Dragon King Hall's Legend

"Dragon Master, the people have been delivered, a total of five hundred and seventy-three. Please inspect!"

A middle-aged man dressed in camouflage gear, with sharp features, jumped off the vehicle, walked briskly to Mu Jinyu, and saluted him with a loud voice.

Mu Jinyu couldn't help but roll his eyes at him, speaking exasperatedly, "What are you guys doing? You even brought elementary students, what about their studies?"

"I'm just responsible for bringing them here, as for who they are, that's not my responsibility!"

The man spoke in a firm tone, though a hint of helplessness flashed in his eyes.

"Forget it, I'll talk to Xia Ruochen myself. Don't leave just yet; you'll need to take these people back later."

Mu Jinyu helplessly guessed that Xia Ruochen made this arrangement because he thought he had a good opportunity to teach alchemy and didn't want to miss it, so he sent even the elementary students over.

But with college students, he felt his conscience was still manageable if he subjected them to the grind of overworking.

But elementary, middle, and high school students abandoning their education to stay in front of alchemy furnaces making Essence Qi Pills felt entirely unacceptable, his conscience really couldn't bear it.

"Beep beep... Hello? Dragon Master, they've arrived, right?"

The call connected, and Xia Ruochen's hearty laugh came through.

Mu Jinyu angrily retorted, "What are you pulling here, sending even elementary and middle school students, don't you want them to study? Just having them do alchemy all day?"

"Perfectly good talents, you're going to waste them all!"

Xia Ruochen fell silent for a moment on the other end, then sighed, "I'm aware of these issues, but I had discussed it with their parents, who believe that in today's era, studying may not be the best path."

"Even those with master's or doctorate degrees have less favorable conditions than today's martial artists and cultivators. After communicating with their parents, they believe the future treatment and benefits of alchemists will far exceed other fields like government work or finance..."

"So after the discussions, I also felt that in today's scarce world of elixirs, sending these hundred elementary students over to learn alchemy from you was warranted..."

Mu Jinyu waved his hand dismissively, "Don't start talking nonsense, although current martial artists and cultivators have better treatment than those with high academic credentials, that doesn't mean studying is useless. The most important aspect of education is developing one's logical thinking ability. You clearly know how much more advanced the logical thinking of someone educated is compared to someone uneducated."

"Right now, the high treatment for martial artists is only because the spiritual energy revival has just begun, making martial artists scarce. Once mass martial cultivation succeeds and everyone becomes draconic, see if uneducated martial artists are more valued than those with high academic education?"

"And as for alchemists, it's clear they will still be rare due to the stringent requirements, so their future benefits and treatment won't lack, but that doesn't mean they should abandon their education to become alchemists..."

Xia Ruochen sighed, "I know, so how about this: they're educated during weekdays in Jiangnan Province and can come learn alchemy with you on weekends, would that be agreeable?"

"That way, they won't miss either their education or the alchemy training."

Hearing Xia Ruochen's words, Mu Jinyu immediately realized what his plan was.

From the start, Xia Ruochen likely never intended to have those elementary students with Fire Spirit Root abandon their education to solely focus on alchemy!

He feared Mu Jinyu wouldn't accept such a compromise, so he sent them over first, waited for Mu Jinyu to get angry, then brought up the difficulty, followed by the compromise plan, hoping Mu Jinyu would find it acceptable.

Mu Jinyu found Xia Ruochen's probing utterly dull.

"Fine, but I don't have that much time, so I'll have my registered disciples teach them instead." Mu Jinyu replied coldly.

"Alright, that's no problem as long as there's someone to teach them." Xia Ruochen responded cheerfully.

"Since it's the weekend today, Dragon Master, you don't need to send them all back. Let them learn some alchemy today, but by Monday, I'll send those who should focus on their education back to school."

Mu Jinyu said, "I have my own plans, that's all for now."

With that, he hung up the phone.

Then he checked the date; today was indeed Saturday.

"This old Fox Spirit!"

Mu Jinyu muttered a curse, then looked at the man standing nearby, straight as a spear, waving his hand, saying, "Alright, you all can head back, come pick them up on Monday."

"Yes!"

The middle-aged man acknowledged loudly, then retreated with his team and drove off.

This left the five hundred seventy-three students standing there, exchanging looks, nervously gazing at Mu Jinyu and Mu Hongchen...

"Take them inside, I'll have Elder Zhou come out to teach them later."

Mu Jinyu turned and instructed Mu Hongchen, then went back to Yinlong Mountain.

Back inside the Inner Valley.

Zhou Yi was still immersed in alchemy, truly consumed by the Dao of Alchemy.

Mu Jinyu didn't interrupt Zhou Yi's alchemy process, instead, he waited on the side until he finished.

After half an hour, Zhou Yi finally completed his alchemy.

"Whoosh!"

Three pills flew out from the open pill furnace, caught by Zhou Yi, who excitedly stood up and shouted triumphantly.

"Hahaha, I finally succeeded, I knew I was also a genius..."

Mu Jinyu noticed those were three-grade elixirs, normally only refineable by cultivators in the Fanxu Realm.

Since Zhou Yi was only in the Early Divine Transformation Realm, managing to produce third-grade elixirs, no wonder he was so thrilled.

"Congrats, Elder Zhou..." Mu Jinyu said with a smile, congratulating him.

"Hmm?" Zhou Yi heard the voice, turned to Mu Jinyu, and said, "Dragon Master, you've come?"

Then he eagerly approached, holding out the elixirs for Mu Jinyu to see, "Look, Dragon Master, I've refined third-grade elixirs."

Recently, after being able to produce second-grade fine elixirs, he had been contemplating attempting third-grade ones.

After multiple failures, he finally succeeded today in making third-grade elixirs.

Although they only had one Danwen, classifying them as inferior quality, they were enough to make him exceedingly excited.

"Indeed, not bad. However, Elder Zhou, you should also focus on your cultivation. Don't get too obsessed with the Dao of Alchemy; otherwise, you won't be able to produce higher-grade elixirs in the future. Invest more effort into your cultivation."

Mu Jinyu glanced at the three elixirs, then advised Elder Zhou.

"Yes, I know. Lately, after struggling to produce third-grade elixirs, I was planning to pause my focus on alchemy to concentrate on cultivation because I couldn't accept not being able to make third-grade elixirs at the Divine Transformation Realm. Now that I succeeded, I can focus on cultivation."

Zhou Yi explained with a smile.

Mu Jinyu nodded, then said, "By the way, Elder Zhou, the Dragon King Hall just brought over five hundred students with talent in alchemy; later, you should teach them the basic alchemy knowledge and guide them in refining Essence Qi Pills..."

"This will help you reinforce your foundation in the Dao of Alchemy, maybe even bring you new insights."

"What?" Zhou Yi was taken aback by Mu Jinyu's words, then grinned, "Has the Dragon King Hall brought so many talented individuals? Alright, I'll teach them the foundational alchemy knowledge shortly."

Watching Zhou Yi leave, Mu Jinyu withdrew his gaze, with a contemplative look on his face.

He pondered how to mass-produce Essence Qi Pills without human supervision of the pill furnace.