The Five Elements Pill itself is not difficult to refine, as it is merely a Qi Refining stage pill.

  Ye Chen possesses the experience of a first-grade alchemist.

  Naturally, it was a piece of cake for him.

  After bidding farewell to Yao Xi, Ye Chen immediately went to purchase the necessary herbs.

  Nowadays, Ye Chen no longer needed to disguise himself and sneak around like he used to at the Silver Moon Market.

  However, when buying herbs at the Qingyun Workshop, he still added more than a dozen herbs that were completely unnecessary.

  Although it cost him quite a few Spirit Stones, the improved recipe for the Five Elements Pill was incredibly valuable.

  It was entirely worth it.

  Ye Chen was now famous in the sect.

  The title of "Lick Spirit direct disciple" was known by everyone.

  And with the phrase "I love you, it's none of your business" spreading, it further refreshed the public's perception.

  Ye Chen's reputation was even beginning to spread to Qingyun City.

  No one found it strange that Ye Chen was buying herbs.

  After all, Ye Chen attended alchemy csses every three days in pursuit of Senior Sister Yao Xi.

  It wasn't surprising that he knew alchemy.

  While Ye Chen was waiting for the steward of Qingyun Workshop to prepare the herbs, a voice full of surprise suddenly came from behind him: "Seventh Brother, we finally meet!"

  Ye Chen turned around and raised an eyebrow.

  The one calling him was none other than Ye Tian.

  The most talented of this generation in the Ye family.

  But seeing this guy made Ye Chen's teeth itch.

  On the first day of joining the sect, he started spreading nonsense.

  When Ye Chen went out to buy a dual cultivation technique, even the vendor knew a "Lick Spirit" had joined the sect.

  Half of Ye Chen's reputation as a "Lick Spirit" was spread by this guy.

  Not only did he not run away when he saw Ye Chen, but he also dared to come over and get close.

  Ye Tian, unaware of Ye Chen's displeasure, ran over excitedly: "Seventh Brother, I missed you so much!"

  "The family no longer bmes you and said you should visit more often."

  "But Seventh Brother, while Qingyun Sect is great, progressing here wastes too many Spirit Stones."

  "Seventh Brother, you're a direct disciple now. How about lending me some Spirit Stones for a while? I'll definitely pay you back ter!"

  Why does this guy talk like those gamblers from my previous life?

  Ye Chen leisurely looked up and whistled, pretending not to hear.

  This made Ye Tian grit his teeth.

  In his heart, he actually looked down on Ye Chen.

  Poor aptitude, low cultivation, and damn it, a Lick Spirit.

  But who could have guessed this Lick Spirit had such incredible luck, being sent to Silver Moon Market and even obtaining a token from the peak master?

  Besides, Ye Tian was truly short on Spirit Stones.

  The family had supported him with quite a few Spirit Stones.

  But recently, Ye Tian went to the vendor area to try his luck and actually found something valuable.

  An item bought with one low-grade Spirit Stone was actually worth ten low-grade Spirit Stones.

  This made Ye Tian feel his luck wasn't bad either, and he might even reach Foundation Establishment by relying on such finds.

  So he became more enthusiastic about visiting the bazaars.

  But then he misjudged things and lost everything.

  Now, he didn't even have a single pill left on him and owed the senior brother who took him to the bazaar over twenty low-grade Spirit Stones.

  So Ye Tian had to suppress his annoyance and whispered, "Seventh Brother, I know a secret!"

  "This secret is reted to you and your father."

  "If you lend me one medium-grade, no, one top-grade Spirit Stone, I'll tell you!"

  Ye Chen raised an eyebrow at this.

  To be honest, Ye Chen had long since cut ties with the Ye family in his heart.

  He didn't care about the family's affairs.

  But something reted to him and his father?

  That piqued Ye Chen's curiosity.

  "Go ahead, if this secret is truly useful, I'll give you fifty low-grade Spirit Stones," Ye Chen said calmly.

  Ye Tian was stunned by this.

  He had asked for one top-grade Spirit Stone, and Ye Chen offered fifty low-grade Spirit Stones in return.

  Who taught you to bargain like this?

  You're so generous with female cultivators, even offering them a spot in the Five Elements Cave when they said they didn't want it, yet you're so stingy with your own family?

  Ye Tian wanted to haggle, but Ye Chen didn't even look at him.

  Ye Tian had no choice but to whisper, "Your father isn't Grandpa's biological son."

  "My father said that when he was six, your father was suddenly brought home one night by the then family head, our great-grandfather."

  "Great-grandfather told everyone that your father was Grandpa's illegitimate child, but Grandma, who was always jealous, didn't say a word!"

  "So your father definitely isn't Grandpa's biological son."

  "And you're not a member of the Ye family."

  Hearing this, Ye Chen narrowed his eyes, "So my father's death is reted to your Ye family?"

  Ye Tian was startled and quickly waved his hands, "No, no! Absolutely not..."

  "It was truly an accident."

  "Your father was ambushed by robber cultivators, and they destroyed the evidence. It was only after Grandpa reached Foundation Establishment that he personally went to find the ambush site."

  Ye Chen leaned against the counter, tapping his fingers on the crystal surface, deep in thought.

  His father wasn't a biological member of the family.

  So he wasn't really part of the Ye family either.

  That expined why the family head was unwilling to give him anything good, only wanting him to contribute to the family.

  After all, there was a difference between insiders and outsiders.

  Ye Chen even began to suspect that his father might not be dead.

  Based on the novels he had read in his past life, when an outsider was raised in a family, there was often a significant background involved.

  Could his father have been taken back by some powerful family?

  But Ye Chen was just specuting.

  If his father had truly been taken back, how could he not have taken him along?

  So, there couldn't be so many coincidences.

  It was more reliable to wait until his cultivation was higher, use his connections in Qingyun Sect to find those robber cultivators, and personally avenge his father.

  Ye Chen readily took out fifty low-grade Spirit Stones and tossed them to Ye Tian.

  Ye Tian quickly caught them, smiling with joy, "In crucial moments, you can always rely on your brothers. Seventh Brother, you see, you don't really need the Five Elements Cave spot. Could you give it to me in three years?"

  Ye Chen also smiled, "If you were my real brother, then of course I could give it to you, because as you said, it wouldn't be of much use to me."

  "But the problem is, I'm not a member of the Ye family!"

  Ye Tian's smile froze on his face...

  Damn...

  And Ye Chen was inwardly amused.

  Ever since he joined Qingyun Sect, the family head had been sending him messages every few days, saying that the past was the past and he should visit more often.

  They even sent him various resources, being quite generous.

  Ye Chen understood.

  After all, he was the peak master's direct disciple, and having a connection with the peak master was absolutely beneficial for the Ye family.

  But Ye Tian had messed it up over fifty low-grade Spirit Stones.

  Ye Chen pnned to wait until he reached Foundation Establishment, then go back and ask about his father's background.

  And also tell the family head how he found out about it.

  He believed Ye Tian would surely receive the family's "love and care."

  ...

  After sending off Ye Tian, who looked like he had made a mistake, Ye Chen's herbs were ready.

  He returned directly to Sword Peak to prepare for refining the Five Elements Pill.

  Two pills could equal a year's accumution in the Five Elements Cave.

  Ye Chen decided to take a fifty-year dose first.

  To see how much he could expand his dantian.

  Expanding the dantian could make a cultivator's mana more profound and battles more enduring.

  Moreover, the Dao foundation at the Foundation Establishment stage was also transformed from the dantian.

  Naturally, the rger the dantian, the better.

  Ye Chen's third-grade Spiritual Roots made breaking through to the Foundation Establishment stage as difficult as it was for most cultivators after the age of thirty.

  The Five Elements Pill's significance to Ye Chen was immense.

  So after returning to Sword Peak, he mercilessly rejected Lin Ke'er, who was eager to improve.

  He focused on opening the furnace and refining the Five Elements Pill...

  ...

  Meanwhile, at the foot of Sword Peak, Sun Ruoxin stood outside the formation, her eyes moist with anticipation.

  She had so much she wanted to say to Ye Chen!

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