Heaven-Seizing Ancestor (Second Update, Please Bookmark)

Heaven-Seizing Ancestor (Second Update, Please Bookmark)

"Just now... just now, that sounded like..." Hearing the roar behind him, Hu Donghan was somewhat speechless.

Wang Ruolong said easily, "That was the sound of a few inattentive fellows blowing up their pill furnaces—ignore them. This was an order from Heaven-Seizing Ancestor! The Ancestor said that when alchemists refine pills, they must be focused and serious. If they fail because of a little disturbance, then they deserve it!"

"In order to make us alchemists concentrate even more, the Ancestor deliberately did not install soundproofing restrictions in the Earthfire Grotto. He also instructed disciples returning from outside to give a loud shout. The purpose was to strengthen our composure..."

"Hehehe..." Hu Donghan's forehead darkened with black lines. Alchemists actually used this kind of method to strengthen their composure—this Heaven-Seizing Ancestor was probably quite the oddball.

Wang Ruolong shouted again on the second level before descending to the third.

The third level did not have many excavated stone chambers. At a glance, there were only a scattered dozen or so.

Wang Ruolong arrived outside the largest stone chamber and howled again, "Ancestor, I've brought a newcomer to our hall!"

Immediately afterward, a thunderous boom came from within the stone chamber. Two nearby chambers seemed to have been affected as well, erupting with simultaneous booms. Then three old men crawled out of the chambers, cursing and shouting, "Which bastard ruined a whole furnace of my pills?!"

The foremost old man's eyes were bulging like lanterns. He charged straight up to Wang Ruolong and shouted, "You little bastard! Who told you to yell and scream while I was refining pills? A whole furnace of my Sixth-Turn Golden Pills has been ruined!"

"Ancestor! Ancestor! Wasn't this what you said? That all disciples returning from outside had to shout and yell to temper us alchemists' composure..." Wang Ruolong was not flustered in the slightest as he loudly argued back.

This enraged old man was black-faced, dressed in tattered clothes, and glaring at Wang Ruolong with bloodshot eyes as he cursed. It was truly difficult to imagine that such an old man possessed Spirit Transformation cultivation—and was even the master of Earthfire Hall.

"You're talking nonsense! When did I ever say such bullshit?" Heaven-Seizing Ancestor glared round-eyed, puffing with rage.

Wang Ruolong raised his voice again. "Ancestor, you really did say it." At this moment, the other two old men also came forward and quietly said to Heaven-Seizing Ancestor, "Ancestor, you did indeed say that."

"Did I? So what if I said it? I've forgotten now!" Heaven-Seizing Ancestor still glared, but at least he let Wang Ruolong go.

Wang Ruolong, however, remained perfectly calm. He quietly explained to Hu Donghan, "The Ancestor gets angry easily, but it's all childish temper. Don't mind him."

Heaven-Seizing Ancestor naturally heard Wang Ruolong's words and shouted, "Little brat, who are you calling childish? Hm? Right, your name is Wang Ruolong, isn't it? What did you just say? You brought a newcomer to Earthfire Hall?"

Sure enough, it had not been long at all before Heaven-Seizing Ancestor's furious manner vanished completely. He had finally recognized Wang Ruolong as well.

Wang Ruolong nodded and pointed at Hu Donghan. "Ancestor, this is Hu Donghan, the newcomer I mentioned. He wishes to come to Earthfire Hall to learn pill refinement."

"Hm? Enforcement Hall robes?" Heaven-Seizing Ancestor glanced at Hu Donghan, his expression carrying a trace of disgust. "Isn't that one of those Enforcement Hall people who have nothing to do all day except stir up trouble throughout the sect? What? He wants to come to Earthfire Hall and learn pill refinement? Then let him start as a pill-refining boy! No! I've never liked the look of Enforcement Hall people. Make him start as a menial laborer!"

"Uh..." Hu Donghan's forehead filled with black lines—now he finally understood where Wang Ruolong had learned that temper of his.

Heaven-Seizing Ancestor's behavior right now was simply identical to Wang Ruolong's earlier behavior!

Upon hearing this, Wang Ruolong gave Hu Donghan a meaningful look, then quietly said, "Ancestor, Hu Donghan can cultivate Six-Section Grass of exceptionally fine quality. The quality of his spirit herbs is sufficient to serve as supplementary spirit herbs for Sixth-Turn Golden Pills..."

"What did you say?" Heaven-Seizing Ancestor's eyes lit up, and he reached out to seize Wang Ruolong by the collar again. As for the other two alchemists, they stared at Hu Donghan with gleaming eyes.

And that was not all. Just after Wang Ruolong finished speaking, the stone chambers throughout the third level of the Earthfire Grotto nearly all rang out with exploding-furnace booms. Then another dozen or so disheveled people rushed out, their eyes shining as they stared at Hu Donghan.

Suddenly being watched by so many gazes, Hu Donghan felt an inexplicable panic rise in his heart—why did he suddenly feel as though he had fallen into a pack of vicious dogs as a child? Was this an illusion?

Wang Ruolong rolled his eyes from being grabbed and spoke again. "Ancestor... Ancestor, let me go first! Junior Brother Hu is the newly appointed caretaker disciple of Little Jade Flat on Overlapping Peaks. When I went there, I discovered nearly perfect Six-Section Grass in his herb field. It can be used to assist in refining Sixth-Turn Golden Pills... It is said that Junior Brother Hu possesses a Medicinal-Scent Ghost, which is why he has achieved this..."

"This kid has a Medicinal-Scent Ghost too?" Heaven-Seizing Ancestor casually put Wang Ruolong down, then looked at Hu Donghan. "Hahaha! I heard that over a month ago, Overlapping Peaks produced a disciple with a Medicinal-Scent Ghost. I was about to have him come to Earthfire Hall, but he was killed by people from the Enforcement Hall! Who would have thought that I would now encounter another disciple with a Medicinal-Scent Ghost..."

"Quick, release your Medicinal-Scent Ghost and let me have a look!" Heaven-Seizing Ancestor looked at Hu Donghan cheerfully, as though he were looking at an adorable little lamb.

Now that Heaven-Seizing Ancestor had noticed him, Hu Donghan even somewhat regretted rashly following Wang Ruolong here to meet him.

Although Heaven-Seizing Ancestor's gaze held no aggression, the aura of a Spirit Transformation expert had naturally locked onto Hu Donghan. Hu Donghan felt that he simply could not escape Heaven-Seizing Ancestor's perception.

With no possibility of resistance at all, Hu Donghan could only comply and release the Medicine Spirit Ghost.

The moment the Medicine Spirit Ghost appeared, nearly all the alchemists on the third level, led by Heaven-Seizing Ancestor, crowded around it to watch.

As for Heaven-Seizing Ancestor, he even reached out and touched the Ghost Spirit Herb on the Medicine Spirit Ghost's forehead, laughing heartily. "So this is the Medicinal-Scent Ghost! It has a spirit herb growing atop its head—what an interesting appearance! And this spirit herb seems somewhat unusual too. It appears to provide exceptional benefits to the growth of spirit herbs. Hahaha! Not bad! Not bad! It seems the records concerning Medicinal-Scent Ghosts in the ancient texts are not accurate. By my estimate, this Ghost Wraith should increase spirit herb growth by around onefold, not twenty percent."

No one knew exactly how Heaven-Seizing Ancestor had observed the Medicine Spirit Ghost. With only a brief examination, he had completely uncovered its secrets.

As for Hu Donghan, he was naturally astonished—Heaven-Seizing Ancestor truly deserved to be called a Spirit Transformation expert!

(End of Chapter)