Chapter 1825: Stirring Up Enmity

"Hmph! Hmph!"

Treasure Pig gobbled up the few pills in Ye Yuan's hand in a flash.

Xiaotong, however, narrowed his eyes and stared at Ye Yuan in shock.

"You... what you just fed Treasure Pig was a Void Spirit Divine Pill?"

Ye Yuan raised an eyebrow and said, "Oh, you little brat have some insight, huh? You could tell it was a Void Spirit Divine Pill with just one glance."

Treasure Pig had eaten very quickly, in the blink of an eye, yet Xiaotong had seen it clearly.

A grave expression appeared on Xiaotong's face. "Did you refine these pills yourself?"

Ye Yuan said helplessly, "If I didn't refine them, did you?"

At this moment, Xiaotong's expression held a complexity that belied his age.

Clearly, he was very shocked.

"Impossible! You broke through to the Divine Lord realm at most a few years ago. How could you possibly refine a fifth-grade Void Spirit Divine Pill in such a short time?" Xiaotong refused to believe.

It wasn't that Void Spirit Divine Pills couldn't be refined, but refining them undoubtedly required long-term accumulation.

A genius in the Dao of alchemy, even the greatest of geniuses, could not comprehend the method to refine Void Spirit Divine Pills in just a few years.

Ye Yuan smiled. "Others can't, but that doesn't mean I can't."

Xiaotong squinted. "Impossible. I don't believe it!"

Ye Yuan grabbed Xiaotong by the ear and started dragging him out.

Xiaotong winced in pain and shrieked, "Ouch! Let go of me! You brat, have you eaten a bear's heart and leopard's gall? How dare you twist my ear!"

Ye Yuan curled his lip. "You barged into my residence without permission, and I haven't even settled accounts with you yet. So what if I twist your ear?"

Xiaotong was furious, but Ye Yuan was proficient in spatial laws, and he had no way to fight back.

Just then, Treasure Pig suddenly circled around to Ye Yuan's front, looking at him with a pitiful expression, as if pleading.

Ye Yuan was startled, then let go.

Xiaotong glared hatefully at Treasure Pig and said grumpily, "Hmph! At least you have some conscience!"

Treasure Pig seemed to be ingratiating itself, rubbing against Xiaotong's pant leg.

Sure enough, Xiaotong's expression softened a lot, but he was still angry. "Treasure Pig, tell me now: do you want me or him?"

Hearing this, Treasure Pig looked at Xiaotong, then at Ye Yuan, its cute face showing hesitation.

Clearly, Treasure Pig couldn't bear to part with either.

Ye Yuan suddenly spoke up. "Aren't you putting Treasure Pig in a difficult position like this?"

Xiaotong said in a childish voice, "Treasure Pig is my pet. I can do whatever I want with it. What business is it of yours?"

Ye Yuan's expression suddenly turned serious, and he stared intently at Xiaotong. "Are you saying... Treasure Pig is your pet?"

Xiaotong felt a bit creeped out by Ye Yuan's stare, but he raised his little head and said stubbornly, "I said it's my grandfather's pet! Isn't that the same as mine?"

Ye Yuan squinted. "Who is your grandfather?"

Xiaotong curled his lip. "If I tell you, it'll scare you to death! So I'm not going to tell you!"

Ye Yuan said nothing, but he guessed that Xiaotong's grandfather was likely that Celestial Venerable.

Since Xiaotong wouldn't say, Ye Yuan didn't press him. After all, such a powerful figure was not someone he could come into contact with at his current level.

Ye Yuan waved his hand. "Go back. If Treasure Pig is willing to leave, I won't stop it. But if I catch you sneaking into my residence again, next time it won't be just a ear-twisting!"

Seeing Ye Yuan's malicious gaze, Xiaotong instinctively touched his butt.

The memory was still fresh!

Xiaotong thought for a moment and said, "I'm not leaving! I'm staying here with Treasure Pig!"

Ye Yuan frowned. "No!"

However, Treasure Pig looked at Ye Yuan with a pitiful expression again, its short pigtail wagging nonstop.

Even though Ye Yuan was decisive in killing, he couldn't resist Treasure Pig's cute攻势.

He owed Treasure Pig a favor. If not for Treasure Pig, he wouldn't have been able to refine pills to his heart's content like now.

Helpless, Ye Yuan sighed. "Fine, but if you stay, you have to listen to me! You absolutely must not do anything I tell you not to. Understand?"

Xiaotong giggled. "Okay, deal! Are you going to refine pills now? I want to watch you refine!"

Ye Yuan said, "I'll be refining pills until the Huangling Assembly. You can watch me refine, but if you disturb me, get lost immediately!"

Hearing this, Xiaotong nodded like a bobblehead.

"Heh, I'll see just how skilled you are at alchemy! I'll be damned if you can refine a fifth-grade Void Spirit Divine Pill!" Xiaotong thought to himself.

The Shanglin Garden had a separate alchemy room, fully equipped with all kinds of facilities. Ye Yuan was very satisfied.

Xiaotong held the sleeping Treasure Pig and quietly watched Ye Yuan refine pills, his expression growing increasingly grave and his inner shock deepening.

"This kid's alchemy skill has reached perfection! No wonder he looks down on Du Rufeng. That old man really has nothing to teach him! Not to mention Du Rufeng, even I wouldn't dare say I'm better than him at refining fifth-grade divine pills! This kid's bone age is only a thousand years old. How did he cultivate?"

The more Xiaotong watched, the more shocked he became.

Ye Yuan's technique for refining fifth-grade divine pills was still a bit rusty, but only relatively speaking.

Even when he performed poorly, it was still peak celestial grade.

Moreover, as time passed, Ye Yuan's refining technique became more and more proficient, and the frequency of celestial-grade results decreased.

"This kid is a born alchemist. His progress is too fast! He has definitely glimpsed the Great Dao of Origins. Too strong! No wonder Treasure Pig couldn't walk away from him the moment it saw him." On the twelfth day, Xiaotong said this.

...

On this day, the Huangling Assembly officially began.

When the disciples of Shadowmoon Sect arrived, they immediately drew sidelong glances.

Especially the disciples of several powerful sects like Shangqing Sect and Ruyi Sect, who looked hostile.

"Heh, Yang Shen, with your strength, you couldn't even get into the Shanglin Garden, yet these rookies got in!"

The speaker was Luo Zhen, the top disciple of Ruyi Sect, a peak Divine Lord Second Layer powerhouse.

And Yang Shen was a disciple of the top sect, Shangqing Sect, also at the peak of Divine Lord Second Layer.

Yang Shen's face darkened. "What does it mean to get into the Shanglin Garden? It's just because of a pig! In the Huangling Assembly, everything is decided by strength. Getting into the Shanglin Garden doesn't mean they can enter the Divine Hall!"

Luo Zhen smiled. "I've already told my junior brothers and sisters that this time, we must shut out Shadowmoon Sect completely! Whenever we encounter Shadowmoon Sect disciples, we'll make sure they lose badly."

Yang Shen raised an eyebrow and nodded. "I'd also like to see what's so special about this batch of Shadowmoon Sect disciples!"

The two exchanged a glance, clearly reaching an understanding.

In fact, it wasn't just them. Many elders and disciples of powerful sects were also resentful that Shadowmoon Sect had moved into the Shanglin Garden.