Chapter 2: The Alchemy Master

  The person who came was Gu Chen's father, Gu Cangqiang.

  That figure which had been wandering in his mind for hundreds of years appeared so real today right before Gu Chen's eyes.

  All of this happened too suddenly, Gu Chen stared blankly, even her breathing stopped momentarily, with a thousand words in her heart, yet she couldn't utter a single word.

  Gu Cangqiong saw Gu Chen wake up and immediately walked over with a happy face, touching Gu Chen's forehead and saying: "Chen'er, you're awake..."

  Gu Chen thought he had lived for 500 years, his mind was already as solid as a rock, but the emotions that had been suppressed for hundreds of years suddenly erupted, and tears could no longer be held back, gushing out wildly.

  "What's wrong, Chen Er?" Seeing Gu Chen only crying and not speaking, Gu Cang asked anxiously: "Is it painful somewhere? This is the Clear Blood Powder your grandfather gave you. Father will rub it for you. With this Clear Blood Powder, your injuries will heal in half a month at most."

  Gu Cangqiong took out a small bottle from his bosom, which was the Gu family's wound-healing sacred medicine Qingxue San.

  "Dad... I'm not in pain, I've come back to life and get to see you again, I'm happy."

  Seeing the clear blood in his father's hand, Gu Chen thought of it again. This time he was injured when he was ten years old and was seriously injured by Gongyang, the grandson of the second elder, at the clan trial.

  Because it was in the clan competition, and the two elders took the side of the child's unstable force, Gu Yang was only punished with ten slaps on the buttocks, while Gu Chen almost lost his life. It was also this time that the patriarch, Gu Xian, brought out the ancient family's healing sacred medicine, Qingxue San, to treat Gu Chen's injuries.

  "I'm only ten years old?" Gu Chen muttered to himself, and suddenly recalled that according to his memories, two years later Gu Cangyue would take the position of head of the Gu family, and three years later, Gu Cangyue would offend a powerful enemy, causing the entire Gu family to be slaughtered.

  He saw him suddenly smile, and muttered to himself, thinking that Gu Chen was hurt in the brain. He touched Gu Chen's forehead again and said: "Chen Er, your father is useless. Let you suffer from others' bullying repeatedly. When your father surpasses your uncle and becomes the head of the Gu family, I will learn the Xuan Yuan Fa Jue and give it to you. And, I will avenge all the bullying you have suffered."

  Gu Chen felt a warmth in his heart, the Xuan Yuan Fa Jue was a technique that only the head of the Gu family could cultivate, and the reason why his father couldn't inherit the position of head of the family wasn't because he was Gu Xian's adopted son, but because his cultivation wasn't as good as others.

  The Gu family is a cultivation family, and strength is the most important standard of measurement. If Gu Cangyun's cultivation is still above Gu Cangyue's, he will be the first among the second-generation disciples of the Gu family. Then, even if someone opposes it, his inheritance of the position of patriarch will be unimpeded.

  In terms of qualifications, Gu Cangqiong is far superior to Gu Cangyue. At the age of 20, he was taken in as a sworn son by Gu Xian and entered the Gu family. Now at 33 years old, after 13 years, his cultivation has reached the realm of Pre-Heaven Fourth Layer.

  However, Gu Cangyue started practicing at the age of 8 and is now 42 years old, having practiced for a full 36 years. The time he spent practicing is nearly three times that of Gu Cangyun. When Gu Cangyue was in his 13th year of practice, his cultivation had only reached the second layer of Xiantian. Now, after 36 years have passed, he has already reached the seventh layer of Xiantian.

  So, Gu Cangqiong's cultivation is lower than Gu Cangyue's, actually it's because of the time spent practicing and the age at which they started practicing. If there was enough time, Gu Cangqiong would absolutely surpass Gu Cangyue and become the number one among the second generation disciples of the Gu family.

  After Gu Chen's awakening, he naturally knew that his father didn't have enough time to cultivate and that Gu Cang Yue had already taken the position of head of the ancient family. In the end, he even sacrificed himself to save him.

  "In this life, I must let Father become the head of the ancient family, I must let Father step into the true path of immortality, prolong his lifespan, fly through the sky and escape from the earth, and become a great master with boundless magical powers."

  Gu Chen made a firm decision in his heart that he would never let his father suffer the same tragic fate as in his previous life.

  "Dad... it's just my chest that hurts." Gu Chen said, he was hit by Gu Yang's boulder-like palm on the heart, injuring his internal organs, and all the pain in his body was caused by that one palm.

  "Don't be afraid, Dad will help you rub it. Qingxue San is an ancient family remedy for injuries, and you'll get better soon."

  The ancient sky cleared the bloodstain and put it aside, unbuttoned Gu Chen's shirt, revealing a crimson palm print clearly imprinted on Gu Chen's not-so-strong chest.

  "That old scoundrel Gu Yang, his methods are truly ruthless and vicious." Although it wasn't the first time he saw Gu Chen's wound, Gu Cang still furrowed his brow, with a hint of pain in his eyes.

  "Fortunately, your grandfather gave me Qingxue San." Picking up the Qingxue San, Gu Cangtian's face finally showed a hint of joy. He lightly applied it to the bright red palm print on Gu Chen's chest. "With this sacred healing medicine, you'll be fully recovered in half a month at most. If not, even if you manage to save your life this time, you'll still be left with lifelong internal injuries. In that case, I'll have no choice but to kill that little bastard Gu Yang."

  Miraculous healing medicine? Gu Chen couldn't help but laugh inwardly. Indeed, in a cultivation family like the Gu's, Qing Xue San was considered a sacred medicine for healing wounds, but to Gu Chen, a master alchemist, it was nothing more than a useless trinket.

  In his previous life, Gu Chen was already somewhat famous for practicing medicine and alchemy with Huang Yao Xian in the Void Heaven Sect. Let alone after he obtained the Ding Tian Jue, his power greatly increased, and he got countless spiritual flowers and herbs. In terms of practicing medicine, he had long surpassed his master Huang Yao Xian. How could a trivial Clear Blood Powder be placed in the eyes of this alchemy master?

  After Gu Cang had thoroughly applied half a bottle of clear blood to Gu Chen's chest, he put the bottle away and said: "Finish applying these today, wait until all the medicinal properties are absorbed, three days later I'll help you apply the rest."

  "Thank you, Father. I'm much better now." Gu Chen revealed a heartfelt smile, it had been hundreds of years since someone helped him apply medicine, these were the warmest memories in his heart.

  "Chen Er, look at this..." Gu Cangqiong smiled and pulled out a wooden box from his bosom, opening it to reveal two stalks of herbs lying inside.

  "Ice Dream Grass, Imperial Blood Grass..." Gu Chen exclaimed, looking at the two medicinal herbs with excitement.

  Although Gu Chen had known from memory that his father would give him the two spiritual grasses, the joyful expression on his face was genuine delight.

  "The Fifty Year Ice Dream Grass and the Eighty Year Emperor's Blood Grass will be of great help to you in recovering your body." Gu Cang handed the wooden box over to Gu Chen.

  Looking at the two stalks of spiritual grass, Gu Chen's heart was suddenly stunned, and he suddenly remembered a kind of wound-healing spiritual medicine. Bingmeng Grass and Huangxue Grass were two of the main ingredients for refining this spiritual medicine, which was actually a very low-grade spiritual medicine. If he hadn't seen these two stalks of spiritual grass, he really wouldn't have thought of it.

  "Dad, when I was unconscious, I had a dream. In the dream, an old immortal with white whiskers and white hair said that he had a predestined relationship with me and wanted to take me as his apprentice. He told me to take some spiritual herbs and medicines, saying that they could quickly cure my injuries."

  The old immortal with white beard and hair was referring to himself. When Gu Chen obtained the Supreme Law, he relied on the Life Extension Pill to live over a hundred years, and his hair had already turned white. Later, although he entered the Naiquan realm and prolonged his life, he still maintained the image of having white beard and hair.

  He was a ten-year-old boy, let alone practicing medicine, even the materials for practicing medicine, such as spiritual grass and strange flowers, were not recognized at all. If he suddenly said that he could practice medicine, Gu Cang would never believe it. Moreover, Dan medicine masters are extremely special identities in the cultivation world. Once they become known to others, they will inevitably be asked or forced by some powerful forces to join their camp.

  An ordinary man is innocent, but a master of the Dan medicine is guilty; if he doesn't have great power, it's an extremely dangerous identity. In consideration of his father's safety, Gu Chen naturally wouldn't tell his father that one more person knowing means one more share of risk.

  So Gu Chen lied to his father.

  Gǔ Chén's rebirth was too unbelievable, having lived for 500 years and then returning to being 10 years old after death. This kind of thing was too strange, so Gǔ Chén kept it a secret that only belonged to him. Since he had already decided to change his fate with his own strength over the past 500 years, Gǔ Chén naturally wouldn't tell his father about the miserable fate of his previous life, lest it would increase his troubles.

  But Gu Chen had too many things hidden in his heart to be revealed, so he could only conjure up a god-like master. A great cultivator who can enter other people's dreams must at least have reached the level of Nascent Soul stage, and such a great cultivator is a legendary existence for a cultivation family like Gu's. So, by conjuring up such a powerful master, Gu Chen would later be able to demonstrate all sorts of magical phenomena with a reasonable explanation.

  Gǔ Cāng Qiú listened to him and immediately became moved, saying: "Entering the dream, that is a legendary immortal's divine ability. Chen Er, you have obtained this immortal fate, you must cherish it well. What are the several kinds of spiritual herbs the immortal mentioned? Father will immediately get them for you, so you can recover soon."

  Gu Chen said: "The Ice Dream Grass and the Imperial Blood Grass are two main medicines, and we also need a Snow Lotus that is over 50 years old as the main medicine. In addition, we need five other medicines: Huang Qi, Huang Lian, Zhuo Dong Hua, Di Xue Teng, and Fu Ling. Once they're all ready, it's done."

  ……

  It wasn't long before Gu Cangyun had prepared all the herbs and spiritual grass materials that Gu Chen needed. Gu Chen was about to start practicing medicine, so he let Gu Cangyun leave the room.

  The profession of Dan medicine is extremely rare in the Xianxia world, and there isn't a single Dan medicine master in the Gu family. As a result, they don't have any professional equipment for refining elixirs, such as furnaces or utensils. Gu Chen found an ordinary fire stove and container instead.

  However, the low-grade spiritual medicine that Gu Chen was practicing was something that even with his identity as a Master Alchemist, could be successfully concocted one hundred percent of the time using these ordinary furnaces and containers.

  Only to see Gu Chen first put five doses of medicine into the container one after another, wait for the herbs to melt**, first put the ice dream grass in, under the high temperature melting, the ice dream grass quickly became **, but the icy essence of the ice dream grass still existed in it. Although the temperature in the container was very high, it looked like it was frozen.

  Gu Chen slowly put the Huang Xue Cao into it, and soon the medicine water in the container turned blood red and started boiling, like a fierce flame rising up, completely opposite to the icy scene just now. The two extremely contradictory medicines were fiercely fighting each other.

  Immediately afterwards, Gu Chen threw the Snow Lotus into it. The Snow Lotus quickly melted, and the medicinal liquid in the container also gradually calmed down, slowly merging together to form a crystal clear and transparent spiritual liquid. A strong fragrance wafted up to his nose.

  This medicine is called Juyuanling Liquid, and its healing effect is a hundred times better than the therapeutic sacred medicine of the ancient family.

  The entire Leishui City didn't have a single Dan medicine master, even the Gu family's wound-healing sacred medicine was only an external application of golden wound medicine. The medicinal liquid that Gu Chen refined was an internal elixir that could be taken orally. Just by looking at the appearance and color of the Yuanyuan spiritual liquid, one could tell that this medicine was extraordinary, surpassing the level of ordinary medicines.

  Although Juyuan Lingye is only a low-grade spiritual medicine, it is already a spiritual medicine.

  Gu Chen will gather the Yuanshen liquid and drink it all at once. This medicine has just been refined, but it is neither warm nor hot, indeed it is wonderful.

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