Alchemy Emperor of the Divine Dao c1-1294

by Flying Alone 孤单地飞

  However, his lack of restraint did not persist for too long. With the repeated encouragements to drink from Ling Han and the others, he was soon completely drunk. He was swaying on his seat, and could not even distinguish how many people were on Ling Han’s side.

  Ling Han reserved a room and helped Yue Kai Yu inside. He wanted to continue to probe for information for his mother’s location.

  “… My aunt? My aunt is imprisoned in the Black Water Prison.” Now that Yue Kai Yu was drunk, he could not keep any secrets at all. He immediately answered when asked, which made Ling Han shake his head. In future, he should either keep him ignorant of any important matters, or ensure that Yue Kai Yu would not get drunk. Otherwise, it was as if this guy’s mouth had no closing, and would spill everything out.

  “Where is the Black Water Prison? And what kind of environment is that?” Ling Han asked. At the same time, he felt anger. His mother was actually held in a prison, which made him almost go berserk and rage.

  “The Black Water Prison is where the sect imprisons criminals; the majority of the inmates are enemies of our sect, but there are also disciples who have betrayed the sect.” Yue Kai Yu shook his head dizzily. “When I was little, I could still visit aunt, but those bastards from the Ao Clan kept squeezing us out. It was only three years ago that aunt was imprisoned into the Black Water Prison, and from then on, I could no longer visit aunt. Wu, wu, wu, my pitiful aunt. She is forced apart from her husband and child, and has been imprisoned in a place with complete darkness! These ** bastards from the Ao Clan, when I reach the Spiritual Infant Tier, I’ll strangle each one I see!”

  Ling Han nodded. This cousin was on his side. “How are the defenses of the Black Water Prison?”

  “You want to break into the prison? That’s impossible!” Yue Kai Yu shook his head repeatedly, as if he wanted to shake his head off his shoulders. “There are two elites of the Flower Blossom Tier who take turns to stand guard there, and even a fly would not be able to fly in without their knowledge!”

  Ling Han could not help but tap the table in thought. It looked like that he would at least need to have the battle prowess of the Flower Blossom Tier before he would be able to break into the Black Water Prison and rescue his mother.

  Damn, he obviously knew that his mother was currently suffering in prison, yet he could only sit by helplessly and watch.

  Yue Kai Yu did not have too bad of a drunken disposition. He was not the type to behave wildly when drunk, and very soon, he had started snoring loudly. Ling Han walked out of the room and went to find Liu Yu Tong and the others.

  Zhu Wu Jiu and Can Ye were already aware that he had come over, and had been waiting for him for some time.

  Ling Han asked about their cultivation progress, drew out the Return Spirit Pills and passed them to them. He had never been a miser to his own people.

  “Later, I will teach you some new martial arts techniques, you will only deserve the name of elites after you have strengthened your foundations in these techniques,” Ling Han said. Since these few people were going to follow him, he naturally had to ensure that their battle prowess would improve.

  Ling Han then went to see Guang Yuan. That this originally very rough and brash guy would actually close himself up in his room like a girl was indeed quite strange.

  He pushed open the door and entered, and saw Guang Yuan was sitting vacantly, his thoughts seeming to be far away.

  “Big Brother Guang!” Ling Han stretched out a hand and waved it in front of him.

  It was only later that Guang Yuan reacted. When he spotted Ling Han, he first experienced a scare, then looked alert before asking him doubtfully, “Ling Han?”

  “It’s me.” Ling Han nodded. “What’s wrong with you? What are you thinking of that has entranced you so?”

  Guang Yuan hesitated for a while. He looked like he both wanted to speak, yet also seemed as if he didn’t know where to start. In the end, he sighed, and said, “I met a person.”

  “An old lover?” Ling Han asked, smiling. Otherwise, he would not need to look so vacant. In this world, perhaps only the word ‘love’ would induce such torment upon one.

  Guang Yuan laughed bitterly, and said, “It’s my old lover’s man!”

  Er… this kind of development did not seem to be very wonderful.

  Now that Guang Yuan had brought up the topic, it seemed as if he wanted to vent the frustration he was feeling, and could no longer keep it inside anymore. He began to talk non-stop. “When I was still young and came out of Rain Country, I journeyed around in the north region in search of a way to become stronger.

  During that period, I met two people, they were both loose cultivators. The three of us formed our own group and journeyed together all the while, experiencing life and death together. One was called Duan Zheng Zhi and the other was called Nong Qing Yue.

  Duan Zheng Zhi and I were brothers, but both of us fell for Qing Yue simultaneously. To avoid damaging our brotherhood, we agreed to have a martial arts competition, and whoever lost would automatically withdraw.

  In that half year’s time, I cultivated madly, and truly believed that I could defeat Duan Zheng Zhi. However, just a few days before our martial arts competition… Qing Yue came and told me that she has made her decision and chose Duan Zheng Zhi.

  Thus, I naturally could only withdraw. However, not too long after, when Duan Zheng Zhi was drunk, I found out that he had used underhanded means and gotten Qing Yue, forcing her to have no choice but to choose him!

  “My fury could not be restrained, and I gave Duan Zheng Zhi a severe thrashing. Then I went to find Qing Yue, and told her I did not care about the matter between her and Duan Zheng Zhi as long as she agreed to leave with me.

  However, she did not agree. Downhearted, I decided to return to the Rain Country.

  In a flash, close to twenty years had passed. A few days ago, I actually encountered Duan Zheng Zhi, yet he actually told me that Qing Yue has been dead for three years!”

  Chapter 356

  Chapter 356: Memory Crystal

  Translator: _Dark_Angel_ Editor: Kurisu

  Ling Han considered the matter for a moment, then asked, “You suspect that Qing Yue had not died naturally?”

  “Qing Yue’s talent in martial arts exceeded even mine and Duan Zheng Zhi’s, so how could she have possibly died from illness?” Guang Yuan shook his head immediately. “I am currently in the ninth layer of the Spiritual Ocean Tier, and Duan Zheng Zhi has even broken through to the Spiritual Pedestal Tier; then no matter what, Qing Yue would at least have been in the Spiritual Ocean Tier three years ago. How could a martial artist in the Spiritual Ocean Tier fall ill and die from illness?”

  Indeed, once a martial artist had broken through to the Element Gathering Tier, they would fall ill only in very rare circumstances. With Origin Power to protect their bodies, they would not be affected by ordinary ailments. Unless they were poisoned or injured by another, they would definitely live healthily all the way until they died of old age.

  “Since you have suspicions, why don’t you go and get to the bottom of the matter?” Ling Han asked.

  “I fear remembering her when I see things related to her, and am afraid that the long suppressed old affections would emerge again,” Guang Yuan said, shaking his head.

  Ling Han laughed loudly, and asked, “How are you any better than that if you continue like this? Where does that Duan Zheng Zhi live now?”

  “En, he settled here seven years ago, and has developed quite well since. The Duan Clan can be considered a considerably powerful party in the Sea Breeze City, with many elites of the Spiritual Ocean Tier under their banner,” Guang Yuan said.

  This was also one of the reasons why he had not made his way to the Duan Residence. That was because if he made an official visit, he would not be received, and if he sneaked in, with so many elites in the Residence, should he be caught red-handed, how embarrassing would that be in front of his old love rival?

  Ling Han
broke out into a smile and said, “That’s all right. We’ll go take a look tonight, and conclude one of your preoccupations.”

  Guang Yuan thought the matter over and sighed, but did not refuse.

  He indeed very much wanted to know how Nong Qing Yue had actually died. Otherwise, it felt as if he had a heavy stone weighing down on his heart. This matter has caused him to be unable to eat well or sleep well, and there were even signs that his cultivation was degrading these days.

  After taking a look at all the members of his group, Ling Han entered the Black Tower.

  He wanted to study the Thunder Battle Armor closely.

  This battle armor looked like it was a vest. It did not have sleeves, and looked like it could only protect one’s torso. It was also made from a material Ling Han could not identify. It was made from multiple silver-colored metal plates woven together with a metallic thread.

  Upon close examination, every single metallic plate had a pattern on it. They were all different from each other, and looked a bit like the lettering on the Indestructible Heaven Scroll, but also looked as if they were drawings.

  If that was really the case, then the Thunder Battle Armor would have come from a very important background. It was possible that it was not any mere Spirit Tool, but could possibly be a God Tool that had come from the realm of gods!

  However, this battle armor was extremely severely damaged. There was a hole on the chest part, and when he compared it, it was precisely the spot lying over the right side of the chest, where the heart was. In other words, someone had worn the Thunder Battle Armor yet had his heart pierced with a single strike from his opponent. The wearer had naturally died, whereas the battle armor experienced fundamental damage.

  There was now no one capable of reviving the battle armor, but because the material it was forged from was definitely Level Nine or perhaps even Level Ten, it could not be penetrated by any kind of weapon. Thus, should one wear it, it could still be effective as a protective covering, which could be considered of little value when compared to its real worth.

  If that hadn’t been the case, how could the Winter Moon Sect possibly use it as a prize? However, it was originally arranged to be won by the Seven Sons of Ao Family, and this was also the result from the hardworking efforts of the Elder of the Ao Clan. Yet, unexpectedly, it had fallen into Ling Han’s grasp in the end.

  “Has the tool spirit vanished completely?” Ling Han injected his divine sense into the battle armor, and indeed, there was no sign of life from this Spirit Tool. The tool spirit no longer existed within.

  “Nothing to be done if the tool spirit is dead. It’s only that it cannot revive itself anymore.” Ling Han rubbed a hand over the battle armor. “As long as my martial intent is strong enough, I will still be able to actiate this battle armor. Moreover, I heard that there is a Thunder-aligned martial arts technique concealed within, though I don’t know whether it’s true or mere rumor.”

  “Let’s see if I can activate it!”

  The members of the Winter Moon Sect could not accomplish this feat because even the strongest of the Winter Moon Sect was only in the Spiritual Infant Tier, whereas this battle armor was at least a Level Nine Spirit Tool. But it was a different story for Ling Han. He possessed a sliver of divine sense of the Heaven Tier, plus he was currently in the Black Tower.

  He injected his Origin Power into the Thunder Battle Armor, but there was no reaction. Then he poured his divine sense into it, and still there was no reaction.

  Yi, this can’t be right, even his divine sense of the Heaven Tier was actually unable to stimulate the martial intent within? Or was he unable to stimulate it because it was too severely damaged?

  Then he could only use the power of the Black Tower.

  With a thought from Ling Han, the Black Tower immediately reacted. Weng , the battle armor began to light up. One metallic plate after another, those patterns lit up and transformed into a language that was completely illegible to Ling Han.

  He now understood slightly. This was not really letters, but a very high level martial intent, and if one wanted to try to figure it out, he would possibly need a few hundred, a few thousand, or even more than 10,000 years to do so.

  It was the same for the Indestructible Heaven Scroll.

  Yi?

  He stilled slightly, and with another thought, he saw a very small crystal suddenly float in midair.

  This was actually a space that the Thunder Battle Armor possessed on its own. It was revealed to him after he had activated it, and aside from this crystal, there was a small bottle, but who knew what it contained.

  This crystal… Memory Crystal!

  Ling Han recognized what it was, and was extremely surprised.

  Once a Memory Crystal was activated, it could record everything that was happening around it, but it was only a one-time record. After that, the next time it was activated, one would be able to observe every single detail that happened every minute, every second, and from every angle, as if one was observing from the point of view of a god.

  This Crystal was extremely valuable, and was ordinarily used to record when an ultimate elite was practicing his techniques, which would then be recorded by the Crystal and passed on to later generations.

  Ling Han looked at it closely. There was a black line on the Memory Crystal, which meant that this Crystal had been used once before. Otherwise, it would be completely clear and pure.

  He immediately injected his divine sense into it. Weng , he instantly appeared in an unfamiliar environment. In this environment, he did not have a physical body, but could move according to his will and appear anywhere he liked. However, this environment was only about a mile-size circle, and there was a completely white space outside of this single mile.

  That was because that the Memory Crystal could only record events as they happened within this limited space.

  Ling Han’s eyes swept over, and instantly looked shocked. A girl with long purple hair was currently speeding through the wilderness, bringing rapid change to the scene. Thus he confirmed that the Memory Crystal had to be on her, which was why she was the central part of this scene and could cause changes to the scene.

  And this girl was precisely Zi Xue Xian, one of the seven elites of the Heaven Tier from his last life.

  This had obviously happened after Ling Han had been obliterated by the Black Tower, because Zi Xue Xian’s ability… was unfathomable. Not even Ling Han could fully figure out her true prowess, but the Memory Crystal was very vividly recording the fluctuations in her aura.

  Ling Han deduced that this aura was weaker than the Asura Demon Emperor’s and Zi Xue Xian should have broken through to the Shattering Void Tier.

  Indeed, after he “died”, there should have happened a revolutionary change to their environment, which allowed Sword Emperor and the others to charge all the way into the Shattering Void Tier. Even that crazy disciple of his, Jiang Yue Feng, managed to take this step, and they could have possibly shattered the void and entered into the realm of gods!

  However, there was an obvious anxiety in Zi Xue Xian’s expression, and from the look of her, she seemed like she was fleeing!

  One of the elites of the Heaven Tier from his last life, who had even broken through to Shattering Void Tier, was actually fleeing?

  Why was she fleeing? And what enemy was she fleeing from?

  Chapter 357

  Chapter 357: Zi Xue Xian

  Translator: _Dark_Angel_ Editor: Kurisu

  Sword Emperor? Heavenly Phoenix Divine Maiden? Setting Sun Saber Emperor?

  Ling Han watched on patiently. Currently, what Zi Xue Xian was wearing was precisely the Thunder Battle Armor. Moreover, it was still a completely undamaged one, and there were flashes of white lightning flickering all over, making her seem as if she was a heroic war goddess.

  Ling Han discovered, much to his shock, that Zi Xue Xian had extraordinarily long ears that were sticking up tall and proud like a rabbit’s ears, whereas her eyes were
exuding a white light, as if they were a pair of electric balls!

  Although he had not seen Zi Xue Xian many times, he still remembered clearly that Zi Xue Xian should not look too different from an ordinary human being, unlike now when her ears were sharp and long and it seemed as if her eyes had electricity running through them! Strange, how was he so sure that this girl was Zi Xue Xian with just one look?

  The first proof was her hair. Ling Han had only seen one person with purple-colored hair. The second one was her face. Even if her eyes were both shining like there was electricity in them, that face was still Zi Xue Xian’s. And the third was the Thunder Battle Armor—it was her symbol.

  Ling Han had to admit—though this appearance was a little strange, it was also a different kind of beauty. At least, it was not something that Liu Yu Tong and Li Si Chan could rival.

  “They’re going to catch up!” Zi Xue Xian said suddenly. She was naturally not talking to Ling Han, but she activated the Memory Crystal and was currently in the process of recording. “I can sense their aura.”

  Sure enough, three figures appeared in the distance, and they were extremely fast. They seemed to walk calmly step by step, but each step would cross a distance of a hundred miles, as if they were able to shrink the distance into mere inches.

  Zi Xue Xian was not slow, but the speed of these three people was faster, and in a short while, the distance between the two sides had shortened to half a mile.

  One of the three pursuers, a middle-man said, “Zi Xue Xian, you are a genius of our race, so why do you want to commit treachery? What has the destruction of the human race have to do with you?” He had a head of white hair and his eyes were shining white, as if they were electric balls.

  The difference was that there was a purple vein on his forehead, which looked as if it was borne from his anger, but also seemed to be formed naturally. It was not only him. The other two old men also had such veins, which were also on the forehead.

  The first words were enough to give Ling Han a shock, the destruction of the human race?