readytorunbook Chapter 47 Trials 6
Chapter 47 Trials 6
The owner here seemed very friendly to the visitors, and none of the powerful monsters, mechanisms, or formations that the three of them had imagined were visible.
Even when the three of them arrived at the courtyard, the formation automatically disappeared.
Yuancang Academy
The three of them looked up and slowly read out the three words above. They sounded nice, but they had no clue what they were talking about.
Further into the courtyard, there is a master bedroom, a kitchen, another room, a small well, and a large swing.
It looks like no one has been here for a long time.
Upon entering and opening the door, one is greeted by portraits of a perfect couple, and they are two men!
A young man in blue sat on the ground under the peach tree. He had a baby face and an ordinary appearance, at most a bit handsome. But what was most striking about him were his eyes. What kind of eyes were they? Clear and gentle, as if they could encompass everything in the world. He looked at the person behind him with affection and joy.
The man in black who was holding him was extremely handsome, with strands of hair falling slightly across the teenager's face. His gaze was full of possessiveness and affection as he looked at the teenager.
However, judging from the three people's gazes, when they met the gazes of the two, the young man in blue had a gentle and loving look in his eyes, while the man in black had a cold and serious look in his eyes.
The two figures in the portrait look at the three people, as if they are sizing each other up across the river of time.
They were truly a well-matched couple. The three of them sighed inwardly, but it wasn't surprising, since such things weren't uncommon in the cultivation world.
The three men bowed respectfully to the two figures in the portrait: "Please forgive us, seniors. We three have inadvertently entered your secluded place. We have no intention of offending you. If we have offended you, please forgive us."
As the three finished speaking, three prayer cushions slowly rose from the ground.
This clearly indicates the lineage of the two powerful figures depicted in the portrait, who are preparing to take three people as their disciples.
None of the three moved. After all, they all had masters. Judging from the two powerful figures, they must have been far removed from the present world. Although they were indeed very envious of the powerful figures' inheritances during their training, Cheng Jiu and the other two still did not plan to change masters.
The three decided to search the place again, since it was a training exercise, and they couldn't leave empty-handed after visiting the cave of a powerful being.
But they never intended to destroy the cave.
"I see a lot of spiritual herbs outside. Wen Sishu and I will go take a look." Speaking of this, Senior Sister Ying was already impatient. It seemed that there were many rare or even lost spiritual herbs in the cultivation world outside.
"Then I'll go take a look at their dormitories. I see a lot of books," Cheng Jiu said after thinking for a moment.
Judging from what we just saw, these two seniors seem to be quite kind and gentle, so there shouldn't be any major danger.
The three of them discussed how to explore the cave.
A powerful aura emanated from the portrait in the very center, overwhelming the three people who couldn't react at all. Slowly, two figures emerged from the portrait...
The person in the portrait has actually come to life! The three of them gradually became wary, realizing that some shameless powerful beings liked to possess their disciples' bodies.
"Don't be so nervous. We are just a wisp of our spirit left behind after we ascended to heaven," the young man in blue reassured the three.
Despite the tense and disbelieving atmosphere, the three of them inexplicably relaxed and completely believed the boy's words.
Perhaps it's his kindness and demeanor that make people feel so relaxed.
"Greetings, senior. We juniors have been truly rude. If you mind, we may leave." The three stammered, for even a wisp of spiritual consciousness could feel as if it could annihilate their souls at any moment.
What kind of power was it? Just standing in front of them, the three of them trembled with fear.
The boy nudged the man next to him in the groin: "Cang Jiyue, you better tone it down. Look how scared you've scared your future apprentice."
Cang Jiyue looked at the three of them with impatience, but her gaze softened like a lamb when she met the boy's eyes: "You're already protecting her before you're even ready to take her as a disciple. Is this what they call grandparental love? Aren't I the one you love the most?"
The three of them were all quite taken aback when such a cool and aloof guy said something like that.
But the young man in blue helplessly touched the man's face: "Don't you know who I only have in my heart? Don't be so naive. It breaks my heart that you haven't had anyone to carry on your legacy all these years."
The man grasped the boy's hand and rubbed it against him. The oppressive aura emanating from the three of them gradually eased and disappeared.
Seeing that the man remained silent, the young man in blue looked at the three of them with a hint of helplessness: "Let me introduce myself. My name is Chen Siyuan."
All three were stunned. Who didn't know Chen Siyuan? He was the great master who ascended to immortality through alchemy 100,000 years ago.
He is now one of the Medicine Ancestors in the cultivation world. The three of them looked at him with admiration. It can be said that no one who studies alchemy does not admire him.
I've never heard of the Medicine Ancestor having a Daoist partner. The two of them seem very affectionate. Could it be that he was the Medicine Ancestor's partner in the Upper Realm?
Cang Jiyue felt the three people's bold gazes and said coldly, "Don't make wild guesses. I am also a person of this world."
Why is there no mention of the Medicine Ancestor's Daoist partner in the historical records?
Chen Siyuan glanced helplessly at his lover and explained to the three of them, "It's probably because Heaven doesn't want people to know about Jiyue, which is why you haven't heard anything about her."
He told the three of them their story.
About 100,000 years ago, a herb gatherer from the mortal realm accidentally entered the world of cultivation. He actually had a destiny to become an immortal, but he was only a five-elemental root. Fortunately, he received the inheritance of an alchemist.
The world of cultivation is not easy to navigate. He constantly encountered setbacks, was ridiculed, and was beaten during his journey. Even so, he did not give up on the path of cultivation.
Unfortunately, due to his limited talent, his strength has always hovered below the Golden Core stage, and the pills he refines are only below the third grade.
Even a third-grade alchemist is highly respected in some small towns.
After his trials and tribulations, the alchemist only wanted to find a small city to spend his later years.
The cultivation world back then was not like the cultivation world today. The method of alchemy was kept secret, and countless rogue cultivators who were fortunate enough to want to become alchemists were kept out.
The alchemist did something very outrageous for the time: he opened a medicine shop to teach people how to make elixirs.
Because of his actions, he gained some fame, until one day, a young man in black carrying an old man broke into his medicine shop.
The two were rogue cultivators. The young man in black was an orphan raised by the old man. The old man was seriously injured and was about to die. The young man held the old man and kept seeking help from alchemists. How could such a lowly rogue cultivator expect those alchemists to open their eyes?
At this time, he heard that there was an alchemist in this small town who ran a medicine shop and took in apprentices, and that he was also the kindest person.
The alchemist was indeed kind-hearted and used his elixir to heal the old man.
The old man saw that the alchemist was kind-hearted and willing to take on apprentices. He was already worried about the child he had raised, but now he finally had someone to entrust him to.
They forced the young man to become an apprentice of an alchemist.
Unlike the alchemist's poor aptitude, the young man's aptitude was extremely high. At first, the alchemist could still teach the young man something, but after a few years, the young man's alchemy skills surpassed those of the alchemist.
The young man also refined high-level pills to help alchemists break through the barriers of cultivation.
Leading the alchemist on another journey to immortality, the two ventured together, encountering countless crises, and gradually the young man developed feelings for the alchemist.
The alchemist wasn't without feelings for the young man, but he dared not reciprocate. The alchemist's talent was extremely poor, making it impossible for him to ascend like the young man. In fact, he had only broken through to the Nascent Soul stage by consuming pills, while the young man was already at the Mahayana stage. Moreover, he had been suppressing his ascension all along.
Given the insurmountable lifespan difference, how could he agree to the young man's request? How could he jeopardize the future of his beloved?
Upon realizing this, the alchemist suddenly lost interest in venturing out. He argued with the young man, and the two parted ways. He returned to his old medicine hut to take on more apprentices, and over the years, thanks to the young man, he had acquired many secret alchemy techniques.
These secret techniques also became his nourishment. He integrated these secret techniques and recreated a set of basic alchemy methods that were easy for all alchemists to understand.
He had thought that after they parted ways, the young man would ascend to the upper realm with his hopes, while he would teach and nurture students in the lower realm and realize his own life's purpose.
But ten years later, he met the young man at the door. The young man was covered in blood, like an abandoned puppy. When he saw the alchemist, he hugged him tightly and said that without the alchemist by his side, ascending to the upper realm would have no meaning for him.
If the alchemist were to die one day, there would be nothing in the human world that he would miss, whether it be the human world or the ghost world. He would only want to be with the alchemist forever.
The alchemist was both angry and furious, but looking at his lover's wounded body and meeting his loving gaze, his anger suddenly dissipated. He felt speechless, and nothing else mattered.
Life is only so long. Are we really going to miss out on our loved ones because of things that haven't even happened yet?
The two taught and took on apprentices in the small town, practiced swordsmanship and alchemy, and lived a loving and harmonious life for a thousand years. However, the alchemist's lifespan gradually came to an end, and he was never able to break through to the Nascent Soul stage.
Before he died, he wished that his lover could ascend to heaven. He did not want his lover to leave with him; he only wanted his lover to live well.
The young man's ascension was incredibly powerful, accompanied by thunderous roars in the sky. Unexpectedly, he dared to use the tribulation of ascension to refine pills!
Heaven and earth are the furnace, creation is the craftsman, and heavenly tribulations are the fire, lasting for eighty-one days.
It even attracted the attention of the Great Dao, which unleashed the Purple Heaven Thunder Tribulation.
The eighty-one strikes nearly shattered the young man's soul.
After surviving countless near-death experiences, the elixir finally took shape. It was the Heaven-Mending Pill, created by the young man with the utmost dedication for the alchemist. There were two pills in total; one was consumed by the young man, and the other by the alchemist.
With the help of this Heaven-Mending Pill, the alchemist not only broke through the limitations of his talent, but also ascended to the Upper Realm with his Daoist partner.
However, this pill was so extraordinary that even Heaven itself did not expect that the young man could refine such a pill, and he was even reprimanded by the Great Dao for it.
After the two ascended to heaven, the Heavenly Dao, fearing that someone would be too eager for such a heaven-defying elixir, erased all information about the young man on the Xuan Tian Continent.