Eternal Cultivation of Alchemy

Chapter 2237  Dejected

"Bet on me?" Pearl asked with a confused look on his face. "Why would you have to ask me to do that? You can bet on anyone you want to."

"Yes," the fox said. "But the way I want to bid, I need your help."

Pearl got a little curious. "Go on," he said. "How can I help you?"

"So, I want to bet on you and have you win," the fox said.

"Yes, I intend on doing that already," Pearl said. n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

"Yes, and then you do it again, and again, and again," the fox said.

Pearl couldn't tell what the fox was saying. Of course, he would continue winning if he could.

"And then, you lose… intentionally," the fox said.

Pearl immediately frowned. "That is against the rule," he said. That much he was told at the registration. "We cannot intentionally lose."

"Oh, don't worry," the fox said. "If it was going to be found, I would've been found already. I teeter on the rule, so it's never unallowed. So, do you want to join?"

Pearl thought for a minute and shrugged. "Sure. If it isn't against the rule, then I won't mind," he said. "But I won't lose a fight I know I can win. I will try my hardest so it is up to you to make the right decision."

The fox grinned a little. "Alright," he said. "You just fight and let me know if you think you can win the next one or not. I will make the judgment on my own."

Pearl nodded. "I have to let you know though. If I win this one, I am being moved to the upper arena."

"Great," the man said. "They bid way more up there."

Pearl raised an eyebrow. Maybe it was going to be more fun up there. He was going to keep fighting for a long time now.

* * * * * * * "Alright, I'll attack you. Make sure to protect with as little time as you can, okay?" Whisker said as he raised a simple stock with his Qi.

Momo looked at the stick and nodded. "Do it, Uncle Whisker."

Whisker moved the stick in the air for a while before striking it down on Momo. The stick had no strength and speed at all, but to someone like Momo, even that was too strong.

She waited as much as she could before quickly activating the Jade Body technique at the last moment. The stick landed on her but it didn't hurt her. She had managed to use her technique in less time than before.

She looked up, happy. "I did it!" she said loudly.

"Again!" Whisker shouted, striking her once more. Momo tried to use the technique before Whisker struck her, but she was a bit too late.

"Ow!" she screamed out loud as she felt a burning pain in her head where she was hurt. "I wasn't ready that time!"

"And what enemy will give you the time to be ready?" Whisker asked.

Momo grumbled, rubbing her head as the pain slowly faded away.

"Aga—"

"Master!" Whisker stopped and looked back to see Alex walk out. "Brother, you are done?" he asked.

Alex slowly nodded. "I've made all the pills I needed to make," he said.

"Master, you were inside for an entire week," Momo said quickly. "I thought you weren't going to come out at all."

"I was obviously going to come out," Alex said. "I have so many things to do." He looked around. "Where's Pearl?"

He could sense him in the distance far away, but close enough that he should still be in the city.

"Brother Pearl came back 3 days ago, and then left yesterday after cultivating," Whisker said. "He said he had found a place where he could fight for money and was making some good bucks."

"Oh?" Alex said with a surprised look on his face. "As long as he's found something to occupy his time with. I have my own things to do now. Have to go to the store to sell these pills, buy what I can from there, and then go to the valley once again to see what I can gather."

"Once we have enough, we should be able to leave this place."

Whisker nodded.

"Master," Momo stepped forward. "Uncle Whisker has been teaching me how to cultivate and has been training me on the skills you taught, but he's still not teaching me how to make pills. Will you teach me now?"

"I told him not to teach you," Alex said. "You should wait a little longer. It won't take long, I promise."

"But it's already been 2 weeks," she said. "And I'm already in the Bone Tempering realm. I understand that you want me to wait before I actually make the pills, but you can at least teach me the theoretical stuff."

"Don't worry," Alex said. "I'll get on that too very soon. It shouldn't be too long now, just a few days at best if we're lucky. If not, it will take a month at most. We will get there."

Momo's eyes widened as her heart sank even further. She had to wait an entire month before she was taught anything. Why was that? Was it because she was not smart? Did her master think he would rather have another person as his disciple? She was certain he was proud of her before, but now she doubted those words.

Alex could see that Momo was dejected, but he couldn't do anything right now. It was better for her to wait. "There is something I will need your help with later once I come back from the shop. Be ready," Alex told her. Momo slowly nodded.

Whisker jumped onto her shoulders. "Do you want to continue training or rest for now?" he asked.

Momo took a deep breath. "Train," he said. "I must show master that I am a worthy disciple of his."

"Okay," Whisker said, jumping off. "Defend!"

The stick came down whistling through the air and Momo quickly used the Jade Skin technique to protect herself. She managed to defend herself against the sudden attack, and that relieved some of the emotions she felt.

Alex went to the same Alchemy store he had gone to a week ago and even met the same man who had helped him last time.

"Welcome back, fellow Daoist. Are you here to buy something or sell?" he asked.

"Both," Alex said, bringing out all of the 22 pills he had. Since the grade of the pills was quite low due to the lower-grade ingredients they were made of, he wanted to sell them all and buy some actually good ones for himself. Once he handed the pill to the man, the man checked inside each one, and his eyes immediately went wide when he saw that 2 of the 22 pills had pill veins in them, that too 4 each.

"These are some incredible pills you have brought us, fellow Daoist," the man said softly. "Did you make them?"

"I did," Alex said. "I would like it if you hurried up."

"Of course," the man said, sending the pills to be vetted with another staff. "In the meantime, would you like to tell me what you want to buy?"