Chapter 1331: Chapter 500: The Secret of the Autumn Insect

"Without killing that Dan Officer, can’t I build the Elixir Furnace myself?"

Zhou Xuan gestured for a while and said, "That Elixir Furnace is as tall as over ten floors. If I build it myself, the funding is one thing, but time is another thing I can’t afford to waste."

"You’re basically seizing someone else’s property?" Yun Ziliang mused.

"Gotta take it. Alchemy is such a huge undertaking; why not take advantage of what’s already there?"

Zhou Xuan thought, if every time he practiced alchemy he’d have to rely on Sister Cui’s "Earth Law" to build a brand new Elixir Furnace, wouldn’t that exhaust Sister Cui?

"Gotta seize it, gotta seize it." Yun Ziliang echoed twice and handed the White Cricket back to Zhou Xuan, saying, "This bug can actually replace incense? I’ve never heard of it; can’t figure it out."

"You can’t figure it out either?"

"Can’t figure it out."

Yun Ziliang said, "This autumn bug shouldn’t be a Magic Artifact; it’s a living creature..."

While the two were about to discuss, there was a knock at the shop door.

"Knock! Knock! Knock!"

The knocking wasn’t too light or heavy, and Zhou Xuan asked, "Who is it?"

"Eternal Life Sect Leader, seeking Master Zhou."

Zhou Xuan heard this, put away the "Dream Horn" into the Secret Realm, and stood up, waving his robe sleeve,

The door immediately opened, and Eternal Life Sect Leader and Li Changxun stood side by side at the door.

Li Changxun walked straight into the shop, while Eternal Life Sect Leader bowed deeply to Zhou Xuan before stepping inside.

"Master Zhou, not seeing you for a day feels like three years."

"Have our feelings reached that level?" Zhou Xuan responded with a forced smile.

Eternal Life Sect Leader then smiled slightly and said, "Our feelings are bound to reach that level sooner or later."

As the saying goes, don’t hit a smiling face. Zhou Xuan didn’t have a good impression of Eternal Life Sect Leader, but the other party lowered his posture, and giving a cold shoulder or rolling eyes would seem petty.

He walked to the corner, poured a cup of tea, handed it to the Eternal Life Sect Leader, and said, "You timed it well; just brewed this tea, still warm, make do with it."

"When the master pours tea personally, it’s never just ’make do.’"

Eternal Life Sect Leader held the teacup and took a sip, assuming a talking posture, he said, "Master Zhou, this time I came to the mortal world under orders from the Palace Master to discuss the matter of Ning Bukong with you."

"Ning Bukong? The Dan Officer I killed?" Zhou Xuan raised his eyebrows.

"That’s him."

Eternal Life Sect Leader said, "About Ning Bukong, originally he alone doesn’t matter much, but he’s a member of the Fire Sect, considered one of the Xian Nu’s confidants."

Ning Bukong wasn’t really a confidant of Xian Nu; Eternal Life Sect Leader said this just to give Ning Bukong a more dignified identity, hoping Zhou Xuan would naturally write a letter of apology.

Thinking that although Master Zhou’s status was high, writing an apology letter for killing a Xian Nu’s confidant shouldn’t be too difficult.

But Zhou Xuan didn’t bother with the confidant’s claim, instead he followed the conversation down, asking, "Then what?" 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦

"Then the Palace Master means, write an apology letter and the matter is settled."

"Just an apology letter?"

"Yes."

"No other compensation?"

"Nothing."

"Then you ask the Palace Master, after causing such a ruckus, Xian Nu just writes me an apology letter and it’s over, no compensation at all, see how smug she is." Zhou Xuan said angrily.

"..." Eternal Life Sect Leader.

Eternal Life Sect Leader was stunned for a while, then reacted, advising earnestly, "My dear Master Zhou, it’s you who should write the apology letter to Xian Nu, not the other way around."

"Me writing it?" Zhou Xuan pointed at his own nose.

"What else?" Eternal Life Sect Leader shrugged, realizing Zhou Xuan’s thought process wasn’t quite normal.

Zhou Xuan slammed the table with a "bang," stood up, and started scolding Eternal Life Sect Leader directly,

"Your Heavenly Dome really can’t tell right from wrong, officers protecting one another. I’m going to report you to Bai Yujing,

accusing you of sidelining newcomers, hindering my alchemy career, and mistreating me."

"What’s going on here?" Eternal Life Sect Leader got a bit panicky seeing Zhou Xuan stand up, trying to reassure him repeatedly.

Zhou Xuan snorted coldly and said, "Do you know what kind of bad things Ning Bukong did?"

"We don’t know, but are willing to listen."

"Listen up." Zhou Xuan said,

"I refined that Source Power Pill for ’Heaven and Earth,’ only for them to send my friend Mu Hua back to the mortal world. But when Mu Hua was about to return to life, Ning Bukong seized Mu Hua’s soul,

If I hadn’t arrived in time, Mu Hua would’ve been taken by Ning Bukong for alchemy."

"Is there really such a thing?"

"Heh, the people from Fire Sect are powerful. They dare to rob the people Heaven and Earth sent to me; I, this Jade Capital Divine Pill Master, seem to have no prestige. I might as well voluntarily resign and never refine any divine pills again."

Zhou Xuan’s words were mixed with sarcasm, making Eternal Life Sect Leader feel goosebumps.

If Zhou Xuan’s words were true, then Ning Bukong truly deserved to die.

Mu Hua isn’t an ordinary person—he’s someone Zhou Xuan saved with his first batch of divine pills. This time, Zhou Xuan used the elixir to ask Heaven and Earth to save someone, and both Heavenly Dome and Bai Yujing agreed to it.

Ning Bukong seized Mu Hua, offending both Zhou Xuan and Heavenly Dome, Bai Yujing.

Such disgraceful behavior, not punished, what else is it good for?

"Eternal Life Sect Leader, you’re just a messenger, I won’t make things difficult for you. Just go back to your Heavenly Dome; I’m going to use this token to report you to Bai Yujing to see if you still uphold justice."