Forced to become a pure and innocent female pharmacist in order to cultivate immortality.

They only cared about planting medicinal herbs and didn't bother to inquire about the quality of the seeds.

"Could it be green-grade medicinal herbs? Are all eight acres of land planted with green-grade medicinal herbs? Hey! Have your seeds sprouted yet?" someone shouted to the other planting teams.

Upon hearing this, the other team's medicine apprentices quickly checked and then shook their heads to indicate that they didn't have any. Clearly, the seed wasn't white-grade; it was at least green-grade.

They'll be busy for several years with such a large field of green-grade medicinal herbs.

They have the patience to wait and take care of things, but Ye Liuyun doesn't have that much time.

Over the years, she has consumed a lot of medicinal herbs in the Cloud Kingdom. After all, she has so many herbs on her, so why not use them? She has given all the pills she has refined to the Cloud Kingdom. Of course, if she wants medicinal herbs, she can just buy them. She doesn't really need to grow them herself.

She was just doing an experiment by planting medicinal herbs this time.

"Come here for a moment, all of you," Ye Liuyun called out to the young apprentices in the herb field.

The young apprentices who were initially puzzled immediately put down what they were doing and came to Ye Liuyun's side when they saw him arrive.

“Young master, you’ve arrived. It’s perfect timing. We have something we’d like to ask you.” Luo Mei took the initiative to ask.

Ye Liuyun knew what she wanted to ask, so he answered directly.

"I know what you want to ask. The seeds I gave you are all from green to blue grade medicinal herbs. Even if they are planted in the spirit field, they will not grow in a short time."

Upon hearing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, but also felt a pang of anxiety. They hadn't expected that not only green-level seeds were being planted here, but also blue-level seeds. This meant they wouldn't just be busy for three years, but for thirty.

They are now only praying that there aren't too many blue-level seeds in the medicinal field, because if there are too many, they won't have much personal rest time in the next thirty years.

Of course, they would only mutter such things to themselves at most.

Seeing that they were silent, Ye Liuyun could guess what they were thinking. After all, what others valued most about Medicine Peak was the treatment they received there.

If you ask them to spend thirty years tending to blue-grade medicinal herbs, or three hundred years tending to purple-grade medicinal herbs, they probably won't have time to cultivate and improve their alchemy skills.

Isn't this blatantly messing with other people's mentality?

So it's understandable that they were frustrated and unhappy, since the extra spirit coins Ye Liuyun gave them were definitely not enough to make them waste so much time.

"Ahem, I know what you're worried about. Don't worry, I'm not that demanding. After all, you're all cultivators and alchemists, and you might become formal disciples in the future. I can't take up too much of your time," Ye Liuyun said with a smile.

Upon hearing this, the frustration in everyone's hearts lessened considerably. At least their master was aware of their situation, and time was extremely precious to them.

“Thank you for your understanding, young master. If it were just a few dozen green-grade medicinal herbs or a few blue-grade medicinal herbs, we would not have any complaints. However, your eight acres of medicinal fields are all green-grade and blue-grade. Putting aside the issue of time, it would be difficult for us servants to compensate for the loss of even one blue-grade medicinal herb.” Ouyang Lan also explained.

Now that Ye Liuyun has voiced their concerns, they should seize the opportunity. Otherwise, if they remain silent and work in isolation, they will be the ones who suffer if problems arise later.

Don't be fooled by their teenage appearance; that's just an outward look. Most of them have experienced real battles in the cultivation world and aren't that naive.

"I understand. What I'm about to tell you is that you must keep your mouths shut and never tell anyone outside the family." Ye Liuyun suddenly became very serious.

When Ye Liuyun adopted a serious attitude, everyone looked at him with some concern, fearing that he might be up to something troublesome.

Because these apprentice medicine boys have a very awkward status. They are under dual jurisdiction, belonging to both their master and Medicine Peak. If the Medicine Peak management asks, they have no way to hide it.

Therefore, they actually hoped that Ye Liuyun would not make them do anything difficult.

“Please speak, young master. We will keep quiet about things that can be concealed, but if a direct disciple of the sect or an elder or peak master asks, then we will have no way to hide it,” Luo Mei said sincerely.

They were just ordinary people, just doing their jobs, and didn't want to get involved in any trouble.

"Don't be so nervous. What I'm about to tell you will only benefit you and not harm you. Look, I have a growth-promoting liquid that I researched and refined myself. It's the same type of liquid that you use to water your seeds, but my growth-promoting liquid is more effective."

Ye Liuyun took out a small, green, transparent bottle and showed it to everyone.

After speaking, Ye Liuyun walked to the nearest medicinal field, poured out a drop of green liquid from a porcelain bottle, and the liquid seeped into the soil and was quickly absorbed by the seeds inside.

Once the seed absorbed the medicinal liquid, it grew rapidly. Then, to the astonishment of Luo Mei and the others, a blue-grade medicinal herb sprouted from the ground at a speed visible to the naked eye, and soon became a semi-mature herb.

"This is a blue-grade medicinal herb, the Blue Blood Jade Marrow Flower! My god, this is a mid-grade blue-grade medicinal herb! Even if we don't eat and fertilize and water it day and night, it will still take at least three years for it to sprout!" Luo Mei and the others covered their mouths in surprise when they saw this.

The other apprentice doctors were even more astonished; they had never seen medicinal herbs grow so quickly.

"See this? This is a super growth-promoting liquid that I developed myself. However, the one I just saw was a concentrated version. It needs to be dissolved in water before it can be used on a large scale. This way, it can save a lot of time," Ye Liuyun explained to them.

Indeed, if they could use this growth-promoting liquid to accelerate the growth of medicinal herbs, the herbs could reach the age of a hundred years in just a few years.

"This? You prepared this growth-promoting liquid yourself, young master?" Ouyang Lan asked in shock.

Ye Liuyun nodded.

His nod brought joy to everyone.

However, other questions were immediately raised.

"Eh? Young master, forgive my bluntness, but even with your growth-promoting liquid, some problems are still difficult to solve. The fact that you are planting such a large area of ​​green and blue-grade medicinal herbs will definitely attract many spirit insects and spirit beasts to steal them. This is the most difficult thing to solve," Zhu Manting said.

That's true. The most difficult thing about growing medicinal herbs is not fertilization, but pests, just like farmers farming.

"You don't need to worry too much about that. Spirit insects are valuable, and I'd love for them to have more. I'll put it out there today: if any of you can catch spirit insects or spirit beasts that steal medicinal herbs, I will buy them from you for at least a thousand spirit coins, depending on their value," Ye Liuyun said with a smile.

Ye Liuyun's words are interesting.

"Huh? This? Young master, do those stolen medicinal herb seeds really have such high value?" Everyone was astonished.

Because in their minds, these insects are all pests, and they can be killed and eliminated directly, if they have any value.

"Hehe, I don't know what other alchemists think, but I do need these spirit insects. Give me as many as you can," Ye Liuyun said.

This is what Lin Qingyou told her: the insects that steal medicinal herbs are also medicinal herbs, and they are even rarer and more precious than ordinary medicinal herbs.

In some places, people even cultivate medicinal herbs and raise spirit insects. The benefits brought by these spirit insects are often much higher than the value of the medicinal herbs themselves.

This time, Luo Mei and the others had nothing to worry about. After all, if there were no troubles, they wouldn't be needed.

"If that's the case, then we have nothing to worry about." Zhu Manting breathed a sigh of relief.

Ye Liuyun didn't continue rambling. Instead, he waved his hand, and ten porcelain bottles containing growth-promoting fluid flew towards Luo Mei and the other ten people.

"The ten of you will come to me once a month to collect the growth-promoting liquid. You can use it once a day by adding one drop to the clean water. The herbs in the herb field only need to be watered with the growth-promoting liquid once a day. As for the spirit insects, you are all cultivators, so catching spirit insects should be very easy. Each of you will be assigned tasks." Ye Liuyun said.

Luo Mei and the others quickly caught the porcelain bottle containing the medicine. It was a treasure, and some of them couldn't help but be tempted by greed.

After all, it's up to them to decide how to use it. Wouldn't it be great if they could save a drop each month for their own future use?

However, Ye Liuyun was certain that she could guess their ulterior motives. She couldn't guarantee that everyone here was of pure heart; such people were rare in the cultivation world.

"By the way, let me remind you, I check the growth of the medicinal herbs in the herb field every month. I know my own medicinal liquid very well. Every day of the month, I use it to increase the growth of the herbs by how many years. If it's less than that, you should know the consequences yourselves," Ye Liuyun reminded him.

These words immediately dispelled their greed.

"Alright, I've said what I needed to say. You can get back to work." After saying this, Ye Liuyun turned and left.

As soon as Ye Liuyun left, Luo Mei and the others called on the others to bring buckets to distribute the growth-promoting solution. The growth-promoting solution diluted with water was certainly not as effective as the pure growth-promoting solution, but after they poured a bucket of water on it, all the seeds sprouted.

"This is amazing! It's already sprouted. This is so much better than the spiritual liquid we use," Ouyang Lan and the others said happily.

Three days later...

The main hall of the Taishang Ganying Sect.

"Ye Liuyun, the fourth son of the Ye family in Qixia Town, was betrothed to Lin Aoxue of the Lin family since childhood. When he was a teenager, he ran away from the marriage to cultivate immortality and later became an alchemist..." After three days of investigation, Ancestor Tianyi had found out Ye Liuyun's identity information.

"Senior Brother Headmaster, it seems that Ye Liuyun, who has caused such a stir in the sect since entering the sect, is indeed the mysterious husband," said the First Elder, Tianmu.

Ancestor Tianyi looked conflicted, because the document showed that Ye Liuyun's cultivation aptitude was poor, and he only embarked on the path of cultivation after accidentally encountering a mysterious alchemist.

Her poor cultivation aptitude was what troubled Tianyi Patriarch. After all, her grand-disciple was exceptionally talented, so why did she have such a poorly aptitude husband? It made her feel like a cabbage had been eaten by a pig.

However, what they didn't know was that Lin Aoxue's rapid cultivation speed was not only due to her exceptional talent, but also largely due to the large amount of pills Ye Liuyun provided.

“Tai Rong, this Ye Liuyun is a disciple of your Medicine Peak. Find some time to personally investigate this young man and see how good his alchemy skills are,” Ancestor Tianyi said to Tai Rong.

"Reporting to the Sect Leader, this young fellow is currently a top-grade blue-level alchemist and has a very good chance of becoming our Medicine Peak's next personal disciple," Tai Rong immediately said.

These words made Tianyi Ancestor and the others' eyes light up. If Ye Liuyun could reach their alchemist level, then being with Lin Aoxue wouldn't be a bad idea.

They understood Lin Aoxue, and there were some things they couldn't control.

“If that’s the case, then you should pay more attention to him,” said Ancestor Tianyi.

"Well, Sect Leader, don't worry. However, since that couple has caused such a mess, I feel that disciples from other factions will probably keep bothering him. Sigh, what do you think, should I intervene or not?" Tai Rong brought up another troublesome matter.

However, Ancestor Tianyi shook his head directly.

"Let the disciples do what they want, as long as they don't go too far. Since Xuanmiao has chosen to publicly reveal her and Ye Liuyun's identities so openly, she has to bear some unnecessary trouble," Ancestor Tianyi replied.

These past few days, nothing much has happened to Ye Liuyun, because all the factions are busy recruiting disciples and don't have time to deal with him for the time being. Once this round of disciple recruitment is over, Ye Liuyun will probably have some fun.

However, some troubles were unavoidable. Ye Liuyun's medicinal field was planted with so many green and blue-grade medicinal herbs, which would definitely attract attention. On this day, a core disciple came to his medicinal field to inspect the herbs.

However, he suddenly discovered that the neighboring medicinal field was growing all kinds of blue-grade and green-grade medicinal herbs, and their growth rate was excellent. The spiritual energy in this area was being absorbed by the medicinal field where Ye Liuyun was located.

Normally, this would be impossible, but with Ye Liuyun, anything is possible. A large amount of spiritual energy is being absorbed, which will affect the growth of their medicinal herbs.

"Strange, whose medicinal herb field is next door? We didn't see it last month. How come they've planted so many blue-grade and green-grade medicinal herbs?" A young man with a core identity frowned and asked his apprentice.

“Sir, three days ago, a new core disciple named Ye Liuyun joined our Medicine Peak. The medicinal field next door belongs to him. But we don’t know what methods he used to make the herbs in the eight acres of medicinal field grow so fast in just three days,” a young apprentice said.

This young man is named Yao Zijiang. He is considered an old disciple of the Medicine Peak, having entered the sect more than a thousand years ago. He has the cultivation level of the Four Extremes Divine Form Realm and is a top-grade blue-level alchemist.

"Oh? Is that so? A newcomer, how can a newcomer be so ignorant of the rules? It's one thing for him to plant green-grade medicinal herbs, but to plant so many blue-grade medicinal herbs all at once, how can the herbs in the other medicinal fields grow steadily? Come with me and take a look." Yao Zijiang said righteously.

Yao Zijiang had just emerged from seclusion and was unaware of Ye Liuyun's identity. As for the medicine apprentices, they were even less aware, since no one would come to them to tell them about the relationship between Ye Liuyun and Lin Aoxue.

He and Ye Liuyun were the only two core disciples in this area, and they were practically neighbors.

However, this guy was actually just interested in why Ye Liuyun's medicinal herb field was growing so well, and wanted to find a reason to investigate.

However, upon arriving at Ye Liuyun's herb field area, he became even more displeased, because he discovered that Ye Liuyun's herb field area was entirely populated by female herb apprentices. He had wanted all of them, but the herb apprentice management office refused, which made him feel humiliated.

Most alchemists are arrogant and eccentric, but not all of them are as casual as Ye Liuyun.

When Luo Mei and the others saw someone approaching, especially after recognizing that the person was a core disciple, they immediately frowned.

"Why are Yao Zijiang and the others here?" Luo Mei and several other highly skilled medicine boys exchanged a few thoughts with each other.

After the conversation, their ten leading apprentices immediately went to greet them.

"Greetings, Lord Yao," Luo Mei said, bowing respectfully.

Although they were not affiliated with Yao Zijiang, the other party was a core disciple, and they still could not afford to offend him.

"Hmm, where is your master? Tell her to come see me," Yao Zijiang said arrogantly.

The guy's tone was unfriendly, which made Rome and the others a little worried.

"Eh? Okay, I'll contact the master right away." Luo Mei immediately called out to Ye Liuyun, who was forging iron in the cave, through the communication artifact.

Upon hearing that someone had arrived at the herb field, Ye Liuyun quickly put down what he was doing, then called Liusu over, and flew towards the herb field on Liusu's back.

As for Yao Zijiang, he is currently giving Luo Mei and the others a severe dressing-down.

Without a doubt, this guy is here to cause trouble. First, he wants to show his identity to the new disciples; second, he's unhappy that Ye Liuyun stole his spiritual energy; and third, he's curious about Ye Liuyun's method of planting medicinal herbs.

They're definitely here to cause trouble with ulterior motives.

Chapter 500 One Punch Sends the Enemy Away (5000 words + 2600 monthly votes bonus chapter)

Yao Zijiang at this moment was somewhat like the head teacher of Ye Liuyun's school in his previous life, constantly scolding students for the slightest mistake, as if he were showing off his status and position.

To put it bluntly, he was just putting on airs and said a lot of useless things.

"You know, it's one thing for your master to be a new disciple and not know the rules of Medicine Peak, but you shouldn't be new, right? Why are you allowed to plant such a large area of ​​blue-grade medicinal herbs here? Don't the spirit fields next to him need spiritual energy?"

As he said this, he glanced at the top of his head out of the corner of his eye, because Ye Liuyun had already arrived. With the range of his divine sense, he naturally knew that the person sitting on that demonic bird was the one he was going to cause trouble for.

After reading it, he continued to scold, and this time his voice was even louder.

"And you guys, what's going on? I remember there's a rule in the Disciple Management Office that each formal disciple can only choose half of the female medicine apprentices. Why are all one hundred of you female medicine apprentices? Did the Medicine Apprentice Management Office give them special treatment?" Yao Zijiang accused indignantly.

However, while Luo Mei and the others outwardly accepted the criticism, they were inwardly cursing the guy to death. They were just obedient workers, so what was the point of scolding them? They didn't have the right to choose their masters. If they really had the guts, they should have gone to the stewards of the medicine boy management office to argue with him. Why were they going to them?

This guy is clearly using a veiled insult.

Ye Liuyun happened to arrive at the place, and after hearing Yao Zijiang cursing at his apprentice, he raised an eyebrow and then said to Liusu.

"Liusu, let's go down."

Liu Su immediately let out a loud cry, which immediately attracted Luo Mei and the others below.

"Great! Master, she's here. Judging from her clothes, she should be the owner of this medicinal herb field," a young apprentice reminded Yao Zijiang.

However, Yao Zijiang had already spotted Ye Liuyun, so he didn't need his subordinates to remind him. Therefore, when Ye Liuyun was within earshot of him, he launched into a tirade against Luo Mei and the others, all for Ye Liuyun's benefit.

Liu Su carrying Ye Liuyun quickly landed in front of Yao Zijiang, and then jumped off Liu Su's back.

However, when Yao Zijiang got closer and saw Liu Su and Ye Liuyun, his eyes immediately filled with greed.