Old Man Baicao was originally named Erwa. He has no name. He was born in poverty and has no talent. He has been working as a firewood boy for many years, but he can't even do the basics of drawing Qi into his body. Anyone in Huyue Peak can step on him, whether it is a low-level monk on the first level of Qi training or a new monk, let alone the decent disciples.
Ordinarily, he should have been kicked out of the house long ago because he couldn't even draw Qi into his body. But he was lucky. The fire-burning boy did a good job and the superiors were very useful. Anyway, the current ones stayed.
If nothing happened, this person would have died of old age. Dying in obscurity is the best ending for him.
But the world of cultivation has infinite possibilities. Sometimes destiny is really hard to say. Some people have everything but have a rough life, and some people have nothing but still have luck. And then he had it all...
Erwa is such a person. Although God deprived him of his talent, he arranged a noble person for him.
By chance, he won the favor of an elder. Although it is impossible for him to be the elder's disciple according to his qualifications, it is impossible even to be a registered disciple. But thanks to the other party, he was able to learn from him and start with him.
It sounds incredible, but Erwa is climbing up step by step under such circumstances. Herbal medicine, alchemy, occult arts, connections... Erwa successfully learned the skills, and quickly rose to the top with his superb alchemy skills, and soon he was in the sight of the people above.
Then his path was incredibly smooth, building the foundation, proving the elixir, conceiving a baby... and now he is an alchemist known to everyone in the sect. Although he ranks at the bottom among Yuanying, he is famous in the field of alchemy. Anyone who wants to take this path wants to win his favor.
Especially those handyman disciples who once had the same talent as him, but they are all waiting to use this style to copy the other party's path.
However, the Baicao old man also had a weird personality. He refused to be called by the sect and gave himself such a weird name. Later, he appeared as an old man. He had to stay at Huyue Peak even though he had a better position.
This old man Baicao is a person who causes headaches for many senior officials.
And he had another headache. That is because this person refuses to teach his disciples. Now in the past many years, he has not had a single disciple under his sect. The elder who taught him at the beginning was a well-known person in the family who had many talents all over the world.
If it were the person above other Nascent Soul Lord, it wouldn’t be a headache. After all, teaching disciples is everyone's freedom. If a true king doesn't like to accept disciples, you can't force others, right? But it's different for high-level alchemists like Old Man Baicao. They have a big problem if they don't accept disciples.
Alchemist can be called the golden profession in the world of cultivation. Without the six major techniques, no one can do without it. Without this monk, many opportunities will be lost.
Every sect is indispensable for the assistance of alchemists, good or bad, low-level or high-level, the more the better. If it were not unrealistic, the sect would wish that everyone was an alchemist, so they put a lot of thought into universal alchemy and arranged for specialized people to teach them relevant knowledge.
Although the threshold for alchemy is too high, it is still for a considerable level of alchemy. Almost everyone who is not a beginner or a popular pill can make some pills. Even Ningxia can make some pills.
But how many people can actually make elixirs? What the sect needs is real elixirs that can be supplied stably and long-term to the talents within the sect. The more such people the better, there will always be a shortage.
Therefore, the alchemists of the sect are extremely valued. The sect also hopes that they can recruit a wide range of disciples. For this reason, they even do not hesitate to offer various treasures and a large number of resources.
However, the old man Baicao was unwilling to accept a disciple. He has been alone for more than many years and has become a hard but indispensable hard nut in the door.
Just when people were about to give up, something suddenly happened here. This eccentric True Lord seems to have been impulsive in his recent attitude...
Old Man Baicao is older than True Lord Yuan Heng, but his cultivation level is far ahead, so there is nothing wrong with him calling him senior brother.
Zhenjun Yuanheng had had several contacts with him when he was young, but he was not very familiar with him, so his visit today was accidental. Therefore, the atmosphere between the two was not enthusiastic, but slightly restrained.
Lord Baicao invited them in, seemingly not surprised by their arrival. When Ning Xia followed True Lord Yuan Heng in, she looked back and found that the other party was looking away from the door, as if waiting for something.
Entering inside, this courtyard is different from what we have seen before in Ningxia. It is well planned and neatly planted with various kinds of fairy grass and medicinal materials. The ground is full of farm tools scattered in a mess.
The entire courtyard is like a field, with no beauty at all.
Ningxia also visited the residences of other alchemists. Zhenjun Lingche of the Huyang Sect is also a very powerful alchemist. When she was in the Huyang Sect, she lived in the other party's yard, but the other party's residence was different from this one.
Compared with the interesting villa of Lord Lingche, the residence of Lord Baicao is simply the courtyard of an old farmer.
Only then did Ningxia realize that the other party's legs were still bare, with both sides of his trouser legs pulled up, and there was still mud on his right leg. It can be seen that he has just been worked in the fields... If he didn't know the other person's identity, he might have doubted his identity when he met him on the road.
From here we can also see that the rumors are true. This old man of Baicao does have a weird temperament, and he even grows herbs without any help. Look at this huge yard, so many spiritual herbs, but not a single helper. Could it be that he took care of this all by himself?
Ningxia has also cultivated spiritual materials, done related tasks, and has a certain understanding of the intensity of their work. To be honest, taking care of so many spiritual materials by myself would drive me crazy.
Apparently Ningxia is not the only doubter here. Both Zhenjun Yuanheng and Jin Lin came from below and did many tasks when they were young. They knew the whole story of these things better than Ning Xia.
Ningxia and Jinlin dare not ask, but True Lord Yuanheng can hear it. He frowned and looked at the mess on the ground and asked, "Junior Brother Baicao, are you taking care of this place all by yourself?"
Old Man Baicao nodded and fiddled with a shovel next to him with his toes, his expression a little careless.
"But those managers neglected you? You alone cannot support such a huge workload." Zhenjun Yuanheng disagreed.
"No, they sent people. But those guys were clumsy and made a mess. It would be better for me to do it myself, so I pushed them back. I have no problem, senior brother Yuanheng, don't worry."
"Besides...I also found help."
helper? This time, the word "doubt" was written on Zhenjun Yuanheng's face.
