9: I will take good care of your mother for you

Qi Refining Pill.

A First Grade Medicinal Pill!

Its refinement requires a threshold.

One must reach the rank of a First Tier Alchemist.

Perhaps.

Out of suspicion towards Chen Qingfeng, among the various Pill Formulas presented by Li Xing'er and Li Tao'er, only the Pill Formula for the Qi Refining Pill was a graded Pill Formula; the others were all ordinary, ungraded Pill Formulas.

“He sure knows how to pick!”

“He picked a graded Pill Formula right away.”

“This is the most difficult Medicinal Pill to refine among these Pill Formulas, is he really that confident?”

Li Xing'er and Li Tao'er were completely bewildered.

This guy.

He wasn't scared at all.

Does he truly have the ability, or is he still putting on an act?

One must know.

Don't look at the Qi Refining Pill as just a First Grade Medicinal Pill; when they joined Tianyi Sect and focused on Alchemy for over a decade, it took them a full three years to learn how to refine this First Grade Qi Refining Pill.

Moreover.

Their success rate was extremely low, only two successes out of ten attempts.

He is a Disciple of Xiao You Peak.

Leaving aside resources and talent.

But with only twelve hours in a day, he not only has to Cultivate his own Realm but also spend time meticulously Cultivating the Dao of the Sword.

Aside from these, the time left is almost negligible.

Where did he find the time to delve into the Dao of Alchemy?

“Don't be bluffed by him.”

“Let's wait and see, it's still uncertain whether he can or not!”

Li Xing'er murmured.

Her eyes were fixed on Chen Qingfeng in the courtyard, scrutinizing his every move.

The Pill Furnace was set up.

Several Spirit Stones were placed in, extracting the Spiritual Qi from them to generate the elemental fire within the Pill Furnace.

As Chen Qingfeng followed the guidance of the Heavenly Book of Alchemy, step by step, placing the Materials into the Pill Furnace, Li Xing'er and Li Tao'er instantly let out a huge sigh of relief.

Indeed.

It was just as they had expected.

Chen Qingfeng's Alchemy steps were completely different from what their Master had taught them.

In fact.

It could even be described as utter nonsense.

Alchemy is unlike anything else.

One wrong step, and every step thereafter is wrong.

As of now, there was almost no need to watch the remaining steps; this Qi Refining Pill was definitely not going to come out.

“I knew it, with only twelve hours in a day, after daily chores, he still has to Cultivate his own Realm and Cultivate the Dao of the Sword. Where would he find the time to study the Dao of Alchemy?”

“He was just bragging, as expected!”

Li Tao'er's face was filled with schadenfreude, completely devoid of her previous tension, replaced by a haughty and arrogant expression.

“Was I overthinking it?”

Ye Qingyu's beautiful eyes flickered slightly as she watched Chen Qingfeng's Alchemy operations, and she couldn't help but shake her head, concluding that he had no foundation in Alchemy.

It seems.

What he said about knowing a little was indeed, as Li Xing'er and the other said, mere bragging.

She had even felt a twinge of compassion just now.

As long as Chen Qingfeng showed any trace of Alchemy talent, she could break convention and exceptionally take Chen Qingfeng as her Disciple, allowing him to become an Alchemist and supplement the resources he would need on the path of a Sword Cultivator.

Now it seems.

She was overthinking it.

“This is enough, stop now!”

Ye Qingyu spoke softly, seemingly having made up her mind.

However.

Chen Qingfeng ignored her completely, continuing his steps as if he hadn't heard anything.

“My Master is speaking to you, didn't you hear her?”

Li Tao'er was a bit displeased.

This guy.

He was shamelessly continuing to refine, did he really want to keep up the act until the end?

“Get lost!!!”

Chen Qingfeng didn't turn back.

He merely let out a rough shout.

Then.

He grabbed the last ingredient for the Qi Refining Pill, threw it into the Pill Furnace, and only then clapped his hands in satisfaction, injecting a wisp of his own spiritual energy into the Pill Furnace.

“Mother—”

Not far away.

A Flying Sword approached.

It slowly descended about five zhang away from the Little Garden.

The newcomer was dressed in green, with a face like jade and snow-white skin; it was none other than Chen Qingfeng's “good brother,” Li Fengyun.

Upon seeing him arrive at Xiao You Peak.

Ye Qingyu's tightly furrowed brows wrinkled even deeper.

“I am not your mother, don't call me that.”

Disgust!

That's right!

In Ye Qingyu's beautiful eyes, Chen Qingfeng could clearly perceive a hint of undisguised disgust flashing in her gaze.

Similar to her expression.

Li Xing'er and Li Tao'er also showed a look of disdain the moment they saw Li Fengyun appear.

In fact.

As Li Fengyun walked into the courtyard of the Little Garden, both of them unconsciously covered their mouths and noses, taking two steps back, as if Li Fengyun carried some foul stench.

“Mother—”

“Are you still angry with my father?”

“You know how my father is; he's just like that. Don't move out of Jiu Yi Peak. Even if you divorce my father, you can still live on Jiu Yi Peak, right? There's no need to move here.”

As he spoke.

Li Fengyun glanced around Xiao You Peak.

He hadn't noticed at first.

Now that he looked.

Oh my goodness.

Is this place... fit for humans?

His mother, such an elegant and meticulously clean person, actually abandoned Jiu Yi Peak to live here?

Had a donkey kicked her in the head?

“As long as I don't see you two father and son, I can live anywhere. This Xiao You Peak is quite good!”

Ye Qingyu waved her sleeve, moved a few steps, and instantly widened the distance between herself and Li Fengyun.

“Because my father castrated himself to Cultivate the Yin Void Art, you still haven't let it go? That happened ages ago. You know, my father was forced to do it. His Cultivation Realm had hit a Bottleneck, and no Medicinal Pill or method could help him advance further. Only the Yin Void Art was the best choice.”

“You also know that competition among the twelve peaks of Tianyi Sect is quite fierce. My father did that to ensure Jiu Yi Peak wouldn't be surpassed; he had his reasons.”

Li Fengyun earnestly tried to persuade her.

He seemed completely unconcerned that Chen Qingfeng and his Master's wife were still present.

Li Xing'er and Li Tao'er were both stunned by what they heard.

This muddled idiot.

He just blurts out everything.

The matter of Jiu Yi Peak's Peak Master castrating himself years ago, is that something to be casually mentioned?

If that got out, wouldn't the entire Tianyi Sect laugh them to death?

However.

Seeing Ye Qingyu's calm expression, she seemed to no longer care at all.

After all.

A husband who castrated himself.

A son who was gay.

Under heaven, it seemed there were no two misfortunes greater than these.

She had experienced them all.

“The matters of you two father and son, no, to be precise, the matters of your Jiu Yi Peak, are no longer related to me. You don't need to persuade me further.”

“Now, I am a person of Xiao You Peak. My mind is made up; I will live on Xiao You Peak and go nowhere else!”

Ye Qingyu was very decisive and spoke coldly, not softening in the slightest because Li Fengyun was her son.

“Brother, can you help me persuade my mother?”

Seeing his mother so resolute, Li Fengyun was momentarily at a loss, and couldn't help but turn to Chen Qingfeng for help.

In this situation.

The only person he could talk to, it seemed, was this “brother” he had only recently met.

“Brother, your mother living on Xiao You Peak is quite good, you can rest assured, I will take good care of your mother...”