After cleaning the two alchemy furnaces, Ling Yi's body had fully recovered thanks to his healing abilities.
However, it was already six or seven o'clock in the evening.
It was also lunchtime at the cafeteria.
Pill Peak has a total of thirty-six alchemy furnaces and more than two hundred miscellaneous disciples.
Although they belonged to different areas and were responsible for different tasks, they all ate in the same canteen.
Mealtime is also the liveliest time of the day.
But that was also the most chaotic time.
No matter the place or the group, there will always be hierarchies.
Their circle of menial disciples was no exception.
Ling Yi is usually low-key and always finds the most secluded corner seat when eating.
If they sense anything amiss, they'll immediately hide far away.
They were terrified of getting into even the slightest trouble.
There are quite a few other people in the Gou Dao sect who share similar ideas with Ling Yi.
"Brother Ling, why are you so late today?" Ling Yi had just sat down when a chubby boy next to him came over and asked.
"Wait a minute, where did the bloodstains on you come from?"
Ling Yi coughed up blood twice today, and the amount of bleeding was quite large. Since he didn't have time to go back and change his clothes, his body was naturally covered in a lot of blood.
"I had a bad day; I ran into a Madman." Ling Yi didn't want to explain further.
He wasn't familiar with this fat man.
The chubby boy's name was Cheng Little Tiger. He was a menial disciple responsible for cleaning up discarded pills, and the two did not belong to the same area.
I always end up sitting in roughly the same spot whenever I come to the cafeteria.
Over time, we got to know each other.
Failure in alchemy will inevitably result in a worthless pill.
Waste pills do have some medicinal effects, but they are too toxic and are basically useless to cultivators.
Therefore, they will all be collected and processed in a unified manner.
As for what will happen to these pills in the end, Ling Yi doesn't know, but according to what the chubby boy said, the Waste Pill Valley on the back mountain of Pill Peak is piled up with waste pills.
Almost the entire valley was filled with various kinds of discarded pills.
There were too many waste pills to process, so they just piled up.
" Madman? You didn't run into Qin Yuran you?" the chubby boy asked in a low voice.
"Who is Qin Yuran?" Ling Yi asked curiously.
" Qin Yuran is the daughter of Elder Qin Hao of Pill Peak. She has good Spiritual Root and cultivates relatively quickly, but her alchemy skills are utterly terrible."
The chubby boy carefully looked around, and only continued speaking after confirming that no one was paying attention to them.
"But this Qin Yuran, I don't know who fooled her, she thinks she has a great talent for alchemy, but so far, she's only a First Pin alchemist."
"Moreover, this First Pin alchemist qualification was only granted to her by the rating elder because of her father's name."
"In reality, this First Pin alchemist is barely passable."
"Isn't she aware of her own talent for alchemy?" Ling Yi asked curiously.
"I can't understand it. Every time I fail at alchemy, I blame the heavens, the earth, the air, the fire, the wind, and even the servants."
"So what? What does this have to do with Madman?"
"The problem lies in the last one, the servants. Every time she fails at alchemy, her servants are bound to suffer. At best, they're seriously injured; at worst, crack!"
The chubby boy made a throat-slitting gesture.
"Every year, at least a dozen handymen die at the hands of this Madman."
"Do you know why you have the fewest number of handymen over there? Thirty-six alchemy furnaces, but only eighteen handymen disciples."
Before Ling Yi could answer, the chubby boy said to himself, "That's because nobody wants to go!"
"So nobody cares about her?" Ling Yi asked.
"Who cares? Who dares to care?" The chubby boy shook his head.
"She is an elder of Pill Peak, and the only elder in the entire Heavenly Mysterious Sect capable of refining Foundation Establishment Pill. Even the sect leader treats her with utmost respect!"
"With her father backing her up, this Madman can do whatever she wants in the Heavenly Mysterious Sect Profound Sect. Who dares to stop her?"
Ling Yi clicked his Delia, a bad feeling creeping into his heart.
" Qin Yuran aiming to become Second Pin alchemist recently, so she'll probably be refining pills every day. You'd better be very careful."
"If you see this Madman, go hide for a while and reappear after she leaves."
Ling Yi asked in a low voice, "Is this Qin Yuran wearing a red dress?"
"Uh, right, she loves wearing red. Oops, all that blood on you, could it be because of Qin Yuran?"
Damn, it really is Qin Yuran.
No wonder he's so arrogant, he must have a powerful background!
But thinking about it, it makes sense.
If it weren't for her powerful Laozi, Qin Yuran, with her personality, would probably have been beaten to death long ago.
Looks like I really need to be more careful from now on.
Just like the chubby boy said, she should avoid Qin Yuran's around.
In any case, Ling Yi was only responsible for cleaning the alchemy furnace.
After Qin Yuran finishes refining the pills and leaves the alchemy room, he will clean the furnace.
Seeing Ling Yi's expression, the chubby boy looked at Ling Yi with pity and said, "Brother Ling, why don't you let me keep your fortune safe?"
"Are you crazy? Why should I hand over my entire fortune to you?"
"That way, after you die, I can help you collect your body and find you a good burial place, so you won't be left without anyone to care for you."
"Damn it, believe it or not, I'll send you away first!" Ling Yi slapped the chubby boy on the back of the head.
Is this guy cursing himself? What, does he think he's doomed?
We've even activated our cheat codes; if we all die now, it would be such a disgrace to time travelers.
"Wo Cao, be gentle." The chubby boy rolled his eyes.
I'm not cursing you, it's just the truth, and it's also the truth that you don't want to hear it!
"Don't worry, I won't die."
That being said, Ling Yi knew he needed to accelerate his process of becoming stronger.
Moreover, we must be even more cautious.
Qin Yuran only has Foundation Establishment cultivation, Ling Yi is confident that it won't be long before he can directly confront her.
But Qin Yuran has Qin Hao behind her!
"By the way, do you know what Qin Hao's cultivation level is?" Ling Yi asked.
" Golden Core Big Shot!"
Ling Yi silently noted that he had to be patient until he could directly confront Golden Core expert.
After finishing his meal, Ling Yi went straight back to his dormitory.
Because Ling Yi and his group had fewer miscellaneous disciples, there were many spare dormitory rooms.
Although they all lived in the same compound, each person basically had their own dormitory room.
When Ling Yi returned, the other seventeen people had already returned as well.
They're all chatting in the yard right now.
Upon seeing Ling Yi, everyone's eyes held a hint of schadenfreude.
Do these guys know that Qin Yuran beat him up today?
Ling Yi couldn't be bothered with these people.
Ling Yi usually doesn't interact much with these people; in fact, he's the one who's Ling Yi and isolated here.
But Ling Yi didn't care at all.
They're all trash. Who has a few more inches of grave mound than whom?
They ostracized Ling Yi, and Ling Yi didn't want to pay them any attention!
However, upon seeing the state of his dormitory, Ling Yi's expression immediately turned extremely unpleasant.
His dormitory door was open, and the inside had been ransacked.
The bedding was scattered all over the floor.
In particular, the box where he stored his Spirit Stone had been opened; those were Spirit Stone he had saved for ten years, and now they were all gone.
Ling Yi turned to look at everyone. "Who did this?"
One of the burly, bald, middle-aged men sneered, "You've offended Senior Sister Qin; you're destined to die. Keeping Spirit Stone is useless to you."
"So what?" Ling Yi asked coldly.
"So, of course we'll save it for you!"
Ling Yi did not make a move immediately.
Instead, he silently activated the Life Devouring Entry and locked onto the bald man.
Find fault? Ha, perfect opportunity to Little White and test it out!
The next moment, a green Light Ball the size of a billiard ball flew out from the bald man's body, flew directly to Ling Yi's side, and merged into Ling Yi's body.
The bald man hadn't Changes much, except his face was a little paler, and he tugged at his collar very awkwardly.
It's probably because the proportion of life energy absorbed is not high.
Furthermore, the special effects brought by the Life Devouring Entry are obviously invisible to others.
"If one absorption isn't enough, what if we absorb it several times?"