Shen Yuan Ring

Time flies by like a white horse galloping past a crack in the wall.

In the blink of an eye, three whole days had passed since Ji Daoyi stepped into the Pill Hall!

Three days is but a blink of an eye for ordinary people, and for cultivators like Ji Daoyi, it is as fleeting as a shooting star streaking across the sky.

The alchemy competition between Ji Daoyi and Ye Fan was like a battle full of ups and downs.

Less than a day after this incident, the news that Ye Fan of the Pill Hall had been defeated by an unknown alchemy prodigy despite having refined eight Qi-Nourishing Pills spread like wildfire throughout the Pill Hall and even resounded like thunder throughout Pill City!

For a time,

On the streets and in the alleys, during leisure time, everyone was talking about this competition.

Ye Fan completely shot himself in the foot. He thought he had victory in his grasp, so he arranged for people to publicize it. He never expected that his defeat would become the talk of the town.

Ji Daoyi even stepped on his face and became famous overnight!

Ji Daoyi's name is now known throughout Dan City. Although most people do not know what Ji Daoyi looks like, it does not prevent them from knowing how he crushed the young geniuses of the Dan Hall.

At this moment, Ji Daoyi, like a dazzling star in the night sky, rose slowly in the Pill Hall, radiating the light of a spark.

Ji Daoyi simply smiled at the rumors and gossip, without becoming complacent. He knew perfectly well that his victory in the competition was largely due to good luck.

If he hadn't had a sudden enlightenment, hadn't been able to decipher the mystery within the word "Dan" in Dan City, and hadn't witnessed the Dan Saint's unreserved demonstration of the alchemy process for second-grade pills like the Peiyuan Pill, it would be a big question mark whether he would still have the face to remain in the Dan Hall.

For the past three days, Cheng Ke'er has been clinging to him like a piece of chewing gum, asking him to share his insights and experiences in alchemy. Ji Daoyi has naturally been open and honest with her.

Although Cheng Ke'er failed to refine nine high-quality pills, her skills still improved. All that remained was to continue practicing diligently day after day.

Ji Daoyi was not idle either. He took this opportunity to continuously refine other second-grade pills, such as the second-grade Rejuvenation Pill and Healing Pill.

Unfortunately, because Dan Chenzi was in seclusion, Ji Daoyi was unable to formally become his disciple.

Ji Daoyi originally thought that such a peaceful life would continue for a long time until Dan Daozi came out of seclusion. Unexpectedly, in just three days, trouble swept over him like an unexpected storm.

The trouble that came was not from anyone else, but from the two disciples that Dan Chenzi had taken in a year ago.

That is, Ji Daoyi's future junior brother!

Before Ji Daoyi could even ask the two men who had suddenly barged into his temporary residence, one of the boys arrogantly asked, "Are you the Ji Daoyi that's been making such a fuss about?"

Ji Daoyi looked at the man and woman who kept sizing him up. The man was not handsome, but he was not ugly either. He was the kind of person you wouldn't recognize if you just threw him on the street.

The woman was pretty, with her long black hair tied in a ponytail. She had a delicate face with shallow dimples on both sides of her cheeks, making her look very cute, like the little sister next door.

The two men scrutinized Ji Daoyi, their eyes filled with doubt, unable to believe that Ji Daoyi was the senior brother their master had spoken of.

Ji Daoyi was uncomfortable with their gazes. Faced with the boy's question, he calmly replied, "If there is no one else in the Pill Hall with the name Ji Daoyi, then it is me!"

"Who are you, and why are you barging into my residence!"

The boy didn't answer Ji Daoyi's question. Instead, he questioned Ji Daoyi himself, "What makes you say you are Master's first disciple? Words are meaningless, and it's such a coincidence that Master went into seclusion and you arrived right after!"

The girl, who hadn't spoken until now, finally spoke up: "Tell us the truth, who sent you, and what is your purpose in coming to our Pill Hall! Otherwise, don't blame us for being impolite. When Master comes out of seclusion, you won't even have a chance to speak."

After hearing their questions, Ji Daoyi finally confirmed the identities of the two people in front of him. They were his junior brother and junior sister whom he had never met before.

Ji Daoyi didn't give them a friendly look just because they were his junior brothers and sisters. After all, he was the head disciple and the eldest disciple. Moreover, their attitude towards him was nothing like the attitude towards their senior brother. They were clearly there to question and interrogate a prisoner!

"Why should I prove anything? I am who I am! Everything will be clear once Master comes out of seclusion. As for you, you have no right to question me." Ji Daoyi had no intention of proving anything.

Even his grandmaster Dan Daozi didn't say he was an imposter, let alone his junior brothers and sisters who were a generation below him.

Without a doubt, the two of them came to give him a hard time. If they weren't tough enough today, how would they establish their authority later?

"Didn't Master tell you about my existence when he accepted you two as disciples?"

Before the two could launch another verbal attack, Ji Daoyi directly asked a chilling question, turning the tables and taking the initiative.

Ji Daoyi learned about his master through Cheng Ke'er early on.

Dan Chenzi is the youngest Dan Emperor in the Dan Palace, and also one of the candidates for the next Dan Palace Master.

Ten years ago, when he broke through to the Pill Emperor realm, the Pill Palace asked him to recruit several disciples as his personal instructors, but Dan Chenzi made various excuses to avoid it.

Just a year ago, Dan Chenzi suddenly announced that he would take two disciples as his personal instructors.

At that time, all the young alchemists in the Central Plains longed for it, and it took several days for two geniuses to finally secure the spot.

Since his master accepted two disciples a year ago, and the time was exactly one month after he became a disciple, it means that his master must have known about his existence.

Ji Daoyi didn't believe that Dan Chenzi hadn't informed the later disciples about his eldest disciple, which is why he asked that question.

As expected, the boy and girl paused noticeably when they heard Ji Daoyi's question, unsure how to answer.

The boy approached the girl and whispered, "Senior Sister Liu, what should we do! Master seemed to have told us that we have another senior brother, but he never said who it was."

"Should we continue? He seems so calm and collected; he doesn't seem to be lying. What if he really is the eldest disciple? What if Master blames us...?"

"Shaojie, even if he is our senior brother, that would only be after our master acknowledges him. Besides, his cultivation and alchemy skills are not as good as ours right now. I would never acknowledge someone weaker than me as my senior brother!"

"Besides, this is a matter between disciples, so what reason does Master have to blame us!"