by <unknown>
Luo Qingfeng was also a smart man. He also guessed some parts of Skymaple's intentions, so he did not have any complaints towards this.
To a declined sect, they madly yearned to be strong.
Skymaple swept a glance over everyone. Seeing that many people's face had unconvinced looks, he sneered coldly in his heart.
"After this seat enters closed-seclusion, Qingfeng will take the stage. You all do well to assist him! If there are any problems related to alchemy, you can communicate and exchange with Elder Ye Yuan. I believe that he won't let you down!" Skymaple said calmly.
Ye Yuan sweated heavily when he heard that. But he could not explain things at such a time.
This old fellow isn't drawing aggro to me, right?
It was still fine for the Martial Hall elders, but the thick hostility from those Pill Hall elders was too distinct!
Indeed, once Skymaple's words fell, Ye Yuan immediately felt a deep fighting intent.
Every one of the elders was filled with righteous indignation. They dared to be angry but dared not voice out. If looks could kill, Ye Yuan would have been killed multiple times over by now.
Just a low-rank Alchemy Master, and the Grand Elder actually used him to compare to the elders. This was such a joke!
Furthermore, although Grand Elder said 'exchange,' in truth, everybody heard that it was 'seek advice'!
Even if Ye Yuan really completed the Seven Profound Soul Driving Pill formula, it was definitely a blind cat catching a dead rat, he just coincidentally knew this pill formula; that was all.
If one were to say that Ye Yuan's level was high, they would not believe it even if they were beaten to death!
Ye Yuan had an incredible master behind him, so it was also normal to know how to recite several higher level pill formulas. But he was only a teenager. How deep could his understanding towards alchemy be?
. . . . . .
In the Pill Hall's assembly hall, a bunch of elders surrounded Ouyang Yu. Some of their throats were already red from arguing.
"Hall Head, I really can't take this lying down! Old me has immersed myself in the Alchemy Path for about 150 years. I dare not say that I'm well-versed in alchemy, but I can't be beaten by a teenage child, right?"
"Exactly! I have no objections about Grand Elder insisting on letting Ye Yuan be a nominal elder. But to let us go and seek advice from him, isn't it too overboard?"
"Grand Elder is clearly looking down on our Pill Hall! How can he do this?! He himself also walked out from the Pill Hall. How can he belittle our Pill Hall like this? Can it be that so many of us Quasi-Alchemy Kings here can't even fight him, a low-rank Alchemy Master?"
"I want to challenge him!"
"Right, I also want to challenge him! I want to see just whether or not Ye Yuan really has three heads and six arms!"
"I'll go too!"
. . . . . .
Everyone was clamoring, giving Ouyang Yu a headache.
However, these elders' words really hit the spot for him.
Although Skymaple did not name him, he clearly included him inside too.
Ouyang Yu was the Pill Hall's Hall Head and also the strongest alchemist in the Pill Hall; an existence that was only a step away from advancing into Alchemy King Realm.
Of course, this step was a heavenly chasm to him.
Such an existence still needed to accept guidance from Ye Yuan, a low-rank Alchemy Master?
What a joke!
Ouyang Yu swept a glance over these elders and said with a slight smile, "I didn't hear anything."
Finishing, he turned around and left.
The group of elders was stunned. Immediately after, they revealed an understanding smile.
Chapter 248. Denied Entry |
Shao Yun was the fifth seat among the Pill Hall elders. The previous year, he had just broken through to high-rank Quasi-Alchemy King Realm.
As the Pill Hall's up and rising force in the prime of his life, his position in the Pill Hall was very high, and he was deemed to be one of the contenders to become the next Pill Hall's hall head.
In comparison, although Yao Qian and his like were Pill Hall elders, they were the least important group of people, barely enough to do the role of running errands.
Otherwise, he would not have been sent to the State of Qin to be an envoy.
His age was old, his cultivation realm was low, and he already exhausted all of his potential and hard to have any breakthrough in this life.
As the representative of the newly emerging force, Shao Yun was one of the most reluctant to accept Ye Yuan taking on the position of nominal elder.
In front of Ouyang Yu, Shao Yun was one of those who argued the fiercest.
Ouyang Yu left without saying anything. It was clear that he tacitly approved of them finding Ye Yuan to 'communicate and exchange.'
The few elders who made the most noise put their heads together. Finally, Shao Yun offered to come forward and 'challenge' Ye Yuan!
Shao Yun was one of the celebrity figures among the various Pill Hall elders. Once his profile appeared in the Earth Barracks, immediately there were disciples who recognized him.
"Disciple Li Ming has seen Elder Shao Yun," an Eighth Level Spirit Condensation Realm disciples said respectfully.
Shao Yun felt a little pleased with himself secretly, but he said authoritatively, "En, you came just in time. Ye Yuan is staying here, right?"
Li Ming was confused. "Ye Yuan? This name is really unfamiliar. Is he a newcomer? En . . . There seemed to be a novice disciple a few days ago. He beat up Senior Apprentice Brother Ceng's younger brother right after coming."
This time, it was Shao Yun's turn to be stupefied. "Fighting with others the moment he came? Indeed a troublemaker."
Li Ming saw Shao Yun frown and instinctively thought that he came to find trouble with Ye Yuan. He hurriedly said, "Ye Yuan is staying at the No. 72 courtyard over there. I'll go call him over to pay respects to Elder Shao right away."
The elder already came to find Ye Yuan personally. As a disciple, he naturally had to come out to receive him. Finishing, without even waiting for Shao Yun's approval, he jogged over to the No. 72 courtyard.
Shao Yun originally wanted to stop Li Ming, but after thinking about it, he decided against it.
Although Ye Yuan's nominal elder status was already established, it was still tough for the elders' viewpoint to switch over in a short period.
In Shao Yun's subconscious, he still felt that Ye Yuan should come out to meet him.
. . . . . .
Shao Yun called for Ye Yuan's courtyard gate to be opened. The one who opened it was Lu-er.
"Miss, I'm finding Ye Yuan." Seeing that it was a beauty who opened the door, Li Ming was very courteous.
Lu-er saw that this person was unfamiliar and instinctively wanted to turn him away. "Young Master is currently resting. I wonder what matter this senior apprentice brother have?"
Li Ming obviously could tell that she was evading and could not help furrowing his brows as he said, "Resting huh? Then quickly go and wake Ye Yuan up. Just say that the Pill Hall's Fifth Seat Elder, Shao Yun, has arrived. Ask him to hurry and welcome him!"
Li Ming feared that Lu-er did not know Shao Yun's weight and added a sentence. "Elder Shao Yun is a candidate for the next Pill Hall's Hall Head. His status is extraordinary. You can't slight him!"
Indeed, Lu-er's expression changed when she heard that.
It had also been some time since she came to the Tranquil Cloud Sect. She had a rough understanding of the Tranquil Cloud Sect's situation. This title of Pill Hall's Hall Head was absolutely a big shot in the Tranquil Cloud Sect, even if he was the future Pill Hall's Hall Head.
Lu-er did not dare to delay. She immediately went in to report.
When Ye Yuan heard that it was some future Pill Hall's Hall Head, his brows could not help knitting together. Did trouble come to find him so soon?
However, wasn't this scale a little large?
Ev
eryone was at the elder level. Want him to go to the gate to receive him?
This name of future Hall Head might be useful to others, but it was useless to Ye Yuan. In Ye Yuan's eyes, those Pill Hall elders were all trash; let alone the fact that his identity was already not beneath his.
One had to know that Skymaple asked him to be the vice hall head at the start. The other party actually had no concept of importance.
"Lu-er, go tell him that this Young Master is currently busy cultivating. Time doesn't wait for me. I don't have time to go out and receive him," Ye Yuan said calmly after hearing that.
Lu-er was shocked as she said, "But, that Senior Apprentice Brother said that this elder's position is very high. Wouldn't this offend people?"
Ye Yuan rolled his eyes and said, "He originally came to find trouble. Even if I go out and welcome him, he will still find trouble. So what's the difference between whether I offend him or not?"
Lu-er asked curiously, "How does young master know that he came to find trouble?"
Ye Yuan chuckled and said, "Your young master knows everything. Hur hur, go on, just repeat it word for word."
Ye Yuan did not tell Lu-er about the matter of him becoming a nominal elder. To Ye Yuan, it was simply not noteworthy.
Lu-er would never defy Ye Yuan's words. Since Ye Yuan said so, he definitely had his reasons. Hence, she returned to the entrance and reported Ye Yuan's words to Li Ming.
When Li Ming heard the words, he nearly cried out. Even if he was giving excuses, there was no need to be so obvious, right?
Li Ming's eyes went wide as he stared at Lu-er and confirmed, "You really told your young master that it's Elder Shao Yun who came to find him?"
Lu-er felt a little guilty, but she still nodded and said, "Yes. I already told him. But my young master is really busy with cultivation."
Finishing, Lu-er slammed the door shut with a bang.
Li Ming stood there in a daze and did not recover for a long time. Isn't this Ye Yuan too conceited? To actually not even give face to a Pill Hall elder?
"Elder Shao Yun looked like he was finding trouble to begin with, but Ye Yuan is still showing this attitude. He's dead now. No one who opposed the Pill Hall elders had a good ending!" Li Ming thought to himself.
Carrying some discontentment, Li Ming returned back to Shao Yun and reported the encounter earlier. Of course, he even mixed some personal stuff inside.
Indeed, Shao Yun flew into a great rage when he heard that. He rushed over to the No. 72 courtyard furiously.
Bang, bang, bang!
"Ye Yuan! Come out for this Elder! I know that you are not cultivating!" Shao Yun shouted.
Nobody answered . . .
Shao Yun was so enraged that he was about to explode. His position in the sect was extremely high. Yet, he was actually declined entry when coming to find a Martial Hall core disciple!
Due to him shouting extremely loudly just now, it already attracted quite a number of disciples to crowd around.
If he could not even get the other party's door to open today, then it would be a tremendous disgrace!
Shao Yun's face was already as black as the bottom of a wok. He said solemnly, "I'll count to three. If you don't open the door, this elder will tear down your courtyard!"
"One . . ."
Shao Yun waited for several breaths of time. No response.
"Two . . ."
Still no response.
"This Ye Yuan is too ballsy! That's Elder Shao Yun! Others can't even wait to suck up to him, yet Ye Yuan actually dared to refuse him entry!"
"Heh heh, this is the prelude of being chased out! Elder Shao Yun is a powerful candidate for the next generation Pill Hall's Hall Head! Is there anyone who can stay in the sect after offending him?"
"Last time, I still thought that this boy was a genius when I saw Ye Yuan beat Ceng Yu. But looking at it now, this fellow is a hothead! He could have offended anyone, but why did he have to offend Elder Shao Yun?"
"About to reach the count of three. Do you guys think that Elder Shao Yun will drag Ye Yuan out and give him a beating?"
The surrounding disciples were discussing fervently. Such a rare show truly should not be missed!
Shao Yun had a dark face as he gnashed his teeth and yelled, "Three . . ."
Still no reaction!
Chapter 249. A Jade Slip! |
"Good! Very good! Really treating this elder as air? I want to see just how you be a turtle after I tear down your house!" Shao Yun gnashed his teeth in hatred and said.
Finishing, Shao Yun gathered up a colossal amount of essence energy, forcing the surrounding disciples back as if he was really going to wreck Ye Yuan's house.
Watching Shao Yun gather up such immense essence energy, the crowd could not help being dumbstruck. If this really smashed down, forget about the house, even Ye Yuan would become residue, right?
But right then, the door squeaked open.
The sound of the door opening was ear-piercing. Everyone could not help looking over in that direction.
They initially thought that they could see Ye Yuan's form scrambling over here, but they saw a little green pixie. It was precisely Lu-er.
Shao Yun only put away his skill after he saw the gate finally open. He sneered coldly in his heart.
"Humph! As expected, he belongs to the family of donkeys! He won't move unless he's hit!" Shao Yun snorted frostily.
Lu-er did not say anything. She just beckoned towards Shao Yun, signaling him to come over and talk. She looked very mysterious.
Shao Yun thought that Lu-er was asking him into the house to talk. Hence, he went forward a few steps and was about to enter the door.
He came to let Ye Yuan know what was called heaven beyond heaven, and human beyond human, not let a bunch of disciples watch a show.
If he let these disciples know that he came to find Ye Yuan to compete in alchemy, it would only lower his social status. Even if he won, it would not be honorable.
The Pill Hall's Fifth Seat winning a Martial Hall core disciple. Wasn't this him hitting his own face?
Grand Elder had already instructed not to reveal Ye Yuan's Pill Hall elder identity. Shao Yun naturally did not dare to poke the bull.
Except, when he entered the gate and was just about to walk inside, Lu-er extended her hand to stop him.
Shao Yun's face fell as he asked, "What's the meaning of this?"
Lu-er said in a soft voice, "Young Master says that he's busy with cultivation currently and doesn't have the time to spar in alchemy skills with others. Elder, please go back."
"I already came in. Making me go back? Ye Yuan, he . . ."
Lu-er interrupted his words and passed him a jade slip, saying, "Young Master said to pass this to you, and you'll leave on your own."
Shao Yun reached over to take the jade slip and snickered icily as he said, "Trying to dismiss me with one jade slip? Who does Ye Yuan think he is? A puny little Fourth Level Spirit Condensation Realm actually dare to be so arrogant and look down on others to such an extent!"
Lu-er said, "Why don't elder take a look at the jade slip first? Since Young Master said so, he naturally has some confidence."
"Haha, what a joke! Fine, I want to see just how Ye Yuan will use a jade slip to send me away!"
Shao Yun was a competitive soul. Lu-er slyly slipped in some goading, and this fellow fell for it. In reality, Lu-er did not know what was inside the jade slip either. It was just that Young Master said so. He obviously would not fight a battle he had no confidence in.
Of course, the more important thing was that Shao Yun simply did not believe that Ye Yuan could send him along his way using a jade slip.
Shao Yun guessed that there should be a pill formula inside the jade slip. Ye Yuan should be thinking of using a pill formula to bribe him.
He took this too lightly!
Think it's impressive that you can memorize a few pill formulas? Knowing how to recite pill formulas doesn't equate knowing alchemy skills
!
Even if Ye Yuan had an incredible master who taught him countless types of pill formulas, he was only a low-rank Alchemy Master!
Today, Shao Yun came to let Ye Yuan know that he was merely an Alchemy Master!
Shao Yun sunk his divine sense into the jade slip. The expression on his face involuntarily froze. He immediately frowned, then became dazed. Following that, his eyes lit up, and finally, it was a mesmerized face.
Lu-er kept staring at Shao Yun. Observing how the look on his face changed so richly, on top of curiosity, she felt that Young Master was really too amazing!
At first, when she heard Young Master say that this elder wanted to find him to spar in alchemy skills, Lu-er was shocked for a long time.
In Lu-er's understanding, a Quasi-Alchemy King was an extremely powerful existence, even more amazing than Old Master! Such a figure actually came to compete with Young Master in alchemy skills!
However, shock was shock. She still chose to believe in Young Master.
This sort of baseless trust, even she herself did not know why. Anyway, she just believed that Young Master was the strongest. Even a Quasi-Alchemy King could not beat him.
Of course, her understanding was one thing. Whether or not this jade slip could let a Quasi-Alchemy King scram was another matter.
When she passed the jade slip to Shao Yun, Lu-er was still having doubts in her heart. But looking at that expression changing like a conjuring show on Shao Yun's face, Lu-er knew that this elder would not want to enter.
Indeed, Young Master was the strongest!
. . . . . .
Under everyone's astonished eyes, Shao Yun left.
When he arrived, his aura was tumultuous, and he nearly tore the house down.
But not five minutes passed after he entered the house when Elder Shao Yun walked out of the courtyard with a besotted look like he had acquired some treasure.
"What's with Elder Shao Yun? His stance earlier, no matter how you looked at it, it looked like he went to find trouble, right? Why is it like this now?"
"Who do I ask if you ask me? It hasn't been five minutes since he entered the courtyard. Even having a conservation wouldn't be so quick, right?"
