Peeping into the Immortal Road

Chapter 54: Become a disciple of Master Mo

Three days later, Ji Chang officially ended his retreat. He took a deep breath and exhaled slowly, feeling the cultivation in his body stabilized.

Then he straightened his robe and walked into the backyard of Qiancao Pavilion.

As soon as he stepped into the backyard, Ji Chang raised his hand and cast a communication talisman to notify Master Mo Dan.

The talisman turned into a stream of light in the air and disappeared in a flash.

He waited quietly for a moment, and then he heard Master Mo Dan's somewhat old voice.

"Come to the study."

Ji Chang responded and turned to walk towards the study.

He walked through a small medicinal patch in the backyard, came to the study, and pushed the door open.

As you walk into the study, a faint scent of books and ink hits your nose.

Ji Chang saw Master Mo Dan sitting in front of a table, holding a book in his hand and reading it carefully.

Master Mo Dan heard Ji Chang's footsteps and looked up at him.

He showed a kind smile on his face and asked, "Now that you are here, how is your retreat going?"

Ji Chang quickly bowed and replied, "Thanks to Master Mo's guidance, everything went smoothly during my retreat, and I have successfully broken through to the fourth level of Qi Refining."

Upon hearing this, Master Mo Dan nodded to show his satisfaction.

He looked Ji Chang up and down, with a hint of admiration in his eyes.

"Yes, now you have become a cultivator in the middle stage of Qi Refining." Master Mo Dan's voice was full of relief.

"Next, you can continue to improve your alchemy skills and strive to become a first-class mid-grade alchemist as soon as possible."

Hearing Master Mo Dan's words, Ji Chang's heart moved slightly.

Although Ji Chang is the alchemist of Qiancao Pavilion and can receive careful guidance from Master Mo Dan, he is not his formal disciple after all.

Logically speaking, all he could learn was the method of refining the first-grade inferior elixir sold by Qiancao Pavilion.

However, Master Mo Dan's words at this moment seemed to intentionally break this convention.

Sure enough, before Ji Chang could ponder the meaning, Master Mo Dan continued to speak solemnly:

"Ji Chang, I see that you have extraordinary spiritual roots, a good talent for alchemy, and your cultivation progress is quite rapid."

"Would you like to become my disciple and learn the art of alchemy from me?"

Although Ji Chang had guessed it long ago, he was still shocked after hearing this sentence with his own ears.

He looked up at Master Mo Dan, his eyes full of surprise.

"how?"

"Don't you want to?"

Upon seeing this, Master Mo Dan stroked his graying beard and asked in a displeased tone.

Ji Chang took a deep breath and quickly replied, "Disciple is willing!"

Master Mo Dan showed a gratified smile on his face. He walked up to Ji Chang, patted him on the shoulder, and said earnestly:

"Very good. From now on you are my disciple, Mo. I will do my best to teach you the art of alchemy. I hope you will not disappoint me."

After a long time, Ji Chang slowly walked out of the study, holding two yellowed books tightly in his hands.

"I...actually became Master Mo's disciple?"

This thought echoed repeatedly in Ji Chang's mind, making him feel surprised and a little bit unbelievable.

He took a deep breath, trying to calm down his excitement.

Then he lowered his head and glanced at the two volumes in his hand. One of them was a pill book, which recorded the recipes of many first-grade middle-grade pills.

The other volume is a method of practicing wood arts, called "Changchun Gong", which is the practice method of Master Mo.

Old Mo handed the two scrolls to Ji Chang, but did not force Ji Chang to practice the "Changchun Gong". After all, it was not so easy to change the practice method.

Although Ji Chang's transition from "The Art of Taming Snakes" to "The Fragments of the Five Poisons" was relatively smooth, that was because the two had the same origin and were compatible with each other.

Not only did it cause no loss, it also made Ji Chang's magic power more condensed, saving him months of hard work.

However, if the two techniques are too different, the transition process will become extremely difficult.

Not only does it take a lot of time to readapt to the new practice method, it may also have a certain impact on the level of cultivation.

What's more serious is that if the two exercises conflict with each other, it may even lead to insanity.

Therefore, Mr. Mo did not put pressure on Ji Chang, but let him decide on his own whether to practice "Changchun Gong".

However, towards another alchemy book, Mr. Mo's attitude was obviously different.

He especially told Ji Chang to study hard after returning and not to slack off in the slightest.

If there is anything you don’t understand, you can come to him at any time to ask for answers, and strive to become a first-class intermediate-grade alchemist as soon as possible.

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Returning to the third floor of Qiancao Pavilion, Ji Chang carefully browsed through the "Changchun Gong". After confirming that the "Changchun Gong" was far inferior to the "Five Poisons Fragments" he was currently practicing, he put it away.

However, after putting away the "Changchun Gong", Ji Chang did not study the alchemy book immediately.

This is because Master Mo has decided to hold a grand apprenticeship banquet in a few days, inviting many fellow practitioners in Cangyufang City to witness it and officially accept Ji Chang as his disciple.

The task of notification fell on Ji Chang's shoulders.

Ji Chang understood that Master Mo's action was not only to celebrate the joy of accepting a disciple.

It was also to make him familiar to the many cultivators in Cangyufang City, and to lay a solid foundation of connections for his future practice and alchemy.

Therefore, he did not dare to delay at all and immediately began to prepare.

He first carefully selected a batch of high-quality spiritual herbs as gifts for the apprenticeship banquet.

Although preparing these spiritual herbs consumed most of Ji Chang's fortune, it was well worth it.

How could I let Master Mo lose face at the apprenticeship banquet and become a laughing stock to all the fellow practitioners who came to attend the banquet just because I was stingy with these few spirit stones?

Then Ji Chang personally wrote the invitations and visited all the colleagues in Cangyufang City one by one, sincerely inviting them to attend the apprenticeship banquet.

Among the monks and forces eligible to receive the invitation, the Cangling Chen family is naturally included.

However, when Ji Chang saw the cultivator who came to receive the invitation on behalf of the Cangling Chen family, he felt a little surprised.

This turned out to be an acquaintance of his, Chen Yinghu, the deacon of the Fangji Bureau.

At this time, Chen Yinghu smiled and bowed to him: "Friend Ji, long time no see."

Seeing this, Ji Chang quickly raised his hand to return the greeting and said, "Fellow Daoist Chen, how are you?"

Chen Yinghu took the invitation handed over by Ji Chang, scanned it with his eyes, and then opened his mouth to congratulate: "Chen would like to congratulate Fellow Daoist Ji on becoming Senior Mo's disciple."

Upon hearing this, Ji Chang showed a humble smile on his face and said, "Thank you for your congratulations, Fellow Daoist Chen. It is indeed an honor for me, Ji Chang, to be Master Mo's disciple."

Chen Yinghu nodded and said, "Fellow Daoist Ji is too modest. With your talent for alchemy, you deserve to be Senior Mo's disciple."

The two exchanged a few more pleasantries before Chen Yinghu said goodbye, saying that he would go back to report the matter to the Chen family and prepare to attend the relevant matters of the apprenticeship banquet.

Ji Chang naturally tried to persuade Chen Yinghu to stay, but seeing that Chen Yinghu was determined to leave, he said no more and personally sent him out of Qiancao Pavilion.

After bidding farewell to Chen Yinghu, Ji Chang's heart couldn't help but feel a ripple, and then he secretly peeked at the scene in his mind.

(End of this chapter)