Although his words sounded righteous, Long Feng couldn’t help but sneered inwardly after hearing them.
Contribute?
Why don’t you directly ask it for free?
The Tyrant Blood Yang Pill was a Third-Rank Pill. Its recipe wasn’t particularly complicated compared to those of higher-ranked pills, but its value came from its fine effects and cost-effectiveness.
It was naturally impossible for him to hand it over for nothing.
However, Long Feng also knew that Elder Xu wasn’t an idiot.
Sect disciples often obtained treasures, pill recipes, cultivation techniques, or other valuable items by chance.
Sometimes, they would sell these things to the sect.
Sometimes, the sect itself would need something in a disciple’s possession.
In such situations, the sect would usually exchange the item for an appropriate price.
If the sect tried to take everything from its disciples for free, and such news would spread, no disciple would dare trust the sect again in future.
Therefore, Long Feng didn’t directly refuse.
Instead, he put a slightly hesitant expression on his face.
"Elder Xu, I naturally have no objection to contributing something to the sect. Since, I believe the sect didn’t treat its disciples unfairly."
However, his words made Elder Xu’s smile froze.
His words were sound polite, but the meaning behind them was obvious.
’I’m willing to give it to the sect. But don’t expect me to give it to you for free.’
This Long Feng was much smarter than he had expected. He had originally intended to use the sect’s name to obtain the pill recipe without paying anything.
But now, Long Feng had cleverly blocked that path.
If Elder Xu insisted on taking it for free, it would be difficult to explain later. However, his usual smile quickly returned.
"Hahaha! Of course, of course."
Elder Xu nodded like he was always like this. "The sect naturally wouldn’t take something belonging to a disciple without compensation."
Although he was smiling, Elder Xu’s heart was already slightly displeased.
"Since you understand the sect’s rules, then write down the pill recipe."
Long Feng took out a piece of paper and a brush from his storage ring. He quickly wrote down the ingredients and the process of refining the Tyrant Blood Yang Pill.
The recipe wasn’t particularly complicated.
The true difficulty was in the precise control of the flames and the refining process.
But there were many experienced Alchemists in sect, the recipe wasn’t impossible to understand for them.
Elder Xu carefully took the paper.
His expression gradually became serious as he read it. He checked every line carefully. After confirming that there was nothing wrong, he finally nodded.
"Good."
With a wave of his hand, the paper disappeared into his storage ring. Then, he took out a token and threw it toward him.
Long Feng’s eyes narrowed as he caught it.
The token had the symbol of a small tower carved onto its surface, with two golden marks engraved on either side.
Treasure Pavilion’s second-floor access.
Long Feng immediately recognized it. With this token, he could go there and choose one item for free.
However, he wasn’t particularly satisfied.
He had visited the Treasure Pavilion’s second floor before.
If an Inner Disciple saved enough contribution points and completed enough tasks, they could eventually exchange those points for access to the second floor.
It wasn’t an impossible reward.
Compared to the value of a lost Third-Rank pill recipe, this compensation was somewhat lacking.
However, Long Feng didn’t argue. Instead, he smiled naturally.
"That’s too much, Elder. I didn’t expect just one of the benefits would be this."
His words were shoot like arrows, making Elder Xu’s eyebrows twitched, understood the hidden meaning behind his words.
’This brat is still trying to squeeze more benefits out of me.’
His expression became slightly gloomy.
He had originally planned to act as a middleman and take some benefits for himself after handing the recipe over to the sect.
Naturally, he didn’t want Long Feng to continue talking. Therefore, he quickly waved his hand.
"Hahaha! Consider this token enough to exchange for the pill recipe."
He paused before revealing a generous expression.
"However, I’m very pleased with your service. So, I will personally give you something else."
Elder Xu turned his head and gave the woman beside him a meaningful glance. The woman immediately stood up and walked toward the door.
A moment later, she came back followed by an another figure.
The woman wore a sleeveless, light-colored dress in the style commonly worn by female cultivators. The dress was short, leaving most of her slender thighs exposed.
She had a petite and delicate figure, with an extremely slim waist. Her long black hair fell down her back.
Her face was small and delicate, with a cute and innocent appearance that made her look younger than her actual age. Her long, smooth legs made her already graceful figure look even more attractive.
The woman stopped beside Elder Xu and lowered her head respectfully.
Elder Xu smiled meaningfully at him.
"Didn’t one of your servant disciples recently become an Outer Disciple? Then you’re currently missing one servant."
Then he pointed toward the woman and said.
"Hahaha, I purchased her from the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce. She has received proper training and quite capable."
Long Feng’s expression became strange. This old man really didn’t know when to stop talking.
However, Elder Xu continued to himself.
"I spent a considerable amount to obtain her and still not touched it. But since you’ve done something good for the sect, I’ll give her to you."
Long Feng glanced at the woman, then looked back at Elder Xu.
Along with disgust, he was also shocked.
This old bastard might be shameless and lustful, but he’s clearly not a simple person.
To bring a female slave purchased from the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce into the sect without any problem, Elder Xu clearly had some influence.
The woman was certainly beautiful. However, Long Feng wasn’t an idiot.
He knew exactly what Elder Xu was doing.
The Treasure Pavilion token was already insufficient compensation for the Tyrant Blood Yang Pill recipe.
Now, Elder Xu was trying to use a beautiful woman to make up for the difference.
Unfortunately, Long Feng wasn’t interested in exchanging his benefits so cheaply.
But after looking at his expression, Long Feng understood that he wasn’t going to give him anything else.
If he continued arguing, he would only make an enemy without gaining any additional benefit.
’Forget it. There is no point fighting over this.’
Long Feng looked at the woman again. Since Elder Xu was determined to give her to him, he might as well accept.
At least he wouldn’t lose anything more by doing so.
However, just as he was about to agree, a thought suddenly crossed his mind.
Since Elder Xu wasn’t willing to give him any more benefits, he might as well take advantage of the situation and ask for something else.
"Elder Xu, since you already know that I can refine the Tyrant Blood Yang Pill, I have one more request."
Elder Xu raised his eyebrows.
"Oh? What is it?"
"Since I can successfully refine a Third-Rank Pill, I believe I should be promoted to a Third-Rank Alchemist."
Long Feng looked at him calmly.
"I hope Elder Xu can help me with this matter."
Elder Xu’s expression immediately became hesitant.
"Long Feng, this..."
Normally, the sect cannot directly promote an alchemist to a higher rank without conducting the proper assessment. After all, the rank of an alchemist represents their ability, and the sect cannot simply give such a position to someone without testing them.
But he can successfully refine this Third Rank Pill, there shouldn’t be much of a problem with promoting him to a Third-Rank Alchemist.
Elder Xu waved his hand casually.
"You don’t need to worry about it. I’ll personally inform the Pill Hall and have them handle your promotion."
Long Feng immediately smiled.
"Then I’ll have to trouble Elder Xu."
"Hahaha! It’s nothing."
Elder Xu waved his hand casually.
Although he was somewhat reluctant to help Long Feng with this matter, it wasn’t a particularly difficult thing for him.
"Since Elder Xu has already said so, then I will take my leave."
Elder Xu’s smile immediately became brighter.
"Hahaha! Good! Good!"
Long Feng stood up and walked toward the door, followed by his new maid.
It wasn’t until he reached at the foot of mountain, he couldn’t help but cursed out loudly.
"Damn bastard! You fatty pig, I’ll sew your mother!"
Looking at the token in hand, which can only access him to the second floor of Treasure Pavilion, his anger flare up.
However, there was nothing he could do about it now. After calming himself down for a while, he finally managed to suppress his anger.
But he firmly remembered this matter in his heart. One day, he would return this humiliation a hundredfold.
Finally, he turned to look at the woman beside him. She seemed to have noticed that the situation wasn’t right, so she lowered her head and remained silent.
"What’s your name?"
"Xiao Ruo."
Facing his question, she replied with a slight smile. Because of the difference in their heights, she had to look up to see him.
"Hmm, you go to my place. I have something to do."
Long Feng told her the address of his residence and sent her there first. He still wanted to visit the Treasure Pavilion and obtain his so-called benefit.
The Treasure Pavilion was one of the most important places in the entire Azura Heaven Sect.
It was a massive seven-story building that stood in one of the central areas of the sect. The entire building was constructed from a special dark-colored wood, with countless mysterious formations carved into its walls.
Even from a distance, Long Feng could feel the faint fluctuations of powerful energy coming from it.
Every disciple of the Azura Heaven Sect knew about this place.
After all, the Treasure Pavilion contained countless treasures accumulated by the sect over many years. Weapons, cultivation resources, spiritual materials, rare treasures, and countless other precious items could be found inside.