Xu Mingyang liked to chat with Ye Fan very much. Bai Yunxi watched Ye Fan like looking after a child to prevent Ye Fan from talking nonsense.
However, no matter how prepared Bai Yunxi was, this guy, Ye Fan, still spoke without thinking, so Bai Yunxi simply ignored it.
Xu Mingyang walked into the room, looked at Bai Yunxi, and said, “Fellow Daoist Bai, are you free?”
Bai Yunxi nodded and said, “Yes.”
Xu Mingyang asked with great interest, “Fellow Daoist Bai and Alchemist Ye have a very good relationship! How did the two of you get together?”
Bai Yunxi looked back at Xu Mingyang and said coolly, “He fell in love with me at first sight. I couldn’t help being entangled by him, so I had to promise him.”
Xu Mingyang smiled embarrassingly, and said, “So that’s how it is.”
Xu Mingyang felt that Bai Yunxi’s words were a bit jealous, and he said it a bit like a demonstration.
“I thought of the rumors I heard before. Alchemist Ye is proficient in alchemy, talismans, and formations. He is really versatile, and Fellow Daoist Bai is very lucky! Ordinary cultivators can’t learn so much at the same time. They would have long been overwhelmed.” However, it would not be surprising if it was Ye Fan, who had a nine-colored soul.
Bai Yunxi snorted lightly, and said, “He doesn’t have many talents. Although he knows a lot, he has basically only dabbled in each area. If you learn only superficially, you won’t be able to accomplish anything in the future.”
Xu Mingyang smiled and said, “How can that be? Even without mentioning other things, Ye Fan is already a spiritual-level alchemist, and his superb alchemy skills are really unmatched.”
“Let’s not talk about Ye Fan. Let’s talk about you, Fellow Daoist Xu. Ye Fan said that your soul is damaged, which is very troublesome. If this problem is not resolved, there will be no chance for your cultivation base to rise in the future,” Bai Yunxi said.
Xu Mingyang nodded and said, “Yes, I have seen a method in the classics.”
“What is it?” Bai Yunxi asked.
“Use heavenly fire to temper the soul and regenerate the soul,” Xu Mingyang said.
Bai Yunxi looked at Xu Mingyang and said, “It is very dangerous to temper the soul with heavenly fire.”
Xu Mingyang nodded and said, “Yeah! There is a 90% chance of failure and death. The mortality rate of merging with heavenly fire is already very high, not to mention the use of heavenly fire to temper the soul. But there is no other way. Fellow Daoist Ye should understand. A cultivator’s cultivation level is not advancing but retreating, eventually becoming a mortal. In that case, life is worse than death.”
Bai Yunxi frowned and said, “Ye Fan said that the Soul Replenishing Pill can repair the damage to your soul.”
Xu Mingyang nodded and said, “The Soul Replenishing Pill can indeed repair my soul. However, the Soul Replenishing Pill is made using soul power. It requires an understanding of soul power alchemy techniques. I haven’t been able to find an alchemist who knows soul power alchemy techniques to refine the pill.”
“Ye Fan knows, but he doesn’t have soul replenishing grass, so he can’t help you,” Bai Yunxi said.
Xu Mingyang was stunned for a moment, and said, “He knows how to refine pills using soul power, but Blue Cloud Sect…” There was no such method! Back then, Ye Fan read all the books of Blue Cloud Sect, so he knew everything the sect had to offer, but the soul power alchemy technique was something that belonged to the Immortal Pill Sect.
Bai Yunxi glanced at Xu Mingyang and said, “He learned it in the Eastern Continent.”
Xu Mingyang nodded and said, “I have the soul replenishing grass!”
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Bai Yunxi nodded and said, “Oh, then I think Ye Fan should be willing to refine the Soul Replenishing Pill for you. If you recover, Fellow Daoist Xu, the cultivators outside who are chasing you will probably not attack you again.”
“It’s not easy to refine the Soul Replenishing Pill. Alchemist Ye and I are not related, so would Alchemist Ye really be willing to help me?” Xu Mingyang asked.
Bai Yunxi nodded and said, “I think so.”
“Why?”
“Because he…enjoys helping others,” Bai Yunxi said casually.
Xu Mingyang thought: Really? Ye Fan liked helping others? The rumor he heard was that Ye Fan was a money grubber.
…
Ye Fan walked in and saw the soul replenishing grass, and was immediately a little overjoyed. “I wanted to say before that the Soul Replenishing Pill can solve your problem, but since I don’t have the soul replenishing grass, I didn’t mention it for fear of disappointing you. I didn’t expect you to have it.”
Xu Mingyang smiled and said, “Although it is difficult to find the soul replenishing grass, if you put in the effort, you can still find it. The problem is you usually can’t find an alchemist.”
Ye Fan glanced at Xu Mingyang and said, “Don’t worry. Although it is difficult to refine the Soul Replenishing Pill and I can’t guarantee success in one go, there are three soul replenishing grasses here. At my level, there will definitely be one success out of three.”
“It’s hard work,” Xu Mingyang said.
Ye Fan plunged into the alchemy room. Ye Fan ran to concoct alchemy, and only Bai Yunxi and Xu Mingyang were left in the cave residence.
“Do you want to have a cup of tea, Fellow Daoist Xu?” Bai Yunxi asked.
Xu Mingyang nodded and said, “Okay!”
“Fellow Daoist Xu, what kind of person do you like?” Bai Yunxi asked.
“I like tall, cold, and mensao sword cultivators. Fellow Daoist Bai, don’t worry, I don’t like Alchemist Ye like that. I just treat him as…a younger brother,” Xu Mingyang said.
Bai Yunxi looked at Xu Mingyang and said, “Fellow Daoist Xu’s injury is almost healed.”
Xu Mingyang nodded and said, “Well, it’s all thanks to Fellow Daoist Bai and Alchemist Ye that I can get better so quickly.”
“Those three spiritual grasses should be owned by Fellow Daoist Xu. Aren’t you worried about handing them all over to him?” Bai Yunxi asked.
Xu Mingyang smiled and said, “Do you know how difficult it is to refine the Soul Replenishing Pill?”
Bai Yunxi shook his head and said, “It’s not very clear.” However, seeing Ye Fan’s appearance, it didn’t seem to be too difficult.
“It has two difficulties. One is the soul power alchemy technique, and the other is requiring soul power at least at the level of Nascent Soul. It takes a lot of soul power to refine the Soul Replenishing Pill. There are already few skilled alchemists, and there are even fewer alchemists at the Nascent Soul level. Even if I found one, I wouldn’t be able to afford them. But there are always exceptions to everything. For example, the owner of a nine-colored soul,” Xu Mingyang said.
Bai Yunxi stared at Xu Mingyang for a few moments, then said, “I knew that idiot can’t hide anything.” If it were someone else, he might not think in the direction of a nine-colored soul, but Xu Mingyang knew Ye Fan before.
Xu Mingyang: “…”
“Is everything really fine with Blue Cloud Sect?” Bai Yunxi asked.
Xu Mingyang nodded and said, “Everything’s fine. It’s just that the Blue Cloud Sect and the Galaxy Sword Sect had a falling out.”
“Galaxy Sword Sect?” Bai Yunxi asked in confusion.
Xu Mingyang asked inexplicably, “Didn’t he mention it to you? His fiancee is from the Galaxy Sword Sect!”
Bai Yunxi shook his head and said, “He just said that on his way to break off his engagement, he encountered a duel between Foundation Establishment cultivators and died.”
“He didn’t mention his fiancee?” Jiang Lingxue was the number one beauty of the Galaxy Sword Sect, but, if you really wanted to compare, Bai Yunxi didn’t lose to her in terms of appearance.
“He mentioned her, but he said he never met her,” Bai Yunxi said.
Xu Mingyang: “…”
“If you go back to Cangxuan Continent, don’t mention the matter of Ye Fan to the people from Blue Cloud Sect,” Bai Yunxi said.
“Why?” Xu Mingyang asked.
Bai Yunxi frowned and said, “Ye Fan is worried that someone will cross the Endless Sea to find him. Not to mention the danger of the Endless Sea, it will take decades or even hundreds of years to cross the Endless Sea. Moreover, Ye Fan and I only know that we are in the Eastern Continent now. We don’t know exactly where we are in the Eastern Continent.”
“Taking a step back, even if the people from Blue Cloud Sect came over, it would be very difficult to find Ye Fan. Although the lifespan of a cultivator is longer than that of an ordinary person, they still can’t bear such consumption. The time to cross the Endless Sea is not trivial. A lot of things can happen during such a period of time. Ye Fan’s spiritual roots are really not good. It’s hard to say how far he can go. In case someone works hard to come over, only to find out… Isn’t it making them happy for nothing?”
Xu Mingyang took a deep breath and said, “Ye Qixian always blamed himself for Ye Fan’s accident back then, saying that he should have accompanied him. If he accompanied him, there would be no problem. In fact, what happened back then was not an accident… “
Bai Yunxi said inexplicably, “It wasn’t an accident?”
Xu Mingyang nodded and said, “Yes. After Ye Fan’s accident, the two dueling cultivators found out that they had caused a big disaster, and took the initiative to confess their guilt to the Blue Cloud Sect.”
“These two people had a deep grudge. On the eve of the duel, each received a challenge letter from the other, asking the other to have a showdown at a designated location. Both thought the letter was written by the other, and only found out afterwards that something was wrong,” Xu Mingyang said.
“You mean, someone designed a duel between the two and used this to kill Ye Fan?” Bai Yunxi asked.
Xu Mingyang nodded and said, “That’s right. But it’s hard to say who did it. However, Ye Fan died on the way to break off the engagement, so it might have something to do with his fiancee, Jiang Lingxue. However, at that time, Jiang Lingxue swore an oath of inner demons that she never murdered Ye Fan. After that, it became an unsolved case, and the relationship between the Blue Cloud Sect and the Galaxy Sword Sect also became stiff.”
Bai Yunxi nodded and said, “I see!”
…
When Ye Fan walked out of the alchemy room and saw Bai Yunxi and Xu Mingyang chatting happily, Ye Fan felt a little strange.
Bai Yunxi looked at Ye Fan’s face and said, “What’s wrong with you?”
Ye Fan shook his head gloomily and said, “Nothing? What are you talking about?”
“Fellow Daoist Xu is teaching me how to refine spiritual swords,” Bai Yunxi said.
Ye Fan nodded and said, “Oh.”
“Your pill is ready.” Ye Fan took out the pill and handed it to Xu Mingyang.
Xu Mingyang took the medicinal pill with excitement, took a deep breath, and said, “Thank you.”
The damage to his soul had given Xu Mingyang a lot of pressure. Seeing the medicinal pill in front of him, Xu Mingyang couldn’t help being a little excited.
Ye Fan took out a soul replenishing grass and said, “There’s one soul replenishing grass left. This soul replenishing grass seems to have an aura of azure cloud fire.”
Xu Mingyang smiled and said, “This was given to me by Ye Qixian. He subdued azure cloud fire. When he picked the herb, he used a bit of azure cloud fire and left some of its aura on the herb.”
“Ah! It’s… him.” Ye Fan raised his head and looked at Xu Mingyang, with an expression like you really had an affair with him.
“Since I have the Soul Nourishing Pill, I won’t get involved in the fight for the heavenly fire.” Xu Mingyang took out a crystal clear silk screen and handed it to Ye Fan, saying, “I’ll give this to you.”
Ye Fan’s eyes widened, and he said with some surprise, “Silver thread net? Such a precious thing. You’re giving it to me?”
Xu Mingyang looked at Ye Fan and said, “Don’t you want the flame of life? It will be safer with it.”
“Thank you, Big Brother Xu.” Ye Fan blurted out his past address for Xu Mingyang in delight.
Xu Mingyang rolled his eyes, smiled calmly, and said, “You’re welcome. It’s just a net.”
“Brother Xu is too generous. The silver threads used to refine the silver thread net are very expensive things,” Ye Fan said.
…
Bai Yunxi looked at the happy Ye Fan and asked, “What’s the use of this silver thread net?”
“It can reduce the attack power of heavenly fire and increase the chances of subduing the heavenly fire. The heavenly fire is invisible, and it is very difficult to deal with. If you don’t pay attention, it will riot. A spiritual tool that can reduce the power of heavenly fire is very rare,” Ye Fan said.
Bai Yunxi nodded and said, “I see. Fellow Daoist Xu is too generous.”
“That’s not true. I should have expressed my gratitude to you for saving me. Before, the reason why those cultivators pestered me was because of this spiritual tool on me. If it wasn’t for your help back then, I’m afraid keeping this thing would have done me more harm than good,” Xu Mingyang said.
Ye Fan waved his hand and said, “It was nothing. I’m very powerful now.”
Xu Mingyang agreed, “Yeah! You are very powerful now…” Although Ye Fan had more spiritual roots and his qualifications were not very good, he could finally cultivate.
After taking the Soul Replenishing Pill, Xu Mingyang’s strength quickly recovered.
Xu Mingyang was not polite with Ye Fan, and took the initiative to ask Ye Fan for some healing medicinal pills. Ye Fan made a lot of money before. In his storage ring, the healing medicinal pills piled up into a mountain, so he gave Xu Mingyang a lot of them.
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T/N: Bonus chapter for Sam. Thanks for the ko-fi!
So…does he or does he not has a feeling for his brother?? 🤣🤣
Thanks for the chapter
Yep, I would like to know that too. Also, hos brother’s reaction to YF’s mensao love theory.. 🤣🤣
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