After taking the elixir given to him by Dan Yang Tzu, Li Huowang immediately felt a fiery sensation in his dantian. The fire was getting stronger and burning so intensely that he couldn’t even think about the disgust and nausea he felt for ate human.
“Xuan Yang, go rest for a while. This elixir is very potent, and it will take some time to fully absorb,” said his master.
“Yes, Master.”
Li Huowang stumbled back to his residence and leaned on the door frame, retching uncontrollably. However, he could only vomit some clear water because the elixir had already been fully absorbed.
“Crackling.”
Li Huowang’s joints creaked as his body convulsed involuntarily. The fire in his dantian had spread through his limbs along his meridians.
He felt like he was wearing a thick cotton coat in the middle of summer, and his whole body seemed to be cooked.
The heat made Li Huowang’s mind feel hazy. He lay in bed, staring at the ceiling spinning continuously, thinking about everything that had just happened and the fearful and desperate looks of everyone in the materials room.
He had now become an accomplice to Dan Yang Tzu and forced what Dan Yang Tzu had done to him onto others.
Although Dan Yang Tzu may not be literate, he is not foolish. In the face of absolute strength, anything Li Huowang did would be futile.
“I must kill him, I must find a way to kill him!” Li Huowang roared in his mind.
His right hand unconsciously grabbed the edge of the stone bed, and as he shouted the last sentence in his mind, the veins on the back of his hand bulged.
“Crack,” a piece of the hard stone bed was broken off by him.
Li Huowang was taken aback by this change. He looked at his hand and then at the stone he had grabbed. He immediately realized that it was the effect of the elixir.
Not only had his strength increased, but other aspects had also changed. Li Huowang even felt that his eyes could see a little farther. The elixir made him feel like he had undergone a rebirth.
As soon as he thought of the fact that this ability was gained by devouring people, Li Huowang felt nauseous again.
“Senior Brother Li? Are you okay?” Bai Lingmiao cautiously poked her head out from the door. Li Huowang looked up at her with a complicated expression, not knowing what to say for a moment.
Bai Lingmiao stepped forward and said, “Senior Brother Li, you don’t have to blame yourself. We all know that you were forced into it. If our master asks me to go again, don’t replace me with someone else. After all… we will all died in the same way.”
Li Huowang didn’t want to talk about this with her, so he looked at her bleeding forehead and took out the elixir he had refined earlier and handed it to her, saying, “Take it, it can stop the bleeding.”
Bai Lingmiao saw the elixir in Li Huowang’s hand but shook her head in fear, “I don’t take this, absolutely not.”
Li Huowang chuckled dryly and casually threw the elixir on the ground, “Yeah, this kind of elixir has some side effects. It’s really not good to eat it.”
After a moment’s thought, Bai Lingmiao bit her lip and asked Li Huowang, “Senior Brother Li, are you planning to deal with our master?”
Li Huowang’s face changed, and he nervously looked towards the door and quickly went over to close it.
“It’s alright, our master can’t hear us now. He relies on the Master Wander to keep an eye on us. Whenever it’s time for the big market day, the Master Wander goes back to attend the market.”
“What is the Master Wander?” Li Huowang asked in confusion. It was the first time he had heard of this thing.
“Master Wander is just Master Wander. It’s intangible and invisible. My grandfather once told me that only people with high levels of magic can control them,” Bai Lingmiao explained.
“Oh?” Li Huowang’s heart stirred, he made a mental note of this information as it was critical to him.
“When is the time for the big market day?” Li Huowang asked.
Bai Lingmiao looked at him in confusion and replied, “The big market day is on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar month. Senior Brother Li, don’t you even know this? Haven’t your parents taken you to the market before?”
Li Huowang shook his head. The memories in his mind, whether they were real or false, proved that he had only lived in the city before and had never participated in the big market day, which was a large-scale rural exchange event.
“Senior Brother Li, let’s get back to the main topic. Do you really want to deal with our master?”
Li Huowang’s expression hardened,”Of course, I am very anxious to eat his flesh and drink his blood!”
Bai Lingmiao nodded with determination. “Then, Senior Brother, count me in. I also want to help with this matter!”
Li Huowang looked at the girl in front of him, as well as her determined gaze. Bai Lingmiao may not be as weak as he imagined.
“Okay, I’ll count you in,” Li Huowang agreed, as he did need some help right now.
After careful consideration, Li Huowang’s expression turned serious as he said to her, “The two of us are not enough. You go to the material room and see if there are others who are dissatisfied.”
Other people may not dare to resist Dan Yang Tzu, but the herbs in the material room are doomed to die. There must be some who are unwilling, which is a fundamental contradiction. Among these people, there must be someone he wants to win over.
“Okay,” Bai Lingmiao nodded and turned to leave.
After sitting for a while, Li Huowang picked up the round jade pendant tied around his waist and remembered his senior brother who failed to escape.
“Xuan Yang, did your group also gather like this back then? Hopefully, I won’t end up like you.”
Afterwards, Li Huowang fully immersed himself in Qingfeng Temple and organized the material room meticulously, both in terms of people and goods.
Faced with such a ambitious disciple, Dan Yang Tzu naturally had to reward him. He taught Li Huowang various basic methods of making elixirs, as if he were truly grooming him as a disciple.
These ordinary elixirs had mediocre effects at best, only able to cure minor illnesses like colds and external injuries for Li Huowang.
Moreover, Li Huowang didn’t know whether it was the problem with Dan Yang Tzu’s elixirs or if it was a common issue in this world, but elixirs had their limits. If taken excessively, they could be harmful instead of heal.
And different types of elixirs couldn’t be mixed together, as doing so could easily lead to problems.
Rather than calling Li Huowang a mediocre doctor, it would be more accurate to say that he was now a qualified poisoner.
The elixirs weren’t the key, but rather it was Li Huowang’s gradually deepening relationship with Dan Yang Tzu through this contact.
Sometimes, Dan Yang Tzu even allowed Li Huowang to assist him in alchemy.
When Dan Yang Tzu accepted another disciple, Li Huowang was no longer the youngest, but instead had fully integrated into Qingfeng Temple.
Through so much contact, Li Huowang confirmed his suspicions that Dan Yang Tzu indeed couldn’t read and had a strong aversion to others reading.
He didn’t allow his disciples to surpass him in any aspect, which is why most of them were illiterate.
This made Li Huowang feel uneasy, as he remembered the words Dan Yang Tzu had said to him before.
“Because the method of becoming an immortal is written in Lao Jun’s celestial book, which was personally given to me by Lao Jun himself. Who else in the world can become an immortal? He said that I can become an immortal,I will definitely become an immortal!” Dan Yang Tzu had said this before.
Since he claimed that Lao Jun gave him a celestial book, but his other disciples couldn’t read, so who then read it to him?
After taking the elixir given to him by Dan Yang Tzu, Li Huowang immediately felt a fiery sensation in his dantian. The fire was getting stronger and burning so intensely that he couldn’t even think about the disgust and nausea he felt for ate human.
“Xuan Yang, go rest for a while. This elixir is very potent, and it will take some time to fully absorb,” said his master.
“Yes, Master.”
Li Huowang stumbled back to his residence and leaned on the door frame, retching uncontrollably. However, he could only vomit some clear water because the elixir had already been fully absorbed.
“Crackling.”
Li Huowang’s joints creaked as his body convulsed involuntarily. The fire in his dantian had spread through his limbs along his meridians.
He felt like he was wearing a thick cotton coat in the middle of summer, and his whole body seemed to be cooked.
The heat made Li Huowang’s mind feel hazy. He lay in bed, staring at the ceiling spinning continuously, thinking about everything that had just happened and the fearful and desperate looks of everyone in the materials room.
He had now become an accomplice to Dan Yang Tzu and forced what Dan Yang Tzu had done to him onto others.
Although Dan Yang Tzu may not be literate, he is not foolish. In the face of absolute strength, anything Li Huowang did would be futile.
“I must kill him, I must find a way to kill him!” Li Huowang roared in his mind.
His right hand unconsciously grabbed the edge of the stone bed, and as he shouted the last sentence in his mind, the veins on the back of his hand bulged.
“Crack,” a piece of the hard stone bed was broken off by him.
Li Huowang was taken aback by this change. He looked at his hand and then at the stone he had grabbed. He immediately realized that it was the effect of the elixir.
Not only had his strength increased, but other aspects had also changed. Li Huowang even felt that his eyes could see a little farther. The elixir made him feel like he had undergone a rebirth.
As soon as he thought of the fact that this ability was gained by devouring people, Li Huowang felt nauseous again.
“Senior Brother Li? Are you okay?” Bai Lingmiao cautiously poked her head out from the door. Li Huowang looked up at her with a complicated expression, not knowing what to say for a moment.
Bai Lingmiao stepped forward and said, “Senior Brother Li, you don’t have to blame yourself. We all know that you were forced into it. If our master asks me to go again, don’t replace me with someone else. After all… we will all died in the same way.”
Li Huowang didn’t want to talk about this with her, so he looked at her bleeding forehead and took out the elixir he had refined earlier and handed it to her, saying, “Take it, it can stop the bleeding.”
Bai Lingmiao saw the elixir in Li Huowang’s hand but shook her head in fear, “I don’t take this, absolutely not.”
Li Huowang chuckled dryly and casually threw the elixir on the ground, “Yeah, this kind of elixir has some side effects. It’s really not good to eat it.”
After a moment’s thought, Bai Lingmiao bit her lip and asked Li Huowang, “Senior Brother Li, are you planning to deal with our master?”
Li Huowang’s face changed, and he nervously looked towards the door and quickly went over to close it.
“It’s alright, our master can’t hear us now. He relies on the Master Wander to keep an eye on us. Whenever it’s time for the big market day, the Master Wander goes back to attend the market.”
“What is the Master Wander?” Li Huowang asked in confusion. It was the first time he had heard of this thing.
“Master Wander is just Master Wander. It’s intangible and invisible. My grandfather once told me that only people with high levels of magic can control them,” Bai Lingmiao explained.
“Oh?” Li Huowang’s heart stirred, he made a mental note of this information as it was critical to him.
“When is the time for the big market day?” Li Huowang asked.
Bai Lingmiao looked at him in confusion and replied, “The big market day is on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar month. Senior Brother Li, don’t you even know this? Haven’t your parents taken you to the market before?”
Li Huowang shook his head. The memories in his mind, whether they were real or false, proved that he had only lived in the city before and had never participated in the big market day, which was a large-scale rural exchange event.
“Senior Brother Li, let’s get back to the main topic. Do you really want to deal with our master?”
Li Huowang’s expression hardened,”Of course, I am very anxious to eat his flesh and drink his blood!”
Bai Lingmiao nodded with determination. “Then, Senior Brother, count me in. I also want to help with this matter!”
Li Huowang looked at the girl in front of him, as well as her determined gaze. Bai Lingmiao may not be as weak as he imagined.
“Okay, I’ll count you in,” Li Huowang agreed, as he did need some help right now.
After careful consideration, Li Huowang’s expression turned serious as he said to her, “The two of us are not enough. You go to the material room and see if there are others who are dissatisfied.”
Other people may not dare to resist Dan Yang Tzu, but the herbs in the material room are doomed to die. There must be some who are unwilling, which is a fundamental contradiction. Among these people, there must be someone he wants to win over.
“Okay,” Bai Lingmiao nodded and turned to leave.
After sitting for a while, Li Huowang picked up the round jade pendant tied around his waist and remembered his senior brother who failed to escape.
“Xuan Yang, did your group also gather like this back then? Hopefully, I won’t end up like you.”
Afterwards, Li Huowang fully immersed himself in Qingfeng Temple and organized the material room meticulously, both in terms of people and goods.
Faced with such a ambitious disciple, Dan Yang Tzu naturally had to reward him. He taught Li Huowang various basic methods of making elixirs, as if he were truly grooming him as a disciple.
These ordinary elixirs had mediocre effects at best, only able to cure minor illnesses like colds and external injuries for Li Huowang.
Moreover, Li Huowang didn’t know whether it was the problem with Dan Yang Tzu’s elixirs or if it was a common issue in this world, but elixirs had their limits. If taken excessively, they could be harmful instead of heal.
And different types of elixirs couldn’t be mixed together, as doing so could easily lead to problems.
Rather than calling Li Huowang a mediocre doctor, it would be more accurate to say that he was now a qualified poisoner.
The elixirs weren’t the key, but rather it was Li Huowang’s gradually deepening relationship with Dan Yang Tzu through this contact.
Sometimes, Dan Yang Tzu even allowed Li Huowang to assist him in alchemy.
When Dan Yang Tzu accepted another disciple, Li Huowang was no longer the youngest, but instead had fully integrated into Qingfeng Temple.
Through so much contact, Li Huowang confirmed his suspicions that Dan Yang Tzu indeed couldn’t read and had a strong aversion to others reading.
He didn’t allow his disciples to surpass him in any aspect, which is why most of them were illiterate.
This made Li Huowang feel uneasy, as he remembered the words Dan Yang Tzu had said to him before.
“Because the method of becoming an immortal is written in Lao Jun’s celestial book, which was personally given to me by Lao Jun himself. Who else in the world can become an immortal? He said that I can become an immortal,I will definitely become an immortal!” Dan Yang Tzu had said this before.
Since he claimed that Lao Jun gave him a celestial book, but his other disciples couldn’t read, so who then read it to him?
