Only the Master Is Good in This World

Li Xiuchang accepted the Storage Bag, but because he had no Spiritual Sense, he could not see what was inside.

Nor could he dump everything out in front of Zhao Yuansi.

Still, he knew that as an Outer Sect Elder, Zhao Yuansi held a lofty position and certainly would not be stingy.

Delighted, he hurriedly thanked him and put away the Storage Bag.

Within the Immortal Dust Sect, the relationship between Outer Sect disciples and "technicians" was relatively loose. There were few restrictions, and they did not even need a formal apprenticeship ceremony.

However, this also meant that technicians had no real responsibility toward their disciples. If they could teach them well, they taught them; if they produced results, they could claim Sect contributions.

If they could not teach them well, it did not matter. The disciple could simply find someone else.

As a result, it was difficult for disciples to obtain much resource support from technicians.

Li Xiuchang had just taken a master, yet he had already received a gift from him. This made him realize that he had latched onto a powerful backer.

Zhao Yuansi took Li Xiuchang all the way to an impressive estate in the Outer Sect. The plaque at the entrance bore the words "Zhao Manor."

This was clearly Elder Zhao's private estate. An elder's treatment was truly excellent.

"I brought you here this time so you could learn the way. If you run into any problems with alchemy in the future, you can come here and find me."

As he spoke, Zhao Yuansi led Li Xiuchang into Zhao Manor.

The two of them entered a study, where Zhao Yuansi asked about Li Xiuchang's level in alchemy.

Li Xiuchang answered honestly. He had not even obtained the basic alchemy inheritance and could be said to be a complete layman.

Zhao Yuansi did not mind. He took a book titled Introduction to Alchemy from the bookshelf and handed it to Li Xiuchang.

"This book records the foundational knowledge of alchemy. It covers the Sect's basic alchemy inheritance. Take it and study it slowly. If there is anything you do not understand, you can come ask me. Once you have thoroughly mastered this book, you will already be among the outstanding First-tier Alchemists."

Li Xiuchang accepted the book and flipped through it briefly. Like the Spirit Chef Basic Inheritance he had obtained, it was filled with the fundamentals of alchemy, but it was clearly more detailed and comprehensive, and it even included several pill recipes.

There were also many annotations beside the text, explaining some difficult points and making it much easier for him to understand.

It was clear that Zhao Yuansi had put considerable thought into it.

"Thank you, Master." Li Xiuchang put away the book and thanked him repeatedly.

Zhao Yuansi nodded slightly and encouraged him. "Since you have become my disciple, as long as you do not slack off, I guarantee that you will become a Second-tier Alchemist within twenty years. Before you turn one hundred, you will have hope of becoming a Third-tier Alchemist!"

Li Xiuchang understood that improving one's skill level was no simple matter. Very few technicians could make such a promise. Zhao Yuansi dared to say it only because his attainments in alchemy were profound and he had confidence in himself.

But twenty years, and becoming one before the age of one hundred—both sounded incredibly distant to Li Xiuchang, who had only just embarked on the path of cultivation.

After chatting for a little longer, Zhao Yuansi asked, "Where do you live? I'll have someone take you back."

"This disciple lives in the Eastern Geng District."

The expression on Zhao Yuansi's face froze slightly. He suddenly felt that he might have spoken a little too soon when he had mentioned becoming a Third-tier Alchemist before the age of one hundred.

In the end, Li Xiuchang declined Zhao Yuansi's kind offer and did not let him send someone to escort him back.

He still had to make a trip to the Immortal Dust Sect Outer Market, and there were many things he needed to do.

The person Zhao Yuansi had arranged would have been one of his other disciples.

Li Xiuchang had no relationship with them, so he felt awkward troubling them to take him to the Outer Market.

However, the journey from the Outer Sect to the Outer Market was indeed rather far. More importantly, he would have to make the round trip, wasting quite a lot of time.

An idea struck Li Xiuchang, and he decided to find Senior Brother Wang Long.

But he was not going there just to hitch a ride... Or rather, hitching a ride was merely incidental. His main purpose was to help Senior Brother Wang Long make a fortune.

He had previously decided that whenever he found a way to earn spirit stones, he would prioritize bringing Senior Brother Wang Long along. That way, he would not be letting down all the times Wang Long had given him a ride.

Now that his Smoked Spirit Meat had a huge profit margin, and Li Xiuchang genuinely needed an assistant, it was just the right opportunity.

Producing and selling everything himself would certainly earn more, but it would require too much effort. Li Xiuchang could not be in two places at once, so he wanted to hand the sales side over to Wang Long.

Li Xiuchang walked to the entrance of the Reception Area. After waiting for a moment, he saw Wang Long arrive at the entrance with a new disciple.

"Senior Brother Wang," Li Xiuchang greeted him first.

"Junior Brother Li." Wang Long smiled. "We meet again."

"I came specifically to find you this time, Senior Brother."

"Oh?" Wang Long was surprised. "What is it?"

"Let's talk after you finish what you're doing. I'll wait here for you first," Li Xiuchang said.

Wang Long glanced at the new disciple beside him, then nodded. After arranging to meet Li Xiuchang later, he went off to handle his business.

Taking advantage of the time, Li Xiuchang found a secluded place and took out the Storage Bag Zhao Yuansi had given him.

He had long been curious about what was inside the Storage Bag.

Li Xiuchang dumped everything inside out in one go, piling it into a small mountain.

He gave it a rough inspection and found that it was all kinds of alchemy materials. Most of them were unranked medicinal ingredients, along with a small portion of First-tier Spirit Medicine.

"These Spirit Medicine should be enough to let me practice all the way until I become a First-tier Alchemist!"

Li Xiuchang took a deep breath. To Zhao Yuansi, an alchemy master, the combined value of these low-grade Spirit Medicine was insignificant. But to a new disciple just entering the path of alchemy, they would definitely save him a considerable expense.

With these medicinal ingredients, Li Xiuchang could completely bury himself in practice and charge straight toward becoming a First-tier Alchemist, without worrying about lacking spirit stones to buy practice materials.

But besides these medicinal ingredients, there was another item in the Storage Bag that was truly the most valuable.

It was a blue-gray High-grade Magic Tool Alchemy Furnace!

High-grade Magic Tools could only be crafted by Second-tier Artifact Refiners. Compared with the Low-grade and Mid-grade Magic Artifacts that First-tier Artifact Refiners could already craft, they were vastly more expensive.

"Having a good master really does make a difference." Li Xiuchang was in high spirits. As he put everything back into the Storage Bag, he hummed a little tune and praised his master. "Only the master is good in this world..."

Li Xiuchang returned to the entrance of the Reception Area. He did not have to wait long before Senior Brother Wang Long returned.

The two of them went to a quiet place. Without waiting for Wang Long to ask again, Li Xiuchang got straight to the point. "Senior Brother Wang, let me show you something."

With that, he began taking things out of his own Storage Bag.

Without the aid of Spiritual Sense, the Storage Bag was like a blind box to Li Xiuchang. What he pulled out was entirely a matter of luck.

Li Xiuchang reached in, and a spirit stone appeared in his hand.

"A spirit stone?" Wang Long froze.

"Not this."

Li Xiuchang reached in again and pulled out another spirit stone.

"I grabbed the wrong thing. Again."

The result was still a spirit stone...

Most of his belongings were all kept at Number Eighteen in the Eastern Geng District. His own Storage Bag contained only three things: his Identity Token, spirit stones, and Smoked Spirit Meat. No matter how many times he reached in, all he pulled out were spirit stones.

Wang Long swallowed. He even suspected that Li Xiuchang was deliberately provoking him. Knowing that he was poor, Li Xiuchang kept waving spirit stones in front of him.

But how could Junior Brother Li, a new disciple, have so many spirit stones?

Li Xiuchang had no choice but to dump everything in the Storage Bag out.

That large handful of bright white spirit stones stabbed Wang Long in the heart once again.

"Found it. Senior Brother Wang, try this!" Li Xiuchang picked up the Smoked Spirit Meat and handed it to Wang Long.