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After receiving precious spiritual grass from the secret realm and becoming a direct disciple of Gold Sword Zen Ren, he left Jin Qiao Peak Cave Mansion and moved into Han Ling Shu’s Jin Xiu Peak Cave House until he achieved the Foundation Establishment stage. After that, he moved back to the Golden Sword Peak Cave Mansion.
Adding it up, he’s been away from Jin Qiao Peak for about forty years. Time really flies by like a flash.
The disciples on Jin Qiao Peak now were more than when he was their age, mostly being at the Qi Refining middle stage.
Arriving at the entrance of the cave mansion, Chen Xue Zhong quickly came out to greet him. Later, he undertook the task of picking up disciples from the top of Jin Xiu Peak himself.
There was still one hour left before the start of the lesson, Lin Yi received a Sound Transmission Talisman from the lecture hall, indicating that the number of disciples who had registered for this course was four.
Upon hearing the number of participants in the course, he couldn’t help but show a hint of surprise. There were four people, and he had initially thought that even one or two would be quite good.
Eight hundred merits per person, so for these four people, that would be three thousand two hundred merits in total. The speed of gaining merit this way was fast.
Seeing this, Chen Xue Zhong, standing to one side, couldn’t help but ask, “Elder Uncle Lin, are the people coming for class here? I’ll go to the mountaintop to guide them.”
Lin Yi nodded slightly, “This time, there were four persons who bought a lecture course. Xue Zhong, I’m sorry to have you go.”
“Uncle Master, you’re too polite. I’ll be on my way.” Chen Xue Zhong bowed with his fist and left quickly, heading to the ferry station at the top of Jin Qiao Peak.
About half an hour later, Chen Xue Zhong arrived with the four disciples. Seeing Lin Yi, all four of them bowed and said, “Greeting, Elder Uncle Lin.”
Lin Yi nodded gently, amongst them, two were familiar faces from the last course, which was normal.
What surprised him was that the two unfamiliar disciples actually had the boldness to pay eight hundred merits to participate in this course.
Lin Yi just greeted them simply, then started explaining the course. He didn’t use attractive words such as the course being worth what they paid for. There was no such necessity.
In the next twenty-four hours, he began with the experience and techniques of planting spiritual grass. In the middle, he also explained the knowledge of identifying spiritual grass and herb properties, as well as the use and cultivation of farming practices. It was a very comprehensive lesson.
At about the last four hours, he took out a top-grade Alchemy Spiritual Furnace. It was a gift from his Second Senior Sister, Qi Jing Yu, after being accepted as a direct disciple by Master Golden Sword.
However, the pill furnace he used for alchemy was a Supreme-grade Artifact Alchemy Furnace gifted by Pill Immortal Master. As for this top-grade spiritual furnace, most of the time, it was used to deceive other people, or to stew meat.
The five Qi refining disciples at the side, seeing the extraordinary Alchemy Furnace, all showed a touch of excitement. It was clear that it was a spiritual artifact.
Most of the Qi refining disciples had only ever seen magic artifacts. They could generally only observe the spiritual artifact alchemy furnace from afar, unlike now where they could see it up close.
After taking out the Alchemy Furnace, Lin Yi lightly patted it and spoke to the five disciples, “The last item of this course is to explain the basics of alchemy to you.”
“What you see in front of you is a Top-grade Alchemy Spiritual Furnace. I will use it to refine Gathering Qi Pills, the lowest-grade elementary elixir. During the process, I will explain some basic knowledge to you.”
“Thank you, Uncle Lin.” The five disciples responded, somewhat excited. Alchemy to them was like a lofty existence, most of the free lectures in the sect didn’t even cover it.
As for the paid alchemy lectures in the Lecture Hall, there was a multitude of participants, and they could only watch from afar. Only these four hours of alchemy explanation were enough to compensate for most of their merits.
While Lin Yi was refining the Gathering Qi Pill, he also explained the whole process of alchemy. The alchemy technique he used was the most common standard technique.
After a while, a bottle of supreme-grade Gathering Qi Pill was freshly out of the furnace, the aroma it emitted shocked the Qi refining disciples.
In the remaining time, he brought out another set of Gathering Qi Pill materials. While controlling the pill furnace himself, he let the disciples try their hand at the refining stage, which was relatively lower in difficulty during the alchemy process.
However, this was the disciples’ first hands-on attempt at alchemy. They were clumsy: they struggled with controlling the alchemical fire and fumbled while moving the Spirit Grass. If it weren’t for his careful supervision, the furnace would have exploded in their very first attempt.
After taking turns trying for a while, the disciples’ faces were flushed with excitement. Their desire to learn alchemy was doubled.
The reason they opted to study farming was not just due to its simplicity compared to other skills, but they also hoped to lay a foundation for learning alchemy through planting Spirit Grass.
Yet, they had grown plants for a period now, only to discover that Alchemy was not so easy to learn as they had initially thought.
Even to become an apprentice in Pill Hall, a disciple needs to be at the Late Stage of Qi Refining and possess certain alchemical talent. Some even had to curry favors/foster relationships with individuals in certain peaks.
When the four hours mark was reached, Lin Yi announced the end of this lesson, and a pop-up appeared in front of him.
“Congratulations to the host for successfully mentoring a day’s lesson and formally accepting five students. The reward for perception in this course has been distributed (only serious learners can acquire perceptions). Praise will be bestowed the next time students cultivate.”
The moment the pop-up box appeared, Lin Yi used the Eye of Emptiness. He saw five rays of spiritual light emerging from himself and then flew into the minds of the five students.
Simultaneously, a green karmic thread appeared, connecting him to his students.
Green, symbolizing the rhythm of growth – a tree’s decade-long growth, a man’s century-long growth. Am I now a gardener shaping these trees? Or perhaps it symbolizes that students are leeks, which can be continuously harvested for their woolly feathers.
At this moment, the five students who had been thanking Lin Yi suddenly felt a faint cool sensation in their minds. They didn’t think much of it and continued thanking Lin Yi, “Elder Uncle Lin Yi, thank you for your patient guidance. You have worked hard.”
Lin Yi nodded slightly, “You too have studied very diligently. I hope that, after going back, you will properly comprehend the content of my lecture. Xue Zhong, please escort them to the top of the Jin Qiao Peak later, I will take my leave now.”
He drew forth his sword and directly left Jin Qiao Peak. Since it was verified that establishing a teacher-student relationship required a day’s teaching, his subsequent lessons would only last for four hours.
After the course ended, the five disciples began to digest and understand what Lin Yi had explained to them. They found that they seemed to have achieved a deeper understanding of the content.
For the content that they found difficult during the lecture, they now gradually comprehended.
Of course, only minor breakthroughs were achieved for the complex and difficult content of Alchemy, but they still managed to have some comprehension, which was a huge improvement over their previous attempts. It seemed they had a slight breakthrough.
Perhaps Elder Uncle Lin’s explanation was too meticulous, easy to comprehend, and that helped them gradually grasp those things.
Next, whenever Lin Yi launched a course, they were the first to sign up. Gradually, after several four hours long lessons –
They discovered that attending Elder Uncle Lin’s classes seemed like it could enlighten them. Even their formerly blockheaded minds felt somewhat brightened.
These people did not selfishly keep this to themselves but recounted this to their friends. As disciples of Elder Uncle Lin, they also hoped that more and more people would sign up for the course.
Their friends, although skeptical, attended one or two lessons. They were left somewhat incredulous as the lessons did indeed seem effective, as if they too had a slight breakthrough.
In this way, the fact that attending Lin Yi’s classes could bring about enlightenment gradually spread within several small circles. Of course, some cheats also joined with the intention of not having to labour but still gaining the benefits.
When they discovered that they weren’t getting any results, they became furious and discredited others as having been manipulated, dissuading some undecided people from signing up for Lin Yi’s classes.
Several months passed. As the rosy light of Dan God’s Secret Realm appeared within the Blood Demonic Sect’s scope, it was the first time it had opened within the Blood Demonic Sect’s scope in two hundred years. This filled the entire Blood Demonic Sect with joy but also deep unease.
This was mainly because the disciples of two out of the three major sects of Evil Demons, the Xuan Yin Sect, and the Sky Demon Sect, all perished within the Secret Realm of Dan God. This time, it would quite possibly be the Blood Demonic Sect’s turn.