Wandering Gods of Day and Night

Chapter 1384 - 516: Delivering the Elixir (4)

"Thank you, thank you.""For what? Without you, our family would have been ruined long ago. If anyone should be thanking, it’s me."

Boss Qiao also left with a smile on his face.

This made the Eternal Life Sect Leader quite envious—though he had interacted with many people in the past, everyone either feared him or pretended to curry favor; he had never seen such a sincere smile.

After Boss Qiao left,

Yun Ziliang asked, "Xuanzi, doesn’t the house already have a gramophone? Why are you getting another one?"

"The old one was disposed of; this new gramophone has an unparalleled sound quality."

Zhou Xuan said.

"Really?"

"Don’t believe me? I’ll play a couple of tracks for you."

Zhou Xuan immediately fiddled with the gramophone, shoveling coal into the box, and the fifth senior brother helped out.

Zhao Wuya picked up some dishes in his bowl, squatted in an Asian manner while eating, and watched the festivity.

Sister Cui and Hua Zi also watched from the side.

Yun Ziliang and Li Changxun went to pick out vinyl records, and the atmosphere was extremely warm and relaxed,

"It’s playing, it’s playing."

As Zhou Xuan ignited the coal, the gears of the steam machine began to turn slowly, and the enchanting music wafted into every corner of the room.

Yun Ziliang was mesmerized, patting Zhou Xuan, and said, "This gramophone sounds wonderful."

"Good, isn’t it? You have to trust my taste." Zhou Xuan reached over and patted Yun Ziliang on the shoulder.

While he was fiddling with the new machine, his hands got covered in coal dust, making Yun Ziliang’s robe quite dirty.

Everyone saw it and burst out laughing.

At that moment, the room was warm like a furnace.

Yet the Eternal Life Sect Leader felt like someone whose hands and feet were numbed by cold, warming himself by the furnace.

Zhao Wuya turned back to glance at the slightly out-of-place Eternal Life Sect Leader and asked with a smile, "Sect Leader, why are you standing there dazed?"

"What else should I do?" the Eternal Life Sect Leader asked.

"Sing a Fengliu Opera! This machine is dual-purpose for playing and recording, you can sing a few lines and have it recorded. Come on, sing a few lines."

Zhao Wuya, being quite the extrovert, pulled the Eternal Life Sect Leader over to record some opera songs without further ado...

...

That night, everyone had loads of fun with the new gramophone,

but no matter how joyful a gathering, it must eventually disperse,

Come late into the night, everyone went home.

Sister Cui went back to the shop, Zhao Wuya and the fifth senior brother went to the Old Painting Pavilion to play chess, and Zhou Xuan went upstairs,

while the Eternal Life Sect Leader returned to the Heavenly Dome.

The elixir in the East City Ancient Hall was still being refined, but with the Tiancan Monk watching over it, there was no need to worry too much about people from the Zoroastrianism interfering.

"Old Can was hired with elixirs, he should keep guarding the pill more."

The Eternal Life Sect Leader had more pressing matters, which was to return to the Heavenly Dome to "submit the elixirs."

He arrived at the Changsheng Palace, where Qing Yangyu was sulking, stomping the elixir medicine gourd to pieces.

"Recently the elixirs have been getting worse and worse. Little Changsheng, you’re just in time, I’ve heard that Master Zhou crafted a batch of 644 pills in one furnace."

"Palace Master, I’m here to submit elixirs to you."

The Eternal Life Sect Leader opened the package and handed over those golden pills to Qing Yangyu.

When Qing Yangyu saw the pills, he immediately laughed and said, "Hahaha, Master Zhou truly lives up to being a Pill Master anointed by Bai Yujing; his work is extraordinary."

"Master Zhou’s elixirs, minus the losses, are all here." The Eternal Life Sect Leader said with a smile.

The elixir losses included wasted pills, rent costs, and benefits for the Heavenly Vault Envoy.

As long as the losses weren’t too outrageous and those elixirs didn’t circulate in the human world, the Heavenly Dome turned a blind eye to it.

Qing Yangyu immediately grabbed a few elixirs and put them in his mouth, chewing and swallowing them.

At that moment, he saw it—saw the Changsheng Palace filled with strange flowers, and countless adorable people appeared in the palace, turning the Changsheng Palace into paradise.

He was crazily delighted,

and this joy lasted for a full two hours.

When the effects of the elixir subsided, he was highly satisfied: "Ordinary elixirs last less than a quarter of an hour, but Master Zhou’s elixirs have excellent potency, truly excellent."

The Eternal Life Sect Leader knew Qing Yangyu well—even though there were professional "Dan Supervisors" in the Heavenly Dome to grade elixirs, Qing Yangyu’s long-term use of elixirs made him a skilled connoisseur, and his judgment of elixir grades was never wrong.

He then asked, "Palace Master, do you think Master Zhou’s elixirs deserve an upgrade?"

"Of course, they should be upgraded."

"Upgraded to what grade?" the Eternal Life Sect Leader asked.

"They’ve reached the Ninth Grade."

"Ah!?" The Eternal Life Sect Leader thought Zhou Xuan’s elixirs could definitely reach the Tenth Grade, but he didn’t expect them to be elevated to the Ninth Grade?

Qing Yangyu said, "It’s just a pity that if the potency of the Joyful Longevity Pill were just a bit stronger, it could have reached the Eighth Grade."

Only then did the Eternal Life Sect Leader realize something—Zhou Xuan’s ability to transform medicine could silently dissolve two nearly Eighth Grade elixirs, which meant his ability far surpassed his own.

The first time he acted as a living medicine furnace, he transformed two Eighth Grade elixirs, yet he was nearly driven mad.

This means, his transformation of two Eighth Grade elixirs was already his past limit, although his medicine transformation capabilities later grew stronger, there was a limit to his power too.

"The limits of my initial elixir transformation are so easily achieved by Master Zhou. Based on Master Zhou’s performance, he might be the most powerful living pill furnace in the entire Heavenly Dome."

These were thoughts the Eternal Life Sect Leader kept to himself and did not voice.

Seeing the Eternal Life Sect Leader dazed, Qing Yangyu asked, "Little Changsheng, what are you thinking about?"

"Oh, I was thinking that Master Zhou’s future is limitless."

The Eternal Life Sect Leader did not reveal Zhou Xuan’s pill transforming ability, fearing it would attract interest from the Heavenly Dome, so he didn’t speak the truth.

" It’s remarkable that someone like me would start considering others?"

Immediately, the Eternal Life Sect Leader found himself hesitant, realizing he seemed to have changed—becoming a bit more compassionate.

"Little Changsheng, you did well this time, here’s your reward." Qing Yangyu immediately gave three elixirs to the Eternal Life Sect Leader and said, "Eat the elixirs and join me in enjoying the wonders of the Changsheng Palace."

The Eternal Life Sect Leader looked at the elixirs in his hand and hesitated, involuntarily thinking—if Master Zhou were my direct superior, he certainly wouldn’t force me to take elixirs; he’s the kind of person who cares for even the alchemy workers.

But facing him wasn’t Zhou Xuan, but the eccentric Qing Yangyu, and helplessly, he had to swallow the elixirs, then went wild...

...

It was already late at night on East Market Street, Zhou Xuan stood by the window and had the Brain from the Blood Well and Miss Qiang amplify his Perception to its fullest, manifesting the "Day and Night Wandering God."

He directed the Sun Soul and Night Soul to leave the body and patrol the entire East Market Street.

After a quarter of an hour, the Sun Soul and Night Soul returned, but they hadn’t found any useful information.

"Where exactly is the Dragon Seeking Heavenly Master hiding on East Market Street? Why can’t even my Day and Night Dual Souls find him?"

Zhou Xuan pondered deeply...