Alchemy Emperor of the Divine Dao c1-1294
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At that moment, the young girl walked over to Ling Han, and walked two circles around him. She kept making a clicking noise with her mouth, as if she was making some kind of appraisal.
“Are you Grandmaster Zhu’s disciple?” The young girl asked.
“No!” Ling Han shook his head.
“Oh, then you must not have passed Grandmaster Zhu’s test yet!” The young girl thought that she was being very conscientious, and in a very mature, experienced manner, patted Ling Han’s shoulder, and said, “I have already been received by Grandmaster Zhang as a disciple so I will be your Elder Sister Disciple in future! Don’t worry, I’ll definitely take care of you! If anyone dares to bully you, just announce my name!”
Ling Han could not help smiling, and said, “Announce what name?”
“Ya, you don’t even know who I am?” The young girl pressed one hand to her forehead, and shook her head repeatedly, “Ai, what rural village did you pop out from? I am Qi Zhan Tai, the Seventh Princess of the Royal House of Da Yuan!”
Ling Han gave an ‘oh’. A mere princess was not someone who would make him lose his composure.
“Hey hey hey, what attitude is that, I am your Elder Sister Disciple!” Qi Zhan Tai said angrily.
“My two brothers, let me introduce to you an exceptional genius of alchemy!” It was only now that Zhu He Xin managed to find an opportunity to introduce Ling Han. He walked over to Ling Han and said, “This here is Ling Han, Young Friend Ling. To tell you the truth, the Wind and Fire Pill was successfully completed under the guidance of Young Friend Ling. If not for his assistance, it may have taken a few years before I could finally complete improving the pill.”
“What!” Zhang Wei Shan and Duanmu Zhang Feng were both dumbfounded. They looked at Ling Han and turned to look at Zhu He Xin, feeling that all this was too unreal.
Qi Zhan Tai covered her gaping mouth with one hand. She had previously taken Ling Han to be Zhu He Xin’s junior, but in the blink of an eye, he had become Grandmaster Zhu’s “Young Friend”… then wouldn’t that mean he was her senior?
“Old Man Zhu, you’re kidding, right?” Zhang Wei Shan called out immediately.
Zhu He Xin’s expression turned solemn and said, “How could I possibly joke about this kind of matter!”
Zhang Wei Shan and Duanmu Chang Feng once again turned back to look at Ling Han, and this time, their stares were completely different.
Chapter 56
Translator: _Dark_Angel_ Editor: Kurisu
So young!
Whether it was the field of martial arts or the field of alchemy, there has never been a lack of geniuses… but Ling Han was only how old?
Seventeen years old? Eighteen years old?
Even if he had been studying alchemy from the moment he was born, how many years of experience could he have accumulated at such a young age? And what alchemist had not gone through the process of concocting massive amounts of pills to accumulate experience before finally gaining recognition?
“So which aristocratic family specializing in alchemy is Young Friend the heir to?” Zhang Wei Shan asked very politely. He knew Zhu He Xin very well, and knew the it was impossible that the latter would actually make a joke about this kind of thing.
“I’m self-taught,” Ling Han said. He was already the Alchemist Emperor, how could he be the heir to someone else?
Zhang Wei Shan was even more shocked, whereas Duanmu Chang Feng still thought that Zhu He Xin must be joking around. The most important thing in alchemy was inheritance. For example, in the case of pill formulae, without a Master or teachings of one’s clansmen, how else would one have obtained them?
By pondering over it oneself? What a joke, all pill formulae were the accumulated result of multiple generations of alchemists’ work. If one depended on their own efforts to create a completely new pill formula, then one may only be able to invent only one or two types after spending their whole lives hard at work–but there was no guarantee of the effects.
“Old Man Zhang, take out the pill formula for the Reverse Pill first,” Zhu He Xin urged. He believed that as long as Ling Han helped, it would definitely scare these two old men witless.
Zhang Wei Shan was slightly doubtful. Even if the formula for the Reverse Pill was not complete, it was still extremely valuable, and he had sacrificed a lot to obtain it. It was like a book of secret martial arts skills–who would easily show it to others?
“Brother Zhang, you can’t!” Duanmu Chang Feng immediately shook his head. Even such an important man as he had sacrificed a considerable amount just to be able to have a glance at this formula, and that was still while taking into consideration the fact that he was assisting with the patching up work of the Reverse Pill formula. Otherwise, the price he had to pay would be even larger.
‘Who does this brat think he is to be able to easily see the pill formula?’
Zhang Wei Shan looked at Zhu He Xin. It was not that he distrusted this good friend of his. It was just that Ling Han was really too young, making him feel that Ling Han wasn’t very dependable.
“Old Man Zhang, you don’t trust me?” Zhu He Xin was angered. This was a real Grandmaster Alchemist. Even he wanted nothing more than to follow Ling Han and benefit from his teachings. Unfortunately, he lacked the qualifications to be accepted by Ling Han as a disciple.
Yet Duanmu Chang Feng actually dared to doubt Ling Han’s ability and think that the latter was not qualified to see the pill formula–how could this not enrage him?
If it was not for considering Zhang Wei Shan’s face, he’d be picking a fight with Duanmu Chang Feng now.
Zhang Wei Shan frowned lightly. From the bottom of his heart, of course he was willing to trust Zhu He Xin. After all, they have been good friends for dozens of years, how could he not understand what kind of person Zhu He Xin was? However, Ling Han was really much too young, so young that he didn’t even look the slightest bit like a Grandmaster Alchemist.
“Good! Good! Good!” Zhu He Xin saw the doubt in Zhang Wei Shan’s eyes, and was angered to the point that his chest was trembling. He said, “Zhang Wei Shan, since you don’t trust me, then from today onwards, we will no longer be friends!”
“Old Man Zhu!” Zhang Wei Shan turned pale due to shock. Zhu He Xin had even said that he would break off their friendship, proving how furious he was. He hurriedly waved his hands and said, “Don’t be angry, I’ll take it out right now, all right?”
“You don’t have to force yourself!” Zhu He Xin gave a humph. In his eyes, Ling Han was the Alchemy Emperor that stood at the top of the world and Zhang Wei Shan’s attitude was already very disrespectful. As a result, he felt ashamed in front of Ling Han, so how could he still bear to ask Ling Han for help to patch up the pill formula?
“Young Friend Ling, I’m really sorry!” The old man said apprehensively to Ling Han.
Ling Han gave a wave of his hand before looking at Duanmu Chang Feng, and said, “Do you think, that I would consider the formula for the Reverse Pill important? Haha, then let me recite the names of some medicinal ingredients for you.”
“Violet Smoked Leaf, Thousand Blossom Fruit, Windless Grass…” In one breath, he recited out more than ten different medicinal ingredients.
Duanmu Chang Feng was unable to make heads or tails of it… what on earth was he talking about? But Zhang Wei Shan’s expression kept changing, and his hands had also started trembling, his gaze becoming more and more feverish.
How could he not know what Ling Han was saying? These were the ingredients written on the pill formula for the Reverse Pill! However, there were three ingredients which could not be clearly read, and the quantities required for one of the ingredients had also been blurred.
Ling Han did not recite any other medicinal ingredients. All of the ingredients he recited belonged to the formula, and he had even recited an additional three ingredients–what did that mean?
That he had possession of the complete formula for the Reverse Pill!
What a
joke, he had actually been so petty, and did not bear to take out a formula that was incomplete. He really felt so embarrassed that he wanted to find a hole to hide in.
“Young Friend, please forgive this Zhang Wei Shan’s ignorance!” Zhang Wei Shan clasped his hands, and bowed so deeply that his head was at Ling Han’s waist level, showing how respectful this apology was.
Ling Han was unmoved. He had come to guide Zhang Wei Shan out of kindness, yet had to suffer the latter’s doubt, so of course he was not pleased.
Duanmu Chang Feng was even more convinced that these two old men had already lost their minds to be so easily bluffed by this little brat. He gave a humph and said, “Brat, I don’t know what trick you’re playing, but it you want to trick me, that’s completely impossible!”
“Brother Duanmu, please leave!” Zhang Wei Shan suddenly straightened from his bow and said coldly.
What!
Duanmu Chang Feng almost leaped up from his seat. Has your head been kicked by a mule? You had still been standing on the same side with me just now, and now you’re actually pointing the spear at me? How can you be so ungrateful?
“Brother Zhang, what is the meaning of this!” His expression also turned cold.
“The things you’ve gifted me, I will have someone send it back later. For now, you are not welcomed here!” Zhang Wei Shan said indifferently. He had almost been deceived by Duanmu Chang Feng, and had almost missed the opportunity to come into contact with a Grandmaster Alchemist, so whatever good feelings he had towards Duanmu Chang Feng had disappeared–he could barely hold himself back from biting his head off now!
For any alchemist, there was no higher honor than restoring an ancient pill formula.
“Good! Good!” Duanmu Chang Feng’s face had turned ashen. For someone who excelled both in the fields of alchemy and sword arts and whose position was so venerable like him, to actually be turned out by someone, and moreover, for the cause of it all to be a little brat, how could he not be furious?
With a swing of his sleeves, he stepped out of the door. Before he left, his eyes swept over Ling Han, and they were filled with coldness.
Apparently, he had blamed everything on Ling Han.
This was really uninvited trouble. Ling Han shook his head. Duanmu Chang Feng was in Gushing Spring Tier, and was not someone he could fight on equal footing yet, so he could not be careless.
“Old Man Zhu, are you satisfied now?” Zhang Wei Shan said with a smile.
“How tactful of you!” Zhu He Xin glared at Zhang Wei Shan for a moment. No matter what, they had been old friends for so many years, so the words he spoke just now had only been out of anger and irritation. He walked over to Ling Han, bowed deeply, and said, “Young Friend, this old and useless man apologizes to you.”
“This old fellow too,” Zhang Wei Shan bowed again.
However, his attitude still was not comparable with Zhu He Xin’s. Zhu He Xin addressed himself as “this old and useless man” whereas he addressed himself as “this old fellow”, so it seemed that he was still putting on some airs.
But Qi Zhan Tai, who had been standing at the side all this while, was dumbfounded. Her Master had actually chased off Duanmu Chang Feng, a man who “excelled both in alchemy and martial arts” because of Ling Han. Furthermore, he had even started a feud with the other. This brat was really too capable. [1]
Chapter 57
Translator: _Dark_Angel_ Editor: Kurisu
Ling Han walked over to the study table and took up a pen and paper. With very good penmanship, he immediately started writing on the paper.
He wrote very quickly, and soon lifted his pen from the paper. He then handed the paper he had written on to Zhang Wei Shan.
…Because of Zhu He Xin, he had still decided to give Zhang Wei Shan a helping hand. After all, the old man has always been at his beck and call, and has helped him considerably. More importantly, it was he who had provided Ling Han with information about the whereabouts of the Earth Dragon Grass.
Zhang Wei Shan received the paper, and as his eyes swept over it, an expression of surprise and joy appeared on his face.
This was the pill formula for the Reverse Pill!
It definitely was, because not only were the medicinal ingredients the same as what he had on his incomplete formula, even the quantities required were the same. Furthermore, there were even additional three ingredients that could not be read from the incomplete formula.
Zhang Wei Shan was extremely excited, because in the field of alchemy, the Reverse Pill was publicly known to be lost in the passage of time. Even if he had spent a large sum of money to purchase the incomplete formula, this incomplete formula had actually been inferred by many alchemists before. They had all attempted to restore the complete formula, but had not succeeded.
If he managed to produce the complete pill, then his status in the world of alchemists would ascend to a whole new level!
What a joke, previously, he had still been reluctant to show the incomplete formula to Ling Han. Now wasn’t reality practically slapping him in the face?
The old man’s face turned very red when he thought of this.
Zhu He Xin gave a humph and said, “Old Man Zhang, are you happy now?” He was still a little upset at what had occurred previously.
“Hehe, hehehe!” Zhang Wei Shan laughed, slightly embarrassed. His hands grasped onto the pill formula as if it was some kind of ultimate treasure.
Ling Han walked out of the residence, and said, “I’m going now.”
“Many thanks, Young Friend!” Zhang Wei Shan quickly ran over. Once he knew that Ling Han was currently staying at Heaven’s Medicine Pavilion, he did not feel any rush to immediately repair the relationship between himself and Ling Han. Moreover, he also needed a little time to adapt.
Ling Han nodded. After he stepped out of the residence, he strolled around.
“Hey hey hey, you are really ungenerous!” Qi Zhan Tai rushed over, an expression of rebuke on her face.
Ling Han smiled, and asked, “In what way am I ungenerous?”
“You obviously are not Grandmaster Zhu’s disciple, and caused me to embarrass myself!” She said in reproach. Previously, she had even said that she would become Ling Han’s Elder Sister Disciple and would take care of Ling Han in future. She had never thought that this guy was so awesome that even Duanmu Chang Feng would be driven off because of him.
“I never said I was. It was you who thought I was,” Ling Han shook his head.
“I don’t care, you have to compensate me!” Qi Zhan Tai said shamelessly.
“Then how do you want me to compensate you?” Ling Han asked.
Qi Zhan Tai tilted her head, thought for a while then said, “I haven’t thought of it yet, so you’ll owe me first. Oh, right, are you here to participate in the Da Yuan Tournament?”
“That’s right,” Ling Han nodded.
“Then I’ll kindly give you some exclusive behind-the-scenes information!” Qi Zhan Tai said. “There is a considerable number of elites that have arrived to participate in the tournament this time. My Fourth Elder Brother, of course, will be able to get first place! Aside from him, there is also Li Dong Yue from the Stone Wolf Sect. Apparently, he’s also in the ninth layer of Element Gathering Tier, and he’s mastered the Yellow Grade martial arts technique, ‘Little Tianyuan Hands’. Even my Fourth Elder Brother has given him a very high appraisal. In the previous Da Yuan Tournament, he got the fifth place.
And there’s also the third son of the Jin Clan, Jin Wuji. He’s also a freakishly talented guy. He’s mastered the ‘Jin Yang Palm’ of their Jin Clan. He’s rumored to also have two flashes of Palm Qi, and in the previous tournament, he was sixth.
And there’s… let me think for a moment… ah, an exceptional genius came from Fu Yang Town. His name is Xia Zhong Guang. He’s only eighteen this year and he’s already in the eighth layer of Element Gathering Tier. He’s terrifyingly powerful in battle, and my Fourth Elder Brother says he has the ability to
enter the top five.
Right, right, there’s also an amazing guy from Eternal River Town, what was his name again? Liu Yi? No, was it Liu Yu… or Liu something… he’s also eighteen years old, and in the eighth layer of Element Gathering Tier. He also has the ability to enter the top five.
The last is the youngest son of the Sect Master of Baili Sect, Baili Teng Yun. Apparently, he’s just in the seventh layer of Element Gathering Tier, but my Fourth Elder Brother says that this guy is extraordinary, and his prowess is nowhere beneath Li Dong Yue.”
The girl’s Fourth Elder Brother was Qi Yong Ye, the one with the nickname King of Eternal Night. He was extremely talented and very powerful, so much that even Liu Yu Tong had exclaimed in admiration. Although Ling Han was confident in himself, he would not be arrogant. It was just that he had too many trump cards in his hands, and he really could not think of anyone who could fight with him on even footing in the whole Element Gathering Tier. Or at least, he could not think of anyone like that in this small Da Yuan City.