Chaos Spirit Field

Grandmaster Li looked at the young man in front of him with great admiration in his heart. He slowly said, "Zhao Shanhe, your talent in alchemy is truly extraordinary. I would like to take you as my disciple today. I wonder if you are willing?"

Zhao Shanhe frowned slightly, and after a moment's silence, he replied, "I appreciate your kindness, Senior, but it is difficult for me to obey your orders."

Grandmaster Li had never expected that his first attempt to accept a disciple would be met with such a cold reception. Anger welled up in his heart, but he suppressed his anger and asked, "I am Li Changsheng, the Second Elder of the Dan League. Am I not worthy of being your master?"

Zhao Shanhe lowered his head in thought for a moment, then raised his head and replied, "Senior, please calm down. I mean no disrespect to you. However, if I become your disciple, does that mean I need to leave my current sect?"

Grandmaster Li sneered and said arrogantly, "Humph! Is the Alchemy Alliance not as good as that insignificant Qingniu Sect?"

Zhao Shanhe quickly explained, "Senior, you are absolutely right. The Alchemy Alliance is a hundred times stronger than the Green Ox Sect, but I have my own reasons."

Grandmaster Li asked in confusion, "Tell me what your difficulties are, and I will help you solve them."

"Senior, my wife-to-be is the granddaughter of the leader of the Qingniu Sect. The leader is training me as his successor. If I join the Alchemy League, I will lose my beloved wife. I hope you can understand." If Tan Tai Mieming heard this, he would definitely deny it. It was totally untrue and it was just an excuse Zhao Shanhe made up to not want to join the Alchemy League.

Grandmaster Li hadn't expected this. His anger had mostly subsided, and his resolve to accept a disciple had only intensified. He just didn't know how to approach the matter. Zhao Shanhe suddenly had an idea and said, "Senior, I have a way to have the best of both worlds. You're accepting me as a disciple because you want me to inherit your legacy, but I don't necessarily need to become your disciple. I can simply become your godfather."

Grandmaster Li was stunned when he heard this. He had never expected Zhao Shanhe to make such a strange request. He asked with a puzzled look on his face, "Is this appropriate?"

Zhao Shanhe replied sincerely, "Senior, think about it. If I accept you as my disciple, I'll have to sever all ties with my original sect. But my wife is the granddaughter of the Qingniu Sect's leader. Wouldn't that mean I'd be separated from her? I doubt you'd want to separate us and have me branded as heartless and disloyal."

Grandmaster Li didn't want to give up on his disciple Zhao Shanhe. He thought for a moment and said, "I'll accept you as a registered disciple, and you won't have to leave the sect."

Zhao Shanhe bowed his head and said, "Disciple Zhao Shanhe greets his adoptive father,...Master."

Grandmaster Li waved his hand and said, "Forget it, just call me foster father, so that those people from the Dan League won't make a fuss about it."

Zhao Shanhe said, "Foster father, my master is not as dear as my father. This is my welcome gift to you. Please don't despise it."

Grandmaster Li accepted the bottle Zhao Shanhe offered him with both hands, opened it, and sniffed it. He discovered it was wine. He took a sip, his eyes brightening as he couldn't help but praise, "Excellent wine, excellent technique. This alchemy book is for you. Don't waste your talent for alchemy."

Zhao Shanhe took the alchemy letter with both hands and said respectfully, "I will definitely not let my adoptive father down."

After all, no matter how good a teacher is, he can't compare to the Chaos Spirit Field. Grandmaster Li said with a look of regret: "Shanhe, you don't know how many opportunities you are giving up if you don't join the Alchemy Alliance."

"Godfather, I believe it is better to rely on myself than on others. I am willing to create a future through my own efforts."

Grandmaster Li felt very relieved after hearing this, and his love for Zhao Shanhe increased a little bit. Little did he know that Zhao Shanhe was afraid of exposing his secrets because there were too many bigwigs in the Dan League.

As the saying goes, all good things must come to an end. Grandmaster Li and Zhao Hao have both left, and everyone has their own lives. Zhao Shanhe also plans to return to the sect. He originally planned to recruit Qian Tangjiang as a bodyguard, but Tan Tai Mieming came looking for him.

Zhao Shanhe said reluctantly, "Sister Qian, I have to go now. If you miss me, come to Qingniu Sect and visit me."

Qian Duoduo hugged Zhao Shanhe and kissed him in front of Tan Tai Mieming. She said, "Brother Shanhe, the moon is above the treetops, and we'll meet after dusk."

Zhao Shanhe looked at Tan Tai Mieming's face which was as black as the bottom of a pot, and felt overwhelmed. He knew that he had been fooled by Qian Duoduo.

On the way back, on Xiao Hei's back, Tan Tai Mieming was silent with a stern face. Zhao Shanhe hurriedly explained, "Grandpa, there's nothing wrong between me and Qian Duoduo."

Tan Tai Mieming replied, "You can't explain it to me, so think about how to explain it to Mingyue when you get back."

Zhao Shanhe said calmly, "Grandpa, the innocent are innocent. Mingyue is very sensible."

"You mean to say I'm unreasonable."

"Grandpa, you said this yourself. I don't know what you were thinking. You sent that crazy Third Elder to Daliang to chop down anyone you met. If it weren't for my decent skills, Mingyue would have been a widow before she even got married. I feel like the Third Elder is a spy sent by another sect. You should investigate her thoroughly."

Tantai Mieming asked doubtfully, "Zhao Shanhe, how did you know that? Do you have any evidence?"

"Grandpa, she has a lover hiding in the dark outside the capital of Daliang Kingdom. He should be in the Nascent Soul stage. Luckily, I was smart and used the Shit Escape Technique to escape."

Tantai Mieming knocked Zhao Shanhe on the head and said, "You little bastard, what nonsense are you talking about? The man outside Daliang City is me."

Zhao Shanhe teased, "Grandpa, so you're the Third Elder's mistress."

Tantai Mieming knocked Zhao Shanhe on the head again and said, "What nonsense! I was afraid you were in danger, so I went with you out of kindness. I didn't expect you to throw feces at me. You must compensate me. Don't expect me to forgive you for missing 300 kilograms of Wuliangye. Give me 10 or 8 kilograms first. My wine gourd is empty."

"Grandpa, didn't I leave you several hundred kilograms? You drank it all in just a few days."

"You could leave it to anyone else, but that unfilial son Tantai Fengdu has taken it all."

Zhao Shanhe said helplessly, "Grandpa, don't even mention 300 kilograms. Give it all to my adoptive father."

Tantai Mieming asked doubtfully, "Fengdu hasn't come out of the sect yet, and I haven't heard that the three guardians of the East Continent Alliance have come to the Black Water Market. Where did you get your adoptive father?"

"I just met him. His name is Li Changsheng. Have you heard of him?"

"Sounds familiar. Which sect are you from? Your habit of recognizing relatives hasn't changed at all. What's the origin of that Li Changsheng?"

"He's just the second elder of the Dan League, not even a leader."

Tan Tai Mieming's voice rose an octave as he said in surprise, "Li Changsheng, the Second Elder of the Alchemy Alliance, you're trying to scare me."

"Grandpa, Li Changsheng originally wanted to take me in as his disciple, but I couldn't bear to leave the Qingniu Sect and was rejected, so I settled for the next best thing and accepted him as my adoptive father."

Tan Tai Mieming couldn't help but knock on Zhao Shanhe's head and said, "Are you stupid? The Dan League is not stronger than the Qingniu Sect, and my adoptive father is not my biological father. How can we have a close master-disciple relationship?"

"Grandpa, don't I miss Mingyue?"

"Joining the Dan League doesn't prevent you from marrying Mingyue."

"Grandpa, you didn't tell me earlier. I thought you were going to pass the position of headmaster to me."