Chapter 30: Luo Xiuxiu
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Yu Tianba said furiously, “You are an alchemist, so you should be refining pills for the Moonwatch Sect. Yet you did not say a word. Do you still have the sect in your heart?”
Qin Xingchen laughed. “Yu Tianba, you really are amusing. Just because I am an alchemist, I have to refine pills for the sect? Why should I refine pills for you? Besides, I offended the Azure Heaven Sect, and you were afraid I would implicate the Moonwatch Sect. You expelled me from the sect just now, yet you have the nerve to ask me to refine pills for it? You must be dreaming.”
“You…”
Yu Tianba ground his teeth in anger.
But when he thought of Qin Xingchen’s identity as an alchemist, he soon calmed himself.
He knew how valuable an alchemist could be.
An alchemist could greatly accelerate the development of an entire sect.
As long as Qin Xingchen refined pills for the Moonwatch Sect, the sect would certainly have a chance to rise to the ranks of first-class sects within a hundred years.
He continued, “As long as you agree to refine pills for the sect from now on, I can take back what I said about expelling you. You will still be a disciple of the Moonwatch Sect and may continue serving the sect!”
“Get lost! I couldn’t care less!” Qin Xingchen snapped.
“What did you say?”
Yu Tianba flew into a rage. “I have already given you a chance to regain your status as a disciple of the Moonwatch Sect. Don’t you know how to appreciate it?”
“Appreciate it? Do you think you deserve my gratitude?”
Qin Xingchen’s voice turned cold. “Yu Tianba, since you have already expelled me from the Moonwatch Sect, then I, Qin Xingchen, hereby declare that from this day forward, I am no longer a disciple of the Moonwatch Sect. I will never set foot in the Moonwatch Sect again!”
“You…”
Yu Tianba was so enraged that his heart seemed ready to burst.
He had never imagined that the Moonwatch Sect would lose an alchemist just like that.
At that moment, Qin Xingchen turned to Jiang Rong and said, “President Jiang, starting today, I wish to join the Ten-Thousand Gold Merchant Association. Would you be willing to take me in?”
Jiang Rong was overjoyed. “Master… Young Master Qin, you are most welcome!”
Below the platform, Yu Tianba’s expression became extremely ugly.
He had never expected Qin Xingchen to join the Ten-Thousand Gold Merchant Association just like that!
At this moment, Su Zhengyang walked up to Qin Xingchen, clasped his fists, and said, “Young Master Qin, I am Su Zhengyang. Thank you for saving my daughter’s life a few days ago. That is why I came to the Moonwatch Sect today to thank you in person!”
Lu Ming said, “Young Master Qin, I heard from my son that not only are you incredibly powerful, but you are also truly an alchemist. Having met you today, I can see that a young hero has indeed emerged!”
Chen Shuo added, “Young Master Qin, my daughter told me that you saved her life as well. I came today to thank you for saving my daughter.”
Qin Xingchen cupped his fists. “Greetings, three family heads. You are too polite. Miss Su and the other three have already become my friends. Moreover, you three family heads stood up for me today and held back the formidable enemies from the Azure Heaven Sect, allowing me to escape. There is no need for you to be so courteous.”
Su Zhengyang continued somewhat awkwardly, “Young Master Qin, well… the Su family is also in need of an alchemist. Would you consider becoming a guest elder of the Su family? As long as you are willing, you may name any condition.”
Upon hearing this, Chen Shuo and Lu Ming also invited Qin Xingchen to become guest elders of their respective families.
After all, they had heard from their children that despite his young age, Qin Xingchen was already a second-grade alchemist.
With such talent, his future achievements would surely be limitless!
If they could win over such a genius of the alchemical path, how could their families fail to prosper?
Qin Xingchen, however, said, “Since I have decided to join the Ten-Thousand Gold Merchant Association, I naturally cannot become a guest elder of any of your families.”
Upon hearing this, Su Zhengyang, Chen Shuo, and Lu Ming were immediately filled with disappointment.
Qin Xingchen continued, “However, if you ever need my help with pills in the future, feel free to come to me. I will certainly help you—and I will do so free of charge.”
The three family heads had stood up for him today, so Qin Xingchen naturally felt grateful to them.
When the three men heard this, they instantly brightened.
Qin Xingchen then jumped down from the life-and-death arena and walked over to Yu Yumei.
“Sister Yumei, are you willing to leave the Moonwatch Sect with me?”
Yu Yumei smiled faintly. “Xingchen, do you even need to ask? Wherever you go in the future, I will go with you.”
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“Good!”
Qin Xingchen was delighted. He pulled Yu Yumei onto the platform and introduced her to Su Jingya and the others.
When they learned that Yu Yumei was Qin Xingchen’s fiancée, Su Jingya and the others were all shocked.
Chen Lixue, in particular, felt a wave of disappointment.
She had originally intended to pursue Qin Xingchen.
She had never expected him to already have a fiancée.
And his fiancée was extraordinarily beautiful.
She was so beautiful that Chen Lixue felt ashamed of herself.
In front of Yu Yumei, even the eldest daughter of the Chen family could not help feeling inferior.
Afterward, the group finally went their separate ways.
Qin Xingchen fed the unconscious Yu Xiong a pill, and Yu Xiong finally regained consciousness.
In the end, after Yu Yumei properly bade farewell to Yu Xiong, Qin Xingchen took her with him and boarded the flying spirit vessel with Jiang Rong. Together, they departed from the Moonwatch Sect.
Aboard the flying spirit vessel, the two of them gazed carefully at the place where they had grown up. Their hearts were suddenly overwhelmed by countless emotions, tinged with an indescribable sadness.
Soon, the flying spirit vessel completely left the territory of the Moonwatch Sect and flew toward the Ten-Thousand Gold Merchant Association.
Aboard the flying spirit vessel, Jiang Rong walked toward Qin Xingchen and Yu Yumei.
She clasped her fists toward Yu Yumei and said, “Jiang Rong greets Mistress.”
Yu Yumei froze. “President Jiang… why are you calling me Mistress?”
Jiang Rong smiled faintly. “Mistress, I have already taken Young Master Qin as my master. Since Young Master Qin is my respected teacher and you are his fiancée, that makes you my mistress.”
Yu Yumei asked, “President Jiang, you… actually took Xingchen as your master? Why?”
Jiang Rong smiled. “Because my master’s attainments in alchemy far surpass mine. Becoming his disciple is the greatest blessing of my life.”
Then she looked at Qin Xingchen. “Xingchen, is what President Jiang said true?”
Qin Xingchen nodded slightly. “It is.”
Yu Yumei was completely stunned.
The dignified president of the Ten-Thousand Gold Merchant Association had actually taken Qin Xingchen as her master. Could Qin Xingchen truly be that formidable?
“Master, we have arrived!”
After an hour of travel, the three of them reached the Ten-Thousand Gold Merchant Association.
Upon their arrival, Jiang Rong arranged a private residence for Qin Xingchen and Yu Yumei.
The residence had elegant scenery, birdsong, fragrant flowers, and a remarkably peaceful environment.
It was perfectly suited for the two of them to enjoy some time alone together.
However, Jiang Rong also stationed several guards hundreds of meters away and instructed them to immediately drive away anyone who dared disturb her master’s residence.
…
By then, it was already evening.
The Heavenly River Dynasty.
The Azure Heaven Sect.
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Inside a residence on a mountain peak, a woman dressed in a pale white robe was practicing sword techniques in a courtyard.
“Senior Sister Luo! I have something to report!”
At that moment, a voice came from the entrance of the residence.
“Come in!”
After receiving the woman’s permission, a young man who had lost both arms and was covered in bandages limped inside.
If Qin Xingchen had been there, he would certainly have recognized the man.
He was none other than Li Hongda, the Azure Heaven Sect disciple whose arms had been crippled by Qin Xingchen.
And the woman was Luo Changgu’s eldest daughter and Luo Shan’s biological elder sister—
Luo Xiuxiu!
Li Hongda looked at Luo Xiuxiu before swallowing nervously and putting on a pitiful expression.
“Senior Sister, someone beat me…”
He then told Luo Xiuxiu everything that had happened at the Moonwatch Sect that day.
After listening, Luo Xiuxiu flew into a rage.
“He actually dared to kill my younger brother and bully my father! Qin Xingchen and Jiang Rong are utterly detestable!”
As she spoke, she turned her gaze toward Li Hongda.
“All right, I understand. You may leave for now.”
Li Hongda was taken aback. Then, with clear reluctance, he said, “Senior Sister Luo, it was my fault for failing to protect your younger brother. I am sorry.”
“It has nothing to do with you,” Luo Xiuxiu replied. “But what is Qin Xingchen’s cultivation level?”
She knew that her younger brother, Luo Shan, had been the number-one genius of the Moonwatch Sect. After all, she had frequently sent him precious heavenly treasures over the years.
That was why Luo Shan’s strength had advanced by leaps and bounds, making him the Moonwatch Sect’s foremost genius.
Someone who could easily defeat Luo Shan and even sever both of Li Hongda’s arms had to be extraordinarily powerful. Luo Xiuxiu was simply curious about Qin Xingchen’s exact cultivation level.
Li Hongda stammered, “He… he is only at the fifth level of the Blood-Nurturing Realm.”
“What did you say?”
Luo Xiuxiu was stunned.
A cultivator at the fifth level of the Blood-Nurturing Realm had actually killed Luo Shan, who had forcibly raised his cultivation to the eighth level of the Blood-Nurturing Realm?
“It is true.”
Although Li Hongda was extremely unwilling to admit it, that was the undeniable truth.
“If he is truly that powerful, then I must personally kill Qin Xingchen!”
A monstrous killing intent flashed through Luo Xiuxiu’s eyes.
She then said to Li Hongda, “Go back for now. I wish to be alone.”
“All right.”
Only then did Li Hongda leave the residence reluctantly.
However, after he departed, another burly young man walked out from one of the rooms in Luo Xiuxiu’s residence.
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