Come Clean

"Let's go!" Wei Fang said as he walked past Zhu Ju.

Zhu Ju just nodded and followed; she was still pained for her merit points.

"I don't know you were so awesome." Zhu Ju suddenly said. "Even Master would be surprised if she knew your ability."

"Aren't I always awesome?" Wei Fang said cheekily.

"Nah, for all the time we meet, you never come to me in one piece, so where is your awesomeness?" Shu Ju retorted.

Thinking back, the first time they met was when he came to the healing department to receive treatment. The second time was still at the healing department, and he had also gone there to receive treatment. Then, the third time was yesterday, and the rumors of his severed meridian were raging even now.

Yes, where is his awesomeness?

Wei Fang scratched his head awkwardly.

Her impression of him most likely would be someone who was weak and got injured easily.

After a while, they finally arrived in front of Elder Zhao's room. They knocked on the door and entered after getting permission.

"Greetings master!" The two of them said.

"Wei Fang, do you want to study alchemy?" Elder Zhao suddenly asked.

Wei Fang was hesitant. Even though he knew that being an alchemist was a good profession and would give him many benefits, the impression he got was that it was a dangerous profession.

But thinking of the system, he would most likely get missions related to his side profession in the future. His being in the alchemy hall had already narrowed his choice. If so, why doesn't he just try it?

Just as he was about to answer, Elder Zhao continued her words.

"Why don't you try it first? If you think you are not suitable, you can just quit."

"Understood, master."

Elder Zhao then rummaged through piles of books and fished out an old, tattered book.

"This is the catalog of herbs that the disciples who want to join the hall learn. Even though this book looked old, it was still intact, and there were many notes scribed by seniors and even me, so its value was greater than others. You can study this first before learning how to concoct medicine or refine pills." Elder Zhao gave the old book to Wei Fang.

"Mmm, Master!" Zhu Ju suddenly interjected from the side, "I think Wei Fang didn't need to study it."

"Why?" Elder Zhao asked.

"Because Wei Fang just passed the test of recognizing herbs with 100 percent accuracy." Zhu Ju explained.

"What?" Eldee Zhao was a bit surprised when she heard it. "Is that true?"

"Of course, you can check the results of the test with your token."

"Oh, right." Elder Zhao took out his token and focused his consciousness on it.

"It seems you don't need this book anymore." She set aside the boon and took out another book. The book looked old like before, but its condition was better.

"This book contains many recipes for Tier 1 medicine and pills; you can study them first; you don't need to memorize all the recipes; just memorize the ones that you find useful." She handed Wei Fang the book. "If you are confident, you could also try to make the medicine first. Refining pills is much more complicated; you can ask your senior sister if you want to try it."

"Thank you, master." It was such a precious book, and his master handed it to him just like that.

Wei Fang looked at his master, and he hesitated about something.

Should I say it?

Seeing Wei Fang's expression, Elder Zhao asked, "Do you need something?"

"No." Wei Fang's expression became firm. Elder Zhao was one of the few people in the sect that he could trust, and she didn't inquire about anything about the medicine from before, which increased his impression of her. If he didn't say it now that she had become his master, he would most likely feel uneasy.

"I just want to say that my meridian has already healed."

"Oh, I already know about it." Elder Zhao said lightly.

But Wei Fang became panicked. He was already trying so hard to hide it, but his master easily noticed it.

So, has everyone already noticed it?

"You don't need to worry; only those who were in the Core Formation realm and above can notice your condition." Elder Zhao explained.

'System-sama, why didn't you tell me about it?' Wei Fang was almost having a heart attack.

[You didn't ask.]

What did he hope from the system?

"But Elder Tan..."

"Don't worry, they would think it was me who gave you the medicine." Elder Zhao assured Wei Fang, "As for the reason why I gave such precious medicine to you, your results from the test before were already worthy for you to have such treatment."

Wei Fang was relieved. Now, he didn't need to find any pretext as to why his meridian could heal; just because he got a master, everything was solved.

The feeling of having someone behind you was really great. He didn't need to work too hard to win the tournament anymore with this.

Just as he was feeling at ease, a familiar sound sounded in his head.

Ding!

And a transparent screen that he could only see appeared in front of him.

[Trial]

[Resource searching]

[As a cultivator, you must not miss any chance to gather resources that could increase your cultivation.

Requirements: Win the tournament and get first place. Go to the ungraded secret realm and gather as many resources as you can.

Reward: Depend on the resources you get.

Time: Until the closing of the secret realm

Punishment: All the skills and knowledge the host got from the system would be removed.]

"Fu-" Wei Fang almost swore as soon as he read the mission, but remembering he was with his senior sister and master, he held himself back.

Looking at the mission, he had the urge to beat up the system. He was just thinking now that he had a pretext as to how his meridian healed; he didn't need to work too hard, and this is what he got.

"Is something the matter, junior brother?" Noticing the change in Wei Fang's expression, Zhu Ju asked.

"No, nothing." Wei Fang shook his head and turned towards Elder Zhao. "But, master, why didn't you tell me if you already knew?"

"Hmm, I don't like to intervene with my disciples privacy too much. So, if you want to hide it, I will play along." Elder Zhao explained.

Wei Fang's expression was a bit weird. He didn't know if it was good or bad, but he just needed to look at the bright side. At least Elder Zhao would never question anything about the items he got from the system.

"Oh, this is the present that I prepared for you before." Elder Zhao took out a small pouch and gave it to Wei Fang. "I also added a variety of herbs inside, so you could use it if you want to try to make medicine."

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

He recognized the pouch as a dimensional pouch. It was an item that usually only those in the Foundation Establishment realm used. It showed how precious it was.

It was just the pouch alone, not to mention the inside of it, that was filled with resources that could increase his cultivation. He felt really grateful towards his master.

"Oh, and remember, if someone asked, your master name was Zhao Jianing."