"Then go out and buy some Spirit Ore!" Luo Qianxue tried again.
"But I'm an Alchemist; I don't understand Spirit Ore! You should ask Elder Chu for that!" Xia Tianyu countered.
"Then go out and buy some Pills for daily use!"
"Sect Master," Xia Tianyu finally voiced his suspicion, having sensed something important, "why do I feel like you just want me to leave the sect?"
Um... Hearing Xia Tianyu's question, Luo Qianxue fell silent for a moment, unsure how to reasonably explain the situation.
"It's daylight!" Xia Tianyu suddenly realized. "If I remember correctly, that kid Ye Feng should be about to act prodigally again!"
"Sect Master, is the thing that kid is messing with today related to me? Don't worry, I can handle it!" With that, Xia Tianyu left the courtyard with a curious expression, heading directly towards Ye Feng's residence. He wanted to see just what Ye Feng was messing with today that made the Sect Master repeatedly urge him to leave the sect.
"The problem is you really can't handle it!" Watching Xia Tianyu leave, Luo Qianxue gave a worried, wry smile. A Heaven-rank Furnace Cauldron held a deadly attraction for any Alchemist in the Xuan Tian Continent!
Meanwhile! Ye Feng was currently in his courtyard, digging an earth pit with a hoe infused with Gold Silkworm Star Brilliance Stone.
"Stop!" With a loud bellow from Xia Tianyu, Ye Feng's actions halted.
"Ye Feng, how can a young fellow like you do this kind of manual labor? Leave it to this old man!" Xia Tianyu rushed into the courtyard, snatched the hoe from Ye Feng's hands, and immediately entered work mode!
"This..." Watching Xia Tianyu huffing and puffing as he diligently dug the pit, Ye Feng looked slightly awkward. Any other Elder in the sect coming over would have been fine, but Xia Tianyu was the last person he wanted to see. He was afraid the man wouldn't be able to handle it and would go crazy later!
"Ye Feng, what are you digging this pit for?" After digging for a while, Xia Tianyu, streaming with sweat, saw the earth pit was already nearly two meters deep and finally asked Ye Feng.
"Elder Xia, why aren't you using Spiritual Power?" Ye Feng didn't answer Xia Tianyu's question but posed one of his own.
"If I used Spiritual Power to dig the pit, would it still count as manual labor?" Xia Tianyu explained with a smile. "Besides, I can treat it as exercise." He then asked again, "Right, what are you digging the pit for?"
"Elder Xia, come out first!" Ye Feng felt the depth was sufficient. When Xia Tianyu jumped out of the earth pit, Ye Feng casually took a Heaven-rank Furnace Cauldron from the System Space and tossed it into the pit.
"This... this is..." Xia Tianyu quickly knelt down, carefully examining the Furnace Cauldron. When he discovered it was actually a Heaven-rank Furnace Cauldron, he looked up at Ye Feng, his eyes filled with shock.
A Heaven-rank Furnace Cauldron! You couldn't even find five in the entire Xuan Tian Continent! At this moment, Xia Tianyu finally understood why Luo Qianxue wanted him to leave the sect today. If this thing were to be wasted prodigally, he really might not be able to handle it!
"Ye Feng, you... what do you plan to do with this Furnace Cauldron?"
Panicked! Xia Tianyu was genuinely panicking now. After all, Ye Feng's insanely prodigal habits were known throughout the sect!
"This pit is actually a Latrine Pit!" Ye Feng explained proudly. "I plan to use this Furnace Cauldron as the container!" Looking across the entire Xuan Tian Continent, who could be so outrageously domineering as to use a Heaven-rank Furnace Cauldron as a container for a Latrine Pit!
"Ye Feng!" Xia Tianyu roared, about to go berserk. "This Old Man will go all out against you today!"
Just as Xia Tianyu was about to erupt, a snow-white figure, Luo Qianxue, descended from the sky, directly grabbing the berserk Xia Tianyu tightly. She quickly shouted, "Elder Xia, you mustn't! Elder Xia, no matter what, he's still my Direct Disciple!"
"Sect Master, let go quickly! Watch me beat this prodigal son to death!"
Watching this familiar scene unfold, Ye Feng muttered blankly to himself, "Are you two repeating the scene for me?"
"Master, Elder Xia, if there's nothing else, I'll be leaving first!" Ye Feng addressed the struggling pair. "All that's left now is the Thatched Hut. I'll have Junior Brother Wufeng come build it later. Don't you touch my Latrine Pit! This will be my private, exclusive Latrine Pit from now on."
With that, ignoring their reactions, Ye Feng turned and left the courtyard. He needed to think about how to use the remaining nine Heaven-rank Furnace Cauldrons.
"Insane! Absolutely insane!" "You won't even spare your Junior Brother Wufeng! Can't you act like a decent human being!" When Xia Tianyu and Luo Qianxue heard Ye Feng planned to have Leng Wufeng come build the Thatched Hut, they both instantly went mad!
Couldn't he ask the Five Heavenly Geniuses? Couldn't he ask Chu Xiaoxiao? Couldn't he ask the other Elders? Couldn't he ask the Blood-Devouring Mantis? Why specifically pick Leng Wufeng, an Alchemist? Was he trying to drive the sect's only two Alchemists to extinction?!
"Sect Master, look! Just look at how spoiled you've made him! You shouldn't have stopped me just now!" Xia Tianyu, his face flushed red with anger, complained directly to Luo Qianxue.
"Elder Xia, I wanted to teach him a lesson yesterday. It's all your fault for insisting on stopping me!" Luo Qianxue retorted with a half-smile, looking at Xia Tianyu.
Hm? Hearing this, Xia Tianyu paused, recalling how Luo Qianxue had descended from the sky just now. His pupils gradually widened as he asked, "You were watching over me here the whole time?"
"I felt that Elder Xia probably couldn't handle it. Wasn't I just worried something might happen to you?" After saying this, Luo Qianxue smiled, soared into the sky, and left, leaving a bewildered Xia Tianyu standing alone, utterly flustered in the wind!
"Heaven's Dao is cyclical; Heaven spares no one!""Retribution came too damn fast! So fast I was caught completely unprepared!" Glancing at the Heaven-rank Furnace Cauldron in the earth pit, Xia Tianyu felt as if his heart were bleeding. If this were given to him, he would enshrine it like an ancestor. Now, it was being used by Ye Feng as a container for a Latrine Pit!
"Reckless waste of a heavenly treasure! Utter sacrilege!" Xia Tianyu sighed helplessly. Although his heart ached with reluctance, the item belonged to Ye Feng, and there was truly nothing he could do.
At this moment, Ye Feng had already arrived at Xia Tianyu's courtyard residence.
Peng!
Placing a Heaven-rank Furnace Cauldron in the courtyard, Ye Feng muttered to himself, "Master, do you know how much your disciple has sacrificed to help strengthen the sect? Giving this Heaven-rank Furnace Cauldron to Elder Xia will inevitably cause me to lose some Prodigal Points. But with this Furnace Cauldron, Elder Xia's Pill Dao can definitely advance further. It counts as enhancing the sect's strength, right?"
Then Ye Feng turned and left directly. Losing points for one was the same as losing points for two. He planned to give one to Leng Wufeng as well. After all, he had ten; he should be able to withstand the Prodigal Points deduction for giving away two.
Ten minutes later.
When Xia Tianyu saw Leng Wufeng approaching nearby with an arrogant stride, he shook his head and gave a wry smile. "This silly kid probably still doesn't know what he's about to do!"