by Feng Yise
"Hehe. Anyway, Young Master is the most amazing! It's a shame that Big Brother Tang is in a closed-door seclusion. Otherwise, he would also be happy for Young Master."
After this period of acc.u.mulation, Tang Yu's cultivation realm had already stabilized. He just happened to enter a closed-door seclusion training two days ago to break through to the Sixth Level Essence Qi Realm.
Ye Yuan gave Tang Yu a batch of transcendent-grade Essence Qi Pills. Breaking through the Sixth Level Essence Qi Realm was just a matter of time.
"Hahaha. After Tang Yu exits seclusion, he should come to participate in the Yellow Rank Advancement test. Looking at you, you should have also passed the test," Ye Yuan said with a smile.
Lu-er smiled as she nodded her head and replied, "Isn't it all thanks to Young Master?"
Ye Yuan laughed and said, "What does that has got to do with me? You were the one who cultivated out your essence energy."
The master and servant stood side by side as they talked, making the onlookers envious.
Initially, everyone's attention was attracted by the light screen and did not notice that there was such a pretty young lady in the crowd.
Now that she and Ye Yuan stood together, it immediately attracted many eyes.
The crowd just noticed, since when was there was such a pretty young lady among the students?
In terms of appearance, the yet-to-m.a.t.u.r.e Lu-er was already much prettier than Liu Ruoshui. However, that pure and innocent air that Lu-er had was something which Liu Ruoshui was not equipped with.
Seeing everyone's expression, Ye Yuan knew that Lu-er would most likely become the target of pursue by many students in the academy.
At this moment, a student walked in front of Ye Yuan. Those who saw him immediately recognized who he was.
"Quickly look! Isn't that Senior Apprentice Brother Wu? He is famous in the academy for being infatuated with martial arts; he is a top figure ranked 15 on the Martial Roll of Honor! Could it be that he is already eyeing Ye Yuan? Then Ye Yuan is screwed!"
Wu Luochen cupped his hands towards Ye Yuan and said, "Congratulations to Junior Apprentice Brother Ye for advancing as an Earth Rank. I am Wu Luochen, Heaven Rank."
Ye Yuan was not clear with what was going on, but he still returned a greeting. He then replied, "Many thanks, Senior Apprentice Brother Wu."
"Junior Apprentice Brother Ye's talent stands above all others. I believe that before long, you will advance as a Heaven Rank. At that time, I wish to arrange with Junior Apprentice Brother Ye for us to spar. I hope that Junior Apprentice Brother Ye won't decline."
Even though it was expected, Wu Luochen's words still caused a big stir among the crowd.
Wu Luochen was infatuated with martial arts and liked to go around the academy to challenge experts. The people on the Martial Roll of Honor all felt a headache whenever they saw him.
Because he pursued martial arts wholeheartedly, Wu Luochen's improvement was also very fast. In half a year's time, he fought his way from the bottom of the Heaven ranking to being ranked 15 on the Martial Roll of Honor.
Ye Yuan sized Wu Luochen up. He then suddenly smiled and said, "Since Senior Apprentice Brother Wu think highly of me. Why wouldn't I dare fight?"
Wu Luochen was initially somewhat solemn looking, but now, he cracked a smile and replied, "Good! You are indeed the student with the greatest potential in the academy! If you encounter any problems in the academy from today onwards, you can look for me anytime!"
"Haha. Then many thanks to Senior Apprentice Brother Wu," Ye Yuan laughed as he replied.
Chapter 47 - Incurring Everyone's Wrath
After Wu Luochen left, many people went up to congratulate Ye Yuan.
After this test, Ye Yuan's name as a genius had already been established. His position in the academy would undoubtedly rise.
Taking the opportunity to be on friendly terms with a future Martial Roll of Honor expert was a must.
At the Fourth Level Essence Qi Realm, he could already finish off five Eighth Level Essence Qi Realm fighters. This kind of power . . . Once Ye Yuan broke through to the Seventh Level Essence Qi Realm, just how horrifying would his strength become?
Who knows, maybe when he's at the Seventh Level Essence Qi Realm, he would indeed have the strength to challenge the Earth Rank Advancement test!
However, those who came up to say hello to Ye Yuan were mostly Heaven Rank students. Those Earth Rank students were destined to never mingle with a genius like Ye Yuan.
One would not hit a smiling face. Ye Yuan dealt with these Heaven Rank students' goodwill gestures one by one.
There was no lack of experts from the Martial Roll of Honor among these people. So naturally, there wasn't any downside to becoming acquainted with them.
Watching Ye Yuan benefitting from everyone around, Lin Tiancheng felt as uncomfortable as if having eaten a fly.
What was funny was that he called Ye Yuan a trash earlier on. But after this test, the situation suddenly changed. Ye Yuan actually became popular among the bunch of Heaven Rank students; he was a genius in the eyes of all students.
But he, Lin Tiancheng, remained as the mediocre person struggling to advance becoming a Heaven Rank.
In comparison to Ye Yuan's results, he was the trash.
Passing the Black Rank Advancement test when he was at the Fourth Level Essence Qi Realm, if Ye Yuan could not make it into Heaven rank, everyone would laugh their heads off.
Thinking up to this point, Lin Tiancheng sighed and vanished from the crowd.
"Senior Apprentice Brother Lin, what's wrong? Why do you seem a little absent-minded?" Just as Lin Tiancheng was about to leave, a melodious and alluring voice sounded behind him.
Turning his head, it was Wan Yuan and Liu Ruoshui who pushed their way out of the crowd long ago.
. . . . . .
"Quickly look! Isn't that Teacher Feng Ruoqing? What's she doing here?" someone suddenly cried out among the crowd.
"It's really Teacher Feng! She's walking towards me. Could it be that she is looking for me? Aiyo. What did you hit me for?" Someone was daydreaming when he immediately got hit on the back of his head and was pulled aside by someone.
"Moron. How could Teacher Feng be looking for you? A good dog wouldn't block the path. Quickly move aside."
"Why isn't it possible for her to look for me? Maybe she knows that I'm her loyal fan, and was touched by that, so she came to look for me?"
". . . . . ."
Everyone looked at him like he was a retard, and then they automatically made a path for Feng Ruoqing to pass through.
Feng Ruoqing walked pass the crowd and did not even spare a glance for that moron.
"Damn! Lu-er, quick, run!" Ye Yuan grabbed Lu-er and started running.
Ye Yuan was still engaging with people just now. Now that he noticed Feng Ruoqing, he immediately chose to flee in any way he could.
"Ye Yuan, if you dare to run again, you can forget about passing any of your classes!" Feng Ruoqing saw that Ye Yuan was running and immediately shouted.
Ye Yuan was completely indifferent to this sort of threat, as he continued running.
"Stop him for me!" Feng Ruoqing cried out frantically.
The students around were stunned . . .
What was happening?
Why did the fairy-like Teacher Feng become like an abandoned wife?
Looking at Ye Yuan again, didn't this seem like a wife who was trying to catch her heartless man?
It was evident that Feng Ruoqing was explicitly looking for Ye Yuan, and Ye Yuan seemed to be terrified of seeing Feng Ruoqing.
Everyone could not help guessing what was going on between these two people.
Even Huyan Yong who was normally composed had a curious light flashing in his eyes. Clearly, he wanted to know what was going on just like the rest of the students.
Just now, when Ye Yuan passed the test, many people looked towards him with worship or with envy.
But now, everyon
e looked towards him with killing intent in their eyes without any prior agreement.
It looked like if they were to discover that Ye Yuan really profaned the dream lover of all the men in the Dan Wu Academy, these students would definitely rush up and tear Ye Yuan to shreds.
The most painful thing in this world was having the goddess in their heart being defiled by other men, even if that man was the newest genius in the Dan Wu Academy!
Ye Yuan had incurred the wrath of everyone.
He wanted to run, but he was completely blocked by a group of people.
Initially, there were still some gaps around. But now, they congregated without any prior planning, giving Ye Yuan no chance to escape at all.
In this short while, Feng Ruoqing already reached Ye Yuan.
"Run then. What? Not running anymore?" Feng Ruoqing was fuming as she looked at Ye Yuan.
"It's not that I don't want to run, but I can't run! Teacher Feng, your rallying power is too strong!" Ye Yuan smiled bitterly as he answered her.
"Why are you hiding from me?" Feng Ruoqing was secretly a little pleased, but she still pulled a long face and asked.
"Me? When did I? Teacher Feng, you really maligned me!" Ye Yuan blinked his eyes innocently.
"You still dare to say you didn't? Then why did you run just now?"
"I suddenly remembered that I have something to do and was just about to leave. Coincidence! It was definitely a coincidence!"
"Stop trying to pull anything over me! Quickly follow me!"
"Teacher Feng, I really have something very important to do!"
"I don't care how important it is! If you don't come, I'm going to use force!"
'Don't, don't! I'll follow you, alright?"
"That's more like it!"
Under everyone's stunned eyes, Feng Ruoqing grabbed Ye Yuan and left . . .
Actually, Feng Ruoqing had already looked for Ye Yuan several times these past few days. But every time, Ye Yuan was sleeping.
With Lu-er blocking the way outside, it was not nice for Feng Ruoqing to barge in.
Ye Yuan also did not attend medicinal theory lessons these past few days, making Feng Ruoqing unable to find Ye Yuan even if she wanted to.
As for Ye Yuan, why would he be interested in becoming an assistant?
The things that Feng Ruoqing was playing with was not much different than children playing with mud. If it was not a waste of time for him to be an assistant, then what was?
Ye Yuan's most pressing concern at the moment was to increase his strength. Where would he have the energy to go be an assistant for this little lass?
With Feng Ruoqing's tiny bit of ability in Alchemy Dao, she was not even qualified to be an assistant for Ye Yuan. Now, she actually wanted him to be her assistant? Wasn't this a joke?
That day, all he wanted to do was to quickly get rid of Feng Ruoqing. He did not expect that slightly revealing a bit of his ability would invite such troubles.
Hence, he made the decision to play cat and mouse with her when he heard from Lu-er that Feng Ruoqing was looking for him.
Who knew that he would be caught red-handed by Feng Ruoqing after only hiding for a few days?
Coincidentally enough, Feng Ruoqing did not know that Ye Yuan was taking the test here. But when she passed by, she heard that students were gathering over at the Illusionary Spirit Tower.
Feng Ruoqing was somewhat curious about what was happening over at the Illusionary Spirit Tower. So she stopped a student to ask about it.
Who knew that this inquiry would result in information on Ye Yuan. Furthermore, this news also gave her sufficient shock.
She naturally knew that Ye Yuan had just broken through to the Third Level Essence Qi Realm not long ago. But he actually broke through to the Fourth Level Essence Qi Realm in a few days' time.
If it was just breaking through to the Fourth Level Essence Qi Realm, then forget it. But Ye Yuan actually challenged three rounds consecutively, becoming an Earth Rank student. The shock it gave her was too great.
Who would have expected that Ye Yuan's attainments in Martial Dao were also incredibly impressive.
Back in the medicinal theory class, Ye Yuan left a very profound impression on Feng Ruoqing.
A Yellow Rank student who was not even an Alchemy Apprentice actually had such understanding towards a high-level Tier 2 pill formula. He also knew an obscure refinement technique like the Yin-Yang Separation Flow Technique. Hence, she had the thought of making him an assistant.
Who would have thought that Ye Yuan that fellow would actually hide from her!
Feng Ruoqing who had never known rejection became even more stubborn. She must capture Ye Yuan to become her assistant!
Chapter 48 - I Just Want You
"I'm going crazy! Just what on earth is going on between Teacher Feng and Ye Yuan?!"
"That's right. Their conversation was unclear. I only know that one was running, while the other was chasing."
"Oh God. My Goddess! If Ye Yuan dares to do anything, I will definitely kill him!"
"That's right. We must find out what happened! If Ye Yuan really did something that angers men, even God, then we must eliminate that hateful fellow!"
Only Ye Yuan and Feng Ruoqing knew what their conversation was all about, which drove everyone crazy.
Under this circ.u.mstance, the 'Protect Ruoqing Alliance' was officially established.
There were two primary missions in this alliance. The first was to figure out what happened between Ye Yuan and Feng Ruoqing.
The second was a priority over the first mission. The moment they discovered that Ye Yuan really did something, they will beat Ye Yuan half to death. Then afterward, they will beat him up every time they saw him! That would make him regret what he did for the rest of his life!
Regardless of how powerful Ye Yuan was, he just became an Earth Rank student. One could casually grab a bunch of Earth Rank students who were stronger than Ye Yuan.
Of course, there were some who linked it to the medicinal theory class that day. But Teacher Feng only asked Ye Yuan to be an assistant. It should not have caused such a ruckus, right?
Furthermore, it was a wonderful thing to be Teacher Feng's assistant. How did it turn into a public pursuit?
After understanding the situation, the 'Protect Ruoqing Alliance' filtered out that possibility. They felt something else must have happened between the two of them.
At the same time, multiple speculations about what happened between Feng Ruoqing and Ye Yuan started to spread among the students and even among the teachers in the Dan Wu Academy.
Of course, this was all for later. Currently, all Ye Yuan was thinking about was how to get rid of this pestering Feng Ruoqing as soon as possible.
Ye Yuan could tell at a glance that Feng Ruoqing truly loved alchemy. That was because she was exactly the same as the past him.
Dealing with this sort of people was tough. She would become like a curious baby whenever she encountered something interesting related to Alchemy Dao and would only let it go after she understood it.
Presently, Feng Ruoqing was like that. She was fixated on Ye Yuan because she felt that Ye Yuan could help her refine the Tier 2 Qi Returning Pill, helping her to successfully breakthrough to the high-rank Alchemy Master!
However, Ye Yuan really did not want to waste too much time on this.
On the one hand, Feng Ruoqing might go from bad to worse if Ye Yuan taught her.
On the other hand, it was a little outrageous for a student to teach a teacher, possibly causing some unnecessary trouble.
Ye Yuan walked in front while Feng Ruoqing followed behind, keeping a close eye on Ye Yuan's every move to prevent him from running.
Ye Yuan felt a headache coming on and realized that he could not escape today.
"Teacher Feng? What a coincidence." At this moment, a man dressed in yellow blocked their path, greeting Feng Ruoqing with zeal.
Ye Yuan did not recognize this person, but looking from his
clothing, he should be a teacher in the Dan Wu Academy.
"I have seen Senior Apprentice Brother Song Qian." Feng Ruoqing frowned lightly, but she still returned the greeting.
Ye Yuan sneered secretly by the side. This Song Qian's eyes shone when he saw Feng Ruoqing and never even looked at him. He was clearly one of Feng Ruoqing's fanatical pursuers.
However, this Song Qian was around 25 to 26 years old. He should be considered young and talented among the academy's teachers.
But sadly, judging from her reaction, Feng Ruoqing did not seem to be interested in this fellow.
A woman like this who was infatuated with Alchemy Dao probably could not be subdued by any ordinary man.
Looking at Song Qian's appearance, he seemed to be prepared to enter the pill refinement chamber as well.
Ye Yuan speculated could it be that this Song Qian knew that Feng Ruoqing was coming, so he waited here since long ago?
"Teacher Feng is going to the pill refinement chamber again?" Song Qian asked a pointless question.
"Yes," Feng Ruoqing replied indifferently.
"Teacher Feng is so diligent! But this is the teachers' pill refinement area. Teacher Feng brought this student over for?"
Hearing Song Qian, Ye Yuan rolled his eyes involuntarily. So this guy actually noticed him. Ye Yuan thought that he was air in his eyes.
"Ye Yuan is the assistant I found."
"Assistant?" Only now did Song Qian take a look at Ye Yuan. With a frown, he said, "If I'm not wrong, he isn't even an Alchemy Apprentice. This Song is incapable, but I dare say that I'm capable enough to be Teacher Feng's assistant."
Song Qian could tell at a glance that Ye Yuan was not even an Alchemy Apprentice. That was because alchemists who were ranked would display the badge issued by the Alchemist Association on their c.h.e.s.ts. It was a symbol of one's status as an alchemist!
Song Qian and Feng Ruoqing both displayed a badge on their c.h.e.s.t with two blinding stars on it. This represented the identity of a Tier 2 Alchemist!
The Alchemist Associate also existed in the Divine Realm, but in his previous life, both Zhengyang Zi and Qingyun Zi didn't have this sort of badge. That was because the two of them had never taken part in the Alchemist Association's tests.