Alchemy Emperor of the Divine Dao c1-1294

by Flying Alone 孤单地飞

  Ling Han obtained a hundred-year-old Spirit Heart Heaven Spring Bamboo in the Devil Sky Mystery Realm which, after close to a year of growing in the Black Tower, had now reached a thousand years old, and could now be used to concoct the highest grade Return Origin Pill.

  An alchemical pill that was to be used by a Heaven Tier cultivator was naturally a Heaven Grade alchemical pill.

  Though Heaven Grade alchemical pills could also be categorized into low, mid, and high level pills, because the pill grade was too high, Heaven Grade low level pills were directly referred to as Heaven Grade. Heaven Grade mid level pills were called Saint Grade, and Heaven Grade high level pills were called Immortal Grade.

  Saint Grade alchemical pills were effective for Shattering Void Tier cultivators, whereas Immortal Grade pills truly did not belong to this world.

  In his last life, Ling Han could concoct out Saint Grade alchemical pills, and had touched a bit on Immortal Grade alchemical pills as well. He had even found some substitute ingredients and managed to concoct pseudo-Immortal Grade alchemical pills, which also proved that his talent in alchemy was unparalleled in both ancient and modern times, and was extremely awesome.

  The name of Alchemy Emperor was not something that had come from mere praise, but had been obtained through genuine talent and skill!

  Those two Heaven Grade alchemists of the middle state should be Heaven Grade low level alchemists. A great lapse in the passing down of alchemical knowledge had absolutely no relation with how prosperous the environment was for martial arts, and there was no way they could become Saint Grade.

  Though Heaven Grade Return Origin Pill was the most common kind and most worthless Heaven Grade alchemical pill, no matter how ordinary or trashy it was, it was still a Heaven Grade alchemical pill. It could not be concocted by any kind of Earth Grade alchemist, and would be more than enough for him to pass the certification.

  More importantly, he did not have any other Heaven Grade ingredients.

  Ling Han began to sort the ingredients. The Spirit Heart Heaven Spring Bamboo was the main ingredient, but other supplementary ingredients were needed as well. His movements were natural and smooth, making all those alchemsits who were observing him from outside dumbfounded. Sorting out ingredients could actually be done so elegantly, and actually seem so beautiful.

  Zhu Xuan Er’s heart throbbed loudly. Though she had been called the greatest beauty of the north region, and one of the strongest of the younger generation, if you were to ask her if she could actually speak with a Heaven Grade alchemist, then that would be mere fantasy for her!

  In the whole middle state, there were only two Heaven Grade alchemists, and their status could be considered to be on par with Shattering Void Tier ultimate elites; was she qualified to converse with an ultimate elite cultivator of the Shattering Void Tier?

  Of course not!

  Thus, Tang Zu Ming’s threat and temptation was extremely effective; if she wanted to ask those two Heaven Grade alchemists to concoct alchemical pills, making her request through their younger descendants was the most effective method. Otherwise, Zhu Xuan Er could only wait until she had developed to the level that even Heaven Grade alchemists would have to give her some face—the Shattering Void Tier!

  Setting aside the question whether Zhu Xuan Er would be able to advance to the Shattering Void Tier, even if she could, when would that be?

  But if Ling Han could successfully become a Heaven Grade alchemist…!

  Zhu Xuan Er’s heart throbbed uncontrollably. She should be considered Ling Han’s friend, right? And since they were friends, then helping her out should not be anything too difficult for him, right?

  In this moment, she hoped tremendously that Ling Han could succeed.

  Tang Zu Ming sneered. There were a total of twenty-seven Earth Grade high level alchemists in the middle state and they have been barraging the doorstep to become a Heaven Grade alchemist for a whole hundred years, but ultimately, none managed to take this final step. What was the reason for that?

  That one step was much, much too hard to breach!

  An eighteen-year-old youngster wanted to succeed, that was really much too naïve of him!

  However, he was still quite astonished by Ling Han’s movements, because he, too, was a genius alchemist who was already a Black Grade high level alchemist in his mere twenties, which was proof enough of his extraordinary talent in alchemy. Ling Han’s movements were much too practiced, and made him feel inferior. He even had the thought to stealthily learn, but looking at how his movements seemed blurred to the eye, he had absolutely no idea where to begin stealthily learning from.

  At first, it was quite noisy, but an absolute silence had fallen over them all in this moment. They were all watching Ling Han quietly; the rhythm of his movements actually caused a powerful resonance to arise in all of them, as if something was about to gush out from within their bodies.

  After sorting the ingredients, Ling Han entered into the purification stage. Those amazing movements of his naturally caused his audience to be shocked and stunned, and quite a number even exclaimed in surprise, but they were quickly silenced by multiple disdainful looks from their companions.

  The most important stage was here, and that was the pill concoction stage.

  No matter how beautifully you sorted the ingredients, or how amazingly you had purified the them, if you were not able to concoct the alchemical pill, then everything would be worthless.

  Ling Han sharpened his focus and calmed his emotions. Then he summoned the Strange Fire and thought, ‘Small Fire, it’s up to you now.’

  Hong , a crimson red flame suddenly arose. If one looked closely enough, there was actually a small spot of purple in the heart of the flame, making it appear out of the ordinary.

  Ling Han was surprised; Small Fire was indeed very different from before.

  Compared to how it was early on, after Small Fire swallowed another Strange Fire, there would indeed be a great power upgrade, but the greater change should have originated from being upgraded by the Black Tower, making it really experience a true rebirth.

  Heaven Grade alchemical pill, there was hope!

  The flames roared fiercely, and the light of the fire shone brilliantly.

  “No way, to use such a powerful flame right from the very beginning, isn’t he afraid that he would lose control?”

  “That’s right, the furnace could explode at any moment.”

  Immediately, a great number of people began to shake their heads. Ling Han’s skill in sorting out the ingredients and purifiying them made them feel ashamed of their inferiority, but his skill in pill concoction, ai, it was really a bit poor! Such a person managed to become an Earth Grade alchemist too? Probably mere boasting!

  Though many aged, serious-looking elders did not say a thing, their eyes revealed their disappointment. At first, they had really thought that Ling Han was slightly assured of his success based on how aggressive and confident he had been. They had never thought that it was a mere show of false bravado from him.

  Ai, the latter was only a youngster, so why had they, for some unknown reason, placed their faith in him?

  What a joke!

  The furnace fire burned fiercely, reaching all the way to ceiling, forcing Ling Han to have no choice but to activate his Thunder Battle Armor to withstand such extreme heat.

  One hour, two hours, three hours, time passed extremely quickly.

  “Yi, so much time has already passed, but why has the furnace not exploded yet?”

  “That’s right; it’s at least been three hours, so shouldn’t it have long since exploded?”

  “Could it be that there is some hope for success?”

  “Impossible! I would guess that the ingredients he used were not Heaven Grade in the first place, and he is simply concocting a false Heaven Grade alchemical pill!”

  “Hey, hey, hey. He couldn’t have been so reckless, could he?”

  The spectators all discussed spiritedly, where
as Tang Zu Ming simply broke out into uproarious laughter; how could Heaven Grade alchemical pills be so easily concocted? Ling Han must have failed early on, and was merely adamant on not admitting his defeat now. He had to be merely putting on a farce now for the sake of his pride.

  Chapter 455

  Translator: _Dark_Angel_ Editor: Kurisu

  Another three hours passed.

  “Lord Gongyang, what are we to do?” someone asked Gongyang Tai Sun for guidance.

  “What do you mean what are we to do? Certification as a Heaven Grade alchemist can last for three days and three nights; only six hours have passed by now and you’re asking me what we are to do? Could it be that you think that I will step out to stop him?” Gongyang Tai Sun huffed.

  That person smiled sheepishly as he thought, ‘Doesn’t everyone already know that Ling Han had already failed? So what is the point of continuing to waste everyone’s feelings?’

  “Let’s go, let’s go. There’s nothing much to see here.”

  “That’s right. Let’s all just go back, embrace our wives, and sleep.”

  “You speak as if you actually have a wife!”

  “Pei, believe it or not, I’ll embrace your wife and sleep?”

  The crowds quickly dispersed, and there were only a few servants left behind outside.

  A spoilt young master like Tang Zu Ming naturally was short of patience; otherwise, with a great-grandfather that was a Heaven Grade alchemist, he might have already advanced into Earth Grade by now. He released a yawn and said,” Gao Feng, stand guard here; I’m going to go back and sleep. Look closely, you must definitely not allow this brat to escape. The moment three days have passed, I want to personally kill him!”

  “Yes, Young Master!” Zhuo Gao Feng replied respectfully.

  Tang Zu Ming once again snickered in Zhu Xuan Er’s direction. He was sure that this beauty would very soon concede to his will and obediently undress herself before pleasing him on the bed. He could not help but shudder in anticipation, feeling slightly impatient. In fact, he wanted very much to immediately force himself upon her right this very instant.

  There was no need to rush; this beautiful creature was destined to be served up on his plate!

  For Spiritual Pedestal Tier cultivators, as long as they had not engaged in fierce battle, it would be no problem for them to endure a wait that could last over ten days and all the way up to half a month. Thus, Zhu Xuan Er and Zhuo Gao Feng both stood guard outside the alchemy chamber. Aside from the two of them, Elder Shi and Gongyang Tai Sun were there as well, and together with a number of Earth Grade alchemists, there were in total about ten people still waiting.

  One day passed, two days passed, and Ling Han was still endlessly embroiled in the pill concoction process; furthermore, more and more people had once again returned to the alchemy chamber.

  Ling Han appeared not to have failed yet.

  They could clearly see that while Ling Han was concocting the alchemical pills, he drew out multiple patterns from the alchemy furnace, and after making slight adjustments, shot them back onto the furnace.

  Those were the patterns that belonged to the various ingredients within the alchemy furnace, and carried with them the essence of nature which formed natural patterns. Pill concoction involved merging these various patterns in a specific way and, ultimately, creating a shocking effect from them.

  However, the manipulation of these patterns that belonged to the ingredients would only be used in the process of concocting a Heaven Grade alchemical pill. When they saw how these patterns fluttered, as well as Ling Han’s practiced, beautiful movements, all the alchemists felt their hair stand on ends in their extreme shock.

  This youngster… was really concocting a Heaven Grade alchemical pill!

  Crap!

  Furthermore, the furnace had not yet exploded even though two whole days had passed. Instead, the divinity and essence of the ingredients had been slowly extracted, and revealed the most intrinsic patterns. This showed that Ling Han was still proceeding smoothly and successfully up till this point.

  This wss really too astonishing.

  Could it be that he would really succeed?

  All of them were unsure. In alchemy, the last part was the hardest to finish; no one could be sure whether it was successful if it was not the very last moment. If there was a mistake at any one stage, it could lead to a fatal failure.

  Moreover, the manipulation of patterns in order to ensure that the ingredients could interact and resonate with one another was the very hardest step in this lengthy process. One mistake and the whole endeavor would be a loss.

  However, in Ling Han’s case, he was extremely relaxed by this point.

  He was the Alchemy Emperor; what level had he been at in his last life? Saint Grade! He had even concocted pseudo-Immortal Grade alchemical pills, so it would not be an exaggeration to consider him to be a pseudo-Immortal Grade alchemist. The only thing he lacked was the ability to raise the maximum heat level of his flames, and aside from this, there was naturally nothing else he had left to fear.

  He moved confidently, his ten fingers moving as if he was strumming the strings of a qin 1 ; so relaxed and smooth were his movements.

  One after another, patterns appeared, and he adjusted every single one of them before throwing them back into the alchemy furnace. The patterns corresponded to the changes in the medicinal effects of the contents of the alchemy furnace, and with his adjustment, they melded together and headed in the direction that he wanted them to go.

  Sometimes, Ling Han would even close his eyes, as if he had once again returned to his last life.

  Heaven Grade alchemical pills were a piece of cake, and Saint Grade alchemical pills were no big issue, either. Considering the level that Ling Han had grasped alchemy in his last life, as long as he was given real Immortal Grade alchemical pills, he might even be able to concoct Immortal Grade alchemical pills.

  “Hey, hey, hey. Did I see wrongly? Why do I feel like I saw him close his eyes just now?”

  “Yi, I saw that too!”

  “F***, is this guy a freak or something? He can actually be so inattentive even in the midst of concocting a Heaven Grade alchemical pill?”

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  The spectators all erupted into a shocked clamor; they had really been astonished by Ling Han’s actions.

  Ling Han’s movements became increasingly skilful; he knew every step like it was the back of his hand. His fingers seemed to have a spirit of their own and twisted the unique nature of each ingredient easily, moving in a relaxed and pleasurable manner.

  As the time limit for the three days neared, more and more patterns steamed out of the alchemy furnace. Merely a glance was enough to turn the faces of the Earth Grade alchemists green, yet Ling Han was absolutely unconcerned. The movements of his hands sped up correspondingly in an organized, amazingly calm manner.

  Tang Zu Ming had once again returned, and when he saw this scene, he could not help but wear a dark expression. Even if Ling Han failed in his next step, this kind of standard was really close to Heaven Grade.

  An eighteen-year-old quasi-Heaven Grade alchemist; that was too horrifying!

  Finally, Ling Han had forced back every single pattern into the alchemy furnace, and no other emerged. The time was also close to the end of the three-day-long process.

  Hong , suddenly a dark cloud appeared in the middle of what had been clear skies. There had been absolutely no warning, and within the cloud, lightning flashed closely together, making a a loud crackling noise.

  “It’s said that when a Heaven Grade alchemical pill has been successfully concocted, a thunder tribulation would befall it so as to prevent it from leaving the alchemy furnace.”

  “This means that Ling Han has really concocted Heaven Grade alchemical pills? Otherwise, how could he have possibly drawn out a calamity of thunder?”

  “However, this is also the very hardest step; if the alchemical pills concocted are not up to
standard, then they would be turned to ash by this thunder tribulation! But if they were up to standard, they would absorb the power of Heaven’s Dao in it and truly come to possess Heaven Grade effects.”

  “If a Deity Transformation Tier cultivator swallowed a Heaven Grade alchemical pill, even he would explode and die. There would be no way he could withstand the power of Heaven’s Dao.”

  “But… will we be affected by the thunder tribulation too?”

  All their expressions turned a bit dark; they had never before experienced it. They had never even witnessed one actually taking place; they had only heard of its occurrence through hearsay.

  “Retreat! Retreat!” Gongyang Tai Sun’s expression changed drastically. As an Earth Grade mid level alchemist, he was naturally aware that the moment a Heaven Grade alchemical pill left the alchemy furnace, a thunder tribulation would be drawn out. That was not something to play around with.

  All of them hurriedly fled in all directions. Everyone was now sure by now that Ling Han was indeed concocting Heaven Grade alchemical pills. Otherwise, there was no way he would have drawn out a thunder tribulation; then as long as the alchemical pill withstood it, Ling Han would be a genuine Heaven Grade alchemist. Even if it did not manage to withstand the might of thunder, he was still qualified to be considered a quasi-Heaven Grade alchemist.

  Elder Shi and Zhuo Gao Feng’s faces turned slightly green. Though one of them was in the Spiritual Infant Tier while the other was in Flower Blossom Tier, if they really opposed a Heaven Grade alchemist, at any instant, others could tear them apart into multiple pieces so small that not even bones remained.

  …There was a great number of people who would beg a Heaven Grade alchemist to concoct alchemical pills for them, and there was no shortage of ultimate elites like those in the Heaven Tier and the Deity Transformation Tier. In front of these true elites, what could the Spiritual Infant Tier count as? Even if there was a restriction in place to stop them, and the Deity Transformation Tier cultivators would be greatly weakened if they made their way here, as long as Ling Han gave a holler, it was guaranteed that all the Spiritual Infant Tier cultivators in the whole north region would obey him!