bookbashuk Chapter 109 Murong Ying
Chapter 109 Murong Ying
Gu Yan walked through the winding corridors and arrived at an elevator array. The guards beside him all showed excited and thrilled looks when they saw him.
"Mr. Li Bai!"
The guards all bowed.
"Thirty-six floors."
After Gu Yan said this, the guards activated the elevator array. This array was like an elevator, but it didn't need electricity.
Gu Yan stood on the semi-transparent magic circle, which emitted a light golden light and then shot upwards rapidly, instantly reaching the thirty-sixth floor.
The thirty-sixth floor contains many seventh and eighth-grade pill formulas. Gu Yan was not originally qualified to see them. Although he had passed the sixth-grade alchemist assessment, he had not joined the Alchemist Association. Normally, he could only go up to the thirty-fifth floor at most. But who could blame him when his beauty was irresistible to both men and women?
The old fogies in the medicine tower were completely bewitched by him, and readily opened doors of convenience for him.
Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.
The bookshelves were filled with books. Gu Yan walked to one of the shelves and took down an ancient book that was sealed. After breaking the seal, he sat down at a table next to it and began to read quietly and attentively. Gu Yan was searching for the formula for a high-level elixir that could purify evil energy and resist inner demons.
His injuries to his primordial spirit have been fully healed, but now there is a new problem.
After repairing the injuries to his primordial spirit, he began cultivating to improve his cultivation level. When he was breaking through the bottleneck of the early stage of the Void Refinement realm, that bastard Umir tripped him up. Although she didn't succeed, that bastard will definitely cause trouble again next time.
This guy is probably afraid that as his cultivation level continues to rise, he will one day be able to control the Demon Refining Pot and then kill her, so she wants to stop him from becoming stronger.
He knew she would cause trouble again when he broke through the bottleneck of the late-stage Void Refinement realm, so he needed to prepare in advance. He wanted everything from magical artifacts to ward off inner demons to elixirs that could cleanse his mind and maintain inner clarity.
Thinking of this, Gu Yan couldn't help but complain about the ancestors of Earth. They left behind powerful magical treasures like the Ten Thousand Soul Banner, but why didn't they leave behind a few magical treasures that could resist inner demons and external evils?
After spending seven days immersed in books, Gu Yan finally found the elixir formula she needed.
"Qingxu Zhenhun Pill..."
Gu Yan stared at the ancient pill formula and murmured, "This pill looks quite useful, but I've never even heard of many of the medicinal ingredients required. It won't be easy for me to collect them all." After writing down the formula, he searched everywhere for clues about the main ingredients. Several days later, he left the library on the thirty-sixth floor.
As soon as Gu Yan stepped outside, he saw a woman walking towards him. This woman was wearing the same style of alchemist's robe as him, and she was also a sixth-grade alchemist. She looked to be in her early twenties, with long cherry blossom-colored hair and a beautiful face.
Her name is Murong Ying, and her father is Murong Xin, a seventh-grade alchemist in this medicine tower.
"Mr. Li Bai, what a coincidence!" Murong Ying smiled as soon as she saw Gu Yan.
Gu Yan smiled and asked, "Fellow Daoist Murong, are you here to look up some information?"
Murong Ying nodded, looking at Gu Yan's incomparably handsome face, and said with a smile, "Father and Uncle Meng asked you to consider joining the Alchemist Association. What has Mr. Li Bai thought about it?"
Gu Yan had already refused once, but Murong Xin and the others insisted that he reconsider, so he would just keep putting it off.
"I haven't decided yet," Gu Yan said.
"Actually, our Alchemist Association is very relaxed, unlike those sects which have all sorts of rules and regulations. We don't belong to any country or any power. All we pursue is to go further in the path of alchemy."
"Joining the Alchemist Association would definitely be very beneficial for Mr. Li Bai. I really hope you can become one of us. With your talent, if you join the Alchemist Association and have the guidance of the elders, I believe you will become one of the elders in a few hundred years."
The elders of the Alchemist Association are all seventh-grade alchemists, and Murong Ying believes that Gu Yan's talent will definitely enable her to advance to the seventh-grade alchemist within a thousand years.
In fact, Gu Yan is already very close to becoming a seventh-grade alchemist. He is just at a disadvantage due to his age. He has only been in this world for a little over twenty years, and there are many things he hasn't had time to learn. He is a bit unbalanced in his studies.
During his months at the Alchemist Guild, his alchemy skills have seen explosive growth.
Murong Ying launched into a long and persuasive speech to Gu Yan, and this wasn't the first time she'd tried to persuade him like this. In truth, Gu Yan was somewhat tempted. The Medicine Tower had provided him with unparalleled convenience over the past few months, allowing him to truly experience its benefits.
"Thank you, Fellow Daoist Murong. I will seriously consider it," Gu Yan said.
Murong Ying knew she had said enough; any further and she feared she would become annoying. She stopped while she was ahead and smiled, "Okay."
"I'm leaving now." Gu Yan brushed past Murong Ying.
"Wait a minute." Murong Ying turned around and called out to Gu Yan.
Gu Yan turned around and looked at her.
"I will be holding a small exchange meeting at Fushu Academy in three days. Mr. Li Bai, will you be attending?" Murong Ying invited.
Gu Yan thought for a moment, and then Murong Ying said, "I only invited sixth-grade alchemists, so you might get some unexpected benefits."
Hearing this, Gu Yan smiled and said, "I'll go when I have time."
Upon hearing this, Murong Ying smiled beautifully once again.
Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.
Three days later.
The trade fair hadn't even started yet, but Fushu Courtyard was already quite lively, with more than a dozen sixth-grade alchemists gathered there. Murong Ying sat at a table, with a woman in yellow sitting to her left and a woman in green sitting to her right.
The woman in yellow, holding a fan, smiled and asked Murong Ying, "I heard that Mr. Li Bai will also be coming today, is that true?"
"He only said he'd come when he had time, so I can't say for sure," Murong Ying said.
"Is Mr. Li Bai really as handsome as the legends say? I'm very curious," said the woman in green. The woman in yellow had already heard about Li Bai, but had never seen him in person.
"She truly deserves the title of 'peerless'," Murong Ying said with a smile.
"It's said that this Li Bai was quite the ladies' man. When he was in Qingzhou, even the emperor of the Ruohe Empire was captivated by him, and in the end, he committed suicide after his advances were rejected. Oh dear, what a femme fatale!" A brown-haired young man sat at the table next to him, holding a wine pot.
"I've heard of it too. The lecherous demon Li Bai is all over Qingzhou." Another purple-haired man next to him said with a teasing tone.
"What lewdness and demonism? That's all nonsense," Murong Ying said. "Li Bai was an extremely virtuous man. I don't know who was jealous of him and spread these rumors about him." Murong Ying's tone was cold, and she seemed to be angry.