Martial Peak

This line of brilliant red characters highlighted Medicine King’s Valley’s high-handed and extraordinary courage.

Only the people of Medicine King’s Valley would dare engrave such an overbearing declaration upon the entrance to their home.

Passing by the unguarded base of this mountain, Qin Ze led the crowd steadily upwards.

Dong Qing Yan and Qin Ze walked side by side, followed by three Medicine King’s Valley disciples with Yang Kai bringing up the rear.

The three young Medicine King’s Valley disciples gazed towards Dong Qing Yan with looks of envy, worship and even love; however, they still looked upon Yang Kai with disdain and were even too lazy to exchange a single word with him.

Alchemists were a group of unsociable and arrogant people. All of them had eyes on top of their heads.

Medicine King’s Valley Alchemists were also so!

Dong Qing Yan had an extraordinary background and was also a natural beauty, so obviously they would concern themselves with her. Yang Kai, on the other hand, although he had also passed Grandmaster Xiao’s test and had the qualifications to worship into Hidden Cloud Peak, in essence, he was still just an ordinary servant possessing low status. How could they degrade themselves by speaking to such a nobody?

Since there was no one to speak with, Yang Kai was also quite bored and chose to secretly observe his surroundings as they walked instead.

Dong Qing Yan, in contrast, was just like a newborn sparrow. Since arriving at the foot of the rugged mountain path, she had been twittering about non-stop. She was about to enter the centre of her heart’s holy land and worship a great senior expert as her master, of course she would be feeling expectant and tense.

Qin Ze was composed as usual, remaining silent most of the time, but when asked a question by Dong Qing Yan, he would still carefully explain things to her, not showing any signs of impatience.

Listening to the conversation between the two of them, Yang Kai also learned some things.

Xiao Fu Sheng had been the only Alchemist since several decades ago to inhabit Hidden Cloud Peak. In addition to him, there were only his two dedicated maidservants, and not a single other person lived there.

Additionally, these two maids were not cultivators but instead just ordinary people.

Xiao Fu Sheng was obsessed with Alchemy, had never married, and had never taken any disciples until this year, when he suddenly changed his mind and decided to recruit a successor.

This had led to today’s test.

“Why did Grandmaster suddenly change his mind?” Dong Qing Yan asked curiously.

Qin Ze’s expression went dim, and he did not immediately answer as he pondered for a moment before saying, “About Uncle Xiao’s thoughts, I dare not presume to speculate. This is something you should ask him about yourself.”

“Oh.”

The first half of the journey up Hidden Cloud Peak was not surprising. The sights were filled with rugged rocks and mountain forest. There were also some wild animals that came and went, such as rabbits and deer, but nothing dangerous of course.

But upon entering the upper half it was like stepping off the Earth and entering the Heavens. Rich World Energy swirled about, causing one to feel relaxed and happy. The mountain side was also dotted with exotic flowers that spread out as far as the eye could see, swaying gently in the wind; a dazzling sight to behold.

“So many herbs scattered about, does no one secretly come to pick them?” All the way up, Dong Qing Yan hadn’t seen a single person guarding this mountain, so she couldn’t help being curious.

dare?” Qin Ze coldly snorted, “Anyone who dares steal from

murder, Dong Qing

randomly growing upon the mountain were certainly not expensive things. Offending Medicine King’s Valley

later, everyone arrived at the mountain’s peak. At the top, there was a row of houses. Their number was small, probably only

be the residences Xiao Fu Sheng had prepared

and turned to the three young Medicine King’s

three of them showed big grinning faces and

you want to do there,” Qin Ze

with a look of longing on his face quickly replied, “Since we entered Medicine King’s Valley until now, we have only been able to pay our respects to Predecessor Xiao from afar, now that we

before nodding, “Very well, but you are not to speak, Uncle Xiao does not like it when people

promise we will not speak.” The three disciples immediately

people looked incredibly happy and had traces of awe in their expressions,

position within every Alchemist’s heart far exceeded

King’s Valley were thrilled simply

the group walked straight towards the row of

before they had gone far, two women emerged to receive them. These two women were great beauties. Their figures were outstanding, and their

beauties women at first glance appeared to be around twenty-five or twenty-six years

reality, they were both past

because as early as twenty-five years ago,they had come to Hidden Cloud Peak to serve Xiao Fu Sheng, and twenty

been able to maintain their youth and charm

slightest disrespect and politely said, “My two ladies, please inform Uncle Xiao that the people he

them?” One of them beautiful pair, wearing a long white dress, looked at

understood proper etiquette, and together

chuckled, “You may call me

Qing Yan giggled happily and once again saluted these

From now on both of you will be living here for a quite some

also laughed and said, “When we first came to Hidden Cloud Peak, we were nearly the same age as you two, yet in a flash over twenty

two behaving so cordially, Dong Qing Yan’s tensed

Uncle…” Qin Ze patiently waited for their greetings to finish before respectfully

has long since been passed back here, so the four of you may leave. Once master finishes refining his furnace of pills,

King’s Valley disciples looked sad,

things here to you!” Qin Ze quickly adjusted his expression, cupped his fists and led the three

Kai and Dong Qing Yan in, smiling

Peak was only inhabited by Xiao Fu Sheng and the two of them. Xiao Fu Sheng was often in retreat to perform Alchemy, spending ten or more days without even showing his shadow, so the two women had only had each other for companionship. Now that Yang Kai and Dong Qing

Medicine King’s Valley peaks. There was nothing to pay attention to, and very, few if any restrictions. Everything was

arranging Yang Kai and Dong Qing Yan’s accommodations, the two beauties left

and only the two women would often come see Yang Kai and Dong Qing Yan to carefully attend

Fu Sheng would exit his retreat, a surge of World Energy fluctuations suddenly erupted not

Dong Qing Yan exchanged a look

women had also come out and

the