Alchemy Emperor of the Divine Dao c1-1294

by Flying Alone 孤单地飞

  Additionally, the godly medicine could give his physical body a complete upgrade, strengthening his core and banking up his Origin Power. These were all solid benefits for him. Ling Han did not lack comprehension of cultivation. What he lacked was time, and the godly medicine could compensate for his lack of time very well.

  ‘In this life, luck is on my side!’ Ling Han tossed the root of the godly medicine into his mouth. One bite, and he could feel a strong fragrance spread out in his mouth, and there was a light, airy feeling in his whole body, as if he would be flying at any moment.

  ‘Invigorating!’ He continued to circulate the Invincible Heaven Scroll while directing the medicinal effects to spread into every part of his body.

  Changes were immediately apparent.

  He could clearly feel his cells strengthening, his bones becoming sturdier, and the blood flowing in his veins becoming more energetic, as if there was an ultimate warrior thoroughly clearing away all the filth accumulated in his body. Very soon, a black layer of filth appeared on his body. This black layer was made up of the impurities accumulated in his body which, with the effects of the godly medicine, were now forced out of his body.

  Don’t underestimate this.

  When a martial artist cultivated, that was a process of upgrading one’s physical body. When he reached Flower Blossom Tier, there would be a change in the nature of his body, casting off his mortal body and evolving into a higher level of existence. Just like a rock that, with continuous grinding and refining, slowly becomes a beautiful piece of jade.

  Forcing out the impurities in one’s body was equivalent to refining oneself, and speeding up the process of “transforming into jade”.

  This change was very slight, but the effects were extremely obvious.

  Ling Han could immediately feel the Spiritual Qi entering his body was obviously circulating faster than before.

  That was natural. Since the impurities in his veins have decreased, Spiritual Qi could flow throughout his body at a faster pace. And that was not the only benefit. Now that the circulation of Spiritual Qi had become faster, when he began circulating Origin Power in future, it would also be a faster process than before.

  What it meant was clear—the faster Origin Power was being circulated, the greater the destructive power behind his blows. This was a solid upgrade.

  His life and vitality were continuously becoming stronger, and there was also a certain level of upgrade to his divine sense, making him experience the feeling of having a clear head. When he pondered, his thoughts were forming at a faster pace and were clearer than before.

  Exhilarating! Exhilarating! Exhilarating!

  After about half a day, he had completely refined the root of the godly medicine.

  “What a pity that there is practically no increase to my cultivation level!” Ling Han sighed. But it was all right. Previously, he had taken advantage of the opportunity and embezzled the resources provided by the Imperial Family of Rain Country as well as the Eight Great Clans to concoct a large amount of alchemical pills that could help him increase his cultivation level, so he was not missing out.

  He took out the second root of the godly medicine, swallowed it, and continued the refining process.

  “Hong long long.” This time, he could sense a thunderous noise within his body, as every bone was groaning and crashing one into another. This time, the effects of the medicine had gone even deeper, and it was stimulating a great change within the bones of his body.

  This was not so exhilarating. On the other hand, the remolding of his bones was an agonizing process, as if his whole body was being shattered to be rebuilt once more. The pain caused him to suck on his teeth, and sweat poured down like rain from his body.

  “Urgh… Ah…” He released a series of low groans. “Peng, peng, peng.” Very quickly, there was a banging on the door. It was Hu Niu who had heard his moans of pain and had thus come to check up on him.

  “I’m fine!” Ling Han said through gritted teeth.

  “Peng!”

  But it was obviously completely pointless to say this to Hu Niu. The violent nature of the little girl had activated, as she crashed in. After rolling around on the ground once, she looked at Ling Han simplemindedly. When she saw that he was still able to sit in a cross-legged position, though he had sweated a lot, she immediately bared her teeth in a grin.

  What a heartless little girl.

  Ling Han did not have the time to bother with her at the moment. The Invincible Heaven Scroll continued to circulate and his body was still absorbing the effects of the medicine to remold the bones in his body.

  The agony surged continuously like oceanic waters, crashing into him so hard that he felt like he could faint at any moment. But if he actually lost consciousness, he would not be able to circulate the Invincible Heaven Scroll anymore, so the effects of the medicine could only circulate throughout his body instinctively and without any conscious guidance from him. In that case, the effects would naturally be much weaker.

  Most importantly, he wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to force his body all the way up to Body of Rock Cliff. That meant that he needed to circulate the Invincible Heaven Scroll, and absorb the effects of the medicine based on the secret arts in the Heaven Scroll.

  ‘I shall endure it! Endure it! Endure it! Endure it!’

  Ling Han gritted his teeth. Veins were popping up on his head and his neck. There soon appeared a puddle of water on the spot he was seated at, and it seemed as if he had just been fished out of the water as both his eyes looked a bit empty.

  He was also eating godly medicine this time, yet why was there such disparity between the first and second time?

  Ling Han let his thoughts run wild to distract him from the agony he was experiencing. He thought about his father who was still in Gray Cloud Town. He also thought about Liu Yu Tong and Li Si Chan. He even thought about his last life.

  He did not know how much time had passed, but that strong feeling of agony finally began to weaken, eventually completely disappearing.

  Ling Han breathed out a long sigh of relief. Just now, he had even had the thought of giving up, but thankfully, he had persevered. He looked down at his body. Impurities had also been forced out this time, but they were not black in color, but rather white.

  These were the impurities from within his bones.

  Thoroughly clearing out the filth in body. It did live up to its name.

  The first portion of the godly medicine improved his body and flesh, and the second portion refined his bones, then what about the third portion?

  Ling Han breathed out and took out the third portion of the godly medicine.

  “Smells nice! Smells nice!” Hu Niu immediately pounced over, her eyes fixed upon the godly medicine, saliva nearly dripping out of her mouth.

  “Little girl, you haven’t begun cultivating yet, so it would be too wasteful for you to eat this. Moreover, the medicinal effects are too strong, and you’ll get constipated,” Ling Han said with a laugh.

  “Eat!” Hu Niu grabbed Ling Han’s arm and tugged repeatedly, acting like a spoiled child.

  “No!” Ling Han shook his head firmly. There was no use acting pitiful.

  Hu Niu stretched out her little head, and gave a strong struggle, aiming a bite at the godly medicine. She had struggled too strongly, and Ling Han actually lost his grip on her in a moment of carelessness—her mouth had bitten onto the godly medicine.

  ‘Oh no!’

  If it was bitten by this glutton, then there wouldn’t even be scraps left behind.

  Indeed, he immediately felt a little tongue licking at his hand. That was Hu Niu who had still not had enough and was gnawing at his hand like it was a chicken’s leg.

  This prodigal child!

  Ling Han sighed. That was godly medicine, and he had in total only obtained three portions, yet one portion was actually wasted on this little girl.

  “Xi xi!” Hu Niu turned back around and gave him a large gri
n. When Ling Han saw this, he couldn’t manage to get angry even if he wanted to. Who asked him to cry out so horribly just now and alert this little girl? When it came down to it, the little girl had barged in because she had been worried about him after all.

  “Forget it. Hopefully, you can withstand such powerful medicinal effects!” Ling Han sighed and carried the little girl out. He was in desperate need of a bath. There was filth covering his whole body—so much that he felt horrible just from smelling it.

  After taking a bath, Ling Han took a look inside his body, and revealed a satisfied smile when he saw the results.

  His body had obtained a great upgrade this time round. Though he had yet to reach the level of Body of Rock Cliff, his bones had become as strong as steel, and his skin had become tougher too. It should not be too far to go before he reached Body of Rock Cliff.

  Most importantly, there was a huge upgrade to his life and vitality. He only felt full of energy, and so no matter what he did, he felt full of enthusiasm.

  The next morning, Ling Han vaguely felt that something was a bit off. When he thought things over, he finally realized something—Hu Niu had not awakened yet. Usually, by this time, the little girl would be awake, clinging to him and yelling out her “Meat, meat, meat!”

  Chapter 136

  Translator: _Dark_Angel_ Editor: Kurisu

  A glutton actually forgot to eat—that was equivalent to the possibility of the sun rising from the west.

  Ling Han’s first thought was that there was definitely something off with the little girl. Something must have happened.

  …She had just eaten a portion of the godly medicine yesterday, and based on her current cultivation level of mere Body Refining Tier, such a nutritious kind of medicine must have been too powerful for her.

  Ling Han went to the little girl’s room. At first, she slept beside Ling Han, but according to Liu Yu Tong, even if Hu Niu was still very small, she was still a girl, so she had cleaned up a room for her.

  When he entered the room and his eyes swept over it, he instantly got a shock.

  Because there was absolutely no sign of the little girl. Instead of a little girl, there was an egg on the bed.

  That’s right. It was an egg, and it was an extremely big one too. It was wide enough to fit in a man’s arms, and about as tall as half the average height of a man. The egg was as white as snow, but there were multiple golden patterns covering the entire egg.

  Ling Han was dumbstruck with shock.

  Even if the little girl went through a complete transformation and became a young beautiful fairy, he would be able to accept the reality after experiencing a slight shock. But a living human being actually transformed into an egg… what could this mean?

  He did not have any doubt that Hu Niu was currently inside this huge egg, because there was no disturbance to the restriction he had set up. Obviously, no one had entered or left the area.

  Hu Niu’s origins were extremely strange in the first place, after all. She could increase her cultivation level by consuming large amounts of food, which was a very shocking thing. Thus, though the effects of the godly medicine were unbelievably powerful, it was not impossible for the little girl to refine it, and this was also why Ling Han had not been overly worried the day before.

  But a hen became a duck, and a little girl became an egg. This was… extremely bizarre!

  Ling Han approached the egg. He began observing it, but could not find any clues from his observation. He stretched out his hand and placed it on the egg. He discovered something very surprising—the egg was emanating high heat, as if it was about to burn up at any moment.

  That was indeed very possible.

  He picked up the “egg” and placed it on the floor to avoid the whole courtyard turning into ashes if it did start burning up.

  Where did this little girl actually come from?

  Ling Han was getting more and more curious. In his last life, he had stood at the peak of martial arts and had ventured to a considerable number of ancient historical sites, as well as had a considerable understanding of the various races with special constitutions. Yet, he had never heard of any race that could increase their cultivation level simply through consuming food, and could even transform into an egg.

  He did not dare to break open the egg to check up on Hu Niu either. Although he had never seen such a thing, but he could refer to birds and knew that it was necessary for chicks to break open their eggs on their own. If he cracked the egg open, then that would definitely be an impatient move, and only cause harm to Hu Niu.

  He had just been reborn not too long ago, yet he had actually encountered so many bizarre events. Thankfully, he had a healthy heart, or he would have already had a heart attack from a series of so many shocks.

  “Forget it. From the looks of it, it’s quite peaceful, so the little girl should be fine. Then, I’ll just let her continue… incubating!” When he said the word ‘incubating’, he could not help but show a weird expression on his face.

  Every morning after waking up, he would go seek Mo Gao out for a discussion on the art of the sword. This had become his daily habit. Because he had been away the last few days, he could not join Mo Gao for a discussion, but now that he was back, he naturally went to Mo Gao’s courtyard.

  The two of them discussed the art of the sword while simultaneously verifying each other’s standpoints, so they both improved drastically.

  “In less than three days, I should be able to break through. Tomorrow, I will be entering seclusion,” Mo Gao announced suddenly.

  Ling Han was at first stunned, then he raised his clasped hands in Mo Gao’s direction and said, “My congratulations to you, Teacher Mo.”

  This sword maniac was a genius in the first place. However, he had fixed his target too high, placing his aim directly on the Sword Heart and thus causing his cultivation to stagnate for these ten plus years. In other words, any other person needed only get ten marks to advance one level. But Mo Gao wanted to get a thousand marks and directly advance one hundred levels. As a result, he was naturally stuck where he had begun.

  However, after his many discussions with Ling Han, the grand door of sword arts that had only opened a single sliver to Mo Gao was now completely wide open, and he had all of a sudden attained a drastic improvement. As the saying goes, good preparation is the key to success. Thus, he had attained the comprehension he needed to break through in this short period of time.

  Ling Han did not feel anything was strange about this. When compared with the difficulty of forming Sword Heart, breaking through to Gushing Spring Tier was a piece of cake.

  This sword maniac had finally found his way, and at least before Spiritual Infant Tier, he would not encounter any bottlenecks in his cultivation. He could completely depend on his comprehension of the concept of Sword Heart, and had boundless prospects ahead of him.

  Ling Han was happy for him as well. He had secretly decided that once this teacher of his had reached Spiritual Pedestal Tier, he would teach him a cultivation technique.

  Since all the cultivation techniques in Rain Country were at most only Level Five, there was no way to peek into the mysteries of Flower Blossom Tier. Otherwise, there would have at least popped up one or two geniuses in the Eight Great Clans that managed to break through to Flower Blossom Tier after so many years, right?

  He did not know what fateful encounter the Qi Clan had come across that allowed them to possess a powerful warrior of Flower Blossom Tier, which secured their place as ruler of this country.

  ‘…Yi, could it be the power of the nation?’

  Ling Han had never been an emperor before, so he was not very familiar with the concept, but when he recalled that in the Nine Nations of the Desolate North, only the Imperial Clan had a powerful warrior of Flower Blossom Tier to oversee things, then it should be related to being the ruler of a nation.

  Before this, Ling Han only knew that stimulating the power of the nation could increase one’s battle prowes
s, like Qi Yong Ye. He was only the son of a king, and so could only stimulate the power of a single city, but his Son of Heaven Fist Technique was still very powerful.

  If the ruler of a nation used the Son of Heaven Fist Technique to stimulate the power of an entire nation, then that would definitely be far more powerful.

  But could the power of the nation also increase one’s cultivation level, allowing one to break through to Flower Blossom Tier, and complete the step of casting off one’s mortal body?

  Ling Han shook his head. Whatever, he didn’t need to worry about cultivation techniques anyways.

  After leaving Mo Gao’s place, it was already about noon. Ling Han did not want to cook when it was only him, so he went out of the Academy and visited a restaurant to have a meal. He had not been in the Imperial City for a very long time, thus he would pick a different restaurant every time he ate out to try out which restaurant had the best meals.