“This is some kind of nonsense. Flame Moon Fruit and Xuanlu Herb have conflicting attributes—how can they possibly be combined? You don’t have even a shred of alchemy knowledge. I think this Qi Refinement stage brat is just here to cause trouble. Get lost quickly! I have no time to waste here!”
Qian Shopkeeper threw the pill formula away in one hand and spat on it angrily, his fury boiling over.
Though not a professional Alchemist, he managed such a large herbal medicine shop, so his understanding of pills and spirit materials was naturally far beyond ordinary people.
Seeing Zhang Yuge’s bizarre pill formula, he was naturally shocked and furious.
Nearby, Cheng Kuan’s brows twitched slightly when he heard Flame Moon Fruit and Xuanlu Herb, as if deep in thought.
Zhang Yuge’s expression darkened.
Damn it, I used my Destiny Points to get this formula, and that fat bastard just threw it away like trash?
“Sir, maybe you can come back next time?”
The young girl dared not offend Qian Shopkeeper and could only smile apologetically toward Zhang Yuge.
Zhang Yuge subtly appraised the imposing, stout middle-aged man.
“System, start scanning this person,”
he thought inwardly.
“Ding, scanning complete.”
Seeing the results before him, Zhang Yuge’s lips curled into a faint smile.
“You’ve been suffering from True Qi Reversal these past few days, haven’t you?”
His tone was calm, but Qian Shopkeeper’s whole body trembled violently at those words.
True Qi Reversal was his biggest secret—how did he know?
Qian Shopkeeper was still in shock when Zhang Yuge continued:
“The Small Heaven Transformation Technique is a sinister Evil Art that can rapidly increase your cultivation in a short time. However, every three months, it causes True Qi Reversal, subjecting you to Meridian Fracture agony. If prolonged, your cultivation will likely be completely ruined, and you will self-detonate and die. What a pity—you were on the verge of Breaking Through Foundation Establishment, but from now on, you’ll become a cripple.”
Qian Shopkeeper’s face suddenly went pale as white as paper.
Cheng Kuan’s expression also changed multiple times in quick succession.
Zhang Qingyao, standing beside Zhang Yuge, was utterly stunned.
How is Zhang Yuge so powerful?
He seems to know everything!
“Brat, shut up! If you keep spouting nonsense, do you think I won’t cripple you?”
“Cripple me?”
Zhang Yuge shook his head and laughed arrogantly,
“You’d better say that when you’re still alive. If I’m right, your meridians have already twisted, and your cultivation is slowly fading away, isn’t it?”
“Plop!”
Qian Shopkeeper collapsed to the ground, his face completely drained of blood and defeated.
“You… how do you know I cultivated the Small Heaven Transformation Technique?”
“Hmph, how could such a mere Evil Art escape this young master’s sharp eye?”
Zhang Yuge opened a folding fan, mysteriously covering part of his face but leaving his eyes visible, his tone full of disdain.
“Actually, with your Qi Refinement level at the tenth layer, even cultivating this technique wouldn’t cause True Qi Reversal to this extent. But your impatient greed led you to train day and night without rest, speeding up the backlash. Looks like you don’t have much time left.”
After the Sword God System devoured Wu De’s Super Alchemy System, Zhang Yuge could now directly scan and assess others’ physical conditions through the system.
Take a good look, Wu De—the Super Alchemy System is used like this.
Ah, you’re done for, so no worries.
Bean-sized sweat trickled down Qian Shopkeeper’s forehead.
He looked helplessly at Cheng Kuan beside him, who wore a tacit approving expression, sinking Qian Shopkeeper’s heart into a deep abyss.
Cheng Kuan was one of the top Alchemists in Great Zhou, and Qian Shopkeeper had invited him because of some family connections, hoping he could solve this problem.
Even Cheng Kuan tacitly accepted this diagnosis, which meant the young man’s words were more than likely true.
Qian Shopkeeper suddenly felt like falling into an icy pit, his whole body chilled stiff.
At that moment, Cheng Kuan stepped forward, gazed deeply at the young man, and said:
“This fellow’s insight is remarkable. Since you can diagnose Qian Shopkeeper’s symptoms, you must have a way to save him?”
His voice was excited but interrupted by several heavy coughs, leaving blood stains on his sleeve handkerchief, his complexion even paler.
This True Fire Poison injury was lingering and had caused him great distress.
Zhang Yuge glanced at the old man several times, then used the system to scan him as well.
“Master, I’ve thought of a way to join the Five Spirits Sect.”
“Oh? What way? Does this old man have any abnormalities?”
Yun Lan asked.
“There are definitely abnormalities. Watch me perform.”
Facing Elder Cheng of the Five Spirits Sect, Zhang Yuge smiled lightly:
“True Qi backlash is a minor issue; I naturally have a solution.”
Qian Shopkeeper suddenly jumped up, excitedly looking at Zhang Yuge.
“Please, honored master, guide me!”
He even changed how he addressed him.
Qian Shopkeeper’s rapid change stunned Zhang Qingyao.
“Guide you I can, but I lost a pill formula just now. Do you know where it is?”
Zhang Yuge glanced around with a half-smile.
Qian Shopkeeper froze and immediately understood.
He looked toward the corner where he had just spat on the formula, his face extremely unpleasant.
He fought the nausea, picked up the pill formula, wiped the saliva off with his sleeve, and forced a smile as he handed it to Zhang Yuge.
“The formula is here. Please take a look, honored master.”
“Oh, I’m always forgetful and don’t remember the contents well. How about you read out the ingredients?”
Zhang Yuge said casually.
Qian Shopkeeper’s heart sank, but for the sake of survival, he immediately brightened his smile.
“No problem, I’ll read it out and prepare the materials.”
“Flame Moon Fruit, Clear Heart, Glazed Lily…”
Qian Shopkeeper read aloud, but Cheng Kuan’s face suddenly changed drastically.
Ignoring the stains on the formula, he snatched it from Qian Shopkeeper’s hands for close inspection.
After a moment, his eyes widened, his face full of extreme shock.
“These ingredients look ordinary, but each is used perfectly to counter a hundred poisons of the world. This young man is so young, yet has such alchemical attainments.”
Cheng Kuan had profound expertise in alchemy, and he immediately recognized that these seemingly common ingredients combined could produce astonishing effects.
How could he not be amazed?
The subtlety of this formula was on par with the one he had gotten from Wu De to cure Fire Poison.
He hadn’t expected to encounter such an alchemy prodigy twice in a row—it seemed he really had been seeing the world through a small well.
Cheng Kuan’s heart was stirred by turbulent waves.
After studying Wu De’s formula for a while, Cheng Kuan’s view of his disciple had changed.
Unfortunately, that troublesome disciple’s life was now uncertain.
What pleased him was that this young man before him seemed to understand alchemy even better than Wu De.
What Cheng Kuan didn’t know was that Wu De’s extraordinary alchemy was thanks to the system.
And that system had now been taken over by the young man standing before him—Zhang Yuge.
“Your alchemy is astonishing, fellow Daoist. I deeply respect you. May I ask which school you come from? If there is an opportunity in the future, I hope to visit and learn from you.”
Zhang Yuge inwardly rejoiced upon hearing this—an opportunity had arrived.