Alchemy Emperor of the Divine Dao c1-1294

by Flying Alone 孤单地飞

  “What are you snorting so mysteriously for, you think this young master is afraid of you?” Gong Letian was immediately pissed off. “This is my brother, and if you dare touch a single hair on him, this young master will tear down your “Listen to the Rain Pavilion!”

  Liu Qi Yuan’s gaze showed coldness as he said, “Then just wait and see. No one can slap one of my people and still live perfectly fine!”

  Ling Han swept a glance over and said, “Are you threatening me?”

  “Haha, threatening you? Are you fit to be?” Liu Qi said in disdain. As he saw it, only Gong Letian had the right to threaten him and look him straight in the eye. As for Ling Han? He could kill him by just extending a finger.

  “Hahaha, the atmosphere seems to be a bit intense!” Another youngster alked over, and said while laughing, “Give me some face and stop fighting, alright?”

  “In deference for Master Rong, of course!” Liu Qi Yuan laughed and gave Ling Han and Gong Letian a vicious gaze before turning to walk over to the banquet by the river. Lang Jun Cai was only just in a lion’s hide, giving Ling Han a glare before following to leave.

  After the youngster surnamed Rong mediated, he smiled at Gong Letian and turned to leave as well.

  “He’s called Rong Gao Min, currently ranked ninety-fourth on the prodigy roll!” Gong Letian said full of admiration.

  “Ninth layer of the Spiritual Ocean Tier can rank ninety-fourth, I guess it’s not hard to make it onto the roll,” Ling Han said, smiling.

  Gong Letian instantly rolled his eyes, snatched the booklet from Ling Han’s hands, flipped to a page at the very end, and pointed as he said, “See for yourself just how strong he is!”

  Ling Han swept a glance. It wrote: “Rong Gao Min, male, current age twenty-five years-old, ninth layer of the Spiritual Ocean Tier, from the Extreme Yang Sect, Rong Family, ranked ninety-seventh on the prodigy roll two years ago, battle prowess estimated to be sixteen stars, currently ranked ninety-fourth on North Region’s Prodigy Roll.”

  Oh, two years had passed, so he’d improved.

  Next, Luo Lie’s battle achievements in the two years were listed, proving that he was qualified to sit on the ninety-fourth seat.

  “Surprising, right? Battle prowess of sixteen stars. He can suppress people with thin arms and legs like us with one finger.” Gong Letian said full of admiration—just how many youngsters yearned and pursued being listed on North Region’s Prodigy Roll?

  Unfortunately, only one hundred people could make it into the ranks every three years.

  Ling Han laughed loudly and said, “You are you, I am I, don’t mix us together!” This was the honest truth; he really didn’t care about sixteen stars’ battle prowess.

  Gong Letian rolled his eyes at him and pulled him over to the banquet seats.

  The table was small, and only four people could be seated by it. It was mostly two to three people per table, and very rarely were all four seats occupied.

  Ling Han continued to flip through North Region’s Prodigy Roll. He wanted to see a few of the prodigies he’d heard about… Lu Yang, Zhu Xuan Er, Zuo Yu Da, and so on.

  He rummaged through, and found Lu Yang’s name on the twelfth page.

  “Lu Yang, male, current age twenty-four years old, third layer of the Spiritual Pedestal Tier, from the Beast Emperor Sect, ranked seventeenth on the prodigy roll two years ago, battle prowess is estimated to be twelve stars, but on top of his beast pet, Frost Clouded Leopard, his aggregated battle prowess reaches thirteen stars. Currently ranks ninth on the North Region’s Prodigy Roll.”

  Ling han was a bit shocked. Yu Kun Lun who was first was already in the ninth layer of the Spiritual Pedestal Tier, but the tier of the ninth place dropped to third layer of the Spiritual Pedestal Tier. Another look at the last place… only the ninth layer of the Spiritual Ocean Tier.

  In other words, the higher the ranking, the greater the difference in strength was, and the lower the ranking, the closer the ranked ones’ strength.

  However, at the year-end prodigy battle, Yu Kun Lun and the top eight would be unable to attend due to their age, so the tier of the new first place would drop by a lot.

  …Only four months’ time, no matter how freakish Lu Yang was, he wouldn’t be able to charge into ninth layer of the Spiritual Pedestal Tier; he was still young after all.

  Ling Han turned a few more pages and saw Zhu Xuan Er’s name. This name was actually much more resounding compared to Lu Yang and Zuo Yu Da, because the person was a girl that even Gong Letian would talk about again and again from time to time.

  Chapter 377

  Chapter 377: Counting Prodigies

  Translator: Reverie_ Editor: Kurisu

  “Zhu Xuan Er, female, current age twenty-one years old, second layer of the Spiritual Pedestal Tier, from the Half Moon Sect, ranked seventy-sixth in the prodigy battle two years ago, but broke through to the Spiritual Pedestal Tier one year later. This year she even advanced into the second layer of the Spiritual Pedestal Tier, it can be imagined that her ability will advance further in next year’s prodigy gathering, reaching the third or even the fourth layer.”

  “Estimated battle prowess is twelve stars, currently ranks thirteenth on North Region’s Prodigy Roll.”

  Ling Han paused and nodded. Zhu Xuan Er was proved worthy of being called a genius. This cultivation progress was somewhat surprising. In other words, she broke through to the Spiritual Pedestal Tier at twenty years old, and after she entered the Spiritual Pedestal Tier, she could increase two layers in a year—it was considerably surprising.

  He continued turning the pages. Zuo Yu Da ranked nineteenth, while Limitless Sect’s triplets were sixty-seventh, sixty-eighth, and sixty-ninth, but the evaluation said that because the three were one, if they joined hands, their battle prowess could reach the thirty-third place.

  Two of the Seven Sons of Ao Family also made it into the ranks. It was Ao Xing Lai who ranked seventy-eigth and Ao Wu Wei who ranked eighty-ninth.

  Calculating based on this ranking, he could probably only place fortieth or so.

  However, there were still four months before the end of the year, and with Ling Han’s progress, he could at least reach the eight layer of the Spiritual Ocean Tier; his rank would naturally far exceed the forties.

  Besides, this was the most “normal” speed, and if he could receive extra natural treasures, then it was hard to tell as ninth layer of the Spiritual Ocean Tier or even the Spiritual Pedestal Tier itself weren’t out of consideration.

  “Whatever, should I even get in on the action on such a thing like playing house, it’s not like there’s any benefit!” Ling Han shook his head. With his identity as a former Heaven Tier warrior, competing against a few small youngsters was embarrassing to begin with. Not to mention that there wasn’t much time, and he might not even attain number one—that would be truly embarrassing.

  “Today, quite a few beauties from the Extreme Yang City came!” Gong Letian looked to the left and right. “Look, that’s Jiang Yue Xuan, Jiang Family’s eldest daughter. There is also Di Ting Lan, Di Family’s third daughter over there! Ah, Gongsun Family’s seventh daughter is here too, Gongsun Lan Hui—beautiful and pure like an orchid!”

  Ling Han looked following his finger, and as expected, Di Ting Lan, Jiang Yue Xuan, and Gongsun Lan Hui were all extremely beautiful, not losing at all to even Liu Yu Tong and Li Si Chan.

  Stunning beauty, outstanding martial arts talent, and noble birth made these three girls resplendent stars that many pursued. It could be seen that many young men were circling around the three girls, hoping to attract their attention.

  “Hehe, sadly, their standards are too high, or else this young master could introduce you to them.” Gong Letian nudged at Ling Han’s waist.

  Ling Han laughed briefly and said, “I politely decline.”

  “True, your Liu Yu Tong is also a great beauty, not losing to any of them,” Gong Letian said.

  Ling Han only laughed, thinking Gong
Letian hadn’t seen a true beauty. In his former lifetime, Heavenly Phoenix Divine Maiden was called the world’s number one beauty, far from what Liu Yu Tong and Jiang Yue Xuan could compare to.

  Unfortunately, she was a bit barbaric, but otherwise, he really could take her as a wife.

  Ling Han hurriedly shook off the chills, he actually thought of taking a barbaric woman like Heavenly Phoenix Divine Maiden as a wife—did he get some screw lose?

  “Zhong Zi Wei is here!” someone suddenly shouted, which immediately made more than half of the people stand up.

  Ling Han immediately flipped through his memories. This was the fifty-forth rank on the North Region’s Prodigy Roll—his battle prowess reached eighteen stars, and he could fight surpassing nine stars—this was extremely shocking.

  On the entire prodigy roll, there was only one person who could battle surpassing ten stars—Zhu Xuan Er. The rest of the prodigies could only surpass nine stars. However, surpassing nine stars at the Spiritual Pedestal Tier and surpassing nine stars at the Spiritual Ocean Tier were completely different concepts. The higher the tier, the harder it was to fight surpassing one’s own tier.

  Zhong Zi Wei could surpass nine stars, but once he broke to the Spiritual Pedestal Tier, he might drop to eight stars, or even seven stars. Those like Sword Emperor and Heavenly Phoenix Divine Maiden who could still fight surpassing ten stars were truly the geniuses amongst geniuses, the most exceptional freaks.

  From this point, Zhu Xuan Er certainly had amazing talent—no wonder she was sought after by sects in the middle state.

  “It’s Zhong Zi Wei!” Gong Letian immediately revealed an excited expression. “Fifty-fourth on the prodigy roll, and the most impressive thing about him is that he doesn’t come from a large sect but from a small family yet he was able to squeeze into the prodigy roll with his own efforts. He’s my idol!”

  In a short while, everyone crowded around a slender youngster. Even the three beauties revolved around him, each one blossoming with a beautiful smile, displaying their stunning looks without restraint.

  Zhong Zi Wei ranked fifty-fourth on North Region’s Prodigy Roll and could be said to be one of the brightest stars in the north region. As long as he didn’t die, he would definitely become an important person in the north region.

  People would definitely pay close attention to such a person, competing to be on friendly terms with him.

  “I’m truly envious!” Gong Letian looked with a burning gaze; he really wanted to become a person that received the attention of millions. Although he was a wealthy second generation with countless people that bootlicked him, that was all because of the family behind him and not because of he himself.

  As a youngster full of pride, he thirsted for respect attained by his own abilities.

  Liu Qi Yuan went to greet Zhong Zi Wei as well, raising a glass to Zhong Zi Wei. Considering Liu Qi Yuan’s background, Zhong Zi Wei was rather modest. The two were having a great conversation, but it was too far and Ling Han couldn’t hear what they were saying.

  The banquet continued, many people on the prodigy roll arriving one after another. Since once-in-three-years prodigy battle was starting in a little more than four months and the location was just happened to be the Extreme Yang City, many people already came over. Even several experts on the roll came, but none were ranked higher than Zhong Zi Wei, so there wasn’t such a large commotion on their arrival as previously.

  Coming so early was firstly to avoid delays on the way and missing out on the grand gathering, and secondly to trade—with large amounts of young experts gathered together, they could exchange spirit medicine, treasures, and whatnot, some of which might be of great use.

  Today’s banquet stemmed from this purpose. After the few high-ranked experts spoke of their recent adventures, the treasure exchange segment was carried out. Everyone stood up, introducing their treasure and the type of treasure they needed to exchange for to everyone else.

  It was sort of like an auction, with all sorts of things like arts, techniques, medicinal pills, and some things that had unclear origins—ancient things found in historic ruins, some of which were even older than the time of Ling Han’s previous life.

  Some treasures were substantially precious. Zhong Zi Wei took out a stalk of six hundred year old Gold Silk Thousand Spark Fruit, a fourth tier spirit fruit that could increase Spiritual Ocean Tier cultivation by a great fold. Since Zhong Zi Wei had already reached the ninth layer of the Spiritual Ocean Tier, he only needed to solidify his cultivation at the moment and did not need to increase his cultivation or use the fruit.

  However, there were too many people who hadn’t reached the ninth layer of the Spiritual Ocean Tier, so it triggered an intense competition over it.

  Chapter 378

  Chapter 378: Exchanging Spirit Fruits

  Translator: Reverie_ Editor: Kurisu

  Ling Han was also very interested. He was now at the fourth layer of the Spiritual Ocean Tier, far from the peak stage Spiritual Ocean Tier; so, Gold Silk Thousand Spark Fruit was especially suited for him, enough to increase him by two tiers.

  So at the end of the year, he would be at the ninth layer of the Spiritual Ocean Tier, and possibly even the Spiritual Pedestal Tier. After all, once his cultivation of spirit power sufficed; the large tier barrier practically didn’t even exist.

  However, Ling Han wasn’t interested in contention of ranks amongst the younger generation as he was way past the age of having the desire to prevail over others. Unless there were treasures that could interest him, of course. However, as a person with a high sense of self-respect, he still hoped to become the strongest.

  Even if he differed several ages from those in the top ranks on the prodigy roll, he had strong roots that allowed him to be compared with them, so he wouldn’t want to lose, either.

  Everyone took out things they thought were precious for the exchange, but Zhong Zi Wei kept shaking his head in refusal as none met his expectations.

  Ling Han stood up and said, “Brother Zhong, I have a bottle of medicinal pills, not sure if you’d be interested?”

  Brother Zhong?

  Everyone looked at Ling Han in unison, revealing an expression of ridicule.

  What a joke, a mere nobody at te fourth layer of the Spiritual Ocean Tier dared to call a expert on the prodigy rank a brother… how truly defiant! Did a prodigy like Zhong Zi Wei not have the ability to break into the Spiritual Pedestal Tier?

  No, he didn’t break through not because he couldn’t, but because he wanted to compact his cultivation in the Spiritual Ocean Tier till it was extremely solidified in order to charge into higher tiers in the future.

  Amongst the young prodigies nowadays, which one of them didn’t have grand ambitions?

  Martial arts were in a prosperous age, and elites emerged one after another from various paths, breaking the lowest age of breakthrough of a certain tier as the amount of top elites grew more and more. Which youngster didn’t want to squeeze into the pinnacle of martial arts, guiding people and their paths?

  Several bottles of medicinal pills? Pah, would Zhong Zi Wei lack medicinal pills? What sort of medicinal pill could someone at the fourth layer of the Spiritual Ocean Tier offer? It was said that forces in the middle state offered him an olive branch—although they might not be a super large force like Heaven Sword Sect, it was definitely astounding.

  “Hey, hey hey, don’t you speak carelessly!” Gong Letian hurriedly pulled on the corner of Ling Han’s clothes, feeling that everyone’s disdainful gazes were brought over to him; it was truly an undeserved misfortune.

  Ling Han only smiled at him, and didn’t explain.

  Zhong Zi Wei didn’t show ridicule on his face, but said indifferently, “This little brother, what sort of medicinal pill are you using to trade?”

  Ling Han took out a bottle of Restore Origin Pill and tossed it over.

  After Zhong Zi Wei caught it and opened the bottle’s stopper, as the medicinal smell drifted outw
ards, his indifferent expression vanished all of a sudden. He cried out, “Restore Origin Pill!”

  “What, Restore Origin Pill!?”

  People cried out one after another, their gazes instantly burning with desire.

  For normal people, the Restore Origin Pill was not only not a spirit medicine, but also a hindrance. This couldn’t improve one’s cultivation, and contrarily, it could lower one’s cultivation. Restore Origin Pill’s purpose was to hammer at the foundation, making it extremely solid. Undoubtedly, it would shorten original foundation, and more effort was needed to repair it to the original state.

  With regards to normal people, they didn’t need to compact their foundation, only rapidly advancing in tier. However, for prodigies, they strived for perfection, endeavoring to cultivate every tier to perfection.

  They could be unmatched in the same tier and have the ability to soar into the highest tiers, but once they reached a certain height with an unstable foundation, the tall building would immediately tilt and collapse.

  There were so many of those at the ninth layer of the Spiritual Ocean Tier, so why were there only a few dozen that could squeeze into the prodigy roll?

  It was precisely because their tiers were solidified to an astounding degree, granting them battle prowess far surpassing their own tier.

  Someone in the first layer of the Spiritual Ocean Tier didn’t need to care much about planting a firm foundation, so they could only battle surpassing two stars. At the ninth layer of the Spiritual Ocean Tier, prodigies started to compact their foundations in preparation for the future, so while their tier remained unchanged, their stars of battle prowess skyrocketed—it wouldn’t be strange for them to battle surpassing three stars or even four stars.

  Thus, there were so many of those at the ninth layer of the Spiritual Ocean Tier on the prodigy roll, and their battle prowess was varied greatly.