Chapter 36: Burst!

  Ji Yunyang smiled and rubbed the back of her head, turning to Ling Wushuang: "I'll go back first, I'll come find you another day"

  With several bottles of precious elixir in hand, she returned with a bountiful harvest. Upon seeing Tianye Yun, whom she had admired for so long, Ji Yun's mood became exceptionally good. She couldn't help but want to rush back immediately, pour an entire bottle of Po'e Dan down her throat, and shatter the bottleneck.

  "Good." Ling Wu Xiang also smiled and nodded.

  "Good night, Teacher. I won't disturb you anymore." Ji Yunyang nodded at Tianye and strode out of the hall.

  "Good" Tianye Yun's lip corners slightly raised, and he gave Ji Yun a faint smile. His eyes inadvertently glanced at the side table, where several dan medicines were placed, seemingly not yet packed into bottles. His gaze paused for a moment.

  Hei Mu carved flower case, Dan medicine jade moist and white, still faintly floating with a faint fragrance of Dan Xiang, obviously just out of the oven.

  "This is...?" Tian Ye Yun stepped elegantly, slowly walking to the front of the case, her slender fingers casually pinching a dan medicine, smiling as she looked at Ling Wu Shuang, her eyebrows relaxed, asking: "Little girl, did you refine this?"

  Ling Wushuang pursed her lips and nodded, "Yes"

  It's just a few broken Elixir of Life left over, didn't even have time to pick them up yet.

  "It's ruined in adversity, gathered in spirit, round and smooth as jade, fragrance overflowing everywhere, top-notch quality. Little girl, I didn't expect you to have such a natural talent for alchemy." Tian Ye's lips curled up with an elegant smile, lavishing praise on Ling Wu Xuan without restraint.

  "You're too kind"

  "No, it's more than that." Tian Ye Yun smiled gently and walked to the edge of the black sandalwood frame, her sleeve slightly trembling as she lifted a transparent stone out of her sleeve and placed it on the desk. The white stone had a great texture, about the size of an ordinary watermelon, with what seemed like swirling flows inside, crystal clear and sparkling like diamonds, shining brightly with a silver flash.

  "Little girl" Tianye Yun pointed at the crystal stone and smiled: "Come on, let me see how strong your spiritual power is."

  To be a good alchemist, having only the skills of alchemy is not enough. Without spiritual power to support you, when facing top-level alchemists, one can only look up to them in admiration.

  "What is this thing?" Ling Wu Shuang wondered, so beautiful, like crystal.

  "It's a special cloud mother crystal stone used to test spiritual power. Depending on the difference in spiritual power, the color will change in depth. Just stick your hand on the surface and input your spiritual power."

  "Alright." Ling Wu Xuan furrowed her brow and nodded, taking a step forward. Her slender white hand touched the crystal stone, she also wanted to know just how strong her spiritual power was.

  Concentrating his mind and calming his spirit, Ling Wu Xuan's consciousness moved, a surge of spiritual energy burst out from his body like a tidal wave, rushing towards the crystal stone and disappearing into it. The transparent and white crystal stone was like a sponge, continuously absorbing the spiritual energy while a thread of dark color emerged, spreading rapidly with a momentum that seemed to sweep away the clouds and mist!

  Tian Ye Yun was taken aback and said, "Don't stop, continue."

  Ling Wushuang nodded almost imperceptibly, slowly closing her eyes. The mysterious energy within her body was frantically circulating, while the crystal ball in her hand gradually turned black as she continued to infuse it with spiritual power. The dark color spread, slowly obscuring the original pure white hue, until the transparent crystal ball transformed into something akin to a piece of black coal.

  "Crack——"

  Suddenly a crisp sound, like the cracking of an eggshell, was exceptionally clear in the quiet grand hall. The surface of the crystal ball was actually shocked into spider web-like cracks!

  "What...what's going on?" Ling Wu Shuang opened his eyes to see the situation before him, a line of black sweat appearing on his forehead as he weakly asked: "Do we still have to lose?"

  The night sky's gaze flowed and turned, looking at the crystal ball again, then at Ling Wu Shuang. After being shocked, she brushed off her long sleeves and raised her hand to stop him: "That's enough, if you lose again, this crystal ball of mine will shatter into powder."

  "Just now you told me not to stop, keep losing... " Ling Wusuo withdrew his hand with an innocent face, rubbed the tip of his nose somewhat embarrassedly, and only then asked, "How's this spiritual energy?"

  Everyone has the ability to ruin the teacher's crystal ball.

  "Unheard of" Tian Ye Yun was like seeing a rare treasure, her eyes locked onto the crystal ball that had cracked open, and she muttered to herself: "Unheard of, unheard of"

  The two Tianye Yunlians said something that Ling Wushuang had never heard of, leaving him bewildered and wondering: "So it's okay?"

  "Is that okay?" Tianye Yun regained his composure, shaking his head slightly with a hint of amusement. He then picked up the crystal ball covered in spider webs and said: "This crystal ball tests one's spiritual energy. When spiritual energy is inputted, if there's even a hint of blackness appearing, it means that the spiritual energy can overflow, which also means... you have what it takes to become an alchemist."

  "Is it all black?" Ling Wu Xiang stood by, muttering a sentence with a bland expression.

  Tian Ye Yun laughed and glared at Ling Wu Xuan with a smile, "Being completely black represents great spiritual power!"

  He did his best at the time of the test, and it was just like this.

  "But I accidentally broke it..." Ling Wu Xiang rubbed his slightly upturned nose, speaking weakly and with some embarrassment, "But I didn't use much force either"

  Hasn't even used much force? Hearing Ling Wu Xiang, calm and elegant as the night clouds, was almost amused to anger, saying: "You little girl, are too scary, asking you to lose some spiritual power, can actually directly make the crystal ball burst, it's simply unheard of"

  Tian Ye's eyes stared intently at Ling Wu Shuang, exclaiming: "When the crystal ball contains spiritual energy to its limit and can no longer withstand it, that's when it will shatter!"

  This girl is born to be an alchemist, unexpectedly, she inadvertently picked up a rare treasure, and her potential has not been fully developed. A jade stone covered in dust, once polished, will surely shine brightly in the world!

  "From now on, you'll follow me to learn alchemy, or rather, we'll research together." Tianye smiled as she put away the crystal ball, her every gesture elegant and refined, like a noble.

  "I also ask for Teacher Tianye's guidance." Ling Wusong was very respectful, as no one could surpass the person in front of him in terms of alchemy experience and skills.

  Tian Ye's elegant face floated with a smile, and he patted Ling Wu Shuang's shoulder. "The teacher is not being modest, alchemy is a very profound subject, learning has no boundaries. Ah, if one cannot break through that one barrier, the teacher fears they can only stop at this point."

  In the end, between his eyebrows and eyes, there was a faint sense of inexplicable loss, but it only lasted for a moment before he returned to normal. He looked at the girl in front of him, with a satisfied smile on the corner of his lips. This little girl would probably bring him even more surprises.

  "Whoosh——"

  A red shadow flashed by, and the small thing that had disappeared for a long time squatted back onto Ling Wusuo's shoulder. Xiaojiu lazily stretched out its small paws, rubbing against the sparse, fiery red fur on its belly. At the same time, several dan medicines on the edge of the case also disappeared, and it was unknown whose stomach they had entered.

  "Huo Ling?" Tian Ye's pupils constricted in surprise, and he exclaimed, but quickly shook his head, furrowing his brow: "No...this isn't Huo Ling"

  Digression

  As soon as I woke up, I saw a big bunch of flowers from Xiao Ning'er, haha, Chu Yu hugged them, enjoying herself with relish.