Bai Yutang, however, had a determined look on his face:
"Big Brother, wait for !"
Saying this, he handed the baby to the attendant beside him and turned to run towards his own courtyard.
Before long, he returned holding a smooth White Jade Pendant.
Chen Hanchi looked bewildered:
"Yutang, this is..."
Bai Yutang raised the jade pendant, his voice carrying a solemn tone:
"Big Brother, this is the token my father gave when I left ho back in the day..."
He slowly explained the reason.
Chen Hanchi’s eyes suddenly brightened, and he stood up excitedly:
"You actually have this connection with Master Chen?"
"Why didn’t you ntion it back then? With this connection, you could have secured an alchemist position in the Alchemy Alliance, instead of wandering with all these years!"
Bai Yutang scratched his head and chuckled, "My father said not to open the lion’s mouth wide, lest it harm the friendship."
Actually, there was a reason he didn’t ntion — he always thought the Chen Clan was at odds with Chen Sheng and worried that revealing the token would bring trouble.
Until he followed Chen Hanchi for years, occasionally hearing him ntion the Alliance Leader of the Alchemy Alliance, did he dare to take out the jade pendant.
Chen Hanchi laughed heartily, patting Bai Yutang’s shoulder:
"What is an alchemist inheritance? Master Chen’s status nowadays is beyond your imagination..."
...
In the chief alchemy room of the Alchemy Alliance.
Chen Sheng was instructing Li Min and Hu Bao on refining the "Platinum Jade Liquid Pill."
Before the pill furnace below, Li Min was cautiously controlling the fla, with beads of sweat on his forehead. The control of heat for a Tier Two Elixir was far more complex than a Tier One, and any slight mistake could ruin the pill.
"Reduce the heat by thirty percent, the dicinal properties of the Clear Miasma Grass need to be nurtured, not aggressively refined."
Chen Sheng’s voice was calm yet carried indisputable authority. With a slight movent of his divine sense, the flas in Li Min’s pill furnace imdiately subsided, and the previously agitated dicinal liquid gradually settled down.
Hu Bao watched intently from the side, full of awe in his eyes.
As the Alliance Leader of the Alchemy Alliance and a core figure in Qinghua Sect’s alchemical domain, Chen Sheng did not intentionally release any spiritual pressure.
Yet, his aura rendered even ordinary Foundation Establishnt cultivators unable to et his gaze directly.
At this mont, the Communication Golden Order at Chen Sheng’s waist suddenly lit up, and a faint spirit light flashed past.
He scanned it with his divine sense, a slight frown forming on his forehead.
Chen Sheng mused to himself, a little surprised:
"An old acquaintance of the Bai Clan? Chen Hanchi?"
His connections with the Bai Clan traced back to the secular world, and Chen Hanchi was a branch of the Yanshan Chen Clan who once attended his lectures, then parted ways and disappeared.
He did not expect these two to be mingled together.
Chen Sheng instructed to Li Min and Hu Bao:
"Practice on your own, pay attention to the spiritual guidance of the liquid."
Then he spoke mildly towards the outside of the hall:
"Bring them over later."
A respectful response echoed from outside the hall.
Before long, two Qi Cultivation Perfection cultivators dressed in the Alchemy Alliance guard attire led the two individuals in slowly.
The guards stood tall, with regulation longswords at their waists, their eyes sharp as eagles.
The attendants on duty in the Alchemy Alliance great hall were all elite selected from the Immortal City Guard Army, and ordinary Qi cultivators dared not cause trouble before them.
Walking at the front was Chen Hanchi, donned in a blue Daoist robe, his face sallow, hair with streaks of silver, vastly different from the dashing young man in mory.
He looked up towards the figure deep in the great hall, his gaze sweeping over the young alchemists, a complex glow in his eyes, full of emotion and a bit of indescribable unease.
He vaguely rembered bidding farewell to Master Chen years ago, thinking that one day, upon achieving distinction, he would repay Master Chen’s great kindness, yet now...
Following behind was Bai Yutang, appearing more nervous than Chen Hanchi, his head bowed low.
Having lingered at the lowest ranks of the cultivation realm for years, it was his first ti entering such a venue.
Standing in the Alchemy Alliance great hall, gazing at the alchemists within, many of whom were Foundation Establishnt seniors, he felt his legs turn to jelly, and his breathing involuntarily beca lighter.
He cautiously held the Token Jade Pendant, his only reliance.
On the stone pillars on both sides of the great hall, intricate Pill Patterns and Spirit Grass designs were carved vividly.
The luminous bead hanging from the top emitted a gentle glow that lit the entire great hall as if it were daylight.
Chen Sheng sat with dignity above the great hall.
Behind him hung a massive Pill Furnace Map, depicting a three-legged furnace covered in runes, exuding an aura of solemnity and reverence.
The mont the two of them reached the center of the great hall, they saw two Foundation Establishnt cultivators in brocade robes standing before Chen Sheng, who were Liu Qiyan and Zuo Hanlin, the Vice Alliance Leaders of the Alchemy Alliance.
Both of them were stooped over, faces plastered with smiles, repeatedly pledging their loyalty.
"Alliance Leader, the Luo and Xu families are but nodding acquaintances with us. Although we had dealings in the past, we were never aware of their collusion with demon cultivators!"
Liu Qiyan clutched a jade scroll in both hands, his tone urgent:
"This is a record of my dealings in elixir materials over the past decade, with absolutely no anomalies, I implore the Alliance Leader to verify!"
Zuo Hanlin quickly chid in:
"Indeed, Alliance Leader, the Zuo Clan of Yanshan has always been loyal to the sect. When the Luo and Xu families got into trouble, we were the first to inspect our clan’s disciples, with no ties whatsoever!"
"I hope the Alliance Leader will put in a good word for us in the future, the Zuo Clan is willing to serve the Alchemy Alliance with utmost loyalty!"
Both were old foxes, having been previous stewards in the Alchemy Alliance. Now with the Alchemy Alliance drawn into the demon cultivator affair, they feared Chen Sheng’s wrath, hurrying early in the morning to declare their loyalty, just to safeguard their family and their positions in the Alchemy Alliance.
Chen Sheng leaned back on the Profound Jade Chair, his gaze sweeping over the two of them indifferently:
"I am already aware of the matter. The Alchemy Alliance’s investigation relies solely on evidence; no innocents will be implicated."
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