Revisiting Old Matters

Sigh! I can only fool him with this. Actually, I don't know how many Origin Qi Pill I need to take to break through from the Foundation Establishment Realm to the Core Formation stage. The reason I was able to do it so quickly is all thanks to supreme-grade Spirit Stones. Yue Qianchou bowed to the ground again. "Thank you, Master, for your kindness."

"No need for formalities! Quickly let your teacher see how you refined your Origin Qi Pill." Guan Wei Wu couldn't wait a moment longer.

Yue Qianchou immediately picked up a handful of spiritual herbs, threw them into the furnace, and began refining them with complete concentration. Guan Wei Wu Divine Sense and watched, witnessing once again his disciple's miraculous refining techniques. He shook his head and sighed, unable to understand what was going on. Despite his own alchemy skills, he could never learn such a technique.

Yue Qianchou couldn't understand why his master was so slow. Even Chen Feng had learned his refining techniques quite well, but he still couldn't grasp the knack. Perhaps it was because he hadn't taught him properly! But the master was his master, and no one would be so embarrassed to ask their disciple to teach them! Yue Qianchou didn't know was that refining techniques like his were actually learned faster by newcomers who had never been exposed to alchemy before. The more experienced the person, the more deeply ingrained their own ideas were, and they couldn't be changed just like that.

Twenty Origin Qi Pill were freshly made, not a single one was a waste. Guan Wei Wu looked at the hazy glow of the pills in his hand and sighed repeatedly, saying, "So that's how it is, disciple! You are simply a genius. Your master has been trying to figure this out all his life but couldn't, yet... sigh! Your master will ask the sect for credit for you again."

"No, Master, please don't do that again. Actually, without your strong support, I wouldn't have been able to figure out the refining method in peace. This credit should belong to you," Yue Qianchou said sincerely. (Thinking to himself, I'll only feel at ease if you accept the benefits!)

To everyone's surprise, Guan Wei Wu shook his head and smiled bitterly, "What kind of person do you take your master for?"

After several attempts to refuse, Yue Qianchou still couldn't get away with it. The old man was unwavering in his respect for intellectual property rights, leaving no room for argument! The rest is predictable: Sect Leader Feng Xiangtian arrived with a group of elders. After confirming the facts, Yue Qianchou was almost too flattered to lift his head. Feng Xiangtian was overjoyed and, without a word, immediately ordered a reward of Yue Qianchou thousand high-grade Spirit Stones to Yue Qianchou, truly shocking everyone around. The elders looked at this young tycoon with strange expressions; it was no small sum, but considering his contribution, it was certainly worthwhile.

After the sect leader happily led his group away, Guan Wei Wu pulled Yue Qianchou aside and quietly instructed him on some matters. The latter nodded repeatedly in delight to thank his master, while Guan Weiwu then began busily arranging the refining plan for the Origin Qi Pill in the Alchemy Pavilion. Yue Qianchou never interfered in such matters; he left the Alchemy Pavilion and flew directly to the Penglai Pavilion on his sword.

When he arrived at the Miscellaneous Affairs Office, which belonged to the Miscellaneous Hall, and expressed his desire to participate in the upcoming competition organized by the Cultivation Pavilion, the disciples there exchanged bewildered glances. They were all surprised that a disciple from the Alchemy Pavilion would want to participate in this competition. According to the rules, they should accept his request, but when they checked Yue Qianchou's cultivation level, they found that the record still showed him as Foundation Establishment Early Stage. Therefore, they told him that he would only be eligible to participate in this competition after the Cultivation Pavilion officially recognized his early Core Formation cultivation level.

Yue Qianchou immediately went to the Cultivation Pavilion again, only to find that he couldn't skip levels to get his name officially recognized. So, he got his name officially recognized from the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage to the late Foundation Establishment and then to the early Core Formation stage all at once, leaving the elder who was recognizing him a little bewildered. Ignoring all that, he went to the Miscellaneous Affairs Office of the Penglai Pavilion again and finally successfully registered to participate in the Cultivation Pavilion competition.

Just as he was about to leave the miscellaneous affairs office, he ran into someone he really didn't want to see, someone who always looked at him with hostility. Yue Qianchou bowed and said, "Elder Yan." Then he turned to leave.

"Yue Qianchou, take your time," Elder Yan Tuo, the head of the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall, said coldly. Yue Qianchou stopped and turned around respectfully, saying, "Elder Yan, is there something you need?"

Yan Tuo said in a deep voice, "Why do you hide when you see me? Have you done something wrong?"

"Elder Yan kind, how could this disciple dare!"

"I have something to ask you. Are you willing to answer me honestly?"

"This disciple will certainly speak frankly and without reservation." In truth, Yue Qianchou wasn't afraid of him; he simply didn't want to provoke him. Having spent so many years on Fu Xian Island, Yue Qianchou knew quite a bit about things. Although Fu Xian Island was hailed as the number one sect in the Cultivation World, it wasn't a monolithic entity; it was actually controlled by several major internal forces. These forces had been secretly vying for control of Fu Xian Island.

Starting with Grandma Ma Jiu's generation, the Guan family produced many talented individuals who began to wield power on Fu Xian Island. However, in Guan Dinghai's generation, due to his daughter's situation, he was ousted from his position as sect leader by Guan Dinghai opposition. The Guan family didn't want to relinquish power to the opposition and theoretically intended to pass it on to Guan Wei Wu, but Guan Wei Wu proved too incompetent and unfit for the role. Ultimately, the Guan family promoted Feng Xiangtian 'Guan Dinghai most trusted disciple, to the position of sect leader. It should be said that the power on Fu Xian Island still resides within the Guan family lineage.

As Guan Wei Wu's personal disciple, Yue Qianchou was actually a member of the Guan family lineage. Previously, Yue Qianchou was unaware of this, which is why he Yan Shu opposed Yan Shu. Now that he knew, and understood that Yan Tuo was precisely a member of another opposing faction, he couldn't help but secretly rejoice at the close call. He had risked being drawn into the power struggle between several major forces, which was no joke. Any one of them could easily surpass a sect like the Qingguang Sect in strength; they were truly not ones he could afford to offend.

Yan Tuo stroked his beard and said in a deep voice, "I recently heard something. I heard that during the Demon Ghost Domain Trial, when the Ghost General was slaughtering disciples from various sects in a large tent, you were also in that tent. Is that true?"

"Yes."

"I've also heard that you have a good relationship with the Ghost General and have saved many people. Why don't you save the people in the main tent as well?" Yan Tuo's tone turned fierce as he spoke, clearly still resentful about his son's death.

"Damn it! Your son tried to kill me that time, and I killed him beforehand. You still want me to save him? You old bastard, did you get your head stuck in a door?" Yue Qianchou sighed, "Elder Yan, you don't know, but the Ghost General ordered us to pay our respects to him within half an hour. We, the weaker disciples, had nowhere to hide, so we had no choice but to obey. As a result, some other disciples disobeyed the Ghost General 'Ghost General orders, which angered him. At that time, the disciples begged him, but the Ghost General never showed mercy to those who dared to disobey him, so... sigh!"

Yan Tuo's face twitched for a while before he asked again, "With the Ghost General's strength, killing them would be a piece of cake. Why did you have to capture them and bring them into the tent before killing them?"

"You old bastard, I made the Ghost General do this to kill your son, and you dare to be so fierce to me? Just wait and see how I deal with you." Yue Qianchou paused and said, "Elder Yan, to be honest, I've always had a suspicion about something."

"Don't try to play games with me," Yan Tuo sneered.

Yue Qianchou nodded, his eyes showing difficulty, and said, "I overheard some things at the time, and I don't know if I misheard them. I haven't dared to say anything because this is no small matter. Actually, I suspect that those people are not dead."

Yan Tuo was startled. He grabbed Yue Qianchou's shoulder and asked breathlessly, "What did you say? What did you hear? Why did you suspect that those people weren't dead?"

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