Chapter 21

At this moment, all the medicine boys that Lu Mu had taken in bowed to Yu Xiudan. Lu Yaohang and the other three then stepped forward and greeted, "Greetings, Master, congratulations on your promotion to Elder."

"Hmm, so these are the medicine boys you've taken in for me?" Yu Xiudan was closest to the two medicine boys he had personally taken in. Lu Yaohang had been raised by him since the age of six, and although Lu Xiaoding came later, she was as innocent as a child. If it weren't for their poor aptitude, which would have prevented them from being taken in according to the rules, he would have made them his personal disciples after advancing to the Golden Core stage.

Looking at the new medicine boy who was keeping his head down, Yu Xiudan had already heard from Jiang Yan that Lu Yaohang and the others had brought back a boy with only one spiritual vein. An extra person wouldn't consume much, but he had to look presentable, or he would have to be assigned to do menial tasks.

"Master, he's an orphan without a name. I've named him Lu Dan. Look, he's not only handsome but also has good aptitude, and he's already in the initial stage of Qi Cultivation," Lu Xiaoding quickly pushed Lu Dan and excitedly told her master.

Yu Xiudan smiled faintly. "Handsome, meaning he looks very good?"

However, being able to enter the Qi Cultivation stage with only one spiritual vein was indeed quite lucky. But why keep his head down all the time? He's not a fierce person, and they can't even raise their heads. Thinking of this, he said, "You don't need to be afraid, just raise your head."

You can't hide from people forever, right? Under the constant nudging of Lu Xiaoding, Lu Dan gritted his teeth and lifted his head. He had even prepared himself to beg for mercy if his master found him ugly and wanted to drive him away. He was willing to discard all his dignity to ask his master to take him in. There was still a chance to cultivate here, and Senior Sister Lu Yaohang could teach him techniques. If he left, he would have no chance at all.

"Hmm, quite a deep wound," Yu Xiudan immediately noticed the wound on his face and examined it carefully.

The wound was wide and deep, with jagged scars, indicating that it was caused by a rough weapon. Generally, cultivators who use strange weapons are not good people. Judging from this, it seemed he was injured by a wicked person in his childhood.

He could guess that the wound was inflicted by someone not good because people who do many bad things often want to enhance their evil reputation. Even if they do good deeds, they won't get a good name.

Using strange magical weapons not only increases their evil reputation but also complements their unorthodox cultivation techniques. To be a bad person, one must be consistent inside and out. Only the most sinister people would pretend to be good while harboring evil intentions. The wound on Lu Dan's face clearly showed that the person who inflicted it was not such a sinister person.

It seems this new medicine boy has endured a lot of hardship. To survive such a blow is a matter of great fortune.

Yu Xiudan didn't judge people by their appearance; such superficial things were only done by ordinary people or low-level cultivators. Although Lu Dan had a scar on his face and poor aptitude, being able to enter the Qi Cultivation stage was still a sign of some cultivation potential.

Seeing that Lu Dan was somewhat nervous, Yu Xiudan smiled warmly to encourage him, "Your scar can be treated. I will prepare some medicine to help you. However, since it's an old wound, it will be difficult to completely remove it, and we will need better medicine."

This kind of scar is not impossible to treat, but it would require a fourth-grade muscle-regenerating ointment, which he had not yet started to refine.

Lu Dan was overwhelmed with gratitude and quickly knelt down, "Thank you, Master, for your care. I don't want to remove the scar on my face; I only ask that you let me continue to cultivate."

Why are my medicine boys so eager to cultivate? Yu Xiudan glanced at Lu Yaohang, who was a person with poor aptitude but a mad desire to cultivate. She would either steal techniques or beg him to teach her, thinking she could deceive others. Fortunately, Lu Xiaoding was not interested in cultivation and had no spiritual veins. No, she didn't even have a dead spiritual vein, making it impossible to open one.

He didn't know that Lu Xiaoding had learned the technique of "Sleeve Space" from Lu Yaohang and had managed to create a space the size of a bird's egg. Even with this, no matter how much she learned, the "Sleeve Space" never expanded. The existence of the "Sleeve Technique" was now just a mockery of her.

The reason she couldn't expand her "Sleeve Space" was that she had no spiritual veins. All the spiritual energy in her body ran around randomly and then dissipated outside her body, unable to remain inside.

Thinking of this, Yu Xiudan was about to speak when the sect leader, Lian Jing, stared intently at Lu Dan and said after a while, "Little Brother Yu, this medicine boy seems a bit off."

"Off?" He looked at the sect leader in confusion, and Lu Dan felt inexplicably nervous, not knowing what the sect leader meant or what was wrong with him.

The sect leader stepped forward and stared closely at Lu Dan, placing his hand on his head. Lu Dan was so nervous that he dared not move, staring at him with wide eyes. After a while, the sect leader nodded and said, "If I'm not mistaken, this boy is a natural single-vein person. Little Brother Yu, you've found a treasure."

"Natural single-vein!" Everyone was stunned. Even if they hadn't experienced it, they had heard of the natural single-vein, a rare and special spiritual vein. It was said that such people had only one spiritual vein before cultivation, but it was much thicker than those of ordinary people.

If they could open the other 107 spiritual veins, they would become geniuses, cultivating faster than ordinary people and possessing more concentrated spiritual energy. In battle, when others' spiritual energy was exhausted, they would still have plenty left, giving them an advantage as the fight progressed. Using high-consumption spells would be even more effortless, making them enviable.

Yu Xiudan had heard of such a spiritual vein but never thought he would take in such a disciple. He never imagined that such a rare spiritual vein would appear in his medicine boy.

Lu Dan didn't know what a natural single-vein was and assumed it was a bad thing. He thought that having only one spiritual vein meant he couldn't cultivate, which was a poor aptitude. This was a problem; would he be driven away like trash?

"Senior Sister, what is a natural single-vein?" Lu Xiaoding noticed the tense atmosphere and the peak masters staring at Lu Dan, so she pulled on Lu Yaohang's sleeve and whispered.

Lu Yaohang, of course, knew what a natural single-vein was but pretended to be confused, shaking her head and saying, "I don't know. It shouldn't be a bad thing. Although everyone looks scary, their eyes are full of surprise."

Can you tell that just by looking at their eyes?

Lu Xiaoding blinked and said admiringly, "Senior Sister, you're amazing. You can even tell the peak masters are surprised by their eyes. I just feel the tension around me, making my hair stand on end."

"Cough, you'll understand these things when you grow up and know more about human nature," Lu Yaohang mumbled, purely making it up. She hadn't seen anything but the tense atmosphere. But if the senior said a natural single-vein was good, and the Golden Core master couldn't see it, the Transformation Spirit sect leader should have no problem.

Just as Lu Dan was nervous, Yu Xiudan, delighted, pulled him over and announced loudly, "From today on, you are my personal disciple, Yu Xiudan's eldest disciple."

"Ah?" Lu Dan was stunned by the surprise. Just a moment ago, he was worried about being driven away, and now he was suddenly a personal disciple. He stood there in a daze, completely blank, not even knowing how to thank his master.

"Look at him, he's so scared. You should quickly thank your master. Little Brother Yu, this is truly enviable. Just picking a medicine boy turns out to be a special aptitude, with such good luck. If you're willing, let him come to my Flying Dance Peak to learn sword techniques, how about that?" The peak master of the Flying Dance Peak, Hua Peng, smiled warmly.

The other peak masters were not willing to let him go so easily. The peak master of the Sword Stone Peak, Xu Qi, shouted, "Your Flying Dance Peak's soft sword techniques are only suitable for women. Men should come to our Sword Stone Peak. Besides, with his thick spiritual vein, he should cultivate a bold sword technique!"

"Soft? Do you mean you're hard, Senior Brother Xu?" The peak master of the Luo Lu Peak, Yao Ji, leaned over seductively, her eyes narrowing as she threw a flirtatious glance.

Xu Qi quickly stepped back, muttering, "What are you doing here? Your Luo Lu Peak's seductive sword techniques can't be cultivated by men."

"Senior Brother Xu, I didn't say I wanted to take him as a disciple. I just couldn't help but come over when I heard about soft and thick," Yao Ji's every move was filled with seduction. Those who didn't know her would think she was trying to seduce them. But everyone present knew that this lady's sword technique was like this, and if you dared to touch her, you'd be cut into pieces.

I can't stand these guys, acting like they've never seen anything. Don't they see that there are still many Golden Core cultivators around? The sect leader, Lian Jing, couldn't bear it anymore and shouted, "Enough, this person is Little Brother Yu's. He just came out of seclusion and doesn't even have a disciple yet, and you want to snatch him?"

"Are you going to let a single-vein person learn alchemy? That's a waste," someone grumbled, thinking that a single-vein person should cultivate powerful and destructive techniques.

"You talk too much. If you want, each peak can teach him a technique to avoid your envy," the sect leader said irritably.

Yu Xiudan's eyes lit up, and he quickly bowed in gratitude, "Thank you, all my senior brothers. I will trouble the peak masters for my disciple."

"Little Brother Yu, I thought you were a straightforward person, but you have quite a few tricks up your sleeve," someone teased, seeing how quickly he had responded.

"I spend all my time cultivating alchemy techniques, and my sword techniques are not good. Having you, my senior brothers and sisters, teach him is a favor to me, so I must thank you," Yu Xiudan smiled. A fool would refuse such a good thing. These peak masters were all at the Nascent Soul stage, having studied sword techniques for a lifetime, far better than himself. In the future, the Heavenly Alchemy Hall would rely on Lu Dan to uphold its reputation, and getting their guidance would be better than being taught by himself.

Lu Yaohang glanced at him coldly and then lowered her eyes. She understood her master's thoughts. Relying on Lu Dan to uphold the Heavenly Alchemy Hall's reputation was a big mistake. In the future, the strongest person in the Heavenly Alchemy Hall would be her.

Lu Xiaoding was very happy for Lu Dan. She never thought her junior brother would become a personal disciple so quickly. This time, doing good deeds had a good return. It seems that doing good deeds should not follow the other person's wishes but should be done according to one's own ideas. If she had listened to Lu Dan, she would have let him go, and he wouldn't be a personal disciple now.

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