CH 12

"Ah, forget it, you won't understand even if I explain. The mysteries are too complex. Just follow your master and learn well."

"Oh, I see." Li Huowang pretended to be thoughtful, but he was actually thinking about something else.

It was obvious that Danyang Zi's pill was effective, which meant that the laws of this world were completely different from those of his own world.

If he wanted to deal with Danyang Zi, he needed to know more about this unfamiliar world.

"Like the cultivators in novels? Doesn't seem like it. What cultivator uses humans to refine pills? What cultivator enslaves mortals to help them ascend to immortality?"

"And according to tradition, shouldn't a normal cultivation sect give me a foundation-building technique? Why isn't there one?"

As Li Huowang became more familiar with this place, he felt that the Taoist temple was more and more strange, completely different from his concept of cultivators in the past.

"Oh, Xuan Yang junior brother, let me teach you something. You'd better prepare everything properly before Master speaks. For example, yesterday's pill. Because of your hysteria, you missed the time. If you send the medicine early before the zi hour the day after tomorrow, it will be like apologizing to Master."

"Don't be fooled by his temper. As long as you make him happy, you'll naturally benefit."

"Yesterday's pill?" Li Huowang was stunned.

"Yeah, what's wrong? Did you forget? What did Master ask you to deliver yesterday?"

"Bai...Bai Lingmiao." Li Huowang's pupils shrank to the smallest size in an instant. So many things had happened before, but this matter hadn't been resolved yet.

If he didn't come up with a solution before the day after tomorrow, the girl with albinism would end up like all the previous medicine carriers, turned into meat paste!

Li Huowang didn't know how to get back to his residence. He lay on his stone bed, the golden ankle bracelet with red thread pressing against his chest like a red-hot iron, urging him to come up with a solution.

But now, Danyang Zi's strength was far superior to Li Huowang's, and everyone in the Taoist temple was his person.

The lessons from the previous dead senior brothers showed that blindly running away was useless.

In the midst of tossing and turning, the night passed.

On the eve of morning class, Li Huowang put on his clothes and walked outside the cave.

He wanted to go to the pill room and see if there were any other options.

As he walked out with his oil lamp, a sharp-faced monkey-cheeked face emerged from the darkness, startling Li Huowang. It was Gouwa's face.

"Hehehe, Senior Brother Li, nothing's wrong. I just saw that you didn't come to the ingredients room all day yesterday, and I was a little worried, so I came to check on you."

"Is Bai Junior Sister okay?" Li Huowang stepped back and asked."It's okay, it's okay. You personally spoke and asked Bai Shimei to manage the warehouse. Who would dare not listen? Hehehe, Senior Brother Li is amazing. Look, since you took charge of the warehouse, not a single person has been taken away."

Hearing Gouwa say this, Li Huowang felt very annoyed and pushed him away, walking out.

When Li Huowang arrived at the alchemy room, he found that some of the early-rising boys had already started cleaning the cauldrons and floors with burlap.

One of the boys was even standing in the stone trough, using a pig hair brush to scrub the remaining meat foam on the stone wall.

As a disciple of Danyang Zi, he naturally didn't dare to say anything when he entered the alchemy room.

Li Huowang pretended to walk casually, and began to carefully observe his surroundings.

The entire alchemy room was very simple. Apart from the huge black cauldron occupying one-third of the space, there was only a stone jar and stone stick that Danyang Zi used to smash people.

There were no books on alchemy, not even a single painting on the wall. The whole room was very spacious, with no hiding places.

"What are you looking at?" A familiar but creepy voice suddenly sounded behind him.

Li Huowang turned around and quickly bowed. "Master."

"I asked you what you were looking at?"

Li Huowang quickly thought of an excuse. "Disciple admires Master's alchemy skills so much that I aspire to reach that level someday."

Danyang Zi was very satisfied with Li Huowang's change of attitude. It seems that this little guy has finally figured it out.

He put his hands behind his back and walked around the black cauldron. "It's good to have ambition, but it's not that easy to learn the way of alchemy. It's not that I didn't teach you, but the way of external alchemy is not that simple."

"Ordinary elixirs are easy to make, but if you want to become an immortal through alchemy, you must refine both external and internal elixirs. I have been refining for a long time and am about to reach the Great Vehicle, but it took a lot of effort."

Danyang Zi's face showed a trace of pride and excitement, as if he was enjoying the life of a god after becoming an immortal.

"Master... are you about to become an immortal soon?"

As soon as Li Huowang said this, Danyang Zi's expression changed. "Becoming an immortal is not that simple, the journey is long. But this Daoist can definitely become an immortal. Do you know why?"

"I don't know."

Danyang Zi's expression became a bit excited. "Because the method of becoming an immortal is written in the Heavenly Book given to me by Laojun Ye himself. Who else in the world can become an immortal? He said I can become an immortal. I will definitely become an immortal!"

"Laojun Ye? Who is that? One of the three god statues?" Li Huowang didn't quite understand this mythological description.

Although he didn't understand, Li Huowang still flattered, "Master is right, you will definitely become an immortal and live as long as heaven and earth!"

Danyang Zi was clearly very happy to hear this, and his ugly face bloomed with a smile."Hahaha, alright, since you want to learn alchemy, let me teach you a simple recipe for the Run Blood Pill. Remember this: 12 taels of Red Dan, half a catty of Xiang Fuzi, 2 taels and 4 qian of Yangqi Stone..."

Although Li Huowang was surprised by this unexpected gain, he certainly wouldn't refuse.

He hurriedly tried to record it with a brush and ink, but looked around and found that there was no writing utensil in the entire alchemy room.

In a hurry, he found a piece of charcoal under the furnace and recorded it under his own Dao robe.

"...Start the furnace at the third quarter of the ugly hour, during the bath; use silent gaze, breath, and divine steaming, and slowly nurture it with a gentle fire. Start the furnace at the fourth quarter of the Mao hour."

"Take this recipe and practice it slowly. Let me see how talented you are first."

Li Huowang threw away the charcoal in his hand and held it up to Danyang Zi. "Master, is there anything your disciple missed in remembering it?"

But when he saw the charcoal-written recipe presented in front of him, Danyang Zi's face suddenly turned cloudy from sunny.

He lifted his right foot and kicked Li Huowang out, who then hit the furnace with a buzzing sound and fell heavily to the ground.

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Danyang Zi left with a stern face, cursing and grumbling, leaving Li Huowang behind.

As the emotional anger in his heart gradually dissipated, Li Huowang felt that something was very strange about this. He hadn't done anything, so why did Danyang Zi suddenly have this attitude?

Li Huowang looked down at the recipe in his hand and thought about it. Although his handwriting was ugly, it was still recognizable.

Suddenly, Li Huowang thought of something. He looked around the alchemy room, which had no calligraphy or painting, and then remembered that no one had any scriptures during the morning class.

A sudden thought popped into Li Huowang's mind, "Could it be that this bald head is illiterate and can't read?"