Chapter 22

Lu Dan finally came to his senses, immediately kneeling on the ground and kowtowing vigorously to Yu Xiudan. From today on, he would be the senior disciple of the Celestial Pill Peak.

Patriarch Lian Jing was also pleased that the sect had gained an outstanding disciple. He stroked his beard and smiled, saying, "Today is truly a double celebration; this is a good omen."

Everyone chimed in with flattering words, but their eyes kept falling on Lu Dan, pondering in their hearts that he was truly an excellent talent. If they could just use pills to clear his blocked spirit meridians, his cultivation would surely advance rapidly, making great strides every day.

This outcome was exactly as Lu Yaohxiang had predicted. Lu Dan would certainly become a disciple after meeting his master, and since the master had no direct disciples, he would naturally become the senior disciple.

However, Lu Xiaodeng thought of something else. Biting her finger, she asked somewhat worriedly, "Master, Lu Dan is my junior brother, but now he's your senior disciple. Is he still my junior brother?"

"Ha ha ha, of course not," Yu Xiudan laughed. "From today on, he will be the senior brother of the Celestial Pill Hall. In the future, you and Yaohxiang must address him as senior brother."

"What!" Lu Yaohxiang and Xiaodeng exclaimed in unison. Even they had to call him senior brother, which was truly unacceptable. Lu Yaohxiang had only thought that the master would take Lu Dan as a disciple, but she never imagined she would become a junior sister. She bit her lip, very unwilling to call Lu Dan senior brother.

Lu Xiaodeng immediately started a fuss, "No, I finally became a senior sister, why am I a junior sister again! Master, I'm very good at taking care of junior brothers and sisters, let me be the senior sister."

It's not like she was a nanny; what was so good about being a senior sister? Yu Xiudan gave her a stern look and told her to stop causing trouble and go cool off to the side.

Lu Dan, however, smiled and clasped his hands, saying, "Junior sisters, please take care of me in the future. As your senior brother, I will take care of you." His smile suggested that becoming a senior brother was even more joyful than taking his first pill, as if he had endured much bullying over the past few months.

"Hmph, don't get too cocky! You are a disciple, and I am a medicine child; we are not on the same level, so we are not your junior sisters," Lu Yaohxiang refused to call him senior brother. She immediately brought up her identity as a medicine child, as medicine children and disciples were not on equal footing.

Lu Xiaodeng remained silent, thinking she had found someone less capable to take care of, but unexpectedly, he became a senior brother. The changes in the world were truly too swift, leaving her bewildered.

Yu Xiudan was very pleased to have taken a disciple. Everyone sat down in the Celestial Pill Hall for a while, all of them highly cultivated. They didn't plan a banquet, just discussing the future of the Yunjian Sect before returning to their respective peaks.

Even Lü Mu, who had taken the medicine children away, left, leaving only the four of them on the vast Celestial Pill Peak. Yu Xiudan asked Lu Xiaodeng to stay, while the other two found their own places to stay. After talking with Xiaodeng, he would arrange for the senior disciple, Lu Dan.

He sat on the high seat in the Celestial Pill Hall, letting Lu Xiaodeng sit in the seat closest to him, and spoke kindly, "Xiaodeng, besides the Ascension Pill, can you refine other high-grade pills?"

Lu Xiaodeng nodded without hesitation, "Yes, what kind of pill does Master want to refine?"

"Can you refine the Golden Pattern Pill?" Yu Xiudan thought for a moment and chose a fourth-grade pill. This pill was in high demand, but only half of its formula was known. Those who possessed the formula and the sects they belonged to kept it as a treasure, and no one knew the most important ingredients.

"Golden Pattern Pill can enhance divine sense and can be taken by cultivators below the Nascent Soul stage. It is refined from twelve kinds of spirit herbs. In addition to the spirit herbs, a drop of Three-Eyed Tiger's Forehead Eye Fluid is needed to successfully refine it." Lu Xiaodeng looked up at the high ceiling, recalling and smoothly reciting the formula.

"Three-Eyed Tiger's Forehead Eye Fluid! Can you recite the twelve kinds of spirit herbs?" Yu Xiudan asked with a serious expression. He had never heard of the Three-Eyed Tiger's Forehead Eye Fluid, which seemed to be the key to refining the Golden Pattern Pill.

What surprised him even more was that Lu Xiaodeng actually knew the formula and recited it without any hesitation. She was indeed pure and innocent, with no ulterior motives, but he didn't know her background.

Lu Xiaodeng tilted her head,不服气地说：“师父真是小看人，我当然背得出来，那十二味灵草不就是海游草、惑神兰、花溪苔……”

“等等，让为师抄录一份。”见她连想都不用想就直接背出来，俞休丹赶紧阻止她，这些都要记下来才行。还不能用普通的纸，要用含有自己神识的符纸，如有人盗走这丹方册子，动用神识能就马上毁了它。

见师父翻出一大堆东西，很没形象地坐在地上炼制神识册，卢小鼎便歪着头不解地看着他，这种东西有什么好抄的，又不是什么好丹药。

“吃里扒外的家伙，竟然张口就把丹方说出来。还好问的是四品丹药，要是问九品或是十品，我不是吃大亏了。”放在地上的鼎中有人不满地抱怨起来，谁也没看到鼎中此时环绕起一团黑气。只见那黑气绕了几圈，哼了声后就钻进了鼎壁中。几息之后，卢小鼎突然眨了眨眼睛，觉得自己好像忘了什么东西。

而俞休丹此时已经把神识册子做好，手中拿着一只灵笔，把神识和灵力注入其中，表情凝重地问道：“小鼎，你最高知道几品的丹方？”

“几品？”卢小鼎张着嘴愣了愣，突然发现自己忘记了好多丹方。从她在这只鼎中出现后，鼎以前炼过的丹药都能回忆起过程，只要说名字就能用身体回想出当时放进去的材料。

现在，她却只记得自己炼过丹，却完全想不起那些炼制出来，一离鼎就会飞着逃离的丹药，到底是用什么天材地宝炼制的了。

“好像是六品……”摇着头想了半天，卢小鼎终于觉得记忆清晰了，她记得最高品的丹方就是六品。别的只记得炼过，却想不起材料了，忘了就算了吧，反正又不是什么大不了的事。她不知道自己忘记的东西，足可以让眼前的男人疯狂，拿命去换都心甘情愿。

俞休丹瞬间失落了一下，他还想着小鼎能说几个八九品的丹方来，到时候就可以成为镇殿之宝了。不过六品也行，现在流传出来的五六品的丹方，合起来也不足五个。只有拥有其它的丹方，才能够让自己的炼丹术提高和壮大天丹峰。

“小鼎，从六品的开始说吧。”他拿着灵笔说道，怕她说多了低品的丹方，反而把高品的给忘掉了。

“嗯。”卢小鼎点点头，就先开始背起金纹丹的丹方，能帮到师父的忙她很开心。

俞休丹越抄越震惊，小鼎竟然知道这么多的丹方，不仅五六品的丹方说得出来，有些低品的冷门丹方也知道。这本丹方册抄出来，可就是无比珍贵了。

当小鼎说不知道其它的丹方后，他才收了手，宝贝地把丹方赶快收进了袖中乾坤里。这件东西得自己死之前才能传人，就连卢丹也不能随意观看，宝物啊。

想了想，他温和地笑道：“小鼎，你想要什么东西，师父买来给你。”

“我想要师父能长命百岁，千万不要死在我前头，不然就没人照顾我了。”卢小鼎认真地说道。

俞休丹顿了顿，有些好笑地说：“小鼎，为师今年已经一百八十三岁了。”

“啊！师父这么老了。”卢小鼎惊讶地看着他，怎么看师父也就才三十多岁嘛，没想到已经超过百岁了。沉默了一下，她便改了口，“那希望师父能像万年老王八那样，一直活得好好的。俗话说千年王八万年龟，它们都能活很久，师父一定要做老王八才行。”

“你先回去吧，把卢丹叫来。”俞休丹本想送她点好东西的，现在一听顿时就无语了，便当做没听到她的话，直接就把她给打发了。

卢小鼎不解地背着鼎告退，想不明白师父为什么一点也不高兴，老王八都活得很久呀。修士不都想长生活得久些，做王八还不好啊，怪事？

想不出来她便不想了，找到卢丹传了话，就拉着卢药香去挑选住的院子。

看着自己唯一的弟子卢丹，俞休丹用神识仔细查看着他的灵脉，发现灵脉虽少但很稳，这是学过扎实功法的迹象。他点点头问道：“你学过功法？”

“师父，都是卢药香师妹教我的。”卢丹不敢隐瞒，老老实实地讲了出来。

俞休丹并不奇怪，只是有些意外卢药香教得很好，一点也不浮躁。没有像那些侍者一样急于提升修为，而是学习可以稳固灵脉的功法。

“卢药香教得不错，你向她学的功法叫什么？”

本还想着要是师父责怪，自己就要为卢师妹求请，没想到师父竟然没有怪罪，卢丹便讲道：“学习的是通凝心法，卢师妹说只是普通的心法，虽进阶慢但是可以稳固灵脉。相比猛烈打通灵脉的心法，这种更适合我们这些灵脉堵塞过多的人。”

“嗯，她说的没有错。你这一年先学习通凝心法，我给你炼制丹药，在两年内把一半的灵脉打通。然后在筑基前必须一百零八条灵脉全部贯通，成为我派的新秀弟子。”俞休丹本还想着自己得过好几年，才能出个撑场面的弟子，看来要不了多久就可以了。

“多谢师父。”卢丹赶快谢过师父的厚爱，然后便请愿道：“师父，弟子有个不情之请，可否让两位师妹一起成为弟子修炼？”

俞休丹没想到他还满有情义的，本就喜欢单纯人的他，心中比刚才还要欣喜。只可惜，却不能如了他的愿，“小鼎缺失魂魄不可修炼，而药香资质太差，按门规以她的资质是不能成为正式弟子。其实资质也不算什么，我想收的话普通弟子也行，主要的是她已经是药童。如果想要成为弟子，必须筑基才行，不然侍者会去求请，到时满门派全是低资质的人，对门派发展不利，可是以她的资质想要进阶筑基期很难。”

卢丹低声说：“师父，我也是药童。”

“你不同，你的资质难得一见，就连掌门和各位峰主都想要，资质已经抵消掉身份了。如果你想对她们好，就好好去和各峰主学习他们的拿手法术，然后保护她们不被人欺负吧。”身份只是用来限制低资质的侍者，好让他们不能求情成为弟子，对于资质好的当然要破格收入。

“是。”卢丹有些失望，卢药香的刻苦和努力他都看在眼中，真的是个很优秀的人，不能成为正式弟子实在太可惜了。

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