Supernatural Insight Eyes

When Yang Ce saw Ye Qiu appear here and refer to Miao Shan as his teacher, he was momentarily stunned.

Indeed, at the time, the reason the Heavenly Mechanism Sage took him as a disciple was entirely because he was the third to ascend to the Turquoise Pool Immortal Platform. Naturally, as the first to ascend, Ye Qiu would not be overlooked.

So it turns out Miao Shan took Ye Qiu as his disciple. This is a Supreme Saint, even more formidable and powerful than his master, the Heavenly Mechanism Sage.

Hearing Ye Qiu’s voice, Miao Shan knew Ye Qiu had finished his alchemy and, no longer teasing his old friends, said, "Who said I didn’t take that disciple? He’s been my disciple all along."

"I thought so, Miao Shan didn’t look distressed."

"But with a disciple, you should engage with the sixth elder."

The Heavenly Mechanism Sage and the Wu Tian Sage commented successively.

Yet, as soon as they finished speaking, they felt something was off, like they had overlooked something.

"Brother Wu Tian, I just heard that kid say something about finishing the pills? Am I right?" the Heavenly Mechanism Sage asked, looking at Wu Tian Sage.

Wu Tian Sage also realized it, nodded, and said, "That does seem to be what he said, I heard it too."

Swish swish.

Their gazes fell in unison on Ye Qiu, but they addressed Miao Shan, "Brother Miao, could it be that your disciple is an alchemist?"

Miao Shan looked at their astonished expressions, laughing internally, and without hesitation, calmly said, "He is indeed an alchemist."

The Heavenly Mechanism Sage and Wu Tian Sage both exclaimed, "I regret it, if we’d known, we wouldn’t have let this kid become your disciple so easily."

"Yeah, how is it you’re so lucky, getting an alchemist as a disciple."

The two Saints spoke openly in this manner, and their disciples were all stunned by Ye Qiu’s identity as an alchemist. They were not unfamiliar with Ye Qiu and even remembered him vividly, as Ye Qiu surpassed them all by being the first to ascend the Turquoise Pool Immortal Platform, and later stood up for the Loose Cultivators like them, confronting the Yuan Dao Saint Heir, making him impossible to ignore.

Yet even so, they underestimated Ye Qiu. Not only was Ye Qiu highly talented in martial arts, he was also a young alchemist.

This was simply heaven-defying, making even them somewhat envious of Ye Qiu’s exceptional talent.

Yang Ce felt somewhat uncomfortable, the more outstanding Ye Qiu was, the more jealous he became. Initially, he envied Ye Qiu for being the first to ascend the Turquoise Pool Immortal Platform, and now began to envy Ye Qiu’s identity as an alchemist.

"An Alchemist! He’s actually an alchemist!"

Compared to Ye Qiu, Yang Ce and the other Saint heirs all lost their brilliance, especially Yang Ce, whose mind was very competitive. He had been quite displeased with Ye Qiu initially, and now someone he wasn’t happy with was shining brightly, making it hard for him to take.

But Yang Ce quickly figured it out, "Even if he’s an alchemist, so what? He might have an alchemy talent, but while also training in martial arts, he inevitably won’t go far in alchemy, and it’s even very likely his martial arts will reach the end as well."

Yang Ce began to sneer. Historically, many geniuses were delayed due to pursuing both alchemy and martial arts, unable to reach the heights one could by focusing on one path.

Otherwise, it’s easy to be mediocre in both, becoming a half-baked existence.

Yang Ce hoped Ye Qiu would turn out like this, and he indeed believed so psychologically.

This was a kind of self-consolation, relying solely on assumptions. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

"Brother Miao, since your disciple is an alchemist, you should certainly go meet the sixth elder of the Pill Tower, especially with your apprentice who’s good at alchemy. Maybe you could get closer to that sixth elder, and if he takes a liking to your disciple’s alchemy talent, that’d be even better, and you could benefit too." Wu Tian Sage said.

"Wu Brother is right; Miao Brother, you shouldn’t hold onto your pride. With your strength, I think this sixth elder would give some face. If they become friends, it’d be easy. I believe your disciple must want to improve his alchemy, am I right?" The Heavenly Mechanism Sage looked at Ye Qiu and said.

Seeing them standing in front of him, discussing how to get close to and befriend the sixth elder of the Pill Tower, Ye Qiu was truly in tears and laughter inside.

But observing his teacher Miao Shan, who didn’t reveal the truth, he also chose not to, trusting that at this moment, Teacher Miao Shan was having a great laugh inside, perhaps not revealing that the sixth elder is indeed Ye Qiu, possibly wanting to tease them.

His eyes looked at Miao Shan, as if saying, "Teacher, is this really okay? Isn’t this a bit too much?"

Miao Shan returned a glance: "You just keep quiet; I want to tease them a bit."

Alright then, since Miao Shan planned to give these Saints a big surprise, he, as a disciple, naturally had to cooperate.

"Brother Miao, why aren’t you saying anything? We’re doing this for your own good, for your disciple’s good. If you don’t go, we’ll go, but if we’re late, we might be beaten to it by other big sects." The Heavenly Mechanism Sage said.

"Brother Heavenly Mechanism, I think Brother Miao is getting too big for his britches, not interested in a Divine Grade alchemist. We better go ourselves." Wu Tian Sage said.

Seeing them about to leave, Miao Shan thought it was unacceptable. He had gone through the trouble of pretending to be profound; whom would he boast to if they left?

"Ahem... don’t be so hasty." Miao Shan called out.

"Brother Miao, do you want to go with us?" the Saints turned their heads and asked.

Miao Shan shook his head: "Even if you go to the Pill Tower, it’s futile because the sixth elder is not at the Pill Tower."

"Brother Miao, how can you be sure? This smells like an excuse to keep us from going." Wu Tian Sage said, stroking his chin, finding today’s Miao Shan a bit unusual.

Having had enough pretending, Miao Shan decided not to hide anymore, directly saying, "I’m absolutely certain because the sixth elder is right here."

"Cough cough, what nonsense, there’s no alchemist here. Oh, your disciple is an alchemist, but he can’t be the sixth elder..." The Heavenly Mechanism Sage was speaking when he stopped, glancing at Ye Qiu then at Miao Shan, seeing calmness—extraordinary calmness—between the two.

"Could it be..."

"Haha... Heavenly Mechanism, you guessed right, my disciple is indeed the sixth elder of the Pill Tower, isn’t that thrilling and surprising?" Miao Shan laughed heartily, and his words left everyone present, except Ye Qiu, completely stunned.

Ye Qiu is the sixth elder of the Pill Tower?

This news was too explosive!

"Wait, I need a moment to process." The Heavenly Mechanism Sage felt short of breath; this was too astonishing to take in.

They had talked endlessly, yet the sixth elder was right in front of them, completely overlooked the whole time.

"Brother Miao, so you were doing this on purpose, trying to make us look foolish?" Regarding Miao Shan’s statement that Ye Qiu was the sixth elder, the Saints didn’t question it. Miao Shan wasn’t someone who would deceive them, so they reflected back and realized Miao Shan was teasing them all along.

"Hehe, not at all, I, Miao Shan, am not that kind of person."

"..." The Heavenly Mechanism Sage and Wu Tian Sage nearly spat blood, "You definitely are!"

So it turns out Ye Qiu was the sixth elder. Miao Shan briefly recounted their visit to the Pill Tower to request pills, leaving everyone dumbfounded, internally lamenting these two master and disciple: was the trip to ask for pills or to show off?

And they executed it so brilliantly, even achieving the status of sixth elder.

"Um, Alchemist Ye, oh no, Brother Ye, or rather, Young Friend Ye, um, forget the titles, tell me, have you ever thought about changing teachers? I think Brother Miao isn’t quite suitable. My martial arts realm may not be as high as Brother Miao’s, but I know how to teach students..." The Heavenly Mechanism Sage grabbed Ye Qiu’s hand, speaking with such vigor he almost spat in Ye Qiu’s face.

"Heavenly Mechanism... old man, you want to snatch my disciple?" Miao Shan said, his face darkening.

"I won’t, I won’t, let’s just discuss it, sharing a disciple works too." The Heavenly Mechanism Sage laughed mischievously.

As for Yang Ce and others, they could only watch from the sidelines, seeing their masters wishing they had a disciple like Ye Qiu.