Upon hearing what the Shameless Cat said, everyone looked at him with curiosity, as if to say Shameless Cat as I expected, that's how Shameless Cat are."
Especially the chubby boy, whose eyes turned green when he saw that the Shameless Cat could actually talk. The Shameless Cat glared at him and cursed, "Damn it, you fatso, can you stop looking at me like that?"
Yang Zhen lifted the Shameless Cat off his shoulder, frowned, and said, "What were you yelling about just now?"
The Shameless Cat paused, then exclaimed, "Oh dear, I almost forgot the important thing! Digging grass, kid, guess what I just saw?"
"What?" Yang Zhen was taken aback and asked with a curious expression.
Although that rascal Shameless Cat is unreliable, his tendency to stir up trouble is hard to change. What could he have encountered to make him so surprised?
" Pill Ghost, I just saw a Pill Ghost not far ahead, digging in the grass, it scared the cat to death!"
" Pill Ghost?" Yang Zhen was taken aback and asked in surprise, "What is Pill Ghost?"
" Pill Ghost is the Ghost Alchemist!" Guan Guan looked at the Shameless Cat Guan Guan curiosity and said, "You saw the Ghost Alchemist? Where is he?"
The Shameless Cat exclaimed in surprise, looking at Guan Guan and saying, "Little girl, you actually know about Pill Ghost?"
Mei Chaofeng stared at the Shameless Cat with a gloomy expression. Only after hearing Guan Guan's words did she react and ask in a deep voice, " Pill Ghost? The Ghost Alchemist actually cultivated into Pill Ghost?"
What the heck?
Yang Zhen looked at the Shameless Cat with a puzzled expression. This Pill Ghost sounded even more terrifying than the Ghost Alchemist. What exactly was it?
The Shameless Cat took a deep breath, then suddenly widened its eyes and said, "Kid, you're not going to compete with the Pill Ghost in alchemy, are you?"
"How did you know?" Yang Zhen was startled. That Shameless Cat was getting smarter and smarter; how could he guess something like this?
Could it be that the Shameless Cat was eavesdropping the whole time?
No!
Yang Zhen narrowed his eyes, staring at the Shameless Cat, and said, "Tell me, how did you know that? And what is Pill Ghost that makes you so afraid?"
The Shameless Cat rolled its eyes and said, "What's so strange about that? In the entire Heavenly Snow Sacred Domain, only this little girl has the deepest alchemy skills. Letting her go head-to-head with the Pill Ghost is suicide. With your temperament, as long as you don't want to reveal your identity, even if Ice Block were here, you would have a way to keep her from saying it. Since everyone knows you are Yang Zhen, then there's only one possibility..."
At this point, the Shameless Cat continued, "Aside from you wanting to reveal your identity, I can't think of any other reason for Yang Zhen to go head-to-head with Pill Ghost. Kid, do you want me to continue?"
Yang Zhen listened with amazement, looking at the Shameless Cat with a strange expression. This bastard is indeed getting smarter and smarter; he can even deduce things now.
The others stared at the Shameless Cat Shameless Cat in shock, clearly taken aback by its keen observation.
"Damn it, even a cat can be this cunning, how terrifying must Yang Zhen be?" The chubby boy looked at Yang Zhen with a look of surprise and uncertainty, his expression revealing a strangeness.
Mei Chaofeng looked at the Shameless Cat with disbelief, her eyes flickering as if she had remembered something, and her expression turned suspicious.
"Boy, although your skills in alchemy are not bad, I still have to advise you. These Pill Ghost are utterly ruthless. You'd better be careful, lest you suffer a setback."
Yang Zhen asked hesitantly, "Heartless and insane? Could Pill Ghost really be a ghost?"
The Shameless Cat curled its lip and said, "There's no such thing as a ghost in this world. But if you insist on calling it a ghost, it's not entirely wrong. The Pill Ghost can no longer be considered a person, because it has refined itself into a pill!"
What the heck?
Yang Zhen cursed under his breath, looking at the Shameless Cat with a strange expression. "It can even refine itself into a pill? What kind? Long or round?"
The Shameless Cat chuckled and said, "You'll see for yourself. Damn it, no wonder I saw that bastard Fang Zhongjian with Pill Ghost. This Pill Ghost has already cultivated to the Three-Flower Pill Ghost realm, equivalent to the peak of Alchemy Grandmaster. If you want to compete with him, you'd better not do it in his area of expertise."
"What is Pill Ghost good at?" Yang Zhen asked with a serious expression.
Although I don't know what the Three-Flower Pill Ghost is, Alchemy Grandmaster is extremely terrifying. He can almost create pills out of thin air, making him even more terrifying than Guan Guan, this little girl. There is almost nothing in the world that he cannot refine. Of course... this is just a legend.
If he could refine anything, what would be the point of playing around? But since he can refine himself into a pill, then this guy might really be as ruthless and insane as that Shameless Cat said!
Thinking of this, Yang Zhen's heart skipped a beat. He suddenly remembered an extremely insidious alchemy method described in the Medicine Madman's Notes. This method involved turning oneself into a pill, which would make the alchemy process much easier. Moreover, this method was extremely unscrupulous in order to refine pills, and even used the evil method of using an infant's blood as a catalyst.
Damn it, could there really be such a heinous being in this world?
Heavenly Spring Sacred Land, they're all no good, actually colluding with such people.
Over the next day, Yang Zhen and the Shameless Cat whispered together and finally figured out what the Pill Ghost was.
After that, Yang Zhen locked himself in the newly repaired Apricot Blossom Residence for a whole day. During that day, Yang Zhen didn't see anyone and spent all his time studying the notes of the Medicine Madman. After thoroughly understanding them, Yang Zhen devoted himself to the art of alchemy, and this dedication lasted for another two days.
That was awesome!
Yang Zhen had never realized before that learning could be so interesting; she was almost completely absorbed in it.
Damn it, so learning isn't boring after all; what's boring is not being able to learn anything.
With Yang Zhen's current talent and skill, once he puts his mind to it, there's really nothing he can't learn.
Plum Fragrance Heaven entered a period of calm, and the entire Heavenly Snow Sacred Domain also calmed down. The Heavenly Snow Sacred Domain and Heavenly Spring Sacred Land stopped arguing, and it seemed that everything was back on track.
But amidst this calm, everyone's emotions were gradually stirred up.
Yang Zhen was about to compete with the Ghost Alchemist in alchemy. This competition would not only be a matter of life and reputation, but also a matter of who would take the lead in the upcoming operation at the ruins— the Heavenly Snow Sacred Domain or the Heavenly Spring Sacred Land.
Early that morning, the vast Heavenly Snow Sacred Domain was packed with people, all of whom arrived at the Heavenly Snow Sacred Domain's alchemy field as soon as possible.
Beside Fang Zhongjian, Feng Lingqiao looked worriedly towards the group from Heavenly Snow Sacred Domain. Fang Zhongjian chuckled and said, "What's wrong? Worried about Yang Zhen?"
Feng Lingqiao glared at Fang Zhongjian and said, "And you, are you scared?"
Fang Zhongjian laughed heartily and said to the person beside him, who was shrouded in a pitch-black cloak, "This little girl, she actually said I'm afraid?"
The person beneath the cloak couldn't see their true appearance, and even their voice was indistinguishable as male or female, sounding unusually strange. "Tell me... if I used this little girl's life's work to refine a Sea-Opening Pill, what kind of expression would Yang Zhen have?"
Upon hearing the Ghost Alchemist's words, Fang Zhongjian's expression changed. He glanced at the pale-faced Feng Lingqiao, shook his head with a smile, and said, "I advise you not to do this."
"Hmm?" The Ghost Alchemist was taken aback, then scoffed, "Why?"
Fang Zhongjian laughed heartily and said, "With your current skills, dealing with that brat Yang Zhen would be a piece of cake. Why provoke him?"
The Ghost Alchemist pondered for a moment, then said, "This little girl is right, you are indeed afraid, but I don't understand, why are you afraid?"
"Why?"
A look of absurdity flashed in Fang Zhongjian's eyes as he said, "You don't understand just how terrifying that bastard Yang Zhen really is."