Chapter 1821: The Supreme Immortal Emperor
Ouyang Tianyun looked at Gu Jun and asked, "Are you sure her fiancé is Lord Yanluo?"
"Absolutely sure," Gu Jun said seriously. "We have been taken care of by her and her fiancé in the mortal realm all these years. Otherwise, do you think we would have had such smooth sailing there?"
Ouyang Tianyun chuckled lightly. "Are you worried that I have improper thoughts about Fifteen?"
"If Lord Yanluo weren't there, Third Senior Brother, you could indeed match with Fifteen. But with him, to be honest, you are not the right match for her," Gu Jun said very seriously to Ouyang Tianyun.
Ouyang Tianyun smiled and then spoke slowly. "Rest assured. I have no romantic feelings for Fifteen. Only sibling affection. She is like a sister to me, so you can put your mind at ease."
Hearing this, Gu Jun felt relieved. She knew Ouyang Tianyun never spoke falsely. If she said Zhu Yanyi was like a sister to her, then that was the truth. She sighed with relief. "Then I am at ease."
Ouyang Tianyun smiled again and patted Gu Jun’s shoulder. "Fourth Brother, stop worrying unnecessarily. I care for Fifteen because I truly want a sister. Things are fine as they are, so don’t worry."
Gu Jun nodded. "That’s good. Get along well with Fifteen, and I’ll be at ease."
After watching Gu Jun leave, Ouyang Tianyun smiled, returned to his room, thought for a moment, made a gesture, and took out a jade pendant. He infused his spiritual energy into it, and a figure appeared on the jade.
"Hello, Adoptive Father," Ouyang Tianyun waved at the figure.
"Tianyun, I thought you were out training and wouldn’t contact me for a long time," the person on the other side said, his face bright as the moon.
Ouyang Tianyun glanced at him. "Adoptive Father, you sent me to this plane to train to pay off debts. Besides, if your Heavenly Book hadn’t malfunctioned, would I need to come here? And I’ve been here for three hundred years. How is that not a long time?"
Ouyang Tianyun looked at his adoptive father, the current Supreme Immortal Emperor Ouyang Mingyue, with great dissatisfaction.
Ouyang Mingyue rubbed his nose, looking somewhat helpless. "Tianyun, I can’t help it if the Heavenly Book has issues. It needs the Earth Book and the Human Book to activate its power again. So, you must get along well with the owners of the Earth Book and the Human Book. By the way, have you found one of them?"
"A junior sister arrived today, and the Heavenly Book reacted. She likely possesses one of the books," Ouyang Tianyun said seriously.
"Alright. But be careful. The Heavenly Book’s power is too great. A slight mistake could cause tremors in the plane," Ouyang Mingyue warned. If he could go down easily, he wouldn’t have sent his adopted son with the Heavenly Book.
"Don’t worry, I know," Ouyang Tianyun replied casually. "By the way, Master, I feel a sense of intimacy toward this junior sister. It seems she is my relative. I suspect she might be the reincarnation of one of my two sisters. Adoptive Father, is there a way to verify this?"
"To trace past lives, you must go to the Underworld. However, I do not recommend it," Ouyang Mingyue said.
"If your intuition tells you she is your sister, then treat her as such. Even if your sister is someone else in the future, having an extra sister is no harm. And the Venerable Yanluo is not someone to be disturbed lightly."
"Understood," Ouyang Tianyun agreed again. "Also, a junior brother told me today that this junior sister’s fiancé is Lord Yanluo. Do you think it could be that one?"
"Identity doesn’t matter. What matters is sincerity. If you treat her as a true sister, then her fiancé is your brother-in-law. Whether it is that one or not is irrelevant.
Tianyun, you sometimes lack clarity. You care too much about everything, which is bad for your cultivation. You are only at the peak of the Golden Core stage. Why can’t you break through to the Nascent Soul stage? It’s because you haven’t let go of your many regrets."
Ouyang Mingyue looked serious. "Tianyun, life is lived by people. Even if we become Supreme Immortal Venerables, it is the same. Do you understand?"
Life is lived by people, day by day. Ouyang Tianyun often heard such words, but now he began to consider them.
The communication device had disconnected at some point, but Ouyang Tianyun sat silently, thinking. He felt a certain realization. In the past, he couldn’t see things clearly. Now he realized he had cared too much. It seemed he needed to think things through properly.
Zhu Yanyi finished reading the basic alchemy book at top speed and then started working with the herbs in her Ruyi Space.
She harvested what needed harvesting and continued planting. The space gave her convenience, providing the herbs she needed. Unfortunately, she had spent the whole day wandering and hadn’t visited the seed shop she had planned to go to.
The next day, Zhu Yanyi followed the instructions on her jade slip and easily found the alchemy room.
She thought she had arrived early, but unexpectedly, Ouyang Tianyun was already there, checking herbs. she was likely preparing to refine a batch of pills soon.
"Fifteen is here," Ouyang Tianyun said with a smile. "Do you want to refine pills, Fifteen?"
Zhu Yanyi smiled lightly. "I’ll try later. I have prepared many medicines and pills. In our mortal world, we also made things called pills, but they are different from true alchemical pills."
Ouyang Tianyun tilted her head, listening carefully to Zhu Yanyi’s words, then said, "Fifteen, medicine preparation and alchemy have similarities and differences. Do you know what they are?"
Zhu Yanyi shook her head slightly. "Although I have read many books on alchemy, I have never successfully refined pills in practice, so I can’t say for sure right now."
Ouyang Tianyun thought for a moment and then said, "Come here. Sit on the cushion to my side. I will now refine the simplest Yuanling Pill.
This pill is for the most basic cultivators, those who have just passed the Qi Condensation stage but haven’t entered Foundation Establishment. It is called the Yuanling Pill.
The Yuanling Pill helps increase the absorption of spiritual energy. It is the simplest type of pill. Watch me refine it from the side and tell me your insights."
"Okay, thank you, Senior Brother." Zhu Yanyi knew that learning alchemy was not simple, so she nodded very seriously.
Ouyang Tianyun closed his eyes briefly, then opened them with a solemn expression. At this moment, he was no longer the casual Ouyang Tianyun, but the alchemist Ouyang Tianyun. When refining pills, he was particularly solemn and serious, with absolute concentration.