Alchemy Emperor of the Divine Dao c1-1294

by Flying Alone 孤单地飞

  And the higher the layer, the larger the disparity was. A martial artist at the ninth layer facing a martial artist at the eighth layer would have an overwhelming advantage. However, a martial artist at the first layer of Body Refining Tier against a martial artist from the second layer would not be at such a large disadvantage.

  Previously, Ling Han seemed to be only two layers below Zhang Yuan, but there was a major disparity of one stage between them. However, Ling Mu Yun was at the seventh layer of Body Refining Tier, and was of the late stage of Body Refining Tier—higher than Ling Han by two stages.

  This was an unbreachable gap. Even if Ling Han had once been one of the strongest Heaven Tier warriors, he would still be unable to breach this huge difference in ability. After all, the base he had now was too low.

  So what to do?

  Ling Han’s eyes grew serious, and taking advantage of the moment the other’s palm was heading towards him, he suddenly raised his fist in an attack.

  Ling Mu Yun could not help showing an expression of ridicule. Although he didn’t know how Ling Han managed to come here, he was a well-known piece of trash amongst the whole of Ling Clan. What kind of threat could he be to himself?

  He circulated Origin Power, and his chest muscles hardened, becoming as dense as iron. So what if he received a hit from Ling Han? The important thing now was to restrict Ling Han and not allow him the chance to open his mouth.

  Sure enough.

  The corners of Ling Han’s mouth curved in a slight smile. The other’s reaction was completely within his expectations. ‘You’re about to suffer this time!’

  “Peng!” Because Ling Mu Yun did not make any move to dodge, this sudden punch hit its target solidly.

  Ling Mu Yun still looked disdainful as he extended his hand and placed it on Ling Han’s shoulder. “Young Brother Han, I’ll send you back-” he hadn’t finished speaking before he spat out a mouthful of blood. This wasn’t even the end. He felt his chest was boiling, as if he was about to throw up all his internal organs.

  He suddenly fell and sat down on the ground, his expression extremely ugly.

  “Teng, teng, teng,” Ling Han retreated a total of seven steps. He stopped once his back met the wall behind him.

  What was this?

  Ling Han had used a special technique in that punch. Its name was “Hill Separating Shock”. It allowed power to pass through the opponent’s defenses before exploding, which was why although Ling Mu Yun had used Origin Power to defend, Ling Han’s power still managed to pass through his muscles and explode inside his body. Naturally, it became an extremely heavy blow to Ling Mu Yun.

  This was also thanks to the fact that Ling Mu Yun was at the seventh layer of Body Refining Tier. Otherwise, he would have been seriously injured by this punch. Even death would not be an impossibility.

  To look down upon one of the strongest of the Heaven Tier warriors was to bring trouble onto oneself.

  Still, seventh layer of Body Refining Tier was still seventh layer of Body Refining Tier. The rebound of Origin Power was still far from what Ling Han could handle. Thus, he too had been jarred to the point that he staggered and retreated. Due to the shock of power, his right arm was suddenly dislocated.

  “Ka!” Ling Han did not even wrinkle his brow and used his left hand to twist his right arm back into position.

  It wasn’t until that moment that Ling Zhong Kuan and his group finally reacted. They were all angered and shocked. Their anger was because Ling Han had actually wounded Ling Mu Yun, while their shock was because they were wondering: how had this piece of trash managed to accomplish such a feat?

  Meanwhile, the few maidservants were even more dumbfounded—was this still the Young Master Han they knew? How could he be so fierce that, with one punch, he had injured Young Master Mu Yun, who has always been known as a genius, to the point that the latter was throwing up blood!

  “Little beast, how dare you be so ruthless!” Ling Zhong Kuan immediately shouted. “Mu Yun was only worried about you and wanted to send you back to your room, yet you did something so ruthless, you crazy dog!”

  He sure was sly, immediately making a verbal counter-attack through false accusation.

  Ling Mu Yun too regained his breath. When his eyes fell upon Ling Han, they were filled with murder—he was the genius of the Ling Clan, and yet he was actually injured by a piece of trash. How could his ego accept such a blow?

  Ling Han completely ignored the two, and instead looked at Liu Yu Tong. “Miss, you’re sick!”

  This!

  Ling Zhong Kuan was about to make a move, but when he heard these words, he forcefully held back.

  The other was a student from Hu Yang Academy, and Hu Yang Academy was established by the Imperial Family of Rain Country. Those who managed to enroll there would definitely have come from a strong, huge background, and would be something that far exceed the background of a person at Element Gathering Tier.

  However, Ling Han actually said that the other was sick… was he seeking death?

  ‘Very good, now implicate Ling Dong Xing too,’ Chief Butler thought. Someone would do his dirty work for him and he would be able to easily take the position of Clan Head. ‘Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful! Ling Dong Xing, ah, Ling Dong Xing, you would never have thought that your son is not only a piece of trash, but also someone who will ruin you!’

  When Liu Yu Tong looked at Ling Han, her eyes revealed slight disgust.

  She was born very beautiful, and was also the princess of one of the Eight Great Clans of the Imperial City, the Liu Clan. The Liu Clan was an existence that was only below the Imperial Family in status—and naturally, she did not lack any number of young men who tried to ingratiate themselves with her. Some would even try the opposite, pretending to be cold to attract her interest.

  She naturally thought that Ling Han was the same sort of pest, only that he was using the method of “cursing” her… This was the first time that she had encountered this tactic, but this did not give her any feeling of novelty, only disgust.

  “How dare you!” Ling Zhong Kuan was an observant man, and shouted in a timely manner, “Kneel down quickly and apologize to Miss Liu!”

  Ling Han gave a calm smile. “In this world, aside from my parents, I will kneel down to no one!” Looking at Liu Yu Tong, he walked towards her. He stopped once he was about three steps away.

  That was because he knew this was the limit of the other’s patience. If he went any closer, she would definitely take action.

  He didn’t want to be hit one bit.

  “Since you were ten, have you been fainting every year for no reason? In the beginning, it was once a year, but it has become more and more frequent. At present, you should be fainting once every ten days,” Ling Han spoke with a lowered voice, only allowing Liu Yu Tong alone to hear his words.

  Liu Yu Tong’s expression changed. This illness of hers was only known to a few select people, even in the Liu Clan. How did Ling Han manage to find out about it? She couldn’t refrain from once again sizing up Ling Han as she asked, “You know the reason?”

  “Naturally!” Ling Han proudly nodded. Otherwise, he would not speak such shocking words. “It’s Three Yin Vanishing Veins. It’s a kind of curse from the gods. Those who possess the Three Yin Vanishing Veins would usually only be able to live until twenty. That’s because during your twentieth year, you will once again fall unconscious, forever unable to regain consciousness.”

  Liu Yu Tong was silent, but she believed Ling Han’s words because after her symptoms became more and more serious, her family had brought her to visit many famous doctors. However, every doctor she visited could not do anything, and didn’t even know the name of the illness. Still, one of them deduced that she would faint more and more frequently and, one day, she would no longer wake up.

  Now, she had finally found out what illness she had, but what of it? All the famous doctors in Rain Country could not do anything, so she naturally would not think that Ling Han had
any way to help.

  “I can heal you,” Ling Han said at that very moment.

  Liu Yu Tong’s heart trembled, but her face did not reveal anything. “If you can heal me, I can allow you to become a court official, or even let you have uncountable resources for cultivation.”

  Ling Han mustered a smile. “There is only one way to heal the Three Yin Vanishing Veins, and that is to train in Three Yin Mysterious Arts, and it just so happens that I know this art. I can teach you, but there is one condition—you have to become my follower.”

  Liu Yu Tong could not restrain anger in her heart. She was the princess of the Liu Clan, and was also a genius in martial arts. At the age of seventeen, she had already reached the eighth layer of Element Gathering Tier. And now a puny little martial artist at second layer of Body Refining Tier actually wanted to take her in as a follower? Where did he get his confidence and boldness from?

  “Don’t feel wronged, because I can give you a wider horizon. I can let you rise to a higher level in martial arts. The Seven Great Vanishing Lands, the Four Great Dead Valleys, the Three Great Bottomless Oceans, have you seen them before?” Ling Han’s sweet temptation followed. Although the Three Yin Vanishing Veins were a curse in nature, there was always hope in every situation. Their owner would also usually possess a Heaven Grade Spirit Base. Once trained in Three Yin Mysterious Arts, the owner would naturally soar.

  Liu Yu Tong could not stop eagerness from rising within her heart. She had a passionate desire to pursue martial arts, and it was the focus of everything in her life.

  Chapter 4

  Translator: _Dark_Angel_ Editor: Kurisu

  Liu Yu Tong was affected in her heart, but to agree to become Ling Han’s follower was an impossible request. Biting her red lips slightly, she spoke, “Change your condition!”

  Ling Han smiled slightly. “You should be at the top of the eighth layer of Element Gathering Tier, right? I’ll gift you two verbal chants to show my sincerity: Three Yin Supporting Element, Plan of Square Path, Three Flowers Assemble at the Apex, Shattering the Approach of Heaven!”

  At first, Liu Yu Tong was not concerned. This brat was only at the second layer of Body Refining Tier, what kind of shocking verbal chant could he know? He was most likely only pretending to be mysterious. But when she heard these two verbal chants, the Origin Energy within her body began to stir without reason, as if the door to the ninth level of Element Gathering Tier was opening!

  She was moved. Although she knew that she would be able to break through to the ninth level of Element Gathering Tier, but the estimated time should be around a month later. However, she had a strong feeling that now she only needed about a day, no… even right at this moment, she could enter seclusion and proceed to break through!

  This was too much; it was just two verbal chants, and yet they had so much effect on her!

  “Those were two verbal chants from Three Yin Mysterious Art. How is it?” Ling Han smiled. Consecutively, he raised his voice and said, “Become my follower, and I will teach you supreme godly skills!”

  “Pu!”

  Ling Zhong Kuan and group puffed, unable to hold back their hearty laughter any longer.

  What could be more hilarious than this? Just a piece of trash, and he wanted to have a genius from Hu Yang Academy become his follower? And even said he would teach her supreme godly skills! Such bragging skills and guts were truly remarkable, and probably the only things supreme and godly amongst his skills.

  The idiot had no measure of his own ability; it was such a joke!

  The maidservants covered their small mouths. They too knew Ling Han’s background and, looking at the attitude that Ling Zhong Kuan displayed towards Liu Yu Tong, knew of how noble a status this young girl was.

  Liu Yu Tong’s expression turned cold, and suddenly she had arrived in front of Ling Han. Her right hand flashed out and held his neck. “Recite Three Yin Mysterious Arts, or else I will kill you!” She coldly said.

  Since Ling Han dared to ask such a thing from Liu Yu Tong, he naturally foresaw such a reaction from her, so he only smiled and said, “Then kill me, I wouldn’t need to wait too long before I see you on the path to the Netherworld. We can be travel companions at that time!”

  Liu Yu Tong’s hold tightened. Although her five fingers looked small and smooth, but at this moment, they seemed like iron claws, strangling Ling Han to the point of suffocation. Soon, his face turned red, and his eyes became bloodshot. Ling Han’s four limbs started to twitch violently.

  Ling Zhong Kuan and his companions had no intention of interfering. In fact, their deepest hope was to have Liu Yu Tong kill Ling Han.

  “Are you going to say it or not?” Liu Yu Tong slightly loosened her grip.

  Ling Han forced out a smile, and shook his head determinedly.

  The current Ling Clan was an extremely dangerous place to him. He had to find a strong bodyguard, and would not agree to whatever else Liu Yu Tong suggested to him. He had to make her his protector.

  What he lacked now was time. As long as he had the time he needed to become stronger, what did a mere Ling Clan count as?

  Liu Yu Tong once again tightened her grip, and Ling Han’s body started to twitch violently before his four limbs suddenly drooped. There was no more movement.

  ‘How stubborn!’

  Liu Yu Tong sighed internally, and her Origin Power rushed out and restarted Ling Han’s heartbeat. Exhaling, Ling Han once again opened his eyes, and took in large mouthfuls of air.

  “Three years!” Liu Yu Tong said, “No more than three years, and within these three years, I will obey your commands!” Three years later, she would be twenty years old. If she would not lose consciousness and no longer awaken, then she would be completely free.

  “Pu!” Ling Zhong Kuan and his group once again made a snort-like sound with their mouths; but this time, it was because of their great shock. They were completely at a loss.

  Was there some problem with their hearing? They seemed to have heard Liu Yu Tong assent? Assent to become Ling Han’s follower? To become an underling of a piece of trash?

  This, this, this, they must have heard wrongly! Definitely so!

  Ling Han came back to attention and smiled, before raising his hand. “Deal!” Three years would be long enough for him to mature. At least, it would be long enough for him to rise above the level of Ling Zhong Kuan and his groupies. He would no longer have to worry about any threat to his life.

  “Pa!”

  Liu Yu Tong extended her hand as well, and joined it with his upraised palm. This was a promise between martial artists.

  What a delicate hand!

  When their palms were joined together, Ling Han could not help but feel his heart stir. Although he was once a strong warrior of the Heaven Tier, and furthermore, the Alchemy Emperor, and there were uncountable beautiful women who threw themselves at him in his previous life, since his soul had melded with his predecessor’s, it was as if he too had returned to a youthful, impulsive age. The passion that he had not experienced for a long time was burning inside his body, making him feel as if he truly had returned to the age of sixteen years old.

  Ling Han enjoyed this kind of change. This was what living meant.

  “Miss Liu, don’t listen to the nonsense this little beast is spouting, let’s return to discussing official matters,” Ling Zhong Kuan interrupted. He didn’t want Ling Han to continue making mess out of things. And that Zhang Yuan, he truly was an idiot. He couldn’t even keep proper watch over a piece of trash! Once he returned, he’d make sure to kill him!

  “Chief Butler,” Ling Han coldly looked at him, “This position in Hu Yang Academy is what my father risked his own life to obtain. Now my father is risking his life in Purple Light Ground Valley, and yet you shamelessly attempt to snatch this position. Don’t you feel your face burning?”

  “Impudence, how dare you speak to me this way?” Ling Zhong Kuan suddenly shouted.

  Liu Yu Tong previously did not bother abo
ut such a matter, but since she now had a deal with Ling Han, her attitude naturally changed. “Butler Ling, what is going on here? I need an explanation!”

  Ling Zhong Kuan could pretend he did not hear Ling Han’s words, but he definitely would not be able to do the same with Liu Yu Tong’s words.

  Not only was she the representative of Hu Yang Academ, her own ability was above his. What right did he have to ignore Liu Yu Tong’s words?

  He hurriedly said, “It’s like this, this boy is the son of Ling Clan Head, Ling Dong Xing. Thus, Ling Dong Xing became selfish, and wanted to give this placement privately to this boy. I’m only thinking of the big picture, to make the most out of this precious position!”

  “What grand words, ‘thinking of the big picture’!” Ling Han smiled coldly. “Ling Zhong Kuan, are you completely without shame? This position was obtained by my father, who is risking his life even now now as we speak. What does it have to do with the clan? Why do you need to concern yourself with it? You only want to give this position to your own grandchild, and in future, when his level exceeds my father’s, he would be able to help you seize the position of Clan Head.

  You want to do such a shameless thing, yet claim to be doing it out of loyalty to the clan, what a shameless dog!”

  Having received such a big, hearty scolding from Ling Han, Ling Zhong Kuan was furious to the point that his whole body was trembling. He had even come close to spitting out blood in anger.

  “Little beast, how dare you insult me this way?” Ling Zhong Kuan was filled with wrath.

  He was actually scolded by a piece of trash. If he could not heavily punish Ling Han, he would definitely be angered to the point of internal injury.

  Ling Han only calmly smiled, and turned to Liu Yu Tong. “I have completely zero interest in enrolling at Hu Yang Academy. The agreement about the position is canceled. In exchange, let Hu Yang Academy compensate me with some medicinal potions.”