When Lu Yang first saw the pill recipe, he wasn’t sure if the “river water” mentioned by the Green Lotus Alchemist was the water from the Mother-Child River.

However, the words of the Immortal Maiden in his spiritual space soon confirmed his suspicion.

“Hmm, Green Lotus? This little girl is my most devout believer, and she does things to my liking.”

……

“River water?”

“I read in an ancient book that there was a river in ancient times. Women who drank from this river could become pregnant.”

“Such a miraculous river exists?” The Seventh Elder was very surprised, he had never heard of such a river.

Lu Yang thought to himself, has the Seventh Elder ever seen a river that can produce twin flowers?

Under the guidance of the Immortal Maiden, Lu Yang’s knowledge had surpassed that of a Body Fusion stage cultivator.

The Seventh Elder was not surprised that Lu Yang knew about ancient secrets. It was revealed when Lu Yang acted as the acting sect master to receive The Five Elements Sect. Considering that Lu Yang was Yun Zhi’s junior brother, his knowledge of ancient secrets could be explained.

“Where does this river water come from? Is it naturally formed?”

Lu Yang hesitated for a moment. The water from the Mother-Child River was refined by the Immortal Maiden, but her existence could not be known to outsiders.

“Just say it was refined by a Heavenly Immortal. After all, he has already stolen the copyright of my recipes, it doesn’t matter if he takes credit for the Mother-Child River!” The Immortal Maiden waved her hand, appearing quite generous.

Respecting the Immortal Maiden’s wishes, Lu Yang told the Seventh Elder, “The river water was refined by a Heavenly Immortal in ancient times.”

“I see, the work of an immortal is indeed extraordinary. It’s within reason that they could create such an illogical river.”

The Seventh Elder quickly believed Lu Yang’s words.

“By the way, why are you here?”

Lu Yang took out the Sky Shepherd Grass and explained the situation: “This is it. The eldest sister said to leave this grass to you.”

The Seventh Elder’s eyes lit up: “It’s a spiritual grass with intelligence, truly rare. Most intelligent spiritual grasses do no harm and are not suitable for pill refining. It’s great to finally have one in my hands!”

This was the first time the Seventh Elder was allowed to use an intelligent herb for pill refining, and he was very pleased: “The value of the intelligent Sky Shepherd Grass is immeasurable. Tell me, what do you want? I’ll satisfy you!”

Lu Yang waved his hands repeatedly: “No need, no need. The Sky Shepherd Grass has harmed countless people. It’s enough to dispose of it.”

Seeing that Lu Yang didn’t want anything, the Seventh Elder made a decision for him: “How can this be? In that case, I’ll refine three batches of pills for you for free.”

His pill refining skills were so advanced that there were few in the entire cultivation world who could surpass him. To have him refine a batch of pills would be enough to drain the resources of a Void Refinement stage cultivator.

On his way back to the Heavenly Gate Peak after leaving the Pill Cauldron Peak, Lu Yang ran into a group of more than a dozen people. Their eyes lit up when they saw him.

“Hello, Brother Lu!” Their uniform shout startled Lu Yang.

Lu Yang noticed that the group consisted of both men and women, all around his age.

“You are… Junior Brother Wei Nanfei, Junior Sister Jin Qinqin?” Lu Yang recognized them as the disciples who had entered the Seek Tao Sect with him.

Junior Brother Wei Nanfei was poisoned by his stepmother when he was young, but was saved by Senior Brother Dai Bufan who happened to pass by.

Junior Sister Jin Qinqin had eaten a fruit in a valley, the Green Wood Immortal Fruit, which could keep the Qi in her body circulating endlessly.

He hadn’t seen them before, presumably because they hadn’t reached the Foundation Establishment stage. They must have recently succeeded in establishing their foundations, which was why they were allowed to move around.

Lu Yang scanned them with his spiritual sense and found that indeed, all these junior brothers and sisters had reached the Foundation Establishment stage.

To reach the Foundation Establishment stage at their age was considered genius in the outside world, enough for the sect master of a first-class sect to cultivate as the next sect master.

The five of them, including Lu Yang, were exceptions. According to the eldest sister, their talents were a sign of the coming of a great era. The Seek Tao Sect had never recruited five disciples with such exceptional talents in the same generation.

The junior brothers and sisters all looked at Lu Yang with admiration.

Was this the legendary Brother Lu Yang?

They had just established their foundations, while Brother Lu Yang had already formed his Golden Core, a full realm ahead of them.

They heard that Brother Lu Yang had served as the acting sect master, a first in the Seek Tao Sect, which was full of prodigies.

They heard from the brothers who participated in the exchange with The Five Elements Sect that Brother Lu Yang was proficient in the Five Elements spells, knew the Samadhi True Fire, the Shrinking Earth spell, the Water Avoidance spell, could create clones, and his swordsmanship was the best among his peers!

It would be difficult enough to learn just one of these, let alone all of them.

What a role model.

They secretly made up their minds to learn from Brother Lu Yang and catch up with him as soon as possible!

After encouraging his junior brothers and sisters, Lu Yang said, “The eldest sister has something for me, I have to go first.”

“Goodbye, Brother Lu Yang!” The junior brothers and sisters enthusiastically bid Lu Yang farewell, reluctant to part.

All the way, Lu Yang had a smile on his face. It felt good to have junior brothers and sisters.

“Eldest sister, I’m back.”

The eldest sister was dealing with official business, resolving various complaints against the Seek Tao Sect, such as the strong condemnation from the sect master of The Five Elements Sect against the Second Elder’s harassment of his mother.

For example, the sect master of The Five Elements Sect’s mother hoped that the Second Elder could bring some more creative gifts next time.

For example, the Bu Yu Taoist stumbled into jail and hoped that Yun Zhi, as his guarantor, could bail him out.

For example, some people wanted to hear the continuation of the “Legend of the Seek Tao Sect” from the Bu Yu Taoist and applied to be locked up next to him. The Great Summer Dynasty hoped that Yun Zhi could quickly get the Bu Yu Taoist out, as the current prison was full of criminals who came to listen to the Bu Yu Taoist’s storytelling.

She rubbed her temples, unable to understand why there were so many troubles to deal with when the Seek Tao Sect was thriving.

Why didn’t she remember that there were so many troubles when her master was the sect master?

The eldest sister stood up and gestured for Lu Yang to come over: “Since you’re back, come with me.”

“Where to?” Lu Yang was curious.

“After the destruction of the Immortal Sect, the sect master confessed the location of the sect’s origin, which is where the first sect master found the relics of the Immortal.”

“The Great Summer Dynasty once sent people to investigate the place. The report stated that there were many things that seemed to be from ancient times. Due to the remoteness of ancient times, the understanding of the text, heritage, and ancient languages… is just the tip of the iceberg. Faced with these things from ancient times, the Great Summer Dynasty dared not act rashly, fearing that rash actions would damage these things.””As for the ancient times, my knowledge is not as extensive as Immortal Senior’s, and this matter is closely related to Senior. Senior should go ahead.”

“After the Great Xia Dynasty informed me about this, I originally wanted to explore the ruins with you and Senior. At that time, you were undergoing trials in the dense forest, at a crucial stage of forming your Golden Elixir, so I didn’t disturb you.”

“Now that you have successfully formed your Golden Elixir, I can confidently take you to the ruins.”

The senior sister said, stepping out of the cave dwelling, waving her hand towards the sky. A gap appeared in the sky, and white clouds descended from above, landing in front of the senior sister.

“Let’s go.”

(End of Chapter)