Silk Coiling Strength, Quiet Nourishing Technique

After Qingyuan Sect's Sect Master Liu Xuan led the elders and disciples away from the sect, good news kept returning to Qingyuan Sect. The deaths of the elders and Personal Disciples were gradually covered over.

From the news first returning to no one mentioning it anymore, only half a month had passed.

Qingyuan Sect had already retaliated twice over for the matter of vengeance, so it was naturally slowly forgotten.

This made Yang Chan realize even more clearly that only immortality and indestructibility could leave traces of one's existence behind.

He did not want to be one of the forgotten. He wanted to be the one who forgot others.

Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, a month had passed. Yang Chan's assignment changed from sorting fresh medicinal ingredients back to assisting Xu Gaocen with prescription preparation.

After Li Junhao was taken away, he never returned. Though Yang Chan had not deliberately asked around, he still heard information regarding Li Junhao, Zhao Ziqing, and the others.

Zhao Ziqing was an undercover agent Lingyu Palace had placed within Qingyuan Sect. He had been secretly passing on Qingyuan Sect's information and had now become someone everyone in the sect wanted to beat.

His aim had been to become an Intermediate Alchemist's assistant, then use the convenience of being a Pharmacist Assistant to tamper with the medicine packets.

Once he tampered with things here, those brewing the medicinal ingredients and delivering the medicine would also make their moves over there.

People had already been placed among the Junior Alchemists, but there had been no one among the Intermediate Alchemists. Zhao Ziqing had originally set his sights on Xu Gaocen's vacant position, but Yang Chan had snatched it away first and never gave him an opportunity.

After learning that Li Junhao had made a move against Yang Chan, Zhao Ziqing immediately hit it off with him. The two joined forces to tamper with things and use it to drive Yang Chan out of the Medicine Hall.

Li Junhao did it for a place in Pharmacist training, while Zhao Ziqing did it for the Pharmacist Assistant position left vacant by Yang An. Their cooperation could truly be called a win-win.

Then both winners ended up locked inside the Law Enforcement Hall.

Quite a bit of useful information was dug out, along with an undercover network within Qingyuan Sect. Disciples throughout the sect were investigated, and many people were arrested.

The earlier ambush against Qingyuan Sect's elders and the others had happened because they had discovered something was wrong. Now that this undercover network had been exposed, the source of the problem had been found.

Among the disciples who had followed that elder, some had been undercover agents planted by the enemy. They had sent out all the information.

Before the Three Great Sects moved against Qingyuan Sect, Qingzhou's hegemonic power, they had made extensive preparations. Even so, after taking action, they still failed to gain the upper hand.

Although Li Junhao was not an undercover agent from an enemy faction, he had cooperated with one. His eventual punishment would not be light.

Switching medicine and framing other Pharmacist Assistants—once such things were discovered, there was no way he could remain in Qingyuan Sect.

And cooperating with an opposing sect only added another layer to his crimes.

Though the final result had yet to be decided, Yang Chan knew Li Junhao's life was as good as over.

This situation was very good.

People chose their own paths. Those who made mistakes ought to pay the price for their actions.

Yang Chan arrived at the Prescription Courtyard, where Xu Gaocen was late again. In his words, he had worked too hard some time ago, so he could take it easy for a while.

Previously, they had worked hard preparing all kinds of medicine packets to send out. Now, they had to wait for certain medicinal ingredients to dry before they could prepare prescriptions.

During this period, Pharmacist Xu Gaocen spent more time examining the wounded who had been sent back. Whenever he saw an injured person, his eyes practically lit up.

Yang Chan saw Xu Gaocen take out medicines he had prepared himself and test them on those injured people. Their lives would not be endangered, but if the effects were poor, they might have to lie in bed for a few extra days.

Naturally, Yang Chan pretended not to understand such matters.

After all, he was still only a Pharmacist Assistant!

While helping out, Yang Chan also observed the medicines Xu Gaocen prepared and committed them to memory, gaining quite a bit of knowledge from it.

If he added Potential Points to Pharmacist, he might even be able to understand the parts he could not make sense of.

The moment that thought arose, Yang Chan cut it off.

Within Qingyuan Sect, his Pharmacist abilities were temporarily sufficient. He would use his remaining Potential Points to improve his cultivation techniques.

Over the course of a month, Yang Chan's Martial Cultivation naturally advanced into the External Refinement: Bronze Skin Second Layer: Brass realm. This was despite the fact that he had spent a great deal of Potential Points and effort on the Tai Chi Health Cultivation Technique.

Within Yang Chan's body, he had also developed the Silk Coiling Strength cultivated through the Tai Chi Health Cultivation Technique. This was the Jing Power he had heard of before but had never managed to cultivate.

Silk Coiling Strength differed from Raging Bull Strength.

Silk Coiling Strength was also called Spiral Silk Coiling Strength. It imitated spiraling rotation, winding and advancing or retreating as one moved, forming a stance that combined offense and defense.

Yet the Jing Power Yang Chan had cultivated contained one more layer than what he had seen in videos. Within his Lower Dantian, Silk Coiling Strength was also being nurtured. This Jing Power did not interfere with his Raging Bull Strength while within the Lower Dantian.

Before Jing Power in Martial Cultivation had fully matured, an additional strain of Jing Power would interfere with the others. His current situation was normal, however, and no accident had occurred.

The Quiet Nourishing Technique had not progressed as quickly as Silk Coiling Strength, but Yang Chan had already cultivated Qi Gathering, Qi Grasping, the Dantian Internal Qi Circulation Technique, the Seated Health Nourishing Technique, the Standing Health Nourishing Technique, and more. Every day, he could sense a stream of clear qi circulating through him, steadily improving his condition.

At the same time, Yang Chan also cultivated the Tai Chi Primordial Unity Stance as a supplementary practice, making his stance more stable and his hands and feet more powerful.

The only pity was that the Tai Chi Health Cultivation Technique had not yet advanced to the third tier. Still, it was close—only a tiny bit remained.

Yang Chan had a feeling that once the Tai Chi Health Cultivation Technique reached the third tier, living to a hundred would no longer be a blessing to him, but a curse.

After Li Junhao was taken away, Xu Gaocen recruited another Pharmacist Assistant. This person underwent layers upon layers of tests during recruitment, far more than Yang Chan had faced back then.

This was to prevent the new Pharmacist Assistant from harboring malicious intentions.

The new Pharmacist Assistant was still entrusted to Shu Yu for instruction, but he was far inferior to Yang Chan. From the moment he arrived, he was flustered and scrambling. After more tasks were added later, he even made mistakes, angering Xu Gaocen and nearly losing his status as a Pharmacist Assistant.

Fortunately, recruiting people was rather complicated now. While giving him another chance, they also lightened his workload to prevent further mistakes.

It was far better for a Pharmacist Assistant to be slower than to make mistakes. As for everything else, practice made perfect.

Shu Yu had feared the newcomer would be like Yang Chan, hiding his abilities at first. Once she realized that he truly was ordinary, she explained all the precautions and key points to him. Even so, his progress remained slow.

His progress was far worse than that of the people Shu Yu had instructed before, much less Yang Chan.

During this period, Xu Gaocen also explained quite a few matters related to medicinal principles and medicinal properties. Although Yang Chan had already mastered most of them, he did not mind listening to this Intermediate Alchemist's explanations.

After Li Junhao was taken away, there was another slight change on Yang Chan's side: the tasks assigned to him increased somewhat. After all, Yang Chan's progress was the fastest.

Xu Gaocen praised Yang Chan again. Of course, what Yang Chan liked most was the increase in his monthly pay.