Chapter 377 - Bai Ning's Growth

As Qing Yi and Chu Yang were talking with each other, Xuan Hao threw out the Fire Explosion Potion made by Qing Yi towards the large open space at the centre of the training ground.

Whoosh~

The potion bottle flew through the air before landing on the ground. Drawing in the nearby fire qi that lingered peacefully in the air before exploding into a violent explosion.

Boom!

The explosion lasted for a short while before coming to a stop. Having caused both Chu Yang and Qing Yi to stop talking, as both of them looked towards the source of the explosion.

Chu Yang having a somewhat fearful look on his face while Qing Yi's eyes shone excitedly upon seeing how effective her more potent version of the Fire Explosion Potion had been.

"Looks like it will definitely be able to injure someone in the Core Formation Realm if they are caught off-guard… Good job Qing Yi! Just remember to be more careful in the future when making such dangerous potions. One wrong move and it could blow up in your face during the brewing process!" Nodding his head in admiration of the strength behind the Fire Explosion Potion, Xuan Hao didn't forget to warn Qing Yi to be more careful when handling something as dangerous as a Fire Explosion Potion.

It was not like there weren't any stories of alchemist dying due to their own concoction blowing up on them…

The danger of something like that happening was very real, especially when it came to the making of potions such as the Fire Explosion Potion. Caution was needed when handling such potions! Even if they were easy to make.

"Yes master…" Knowing that he was referring to how close she had been to just that happening, Qing Yi lowered her head a bit as she took his words to mind.

Even if she had wanted to improve the Fire Explosion Potion and had ultimately succeed, she was still way hurried in the process and almost ended blowing herself up as a result… No matter how much she had wanted to improve the potion in question, it was not worth risking her life over like she had done!

"It's good as long as you remember to be careful… You can spend some time training with Chu Yang, you have not moved outside for the last few days and really need to relax a bit before we begin leaving for the alchemy competition. "

Seeing that Qing Yi understood what he meant, Xuan Hao nodded his head before making his way back towards the pavilion while leaving Qing Yi to train together with Chu Yang.

Even if it did not seem as like a relaxing thing to do, training together with Chu Yang was sure to help Qing Yi take her mind off alchemy and focus on something different.

"Yes…"

Not knowing what else to say when her master personally told her to train together with Chu Yang, she could only reluctantly accept as Chu Yang excitedly came over. Not having expected his master to personally deliver a training partner for him.

"Should we get start Qing Yi?" Smiling ear from ear as he said this with a wooden training spear in his hand, Chu Yang threw over a wooden training sword to Qing Yi.

"Hah… Let's do it!" Sighing a bit as she grabbed onto the wooden sword, Qing Yi accepted as both of them soon began a mock fight with neither side losing. Mainly due to the fact both of them limited their strength so as to focus more on the skill of their techniques instead of pure strength.

After all, Chu Yang was still stronger than Qing Yi and during the past few months, the gap had only widened due to the fact Qing Yi was single-mindedly focusing on improving her alchemy.

Even then, Qing Yi had still managed to reach the seventh stage of the Foundation Establishment Realm… But in the end, it was not even close to Chu Yang, who had already reached the Peak of the Foundation Establishment Realm. The Ninth Stage!

Not only that, but he had even begun preparing to breakthrough to the Core Formation Realm!

So, when it came to strength alone, Chu Yang was the strongest!

…

Leaving the training ground after having tested out the potion Qing Yi had made and at the same time handed her over to Chu Yang in an attempt to help her think of something other than alchemy and end up doing something dangerous again, Xuan Hao made his way over towards the direction of his third disciple, Bai Ning.

Over the past few months, Bai Ning had fully adapted to life in the Flying Sword Sect. At the same time, he had grown more comfortable with cultivating. Having reached the seventh stage of the Qi Condensation Realm.

While not improving as fast as Xuan Hao had expected, the growth of his cultivation realm was not the thing that Bai Ning had spent the most of his time focusing on.

Instead, that time had been used to increase his blacksmithing. Allowing him to go from an apprentice blacksmith to becoming a journeyman blacksmith!

The fact that he had become a journeyman blacksmith at such a young age had not only caused Xuan Hao to feel surprised, but even the elder he normally spent his time together with from the blacksmithing hall, Elder Teng Huo, was surprised upon personally witnessing the rapid growth of Bai Ning.

Even getting so courageous that he personally went to Xuan Hao and asked if he could give up Bai Ning and allow the blacksmithing hall to nurture him…

This was of course refused by Xuan Hao, as there was no way he would just give away any of his disciples.

Though this did allow him to understand something crucial, he not only had to worry about outside forces coming to take his disciples away, but also had to worry about the elders inside the sect coming to take them!