Acknowledging Master

"How come it took so long for you to come? I thought you would come as soon as you breakthrough to the 4th level." Zhu Ju said as they walked towards Elder Zhao's room.

"I have no other choice. You also knew my condition; I do missions as soon as I breakthrough and just came back yesterday." Wei Fang shrugged.

Wei Fang took out a spirit stone from his robe and gave it to Zhu Ju, who looked at him in confusion.

"My debt."

"Oh, okay." Zhu Ju took it away happily.

"Is Elder Zhao in?"

"Yes, she was in her room. She was still busy trying to recreate the ointment you brought last time."

"Is it still not finished?" Wei Fang asked.

"Do you think reverse engineering medical paste is an easy thing?" Zhu Ju asked.

"I thought with the Elder Zhao standard it would be enough to analyze it in a month or two."

"Analyzing the ointment ingredients was not that difficult. The difficulty lay in how to recreate it. Because there were many different methods to produce medical paste, not to mention the combination and sequence of when the herb needed to be added."

"Ooh!" Wei Fang nodded, not really understanding.

"What mission did you do to take such a long time?" Zhu Ju tilted his head and looked at Wei Fang.

"A transport mission."

"Oh, did you gain something good outside the sect?"

"Something good?"

"Yes, like the ointment from before."

"Do you think it was easy to have a lucky encounter?"

"I don't know. After all, you were someone who could survive a lucky encounter and gain something while still mortal. Now that you are a cultivator, wouldn't your luck overflow?"

Zhu Ju's words may be just because of her innocence and curiosity, but they were like a wake-up call for Wei Fang.

He still left many loopholes in his explanation. He was lucky that he met Senior Sister Zhu Ju and Elder Zhao, who didn't seem to care too much about anything except alchemy. If he met with someone more ambitious, he would be in a lot of trouble.

Because for a mortal to gain medicine that works for someone in the Core Formation realm, it would mean that he only goes to the periphery of Ruin or something like that, or that mortal is extremely lucky. Everyone would choose to believe the first option rather than believe in luck. Even he himself was so.

It seems he needs to learn more about how to lie properly. Hmm? Why does it sound wrong?

Even though his mind was filled with many things, Wei Fang still answered casually.

"How can it be so easy to meet a lucky encounter? And even if I managed to encounter it, there was no guarantee I would gain something that had an effect on someone in the Core Formation realm. Do you think medicine that is useful to someone in the Core Formation realm is like cabbage that is sold at roadside stalls?"

Zhu Ju seemed to think about it before answering, "I don't know. Maybe it was. After all, as long as I remember, I never saw a cultivator sell cabbage at a roadside stall. In the first place, what is cabbage? Is it an herb or something?"

"..."

Wei Fang was speechless.

It seems Senior Sister Zhu Ju was born and raised in the sect, and she never ventured out before. There was no way she would know what cabbages sold in roadside stalls in the mortal city market looked like.

"By the way, where is the destination of your transport mission?"

"It's the Cloud River Sect."

"Cloud River Sect?" Zhu Ju was surprised, "Don't tell me you are the protagonist of the talk of the sect?"

"Talk of the sect?"

"Yes, there were many people who talked about how one of our disciples became crippled after something happened in Cloud River City."

"Oh, then you could say that I was the protagonist of the talk of the sect."

"Are your meridians really crippled?"

"Not entirely." Wei Fang shook his head. "But it was true that my meridian was severed and cultivation became more difficult."

"Don't worry! How about you let my master take a look?"

Wei Fang was frightened inside when he heard what Zhu Ju said: "There's no need; Doctor Ming already diagnosed me and said only some rare treasure and a special pill could heal my meridian."

"Don't worry, I will let you know once such treasure is found."

Wei Fang just smiled in response. Even if such treasure was found, it wouldn't be his turn to own it. Luckily, he had the system.

"We arrived!"

Knock! Knock!

"Master, it's me!"

"Come in."

It was different from when Wei Fang entered the room for the first time. There was no scattered paper like before, and the room looked clean and tidy. There was a stack of paper that was neatly arranged on the table; it seems Senior Sister Zhu Ju came here frequently.

Zhu Ju immediately ran towards her master side and asked, "How is it, master? Did you fail again this time?"

"You girl, how can you always ask about failure every time? Did you hope your master would fail?"

"Of course not; it's just that master has already failed so many times that I wouldn't be surprised if it was failure again."

"I am still angry, even though you're right." Elder Zhao started ruffling Zhu Ju's hair, which made her look disheveled.

"Ah, master, what are you doing? You made my hair a mess again!"

"We meet again, little friend."

"Disciple Wei Fang greets Elder Zhao."

"There is no need to be so formal. You must be here for the agreement."

"Yes, Elder Zhao. But is it really okay for me to not take the entrance test?" Wei Fang tilted his head.

"Actually, even with my position as an elder, making someone join the Alchemy Hall without taking the test was difficult."

"Then..."

"But there were always exceptions. If someone became a disciple of an elder, they would automatically enter the hall of the elder."

"This..."

"What are you waiting for? Quickly greet your master." Zhu Ju, who was at the side, said.

"Disciple Wei Fang greets master!" Wei Fang hurriedly said.

"Mmm." Elder Zhao nodded, then waved his hand.

A quill and several pieces of paper flew towards her hand. The quill then began scribing on the paper at a fast speed.

Wei Fang and Zhu Ju just looked; they didn't know what Elder Zhao wrote. After a while, the quill finally finished scribing.

"There!"

Elder Zhao gave the papers to Wei Fang, who received them with puzzlement.

"This is my present for you." Elder Zhao explained, "Actually, I already prepared something that could assist you in your cultivation as a present, but I overheard your talk with Zhu Ju, so I changed it."

Wei Fang read the content of the paper and exclaimed, "This..."

It was a paper filled with treasure that could recover severed meridian, and its description.

Seven-Linked Vine,Heart Connecting Vine, Blue Moon Flower, Spiritual Wood Vine, and many more.

Among the many herbs, the most precious and famous was the heart-connecting vein. Because it could be used even by someone at the Nascent Soul Realm.

Wei Fang couldn't help but moved at his new master's gesture. If it was anyone else, this paper was something that could give them hope.

"Thank you, master." Wei Fang bowed deeply.

"Don't mention it; it was what I should do as your master." Elder Zhao waved her hand.

"If you want to get an herb that can heal your meridian, there is only one place where you can get it with the least danger."

"Where?"