Chapter 51: Gaining Experience
The life in an immortal sect was very peaceful. After bidding farewell to his little junior sister, Su Yan devoted himself to alchemy. After a month of tireless effort, he finally mastered the craft.
“Phew, I finally refined it.”
Su Yan looked at the pill furnace before him. After extinguishing the furnace fire, what appeared this time were not strangely shaped coal briquettes, but several sparkling medicinal pills.
“Clears heat and detoxifies, promotes blood circulation and removes stasis… it has all sorts of miraculous effects.”
Seeing that the quality of these pills was very good, Su Yan personally tasted one. The taste was ordinary, but the effect was quite good.
“It really is a success.”
Su Yan felt very excited.
At the same time, the system’s notification sounded in his mind.
[Detected that the host has mastered a new skill, Alchemy – Beginner. It has been recorded.]
Hearing the system’s notification and seeing the brand-new skill in his skill bar, Su Yan was very happy.
Although his alchemy skill was still at the beginner level, as long as he obtained skill points and could enhance it, he would be rich.
Fantasizing about the wonderful life after becoming an alchemy master, a smile couldn’t help but appear on Su Yan’s face.
And just then, a knock suddenly sounded at the door.
“Who is it?”
“It’s me. Master wants to see you.”
Xiao Wu’s voice sounded from outside the door. Su Yan was a little puzzled. Why was his Master looking for him for no reason?
He left his room and went to his Master’s residence. Bai Shuixin was wearing a long, light yellow dress, her hands clasped behind her back, looking at the cliff before her, the hem of her dress dancing in the air.
“Master.”
Su Yan called out softly.
Bai Shuixin turned around and looked Su Yan up and down.
She had already noticed it last time. After eating so many spiritual fruits, his realm was still only at the early Foundation Establishment stage. Recently, he had suddenly made progress and was already at the late Foundation Establishment stage.
Mm.
Bai Shuixin nodded silently.
It seemed he wasn’t completely useless, just a late bloomer.
Since that was the case…
“I have a mission for you.”
Su Yan looked up in surprise, a bad premonition suddenly rising in his heart.
“What mission?”
Bai Shuixin said faintly, “Your Third Senior Sister has been home visiting her family for several months and still hasn’t returned. I want you to go and see what happened and bring her back for me.”
“…”
Su Yan was dumbfounded.
She usually never looked for him. What was with her recently? She had him pick up his little junior sister, and now she wanted him to find his Third Senior Sister? Was there no one else here? His Eldest Senior Sister was very free, wasn’t she?
Bai Shuixin said, “What’s wrong? You’re unwilling?”
Of course, I’m unwilling.
Su Yan liked to stay at home and didn’t like to run around. And because of his Pure Yang Body, many female cultivators from the demonic path coveted him. If he was captured by some woman, it would be terrible. The system’s options popped up at this moment.
[Option 1: Cross your arms and look at your Master askance: “Who do you think I am? You want to order me around? In your dreams!” (Reward for completion: Random skill point +1)]
[Option 2: “Whoever wants to go can go. I’m not going anyway.” Refuse your Master. (Reward for completion: High-grade magic tool, the Mirage Pearl)]
[Option 3: Agree without hesitation. (Reward for completion: Spiritual Power +2)]
The system’s missions might be late, but they never failed to show up.
Su Yan looked at the three options before him. The best reward was the first one, and he really wanted it. But being so arrogant in front of his Master would definitely get him beaten up.
After hesitating between the second and third options for a long time, Su Yan opened his mouth and said, “I don’t want to go. You should have Senior Sister go.”
[Mission complete. Reward has been distributed.]
“Hmm?”
Bai Shuixin looked at him with some surprise. He actually dared to disobey her.
Su Yan quickly said, “It’s not that I don’t want to go. You also know that your disciple is famous. In the sect, with my senior sisters protecting me, no one dares to do anything to me. But if I leave the sect and run into a bad woman, I’m afraid…”
Su Yan put on an uneasy expression.
Bai Shuixin looked at him. At first, she had taken Su Yan as a disciple just to find a husband for her own disciples.
But after discovering that he wasn’t as useless as she had thought, and with his recent rapid progress in cultivation, Bai Shuixin began to change her mind.
“Perhaps I can teach him to become a talent, and he can achieve something in the future.”
For this purpose, Bai Shuixin wanted to let Su Yan go out and gain some experience.
Although boys were not good at fighting, in the cruel cultivation world, a little lamb had no ability to survive.
At this thought, Bai Shuixin said, “I’m having you go down the mountain to find your senior sister this time, one, to bring her back, and two, to let you go out and gain some experience. A boy should go out and see the world more. That way, you won’t be deceived by bad women.”
If she didn’t have any expectations for him, Bai Shuixin wouldn’t have arranged any missions. Since she had high hopes for him, of course, he couldn’t be as lazy as before.
“Master, I don’t want to see the world. I want to stay here with you,” Su Yan said, scratching his head.
His Third Senior Sister’s hometown was in the Eastern Continent, thousands of miles away from the Transcendent Immortal Sect. Even flying on a sword would take a full month. Add to that the time wasted resting on the road and the things that might happen, this was a difficult task.
Bai Shuixin was angry. If he had no ability, it would be fine if he didn’t strive for progress. After all, no matter how hard he tried, it would be useless. In the future, he could only find a woman to marry.
But Su Yan clearly had great potential. How could he have such a decadent thought? Did he only want to be a vase?
“I’m not, I don’t…” Su Yan quickly defended himself.
He could get stronger on Heavenly Water Peak. Why did he have to go out and provoke others and face unknown dangers? His Master wasn’t like this before. Why was she always ordering him around now?
“I’m doing this for your own good.”
Bai Shuixin reached out and took out a jade token from her sleeve. “This contains a sliver of my divine sense. As long as you don’t encounter a particularly powerful enemy, it can keep you safe.”
Bai Shuixin wanted Su Yan to go down the mountain to gain experience and, on the way, look for his senior sister. But considering that he was a boy, she still gave him a safety measure. With her protection, nothing should happen.
Ah, this…
Su Yan had a bitter look on his face.
As a great Spirit Transformation realm cultivator, although it was just a sliver of divine sense, it was enough to deal with many crises. Logically, he should be at ease.
But Su Yan hadn’t forgotten the demonic sect woman he had encountered when he went to pick up his little junior sister. The reward for that mission had been very dangerous.
“Just a jade token is not safe at all!”
“What are you muttering about?”
Bai Shuixin tapped Su Yan on the head and said, “Don’t complain to me anymore. Do you want to disobey your Master’s command?”
“Ah, I wouldn’t dare, I wouldn’t dare,” Su Yan said quickly.
“It’s good that you wouldn’t dare. Hurry up and go down the mountain.”
Bai Shuixin shooed Su Yan out.
After leaving his Master’s room, Su Yan sighed softly.
“What is this all about!”
He had wanted to live a leisurely life in the sect, but now it seemed that was not to be.
