. We'll just follow your previous instructions and refine about a thousand batches of pills each day before resting!

Grand Elder: "???"

As the saying goes, Heavenly Dao is a cycle, and no one escapes the wrath of Heaven...

In the days that followed, the Grand Elder was woken up from his room early every morning by Xinghe... and then, under Xinghe's personal supervision, he learned the Voodoo Arts...

As the saying goes, if you want to learn how to make medicine, you must first learn how to identify medicine... and if you want to learn how to make poison, isn't it equally reasonable to first learn how to identify poison?

Therefore, Chu Xinghe found all kinds of poisons and handed them over to the Grand Elder for identification.

Elder, please look, this is the Poison of the Ghost... this is the Poison of the Netherworld... this is the Poison of the Shadow... this is the Poison of Tranquility... this is the Poison of the Spectrum... this is the Poison of Silence... this is the Poison of Profound Mystery... this is the Poison of Vengeance... don't they all look exactly the same?

Actually, they are completely different... Come, come... Elder, I will personally tell you the differences between them.

Elder, you must study and remember this well...

Looking at the Elder with a face full of question marks, Chu Xinghe thought to himself, "I feel like I'm seeing myself back when I was learning to identify herbs!"

Yes, I had so many question marks on my forehead back then...

Today... I, Chu Xinghe, hereby declare that I am absolutely not taking this opportunity to retaliate against the Grand Elder. I am grateful to the Grand Elder for guiding me into the sect!

As the saying goes, "even crows feed their parents, and lambs kneel to suckle," I, Chu Xinghe, was nurtured by the Grand Elder, and today I finally have the opportunity to repay him!

What? You're saying what if the Grand Elder studies too intensely and something strange happens?

I, Chu Xinghe, am going all out this time. As long as I can see the Grand Elder over there, completely bewildered as I was back then when it comes to identifying poisons, I will have no complaints even if I am betrayed!

After all, I, Chu Xinghe, am stabbed in the back every day. I wouldn't care if I were stabbed one or two more times. But do you know how joyful it is to watch the Grand Elder learn to identify poisons?

The Grand Elder was completely dumbfounded as he stared at all the seemingly identical forms of the Ghostly Poison...

The Grand Elder even privately inquired of Ji Changfeng whether there was any saying that learning about poisons began with identifying the poison itself.

Could it be that Xinghe is targeting me?

Instead of encountering Ji Changfeng, they met Elder He.

Elder He replied, "Grand Elder, you're confused..."

To concoct medicine, one must first identify the medicine; similarly, to study poisons, one must first identify the poisons. Xinghe is such a kind and righteous child; how could he possibly target you?

For the rest of the time, the Grand Elder spent his days navigating a sea of poisons, each with a similar name and seemingly identical appearance.

To encourage the Grand Elder, Chu Xinghe even brought the Muyue Kingdom to accompany him in learning how to identify poisons.

Mu Bai was also very excited about this, after all, the opportunity to be taught by Senior Brother Xinghe hand in hand was rare!

But soon, the Muyue Kingdom said... this identification of poisons doesn't seem to be anything special...

This is the Poison of the Ghost... This is the Poison of the Netherworld... This is the Poison of the Shadow... Aren't these poisons easy to identify at a glance? What's so difficult about that?

Isn't it enough to just have eyes?

Grand Elder: "???"

At that moment, the Grand Elder realized that he had been too harsh on the disciples of the Spirit Crane Palace...

I used to always say things like, "Look at how great the Muyue Kingdom is..."

At this moment, the Grand Elder realized... the disciples of the Spirit Crane Palace have it tough.

Living in the same era as people from the Muyue Kingdom, tell me, which alchemist could easily...?

What do you mean, "As long as you have eyes, that's enough"? Do you know how much emotional damage that statement caused me?

Although the Grand Elder suffered emotional trauma, his abilities as a top-tier alchemy master were still terrifying.

The Grand Elder has good talent, but he's extremely good at shirking his responsibilities.

The Grand Elder, without warning, said, "Xinghe... Something happened at the Spirit Crane Palace warehouse, I need to go check it out..."

"Elder, please don't worry... I've already sent Senior Brother Feng Fei..."

"Ahem... Xinghe... Elder He from the Thunder Palace has gone out on business, I need to keep an eye on things!"

"Elder, please don't worry... I've already sent the Great Sage to take over..."

"Ahem... Xinghe... The sect has some important guests, and I need to receive them tomorrow!"

"Elder, please don't worry... I've already informed the Sect Master to take charge of the reception..."

Grand Elder: "..."

Still want to paddle?

Chu Xinghe said, "Elder, these are all tricks I've used before! These are all words I've used before!"

As the saying goes, strict students produce great teachers!

As a strict disciple, Chu Xinghe will not rest until he has fully mastered the Elder's poison identification skills!

Chu Xinghe said, "Elder... you were the one who introduced me to the basics of alchemy. My achievements today are inseparable from your contributions... Now, Elder, you must work hard!"

What is most important for a sect?

It's definitely about inheritance!

Elder, you often tell us this... So Elder, you must study hard. Only if you study well can the Vast Heaven Sect's heritage be passed down continuously!

Upon hearing that the Grand Elder had been dragged by Xinghe to learn how to identify medicinal herbs, the Sect Master even abandoned his stone carving and personally came to the Spirit Crane Palace to see for himself...

Seeing the Grand Elder looking completely bewildered as he learned about all sorts of mysterious poisons, the Sect Master laughed until tears streamed down his face.

Elder... Elder! You've finally met your match!

But the sect leader had only been laughing for a short while when the Grand Elder caught him red-handed!

The Grand Elder stated that Xinghe was right; for a sect, inheritance is indeed very important... As the leader of our Vast Heaven Sect, shouldn't you also learn the Voodoo Arts?

What? Sect Master, you're not good at alchemy? That's wonderful... Come, come, I'll personally teach you the art of identifying herbs... After you've learned the art of identifying herbs, you can then learn the art of identifying poisons!

Gu Mingchao: "???"

The Grand Elder ignored the Sect Master's resistance! He took precious time every day to personally teach the Sect Master the art of identifying herbs... Looking at the Sect Master staring at the Evening Primrose... Moon Nether Grass and Moon Soul Grass with a look of utter disbelief... The Grand Elder even specially arranged for Mu Bai and the others to relearn the art of identifying herbs with the Sect Master.

Listening to Mu Bai complain about why it needed to be rebuilt? Isn't it enough to just have eyes?

The sect leader was completely bewildered...

The Grand Elder was incredibly pleased!

You little brat... I may not be able to deal with Xinghe, but I can certainly deal with you, Sect Master?

Let's see who in the sect dares to laugh next... Whoever laughs, I'll teach them the art of identifying herbs, and after that, I'll teach them how to identify poisons...

Not only do you have to be optics, you have to learn from Mu Bai and the others... I make you live in this nonsense every day... I want to see which of you can withstand it!

The sect leader was quite ruthless... Seeing Xinghe happily standing to the side while he was learning to identify herbs, the sect leader immediately ordered his disciples to bring over two hundred cultivation techniques from the Technique Repository Tower, and without a word, demanded that Xinghe learn and memorize the entire text!

Hearing the sect leader's demand, which was clearly ostensibly a request for revenge, Chu Xinghe was so angry he cried...

Despite his anger, Chu Xinghe knew that the sect leader was clearly retaliating... If you're going to retaliate against me, Chu Xinghe, then don't blame me for being ruthless...

That day, Chu Xinghe decided to give the Grand Elder a significant boost!

Sure enough, when the Grand Elder faced the sudden increase in intensity, he also increased the intensity for the Sect Master that same day!

As a result... the sect leader had over two hundred more cultivation techniques brought over that day... increasing the intensity of Xinghe as well!

Chu Xinghe was so angry that tears streamed down his face... Sect Master, you forced me to do this! I have to max out the Grand Elder's strength from now on...

After the Grand Elder's strength was maximized by the Xinghe, he became enraged and turned his anger towards the Sect Master, whose strength was also maximized.

Enraged that his power was already maxed out, the sect leader then maxed out the power of the Xinghe as well...

Looking at the mountain of various cultivation techniques piled up before him, Chu Xinghe's eyes welled up with tears... Um... how about we just forget about it? We don't need to hurt each other...