Otherworld Merit Upgrade System

Chapter 047 White Snake

Chapter 047 White Snake

A burst of flames rose from Lin Fei's room, accompanied by intense fire and a wave of scorching heat—his room had exploded violently the moment he stepped into the courtyard.

"This, this..." Lin Fei was stunned, staring blankly at his room engulfed in flames: "What, what happened?"

"What are you all standing there for? Hurry up and put out the fire!" A voice pulled Lin Fei back from his stunned silence. A figure rushed out of the flames, and upon closer inspection, Lin Fei saw that it was a woman dressed in a white Taoist robe.

Her Taoist robe couldn't hide her beautiful figure. Although she was covered in dust and dirt, it was still easy to tell that she was an absolutely stunning woman.

"Could this fire have been started by this girl?" Lin Fei was speechless—wasn't his junior sister a bit too fierce?

The woman who ran out of the sea of ​​fire was, without a doubt, another disciple of Yuan Yi, Lin Fei's senior sister—Ming Lan.

After escaping from the sea of ​​fire, Minglan gathered her true energy in her palms, trying to extinguish the flames. Unfortunately, her cultivation level was simply not high enough, and the raging fire was beyond her ability to put out.

"Hurry up and help! What are you standing there for?" Ming Lan turned around abruptly and shouted to Lin Fei, who was standing behind her.

"Oh!" Lin Fei took two steps forward, channeled all his true energy into his palm, and slammed out a palm. The powerful true energy instantly extinguished the fire. Unfortunately, his room was completely destroyed in the fire.

Fortunately, Lin Fei had only been at Jianxing Peak for a short time and didn't have any valuable personal belongings left in his room, otherwise he would have been in real trouble.

"Your cultivation is quite good, kid." Ming Lan turned around, looked Lin Fei up and down, and seeing the white robe he was wearing, she instantly understood: "I heard that Master has taken on a new disciple, and I haven't seen him for so many days. It must be you?"

This girl blew up her own room and can still act so nonchalantly. Lin Fei couldn't help but feel annoyed. He nodded and said, "Senior sister, this is my room. What are you doing here? And why did you make such a mess of it?"

Minglan blushed, but fortunately her face was covered in charcoal ash, so nothing could be seen.

"Hmph, why can't I come to your room? It's because you haven't been around for days! I just borrowed your room for a bit." Minglan puffed out her chest and said matter-of-factly, "Don't be so stingy, junior brother! It's just a room. If it weren't for the accident while I was refining pills, how could there have been an explosion? Don't worry, once I've finished refining the pills and sold them, I'll give you ten of your rooms for free!"

"Alchemy?" Lin Fei was slightly taken aback, then realized that Ming Lan's cultivation was nothing special. Why would Yuan Yi, who never accepted disciples, take her as a disciple? It turned out that she had a talent for alchemy.

There are many cultivators in this world, but few are talented in alchemy. Especially alchemy masters, almost every one of them is an important figure in their sect.

However, no matter how you look at Ming Lan, he doesn't seem like a genius in alchemy; otherwise, he wouldn't have blown up his own room.

"Hey kid, what's with that look? Don't you believe me?" Minglan blushed as she felt Lin Fei's distrustful gaze. "If my pill hadn't been missing one of the most important ingredients, and I had to use another to replace it, how could it have become unstable and exploded? Let me tell you, my master said that my talent in alchemy is no less than that of the abbot of Lao Jun Temple!"

"What? Not inferior to the abbot of Lao Jun Temple?" Lin Fei was truly shocked this time. Lao Jun Temple, one of the eighteen temples of the Jade Emperor, is famous for its alchemy. Not only is it renowned within the Jade Emperor Sect, but it is also famous throughout the entire Southern Tang Dynasty.

"Well, now you know how amazing your senior sister is, right?" Minglan wrinkled her nose, looking very smug.

Faced with this woman, Lin Fei didn't know what to say. Although she had damaged his room, it wasn't intentional. Moreover, Lin Fei couldn't bring himself to punish a woman, so he could only offer a few perfunctory words and get rid of this troublemaker first.

Unexpectedly, the girl seemed oblivious to Lin Fei's intention to get rid of him, and continued to chat with him enthusiastically. She suddenly asked, "Judging from the strength of your true energy just now, you must have at least the cultivation level of the Body Tempering Realm with over a hundred acupoints, right? And I heard that you were the champion of this sect competition? Master's judgment is indeed excellent."

Lin Fei could only nod helplessly: "Senior sister is too kind. My cultivation level is nothing in the Jade Emperor Sect."

Minglan suddenly stepped forward, took Lin Fei's arm, and said with a smile, "Junior brother is too modest. Master has never accepted disciples. You must be very remarkable to accept you as a disciple this time."

Minglan seemed carefree, but when she pressed her body against Lin Fei's, Lin Fei felt extremely uncomfortable. More importantly, Minglan's smile reminded Lin Fei of a weasel offering New Year's greetings to a chicken—it didn't seem like she had any good intentions.

Lin Fei felt a bit hot and awkwardly pushed Ming Lan's hand away: "Senior Sister, please speak frankly. We are from the same sect, so if there is anything I can do to help, I will not refuse."

Minglan gave a thumbs up: "Junior brother is indeed straightforward and loyal! To be honest, the explosion happened because one of the important ingredients in the pills I was refining was missing. That ingredient is in a deep valley in the back mountain, guarded by a snake demon of the high-ranking demon soldier level. I would like to ask junior brother for a favor and go with me to the valley to collect the ingredient."

A high-ranking demon soldier is equivalent to a Body Tempering Realm expert among human cultivators. Although Ming Lan has good talent in alchemy, her cultivation is only at the early stage of the Body Tempering Realm, which explains why she couldn't find the most important medicinal ingredient.

As Minglan spoke, she took Lin Fei's hand again: "Junior Brother Mingxin, let's not delay, let's go to the deep valley to gather herbs! Don't worry, once your senior sister has refined the pills, you'll definitely get your share of the benefits!"

It is said that one cannot live without being obsessed. Ming Lan may look as beautiful as a flower, but when it comes to alchemy, she is like a madwoman, not willing to waste a moment.

"Um, senior sister..." Lin Fei's body was a little stiff, and he couldn't take a step.

"What, Junior Brother, do you want to back out?" Ming Lan frowned, looking very unhappy.

"It's not that Junior Brother is backing out." Lin Fei awkwardly pointed at her, "Senior Sister, shouldn't you go change your clothes first before we go gather herbs?"

"Ah!" Minglan looked down and her face instantly turned red to the roots of her neck. It turned out the explosion had left her clothes disheveled, with a considerable amount of her fair skin exposed. No wonder Lin Fei had been behaving so strangely.

"Wait here, I'll be right back with a change of clothes!" Minglan said, then ran out without looking back.

"That crazy girl!" Lin Fei rubbed his nose helplessly, turned around and was overcome with grief: "Damn it, my house!"