Chapter 281
Sima You Yue beat Li Mu, and this situation gave rise to a crazy reaction in Dragon Reflection Town. It wasn’t just because everyone had bet and lost a lot of money, but because they were discussing about a twenty two year old alchemist whose rank was higher than a fourth ranked Li Mu. This was heaven defying talent!
Everyone was guessing why the Sima Clan had been hiding him away all these years. Otherwise, how could they not know about this person?
As a result, they kept digging deeper, until the truth about Sima You Yue was eventually dug up.
“What? He’s that kid who caused the entire Sima Clan to change two years ago?”
“He’s from the Dong Chen Kingdom?”
“Heavens, he was only nineteen years old two years ago! He actually dared to cross the Sofia Mountain Range.”
I heard that the group of people around him are not only Alchemists, but also Armament Masters or Beast Tamer Masters. This combination is really too terrifying!”
“Sigh, comparison will really kill a person!”
“Li Mu is the one who should be plenty depressed. He still has to call him Big Brother whenever they meet. Ha ha, feels so good!”
“Exactly. His nose is always high up in the sky. This time, he’s dragged onto the ground!”
“Just thinking about it feels good!”
With regards to the chaos that she created in Dragon Reflection Town, Sima You Yue wasn’t concerned at all. She returned to the campsite with the Sima Clansmen and rubbed her belly. It was time to eat.
“Sigh, I won’t be hungry while cultivating, but once I don’t cultivate, I’ll feel hungry when the time comes. Why does this happen!” She lamented.
“Sigh.. you, you still love eating even though you’ve reached Divine Rank!”
Suddenly, a gentle and tender voice was heard, causing her to pause her footsteps all of a sudden.
“You Yue, what happened?” Bei Gong Tang asked.
Sima You Yue felt her heart hurt a bit, so she looked at Bei Gong Tang and said, “Nothing much, I just suddenly thought of a person.”
“You Yue, your sudden change of emotions is really scary, okay!” Fatty Qu said.
“When did I? Aren’t I perfectly fine?” Sima You Yue forced a smile and then sighed, saying, “Let’s go, I want to cook a feast tonight, a victory celebration!”
“That’s great, that’s great!”
Sima You Yue spent a long time to produce a table full of dishes. The Sima Clansmen filled two tables and started to eat happily. She was the only one who stared at the vegetables in a daze.
“Yue Yue, these are all dishes that your mother loved to eat!” Little Roar secretly told her as he sat on the table, gnawing on a bone.
Sima You Yue looked at the table full of dishes. She didn’t know why she would keep thinking of these things today, but this left her completely without appetite.
“Mother…” She looked at the soup in the bowl and cried out very quietly.
When they felt the waves of hurt that were radiating off Sima You Yue, everyone was left confused, they didn’t understand what was going on with her.
“Oh my, smells good!” The old man’s voice broke the atmosphere and caught Sima You Yue’s attention.
Everyone looked over to where the voice was coming from, and saw a skinny old man step into their array very easily.
“Who are you?” Sima You Yang asked while standing up.
“I’m just an old man.” The old man walked over, and his eyes shone when he saw the table full of dishes.
Sima You Yue raised her head and called out with surprise when she saw him, “Old Grandpa?”
“Ah, so you’re over here!” The old man looked at Sima You Yue and walked over. He pulled up Sima You Le, who was sitting beside her, and immediately sat his butt down. He took the chopsticks and placed a piece of meat into his mouth.
Sima You Le hadn’t yet reacted when he was pulled to his feet. He wanted to say something when Sima You Yue shook her head at him and got him to go to the table beside.
“Old Grandpa, what are you doing here?”
The old man threw the bone that had been licked clean to the side and said, “I watched your competition with others. I didn’t expect you to have a hidden hand for your alchemy. After that, I walked around somewhere else and came back to the city to look for you. I didn’t expect that you would be here.”
“Look for me?” Sima You Yue stared at him with wide eyes, asking, “Old Grandpa, what did you look for me for?”
“I wanted to ask you who your Master is! Your method at pill refinement is so special, it’s not like the average person’s.” The old man said.
“I don’t have a master, I just randomly stumbled upon a few methods for pill refinement.” Sima You Yue replied.
The old man glanced at her. He didn’t continue the conversation, but focused all his attention on the food.
If his disciple saw this, he would definitely scold him for being a glutton!
“You Yue, this person is?” Sima You Yang asked.
“He is an old grandpa that I met today.” Sima You Yue said, “It’s nothing, everyone, continue eating.”
The old man ate a lot of good food in his time at the upper realms, but all of that seemed bland in front of the food this time.
He looked really skinny and small, but his ability to eat was scary. Half the table’s worth of food was already inside his belly.
“Its taste really isn’t bad. Who made it?” After he had eaten his fill, he patted his round tummy and asked.
“I made it.” Sima You Yue said, “Old Grandpa, you look small, so how did you manage to store all that food?”
“You made it? All of it?” Old man asked.
“Not all of it. Bei Gong Tang and the others also made quite a bit.” Sima You Yue said.
“Not bad, not bad!” Old Man nodded.
“Old Grandpa, I still don’t know how to address you.” She asked.
“Others call me Old Man Devil.” Old man said.
“You’re of the devil clan?” Sima You Yue asked with surprise.
“No way, how do I look like I’m from the devil clan!” Old Man huffed.
“Eh, you don’t, you don’t.” Sima You Yue flattered with a smile. Then she asked again, “Grandpa Devil, when are you going to refine your Three Yuan pill?”
“Why?” Old man took out a toothpick and placed it in his mouth.
“Hehe, aren’t I curious? I’ve never seen anyone refine a Three Yuan pill!” Sima You Yue said, “Grandpa Devil, this Three Yuan pill is complex to refine. Do you need a helper?”
“You want to be my helper?” Old Man devil glanced at her.
Sima You Yue nodded, then beamed at him, “I can cook even tastier things! These things are just so-so in flavour!”
“You just want to observe my refining, right.” Sima You Yue pointed out Sima You Yue’s motive.
“That’s right, Grandpa Devil, do you agree?” Sima You Yue didn’t deny it either.
“You will cook yummy food for me again?” Old Man asked.
“If you agree, of course I will!” Sima You Yue said.
“But I don’t let just anyone watch me refine pills.” Old man Devil said, “Why don’t you hail me as your master? Your level of talent is just enough to become my disciple.”
“Ah?” Sima You Yue was stunned, “Hail you as my master?”
“Why, a ninth ranked alchemist like me isn’t enough to become your master?” Old man Devil asked.
“No, no.” How would Sima You Yue dare to deny, “It’s just that we merely met for a day. Wouldn’t it be too quick for me to hail you as my master!”
“An old man like me only accepts you as a disciple because I think you’re good enough. Hmph, how many people want to enter my Divine Devil Valley but can’t!” Old man Devil said.
Bei Gong Tang, who was sitting beside them, suddenly raised her head and cried out with surprise, “Divine Devil Valley?!”