Junior Brother Nie Li

Nie Li strode into the mess hall, his slightly oversized white robe exuding an imposing aura.

Director Yang Xin accompanied Nie Li, her face beaming with a warm smile.

"Nie Li, that outfit looks so cool! Don't tell me you passed the Alchemist Guild's exam," Lu Piao's eyes lit up as he stood up, rushing over and clumsily patting Nie Li down.

Xian Wu glanced at Nie Li, then at Yang Xin, remaining silent.

Judging by the white robe Nie Li was wearing, he must already be a Junior Alchemist Master.

Xian Wu wasn't surprised by this. What reborn person wasn't incredibly arrogant and powerful? Alchemy was a trivial matter.

His brothers all stood up to welcome him.

Nie Li raised his hand, signaling for everyone to sit down.

"Director Yang, this is my junior brother. From now on, anything you need, you can talk to him just like you would talk to me," Nie Li said, walking behind Xian Wu and patting his shoulder as he introduced him to Director Yang Xin.

Junior brother? Xian Wu was completely bewildered.

What was Nie Li up to?

"If I recall correctly, your name is Xian Wu, right?" Yang Xin's smile was beautiful, like spring flowers. "You'll have to help take care of your older sister from now on." As she spoke, Yang Xin handed Xian Wu a brand-new white robe.

Nie Li and Xian Wu's benefactor behind them possessed many lost and precious pill recipes. Befriending his two disciples would help revive the Alchemist Guild, strengthen the City of Brilliance, and better enable the City of Brilliance to resist the attacks of Demonic Beasts.

"Sister Yang, what does this mean?" Xian Wu instinctively took the item Yang Xin handed him.

Yang Xin explained, "Since you are also that great master's disciple, you don't need to take the test. Our Alchemist Guild has decided to directly promote you to Junior Alchemist Master."

"Oh, you shouldn't have," Xian Wu said, half-heartedly tucking the white robe into his embrace.

It was good to recognize Nie Li as his godfather; he got a Junior Alchemist Master for free. Moreover, with this title, it would be more legitimate for him to visit Yang Xin at the Alchemist Guild in the future.

Honestly, his psychological age was about the same as Yang Xin's.

As the saying goes, talent matches beauty, and wolves match leopards. The former refers to him and Yang Xin.

Incidentally, after his bruises healed, he no longer wore the heavy cloak, only a coarse linen shirt.

It was already early summer, and the weather had warmed up. Wearing a cloak felt too stuffy.

Lu Piao stared blankly at Xian Wu, who had inexplicably become Nie Li's junior brother. He quickly scurried over to Yang Xin's side and said, "Sister Yang, I'm actually Nie Li's junior brother too. Can you give me a white robe as well?"

Yang Xin looked at Nie Li, who shook his head.

Yang Xin nodded, took out some small white porcelain bottles from her spatial ring, handed one to Lu Piao, and said, "Don't be silly, little brother. Take these Soul Gathering Pills and use them. Don't be polite with your sister."

It was clear that the five people present had a good relationship with the two brothers. Giving a small gift was also a way of showing goodwill.

Soul Gathering Pills? Lu Piao and the others took the porcelain bottles, their hands trembling with excitement.

In the City of Brilliance, Soul Gathering Pills were a very expensive medicine, affordable only by affluent families and Peak Families.

Even noble families rarely consumed such expensive medicine, let alone commoners like them.

With the pills in hand, Lu Piao no longer pestered Yang Xin for a white robe and quickly sat down to absorb and refine them.

"You can cultivate with peace of mind at the Alchemist Guild for the next few days. If there's anything you don't understand, you can come ask me."

Seeing the skeptical looks from the youngsters, Yang Xin puffed out her ample chest and said proudly, "Don't look down on me. I'm a Gold Spirit Master, more than enough to guide a few little Bronze ones like you."

"Sister Yang, what about Sacred Orchid Academy..." Du Ze voiced his concern.

Yang Xin waved her hand. "Don't worry, leave Vice Dean Ye Sheng to me. You can cultivate with peace of mind, without any worries. Just eat well, drink well, and have fun these few days."

After giving her instructions, Yang Xin swayed her rounded hips and gracefully left the mess hall.

The pill recipes Nie Li had contributed were extremely precious, and she had to rush back to study them thoroughly.

Xian Wu stared blankly at that beautiful sight for several minutes.

She was truly... captivating.

"Stop staring, she's gone!" Nie Li turned Xian Wu's head back and whispered earnestly into his ear, "This is all your godfather can do for you. From now on, it's all up to you."

Even so, he still didn't believe that a mature woman like Yang Xin would like a little brat like Xian Wu.

Xian Wu patted Nie Li's hand. Don't worry, you'll have many beautiful god-daughters-in-law soon enough.

In the afternoon, the sun shone brightly.

The group found a pavilion and sat in a circle, beginning to cultivate their techniques.

However, there were only six people in the pavilion.

Xian Wu couldn't rely on active cultivation to gain Soul Force, so he went to play with his darling Yang Xin.

"This is unfair! We all have Chaos-element Soul Seas, why doesn't Xian Wu have to cultivate?" Lu Piao protested. With the help of the Chaos Sacred Spirit Art, he had spent a long time cultivating his Soul Force to thirty-six points.

But Xian Wu, with a casual inhale, had raised his Soul Force to twenty-one points in less than a few seconds.

It was like cheating, completely unfair.

"Brother Nie Li~ I want to change my cultivation technique~~" Lu Piao shook Nie Li, who was meditating, and pleaded coquettishly.

Nie Li's forehead was covered in black lines. Lu Piao's syrupy voice was too much; he couldn't help but harden.

His fist hardened.

Nie Li rolled his eyes and said, "The cultivation technique I gave you is the most suitable for your soul sea. Besides, the Chaos Sacred Spirit Art is great, isn't it? It doesn't require too much effort to cultivate; you just need to nurture the Chaos Energy within your body."

Cultivation techniques like Du Ze's Sky Kylin Art and Wei Nan's Holy Light Cross Art require diligent practice to continuously expand the soul sea with Soul Force.

In contrast, Lu Piao's Chaos Sacred Spirit Art only requires absorbing and refining the energy between Heaven and Earth to nurture Chaos Energy. As the Chaos Energy increases, the soul sea will naturally expand, making everything fall into place.

To possess such an excellent cultivation technique and still not be satisfied, he truly didn't know what was good for him.

"Can you teach me Xian Wu's Chaos Spirit Devouring Art?" Lu Piao asked expectantly.

Nie Li slowly stood up and said, "Wait for me, I'll call him over and have him teach you!"

"No, no need, no need! The Chaos Sacred Spirit Art is quite good. Just pretend I never said anything. I didn't say anything, and you didn't hear anything," Lu Piao quickly sat back down, as docile as a quail.

Nie Li said with a smile, "It's fine. After he absorbs your Soul Force, I'll just have him return it to you. Xian Wu listens to me very well."

Lu Piao gulped.

Having his Soul Force returned? He'd rather be killed!