Chapter 2837: Your arrogant demeanor really has the style of my younger self!

Faced with Zuo Chen's anger, Ye Yuan did not blame him; instead, his heart felt warm.

After the last battle, Zuo Chen had truly taken him as a personal disciple, which was why he was so angry.

On the path of cultivation, changing masters was very common and not a big deal.

As long as it wasn't betraying the sect, it wouldn't be criticized.

People strive to move upward, just as water flows downward—this is the Heavenly Dao!

Zuo Chen thought to himself that if it were him, he would have agreed without hesitation.

But this fellow Ye Yuan actually refused!

"Master Zuo, he really has nothing to teach me! Or rather, do you have anything to teach me?" Ye Yuan asked with a smile.

Zuo Chen was just venting his anger; he wouldn't really hurt Ye Yuan.

Ye Yuan looked miserable now, but it was all superficial injuries.

Zuo Chen immediately exploded upon hearing this, sneering, "Ha... haha, what an arrogant brat! Do you think that just because you created Flame Crystal Blood, you're invincible? Not to mention the Ancestor, I, your master, am an Eighth-Rank Heavenly Alchemist—is that not enough to teach you?"

Ye Yuan looked at Zuo Chen and said calmly, "I've already touched the threshold of the Profound Grade!"

Zuo Chen was just raging, but upon hearing this, he was stunned, then looked at Ye Yuan as if he were a monster.

The True Grade was not the end of the Dao of Alchemy.

Above the True Grade was the Profound Grade!

At the Emperor Realm, ordinary heavenly medicines had minimal effect.

Even True Grade heavenly pills had greatly diminished effects for the Emperor Realm.

The Profound Grade was the exclusive heavenly pill for Emperor Realm powerhouses!

True Grade heavenly pills infused the power of the Great Dao, possessing incredible medicinal effects.

However, this was only a preliminary use of the power of the Heavenly Dao.

To truly enter the hall, one must reach the Profound Grade!

The Profound Grade could unlock greater possibilities based on the effects of heavenly medicines.

If the True Grade could bring out 120% of a heavenly medicine's effect, then the Profound Grade could bring out double or even triple the effect!

The gap between them could not be measured in mere inches.

However, the leap from True Grade to Profound Grade was enormous!

Ye Yuan naturally didn't understand these things before, but after meeting Mi Tian, he understood them naturally.

Below the Emperor Realm, it was simply impossible to reach the Profound Grade!

Because to refine the Profound Grade, one needed a very profound understanding of the Dao of Alchemy.

Without reaching the Seventh-Rank Heavenly Alchemist level, wanting to refine a Profound Grade heavenly pill was nothing but a fool's dream!

Of course, there were extremely rare geniuses who could refine the Profound Grade before the Emperor Realm, such as Zhou Songquan.

This matter had once caused a sensation!

But even Zhou Songquan only achieved this step at the peak of the True Emperor Heaven.

At that time, he was not far from the Emperor Realm.

But what realm was Ye Yuan at now?

Mid Saint Emperor Heaven!

This kid hadn't even broken through to Upper Saint Emperor Heaven!

A Fifth-Rank Heavenly Alchemist refining a Profound Grade heavenly pill?

No matter how you heard it, it sounded like a fantasy!

Seeing Zuo Chen dumbfounded, Ye Yuan said calmly, "Going to the Extreme Medicine Sect was also to break through to the Profound Grade. Otherwise, I might not have agreed to become your disciple earlier."

In the air came the sound of slapping faces.

The two of them becoming master and disciple was merely a coincidence.

Although their friendship had now warmed, it did not change the original intention.

Ye Yuan had agreed to Zuo Chen solely to enter the Ultimate Medicine Sect to enrich himself and break through his shackles.

True-grade was difficult, and Mystic-grade was naturally even harder.

Even for Ye Yuan, taking this step was not easy.

Bang!

Ye Yuan was slapped down again. Zuo Chen roared angrily, "If you don't tell the truth, will you die? You rebellious disciple, you're pissing me off! I'll beat you to death!"

Bang!

Zuo Chen was sent flying by a slap as a figure suddenly appeared.

He glanced at Zuo Chen and said indifferently, "You brat, how dare you hit your grandmaster? You're the rebellious one, deserving a beating! My disciple can only be beaten by me!"

The newcomer was an old man with an immortal air—who else could it be but Cloud Mountain Sovereign?

Of course, this was also an avatar.

Zuo Chen trembled all over and said in shock, "You... you are the ancestor of Cloud Mountain?"

Cloud Mountain Sovereign said calmly, "Naturally, it is I. Are you Zuo Chen?"

Zuo Chen fell to his knees with a thud and said tremblingly, "Dis... disciple pays respects to the ancestor of Cloud Mountain!"

Cloud Mountain Sovereign was completely different from Zhou Songquan.

He was a legend of the Ultimate Medicine Sect, an undefeated myth!

Even if Zhou Songquan advanced to the Sovereign realm, he could not compare to Cloud Mountain Sovereign.

The Sovereign realm was always elusive, like a dragon that shows its head but not its tail. However, Zhou Songquan was originally a sect disciple, a rising star, so everyone was familiar with him, naturally lacking some sense of awe.

But for Cloud Mountain Sovereign, it was different.

He was a powerhouse of the old monster level. Although Zuo Chen was a strong cultivator at the Emperor Haotian realm, meeting Cloud Mountain was impossible.

But today, Cloud Mountain Sovereign had personally come for Ye Yuan!

The Cloud Mountain Sovereign ignored him, instead looking at Ye Yuan and saying in a deep voice, "You wretched boy, why don't you kneel when you see your master?"

The corner of Ye Yuan's mouth twitched. This old man had no shame!

He had clearly refused, yet the fellow kept calling himself his master!

Ye Yuan said indifferently, "I made it very clear to the Pine Spring Sovereign that I will not become your disciple!"

"Hey, what big talk! You say you won't become my disciple, so you won't? Do you know how many people cry and beg me to take them as disciples?"

Ye Yuan said helplessly, "In the past two days, I've heard it so much my ears have grown calluses! But what does that have to do with me? I admit you are very powerful, but in the future, I may not necessarily fail to catch up with you, or even surpass you!"

Hearing this, Zuo Chen's hairs stood on end.

I don't know him!

I don't know him!

He kept muttering to himself.

"Hahaha..."

Cloud Mountain burst into loud laughter upon hearing this. "Truly arrogant enough! In all the myriad realms, there are few who dare speak to me like this! Boy, you're not like that dullard Pine Spring; you suit my taste! Your arrogant demeanor has the style of my younger days! Hahaha... I've decided to take you as my disciple!"

Ye Yuan was speechless. He really had no interest in becoming a disciple.

Even back in the Tongtian Realm, peak existences like the Holy Ancestor High Priest had addressed him as a brother.

And as expected, he had forged a path to the heavens.

Now, in the Thirty-Three Heavens, Ye Yuan was confident he could achieve the same.

Especially after obtaining those texts from the Lost God Palace, Ye Yuan's horizons had broadened, and he had a vague direction for the path of alchemy.

In the decades before leaving the Yuqing Continent, Ye Yuan had settled for a long time and made great progress in alchemy.

"Sorry, I really have no intention of changing allegiances." Ye Yuan still shook his head.

Cloud Mountain pointed at Zuo Chen and said calmly, "If you don't agree, I'll send him to the front lines! You should know that fighting the Blood Clan means nine chances of death in ten. Oh, and those friends of yours too! The front lines are very short of people. Since they are part of Tianyi, they should serve the alliance, don't you think?"

The Cloud Mountain Sovereign revealed a sly fox-like smile.

Ye Yuan's face darkened. This old man had no shame, using such methods to force his hand.