Chapter 533: The Two Elders’ Wrath

Seeing Elder Yao’s sincere tone, Ye Xuan relaxed slightly. He then asked, confused, "I remember closing the door to the refinement chamber before I started. How did you two instructors get in?"

Elder Yao gave a wry smile. "As the head of the Alchemy Element, I have the authority to supervise and guide every refinement chamber at any time. So, I carry a universal jade token that can open any of the public refinement chambers here."

’There’s a rule like that?’

Ye Xuan was a bit stunned. He looked at Dongfang Zisi, who immediately nodded. Clearly, as a student of the Alchemy Element, she was aware of this rule.

"Sigh... I ended up spying on you unintentionally. I don’t really know what to say," Elder Yao said, at a loss for words. "The fault is mine. Xuan Ye, if you have any requests, feel free to ask."

Initially, Ye Xuan had been a little angry about Elder Yao and Elder Dong’s sudden intrusion, but after learning about the academy’s rule, his anger immediately faded.

It was his own fault for not understanding the academy’s rules. Besides, from Elder Yao and Elder Dong’s tone and expressions, he could tell they hadn’t intended to spy on his refinement process.

With this in mind, Ye Xuan waved his hands and said, "Elder Yao, this isn’t your fault. Besides, you two elders have saved me many times. How could I dare ask anything of you?"

Ye Xuan was not the type to repay kindness with ingratitude. In fact, if Elder Yao and Elder Dong had specifically asked to watch his refinement, Ye Xuan wouldn’t have refused. His earlier anger was simply due to them bursting in without his consent.

And since the academy had such a rule, to keep fussing over it would just make him seem petty.

"No."

But to his surprise, Elder Yao remained firm. "While the academy may have that rule and we may have saved you before, those are separate matters. I unintentionally spied on your alchemy techniques—that is a fact. My conscience won’t be clear unless you make a request."

Elder Yao was a man of principle and naturally refused to take advantage of the situation.

Ye Xuan was touched by Elder Yao’s firm stance.

He smiled and said, "Elder Yao, since you insist on making it up to me, how about you refine something for me next time the opportunity arises?"

Elder Yao was a Tier Seven Martial King-level Alchemist. Asking him to refine something even once was a request of immense value.

"No problem." Elder Yao agreed without hesitation, letting out a small sigh of relief.

"AHEM. By the way, Xuan Ye, what exactly was that Pill you were refining earlier?"

After settling the matter, Elder Yao sheepishly inquired about the refinement process.

In that moment, he looked less like the head of the Alchemy Element and more like a student asking their teacher a question.

Dongfang Zisi’s ears perked up as well.

To be honest, the moment Ye Xuan’s Pill was successfully refined, the dense medicinal aroma had caused the Profound Power in her body to be involuntarily stirred. Naturally, she was incredibly curious.

"I was refining the Gumo Menglan Pill," Ye Xuan answered openly.

"The Gumo Menglan Pill?"

Elder Yao looked puzzled. As the head of Gale Light Academy’s Alchemy Element and a Tier Seven King Level Alchemist, he had never heard of such a Pill.

"The Gumo Menglan Pill uses Tier Six Gumo Menglan as the main ingredient, supplemented by materials like Starlight Marrow and Celestial Pure Sand. It allows a Tier Five Third Layer Martial Sect to easily break through to the Tier Six Martial Venerable realm with no side effects. Not only that, but the Gumo Menglan Pill also has a certain enhancing effect on Tier Six Martial Venerables."

With every Spirit Medicine Ye Xuan named, Elder Yao’s eyes grew brighter. Although he had never heard of this Pill, with his expertise in Spirit Medicines, he could still understand some of its pharmacology and make deductions.

And after hearing about the Gumo Menglan Pill’s effects, Elder Yao was so shocked his eyebrows shot up.

’To allow a Tier Five Third Layer Martial Sect to easily break through to the Tier Six Martial Venerable realm with no side effects... Isn’t this Gumo Menglan Pill a bit too astonishing?’

Most of the students at Gale Light Academy were at this level. The entire purpose of the academy, simply put, was to shorten the time it took for students to advance from Tier Five Martial Sect to Tier Six Martial Venerable. It also provided guidance for Tier Six Third Layer Martial Venerables to cross into the Tier Seven Martial King realm.

’If Ye Xuan’s Pill really has such effects, doesn’t that mean that by mass-producing this Pill, every student in the academy could reach the Tier Six Martial Venerable realm?’

As if sensing Elder Yao’s thoughts, Ye Xuan smiled and said, "Theoretically, the Gumo Menglan Pill can indeed allow all Tier Five Martial Sects to reach the Tier Six Martial Venerable realm. But in reality, the Gumo Menglan Spirit Medicine is extremely rare, and Starlight Marrow and Celestial Pure Sand are also very hard to come by. Furthermore, the refinement process for the Gumo Menglan Pill is very complicated. Even a Tier Six Peak Alchemist can’t guarantee a high success rate. That’s why this Pill isn’t widely circulated on the market."

"Are you saying this Gumo Menglan Pill is a Tier Six Peak Pill? Then doesn’t that make you a Tier Six Peak Alchemist?"

Elder Yao had already suspected the Gumo Menglan Pill’s grade. Now, with Ye Xuan’s confirmation, he was shocked beyond words.

"You... you refined a Tier Six Peak Pill with a Tier Five Martial Sect’s cultivation... This... This..."

Elder Yao was far more knowledgeable than Dongfang Zisi. He knew that some Alchemists in this world possessed Profound Sense cultivation that surpassed their own physical cultivation, even allowing them to refine Pills of a higher level.

But such Alchemists were typically only found in the Profound Domain. Moreover, they could usually only surpass their level by one grade at most. Someone like Ye Xuan, who could refine a Peak of Sixth Grade Pill at the Tier Five Third Layer Martial Sect realm, was simply unheard of.

"Just a fluke, that’s all. A fluke."

"There is no such thing as a fluke in the Way of Alchemy! The slightest mistake can lead to failure. Furthermore, the techniques you used just now were exquisite and unparalleled. I’ve never even heard of many of them! And that Quenching Pill Skill you used at the very end... it’s simply not something that could exist in our Dream Realm Plain."

A cold glint suddenly shot from Elder Yao’s eyes.

"Speak! What is your true purpose for coming to my Gale Light Academy?"

In that instant, an astonishingly cold aura erupted from Elder Yao, instantly enveloping Ye Xuan in the refinement chamber.

Beside him, Elder Dong’s eyes also flickered, emitting a terrifying, sharp light.

Two intense killing intents instantly locked onto Ye Xuan, kicking up astonishing auras and vortexes of energy within the refinement chamber.

"Instructors, what are you doing...?" Dongfang Zisi said, slightly aghast, as she saw their actions.

’They were all getting along so well just a moment ago. Why did it turn into this in the blink of an eye?’

"Dongfang Zisi, step aside for now."

With a wave of his hand, Elder Yao sent out an invisible surge of Profound Power that pushed Dongfang Zisi away.

He stared coldly at Ye Xuan. "We’ve already investigated you. You’re not from our Dream Realm Plain at all. Your first appearance was at Wukong Ridge in the Dream Realm Plain, accompanied by a blonde Martial King expert. Afterward, you went to the Imperial Capital of the Sky Empire, founded the Profound Pill Pavilion, and caused quite a stir. Only then did you finally come to our Gale Light Academy."

With every sentence Elder Yao spoke, his gaze on Ye Xuan grew sharper, trying to find some flaw in his composure.

"I don’t know where you come from, but the abilities you’ve displayed are simply not something the Dream Realm Plain could produce. With your talent, you have no need to attend Gale Light Academy. So, tell me, what are your origins? And what is your purpose for coming to our Gale Light Academy?"

Faced with the oppressive auras of Elder Yao and Elder Dong, Ye Xuan’s expression didn’t change in the slightest. He said coldly, "I heard Gale Light Academy never asks about one’s origins. Why is it different when it comes to me?"

"It’s not that it’s different for you." Elder Yao shook his head. "To be honest, I admire you a great deal. But the incident with the Profound Mystery Sect a few days ago has already brought our Gale Light Academy a lot of trouble. On top of that, the night before last, a student in the outer courtyard named Chen Jin died in his dormitory. He was likely from the Profound Mystery Sect. You were the one who killed him, weren’t you?"

Elder Yao’s gaze was as scorching as the midday sun, yet it held a trace of regret.

After the incident with the Profound Mystery Sect, Gale Light Academy sent people to investigate Ye Xuan’s origins. The result of the investigation was that his background was a mystery.

Normally, this wouldn’t have been an issue, as Gale Light Academy had never paid much attention to the origins of its students.

However, the disturbances Ye Xuan had caused were too great, forcing them to be cautious.

Now, after seeing Ye Xuan display such astonishing alchemy skills, Elder Yao immediately began to suspect his motives for joining Gale Light Academy.

The last time, Vice Sect Master Duan Tianlang of the Profound Mystery Sect had run rampant in the academy, seemingly searching for something.

And now Xuan Ye, with his mysterious origins, made Elder Yao wonder if his purpose for joining the academy was identical to that of the Profound Mystery Sect.

Seeing the sharp, murderous gazes of the two elders, Ye Xuan was rather speechless. He hadn’t expected things to escalate to this point.

But revealing his origins was absolutely impossible.

"If you don’t trust me, you can just expel me from the academy," Ye Xuan said lightly. "But as for where I come from, I don’t see any need to tell you two, do I?"

He was getting a massive headache. Ye Xuan undoubtedly had a good impression of Gale Light Academy. Not to mention his relationship with Huangfu Xiuming, just the fact that Elder Yao and Elder Dong hadn’t abandoned him when facing the Profound Mystery Sect meant he shouldn’t be making things difficult for them.

But now that they were asking him to reveal his origins, it was something Ye Xuan was equally unwilling to do.

However, the more Ye Xuan refused, the deeper the suspicions of Elder Yao and Elder Dong grew.

"I don’t know what your purpose is in coming to our Gale Light Academy, but as long as you state your origins under our verification, we won’t make things difficult for you—provided you don’t intend to harm Gale Light Academy as we suspect. I think that shouldn’t be too difficult, right?" Elder Dong said in a solemn voice.

"Sorry, I can’t do that." Ye Xuan shook his head.

’Elder Dong’s ’verification’ would definitely be a lie detector of some kind. And the one thing he absolutely couldn’t do was tell the truth about his origins.’

"It seems there really is a problem with you."

Elder Yao and Elder Dong took a step forward simultaneously. The coldness emanating from them intensified, and their eyes filled with disappointment.