Chapter 61 of 100

Chapter 61

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"Little junior brother, you're really wrong to enjoy the food all by yourself without telling us!" After Zhao Zhiyin and Qi Tian argued outside for a long time, the two of them came over to join in the feast.

What Qi Tian found most incomprehensible was that he was clearly injured, yet he was still wandering around, seemingly eyeing Bu Zheng's food. He had been guarding Bu Zheng, and was originally supposed to come with him, but he ended up arguing with Zhao Zhiyin, and before he knew it, Bu Zheng had already started eating.

"I'm eating alone, of course I won't tell you. Since you've caught me, you can eat a little too," Bu Zheng replied, speaking as honestly as ever, even making it sound natural to eat alone.

"..." Qi Tian and the others didn't expect Bu Zheng to be so straightforward, which made them a bit embarrassed.

"Rest assured, I won't eat your food for free. This is the meat of the beast we got before, to make up for it," Zhao Zhiyin said, taking out some beast meat.

"Oh, okay." Bu Zheng, who didn't know what politeness was, directly took the beast meat.

"..."

Hey, although it's for you, you don't have to be so impolite, at least say thank you.

"Eat up, don't let others find out. I haven't prepared any beast meat for them, there's not much left," Bu Zheng handed the food to Qi Tian and the others.

"It's fine, beast meat and wild meat are the same. As long as it's cooked well, we like it," Qi Tian, the foodie, immediately expressed his opinion. He didn't care about the ingredients or how good the food tasted; he only cared about how good it tasted.

"It's just you, I'm a very particular person," Zhao Zhiyin habitually put on an act.

"..." Qi Tian didn't argue with Zhao Zhiyin; he expressed his thoughts through his actions. If you want to put on an act, go ahead, just act a bit longer, I'll eat first.

Zhao Zhiyin couldn't keep up the act for long, otherwise, he would only get some scraps, or maybe none at all.

"Delicious, refreshing, full. After today, we'll go back. The first thing I'll do is visit Little Junior Brother," Qi Tian patted his stomach and sighed.

"Me too..." Zhao Zhiyin sighed in the same way.

At this moment, Bu Zheng was still eating and making things, preparing meals for the others and marinating some beast meat for himself as dry rations. He felt his stomach was a bottomless pit, so it was better to bring more food.

As Qi Tian and the others said, this was the last day of the training. The next day, they would return to the Qingyun Sword Sect, and Bu Zheng would return to the Alchemy Peak to refine his pills.

Back in one day?

Yes, they returned in one day, or even less than half a day. It wasn't that the return journey had suddenly become shorter; even if they weren't training, it would take two to three days to get back. The reason they didn't need half a day was that someone came to pick them up.

Chu Xiong had already reported the matter to the sect, including the slaying of a Level 6 beast and the injuries of Qin Shuang and himself. He clearly stated that the sect should come to pick them up to prevent any accidents.

Now, only two senior disciples had combat capabilities, and there were three burdens. If they encountered the Lava Fire Bull again, it would be very dangerous. The chances of encountering such a bull were still relatively high, so they couldn't take the risk.

When the sect heard that Qin Shuang was injured, they couldn't sit still. Regardless of whether Chu Xiong and the others could handle the situation, they would send a rescue team to bring everyone back as soon as possible.

Naturally, Chu Xiong reported to the people of the Green Ox Peak, and the peak master reported to the sect leader. Since it wasn't Chu Xiong and the others who reported it themselves, Bu Zheng's contribution was naturally much smaller, almost zero.

In their story, Bu Zheng only did something anyone could do, emphasizing the decisiveness of Chu Xiong and Qi Tian, and even reducing Qin Shuang's role.

This is the legendary act of claiming credit, to allow the Green Ox Peak to get a larger share of the spoils. The corpse of a Level 6 beast is very valuable, and a larger share means more strength, making the peak stronger than others.

Bu Zheng, this minor character, was directly ignored. He was given some contribution points as a reward, and he was very happy with them, even though they were only a fraction of the ten thousand contribution points he had heard about before.

For a poor boy, a thousand silver taels and a hundred silver taels are not much different, because he doesn't have any!

This is good, as no one came to disturb Bu Zheng's alchemy experiments. Although Qi Tian and Zhao Zhiyin visited Bu Zheng for a few meals, they were also quite busy and couldn't stay on the Alchemy Peak all the time.

Therefore, Bu Zheng was still alone on the Alchemy Peak, refining one furnace after another. After completing his main tasks, he would start his own work, which was his usual habit. He would refine his own pills during his free time, and finally, he would do alchemy practice.

Even though he had thought about the formula for the Blue Amber for a long time and was eager to do a practice, he still held back and finished other tasks before doing this new experiment.

For him, a new experiment might be a waste of time, so it naturally had to be done last.

These few days, it was finally time for this experiment. The previous days had not been successful, and the herbs were almost used up. If it didn't work, he would have to wait for new herbs.

Is Bu Zheng persisting to the end, not giving up?

No, he doesn't have that habit. He had given up on many experiments before, but only when he had no other options. Either the herbs were gone, or the method was proven wrong, or he couldn't think of any modifications.

This time, Bu Zheng still had room for modification, so he wouldn't give up.

Each of Bu Zheng's experiments wasn't a complete re-refinement with the same method and quantity. He would modify the quantity of some herbs or change the heat, depending on the situation. Generally, he could make the most correct modifications.

Of course, even if he could make the correct modifications, it wouldn't necessarily succeed immediately, nor did it mean it would definitely succeed. Some ideas were inherently flawed, and as a beginner in alchemy, Bu Zheng's ideas would naturally have many errors. No path is smooth.

However, because of this, Bu Zheng's alchemy skills grew rapidly, growing at a speed that didn't lag behind anyone, even without any guidance.

"Bang!"

A loud noise shook the small valley of the Alchemy Peak, startling Bu Zheng, who was eating the dried beast meat and waiting. He looked at the furnace...

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