Nonsense! How could my adopted son be a villain?

This was obviously a lie to Chai Feng; Xu Lingguang had realized he liked boys a long time ago.

It must have been back in college. While his roommates were discussing which girl in their class was prettier and who was more deserving of the title of class beauty, he found himself completely uninterested in girls. Instead, he would occasionally have vague dreams about a certain male classmate.

After that, he secretly searched online and discovered that he might be gay.

Later, he also had a crush on a guy in the same department. He vaguely heard that the guy seemed to have come out as gay, but he was too timid to have any further contact with him, let alone confess his feelings. Over time, the feelings faded away.

After graduation, I was busy making a living every day, either working overtime or on my way to work overtime, and I no longer had the mind to date.

Now, having been unlucky enough to transmigrate here, I feel there's even less chance of finding a partner, so it's not really deceiving Chai Feng.

He just didn't want to be a security guard in other people's love lives!

Upon hearing this, Chai Feng's expression indeed became much friendlier: "Ali is young and his temperament is unpredictable. It's fortunate that you can tolerate him."

Xu Lingguang said, "He's a good person. Friends should be tolerant of each other."

A smile appeared in Chai Feng's eyes as he said, "He is indeed very likable."

Xu Lingguang found his words tedious and quickly changed the subject after explaining, focusing on refining pills.

He doesn't want to eat dog food, hmph.

Over the next two days, Dongyang Li and the others took turns searching for alchemy materials, with Chai Feng helping to process them. Xu Lingguang didn't need to worry about anything else and could just focus on alchemy.

Xu Lingguang was highly efficient; apart from the first two batches, all the others produced top-grade pills, leaving everyone else stunned.

Perhaps it's a habit I developed from being a corporate slave in the past, where I always strive to do everything flawlessly. This has led me to now practice alchemy until I'm proficient enough to produce top-grade pills before I stop.

Xu Lingguang had refined many pills and now considered top-grade full-level pills to be commonplace, since the pills he refined were not of high grade.

Little did they know that Dongyang Li was staring wide-eyed, and even Chai Feng's expression gradually became serious.

Dongyang Li held a pile of pill bottles in his arms and counted them one by one: "One, two... eight, nine. Superior grade, superior grade... superior grade."

He looked at Chai Feng and murmured, "They're all top-grade."

Although they were all low-grade pills of the first and second rank, it was unheard of for a pill refiner to be able to produce high-grade pills in every batch.

The alchemists he knew, let alone refining so many high-grade pills, would consider a 60% success rate in producing pills from the materials they provided to be very high. Many cultivators would line up and compete to have an alchemist refine their pills.

However, almost none of the materials they found in the past two days were wasted when they reached Xu Lingguang's hands.

That's an incredibly high drop rate for pills.

Dongyang Li looked at Xu Lingguang, who was engrossed in alchemy, with shining eyes, and his expression gradually became firm: "This is a treasure, I have to claim it first."

He was already calculating: "This way, I won't have to beg and plead with people to make pills for me anymore."

After Xu Lingguang finished refining a batch of pills, he saw Dongyang Li looking at him with shining eyes.

Good heavens, those eyes are brighter than searchlights.

Xu Lingguang: ?

He subtly shifted back, asking warily, "What's wrong?"

Dongyang Li suddenly grabbed his hands: "Brother Guan, have you ever thought about joining a sect?" Before Xu Lingguang could answer, he eagerly promoted the Nine Revolutions Manor: "It's inevitable to be lonely when fighting alone. Brother Guan, you are participating in the competition on behalf of the Fire Vein disciples of our sect. Why not take this opportunity to join the Nine Revolutions Manor?"

"Although Nine Revolutions Manor is not one of the most powerful sects, it still has some influence in the Shangyang Continent. With Brother Guan's talent, you will definitely receive good treatment if you join Nine Revolutions Manor. As the only alchemist among them, we can give you all kinds of resources first!"

Xu Lingguang: ?

He tried to pull his hand back, his lips twitching as he politely declined, "No, I'm used to being alone."

He couldn't understand why Dongyang Li would suddenly suggest that he join the Nine Revolutions Manor. However, given his current situation, it was absolutely impossible for him to join any sect.

Even now, he's still using the shapeshifting pill to conceal his identity.

If I join a sect, I'll definitely have to show my true face. If I get recognized, I don't know how much trouble that will cause.

It's better to stay in the Ailao Mountains where it's safe and comfortable.

Although he wasn't very confident in persuading Xu Lingguang to join the Nine Turns Manor, Dongyang Li was still very disappointed when he was rejected as expected. He sighed softly and looked at Xu Lingguang earnestly, saying, "Brother Guan, if you become rich and powerful, don't forget me."

Xu Lingguang was puzzled and looked at Chai Feng: "What's wrong with him?"

Chai Feng raised an eyebrow slightly and said in a nonchalant tone, "Don't worry about him, he'll be fine in a bit."

Dongyang Li looked up and glared at him fiercely, then put his arm around Xu Lingguang's shoulder and said, "This man looked down on us back then. If he asks you to refine pills in the future, don't pay any attention to him."

Xu Lingguang: "..."

He kept quiet and did not participate in the elementary school students' argument.

The group stayed in the same spot for two days. After two more disciples from Nine Turns Manor arrived to join them, no one else came looking for them. It was unclear whether they had been eliminated or were elsewhere and unable to make it.

Xu Lingguang distributed the pills he had refined to everyone. In addition to some healing pills and qi-replenishing pills, he also refined a lot of blood mist pills.

Upon receiving the Blood Mist Pill, Dongyang Li was so excited he wanted to hug and kiss Xu Lingguang. His eyes sparkled like a puppy's as he looked at Xu Lingguang: "What other pills can you refine? Do you have any pills that can turn people mute?"

Xu Lingguang was speechless: "What do you need this for?"

Dongyang Li said confidently, "I'm going to poison Chai Feng so he can't speak properly; his mouth is just too annoying."

Xu Lingguang remained expressionless.

Oh, so it's just another little trick between young lovers.

After everything was ready, Chai Feng came to inform us shortly afterward: "The teleportation array is probably about to be activated."

Xu Lingguang followed his gaze to the sky and saw the barrier above his head shimmering with light.

Just as he was about to say something, he saw Chai Feng and Dongyang Li disappear one after another in the distance. Then, he saw a flash before his eyes, and when he came to his senses, he found himself in another place.

Not far away, four cultivators were facing off. Upon seeing Xu Lingguang appear, the four of them suddenly changed their expressions and surrounded him in a flanking formation.

The teleportation was so sudden that Xu Lingguang was still dizzy. As he rubbed his temples, he saw four cultivators approaching menacingly.

He immediately took a step back, looking warily at the approaching cultivators: "Don't come any closer."

If we go any further, he'll make his move.