Zhong Zi Wei had reached peak stage of the ninth layer of the Spiritual Ocean Tier half a year ago and had been suppressing his cultivation since then to compact his foundation, striving to break through to the Spiritual Pedestal Tier at a state of perfection—with this one move, he could possess prowess surpassing two stars and even three stars.
If he had Restore Origin Pill and four months’ time, which was enough to compact his tier to perfection, then with his talent, breaking through to the Spiritual Pedestal Tier was no problem at all. He already had the ability to break through and had just been suppressing it all along.
When the time came, he would soar into the sky, squeezing into top thirty and even top twenty.
He hurriedly took a closer look, and when he saw that there were actually twenty Restore Origin Pills, he was instantly elated—even the hand he held the bottle with somewhat trembled. It wasn’t like he had never seen or eaten a Restore Origin Pill, so he immediately discovered that they were genuine and very high in quality—but just how high… he could not be certain as he wasn’t an alchemy master.
“I’ll trade!” Zhong Zi Wei made a prompt decision. A prodigy like him definitely had the inherent quality of being decisive; an irresolute and hesitant person couldn’t possibly come this far.
Ling Han smiled with raised eyebrows. He knew that a prodigy like Zhong Zi Wei most valued medicinal pills like the Restore Origin Pill. Sadly, Yellow Dragon Fruits were hard to find, and the stock he had at hand was almost all used up.
Fortunately, after receiving this Gold Silk Thousand Spark Fruit, he didn’t have other great aspirations at the Spiritual Ocean Tier. After he reached the Spiritual Pedestal Tier, Restore Origin Pill couldn’t possibly be exchanged for the treasures of the world that he needed, so it didn’t affect him much.
Zhong Zi Wei tossed over the Gold Silk Thousand Spark Fruit, which Ling Han stored in the Black Tower. The two were all smiles as if nothing had happened, showing their extremely strong self-control.
…If it were normal people, they’d definitely leave in a hurry once they received a treasure.
“Fairy Zhu is here! Fairy Zhu is here!”
It was only a small commotion at the start, but it immediately stirred up everyone present. Even Gong Letian stood up abruptly and said, “Where’s Fairy Zhu? Where’s Fairy Zhu?”
Fair Zhu? Was that Zhu Xuan Er?
Ling Han was somewhat surprised. Was this girl’s charm really that great? He saw that even Zhong Zi Wei completely lost self-control; his expression was filled with craze, without a shred of appearance an expert and no different from other people.
To be able to make Zhong Zi Wei, who had such strong self-control, sink so deeply, it could be imagined just how great Zhu Xuan Er’s charm was.
At this moment, even Ling Han was somewhat curious—in what way was this Zhu Xuan Er so beautiful that she could charm everyone in the north and even interest the prodigy of the Heaven Sword’s Sect in the middle state?
The entire place was in uproar as everyone gushed out to greet Fairy Zhu. After ten whole minutes, a white-clothed girl walked from within the crowd. A white gauze covered her face and her appearance couldn’t be seen at all, but her graceful bearing made people refreshed.
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This white-clothed girl was like a celestial fairy. Each step showed her grace and beauty. She was dignified, calm, and virtuous, but her physique was truly alluring and her legs slender and long, enough to reach the waist of someone of the same height.
The longer a female’s legs, the more alluring the physique. The ratio of her body was absolutely perfect, such that simply her walking stimulated endless daydreaming.
She had a slim and willowy waist, yet her buttocks jutted out, revealing an amazing curve and emitting a luscious bearing. Her breasts weren’t extremely large, but could fill an entire hand, and her pink neck was like jade, elegant like a swan’s. Her dark hair was like waterfall, tied up by a white silk ribbon.
She had no adornments on her entire body, yet it made people feel that this was the most perfect decision, since no matter what adornments were worn on her body, it would only make her appear tacky.
Ling Han was astonished; as expected, this girl didn’t need to reveal her looks at all to make people feel that she was like a fairy from the heavens, the most beautiful in all of time. The only other woman that ever made him feel this way was Heavenly Phoenix Divine Maiden.
However, he had seen Heavenly Phoenix Divine Maiden’s appearance, and it certainly fitted her perfect physique. From appearance alone, Heavenly Phoenix Divine Maiden was definitely the most beautiful woman in the world—so beautiful that it felt like she shouldn’t have appeared in the mortal world.
‘But…ai!’ Ling Han sighed. That woman had to be so rude, coming over from time to time and taking random things. Reasoning with her would result in her threatening gaze, and his four disciples were beaten up terribly one after another.
Speaking of reverence, Ling Han could pat his chest and say that his four disciples were definitely more obedient toward Heavenly Phoenix Divine Maiden than him.
“Hehehe, you say no, but your eyes are pretty honest. Now you know that Fairy Zhu is unmatched in her generation, right?” Gong Letian’s voice sounded beside Ling Han’s ear and awakened him from his reminiscence.
Ling Han simply smiled and didn’t try to explain. He still thought that if his abilities surpassed Heavenly Phoenix Divine Maiden’s, then marrying a wife like her wouldn’t be too bad—it’d be pleasant to the eyes. However, strength was a necessary safeguard, or else she’d suppress him, and maybe at night… he’d be the one lying on the bottom.
Once Zhu Xuan Er arrived, she immediately became the center of attention. It was like she was born a goddess and everyone else would pale before her. Her graceful bearing was too alluring, such that others couldn’t even be envious.
No matter male or female, they all looked at her with a fanatical gaze as if they would all be willing to plunge into raging fire and boiling water after one word of command from her.
Ling Han was shocked on the inside; they were too fanatical—he would definitely not do such a thing.
“Xuan Er is very happy to be able to see all of you young prodigies. A toast to everyone.” Zhu Xuan Er held up her wine bowl. Instantly, people revealed expressions of being overwhelmed by flattery and honor, hurriedly holding up their wine bowls as well.
As Zhu Xuan Er lifted up the edge of her white gauze, revealing a snow-white chin and dark-red lips, people were as if they’d been drugged; some spurted blood from their nose, and some even fainted from excitement.
Everyone drank the wine with one gulp. Having received a toast from Zhu Xuan Er, they felt that this life was completely worth it even if they died.
Ling Han was felt a slight undulation within. Although he hadn’t seen Zhu Xuan Er’s complete appearance, just from looking at her chin and her small lips, a beautiful image could be outlined inside people’s minds from those exceedingly beautiful proportions.
It was just a tip of the iceberg, yet Ling Han was certain that Zhu Xuan Er’s beauty was far beyond Liu Yu Tong and the other girls’, even qualifying to compare against Heavenly Phoenix Divine Maiden.
However, it was impossible to sway Ling Han.
It couldn’t be helped. He saw Heavenly Phoenix Divine Maiden almost every day; she did things that made him very gloomy, so he couldn’t like her even if he wanted to. With such a preventive measure, so what if Zhu Xuan Er was the second Heavenly Phoenix Divine Maiden?
After Zhu Xuan Er proposed a toast, she lowered the white gauze, instantly making everyone feel an intense reluctance. The felt depressed, as if they’d been gouged and had lost the thing they loved the most.
She opened her mouth and said, “Xuan Er wants to buy a medicinal ingredient. If no one has it, then news on the medicinal ingredient will do as well. Xuan Er will repay you greatly.”
“Fairy Zhu, speak as you will.”
“Yes, t
o be able to serve Fairy Zhu, that’s our honor!”
“Through raging fire and boiling waters, ten thousand deaths won’t stop us!”
Everyone shouted one after another, even a few girls looked fanatical.
There was no emotion on Zhu Xuan Er’s delicate face. She said, “The ingredient Xuan Er wants is a seventh tier medicinal grass called Crimson Red Chilling Ice Grass.”
“Crimson Red Chilling Ice Grass? What’s that?”
“Never heard of it!”
Many people immediately shook their heads, but Ling Han was momentarily startled, because Crimson Red Chilling Ice Grass was one of the two main ingredients he needed. He never would’ve thought he’d come into conflict with Zhu Xuan Er. If the two were to compete, it could be imagined that countless of people would definitely resent him.
Whatever, so what if she was exceptionally beautiful, she couldn’t even compare to a single hair on this master.
“Fairy Zhu, I know where the Crimson Red Chilling Ice Grass is!” A youngster stood up very excitedly. Without pressing, the youngster spilled it all out, “Three months ago, when I just left the Dark Demon Forest, I soon heard someone speak of the Crimson Red chilling Ice Grass, which should be in the depths of the forest.”
‘Hiss!’
Everyone gasped in astonishment. The Dark Demon Forest was one of the more notorious vicious places with Flower Blossom Tier beasts in its depths; normally, no one dared to enter the depths.
“Fairy Zhu, the Dark Demon Forest is too dangerous, it would bet better to go in two years!”
“Nonsense, Fairy Zhu needs Crimson Red Chilling Ice Grass to save someone, can she wait for two years?”
“So you want Fairy Zhu to risk entering the Dark Demon Forest? She’ll lose her life!”
“Indeed, in two more years, maybe Fairy Zhu can advance into the Flower Blossom Tier; she won’t have to be afraid by then.”
Ling Han was moved. The Dark Demon Forest actually had the Crimson Red Chilling Ice Grass! He was ordered to harvest seven stalks of the Fiery Sun Grass and had no intention of doing so, but by the looks of it now, it seemed like fate was driving him there, mysterious and inexorable.
Looks like he’d have to go to the Dark Demon Forest.
Zhu Xuan Er was somewhat worried at first that it would bring trouble when the person spoke openly about the location of the Crimson Red Chilling Ice Grass. Thinking again, how many people dared to enter the Dark Demon Forest anyways?
She thanked that person and promised that if they’d encountered a trouble, they’d be very welcome to go to the Half Moon Sect to find her.
Since she was in a rush to find the Crimson Red Chilling Ice Grass, she soon said goodbye and left.
Once she left, the atmosphere instantly dropped drastically, and people no longer had the mood to stay. Not to mention, quite a few people already traded for the treasure they desired. Soon, they started biding farewell one after another.
Ling Han was very satisfied with this trip; he not only obtained Gold Silk Thousand Spark Fruit, but also obtained news on Crimson Red Chilling Ice Grass.
He returned to refine Gold Silk Thousand Spark Fruit.
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It was inappropriate to always live at an inn. Since Ling Han had opened two stores in Ji Yang City to seize endless streams of Origin Crystals, Ling Han had already set out to purchase a house; however, in the short amount of time, he hadn’t found a suitable one.
…Liu Yu Tong and Li Si Chan were very picky with the quality of the residence, but if it were up to Ling Han, as long as the place was clean, wasn’t living anywhere all the same?
So, they still stayed temporarily at the inn.
After returning to the inn, Ling Han immediately flashed into the Black Tower; improving cultivation obviously came first.
He took in the Gold Silk Thousand Spark Fruit and burst hundred pieces of Origin Crystal in passing. Weng , instantly, inexhaustible Origin Power wrapped around him and continuous streams of power poured into his body, as if kneading.
Hong , the spirit fruit’s medicinal effect was exhibited. Ling Han used his body as a furnace to fuse the medicinal effects, and cooperating with the power Origin Crystals provided, his cultivation immediately began to skyrocket.
Two spiritual oceans, one yin and one yang, spinning in opposite directions, began to expand under the stacked effects of medicinal and Origin Power.
It would be fast if placed on anyone else, but Ling Han’s spiritual oceans were far larger than that of normal Spiritual Ocean Tier warriors, so it appeared extremely slow.
Ling Han estimated that this fruit could at most increase his cultivation by one small tier, and this was due to the large amount of Origin Power that he could expend; otherwise, if it aided him in advancing half a small tier, that would already be considered good.
Why were his spiritual oceans overly large and he even had two, one yin and one yang?
Two spiritual oceans kept moving against each other like a millstone, constantly polishing his Origin Power. The result of this was the complete removal of flaws in his Origin Power, making it more concentrated.
People usually started solidifying their cultivation after they reached the peak stage of the ninth layer of the Spiritual Ocean Tier, but Ling Han carried it out constantly, so his tier was extremely stable; however, this meant that his advancement was very “slow.”
…Even if he was slow, he was still faster than normal people by ten times. After all, he was the Grandmaster of alchemy and didn’t lack Origin Crystals.
After a day and a night, Ling Han completely refined and absorbed the medicinal power of the spirit fruit, and his cultivation reached the fifth layer of the Spiritual Ocean Tier, one step closer to the ninth layer.
He circled around inside the Black Tower and pulled out several stalks of spirit grass, deciding to refine a few high tier medicinal pills for auction.
The profits from the tavern and the medicine store were small but steady, but if he really wanted to get rich overnight, then he could only refine high-tier medicinal pills for auction. However, Spirit Treasures Pavilion didn’t hold auctions everyday, so Ling Han only decided to refine pills a few days after he’d arrived.
…Spirit Treasures Pavilion’s next large scale auction was in ten days.
Ling Han refined a low level Earth Grade medicinal pill, Bone Forming Pill.
This medicinal pill was for the Flower Blossom Tier cultivators. After one took the Bone Forming Pill, one’s bones would be reconstructed, advancing towards a tougher state. This was very practical, because when two Flower Blossom Tier warriors attacked each other, even if one did not lose out on Origin Power, their bones could break due to lack of durability. When one’s bones were shattered, it affected one’s strength—so how embarrassing would that be?
So the tougher one refined one’s physique, then the higher one could reach in the future. This was the same thing as compacting one’s cultivation, but from a different approach.
Only those in the Flower Blossom Tier could take Bone Forming Pill because they surpassed the mortal level and blossomed a Heavenly Flower on their spiritual pedestal, giving them an endless stream of vitality; for anyone else, it would be courting death.
Ling Han smiled satisfyingly. For this Bone Forming Pill, he didn’t plan on accepting one star Origin Crystals, but two stars or three stars—he would soon advance into the Spiritual Pedestal Tier and the effect of one star Origin Crystals would drop substantially.
The profits from the tavern and the medicine store were enough to provide Liu Yu Tong and the others with resources to cultivate.
Ling Han headed to the Spirit Treasures Pavilion. After he took out Bone Forming Pill, it immediately stirred the higher-ups of the Spirit Treasures Pavilion. Such a medicinal pill was too high in grade, and for caution’s sake, they especially invited a Earth Grade alchemy master for appraisal.
Coincidentally, the alchemist was surnamed Liu, and named Ji Tong—he just so h
appened to be Liu Qi Yuan’s grandfather.
This Earth Grade alchemist was already seventy years old, and his cultivation was still at the Spiritual Pedestal Tier, unable to surpass the mortal limit. Otherwise, for a three hundred year lifespan, seventy years old was the prime of one’s life.
There was still hope—he was an Earth Grade alchemist after all. The resources in his grasp were extremely shocking, and perhaps he could refine some sort of spirit pill that would support him in charging into the Flower Blossom Tier.
Seeing the Bone Forming Pill, the old man was very shocked. This was a low level Earth Grade medicinal pill which was something he could refine, but after opening the pill bottle, the old man was suddenly startled, revealing an extremely excited look and staying silent for a long while.
“Master Liu,” a person from the Spirit Treasures Pavilion called out lightly.
Liu Ji Tong was finally woken up and said, “The quality of this bottle of Bone Forming Pill is too high, making this old man involuntarily sucked into a reverie.”
“How high?” the person from the Spirit Treasures Pavilion asked. Since Bone Forming Pill was too important, the one put in charge was a Flower Blossom Tier elite. However, in front of an Earth Grade alchemist, he appeared quite modest.
This Flower Blossom Tier elite was called Li Fei Chen.
“Thirteen stars, even fourteen stars in quality!” Liu Ji Tong pondered, making an evaluation.
Li Fei Chen instantly gasped in astonishment. His eyes burned with desire—he was a Flower Blossom Tier warrior, so he obviously needed Bone Forming Pills. The quality of thirteen stars or even fourteen stars gave him an urge to seize it.
“Young man, this medicinal is refined by an elder from your sect?” Liu Ji Tong looked at Ling Han. He definitely had to get acquainted with the alchemist who made it. In corroborating with each other, he might be able to improve upon his techniques.
If it were him, the refined Bone Forming Pill would be at most six stars in quality.
Ling Han cracked a smile and said, “If I said I was the one who refined it, would you guys believe it?”
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