Chapter 363: Who Are You Looking Down On?

Chapter 363: Who Are You Looking Down On?

“You want to learn alchemy?”

Dan Yun stared at Chen Huai’an in surprise, completely unsure what this Sword Pavilion Old Ancestor was up to.

Though she hadn’t officially joined the Sword Pavilion, she and her daughter were already living here—

basically acting as the exclusive alchemists of the pocket world.

If anyone needed pills, they could just ask her to refine them.

Why would the Old Ancestor bother to learn it himself?

Chen Huai’an glanced at the time—three minutes left.

He nodded at Dan Yun with all seriousness:

“Yes. I want to start now. Preferably something quick and effective—this is urgent.”

“Hmm…” Dan Yun frowned lightly and cupped her hands sincerely.

“Senior, alchemy can’t be learned overnight.

It’s not about cultivation level—it depends on comprehension, talent, and your own understanding of the Dao of alchemy.

I don’t have any shortcuts to offer, but I can share my experience to help you avoid unnecessary detours.”

“Fine. Then let’s start now.”

Dan Yun: “…”

She thought she’d put it quite tactfully, but apparently the Sword Venerable hadn’t heard a word.

Well, fine.

Some things you really had to try for yourself—

otherwise, this sword-wielding ancestor might think she was just being stingy.

Dan Yun removed a white jade bracelet from her wrist and channeled spiritual energy into it.

The bracelet transformed into a shimmering ring of light, enveloping Chen Huai’an, Li Qingran, Dan Bai, and herself.

Seeing Chen’s curious expression, she explained:

“This is a magical treasure, a top-grade spiritual tool called the Dingqian Jade Bracelet.

Its main purpose is to aid comprehension and learning.

Inside the ring, time flows a hundred times slower.

It also helps those within to calm their minds and increases their chances of gaining insight.

I used this very treasure to help my daughter improve her alchemy when she first began learning.”

Impressive!

Chen Huai’an was secretly amazed.

This thing was basically like attending a turbo-charged online class!

“Could this item be used in battle?” he asked.

“No,” Dan Yun shook her head.

“I understand what you’re thinking. Time dilation would be a powerful weapon in combat—

but first, the area it covers is very small.

Second, it consumes an enormous amount of spiritual energy.

And third, the space within is unstable.

If disturbed from the outside, the time-slowing effect immediately collapses.”

“I see.” Chen sighed inwardly in disappointment.

Still, he’d been worried that two minutes wouldn’t be enough.

But now that became two hundred minutes!

With his supreme mind and Divine Origin Dao Body,

learning alchemy in this window would be a piece of cake.

“Senior, do you have a furnace ready?”

In response, Chen pulled out Zhou Xuanzi’s prized alchemy furnace.

The moment Dan Yun laid eyes on it, her mouth twitched.

If she remembered correctly… this was Zhou Xuanzi’s favorite furnace.

She could already imagine how devastated he must’ve been, smiling as he handed it over while dying inside.

“Well, since you’re prepared, I’ll begin by explaining the technique I studied—The Taihua Alchemy Sutra.

It consists of eighteen volumes.

The first eight record over ten thousand pill formulas and the known locations of most spiritual herbs in the Cangyun Realm, from ancient times to now.

The final ten volumes are the heart of the sutra—the Taihua Alchemy Arts!”

The Taihua Sutra was vast and profound.

Even Dan Bai, who had studied alchemy with her mother for over a decade, felt her head spinning as she listened again.

In the past, Dan Yun had gone line by line for her daughter’s sake, patiently explaining every part.

But this time the student was Sword Venerable Chen,

so Dan Yun didn’t explain—she simply poured out the contents of the sutra in one go.

Not because she was being stingy—

it was just that this man was an ancestor-level Void Fusion cultivator.

She didn’t dare treat someone like that as a student.

Especially not someone who had saved her life.

The second to struggle was Li Qingran.

Even with her exceptional comprehension, she could only hold out for half an hour before her head felt heavy.

The knowledge load from the Taihua Sutra was simply too massive.

She had to stop trying to understand it on the fly and instead focused on memorizing the information first.

Only Chen Huai’an sat calmly across from Dan Yun, his expression completely unchanged.

Dan Yun kept sneaking glances at him,

noting that he stared blankly ahead like he was listening to a foreign language.

Well, that fit her expectations.

No matter how sharp your sword comprehension was, it didn’t translate to alchemy.

The Taihua Sutra was obscure and difficult.

It had taken her five years to understand it herself—

and she hadn’t dared to touch a furnace until then.

As a Void Fusion cultivator, Chen’s comprehension must be excellent.

Maybe in ten or twenty years, he could attempt his first batch using the Taihua Alchemy Arts.

Right now, he was probably just memorizing the general structure, not truly understanding it yet.

At last, Dan Yun finished reciting the entire Taihua Alchemy Sutra.

No fluff, no filler—

just pure, dense, and difficult content that left both Dan Bai and Li Qingran totally lost.

Like trying to read classical Chinese as a modern student.

“That’s it?” Chen blinked and smacked his lips, almost like he hadn’t had enough.

“That’s all,” Dan Bai replied, biting her lip slightly.

“Senior, how do you feel? Any questions?”

“Questions? Hmm…”

Chen glanced at the system message in his field of vision:

Taihua Alchemy Sutra – Minor Mastery Achieved

This sutra was way more complex than Li Yuan,

yet even so, he’d reached Minor Mastery?

Haki-tier Divine Origin Physique… you really are something else.

“If you have any doubts, just ask, Senior.

I’ll tell you everything I know without holding back.”

Dan Yun was certain Chen had tons of questions right now.

When she had first understood the sutra, she’d compiled over three thousand issues to figure out.

“No questions.

I’ve got the whole thing memorized.

Thank you.”

“…You what?”

Dan Yun’s jaw dropped slightly. Her eyes widened for several seconds before she burst into laughter.

“Senior, you really do know how to joke!

I thought you were the stoic, serious type.”

“What joke?

Who are you looking down on?”

Chen narrowed his eyes and lifted the furnace lid.

“Grab a few herbs at random.

I’ll use the Taihua Sutra to show you how it’s done.”

Dan Yun still didn’t believe him.

She figured Chen Huai’an was just too proud to admit defeat.

But she still fetched a few simple herbs.

These were ingredients for a Great Recovery Pill,

which—under Taihua Alchemy methods—would always result in at least high-quality pills.

“Watch carefully!”

Chen took the herbs and got to work.

Dan Yun barely held back a chuckle, hugging her knees from a short distance.

Dan Bai and Li Qingran, meanwhile, sat beside him on the left and right—like two little apprentice aides.

At first, Dan Yun didn’t think much of it.

The herb processing stage was more or less the same in any alchemy system.

But as she continued watching, the smile slowly vanished from her face.

Her relaxed posture grew tense.

Her back straightened.

Her eyes locked on Chen without blinking.

And when Chen closed the furnace lid, held the furnace with both hands, and summoned a pale golden alchemy flame from his palms—

Dan Yun’s entire body trembled.

Her face changed dramatically.