Alchemy Emperor of the Divine Dao c1-1294

by Flying Alone 孤单地飞

  Crossing a range of mountains and rivers, Ling Han appeared at a small town at Fire Country’s border. It was interlocked with Wind Country’s territory—this Bao Yang Town was an unregulated area, shockingly poor and a place beyond the law.

  Nobody would find it strange if new faces appeared here. People hoed their own potatoes and wouldn’t meddle in other people’s business.

  Ling Han bought a large courtyard and let everyone out. This courtyard was truly large and came with an extremely large vegetable garden. If they raised some poultry, they could be almost self-sufficient.

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  Translator: Reverie_ Editor: Kurisu

  At first, there was obviously no supply of food in the mansion, but Ling Han had the Black Tower, where there was plenty of ingredients. When he left in the future, the vegetable garden would have grown, and no one in the outside would know exactly how many people lived here.

  Everyone lived in seclusion. In reality, the desolate north had nothing much to show as it was too poorly developed. Everyone immersed themselves in cultivation.

  Ling Dong Xin wasted eighteen years, and now that his spirit base was recovered, there would naturally be a rebound period. In addition to Ling Han’s not stinting continuous provision spiritual medicines, beast meat, and spiritual liquid, his cultivation progress speed could only be described as crazy.

  Ling Han planned to stay here for half a year, then find Yin Hong at Extreme Yang City, attending the Spirit Treasures Pavilion’s whatever contest together. He would just disguise himself a little at that time anyway.

  If Yin Hong sold him out, he would just see it as his error in judgement of her, but he wouldn’t have to worry about any life-threatening dangers.

  This matter was something he promised, and he definitely would keep his word.

  Liu Yu Tong and the others progressed slowly at first because they had just broken through to the Spiritual Pedestal Tier. The explosive period had passed and would naturally transform into a stable period. Besides, a continuous explosive growth would actually not have any benefits to martial arts cultivation.

  After a peaceful life of a dozen days, Yue Hong Chang was discontented.

  What was with her son’s situation… there were obviously three exquisite girls and you just look at them like that? What a waste and shame!

  The old lady ordered that Ling Han had to take time every day to spend with the girls.

  That was his mother, so Ling Han could only follow the orders.

  The first was Liu Yu Tong.

  The two left the mansion and strolled outside the small town. The gentle breeze swept by, and she was like a jade in the setting sun as the evening glow fell on Liu Yu Tong’s face that reflected a fiery red brilliance, making for an extremely touching sight.

  “Aiyo!” Liu Yu Tong suddenly staggered and fell towards the ground. Ling Han hurriedly reached out to hold her.

  “What happened?” he asked.

  Liu Yu Tong leaned on his body and said in a low and somewhat quivering voice, “I twisted my ankle.”

  Twisted her ankle? A dignified Spiritual Pedestal Tier expert would twist her ankle while walking?

  Ling Han immediately guessed: she was just pretending!

  But, did he have the nerve to expose her?

  The hardest thing to bear was a beauty’s favor, so he could only pretend to be a fool.

  “Then let’s go back,” he said.

  “Yes!” Liu Yu Tong nodded and leaned in Ling Han’s embrace. Smelling the intense manliness that emitted from his body, she almost fainted, feeling like her mind was about to explode, and couldn’t possibly have any other thoughts.

  With each step, she felt like walking amongst the clouds, without any weight at all. Her cheeks were getting redder and redder, more beautiful than ever.

  As they walked, she mustered up the courage and hugged Ling Han’s waist, while her head leaned tightly onto Ling Han’s chest. A sense of extreme happiness welled up inside, and she wanted to keep walking like this forever.

  But in the end, they still walked home. When Ling Han let her go, Liu Yu Tong was so embarrassed that she took to her heels, making Ling Han burst into laughter—wasn’t your ankle twisted, how could you still run so quick? This acting was way too unprofessional.

  On the second day, it was Li Si Chan that he had to keep company.

  “Ohya!” As they walked, Li Si Chan also tripped and fell.

  Well, her ankle was twisted too!

  ‘You guys were taught by the same master, right?’

  Ling Han assisted her back, thinking that this was definitely his mother’s idea; otherwise, these two women couldn’t possibly be so shameless. Moreover, they already knew each other for two years, so how come they never twisted their ankles before and all did now?

  The third day, it was Zhu Xuan Er.

  Ling Han sighed and said, “You won’t twist your ankle while walking too, right?” There’s got to be some originality. ‘Can’t always just twist your ankle, there’s no sincerity in that at all.’

  Zhu Xuan Er was somewhat at a loss. How come this wasn’t as planned? She was rather smart though. Pa , and her exquisite body softened, falling towards Ling Han. ‘You couldn’t possibly have the heart to let me fall onto the ground, right?’

  Ling Han certainly didn’t want to catch her, but thinking that if his mother found out, he’d get terribly scolded… he had to reach to protect this flower, embracing Zhu Xuan Er. Instantly, a splendid sensation assaulted him, making his heart palpitate ceaselessly.

  This was a remarkably beautiful lady, who could touch the hearts of the prodigies in the middle state even with her face covered. It could be imagined how powerful her charm was.

  Ling Han instantly felt an uncontrollable urge; the longer he was in contact with Zhu Xuan Er, the harder it was for him to fend against her charm. He was about to push Zhu Xuan Er aside, but this exquisite beauty hugged onto him tightly. Her stunning body completely snugged closely, making him feel clearly just how alluring her physique was.

  “Brother Han…” she said in a low and passionate voice.

  Ling Han almost had a nosebleed. A lady as beautiful as a celestial fairy leaned in his embrace and let out such a touching voice—if he didn’t react at all, then he would be way too unmanly.

  “Xuan Er knows that you have someone hidden in your heart, but Xuan Er doesn’t care. It would be enough as long as Brother Han leaves a place in his heart for Xuan Er in the future,” Zhu Xuan Er said with a dream-like voice.

  Ling Han’s heart palpitated fiercely; were there words of love more touching than these in the world?

  He certainly couldn’t let go of Heavenly Divine Phoenix Maiden—even after a millennium. He still thought that after she became a god, she could live all the way till now, and didn’t consider the possibility that she could be in love with someone else.

  Under these conditions, he couldn’t possibly get a second girl, and this was why he didn’t have any strange thoughts all along despite interacting with Liu Yu Tong and Li Si Chan for such a long time.

  However, Zhu Xuan Er spread out a great net of tender passion, making him fall into it calmly and collectedly.

  What a truly alluring woman!

  Ling Han embraced her and said, “You might have to wait for over a hundred years.”

  This wasn’t exaggerated. It might be fast for him to return to the Heaven Tier, and from the Heaven Tier to the Shattering Void Tier, then from the Shattering Void Tier to the god tier… the time needed was uncertain. However, a hundred years for that wasn’t a long time.

  “Xuan Er is willing to wait!” Zhu Xuan Er said in a tender voice. She would definitely cross into the Flower Blossom Tier, and at least possess three hundred years of life. Waiting for over a hundred years was equivalent to being thirty years-old. Moreover, following Ling Han and with her talents, the Flower Blossom Tier definitely wasn’t her limit; the Spiritual Infant Tier, the Deity Transformation Tier, and even the
Heaven Tier and the Shattering Void were possible.

  Since even Zhu Xuan Er was willing to wait, what other reason did Ling Han have to say no? If he dared, his mother would whip him!

  This would be how things will be then.

  Ling Han hugged the stunning beauty. Neither of them spoke as a light warmth dispersed between them.

  Zhu Xuan Er was very smart, not asking who that person was in Ling Han’s heart, not contesting nor comparing, simply fighting silently for a world that belonged to her.

  The atmosphere was cozy and sweet.

  “Brother Han, what’s that thing hidden in your pants, hard, and somewhat poking at Xuan Er…?” After hugging for a while, Zhu Xuan Er suddenly popped with such a question, and reached to touch it.

  Uh!

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  Translator: Reverie_ Editor: Kurisu

  On the fourth day, Hu Niu waited there. After Ling Han rolled his eyes, the little girl laughed loudly with her hands on her hips, dragging Ling Han for grilled meat. She had no consistency in doing things. A while ago, she said she would strive to cultivate, but after a few days, she began slacking off.

  What others couldn’t accept was that her cultivation actually still increased so quickly. She broke through to the Flower Blossom Tier without a sound, and her battle prowess was unpredictably strong.

  These days, he rested peacefully and forgot all pressure, simply enjoying his parents’ affection and the tender sentiments of the young beauties. Ling Han, however, gained surprising improvements on martial arts

  The Sword Qi he grasped reached nineteen flashes, a period of explosive growth. But the twentieth flash was another hurdle, which would probably have him stuck for a while. Moreover, he also finally grasped the two bone patterns, one acquired from the old Vicious Mongoose and the other from the unnamable beast king.

  The Vicious Mongoose’s bone patterns were a supportive art, though even Ling Han didn’t know whether it could be called an art per se. It was simply a spiritual pattern, but it could be attached onto a sword, greatly increasing the Sword Qi’s destructive power. It had no offensive capacity at all in itself and could only be characterized as a supportive attribute.

  This was very practical, and Ling Han even felt that its effects surpassed the other bone pattern’s.

  The other was an art that could fire out a cold ice blade, but Ling Han already grasped the Mystical Power Annihilating Dragon Star Arrow, which was relatively powerful as a long distance attack. But thinking about it, Annihilating Dragon Star Arrow needed accumulation for a certain amount of time before it could be fired, and it was actually an attack launched over extreme distances, while this cold ice blade was a medium to short range attack, so it just so happened to be supplementary for it.

  Anyways, more techniques weren’t a burden. Each art and skill might have a place where its uses could be displayed.

  Next, he was going to middle state, and the Mysterious Three Thousand definitely couldn’t be used recklessly there; otherwise, if the old monsters of the Heaven’s Sword Sect were drawn out, it wouldn’t be a laughing matter. Thus, he flipped through some skills and found a sword technique.

  The Desolate Hell Sword.

  Ling Han acquired it from an ancient site; it was said to be the legacy of a strange force called Ancient Monks. This set of sword techniques expiated men, beasts, and all people. It had a total of eight styles: the first seven styles were merciful, leaving one with a feeble thread of life, used mainly for defense, and only the last style was extremely ruthless, like becoming a demon.

  It was of course a Heaven Grade skill, the only Heaven Grade sword technique that Ling Han grasped; thus, even though this sword technique was somewhat strange, Ling Han still decided to cultivate it.

  A Heaven Grade skill was something where one had to grasp its intent during cultivation in order to connect with the martial intent and form a link between the preceding and following styles, fully unleashing the power of the technique.

  Thus, to fully grasp the Desolate Hell Sword, Ling Han needed to be compassionate for mankind when executing the first seven styles, and at the last style, he had to turn into the Asura Demon King of Avici, cutting down all things.

  He practiced the sword technique and contemplated the ancestors’ state of mind when creating this sword technique, deepening his understanding of the way of the sword much more.

  “However, cultivating someone else’s technique, no matter how strong it is, is still using someone else’s invention. Each person has their own path, and even if it’s the same path of a king, a heartless path, it couldn’t possibly be completely the same.

  “So, to be the strongest, I must create a technique of my own!

  “Like Rain Emperor, who created Son of Heaven Fist Technique; although it might not be the strongest fist technique, it was still the most suitable fist technique for Rain Emperor. As his tier increased, the fist technique’s power would also increase, and at last reach expert mastery,depending on the heights Rain Emperor could go.

  “In this life, since I’m focused on the sword, I’ll create a sword technique that belongs to my own sword path, and it’ll increase as my tier increases.

  “I had this thought before, but haven’t ever put it into practice. Since I’ve now advanced into the Flower Blossom Tier, it should be brought on the daily schedule.”

  Ling Han cultivated the Desolate Hell Sword and deduced his sword path, accumulating his understanding in preparation for a day when a sudden enlightenment might bring him inspiration.

  It was not only him. After Liu Yu Tong and the others experienced a moderate period, they then started to leap forward again. Although it wasn’t as exaggerated as in his case, it was still faster than most people.

  Ling Han obviously attended to Ling Dong Xing the most. After only three months, Ling Dong Xing crossed into the Spiritual Ocean Tier. Such speed was truly terrifying.

  Blindly pursuing higher cultivation wasn’t good, as it was somewhat like pulling seedlings to help them grow–it would hurt a martial artists’ roots, influencing their future potential. However, Ling Han had no other way, since his father wasn’t young, and if he didn’t reach the ninth layer of the Spiritual Pedestal Tier to leave enough to charge at the Flower Blossom Tier, then Ling Dong Xing would only have a mere hundred years of life.

  Finally having parents in this life and having the confidence to become a god, Ling Han obviously didn’t want his parents’ happy reunion to last only a few dozen years, so he had to at least get his parents to cross into the Flower Blossom Tier; after he became a god, having the time to find divine medicine to refine it into a divine pill, he would make his parents become gods in a single step.

  The interaction with the three girls was more harmonious by the day, and although they didn’t have very intimate contact, their feelings deepened by the day. Contrarily, Zhu Xuan Er didn’t dare to let Ling Han hug her after that “bulging bone,” and even blushed after glancing at Ling Han’s lower body, threateningly beautiful.

  That night, after Ling Han finished cultivating and rested on his bed, he soon let out a quiet breathing sound.

  Even if he crossed into the Flower Blossom Tier and transcended mortals, sleep was still the fastest and the best way to recover physical fatigue; even if he didn’t sleep for half a month, he could still be full of energy, but he would nonetheless sleep on schedule every night.

  However, that night was somewhat unquiet.

  Ling Han opened his eyes abruptly, and discovered that the window moved a little as two people wielding swords wormed in. The moonlight was clear and distinct, reflecting the chilling glare on the blade.

  Thieves?

  Ling Han sneered inwardly; to steal from him, were they seeking death?

  Just as he was about to attack, he was startled. With his eyesight, he could clearly perceive things even in the dark night, so he naturally saw how these two people looked… he actually recognized these two thieves.

  He sn
orted intentionally and sat up on the bed.

  Shua, shua, two swords were mounted on his neck, and a girl’s voice sounded. “Don’t move, or else I’ll take your life!”

  “Sister, don’t frighten him. What if this guy’s skittish and screams out loud in fright?” Another girl’s voice sounded.

  This scene was truly seemingly familiar.

  “You shut up!” the elder sister reprimanded.

  The younger sister snorted, still unconvinced; she was quite reasonable.

  Ling Han laughed, and said, “Don’t worry, my nerves are quite big. I won’t scream.”

  The sisters were startled. They had certainly seen people with big guts, but to this degree? It was truly rare. You’re way too collected; don’t you know that two swords are mounted on your neck?

  Hong!

  At this time, a loud bang came from outside, and a powerful voice sounded. “Those two inside, get the hell out!”

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  Translator: Reverie_ Editor: Kurisu

  Ling Han sighed and said, “Tell me, who you guys tried to assassinate and failed again, provoking others to hunt you guys down?”

  “Huh, how did you know we’re assassins?” the younger sister said, surprised.

  “You guys still haven’t recognized my voice?” Ling Han was speechless. Were these sisters even fit to be called assassins?

  The younger sister hurriedly lit up the oil lamp, swaying it before Ling Han’s face, and couldn’t help but shout “mommy” as she pointed at Ling Han. She said, “It’s you! Why are you here? I’ve seen a ghost!”

  These assassin sisters were obviously Liu Feng Er and Liu Ru Er, who failed to assassinate Xu Ke Xin and left with Yun Shuang Shuang. Thinking about it now, they were certainly from the Fire Country. But, it was just too coincidental, bumping into them in a country so big.

  Ling Han laughed and said, “No need to care about why I’m here, how do we take care of your matter?”