Alchemy Emperor of the Divine Dao c1-1294
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Tong Zhi Ming’s own battle prowess was only thirteen stars and couldn’t match the fifteen stars battle prowess of the old man surnamed Pi. However, this golden lion reached the battle prowess of sixteen stars, completely suppressing the old man.
At this moment, the entire scene was silent, with only the continuous resonation of the two fiercely battling.
Hiss!
Even Senior Pi’s fifteen stars battle prowess was suppressed; if Tong Zhi Ming were to attend the prodigy battle… wouldn’t that mean he could take first place? This year, those like Yu Kun Lun who were thirty years old were automatically disqualified, and the highest-ranked Lu Yang was only at the third layer of the Spiritual Pedestal Tier with twelve stars battle prowess; even on top of his beast pet, it would still be impossible to rival Tong Zhi Ming.
What was going on, a random person that came out of nowhere had the strength to sweep across the entire prodigy roll?
Ling Han spread out his divine sense, finding another man… Tong Zhi Ming’s master, who apparently used a sound transmission technique to communicate with Tong Zhi Ming; this meant that the master was nearby.
There!
Ling Han immediately determined the location, then opened Eye of Truth, finding a youngster at a treetop several hundred meters out. His entire body was enveloped by golden divine light, which was shaped like a sword!
That youngster seemed to sense Ling Han’ gaze, immediately focusing his eyes to look back at Ling Han. Weng , their gazes collided, and Ling Han instantly felt pain like being pierced by an exceptional treasured sword, causing him to hurriedly withdraw his gaze. However, a streak of tears of blood already dripped down.
Sword Emperor!
Ling Han cried out within, but immediately shook his head. It was impossible; Sword Emperor’s appearance looked too different from that youngster’s. There was, however, a striking resemblance between the two, because Sword Emperor was also enveloped by sword-shaped divine light. The difference was that Sword Emperor was infinitely more powerful.
That person could be seen as the younger version Sword Emperor because he just crossed into the Flower Blossom Tier.
It was very shocking since that youngster was only twenty-four to twenty-five years old.
A guess immediately welled within… that youngster was a disciple of the Heaven’s Sword Sect!
That was why Tong Zhi Ming looked down upon the prodigy roll—he wasn’t from the north region at all.
“Old Pi, let me help you!” With a large roar, another Spiritual Pedestal Tier old man appeared, joining hands with the old man surnamed Pi to battle Tong Zhi Ming.
“Senior Ma!” everyone cried out again.
The old man surnamed Ma’s strength was a whole lot stronger than the old man surnamed Pi’s, just enough to tie with the golden lion. In this way, old man Pi was liberated, and with full battle prowess unleashed, Tong Zhi Ming was instantly suppressed.
With only a few moves, Tong Zhi Ming was perilously close to death, backed up against the wall time and time again; although he escaped, several wounds were left on his body.
Weng , at this moment, a terrifying oppressive presence transmitted over. A man treaded through the sky, each step clearly extremely casual and yet a hundred meters long; he instantly arrived above the battle.
With each step, a sword pattern blossomed underneath his feet, evolving into several thousands of divine swords, making people terrified.
Strolling in the sky, the Flower Blossom Tier!
Instantly, they all lifted their heads to look at the sky, revealing an expression of reverence; Flower Blossom Tier warriors were like gods on this land. However, when they saw the appearance of the person in the sky, they were all dumbstruck.
How could the person be so young?
A twenty-four to twenty-five years old person at the ninth layer of the Spiritual Pedestal Tier could already be crowned the best in north region, and now a twenty-four to twenty-five year old elite of the Flower Blossom Tier appeared—this was too ridiculous, right?
“Master!” Tong Zhi Ming immediately knelt down, paying respect to the youngster in the sky.
Hearing this, everyone shuddered within, exclaiming that this was as expected. No wonder a genius like Tong Zhi Ming would be someone’s servant—this youngster was even stronger, unimaginably strong.
The youngster in the sky frowned and said, “It’s only asking a question, why was it so difficult?”
“Master, these two old guys won’t cooperate!” Tong Zhi Ming hurriedly answered.
“Since that’s so, die!” That youngster extended one finger and ten thousand rays of sword light instantly surged. Pu, pu, pu, pu, infinite rays of sword light instantly drowned the two old men, and not even a corpse remained.
Everyone was aghast; this youngster’s murderous disposition was way too great.
Chapter 401
Chapter 401: Untended Willow
Translator: Reverie_ Editor: Kurisu
Ling Han’s eyes focused—the technique the youngster used just now was the Mysterious Three Thousand!
However, the youngster advanced into the Flower Blossom Tier, so a casual attack had supreme might, killing two at the ninth layer of the Spiritual Ocean Tiers instantly. Therefore, from this attack alone, the youngster’s aptitude on the Mysterious Three Thousand couldn’t be perceived at all; this also best demonstrated a sword user’s strength in the path of the sword.
…The Mysterious Three Thousand was driven by Sword Qi, and the more Sword Qi one cultivated, the more rays of sword light were fired out and the stronger it was.
In the sky, the youngster said indifferently, “Now, will someone answer my question?”
“I’ll say, I’ll say, Fairy Zhu should have headed towards the depth of the forest. First, to search for Crimson Red Chilling Ice Grass, and second, she might contend for the Heavenly Luck Stone,” someone hurriedly said in quavering voice.
The youngster revealed a smile and said, “The Heavenly Luck Stone? Xuan Er is only at the Spiritual Pedestal Tier, refining a Heavenly Luck Stone would be of great benefit to her when she breaks through to the Flower Blossom Tier in the future.”
He paused, and then went on, “Zhi Ming, if I obtain the Heavenly Luck Stone and gift it to Xuan Er, would she be very happy?”
Zhi Ming revealed an envious expression. The Heavenly Luck Stone… for martial artists below the Flower Blossom Tier, it was the most precious treasure! He was now at the ninth layer of the Spiritual Pedestal Tier, if he could use a Heavenly Luck Stone… Tsk tsk!
However, he immediately forgot such envy and said respectfully, “Fairy Zhu would definitely be extremely happy.”
“Hahaha!” The youngster laughed loudly. “Alright, then I’ll make an exception and play with the people here.”
With that said, he turned to leave, each step equaling one sword pattern like a resplendent blossoming flower.
Tong Zhi Ming sneered at the people all around and hurriedly followed. Although he couldn’t fly, a Spiritual Pedestal Tier elite’s speed wasn’t slow. He passed through on the treetops, following behind that youngster.
Until this moment, everyone sighed in relief. Many people even slumped down onto the ground, drenched in sweat.
However, not everyone was shocked to point of losing the will to fight. Shen Zhong Cheng stared a the place where that youngster disappeared, clenching his sword tightly with his right hand and revealing an undying will to battle.
Ling Han was also no different as the battle intent inside him burned.
That youngster was comparable to Sword Emperor back in those years!
Unfortunately, he was focused on alchemy in the previous life and only pursued tier improvement on martial arts, never contending with the six Heaven Tier monarchs. However, in this lifetime, his regrets could be made up, and that youngster’s talent or comprehension on the sword path was extremely surprising, just like a second Sword Emperor.
Contending to be the best with
such a prodigy, Ling Han was filled with fighting spirit.
“I know who that person is!” someone suddenly cried out. “I once heard that an elite from the Heaven’s Sword Sect traveled to north region for pleasure and fell in love at first sight with Fairy Zhu, even having the intention to invite her to the Heaven’s Sword Sect. That’s the man!”
“The World’s Second Best Sword, Yao Hui Yue!”
As those words dropped, it instantly brought on repeated cries of surprise. Who was this person, daring to proclaim himself as The World’s Second Best Sword—didn’t he fear eating his own words? Yao Hui Yue was certainly strong as a Flower Blossom Tier at this age segment was absolutely unattainable, but to say “the world’s second?” This was truly brazen.
There were plenty of sword users in the world, and would the Spiritual Infant Tier and the Deity Transformation Tier sword users be inferior to him?
“It’s said that Yao Hui Yue had thought of claiming to be The World’s First Sword, but to show respect to the older seniors of the Heaven’s Sword Sect, he stepped back to claim second.”
“Hiss, World’s Second, that’s called modest?”
“However, already being a Flower Blossom Tier elite only in his twenties, this world’s second at his age segment should be fully worthy.”
“My god, are our martial arts standards so greatly different from that of middle state’s?”
“Everyone says that middle state is the holy land of martial arts… not wrong at all.”
Everyone exclaimed. They had been foolishly conceited before; only after seeing a true expert—a genius—did they realize that the world was far vaster than they’d imagined.
However, two ninth layer Spiritual Pedestal Tier elites were annihilated, so this stronghold was no longer safe and could be destroyed instantly by a Spiritual Pedestal Tier beast’s assault. Therefore, everyone went their own way, either harvesting medicine and capturing beasts or heading to other strongholds.
Ling Han also headed towards the core area of the forest.
He exclaimed, thinking that his cultivation advancement was fast enough, but when compared to Yao Hui Yue, his speed might not be slow, yet it couldn’t be said as much faster.
After all, a millennia-old sect such as the Heaven’s Sword Sect… could the abundance of their cultivation resources be compared to what normal forces have? If they focused on a few genius disciples, then Yao Hui Yue and other prodigies’ cultivation progress naturally wouldn’t be slower than Ling Han’s.
However, after crossing into the Flower Blossom Tier, the spirit medicines above sixth tier were pathetically meager, such that even a large sect like the Heaven’s Sword Sect would feel that they were poor, not being able to speed up fostering of the sect’s pupils at all.
Ling Han didn’t need to feel inferior—how long has it been since he started cultivating? One year and a teeny bit, rocketing from the second layer of the Body Refining Tier to the fourth layer of the Spiritual Ocean Tier. Could Yao Hui Yue compare to such advancement speed back then?
After all, Ling Han never needed to worry about tier comprehension.
“However, now that Yao Hui Yue, Ao Feng, and others have appeared, the difficulty in obtaining the Crimson Red Chilling Ice Grass and Heavenly Luck stone has increased quite a bit.” Ling Han stroked his chin. These two things were something he was determined to get, but from the looks of it now, it was beset with difficulties.
“Ling Han!” Hu Niu suddenly ran towards a location.
Ling Han followed, only to find that Hu Niu stopped at the side of a plant. This plant was pure red, as if burning.
“What, Fiery Sun Grass!” Ling Han was shocked; this was truly a case of an untended willow. He came to the Dark Demon Forest this time for something other thant he Fiery Sun Grass, but he actually just came upon it along the way—what kind of luck was this?
No, it wasn’t that he was lucky, but Hu Niu seemed to have the ability to find medicinal ingredients.
This was pretty good; his chances of obtaining Crimson Red Chilling Ice Grass were a bit greater. As long as he obtained it first and hid inside the Black Tower right away, it wouldn’t matter which ‘sword’ you were in the world—nothing would work!
Since he encountered it, then he naturally wouldn’t leave it. Ling Han dug up the Fiery Sun Grass by the roots, planning to transplant it into the Black Tower. These spirit medicines had to grow for a hundred years to blossom and have seeds, but inside the Black Tower, it took only one month to complete the entire process.
Thus, harvesting one Fiery Sun Grass meant that after a few months, this spirit medicine would grow like white cabbage.
“In case I really return to the Winter Moon Sect, I can report on fulfilling my duty.” Ling Han smiled, but immediately straightened up, feeling an intense sense of danger.
“As expected of the person who destroyed the stronghold at Sea Gust City.” An old man’s voiced came from behind. It was like the friction of metals, making people pained to the point of wanting to cover their ears.
Ling Han turned around slowly, only to see an emaciated old man standing behind him silently, holding a red crutch and hunchbacked, looking old and shaky.
“Elder Nine Clouds, right?” He revealed a smile. “Do you Flower Blossom Tier cultivators have the habit of being like ghosts, appearing behind other people soundlessly? Are you not worried about frightening them?”
Chapter 402
Chapter 402: Elder Nine Clouds
Translator: Reverie_ Editor: Kurisu
“Youngster, you’ve got some real nerve!” The old man was precisely Elder Nine Clouds. He had been pursuing Ling Han’s whereabouts and ran to the Extreme Yang City not long ago. However, he then found out that Ling Han went to the Dark Demon Forest, so he chased him over here. Thankfully, he finally found Ling Han.
“Huh, your face…” Elder Nine Clouds stared at Ling Han, and very soon revealed an angered look.” So, the one who destroyed our sect’s great plan at the Fallen Moon Gorge was also you!”
Ling Han clapped and said, “Correct, but no rewards! Geezer, what methods did you guys use to find me?”
“Hmph, you entered the large tomb and was tainted by dead spirits’ Qi, which won’t disappear in half a year. Those who cultivate Corpse Qi can easily find you out.” Elder Nine Clouds unexpectedly didn’t keep Ling Han on tenterhooks and just reavealed it.
As he saw it, Ling Han was already a corpse soldier, so he naturally wouldn’t mind speaking a bit more.
The Flower Blossom Tier against the Spiritual Ocean Tier… the only possible result was absolute subjugation.
‘So that’s how it was,’ Ling Han suddenly realized; no wonder Duan Zheng Zhi could always catch up, and now he was targeted by an old monster.
“Hand over that spatial Spirit Tool that can accommodate living things. This old man can be gentler, letting you die more wholly,” Elder Nine Clouds said indifferently.
Thoughts flashed across Ling Han’s mind; how did this old man know that he had a spatial Spirit Tool that could accommodate living things? He only used it in front of Duan Zheng Zhi, and Duan Zheng Zhi already died.
Could it be?
“How cruel, refining even your own men into corpse soldiers!” he immediately said.
“Gagaga, contributing somewhat for the sect even after death, isn’t that how it ought to be?” Elder Nine Clouds smiled. “Don’t play any tricks in front of this old man. This old man has already lived for almost two hundred years, no small tricks can escape this old man’s eyes.”
Ling Han first put Hu Niu into the Black Tower, taking care of any other worries.
“As expected!” Despite Elder Nine Clouds having seen this in Duan Zheng Zhi’s memories, it was still extremely shocking—such a treasure was truly too rare. If this spatial spirit tool’s capacity was large enough, then this was supreme treasure for Tthe housand Corpse Sect, even surpassing tenth tier Spirit Tools in worth.
“Don’t get all excited, it�
��s got nothing to do with you.” Ling Han sneered.
“Youngster, you can’t run. Once you move, this old man will immediately stop you. With this old man’s Flower Blossom Tier’s strength, its as easy as the turn of a palm. So, don’t struggle in vain and quickly hand over the Spirit Tool!” Elder Nine Clouds snorted.
“Hand over your old mom!” Ling Han cursed, unleashing the Demon Birth Sword and striking out right away.
Xiu , Sword Qi assailed the old man like a dragon.
“Huh?!” Elder Nine Clouds’ eyes immediately lit up. “What tier is this Spirit Tool that even this old man feels a shred of fear?”
“This is Dog Beheading sword,” Ling Han said smilingly.
“Insolent boy, how dare you joke with this old man!” Elder Nine Clouds was infuriated, no longer having any patience and reaching out with his palm to swat towards Ling Han.
“Don’t you want the Spirit Tool? Come get it!” Ling Han laughed loudly, entering the Black Tower.
Hong , Elder Nine Clouds palm instantly hit nothing.
“How’s it possible?” Elder Nine Clouds stared wide-eyed. To enter a spatial Spirit Tool, it definitely wasn’t instantenous; with his Flower Blossom Tier strength, he should completely be able to grab Ling Han in that instant.
This was just like storing an item in a spatial ring; with Flower Blossom Tier’s strength, seizing the stored item was completely possible. Elder Nine Clouds naturally had experience, which was why he was so confident.
However, reality slapped him heavily in the face.
“Looks like the rarity of this Spirit Tool is above this old man’s anticipations. If I can obtain it for the sect, it’ll definitely be substantially beneficial, but as to how to get this treasure also becomes difficult!
However, Spirit Tools can’t fly away without a trace, and if this old man refines all of the nearby areas, I won’t believe that the treasure wouldn’t be refined to appear!”
The old man immediately got into action, digging three feet deep and then refining everything with supreme mystical power. Martial intent ascended, easily annihilating soil and turning it into fine granules imperceptible to the eye.