Published: February 25, 2025
As Tan Yun, Luo Fan, and the others stepped out of the Meritorious Immortal Palace, they turned back to glance at Shen Subing's lonely figure. Taking a deep breath, he spoke softly to himself, "Don't worry, my disciple. This time in the grand competition, I will avenge you!"
"I'll make all the elders who humiliated you lose all their face!"
The thirty disciples guarding the medicine garden greeted Tan Yun enthusiastically upon seeing him.
Undoubtedly, Tan Yun’s prestige, as a disciple under Shen Subing, and within the entire Immortal Sect Danmai, was at its peak!
After politely greeting the thirty disciples, Tan Yun explained his purpose.
Upon hearing that Tan Yun and Luo Fan were preparing for the alchemical arts grand competition tomorrow, the thirty disciples immediately escorted Tan Yun and his companions into the Meritorious Medicine Garden...
Half an hour later, under the bright moon.
As Tan Yun and the three stepped out of the Meritorious Medicine Garden, Luo Fan looked at Tan Yun with a puzzled expression. "Brother Tan, I saw the spiritual herbs you just collected, there are a total of eighty-one kinds, with the lowest tier being seventh-grade spiritual herbs, and among them, thirty-six are herbs aged between one thousand to one thousand six hundred years."
"Brother Tan, what kind of elixir do you want to refine with such high-grade spiritual herbs?"
Yang Chong and Liu Yiyi looked at Tan Yun with confusion as well.
In their understanding, if Tan Yun refined an elixir using these high-grade spiritual herbs, it would surely be extraordinary!
Tan Yun smiled slightly, "That's a secret I cannot disclose."
"Alright then, farewell." After speaking enigmatically, Tan Yun stepped on his flying sword and vanished into the night sky...
An hour later, Tan Yun returned to Immortal Valley No. 8, and casually caught a wild rabbit, planning to roast it for Mu Mengyi. He knew she liked to eat.
For non-cultivators, eating roasted food before wounds healed would be inappropriate, but for cultivators, it was no issue.
After a flurry of activity, the fragrance of the roasted meat filled the valley, with the campfire flickering. Tan Yun and the two girls sat around the campfire on the lush grass.
"Here~ Alright, you two little gluttons, dig in! Your mouths are watering." Tan Yun handed the roasted game to the two girls.
"Wow~ Brother-in-law is so amazing, this is delicious!" Xue Ziyan's eyes sparkled like stars as she chewed without any trace of ladylike demeanor, and didn’t forget to praise Tan Yun, "Brother-in-law, even though we've already abstained from food, your cooking is truly fantastic! When we have free time in the future, you should cook more wild game."
"Having food still can't stop your mouth." Tan Yun shook his head with a smile, "You little glutton."
"That's right, Brother Tan is right." Mu Mengyi, still the same as when she first met Tan Yun, ate the roasted game he made without showing her teeth.
"Hehe~ I'm done, Brother-in-law, I want more, give me another piece!" After finishing the game on the branch, Xue Ziyan casually tossed the branch aside, licked her red lips, and looked at Tan Yun with crescent-shaped eyes.
Tan Yun smiled without speaking and gave her another piece.
After she finished eating, she looked at Mu Mengyi and said, "Sister Mu, when eating, you should take big bites. That makes it taste better!"
Hearing this, Mu Mengyi smiled and continued to savor her food slowly.
Soon, the wild game was finished, and Tan Yun hugged Mu Mengyi as they sat together.
Xue Ziyan, sitting across from the campfire, looked at Tan Yun with admiration, "Brother-in-law, with your former status, you will definitely win the championship in tomorrow's alchemical arts grand competition against the other disciples."
Mu Mengyi smiled, "Ziyan, your brother-in-law won't be competing against the disciples under the elders tomorrow; he will be competing against all the elders in our Danmai!"
"Really? I'm so looking forward to it..."
Tan Yun and the two girls chatted happily until late at night, then supported the two girls back to their pavilion and arranged for them to rest.