Primordial Cultivator

Yang Wei swallowed his saliva nervously on the pill that Elder Jing was holding.

Yang Wei had to cover his nose briefly to avoid smelling the disgusting aroma emitting from the pill as he felt nauseous.

Lian Xinyue was no different as she hurriedly retreated away from Elder Jing as she couldn't handle it anymore.

Meanwhile, Elder Jing held a nonchalant expression, almost like she smelled nothing from the pill in her hand.

"E-Elder Jing, when did you create this kind of pill and why?" Yang Wei asked slowly.

Elder Jing smiled briefly as she stayed silent, keeping Yang Wei in suspense. There was no way she would tell Yang Wei that she created this pill specifically for him if he ever annoyed her.

Yang Wei could only smile bitterly as he continued to place the herb in order. 

'I will not swallow that purplish-looking pill. Who knows what effect it has? Yang Wei exclaimed inwardly.

Once he finished placing the herbs in order, Yang Wei took a deep breath before approaching closer to the cauldron.

"Remember, you only have three attempts so if you failed then this lovely pill would be in great use." Elder Jing reminded gently.

Yang Wei twitched his mouth slightly on her kind reminder. Yang Wei predicted that Elder Jing was most likely trying to affect his mentality and cause him to fail right away.

Not willing to disappoint Elder Jing and mainly himself on his first attempt in alchemy, Yang Wei closed his eyes to calm his emotion down.

Afterward, Yang Wei reopened his eyes and started to use his true qi to form a flame as it gushed into the bottom of the cauldron.

The fiery flame created by Yang Wei was inferior when compared to Elder Jing's flame that was full of life and held an aggressive form.

Elder Jing nodded slowly and said, "It's passable with this flame to concoct the Qi Rejuvenation but you must have sufficient true qi to control the temperature of the flame otherwise, the herbs are going to burn up before you're even able to extract the impurities away."

Yang Wei couldn't reply to Elder Jing as he was paying full attention to the flame that was heating up the cauldron. When the cauldron reached the desired temperature, Yang Wei grabbed the first herb and threw it inside the cauldron to start burning the herb and extract the impurities little by little.

Meanwhile, Lian Xinyue held a disbelieving expression and wondered if Yang Wei was lying to them. His skills and timing weren't amateur moves as they required a lot of practice to manage what Yang Wei just did.

"E-Elder Jing, are you sure this is Yang Wei's first time in concocting a pill?" Lian Xinyue asked Elder Jing in a low tone.

Elder Jing glanced at her and chuckled softly at her curiosity. "Indeed, it's Yang Wei's first time concocting a pill. After all, when I first met him, he had no idea about alchemy or the herbs in general at all yet he had the audacity to accept my mission."

Elder Jing started reminiscing about their first interaction where she blamed her failure on Yang Wei for knocking on the door when it was clearly her fault. 

However, she couldn't help but laugh when Yang Wei bowed down to apologize to her. 

Normally, a disciple who got accused by a sect elder would try their best to argue that it wasn't their fault or use their background to get away. Yang Wei was different though as he admitted his mistake when it wasn't.

She thought he was just another bootlicker or one without any backbone that would just accept any accusation so she wasn't interested in him until she heard some news.

News that Yang Wei dared to skip the line in the Treasure Hall and made a notorious sect elder become a humble person as he uses her name. 

It was because of that incident that Elder Jing knew he would definitely become prominent sometime. All he needed was an opportunity and time so she decided to bring him along to this mysterious realm since she had no suitable candidate either.

'Ai~ who would have thought that my decision in bringing him along would have this kind of outcome?' Elder Jing laughed inwardly as she glanced at Yang Wei who was already close to finishing extracting the impurities from the mild herb.

"Um- Elder Jing, you haven't told me how Yang Wei was able to study the herbs in such a short amount of time." Lian Xinyue asked again when she saw Elder Jing become distracted.

Lian Xinyue was confused about the change in her behavior and pondered the relationship between them as it doesn't seem like a normal elder-disciple relationship. 

Elder Jing's concern and caringness for Yang Wei were overboard, almost like he was her husband.

Elder Jing snapped out of her daze from reminiscing and cleared her throat. 

"Yang Wei was a dedicated cultivator as he studied my herb encyclopedia and managed to comprehend at least one-thrid in one night." Elder Jing said slowly but recalling his good memory, she suspected that Yang Wei had comprehended more than just a third of the herb encyclopedia.

Meanwhile, Lian Xinyue was dumbfounded when she learned about Yang Wei memorizing one-third of the herb in a single night.

'Just what kind of freak is he to comprehend all the different herbs that have different effects and appearance that are very similar to each other.' Lian Xinyue said inwardly as she stared at Yang Wei who was beginning to extract the impurities on the toxin herb.

Elder Jing smirked when she saw Lian Xinyue's expression. "I know it doesn't seem like it's possible considering his low cultivation but I tested him before to make sure he wasn't boasting. Besides, this kid is terrible at lying that you can tell in one glance."

Lian Xinyue nodded slowly at Elder Jing's comment on Yang Wei. "It seems like I've underestimated him and his outer disciple status is deceiving."