Lu Yang said goodbye to Zhou Lulu and came to Danding Peak. As soon as he arrived at the foot of the mountain, he smelled a strong medicinal fragrance.
"It is worthy of being called Danding Peak. Even the air is filled with fragrance. The legendary paradise and fairyland are no more than this."
Lu Yang couldn't help but take a few more breaths. He felt his body was light, as if he was about to ascend to heaven.
"Brother, don't inhale!"
There was a loud shouting sound coming from not far away. The owner of the voice became even more anxious when he saw Lu Yang took two more puffs.
"Junior brother, use the Turtle Breathing Technique quickly. Hey, you seem to be a mortal, so quickly cover your nose. This smell is the smell of poison that I accidentally emitted when refining the medicine..."
This was the last sentence Lu Yang heard before he fainted.
“What a hell of a place, even the smell is poisonous…” Lu Yang muttered, his body unsteady, he felt the whole world spinning, then his eyes went dark and he fell to the ground with a thump.
It turns out that whether something smells good or not has no necessary correlation with whether it is toxic or not.
When Lu Yang woke up again, he saw a big face blocking his way. He was so scared that he woke up with a start.
The man laughed shyly: "Junior Brother Lu, you're awake now. It doesn't hurt anymore, right?"
Lu Yang's identity was written on the jade pendant.
Lu Yang blinked his eyes and felt sore all over, as if he had been rolled into a ball and then flattened with a rolling pin.
This is an alchemy room with a strong medicinal aroma and a temperature much higher than outside. There is a huge alchemy furnace in the middle of the room, and shelves are placed around it with bundles of herbs and white porcelain bottles. The porcelain bottles should contain successfully refined pills.
Piled on the ground were piles of sketches of elixir-making methods and little white mice in cages. People who were not familiar with the place would have a hard time finding a place to step.
There was only one bed in the alchemy room, and that was the one Lu Yang was lying on.
"My name is Wu Ming. I'm sorry, Junior Brother. I was thinking about something while refining the elixir, and I lost my focus for a moment. I didn't control the firepower well, and the elixir turned into poison."
"But you don't have to worry. Although I often fail to make poison, I have never poisoned anyone to death." Wu Ming was very proud.
… I am even more worried when you say that.
Lu Yang stood up with difficulty, moved his butt, and leaned against the junction of the bed corner and the wall, which made him feel more comfortable.
Lu Yang felt an itch on his head, so he touched the back of his head and was silent for a moment before asking, "Since I just inhaled the poison gas, why is there gauze wrapped around the back of my head?"
Wu Ming explained embarrassedly: "I was distracted when I was carrying you, and you hit your head on the ground. You don't have to worry too much. As long as the person is alive, I can cure him at Danding Peak!"
"The medicinal strength of the pills I have on hand is too strong and not suitable for you to take. You see, during the time you were unconscious, I specially refined some pills for you that can also be taken by mortals." Wu Ming asked Lu Yang to take two pills as if he was offering a treasure.
The pill was golden in color with three circles on it. Lu Yang knew that these were pill patterns, which represented that the pill had reached a near-perfect level.
Lu Yang still didn't dare to eat it.
He just wanted to come to Danding Peak to ask for some fasting pills, but before he could do anything, he was already lying on the bed with gauze wrapped around his head.
If he eats anything else, I'm afraid even the King of Hell will praise him for being ignorant of his own danger.
"It's not poisonous, really." Wu Ming assured again and again.
Seeing that Lu Yang didn't believe it, Wu Ming found a little white mouse to demonstrate.
The little white mouse seemed to know that its death was approaching. When Wu Ming took it out, it was squeaking and saying goodbye to its wife and children.
The little white mouse took the pill, fell to the ground and died. Seeing this, his wife and children cried miserably, as if they had seen their own future.
Lu Yang: “…”
Wu Ming: “…”
"It's an accident. It's all an accident. The mice are small and they died after taking a little poison. It must be different if a human eats it. I know what went wrong. Please wait a moment. I will make another furnace for you."
Lu Yang quickly diverted Senior Brother Wu Ming's attention: "Senior Brother, you said that you were distracted because you were thinking about something. What were you thinking about?"
Wu Ming really diverted attention. He summarized the wording: "Dan Yao Dan Yao, the key point is the word 'medicine' at the end. Dan Yao can naturally cure diseases and save lives, but the Bigu Pill is not for patients to take, so why is it also considered a Dan Yao?"
"If the Bigu Pill is considered an elixir, then the elixir is not only for curing diseases and saving lives, but also for eating as a meal."
"If the Bigu Pill is not an elixir, then what is it?"
Lu Yang felt that he would not be able to figure out this problem unless he took his brain out and put it in the alchemy furnace for three days and three nights.
"Speaking of fasting pills, the only thing that mortals can eat here is the fasting pill. It comes in strawberry, apple and watermelon flavors. Would you like to try some? It's non-toxic." Wu Ming took out a handful of colorful sugar beans.
Thinking of the King of Hell's earnest expectations for him, Lu Yang did not choose to accept Wu Ming's gift. There were many people in Danding Peak who were practicing refining fasting pills. No matter who they were, they were safer than Senior Brother Wu Ming.
"Junior brother, if you need me to make pills, remember to come to me. It's free." Wu Ming saw Lu Yang off warmly when he left.
Lu Yang limped and quickened his pace.
The next day, the seventh elder of Danding Peak learned of Lu Yang's tragic experience and sent Lu Yang a elixir that could truly heal mortals, as well as a gourd of fasting pills.
Lu Yang recovered.
…
In the following month, Lu Yang lived a very fulfilling life, traveling around the Sutra Library, Yanchuan Peak, and the Cave Mansion. Lu Yang greedily learned and absorbed the knowledge of cultivating immortals that he had never been exposed to before, like a traveler in the desert who saw a clear spring and was hungry and thirsty.
A month later, everyone got what they wanted and became disciples of the elders. Meng Jingzhou became the disciple of the third elder, Man Gu became the disciple of the fourth elder, Li Haoran, who had the fire spirit root, became the disciple of the fifth elder, and Tao Yaoye, who had the immortal body, became the disciple of the sixth elder...
This made Lu Yang quite surprised. He thought that Man Gu would become a disciple of the Third Elder like Meng Jingzhou. The Third Elder was a well-known physical cultivator in the world of immortal cultivation. No one dared to fight him in hand-to-hand combat. As Man Gu was of ancient barbarian descent, he was most suitable to be taught by the Third Elder.
On the other hand, the Fourth Elder is a Confucian cultivator with profound knowledge, and is not famous for his strength. I don’t know why Man Gu chose the Fourth Elder as his teacher.
The Fifth Elder is good at refining weapons, and Li Haoran has a fire spirit root, so he is suitable.
Lu Yang had never seen the Sixth Elder, but he heard that she was a breathtakingly beautiful woman with a fairy body similar to Tao Yao Ye.
The most conspicuous thing was not that Man Gu became a disciple of the Fourth Elder. The most conspicuous thing was Lu Yang himself, who became a disciple of the mysterious sect leader.
Hearing that the sect master had not accepted a disciple for more than a hundred years and had lived a free and easy life, the disciples talked about it and didn't understand why the sect master, who was still in seclusion, accepted Lu Yang as his disciple.
Under the envious gazes of the crowd, Lu Yang was brought by Senior Sister Yunzhi to Tianmen Peak, where the sect master was.