Chapter 1417: Chapter 527: Elixir Disaster Scheme_3
"Hahaha, Master Zhou, you are quite the character, truly marvelous. I, Qing Yangyu, will certainly treat all the matters you’ve entrusted to me as important tasks."
After Qing Yangyu finished laughing, he suddenly vanished, and Zhong Guan also gave Zhou Xuan a deep bow before anxiously departing.
The "Insect Ancestor Pill" was taken to the Heavenly Dome by Qing Yangyu, and the insect swarm in the Ancient Hall, having lost its object of worship, also retreated.
The Ancient Hall returned to a state of extreme tranquility.
The Eternal Life Sect Leader, who had been in a sleepwalking state, awoke as if from a dream, and clasped his fists at Zhou Xuan, saying, "Master Zhou, so you were capable all along."
"Capable of what?"
"Your sayings like ’Flowing Wind and Returning Snow,’ or ’Clouds in the Sky, Water in the Bottle,’ you had Qing Yangyu thoroughly wrapped around your finger."
"Just clever words, merely trivial arts, nothing worthy of mention," Zhou Xuan chuckled.
The Eternal Life Sect Leader hurriedly shook his head, "This isn’t trivial at all. Qing Yangyu is extremely violent by nature. Today, he descended to the human world and didn’t utter a single foul word. Master Zhou, I truly admire you, I must learn from you more in the future."
"You won’t be able to learn,"
Zhou Xuan patted the Eternal Life Sect Leader’s shoulder, like a senior lecturing a junior, saying,
"The Heavenly Dome is a place that values results. If I couldn’t produce good elixir, no matter how eloquent I am, Qing Yangyu wouldn’t pay me any heed."
"Qing Yangyu views me favorably. Do you really think it’s just because of my literary talents...no, it’s because of the future sales crown of Heavenly Dome’s elixirs."
Zhou Xuan was very clear-headed about his own situation.
"Eternal Life Sect Leader, the second batch of elixir has been completed. You should return to the Heavenly Dome for now; take a few days off."
"Does this mean that Master Zhou will still need my assistance?" The Eternal Life Sect Leader understood that Zhou Xuan would have more tasks for him in a few days, and he felt not a bit of fatigue or aversion, but rather overjoyed.
There were too many benefits to following Zhou Xuan.
He also had dozens of Joyful Longevity Pills in his bosom, and three elixirs offered by the Zoroastrianism, all as rewards for working with Zhou Xuan. How abundant it was, indeed.
The reward was so generous that he didn’t feel tired at all.
"Just wait for me to call for you."
Zhou Xuan said, "My alchemy operation needs to expand, one furnace is still too few."
"At Master Zhou’s call, today Little Changsheng will take his leave first."
After responding, the Eternal Life Sect Leader took a step forward and left first.
He had just left when Zhao Wuya was still puzzled and asked, "Brother Xuan, didn’t you say there were two Heavenly God level beings guarding your elixir? From start to finish, I’ve only seen the Eternal Life Sect Leader."
"The Eternal Life Sect Leader is very adept; when high-grade elixirs are completed, notable figures from the Heavenly Dome will surely appear to celebrate. This is a good opportunity to make his presence known.
How could he possibly share this opportunity with Tiancan Monk? He must have sent him away early."
Zhou Xuan understood the Eternal Life Sect Leader very well.
Nearby, Alchemist Bai Lu inquired about Zhou Xuan’s elixir business: "Mr., I heard you made a wish with Qing Yangyu, and the first wish was to expand and upgrade your alchemy operation. I understand that one.
But your second wish, hoping to leave behind ten percent of the elixirs to distribute among family and friends, I don’t understand."
"Why do you not understand this wish?" Zhou Xuan asked.
"Mr., you haven’t been in the Alchemy Dao for long and don’t know the unspoken rules. The alchemists in this world are like chefs, chefs steal ingredients, alchemists steal elixirs.
Generally, an alchemist would steal ten percent of the elixirs to privately distribute to his closest friends and family. This is a secret rule, and everyone does it."
Alchemist Bai Lu imparted the unspoken rule to Zhou Xuan honestly.
Zhou Xuan spread his hands: "So?"
"So you can just steal it yourself secretly, no need to report to the Heavenly Dome, owing Bai Cheng at the Heavenly Dome a favor is hard to repay..."
Alchemist Bai Lu spoke earnestly to Zhou Xuan from an experienced perspective, but was interrupted halfway through his speech.
Zhou Xuan smiled mysteriously, "Old Bai Lu, you still don’t understand me, stealing elixirs is not my goal."
"Then, what is your goal..."
"I once met a Dan Taker from the ’Heaven and Earth’ Sect, after tasting the medicine powder I refined, he developed a dependency on elixirs and eagerly sought them from me again," Zhou Xuan said.
"This is precisely the cause of Heavenly Dome’s elixir disaster — although the Human Pill is extremely potent, those who consume it develop a dependency and cannot do without it over time."
Alchemist Bai Lu explained.
"Yes, the attributes of the elixir can assist me," Zhou Xuan said, "I don’t lack elixirs, I can use them to control many people — people from Buddha Country, people of the Fire Sect, people from the Heavenly Dome... everyone in the world who is against me."
"However, to make use of this power, I need to do one thing."
"What thing?"
"Break the constraints of the Heavenly Dome, allowing elixirs to be widely distributed in the human world."
Zhou Xuan said, "Only by having elixirs circulate freely, ensuring everyone can consume them, can the elixirs I hold exert the greatest effect."
"But — how does this relate to the wish you mentioned to Qing Yangyu..."
"The rule that the Heavenly Dome doesn’t allow elixirs to circulate in the human world can’t be broken overnight. It’s a massive mountain that needs to be gradually pried open."
"Today, the Heavenly Dome personally certifies the allowance for my elixirs to be distributed among my friends and family,
On another day, the Heavenly Dome will personally certify the circulation of my elixirs on East Market Street,
And with time, East Market Street’s circulation will become the circulation in Mingjiang Prefecture... I will gradually expand the scope until I can realize my idea.
The Buddha Country instigated the elixir disaster of the Heavenly Dome, I will use the elixir disaster to counteract it."
Having said this, Zhou Xuan turned and left, leaving Alchemist Bai Lu dazed in place.
In that moment, Alchemist Bai Lu felt Zhou Xuan to be incredibly fearsome, orchestrating such a grand scheme from turning a ’hidden rule’ into official certification.
Such a wide-ranging layout, Alchemist Bai Lu considered himself incapable of achieving.
"Pah, what do you mean incapable, even if I rack my brains I can’t think of such a devious scheme."
...
Inside the East Market Street Jingyi Shop, Yun Ziliang and Li Changxun were sitting in front of the shop, basking in the moonlight.
Li Changxun was truly basking in the moonlight, with the tranquil night breeze blowing, the bright and luminous moon illuminating like a thin mist, making him feel extremely comfortable and at ease.
Yun Ziliang, on the other hand, was meditating with his eyes closed, comprehending the Returning Ruins Ancestor Dragon within his Daoist robe.
He wanted to establish a deeper connection with this Ancestor Dragon.
As Li Changxun enjoyed the moonlight, he eventually noticed above the Heavenly Dome, eight strands of Divine Silk pulling a giant white maggot quickly across the sky under the moon.
"Grandmaster Yun, quickly look."
"Look at what?" Yun Ziliang opened his eyes, and following Li Changxun’s pointing direction, saw the maggot above the Heavenly Dome.
"This maggot seems to be Yun Ziyi," Yun Ziliang, having just opened his eyes, still had some blurred vision and couldn’t see things very clearly.
"It is Yun Ziyi, look at what’s written on him."
Li Changxun said.
"Let me take a closer look." Yun Ziliang pinched and pressed several of his acupoints, then rubbed his eyes, and once his vision returned, he saw Zhou Xuan’s handiwork.
Involuntarily, he recited it aloud.
"I come to ask the Way with nothing to say, the cloud in the sky and water in the bottle. The killer is, Mingjiang Prefecture, Zhou Xuan of the Dragon Seeking Sensing Sect..."
Yun Ziliang read, grew somewhat enraptured, and then tears uncontrollably began to fall, murmuring, "Xuanzi is truly a talent, only he could come up with such a cunning plan to force the Heavenly God-level to show up..."
