Chapter 444 - Goodbye (2/2)
”No, he stays as the sect leader for another 6 months to figure out what is going to happen next.”
”When senior brother left his spot, it was only after 5 months that I finally managed to securely make my place on the first spot after defeating Du Yuhan.”
”That was about 3 years ago. The stronger disciples just happened to be older than 25, and I got insanely lucky,” Luo Mei said.
”Oh, then we have nothing to worry about. Just return back to the sect and you can take back your spot,” Alex said.
”No. If Du Yuhan takes my spot, I can't force it back from him,” she said.
Alex was surprised. ”You can't win against him? You have a 3 realm advantage,” he said.
”And he has Sword Qi,” Luo Mei said. ”I haven't fought him since 3 years ago. All this time, I thought he didn't bother since he was weak, but as we saw in the Annual Competition, he is insanely strong.”
”If I'm not wrong, at his best, he can dish out a True Disciple level attack. That's not something the current me can handle,” She said.
”That's… shit! That's a problem for sure,” Alex said.
”Sigh, I will continuously try and take back the 1st rank, but I'm not sure if I can. We will have to see after I've returned,” she said.
”Thanks for the pills.”
Alex nodded and walked out to find Senior Jin. ”Oh, senior Hong is here?” he said in surprise and went to find the old man.
”Senior, here are the pills,” Alex said and handed the 100 pills to them.
The old man's eyes went wide when he saw the 100 pills. ”You managed to make 100 pills?” he asked.
”Uh… you did give me 100 sets of ingredients, right?” he asked.
”Yes, that's why I'm surprised. You didn't make a single mistake?” he asked in surprise.
”Ah, I may not look it, but I'm one of the most talented alchemists amongst my sect disciples, senior,” Alex said.
”I don't doubt it. Still, I've seen way too many alchemists that require 3 sets of ingredients to make a single decent pill and call themself talented. Compared to them, you are miles better,” he said.
”Haha, you jest me, senior. Please check the pills,” Alex said.
Old man Hong checked the pills and was about to thank Alex to end the conversation when he remembered.
”Oh right… uhh, a 100 so… here,” Old man Hong handed him a storage bag.
Alex looked inside and saw about 300 spirit stones. 'That's about the right price. Plus I ended up with about 40% more pills so I profit quite a bit here,' Alex thought.
”Thank you, senior,” Alex said.
”No, no, no. It's me who should be thanking you. I didn't know you could make so many pills. I thought we would only have around 40 or so pills. I will immediately bring it to my lord,” the old man said and left.
Alex went to meet with Luo Keng and talked for a bit. Both him and Shi Nangong were very kind to him and reminded him of his own mother and father.
He met up with Luo Xing and gave her a few mental strength pills to thank her for helping him with the formation studies.
Since she wasn't in the Mind Tempering realm yet, she could thankfully make use of the pills.
Xiao Huang on the other hand couldn't get anything. Alex apologized and promised he would make him any pills he needed for free once he reached the True realms.
Xiao Huang laughed and said there was no need. They conversed for a bit and soon it was noon.
Alex went back to his sister and talked to her for a while longer. This time, Meng Yun was with her too.
She was rarely with Luo Mei inside the house since she was pardoned from serving Luo Mei for the entirety of their stay back home.
She would only resume her work once they left back again. Still, Meng Yun liked spending time with Luo Mei and came to visit her from time to time.
”Meimei, uncle Jin, please go see young nephew Ming to the caravan. I would do so myself, but unfortunately, I am unable to,” Luo Keng said when it was time for Alex to leave.
”Take care, Young Man,” Shi Nangong said.
”Goodbye little brother,” Xiao Huang said.
Luo Xing silently nodded and waved her hand.
Alex said his goodbyes and went to the caravan with Luo Mei and old man Jin. The afternoon city wasn't as loud as the morning's but it was still pretty crowded.
Old man Jin had found a carriage for them, and the three of them rode on it to the outside of the city
It was close to 3, so the sun wasn't as hot and the days were also slightly cold.
”That's the caravan,” old man Jin said as he showed them the way.
”hmm, little brother. You are okay?” Zhang Xie was surprised when he saw Alex return.
”Hello, senior Zhang. Yes, I'm okay,” Alex said.
”I was told you were okay, but… it's still impossible to believe something like that after seeing those beast hoards,” he said.
”The beasts didn't reach the caravan this time, right?” Alex asked. That was what Luo Mei had told him.
”Oh no, I'm talking about last month's. Actually, I also saw the month before that. Weird…” Zhang Xie thought of something. ”Why are the attacks exactly a month apart?”
”Anyway, come you two, I have the carriage prepared for you,” he said.
”Oh no, senior. I'm not going back. Only junior brother is,” Luo Mei said.
”He is? Oh right, my men must-have set for him alone then. Come,” he said and took him to a carriage.
Alex walked up to the carriage and looked inside. He could see about 4 different people in there. 2 of them were young men nearing 30 years of age. There was one woman that looked like she was 25, but who really knew.
The three of them were wearing similar clothing and had a cultivation base in the True realms.
And the final man in the carriage was actually an old man that seemed to be in his mid-50s.