Dashing Student

With just a little encouragement, Chen Nan made the disciples of the Qingshan Sect feel invigorated, their faces flushed with excitement, as if they were ready to die for him at this very moment.

By claiming he could refine seventh-grade elixirs, Chen Nan aimed to let the surrounding sects know that the Qingshan Sect now had a seventh-grade alchemist.

As long as the reputation was established, business would naturally come.

During the past three days, Chen Nan had thoroughly familiarized himself with the situation around the Qingshan Sect.

Among the five sects within a hundred miles of the Qingshan Sect, four were third-rate sects, and one was, like the Qingshan Sect, not even regarded as a tier.

A third-rate sect must have at least a cultivator at the early-stage Golden Core realm to hold strategic positions, while a second-rate sect requires Golden Core Peak or early Nascent Soul cultivators.

As for first-rate sects, they must have cultivators at the Nascent Soul Peak, such as the Yuantian Sect.

The seventh-grade elixirs Chen Nan refined were perfectly suitable for early-stage Golden Core cultivators, making the surrounding sects ideal partners for cooperation with him.

Another reason why Chen Nan was confident is that within a thousand-mile radius, there was only one second-rate sect, which hosted a seventh-grade alchemist.

However, this alchemist only emerged once every six months, with countless people eager for his alchemy services, which were outrageously overpriced.

Chen Nan believed that as long as he established his reputation as a seventh-grade alchemist, he could quickly gather resources and enhance his strength!

"Don't worry, senior brother, we won't disappoint you!"

The disciples, including Wang Sheng, shouted passionately.

Chen Nan nodded, taking out the remaining elixirs he had refined and placing them into jade bottles, even selling the eighth-grade Spiritual Breath Pills and the seventh-grade Vajra Pills.

The Vajra Pill, upon consumption, could make a cultivator's skin as hard as iron, indestructible, and was classified as a combat-enhancing elixir, priced quite high.

Chen Nan kept one for himself, selling the rest to gather resources.

The disciples taking the elixirs set off at once, having discussed their destinations, with some heading to the five surrounding sects and others to the nearest workshops.

The main objective was to exchange the elixirs in their hands for equivalent spiritual medicine.

All Chen Nan had to do was wait, as he intended to return to his room for cultivation.

Similarly staying in was Tang Zhirou, who called out to Chen Nan, "Hey, why hasn't the old man returned?"

Chen Nan turned around, responding irritably, "First of all, I'm not called 'Hey,' you can call me senior brother."

"Secondly, the old man might've left the mess here to have a good time on his own."

The whole Qingshan Sect was a mess, and if Chen Nan hadn't returned, it might've gone bankrupt by now.

Tang Zhirou was still somewhat resistant to calling Chen Nan 'senior brother,' her voice like a mosquito's buzz, "Se...senior brother!"

Those two words turned her face as red as a monkey's backside.

"Tsk, such a stubborn person," Chen Nan muttered softly.

Tang Zhirou took two deep breaths before continuing, "The old man couldn't possibly have gone out to squander, because he doesn't have any money, he'd more likely go out begging as a vagrant."

Thinking of Jiang Zheng's earlier way of celebrating, which was to buy a few buns, Chen Nan profoundly agreed.

"Well, I don't know about that, but the old man has been on the Jianghu for so many years, there won't be any issues, don't worry about it."

After saying that, he went back to cultivate.

...

Medicine Immortal Valley is one of the Qingshan Sect's neighbors, like Qingshan Sect, both are unranked sects.

The difference here from other sects is that Medicine Immortal Valley's cultivators are extremely skilled in cultivating spiritual medicine.

Wang Sheng's target was Medicine Immortal Valley, bringing along one of four seventh-grade Vajra Pills.

The original plan was to sell the four pills to the other four third-rate sects, but Wang Sheng thought it better to go directly to Medicine Immortal Valley since the senior brother needed spiritual medicine.

As one of the few third-layer Foundation Establishment cultivators in Qingshan Sect, Wang Sheng was diligent but due to his poor aptitude and insufficient cultivation resources, he became increasingly self-abandoned.

Fortunately, Chen Nan's arrival restored his confidence to rise again.

Patting the dust off his clothes, Wang Sheng took two deep breaths, "Senior Brother, I absolutely won't let you down!"

And with that, he went straight to the entrance of Medicine Immortal Valley.

Even though they were both unranked sects, at least Medicine Immortal Valley had two disciples guarding their entrance, much better than the almost bankrupt Qingshan Sect.

"Who goes there?"

A Medicine Immortal Valley disciple stepped forward to block Wang Sheng's path.

Wang Sheng cupped his hands in a respectful but not servile tone, "I am Wang Sheng, a disciple from Qingshan Sect, here to do business with Medicine Immortal Valley."

The disciple almost burst into laughter upon hearing he was from Qingshan Sect.

"Business? Did I hear wrong? Your Qingshan Sect is so poor that you even pawned your pants, and you still want to do business? Are you here to sell yourselves to us at Medicine Immortal Valley?"

"Are you here to offer your entire Qingshan Sect for sale to us as slaves?"

His gaze was filled with blatant ridicule and mockery.

Wang Sheng immediately clenched his fists, had it been before, if someone dared to insult the Qingshan Sect like this, he would probably have pretended not to hear it.

But now that the Qingshan Sect had changed, with senior brother present, they couldn't be so disparaged!

"Watch your mouth, the Qingshan Sect will not be insulted!"

The mana within him surged and instantly filled his fist, which he then swung out fiercely!

"How dare you make a move? You must want to die!"

The Medicine Immortal Valley disciple sneered. As a fourth-layer Foundation Establishment cultivator, he was not afraid of Wang Sheng's attack. Slightly dodging, he kicked Wang Sheng hard in the chest.

The kick landed heavily; Wang Sheng felt a mouthful of blood surge up, but he forcibly swallowed it.

"The Qingshan Sect will not be insulted!"

He charged forward with his fists again, without any technique, just blindly, even making the Medicine Immortal Valley disciple secretly startled.

"Have you gone mad?"

He knocked Wang Sheng to the ground repeatedly, but Wang Sheng still got up quickly, regardless of being beaten black and blue.

After some time, Wang Sheng was pinned to the ground by the Medicine Immortal Valley disciple.

"Do you really think I won't kill you?"

With a fierce look, he unleashed a flash of green light from his palm, causing vines to sprout from the ground, wrapping around Wang Sheng like serpents and gradually tightening.

Even at that moment, Wang Sheng refused to yield, glaring fiercely with his eyes.

"Fine, I'll grant your wish!"

The Medicine Immortal Valley disciple gritted his teeth, ready to accept the consequences of his actions.

"Stop!"

Just as he was about to finish Wang Sheng off, a flying boat quickly approached from the distance. A woman wearing a white dress and a veil leaped off the boat and slowly descended to the ground.

"What's going on here?"

The woman's gaze was cold, her voice gentle.

The Medicine Immortal Valley disciple was taken aback and immediately knelt down, preemptively accusing, "Sect Leader, this person came to our Medicine Immortal Valley to make trouble. I had to take action because he wouldn't listen to reason..."

When Wang Sheng heard this, he was so furious he almost exploded, "You're full of crap!"