Ultimate Village Doctor-Chapter 730 - 792

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Chapter 730: 792 Chapter 730: 792 Chapter Seven Hundred Ninety-Two

“You want to learn alchemy from me?”

Long Xiaoshan, with his hands clasped behind his back, wore a smile that wasn’t quite a smile, which caused even Fu Xuelan, whose demeanor was ethereal and transcendent, to blush.

She certainly understood that such a request was a bit presumptuous.

The man was both a Grandmaster-level powerhouse and an Alchemy Grandmaster, with a status so esteemed that within the Hidden Sects, he was on par with her own master.

The Hidden Sects have always only recognized strength, not age.

She wanted to stay by Long Xiaoshan’s side to learn.

She was also a disciple of the Bodhisattva Gate.

It was clear she couldn’t possibly become Long Xiaoshan’s disciple, so making such a request was rather delusional.

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But Fu Xuelan had finally encountered an Alchemy Grandmaster.

She had felt extremely enlightened watching Long Xiaoshan concoct spiritual medicine just now, and she even faintly sensed that her understanding of alchemy had deepened.

Such an opportunity, if missed, might never come again in this lifetime.

An Alchemy Grandmaster was even rarer than a Grandmaster.

Fu Xuelan bowed respectfully and said, “Master Long, Xuelan is aware that her request is far too bold, but she hopes the Grandmaster can see the earnestness in her desire to learn and lend her a hand.

Xuelan doesn’t hope for personal guidance from the Grandmaster, just to be allowed to observe by your side when you concoct elixirs.

If the Grandmaster has any other conditions, so long as Xuelan is able to consent to them, there is nothing she wouldn’t agree to.”

“You’re willing to agree to any conditions I put forth?”

Long Xiaoshan narrowed his eyes, hands still behind his back, pacing around Fu Xuelan, examining her from head to toe.

Being scrutinized by Long Xiaoshan like this,

Fu Xuelan couldn’t describe how uncomfortable she was.

Long Xiaoshan’s gaze was too piercing, as if he could see right through her body, and his circling around her, looking her up and down, made her feel like an item awaiting its price to be bargained.

A sense of humiliation arose in Fu Xuelan’s heart.

As well as a trace of anxiety.

Long Xiaoshan wouldn’t make an excessive demand, would he?

She was certainly aware of her own attractiveness and figure, both being top-notch and well-known even within the Secret Sects.

There were countless talented and outstanding individuals pursuing her.

Although Long Xiaoshan held the title of Grandmaster, his age was quite young, the prime years for youthful longings; what if he truly took an interest in her and made an inappropriate demand?

Could she reject a Grandmaster?

Would she dare to reject a Grandmaster?

Even though she had a significant background from the Bodhisattva Gate, judging from the decisive and ruthless way Long Xiaoshan had dealt with the Tang Family, he was clearly not someone intimidated by threats.

Each Grandmaster was a dragon among people, and with the Bodhisattva Gate located far in Zhongzhou, she didn’t quite believe she could deter a Grandmaster merely with a name.

At this moment, Fu Xuelan started to regret her decision.

She was too eager for a breakthrough and had forgotten that the one she was dealing with was not an equal but a lofty Grandmaster.

With such a disparity between the parties in a trade, an equal exchange was nearly impossible.

“Master Long, perhaps…”

Fu Xuelan was just about to say forget it,

Long Xiaoshan interrupted her: “Alright, I can keep you by my side, and may even give you some guidance.

However, as a condition, you will have to concoct elixirs for me for three years!”

“Ah?” Fu Xuelan exclaimed in surprise.

“What, you’re unwilling to agree?” Long Xiaoshan asked.

Fu Xuelan quickly shook her head and said, “I’m willing, I’m very willing.”

She had not expected that after sizing her up for so long, Long Xiaoshan would only put forth such a condition.

Although concocting elixirs for three years might seem like a long time,

The teachings should not be passed on lightly.

In the Hidden Sects, no matter what you learn, there’s always a huge price to pay.

She joined the Bodhisattva Gate at the age of seven, starting as an apprentice.

She served tea and delivered water for three years, studied herbs for three years, and stoked the alchemy fires for three years.

After nine long years, she finally entered the sect formally as an Outer Sect Disciple.

Later, because of her exceptional talent, she became an Inner Sect Disciple, and eventually, the Sect Leader took notice and accepted her as his personal disciple.

It took her fifteen years from when she joined to the time when the Sect Leader, Venerable Luqiu, accepted her as his personal disciple.

All those years of incessant hard work, day and night, she defeated one competitor after another to earn this chance to ascend to the heavens in a single step.

To be the disciple of an Alchemy Grandmaster.

Long Xiaoshan was also an Alchemy Grandmaster, and his status and power were on par with her master Venerable Luqiu.

To spend three years under the guidance of an Alchemy Grandmaster.

This was already like a pie falling from the sky.

She had expected Long Xiaoshan’s conditions to be much harsher.

Even to the point of proposing that she warm his bed.

With Long Xiaoshan’s strength, even proposing such a condition would not be excessive.

There were plenty of women with both beauty and talent in the Hidden Sects willing to seize this opportunity, even elated by the chance.

To share a bed with a Grandmaster was a blessing earned over several lifetimes.

So when Long Xiaoshan proposed that she only needed to practice alchemy for three years, she herself couldn’t believe it for a moment.

Snapping back to reality,

she immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times with great reverence, “Thank you, Grandmaster, for your favor!”

“Get up,”

Long Xiaoshan waved his hand, and an invisible force lifted Fu Xuelan.

Accepting Fu Xuelan as his disciple was no loss for him.

He had seen Fu Xuelan’s alchemy skills during the competition; they were already very impressive, being able to refine supreme elixir pills, even more formidable than Elder Yinding of Medicine King Valley.

To have such a Master of Alchemy work for him for three years without compensation,

Long Xiaoshan didn’t mind at all.

In the end, when he was refining pills, she would just need to watch by his side; he wouldn’t lose a hair over it.

Long Xiaoshan was not from the Secret Sects.

He had no such notions of hoarding knowledge like a miser.

And he certainly didn’t subscribe to the outdated notion that a student should never surpass their master.

If Fu Xuelan truly managed to surpass him, then that would be her capability, but Long Xiaoshan had ample confidence in himself.

Moreover, he was self-taught in alchemy, some knowledge derived from the Blood Buddha lineage, while Fu Xuelan had formal education from the Bodhisattva Gate, which in the realm of alchemy was equivalent to prestigious institutions like Shuimu and Yan University in the secular world.

He could also exchange knowledge with her to compensate for his own shortcomings.

After accepting Fu Xuelan,

Long Xiaoshan turned to the people of the Tang Family and said, “Take me to a place in your Tang Family where we can talk.”

“Yes, Master Long!” Tang Hongye hurriedly replied.

A moment later,

a group of people arrived at a grand hall in the main residence of the Tang Family.

This hall was usually where the Tang family members gathered, but now, all the members of the Tang Family were assembled here.

That included some ordinary people without any martial skills.

Although Long Xiaoshan had killed three or four dozen people,

the Tang Family had a large foundation and many branches, and there were still nearly two hundred people present, including some servants of the Tang Family and members of collateral branches.

Now, all of them stood obediently below, their gaze filled with fear as they looked at the person seated at the head of the hall.

That position was normally reserved for the Family Head.

Yet now, it was occupied by a young man.

Long Xiaoshan casually leaned on the several hundred years old redwood chair, resting his chin on his hand, his gaze indifferently sweeping over the Tang Family members below, until it rested on Tang Hongye.

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He spoke lightly, “Great Elder, when does your Tang Family plan to give me that Hundred Spirits Grass?”

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