Chapter 307: If I Bloom (1)
“Master, you’re sweating. This disciple will wipe it off for you!”
While Zhu Wuwan was refining pills and explaining, Peng Yingzhi was quite attentive. She placed most of her attention on Zhu Wuwan and only a small portion of her attention on her studies.
The surrounding apprentice alchemists naturally looked at her with a sidelong glance, but Peng Ying didn’t care at all. She was like Zhu Wuyang’s little handmaiden, taking care of her in every possible way.
He served tea, wiped his sweat, handed over medicinal herbs … And it was under the watchful eyes of everyone. It was truly shocking.
Therefore, after the Essence Cultivating Pill was refined and the explanation was over, Zhu Wuwan could not help but ask, “”Peng Yingzhi, what did you do in the past?”
” I’ve been a servant girl of a small cultivation clan near Ninedragons City since I was a child. I was lucky enough to find out that I had a good aptitude for cultivation, so I was sent to Ninedragons City and successfully passed the Outer Gate Assessment. ” Peng Yingzhi raised her small oval face and smiled, her bright eyes shining brightly.”That’s why I’m very good at washing clothes, cooking, making tea, tidying … If Master needs me, I will be at your beck and call. I can be your maid.” freēwebnovel.com
“This…” Zhu Wuan was stunned for a moment. No wonder.”There’s no need for that. Cultivate your alchemy skills well. If there’s anything you don’t understand, come and ask me.”
“Alright, thank you, Master.” Peng Yingzhi said sweetly, like a lark chirping. Her voice was especially pleasant to hear.
Seeing that Peng Yingzhi seemed to have received special care from Zhu Wuyang, some of the Alchemy Apprentices in the surroundings were also somewhat envious.
A bootlicker will die a horrible death. Peng Yingzhi, you’re too much!
Although they knew that doing so would bring benefits, it was very difficult for them to do it. Moreover, even if they could do it, how could it compare to the sweet and picturesque Peng Yingzhi?
If he was not careful, he would make things worse. When the time came, he would not get the benefits and instead attract punishment. That would not be good.
Therefore, although this path looked simple, it was actually not easy.
Zhu Wanhao had been a secular emperor and enjoyed many things. Peng Yingzhi’s technique and skills were truly extraordinary to be able to make him feel that it was not bad.
In the next few days, Zhu Wuyang would give pointers to the in-name disciples every day. She even often practiced on the spot and taught all the in-name disciples step by step.
Under Zhu Wuan’s hard work, and in addition to the fact that many alchemy apprentices had already reached the bottleneck, more than forty alchemy apprentices quickly broke through the shackles. It would not be long before they could advance to official alchemists.
As long as he could break through the bottleneck that had been troubling him for a long time, it would only be a matter of time before he could concoct three official spirit pills. There would be no obstacles.
There were even those who were more hardworking and had a better foundation. In just a few days, they could already refine three kinds of spiritual pills and ran to advance happily.
During this period of time, the news of Zhu Wuan being a master teacher continued to spread. This was especially so for the apothecary apprentices and low-level apothecaries who saw the Image Remnant Stone. They were even more shocked.
Zhu Wuyan’s reputation began to gradually spread. If those Alchemy Apprentices could successfully pass the test in a few days and become official Alchemists, obtaining the Alchemy Grotto, Zhu Wuyan’s reputation would definitely cause a sensation.
The few apprentice alchemists did not disappoint Zhu Wanhao. Only one of them failed to advance, while the other eight advanced to official alchemists and obtained eight first-grade D-grade alchemy grottoes.
As soon as the news spread, many low-grade middle-grade alchemists came to visit.
Hesheng!
A 260-year-old low-level middle-level alchemist was only half a step away from becoming a low-level high-level alchemist. He could refine all kinds of panaceas that were effective for Foundation Establishment cultivators. At that time, he could earn a lot of resources and wealth. With these resources and wealth, he could forcefully push the cultivation of the False Core Realm to the Golden Core Realm, become a Perfected Being, and increase his lifespan by 700 years.
Regrettably, after nearly a hundred years, He Sheng still had not broken through the shackles and become a low-tier high-tier alchemist. This had become his greatest regret in his life, and it was related to his future.
As an alchemist who owned a C-grade pill grotto, there were naturally many middle-level low-grade and middle-level alchemy masters who wanted to recruit He Sheng and make him their disciple.
However, He Sheng knew very well that these Alchemy Grandmasters were only after the 10% profit from his Alchemy Grotto. They were not interested in helping him break through, or rather, they could not help him break through at all.
Since that was the case, why would Hesheng give them 10% of the profits for nothing? Therefore, they had been wasting time.
It was not until the past few days that he accidentally saw the photographic stone left behind by Alchemy Apprentice Number 99 in Twin Cave A and personally witnessed Zhu Wuwan’s superb alchemy skills, superb theoretical and teaching skills, simple explanations, and most importantly, her ability to help people break through…He Sheng was finally tempted and decided to give it a try before his lifespan ended.
Therefore, he went to Alchemy Grotto No. 96, Twin Grotto-A, without telling his wife and children. This Alchemy Grotto belonged to Zhu Wuyang and would not allow outsiders to enter easily.
However, when his reputation spread, Zhu Wuyang would recruit a large number of alchemists as his subordinates to refine spiritual pills for him and earn resources and wealth.
Hearing the knocking on the door, Zhu Wuwan opened it and saw that Hesheng had already prostrated himself. “”I’m a junior and student. Greetings, Master Zhu!”
His spiritual sense sensed that this person’s strength was only at the False Core stage, which was not very impressive. However, his spiritual sense was quite round and flawless. It was already comparable to a late-stage Golden Core cultivator, far surpassing his cultivation realm. He could be considered a capable person.
Once he stepped into the Golden Core Stage, his cultivation speed would definitely not be slow with this kind of spiritual sense.
Smiling slightly, Zhu Wuwan helped Hesheng up.” Excuse me, Pill Master. Is there anything you need from me? ”
“Junior accidentally saw the image stone of your in-name disciple and was extremely impressed by Grandmaster Zhu’s alchemy skills. Therefore, I want to follow Grandmaster Zhu and become a small soldier under Grandmaster Zhu.” He Sheng said straightforwardly. Since he had made the decision and was ready to fight to the death, there was no hesitation.
Sure enough, as his reputation spread, there was finally an official alchemist from the Dragon Flame Grotto who was willing to become his disciple. He gave 10% of the profits from his Alchemy Grotto to to Zhu Wanhao. Moreover, the first person who wanted to become his disciple was a low-level middle-grade alchemist who controlled a C-grade Alchemy Grotto.
Under normal circumstances, even if one wanted to acknowledge a master, an official alchemist would only acknowledge someone who was at least one major realm higher than them.
In other words, a low-level middle-rank alchemist would at least take a middle-rank alchemist master as their master, and a middle-rank alchemist master would at least take a high-level middle-rank alchemist grandmaster as their master.
This could be considered an unspoken rule among the alchemists of Nine Dragon Mountain’s Dragon Flame Grotto. Basically, no one violated it!