Elder Mo Xuan had originally been sitting in a quiet room on the top floor of the Alchemy Pavilion, carefully studying an ancient alchemical tome in his hands.
Suddenly, his brows rose as he caught a familiar fluctuation of Dou Qi with his senses—a Four-star Dou Master!
"Hmm?"
He set down the tome, a trace of surprise flashing through his eyes before it turned into amusement.
"That little monkey has improved quite quickly."
He muttered under his breath, lightly tapping his fingers against the table.
"But I can't let him get too full of himself."
The corners of Elder Mo Xuan's mouth curled up. With a flash, he vanished from where he stood.
A Dou Wang expert!
Jiang Donghua was strolling leisurely through the corridors of the Alchemy Department, and the surrounding students all stepped aside, their eyes filled with reverence.
Suddenly, he halted and looked up as if sensing something.
"Well, well, isn't this my dear disciple?"
A slightly teasing voice came from ahead.
Jiang Donghua looked up to see a gray-robed old man standing before him at some unknown point, his hands clasped behind his back as he smiled amiably at him.
It was Elder Mo Xuan!
"Master."
Jiang Donghua called out happily.
He really hadn't expected to pick up such a bargain of a master!
Elder Mo Xuan looked him over from head to toe, his brow furrowing tighter and tighter.
"You are..."
Pinching his nose, he took half a step back with a disgusted expression.
"Which trash heap did you crawl out of?"
Jiang Donghua.
"..."
The surrounding students.
"..."
A dignified Dou Wang expert and Fifth-grade Alchemist—the first thing he said was that his disciple was dirty?!
Jiang Donghua's mouth twitched as he said helplessly, "I was in seclusion for half a year and didn't