When the four elders soiled themselves at the same time.
They all looked at each other, and the atmosphere turned awkward for a moment.
Lin Xuan, who had been watching closely and learning from the sidelines, was completely stunned.
How come he had never heard that breaking through from the Golden Core Realm to the Nascent Soul Realm would cause something like this?
At this level, cultivators had not eaten mortal food for years.
Even if they occasionally ate something, it wasn't enough to cause diarrhea!
And all four at the same time?
In the end, it was Vice Leader Zhang Dazhi who broke the silence first.
"What happened to you? Even if you failed to break through, that's not a reason to..."
The four elders didn't respond.
Instead, they took out clothes from their storage rings to change.
Before dressing, they used spells to cleanse the filth from their bodies.
The grand elder, whose dignity was already on the floor, also noticed something was wrong.
With a darkened face, he said, "This time I had already overcome my inner demon and was about to advance, but I don't know why I fell back into it. Also, I haven't eaten mortal food in years—there shouldn't be any impurities in my body."
"I'm the same."
"Me too."
The other three elders expressed the same.
Then, all of them turned their gaze simultaneously toward Lin Xuan.
Their faces were as dark as if someone had splashed ink on them.
This wasn't something simple!
Despite the hostile stares, Lin Xuan didn't show the slightest sign of panic.
With a calm expression, he said:
"Do the venerable elders distrust me? You already saw the quality of my Residual Cloud Pill—it's impossible the problem came from me."
He had full confidence in his alchemy skills and talent.
"We haven't eaten anything in years, and the only thing we all consumed was your Residual Cloud Pill. If it wasn't your pill, are you saying it was our fault?"
"To me, it's obvious there was something strange in your pill."
"What the hell did you put in that pill? This is outrageous—my entire reputation ruined in an instant!"
The elders all directed their anger at Lin Xuan.
If the pill wasn't the problem, then there was no other explanation.
To them, this wasn't just about losing spirit stones or being scammed.
It was a total humiliation!
A young man in the Qi Refining Realm humiliating several cultivators in the Golden Core Realm.
The punishment he faced would not be light!
"You don't believe me?"
Seeing he was being blamed, Lin Xuan laughed, half angry.
"If that's the case, I'll prove my innocence. I happen to have another pill from the same batch. I'll take it in front of you. If nothing happens to me, I hope you'll clear my name."
"If it's not your fault, I'll personally apologize! And I'll pay for that pill myself."
The grand elder said through gritted teeth.
If this got out, none of the four would be able to show their faces in public.
Even the entire Guiyuan Sect would become a laughingstock!
Without showing any emotion, Lin Xuan took the pill and swallowed it.
Since he wasn't in the process of advancing from the Golden Core Realm to the Nascent Soul Realm,
Taking that Residual Cloud Pill was like throwing it into water—completely ineffective.
But to prove his innocence, he had no choice.
"You've all seen—am I fine or not?"
After taking the pill, Lin Xuan calmly looked at the elders and said.
"Fine? Hmph, wait a little longer and you'll see. It didn't hit us immediately either."
The grand elder was convinced Lin Xuan was to blame.
Lin Xuan didn't rush either; he sat in a chair and began sipping a cup of hot tea.
After the time it takes an incense stick to burn passed.
Lin Xuan stood up and said: "Enough time has passed. If there's nothing else, I'll be on my wa—"
But he didn't finish his sentence when a series of farts rang out one after another.
At that moment, Lin Xuan felt his true qi inside go out of control, violently erupting from somewhere within his body.
Along with the true qi came something impure he had no idea when it had formed.
This impurity, mixed with the true qi, had a destructive force comparable to lightning when expelled.
It caused Lin Xuan's pants to explode instantly, turning into scattered specks all around.
And at that exact moment, with his back to him, was the sect's vice leader, Zhang Dazhi.
Luckily, he was a cultivator at the peak of the Golden Core Realm.
Zhang Dazhi reacted quickly.
With a grim face, he raised his hand and made a gesture; an invisible barrier of true qi blocked each impurity one by one.
The four elders, for their part, watched Lin Xuan with expressionless faces.
The grand elder said coldly, "Lin Xuan, do you still have anything to say?"
At that moment, Lin Xuan was completely stunned.
He had never imagined there could be anything wrong with his Residual Cloud Pill!
He had refined it himself with his own hands!
Every step of the process had been done perfectly.
"I... I don't know what happened either."
When he came back to his senses, utterly humiliated, Lin Xuan quickly pulled out a pair of pants from his storage ring along with a clear water talisman.
After cleaning the impurities from his body with the talisman,
He hurriedly put on the pants, wishing he could dig a hole in the ground and hide.
But remembering the four elders had gone through the same thing earlier,
his embarrassment eased a little.
"You don't know what happened? If you don't give us an explanation today, then..."
The grand elder's voice grew colder and colder; if it weren't for Lin Xuan being a disciple of the Guiyuan Sect and knowing alchemy,
he would already be dead!
Aware of the danger he was in, Lin Xuan said no more and returned the spirit stones he had received to the elders, muttering:
"It was this disciple's fault for having too low a level and being deceived; the ingredients for the Residual Cloud Pill were fake. To make up for the elders' losses, I will prepare another batch in a month without any issues and deliver it to you for free."
The sect's vice leader, Zhang Dazhi, stepped in to ease the situation with a smile:
"Now, now, in the end he's still young and inexperienced; the fact that he managed to refine the Residual Cloud Pill is already admirable. Being fooled by the ingredients was inevitable."
After all, he was a disciple with talent in alchemy.
He still held great value for the sect, and it wasn't worth going to extremes over such a minor issue.
The four grand elders looked at each other and, nodding, said:
"Since you've said that, we'll give you one more chance. Don't let us down again."
"Please, elders, rest assured. I won't be tricked again next time."
Lin Xuan bowed with his hands as a sign of respect, though inside he was boiling with hatred.
These old bastards were truly vicious!
The day he perfected his cultivation path, he'd make them all go to a mortal village and drink from the latrine pit until there was nothing left.
After saying goodbye to the elders, Lin Xuan, with a gloomy face and crushed spirit, set out to cause trouble for other disciples.
If he didn't recover some spirit stones...
Where would he get the resources to refine another batch of Residual Cloud Pills?
Just then, he thought of Lin Qin, that brat. The three-day deadline they agreed on had already arrived.
He rushed to where Lin Qin lived.
And there he saw Lin Qin surrounded by more than forty Guiyuan Sect disciples.
The vast majority had been extorted by Lin Xuan before.
When they saw Lin Xuan arriving, they all glared at him coldly, stood up, and pounced on him, triggering a chaotic fight immediately.
Only this time, Lin Xuan, who usually bullied everyone,
became the victim.
Lin Qin, leading the group, completely crushed Lin Xuan.
At first, he planned to leave it at that.
But he remembered the teachings of that senior who told him Lin Xuan was his Grand Dao enemy.
So he showed no mercy.
With a single move, he completely destroyed Lin Xuan's clothes, had him carried, and tossed him at the main entrance of the Guiyuan Sect before leaving satisfied.
Since they couldn't be brothers, they were destined to be Dao enemies.
And destroying his Dao heart was the best way to start!
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