Xiao Shilin gave a hearty laugh and said:
"Nephew Fu Yuanbo, you have a good eye, and it is entirely to my liking! Since Luoyu is to marry into our Canglan Sect, the elders she injured will be treated by the Canglan Sect. What does Sect Leader Fan think?"
Fan Guangchuan's expression flickered uncertainly. After careful consideration, he finally agreed.
Besides, Fan Ni looked down on that kid from the Fu Family, and this marriage ultimately belonged to his Alchemy Sect. Once Fu Yuanbo succeeded to the position of Sect Leader, Luoyu would be the Sect Leader's wife. With her gentle temperament and kind heart, she would be extremely easy to manipulate, so there was no fear that she wouldn't support the Alchemy Sect.
Wan Rentu: "Luoyu, did the technique you used to attack the sea of consciousness originate from Demon Arts?"
"Reporting to Sect Leader Wan, that technique is called the Time-Reversing Needle Technique, which this disciple learned from the Alchemy Sect's heritage grounds. It has a total of nine forms, and only one form attacks the sea of consciousness while the rest are for healing illnesses and saving lives."
"I can treat the injuries of the three elders. I only need a Grade 6 Soul-Calming Pill supplemented with the needle technique, and they will fully recover."
With that, Luoyu looked up at Wan Rentu. No one knew she could refine Grade 6 medicinal pills. She was gambling that these people would value her talent and thereby spare her from the punishment of having her cultivation crippled.
Wan Rentu was slightly surprised, then asked:
"A Grade 6 Soul-Calming Pill? I have never heard of it. Can you refine this pill?"
"Yes."
The eyes of everyone present instantly lit up with little stars.
It seemed the rumors were true. That old fellow Fan Guangchuan had inherited three months of legacy and could now refine Grade 8 pills; not only had Luoyu received six months of legacy, but she was also only a little over three hundred years old and could already refine Grade 6 pills. Her future achievements would definitely not be below Fan Guangchuan's!
The other Sect Leaders: Why marry Fu Yuanbo? Luring her to their own sect was the real priority!
Yun Mofeng:
"It is truly a cause for celebration that Disciple-niece Luoyu possesses such ability. Our sect's Elder Qiu Shuqian was the first to be injured. Once this matter is settled, Niece, please accompany me to the Canglan Sect first—no, the Yunlan Sect—my disciple Yun Siyuan suffered injuries before, so you can treat his chronic ailments along the way."
Fu Potian: Damn it, your sect's elder was the first to get injured, and you still have the nerve to speak?
Luoyu: Yun Siyuan was born with mutated wind spiritual roots. If he ran, even the wind couldn't catch up to him. He got injured? Did he fly too fast and crash into a wall?
Wan Rentu: "This place is closest to my Myriad Swords Sect. Not long ago, my disciple Nangong Mu told me that he once dined with you and had a very pleasant conversation. You should come to my Myriad Swords Sect for a short stay first, and by the way, refine the Soul-Calming Pill there. Treating the others will also yield twice the result with half the effort."
Luoyu: I had a very pleasant conversation with Nangong Mu???
The rest of the Sect Leaders: Pah! Refining a Soul-Calming Pill takes at least a month or more. That kid Nangong Mu has both good character and appearance. If he were really allowed to hover around Luoyu for a month, what would happen to their own disciples? Absolutely not!
Fu Potian: "There is a priority to everything. The injured elder in our sect is vomiting blood endlessly. Disciple-niece Luoyu, you had better come to our Talismans Sect first!"
Fu Potian: It's a bit shameful, but it's very necessary.
Yun Mofeng: "Our Elder Qiu is not only vomiting blood, but also convulsing all over, and has lost control of his bowels and bladder!"
Everyone: ……
What a ruthless person! If Qiu Shuqian wakes up, he's probably going to go to your place and cry.
Xu Yu also wanted to crowd over, but thinking of his two good-for-nothing disciples, he felt the urge to destroy them both for the very first time.
However, if the disciples were useless, he still had the Almighty Immortal Lord! Speaking of which, this Grand Uncle-Master of his had not stirred mortal thoughts for ten thousand years; as juniors, they should worry on his old man's behalf.
"Ahem, Luoyu, come to our Array Sect first. Immortal Lord Qingchen thinks very highly of you. When the time comes, I'll set things up so you can get a close-up view of the number one powerhouse, the number one beauty, and the number one cold person in our cultivation world."
Luoyu: That is completely unnecessary. I've already seen him. He is indeed cold, and he even shocks people with electricity—the kind that makes you spit out smoke rings!
Everyone: Why do they feel like Immortal Lord Qingchen is about to lose his late-stage integrity?
Fu Yuanbo used pitiful little glances to ask Xiao Shilin for help.
Master's Uncle, didn't you say it was entirely to your liking? Go on! Rebut them! Your nephew's wife is about to be poached!
Xiao Shilin: "How about this: Luoyu is soon to be married into our Canglan Sect. You Sect Leaders can all bring the injured elders to our Canglan Sect for treatment, and Luoyu can also see if there is anything that needs to be procured."
"As for the matter of marriage, it still emphasizes mutual consent. Disciple-niece Luoyu hasn't agreed yet. In my opinion, my Nangong Mu is still much better. What do you say?"
Luoyu looked helplessly at Wan Rentu. It was hardly mutual consent; it was clearly the consent of him, the master, and Nangong Mu certainly might not consent.
A young disciple hurried in.
"Sect Leader, Fan Shijie has woken up."
Fan Guangchuan cupped his hands toward everyone and left first. Before leaving, he gave Luoyu a deep look; after today, Fan Ni would probably never surpass her again.
Liangchen felt a wave of anxiety in his heart. Fan Ni had woken up! At this juncture! I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to peacefully take Luoyu away today. He should have killed Fan Ni back then!
Luoyu had long been helped up and pressed into a chair to rest. Several Sect Leaders surrounded her, desperately pushing their own disciples—except for Xu Yu, who was pushing his Grand Uncle-Master...
"My Nangong Mu achieved Nascent Soul Formation at two hundred and forty years old, and now at four hundred and thirty, he is already at the Great Circle of the Nascent Soul stage."
"Our Immortal Lord was already at the half-step Deity Transformation stage at just over two hundred years old."
"Although my Yun Siyuan is in the mid-stage Nascent Soul, he has already cultivated the Wind Domain, which is the domain power that can only be mastered at the Deity Transformation stage. His future achievements are limitless!"
"Pah, our Immortal Lord's Thunder Domain can shatter all laws!"
"......"
Luoyu felt that this Immortal Lord Qingchen truly had it hard. Having such hatred-drawing disciples and grand-disciples, who knew whether it was filial or unfilial? Anyway, it made her want to laugh.
Half an hour later, Fan Guangchuan returned with a smile piled on his face, looking affectionately at Luoyu as he said:
"Fan Ni has already woken up, and she asked me to thank you properly. Look, since you still have injuries on your body, return to the sect with your master first. The injured elders can travel together, and there's no need to trouble the Canglan Sect with medicinal herbs and the like; everything will be handled by my Alchemy Sect."
Fu Yuanbo looked at Xiao Shilin and shook his head slightly. Xiao Shilin understood and said:
"What is Sect Leader Fan saying? Since Luoyu is a person of our Canglan Sect, how can we let your Alchemy Sect go to such expense? Everyone, please come with me to the Canglan Sect instead!"
"Sect Leader Xiao, this seat agreed to marry Luoyu off, but didn't say when. Could it be that you want to disregard ritual and propriety and have Luoyu marry out from your Canglan Sect?"
"What is wrong with that? Those who practice cultivation value following their heart's desires; mortal formalities like those can well be ignored!"
"Sect Leader Xiao! Luoyu entered my sect when she was in her teens, and I have raised and taught her for several centuries. How can the bond between master and disciple be just the empty formalities you make it out to be?"
Xiao Shilin was momentarily at a wordless loss. If Luoyu were his disciple, he certainly wouldn't consent to just vaguely and unclearly following someone else away like that. He didn't know why Fu Yuanbo was in such a rush; the marriage was already decided, and it was only a return to the sect for a few months—Fan Guangchuan wouldn't possibly want to kill her, right?
Luoyu: "This disciple is willing to follow Senior Brother Fu to the Canglan Sect, and asks Master to grant permission."
Matters had already escalated to this point. To keep her, Fan Guangchuan was willing to bear all the expenses of treating the three elders. Given the thin, cold bond of master and disciple between her and Fan Guangchuan, how could he possibly allow him to pay so much? Unless he could gain more from her—for instance, the Glazed Pure Fire.
Luoyu had no choice but to fight for herself. Reputation and such had to be built on the foundation of staying alive.
"Luoyu, are you truly going to be so cold and devoid of gratitude? Your master is merely asking you to return to the sect. Do not forget, someone might cover for you regarding the matter of severely injuring the three elders, but based solely on the charge of assisting members of the Demon Race, this seat can banish you to the Black Cliff Prison for all eternity. Not only are you ungrateful, but you also trample upon my dignity. Do you truly take this master to be so easily bullied!"
With those words finished, a heavy pressure of spiritual power crushed down.
As the number one alchemist in the cultivation world, Fan Guangchuan's spiritual power was comparable to that of a Great Vehicle expert. Everyone felt their breath catch and hurriedly circulated their spiritual power to resist.
Luoyu's spiritual power was sealed, and she collapsed to the ground like a dead dog, spasms wracking her entire body. Fragments of her internal organs mixed with bloody foam overflowed from the corners of her mouth, and bloody tears streamed from her eyes.
Brother Liangchen, I might... not be able to wait for you to come and fetch me anymore...