The Three Parties Go Their Separate Ways

Zhang Xuezhou's constructed identity is perfect.

Of course, he also has the corresponding skills.

To be fair, his alchemy skills were quite remarkable.

Although he currently relies on the influence of Tai Sui in alchemy, he possesses exceptional skills in combining medicinal materials, analyzing their properties, and preparing medicines.

If Immortal Court Zhang Xuezhou were to rate Laojun's alchemy skills at ten out of ten, he would consider himself to deserve at least a six, given that he had actually replicated quite a few pills.

While others struggle to refine elixirs of immortality, he can refine them in batches.

Zhang Xuezhou has the ability to replicate any pill that he has successfully refined once.

In other words, although Zhang Xuezhou has never refined an elixir of immortality, as long as he happens to succeed in refining it once, the rest will be a simple matter.

The group discussed the matter for a long time at the Guan River Mouth, and only after the agreement was reached did they go their separate ways.

"Shuo Xian, aren't you going back to Mount Tai?"

After leaving Guan River Mouth, Zhang Xuezhou flew in a direction slightly different from the others, prompting Li Tianwang to ask him about it.

"See you in half a month," Zhang Xuezhou waved his hand and said, "The Heavenly Venerable has granted me my freedom. I will rest for half a month after patrolling. It's almost time for me to return to Mount Tai, so there's no need for me to go. I'll just go back to Chang'an City to organize some medicinal herbs and pills!"

"The Celestial Venerable is truly understanding!"

Li Tianwang sighed, feeling that he had never encountered such good fortune.

"Your Majesty need not be envious," Zhang Xuezhou laughed. "Your Majesty can also take a rest while I'm on my tour. We can take turns inspecting Mount Tai!"

"That's great!"

Li Tianwang was overjoyed.

As a great cultivator who has lived for thousands of years, one cannot expect Li Tianwang to be diligent and conscientious; everyone here is a seasoned veteran.

If it weren't for the significant involvement of Zhu Jiuyin, Li Tianwang wouldn't have brought his two sons on an inspection tour.

He harbored a slight resentment, but it dissipated very quickly. He was overjoyed to hear that Zhang Xuezhou would bring several specially made Grain Avoidance Pill as a gift in half a month.

Farewell!

Zhang Xuezhou clasped his hands in a fist salute, leaped into the sky, and gracefully Yufeng away.

Zhang Xuezhou wasn't some foolish son of a landlord. He had been generously providing Creation Pills to shape his image all along the way, and now that the matter was basically over, he would undoubtedly stop supplying Creation Pills to return to Mount Tai.

Having taken the much cheaper Grain Avoidance Pill as a future gift, Zhang Xuezhou flew northwards.

"I wonder if Yang Jian will succeed?"

Stealing the Immortal Court's great medicine is extremely difficult. With the Great Heavenly Evolution Formation and the Mirage Pearl combined, anyone who sneaks into the Lingxiao Palace will tremble.

Li Tianwang was clearly out of the question. Even if the other side found out where the Immortal Court's medicinal herbs were, no one could retrieve the herbs that the Jade Emperor had secretly kept.

Zhang Xuezhou was more focused on Yang Jian's journey to Kunlun.

If Yang Jian can obtain the ingredients for the elixir of immortality, Zhang Xuezhou might as well start refining the pills himself.

Zhang Xuezhou believed that since Yang Jian could retrieve Han Yan's head from Chang'an City, finding Old Tree Alley would be no problem at all, and with the medicinal herbs, he could easily find him.

"Yang Jian is a deity, yet he shows no reverence for Kunlun. He has close ties to the Immortal Court Immortal Court, but he doesn't hold any official position or obey orders. His personal strength isn't the issue, but the strength of those around him is insufficient, making it extremely difficult for him to form his own powerful force. Han Yan is likely a pawn he wants to cultivate and leverage!"

Zhang Xuezhou felt that he saw the future he was constantly pursuing in Yang Jian.

He continuously improves his cultivation, and his strength may be comparable to Yang Jian's. He strives to build up his power base, and will inevitably end up assisting his companions in their pursuit of immortality.

Even if he could find a secluded place to stand firm, he would still be just a replica of Guan River Mouth.

Thinking about it that way, he found it rather pointless.

Before seeing Yang Jian, Zhang Xuezhou still had some hope, thinking that it would be good to create a small force and insert it into the Three Realms. However, after seeing the continuous development of similar cultivators, he felt that such thoughts had completely disappeared from his mind.

The situation in the Three Realms is indeed different from that in the real world, making it difficult for Zhang Xuezhou to simply apply his real-world self to the situation.

"Step into your True Self, defeat Donghua, and that will be enough!"

After considering his primary goal, Zhang Xuezhou ultimately set aside the secondary objectives.

His body floated and drifted on the Yufeng, and when he was swept into the sky, he transformed into jade wings.

"Impressive skill! No wonder you claim to possess fifty percent of the Celestial Yuanshi's flying ability. That's far too modest. The Celestial Venerable isn't known for his flying prowess, and his skill isn't even twice that of the Immortal of the Beginning. He can only be considered slightly superior!"

The jade wings unfurled in the air, creating a flurry of light and shadow before disappearing.

A crane appeared, its body then transforming into Yang Jian, dressed in Heavenly Robe with wide sleeves.

Its speed is so fast that it's impossible to catch up, even if Yang Jian transforms into a Peng bird, it would still be very difficult.

He stared at Zhang Xuezhou, who had completely disappeared, and then pursed his lips in praise.

Having survived the independent forces of the Three Realms, Yang Jian was not without brains, nor would he take the fall for others. He knew Li Tianwang and the others inside and out, and was certain of their sincerity and ability to cooperate. However, he was unsure about Zhang Xuezhou and found it difficult to completely trust him based on just a few words, so an investigation became inevitable.

Even now, Zhang Xuezhou's impression of Yang Jian is still top-notch.

There are indeed few masters like Zhang Xuezhou in the Three Realms, and the other party certainly has the ability to share the spoils.

"Where did such a powerful cultivator come from? How come I've never heard of him before? Xiaotian, you travel around all year round, have you ever heard of someone named Shuo Xian?"

Yang Jian called out to the side, and a white shadow rushed over, revealing the figure of a white dog. The white dog shook its head repeatedly, its four paws treading on white clouds.

"Master, I've never heard of such a person," the white dog shook its head and said, "The top cultivator in the Great Han Dynasty is Li Guang. That guy is skilled in archery and has the Heaven-Shaking Arrow. He's always been feared by many, who are afraid of being hit by his sneak arrow. Apart from Li Guang, there aren't any other particularly outstanding cultivators. Even the emperor of the Great Han Dynasty is only of average strength!"

"Li Guang is not as good as him!"

Yang Jian shook his head, indicating that Li Guang was inferior to Zhang Xuezhou.

"With Shuo Xian's flying prowess and physical strength, he can reach Li Guang with a single dive, forcing Li Guang into close combat," Yang Jian said. "After only ten or so exchanges, Li Guang will surely be killed by Shuo Xian!"

"Shuo Xian's flying speed was indeed a little fast; my legs were practically smoking. Little did I know he was just flying for fun. Leizhenzi's Technique Within the Clouds was his trump card!"

The white dog grunted twice.

Yang Jian offered a hypothesis, but cultivators qualified to engage in close combat with Li Guang are extremely rare. Most skilled flyers would be shot to pieces by Li Guang before they even got close, and even Yang Jian himself was no exception. Only skilled flyers like Zhang Xuezhou were qualified to achieve a swift kill by diving from a high altitude.

"It would be difficult for the Great Han Dynasty to cultivate a master like him," Yang Jian frowned. "He certainly couldn't have been trained by a good-for-nothing like Lei Ming!"

"Shuo Xian is a disciple of the Heavenly Venerable," the white dog reminded him.

"Li Tianwang doesn't seem to know much about Shuo Xian. He's probably just been taken advantage of by the Heavenly Venerable recently. The Heavenly Venerable probably doesn't even know Shuo Xian's true abilities," Yang Jian said, shaking his head.

"Should we be wary of Shuo Xian?" the white dog asked.

"What are you wary of?" Yang Jian chuckled twice before saying, "There aren't many wild, up-and-coming experts like these anymore. It's best to maintain a friendship with each other. That wretched place, the Western Sect, still has the Buddha's son. Maybe we can win them over. Perhaps these people will have a lot of influence in the Three Realms in the future!"

Yang Jian shook his head, his wariness not particularly strong.

To be honest, Zhang Xuezhou's skills were already outstanding. If his alchemy skills were also good, Yang Jian felt he would place a heavy bet on him.

"Let's go to Kunlun first and find the Nine Treasures Wine. Let's see what the quality of the Nine Treasures Wine brewed by Shuo Xian is like!"

Yang Jian wouldn't give Zhang Xuezhou herbs to test his alchemy skills, as that would annoy people. However, Zhang Xuezhou provided information about the Eight-Doll Nine Treasures Wine, and the quality of the wine's brewing corresponds to Zhang Xuezhou's alchemy level.

Once he verified that the liquor was up to standard, Yang Jian felt he would definitely sneak into Kunlun's treasure vault and take away the ingredients for the elixir of immortality.

He spoke to the white dog, and the two of them immediately rode the wind and flew towards Kunlun.