Ringing the Bell for a Hundred Years, I Became the Sect’s Ancestor – Chapter 76

Chapter 76: The Gu Family

“Junior Martial Brother Pang, I heard that you collected the raw materials for the Life-Gathering Pill and asked Alchemist Pu from the Alchemy Workshop to refine a batch of Life-Gathering Pills?”

Senior Martial Brother Gu, the middle-aged man with a severed arm, asked.

“UhSenior Martial Brother Gu, where did you get this news?”

Pang Bai’s expression stiffened, and he frowned slightly.

He had been very cautious in collecting the materials. This time, only Li Qian knew about his trip to find the Three-Leaf Purple Spirit Ginseng. He hadn’t revealed it to anyone else.

Even when he handed the materials over to Alchemist Pu from the Alchemy Workshop, he did so privately, without anyone else knowing.

Could it be that Alchemist Pu had told someone?

But that didn’t seem right either.

Alchemist Pu was a man of his word and wouldn’t do anything so unprofessional.

The most likely possibility was someone else under Alchemist Pu.

“Junior Martial Brother Pang, you’re quite tight-lipped, but you know that there are no airtight walls in this world. My father once used a secret technique in a battle, which left him with severe aftereffects. So, I want to offer you a hefty sum for a Life-Gathering Pill.”

Senior Martial Brother Gu chuckled.

“Senior Martial Brother Gu, to be honest with you, this batch of refined Life-Gathering Pills has already been allocated.”

Pang Bai said in a deep voice.

According to Alchemist Pu, this batch could produce at most three Life-Gathering Pills.

As for whether this was true, Pang Bai didn’t know.

Because only Alchemist Pu knew exactly how many Life-Gathering Pills could be refined in the end.

Moreover, Alchemist Pu had said beforehand that if there were three pills, he would take one as payment for the refining.

If there were only two, he wouldn’t take any.

In other words, he guaranteed to refine two Life-Gathering Pills for Pang Bai.

This way, one Life-Gathering Pill for his father and one for Li Qian, there wouldn’t be any extra for Senior Martial Brother Gu.

“I heard that this batch of Life-Gathering Pills could produce at least three. Even if the alchemist takes one and Junior Martial Brother Pang takes one, there’s still one left. You can’t take more than one Life-Gathering Pill anyway. I can guarantee that Junior Martial Brother Pang won’t lose out, and you’ll also gain the favor of my Gu Family.”

Senior Martial Brother Gu said.

“Senior Martial Brother Gu, it’s really not that I’m unwilling. As you said, even if three Life-Gathering Pills are refined, the third one already has an owner.”

Pang Bai sighed.

“It has an owner? I wonder who it is?”

Senior Martial Brother Gu frowned and asked immediately.

“Senior Martial Brother Gu, I’m really sorry, but I can’t tell you about this. And I can’t just make up an excuse to deceive you. If there really was an extra Life-Gathering Pill, it wouldn’t matter who I gave it to, would it?”

Pang Bai shook his head.

“Junior Martial Brother Pang, you’re really tight-lipped.”

Senior Martial Brother Gu smiled helplessly and turned to leave.

Watching Senior Martial Brother Gu leave, Pang Bai shook his head.

Within Divine Sword Sect, the Gu Family had a great influence. In history, they had produced one Peak Master, four Elders with Real Authority, no less than twenty Elders, and even more disciples who had become Elders.

Although they had declined somewhat in recent years, one of the current twelve True Disciples was Senior Martial Brother Gu’s twin brother, showing signs of revival.

In comparison, his Pang Family was far behind.

If there really were an extra Life-Gathering Pill, he would certainly be happy to give it to Senior Martial Brother Gu.

After all, this favor was still very valuable.

It was just that his character wouldn’t allow him to betray his trust.

Without Li Qian, it would have been impossible for him to catch the Three-Leaf Purple Spirit Ginseng.

A few days later.

Alchemy Workshop.

Here, there were rows of alchemy rooms, and the smoke from the chimneys almost never stopped.

As a result, the air in the Alchemy Workshop was filled with a mixed smell of medicine.

Pang Bai arrived early.

Outside an alchemy room.

The door was tightly closed.

The smoke from the chimney had already stopped.

Suddenly, the door of the alchemy room opened.

A young man in an alchemist robe walked out and handed two small pill bottles to Pang Bai. “Senior Martial Brother Pang, there are two Life-Gathering Pills in total.”

He was Alchemist Pu’s direct disciple.

“Junior Martial Brother Wei, where is Alchemist Pu?”

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Pang Bai took the two small pill bottles and asked.

“My Master has been refining pills for several days and has gone to rest.”

The young alchemist said.

“Junior Martial Brother Wei, then I will come back in a few days to thank Alchemist Pu.”

Pang Bai nodded.

The young alchemist nodded and turned to close the door.

Pang Bai unplugged the pill bottle and looked at the dark purple pill inside. The rich fragrance of the pill wafted out.

A smile finally appeared on his face.

After so many years of hard work and so much effort, he had finally refined the Life-Gathering Pill.

With this Life-Gathering Pill, his father would live for another twenty or thirty years.

However, he still had one more thing to do.

That was to give the other Life-Gathering Pill to Li Qian.

He checked the other pill bottle, and there was also a dark purple pill inside.

So he turned and left the Alchemy Workshop.

Time Bell Pavilion.

Li Qian, who had just finished striking the bell, was cultivating the Immaculate Holy Body.

These days, he absorbed the energy from the Demon Stone once a day.

Therefore, the improvement effect of the Immaculate Holy Body was very significant.

After finishing his practice, Li Qian felt the surging pale golden Qi and blood in his body and a satisfied smile appeared on his face.

The stronger the Immaculate Holy Body, the faster his cultivation would improve.

“Now, the True Image Level Sword Intent is improving too slowly. Quickly increasing cultivation is the best way to improve strength.”

Li Qian thought to himself.

Thinking of this, he couldn’t help but summon the system interface to check the latest information.

Host: Li Qian.

Cultivation: Innate True Essence（Early Stage 47/100）.

Sacrificial Instrument: Time Bell（Law 2861/10000）.

Martial Arts: Sword-Piercing Fist（Perfection）, Heartless Sword Manual（Perfection）, Immaculate Holy Body（Entry Level 26/100）, Soul-Chasing Sword Technique（Perfection）.

Martial Intent: Heartless Sword Intent（True Image 12/100）.

Secret Techniques: Myriad Transforming Sword Qi, Blood Burning Technique.

Based on his recent cultivation situation, ever since the Immaculate Holy Body started absorbing the Demon Stone energy once a day, he could basically achieve one point of progress every four days.

This also promoted the speed of his cultivation improvement. From the original one point of progress every five days, now it took a little more than four days to improve by one point.

As the Immaculate Holy Body improved, it would definitely accelerate even more later.

Suddenly, Li Qian saw a figure flying rapidly from the foot of the mountain.

A smile appeared on his face. It seemed that Pang Bai’s Life-Gathering Pill had been refined.

Immediately, he moved and jumped down from the bell tower.

Whoosh!

Pang Bai arrived outside the bell tower and smiled when he saw Li Qian. “Junior Martial Brother Li, I have completed the task. The pills have been refined.”

As he spoke, he handed a small pill bottle to Li Qian.

“Senior Martial Brother Pang, thank you.”

Li Qian took the pill bottle and cupped his hands in thanks.

This Pang Bai was quite trustworthy and worth befriending.

“Junior Martial Brother Li, I should be the one thanking you.”

Pang Bai smiled. “I won’t stay any longer. I’ll take my leave now.”

He still had to deliver this Life-Gathering Pill to his father, who lived in Sword’s Edge City.

After watching Pang Bai leave, Li Qian pulled out the cork of the small pill bottle and looked at the dark purple pill inside. The strong medicinal fragrance showed that it was no ordinary item.

So he walked towards the vegetable field behind the bell tower.

At this time, his Master should still be busy in the vegetable field.