The Demon God Emperor
Ch. 148 - Five Star Alchemist Master's Relic
"If I may know, Is Elder Qing a Fourth Star Alchemist Master!" Ask Elder Xue.
"So what if it's yes or no?" Qing Shan replied and his gaze turned cold.
Seeing Qing Shan's gaze, Elder Xue finally revealed her true intentions, but she still wondered if this was a good thing or not.
"If Elder Qing was a Four Star Alchemist Master, this old man would give three gifts to Elder Qing."
"really? I wonder what the gift is..”.
Qing Shan's gaze softened. It seemed that Elder Xue was not hostile towards him. But then, he still did not know what the purpose of Elder Xue was.
"Hehe! The first gift is in front of your eyes. If Elder Qing was a Four Star Alchemist Master, this old man was willing to become the assistant of Elder Qing. Hehe, this old man is also a Three Star Alchemist Master and an early stage Golden Realm realm cultivator. Don't you think having an assistant like me would benefit you?”
"really.? Elder Xue really knew how to joke. You are a senior who has dignity. How can you be this junior assistant? Even if I were a Four-Star Alchemist Master, having a senior as an assistant would not benefit me. Mau may say that you only want to set the level of fire while refining pills to remain stable, but if I think about it that is not the thing that senior wants to do, but the pill refining method is mine.” Qing Shan replied smiling slightly as he had seen Elder Xue's intentions.
"Hehe! It seemed that being an assistant alone was not enough to make Elder Qing feel interested, it seemed like this old man had to put in a lot of effort to learn better refining techniques. If so, I am willing to become Elder Qing's disciple! Elder Qing can also control my dying life by imparting a soul mark Technique to me!”
This time, Qing Shan was choked by the words spoken by Elder Xue.
Although he knew that this old man would have unusual intentions, it was beyond Qing Shan's imagination that this old man was willing to become his disciple just to learn a pill-stirring technique from him. From this, Qing Shan learned that Elder Xue was a bit in a hurry in making a decision.
In fact, Qing Shan was not too worried about obtaining disciples but it was extremely rare to have a disciple of a Three Star Alchemist Master and also an early stage Gold Realm expert. So naturally, he would not reject it.
What aroused his curiosity were the last two gifts Elder Xue had said.
“Hehe, Master should be pleased by the first prize. It's good very good...!"
Elder Xue quickly summoned Qing Shan as a teacher, afraid that Qing Shan would reject the offer, since Qing Shan was an Alchemist Master one star above him. Also, he estimated that there was only one such alchemist master in Xin Country. If he missed this opportunity, he would never be able to improve his pill refining technique any further.
"The second gift that is, hundreds of years ago, this old disciple obtained an ancient scroll by chance. There were records of ancient potion techniques within it, and it also had a way of being able to advance to the level of a Five Star Alchemist Master. Teachers will definitely be interested in this gift!”
"REally.....? How to progress to the level of a Five Star Alchemist Master.?”.
This time, even Qing Shan could not keep his composure.
Qing Shan had never expected that Elder Xue would give more than he thought. Not only would this old man sell himself to him, he also gave the secret of rising to the level of a Five Star Master to him.
Qing Shan was now expecting to be able to hear the third prize that Elder Xue was about to say.
"For the third prize, it was a pill. No, pills are not the right word. To be exact, it is a pill demon.” Elder Xue said, for the first time, making Qing Shan change his expression.
"Are you sure?"
"Very sure. No need to ask anymore, pill demons are high quality pills. Since it had been decades, spiritual intelligence had grown within the pill, turning it into a pill demon.. Continuously, that pill condition turned into a pill demon and was extremely powerful. The most important thing of all was that the grade of the pill should be at least a pill made by a Five Star Alchemist Master...!"
Inside the Pill Palace, Elder Xue Qing closed his eyes as he told that.
After speaking many words, he let Qing Shan take complete control of his life by infusing soul marks on him. He knew that he had discovered Qing Shan's secret and had even guessed that Qing Shan was the famous Qing Demon God all along. Among the demon dao cultivators, it was taboo to pry for the secrets of others. Therefore, he volunteered to give up his life and become Qing Shan's disciple.
Qing Shan might be cruel to his enemies, but he was not cruel to his own people. Elder Xue had lived for several hundred years and had seen many people. He believed that he was not wrong about Qing Shan and also believed that Old Han must have been quite satisfied to have taken Qing Shan as his disciple.
It seemed that it was indeed dangerous to give up his life to Qing Shan, but after a moment of contemplation, as long as he did not offend Qing Shan too much, there would be no danger whatsoever. Moreover, he would be able to obtain Qing Shan's complete refining technique which would help him advance to the level of a Four Star Alchemy Master.
In order to further improve his pill refining technique, he first needed to improve his teacher's pill refining technique. So, he obediently handed over the ancient refining scroll he had stored for so many years, and told Qing Shan about the pill demon.
"What's? The Heavenly Dark Ice Qi was in the Demon Ghost Graveyard under the secret room of the sect and the pill demon was also there?!”
“It's true, Guru. This old man had seen it with his own eyes. I'm afraid even the Sect Master doesn't know about this. ”
“Then why did you tell me this?”
“That's because you are now my teacher. Hehe! If you kill that pill demon, you will get the pill and you will share some benefits with this old disciple of yours. Teacher, I'm counting on you for this one." Elder Xue said with a sly smile.
That ancient book scroll seemed to have been left behind by a Five Star Alchemist Master. Inside the scroll were records of various types of ancient pills.
Elder Xue told him that there was a pill demon in the Demon Ghost Sect. It had turned into a humanoid or a human-like creature and had a deadly physical attack. According to Elder Xue, the power of his punch was enough to kill a Gold Realm expert. And this pill demon was currently in the secret place of the Demon Ghost Sect, its location was in the Demon Ghost Grave.