Chapter Thirty-Two: Exploding Dan

  "That's enough, Tianqi! Scram back home and stop showing off here. Don't blame me for being impolite!"

  A cold voice came, and a figure in blue robes squeezed out of the crowd. He furrowed his brow and scolded the thin young man angrily.

  The young man shrank his neck, lowered his head and glanced at the blue-robed person in front of him, stammering: "Zhen Shixiong, I'm not also trying to attract everyone's attention, selling it to Shixiong and sisters, exchanging some spiritual crystals to practice the True Easy Way?"

  "Hmph, fine, be it so. Others are either diligently cultivating or refining their alchemy skills, but you, on the other hand, managed to produce such a mess, truly embarrassing for our Dan Pavilion!"

  A woman in white also walked out, pointing at Tian Qi with an icy expression, showing no mercy.

  "Ah, sorry to disturb everyone..." Tian Qi let out a soft sigh, lowered his head, packed up his things, and walked back along the small path amidst the pointing, whispering, and muttering of the crowd.

  After he left, those monks dispersed one by one, still muttering to themselves, seemingly looking down on the thing in Tian Qi's hand.

  Wang Fei gazed at the scattered disciples, rubbed his nose, and smiled wryly. Instead of heading back to the road, he followed Tian Qi.

  When Wang Fei saw the small bottle on the other's stall, he had a guess in his heart, but it needed to be verified...

  Two people, one in front and one behind, walked along the mountain forest path. The mountain wind blew gently, mixed with the fragrance of wildflowers on the side, making people's minds calm and peaceful. Suddenly, the young man in front stopped in his tracks, looked back at the mountain road behind him, saw no one, muttered to himself, and continued on his way.

  Just then, a white figure suddenly flashed in front of Tian Qi, scaring him pale, and he hastily retreated backwards. Upon seeing the person before him, he stretched out his hand to point, trembling with fear: "You... Shixiong, I was wrong, I won't set up my stall randomly again, spare me!"

  The white figure in front of Tian Qi was none other than Wang Fei!

  Wang Fei suddenly appeared, and Tian Qi thought it was those senior brothers and sisters who wanted to take revenge on him, so he begged for mercy repeatedly. Wang Fei just smiled calmly and said: "Don't be afraid, little junior brother, I'm Wang Fei, and the disciples from earlier are not of the same path as me."

  Tian Qi heard this, his panicked heart calmed down a bit, and he stared at Wang Fei with suspicion, sizing him up from head to toe before asking blankly: "Since Master Brother isn't with them, why are you following me? It seems that Master Brother hasn't offended you before, right?"

  "Tracking?" Wang Fei listened and secretly felt amused. Did he need to track? With his own cultivation of Lingxu Six Layers, it was unnecessary to track a disciple who only had Lingxu Three Layers. The reason for this was to avoid drawing attention from others. So Wang Fei pretended to be embarrassed and said, "Little brother is joking, I just didn't want to draw the attention of others. Actually, I came looking for you because I'm curious about those dan medicines in your hand."

  "Is Big Brother interested in those things of mine?"

  Tian Qi heard Wang Fei's words and was overjoyed, originally thinking that this time would be another fruitless trip, but unexpectedly someone had taken a liking to his goods, so he enthusiastically introduced them to Wang Fei...

  After listening to his explanation, Wang Fei finally confirmed one thing: the smoke bomb he had picked up in the medicine field last time was indeed made by this person!

  Tian Qi, a six-product wood spirit root, is considered mediocre in terms of cultivation aptitude. After becoming a Dan Pavilion disciple, he was very diligent in practicing alchemy. Originally, he could have practiced alchemy peacefully and learned the technique. However, during an accident, a batch of elixirs he refined unexpectedly exploded on their own, with several even undergoing various strange transformations. Thus, he became obsessed with refining these rare and bizarre elixirs.

  These medicinal pills were named "Bao Dan" by him.

  Bao Dan, after years of practice and development, has a wide variety of types. Just on hand, there are no less than ten kinds, including smoke bombs, thunderbolt bombs, fragrance pills, dizzying turning balls, burnt offerings, ice eggs, sticky pills...

  Some names made Wang Fei laugh, such as the "Fried Dough Bomb", which had a powerful explosive force that could blast some people into fried fish and kebabs. There was also the "Dizzying Pill", which released a burst of gas after exploding, causing people to lose their sense of direction for a short time. As for the smoke bomb, Wang Fei was very familiar with it.

  Looking at the numerous explosive pellets in Tian Qi's hands, Wang Fei raised his chin and fell into deep thought.

  Tian Qi saw Wang Fei not speaking, and thought it was his own explosive pill that wasn't attractive enough. His face changed, and he anxiously said: "Brother, these pills absolutely have a lot of killing power! If several are combined together, they can even deal with some late-stage cultivators in the Spiritual Overflow stage!"

  Looking at Tian Qi's anxious face, Wang Fei smiled calmly. He wasn't dissatisfied, on the contrary, he was very fond of it. The reason why he didn't make a sound was that he was thinking about whether to ask for more from him.

  "How many of these explosive pellets do you have on your hands?"

  After hesitating for half a day, Wang Fei finally spoke up, and Tian Qi couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief.

  "Brother Wang, I have a total of twelve kinds in my hand, each with fifteen pieces. What about you, Brother?" Tian Qi asked, sneaking a glance at Wang Fei.

  "Is that all?" Wang Fei didn't answer him directly, but instead asked back.

  "Ah..." Tian Qi was startled and subconsciously took a few steps back, but immediately reacted, "Yes, yes, there are many, but they're all in my house. If Master wants them, I can bring Guo over tomorrow!"

  "Never mind, I'll go with you!"

  ……

  With excitement and surprise, Tian Qi brought Wang Fei to his residence.

  As soon as Wang Fei stepped into this place, he smelled a strange smell. This smell was too complicated to describe what it was made of.

  When Wang Fei frowned, Tian Qi scratched his head awkwardly: "Brother, I'm really sorry, there were too many ingredients, so the flavor is mixed."

  Wang Fei shook his head and ignored him, walking directly to a place where ordinary medicinal materials were stored, and carefully examined them...

  After careful consideration, Wang Fei discovered that the process of refining explosive pellets was different from that of refining talismans. Talismans involved sealing spells, formations, and restrictions onto talisman paper, whereas explosive pellets were made by combining various medicinal materials, which were then condensed into their final form.

  Tian Qi's face turned pale as he watched Wang Fei inspecting his courtyard, his heart filled with mixed emotions of joy and worry. Just as he was feeling suffocated, Wang Fei suddenly turned around and asked: "How many types of explosive pellets do you have here, what is the quantity, and approximately how many spirit crystals will they require?"

  When Wang Fei asked a string of questions, Tian Qi was stunned. The other party's words were clearly intended to buy everything!

  "We're rich!"

  At this thought, Tian Qi's smile grew even more, and the look in his eyes towards Wang Fei was no longer one of reverence, but a kind of gratitude, with a hint of knowingness.

  After all, he was just a low-ranking disciple who had spent years painstakingly crafting these explosive pellets without gaining recognition from his seniors. Now that one of his seniors had taken notice of him, how could he not be overwhelmed with gratitude?

  Wang Fei didn't know that Tian Qi had so many thoughts in his mind, he just looked at him lightly and hummed.

  Tian Qi immediately reacted from his stunned state and bowed to Wang Fei, saying: "Senior brother, there are twenty varieties here, totaling two hundred!"

  "How many spirit crystals?"