The Heavenly Dao System-Chapter 57: Wastefulness

Being extorted all of a sudden by none other than his son, Ye Xuan was truly at a loss for words. The son he remembered had always held him in high regard and filled with respect.

Yet the current Ye Ming behaved like a detached stranger, almost to the point of despising him.

Nevertheless, he understood that part of the development was his fault for overlooking him.

"What kind of fee are you looking for?" Ye Xuan asked with an exhausted tone.

Naturally, the fee Ye Ming was talking about didn’t involve currency such as Spirit Stone, Spirit Jade, etc.

They were anything but poor in that aspect and Ye Ming was entitled to an unlimited fund in the clan treasury regarding those currencies.

Therefore, the fee he mentioned must have been some item or thing that couldn’t be obtained in the treasury.

Ye Xuan didn’t get to his current state with a slow brain. He only appeared so because his strength was unparalleled and couldn’t be bothered with the mundane stuff.

"I want a good disguise item." Ye Ming demanded.

"A disguise item?" Alarmed, Ye Xuan was taken aback by the demand. It wasn’t that the demand was overboard, but rather, it was lackluster.

Did he seriously need to make such a scene just for this?

Alas, Ye Xuan failed to notice that he was already on death’s door for not understanding the implication.

"Ahem, son, you still haven’t even concocted the pill I taught you." Ye Qing Lei cleared her throat and said. She wasn’t a fool to be swindled by her son’s antic. Despite their alchemy discussion, she knew he had yet to actually complete her first assignment.

Additionally, the Dao Qi might be impressive, given that even her husband had confirmed it to be extraordinary. But that didn’t mean she was content to let him travel to the lower world.

Although she was confident in shielding him from anything, what kind of mother wouldn’t want their son to be physically capable on their own?

"Ugh, did I not showcase my talent enough?" Ye Ming frowned slightly.

"Nope," Ye Qing Lei was stern and turned her attention to Ye Xuan.

"You, go make memory orbs to record all Profession talents. Then drop the disguise tool that you’ve been using for years to swindle others." She commanded.

"..."

Ye Xuan didn’t expect that he would be summoned to become a servant. Despite this, he didn’t dare to reveal any displeasure.

In fact, he flashed a bright and warm smile. "Yes, Wife, I shall return at the speed of light." He saluted and gladly received the mission.

In his mind, being ordered around was totally way better than being given the cold shoulder. Just the fact that his wife had started to order him around was a sign that he was on the path of forgiveness.

As Ye Xuan quickly exited, only an after-image of his remained.

Naturally, he could have been quicker, but given Ye Ming had yet to regain his cultivation base, he was afraid of accidentally harming him. If so, then he could truly kiss his forgiveness path goodbye.

Meanwhile, Ye Ming had no choice but to give a thumbs up to his mother. Aside from her, nobody else could command a Beyond Origin Realm cultivator like a slave worker.

Alas, after his father’s turn, it was his turn.

Upon being stared at intensely by Ye Qing Lei, he could only resign his fate and bring out the cauldron.

He then began to drop the necessary herbs and activated his Violet Origin Flame.

Soon, the cauldron heated up, and the herb’s essences were extracted flawlessly.

"Hmm, that’s my son." Nodding, Ye Qing Lei was pleased with his progress.

In the blink of an eye, a pill fragrance began emitting from the room, and the cauldron began to tremble slightly.

"Success!" Suddenly, Ye Ming exclaimed and opened the cauldron. Once the cauldron was opened, 15 pills started to emerge from within and it was quickly collected with his Dao Qi.

However, he didn’t even get to inspect it himself when Ye Qing Lei snatched it with ease.

Soon, she glanced at the pills and pursed her lips.

"15 Qi Enhancement Pills, 7 being low grade, 5 being middle grade, and only 3 being high grade." She commented, visibly disappointed by the result. There was not a single flawless pill in this concoction, so in her eyes, this was a complete failure.

Seeing her reaction, Ye Ming nearly wanted to cry aloud. It was his first attempt—although he did receive the cheat code of memory and process, such a result should have been called a genius.

After all, the Qi Enhancement Pill was at the level of an Immortal World category.

’How high is my Mother’s standard?’ He furrowed his brows and wondered.

"You were too hasty and even ignored a lot of signs within the cauldron." Ye Qing Lei said and continued, "For your level, a cauldron is too much. You should be using a furnace and focus on concocting a single pill. At least, you would have been able to produce a peak-grade purity pill."

Ye Ming sighed and nodded his head. He didn’t dare to argue with her or make any defense.

She was the ultimate alchemist, so her words were literally the fact. Not to mention, she was correct and wasn’t just finding faults in him.

"The herbs you wasted alone are enough to cost Immortal at least 5 years to gather, and that was just the bare minimum." Not wanting her son to be complacent, Ye Qing Lei decided to reveal the wastefulness of his concoction.

She was usually lenient in a lot of his things, but when it involved alchemy, she couldn’t tolerate much. After all, alchemy was sacred to her, and his son was supposed to inherit her position.

To see him casually waste so many precious herbs and even think himself was a genius. She nearly wanted to give him a good smack.

However, she ultimately refrained from doing so.

’Without assimilating most of his memories, he retained the youthful impulsiveness.’ She found it difficult to force him to become the quiet and expressionless son.