Alchemy Emperor of the Divine Dao c1-1294

by Flying Alone 孤单地飞

Ling Han returned to his private manor. Since he’d already helped Yin Hong, he was obviously going to leave to find that Boundless Mountain and obtain the message Zi Xue Xian had left there. However, he planned to delay it for a few days.

  It was not because the new year had arrived, but because the Spirit Treasures Pavilion was soon going to hold a once-in-a-year super-auction. When the time came, there would definitely be many precious treasures taken out for auction, making Ling Han very interested.

  In his hands, he now grasped over six hundred thousand three star Origin Crystals, which allowed him to spend lavishly for once.

  After the auction began, Ling Han realized just how poor he was. Magnates appeared out of nowhere one by one, fiercely squandering Origin Crystals as if those weren’t Origin Crystals but a few rocks.

  Many treasures Ling Han had his eye on were auctioned off just like that, and in the end, he only won one thing.

  …A flood dragon vein!

  Flood dragons had the bloodline of true dragons, and after they cultivated to the extreme, they could shed their snake body and turn into a true dragon. So, this flood dragon vein was obviously extremely precious, costing Ling Han almost all of his savings.

  It was also because this flood dragon vein couldn’t be mixed into medicine and could only be refined into a whip-shaped Spirit Tool (which few would ever fancy) that Ling Han was able to get his hands on it with nearly six hundred thousand three-star Origin Crystals; otherwise, it definitely wouldn’t be so cheap.

  Ling Han obviously didn’t want to make the flood dragon vein into a whip, but instead wanted to make it into a bowstring.

  Once the auction was over, he wrapped the flood dragon vein onto the bow’s base, finally completing the creation of the bow. This was a seventh-tier rare metal matched with a flood dragon vein! Adding arrows created from the seventh tier rare metal, its power could be unleashed at extreme distances. If Spiritual Infant Tier elites weren’t vigilant, it would be extremely likely for them to be killed by a single arrow.

  Without activating Origin Power, the Spiritual Infant Tier warriors weren’t much different from Body Refining Tier ones in terms of defense. The attacker could condense the power onto the arrowhead’s tip, yet if the defender didn’t know where the attack came from, they would need to distribute Origin Power all over their body, or at least over a few vital points. This way, Flower Blossom Tier elites breaking through the defense of the Spiritual Infant Tier ones wouldn’t be such an impossibility.

  Ling Han was extremely pleased, naming this bow Sunset Bow and the arrows were obviously sunset arrow. This would be his powerful killer move in the future, and coordinated with True Sight’s Eye, it was completely possible to carry out an ambush from hundreds of meters out. Even Spiritual Infant Tier elites could die not knowing what happened, not even knowing who their opponent was.

  “Ling Han! Ling Han!” Yin Hong ran over in a rush.

  “What, not even calling me Master Ling? Isn’t it rather fast that you’re burning bridges?” Ling Han said, smiling.

  “Pah, you’ve tricked this o’lady’s sister into your hands, and you still want this o’lady to call you master?” Yin Hong had contempt written all over her face. She then turned stern, and said, “I’ll tell you a whopping news.”

  “In your mouth, the neighbor adulterer having a son would also be a whopping news.” Ling Han continued to mock.

  “Ha, whatever you want. This o’lady came here with good intentions to tell you something, yet you put up such an attitude. Sigh, how truly heartrending. I’m going to ignore you!” Yin Hong pretended to leave.

  “Wait, since you’ve come, then say it,” Ling Han said with a smile.

  “You’re really careless. Men who are too careless are unreliable. Say, Sister Xuan Er, what’s so good about this type of man? Why not follow this o’lady. We’re only missing that handle, it’s not like we can’t live on without that thing!” Yin Hong said in an extremely rascally way. Zhu Xuan Er’s dainty face blushed, and she threw herself into Ling Han’s embrace, not daring to look at this female rascal.

  Helian Xun Xue, however, was curious, and asked, “Missing what han

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  Translator: Reverie_ Editor: Kurisu

  “Don’t listen to this female rascal’s nonsense.” Ling Han pointed at Ying Hong and said, “You guys don’t treat her as a woman, but as a man that reincarnated wrong and possessed a woman’s body, so when she approaches you guys, you guys have to think of it as a man approaching you guys, understand?”

  Helian Xun Xue and Hu Niu instantly revealed vicious glares—a dirty man wanted to get close to them?

  “You’re brainwashing!” Yin Hon pointed out, and said, “As expected of a master; truly patterned schemes! No wonder so many little girls have been deceived by you.”

  “Less nonsense. What’s the news?” Ling Han asked.

  Yin Hong finally said sternly, “Heaven’s Sword Sect, Cloud Phoenix Sect, Absolute Saber Sect, Azure Thunder Sect, and Earth Dragon Sect, the five great sects, announced jointly that they will establish Restore Heaven Academy and recruit the world’s geniuses.”

  “Oh?” Ling Han was perplexed. These five great sects existed since the ancient times, and were the only five forces with inheritance passed down since the ancient times. Each of those sects possessed a long history, so why jointly establish some Restore Heaven Academy?

  “Did they say why?” he asked.

  “The five large sects jointly announced that great chaos will soon occur in the world and result in a fault of all martial arts, so the five large sects will do their utmost to select outstanding geniuses to train. If a great calamity really happens, there would be seeds left for restoration,” Yin Hong said.

  “This reason is quite substantial,” Ling Han muttered.

  “Master Ling, you have any interests in going there?” Yin Hong asked.

  Ling Han pondered, and said, “Where’s this Restore Heaven Academy?”

  “Nine Dragons Mountain.”

  A thought flashed across Ling Han’s mind. This Nine Dragons Mountain was in Flying Flower Prefecture, and Boundless Mountain where Zi Xue Xian had left her message was probably also in Flying Flower Prefecture—how coincidental.

  Anyway, he was going to Flying Flower Prefecture, so he might as well check it out on the way. After all, the five large sects existed for several millennia, and possessed the most complete martial arts inheritance—going there to learn a little should be benefitial.

  Although Ling Han learned many mystical arts in his previous life, how could one person’s power compare to the accumulation of countless generations?

  “If all the freakish geniuses are gathered, then I’m actually somewhat looking forward to it,” Ling Han said with a smile.

  “I knew you’d be interested, but not everyone can enter this Restore Heaven Academy. The five large sects will first send notice to a few geniuses, allowing them to enter the academy directly. As for the rest, they’ll have to pass layers of screening,” Yin Hong went on.

  “I see…” Ling Han said with a smile. “Don’t know if anyone sent me a notice?”

  “Yo, Master Ling, are you bitter?” Yin Hong laughed loudly. “Let me tell you some bad news: Xuanyuan Zi Guang already received the notice, and departed this morning. You? No sign at all!”

  Puzzled, Ling Han said, “In terms of martial arts level, I’m at least no inferior to Xuanyuan Zi Guang, and in terms of alchemy ability, I’m officially a high-level Earth Grade alchemist, so how come I was skipped?” He didn’t think much of the admittance quota; he just couldn’t understand why.

  “Master Ling, you think too highly of yourself!” Yin Hong laughed, shaking her head. “The five great sects definitely arranged the plans for establishing Restore Heaven Academy, and already confirmed a group of geniuses that could enter the academy such as Yao Hui Yue, Small Saber King, Dong Ling Er, and so on. You, well, how long is it since you’ve become known?”

  Indee
d, it had only been three days since Ling Han defeated Xuanyuan Zi Guang, and Million Treasures City was sealed earlier by the Fourth Killing Formation, so no news could’ve possibly gotten out.

  Ling Han laughed; he really thought a bit too much of himself.

  After Yin Hong left, Ling Han couldn’t help but ponder.

  In the memory stone that Zi Xue Xian left, it should’ve been people from god’s realm that came a millennium ago, annihilating the previous generation’s martial arts legacy. According to the news of future generations, it was the Heaven’s Sword Sect and the other four great sects that jointly reversed the critical situation, repelling those invaders.

  Ling Han once saw an ancient battlefield in the Rain Country; at least several hundred Heaven Tier warriors jointly attacked a Shattering Void Tier one, leaving countless corpses. From the look of it now, that Shattering Void Tier elite might not have been at the Shattering Void Tier, but possibly was a god; however, the god’s tier was restricted by this realm.

  But, Zi Xue Xian said this could all be a lie!

  Now that ten millennia passed, the five great sects opened the Restore Heaven Academy, saying that it was extremely likely that the world would descend into great disorder; could it be that those of the god realm were descending to this realm to invade again?

  Ma Duo Bao once said to open the skies and bring the world right into god’s realm, and even pests become immortals; was it also because he foresaw this great chaos? And, Feng Po Yun said he didn’t dare shatter the void rashly, as there would be great catastrophe occurring; was it also related to the god realm?

  Ling Han got a headache from thinking. He knew more things now, but there was even more whys he didn’t.

  Why did the god realm invade the vast lands? Was there something worthy of the god realm’s attention? Moreover, if the god realm truly wanted to annihilate the vast lands, would the five great sects really be able to stop it?

  With a few thousand or ten thousand gods, even if all of them were suppressed to Shattering Void Tier, was that not enough to make a sweep of the mortal plane?

  Ling Han just couldn’t think it through. If the gods truly invaded, what abilities did the five great sects have back then to drive off the gods and reclaim lost territory?

  Could it really be as Zi Xue Xian said, and all was but a lie?

  This could only be known after finding the message she’d left.

  The trip to Restore Heaven Academy seemed like an absolutely necessary one.

  Ling Han had no worries anyway, and once his mind was made up, he immediately departed.

  Zhu Xuan Er and the other two girls obviously wouldn’t object. After they bid farewell to Yin Hong, they set out on a journey.

  Ling Han originally wanted to meet Kang Zi Shi, who was very likely to be a descendent of his disciple, but Kang Zi Shi was a Heaven Grade alchemist, living comfortably and without needing him to worry; moreover, if he said he was Kang Family’s founder, he’d definitely be treated with disdain, right?

  Whatever, he’d put the matter aside for now.

  The only thing that Ling Han regretted was that he still didn’t know what was that treasure the Thousand Corpse Sect schemed for by attacking Million Treasures City. Although it might not be useful to him, but once his curiosity was piqued, it always hung on his mind.

  The four departed and headed towards Flying Flower Prefecture.

  They hired a carriage. Ling Han obviously returned to his original look; wearing a disguised face all the time also made him uncomfortable. After they arrived at Restore Heaven Academy, he could disguise as another person; the identity of Han Lin was very likely already seen through. After all, the two people’s names were so similar, and they both cultivated alchemy and martial arts with shockingly high attainments in both, making people associate them very easily.

  Inside the Black Tower, Ling Han played with the Sunset Bow. The flood dragon vein was as durable as he’d expected. Not to mention the Flower Blossom Tier, even Heaven Tier elites might not be able to use this bow.

  Why? Because if one didn’t cultivate physical arts, drawing this bow would require extreme amounts of Origin Power, so how would one have any spare Origin Power to focus on the arrow to unleash a fatal blow?

  Swords, sabers, and spears weighed only a few hundred pounds even if forged from rare metals; who didn’t have such a tiny bit of strength?

  However, to draw the Sunset Bow, what sort of power was needed? Enough to prop up a mountain.

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  Translator: Reverie_ Editor: Kurisu

  “Possessing a sturdy physique is still quite useful,” Ling Han exclaimed. Otherwise, if he exhausted a great amount of Origin Power just drawing the bow, then when he used Exterminating Dragon Star Arrow, its power would definitely be much smaller.

  “I wonder if Sword Emperor and the others cultivated physical arts.” He suddenly became curious.

  Draw the bow, and unleash the arrow, then xiu , the Sunset Arrow shot out. At first, the eye could capture it, but after it continued to fly for several hundred meters, accelerating to terrifying speeds, it was truly like a ray of light, traveling hundreds of meters in a flash.

  Pa , extremely far into the distance, the target Ling Han had set up instantly exploded from the Sunset Arrow, turning into rubble that filled the sky.

  “The greatest firing range is 15 km; any further and the power will begin to wane, while the speed also begins to decrease,” Ling Han said to himself. “However, travelling from the launch to the maximum effective range of 15 km only takes the arrow one hundredth of a heartbeat; it’s fast to the point that the even the eyes can’t capture it.

  “After advancing to the Flower Blossom Tier, a bad premonition arises when encountering danger, but it doesn’t tell you where the attack is coming from or what kind of attack it is.

  “Taking myself as an example, if I didn’t have the Black Tower, the first reaction in such situations is definitely to condense Origin Power and spread it over the entire body. However, with Exterminating Dragon Star Arrow, even Spiritual Infant Tier defense can be penetrated… if Origin Power was spread over the entire body, and not condensed at the few vital parts, how could the spread defense block Exterminating Dragon Star Arrow?

  “This also reminded me that not only I know arrow arts in this world; some Spirit Tools can have similar effects, so if I encounter this situation, hiding in the Black Tower is obviously absolutely safe. However, there are times that I mustn’t enter the Black Tower, so I can only spread Origin Power over the various vital parts; I can’t have excessive expectations of escaping unscathed, or else I’ll just be seeking my own death.

  “Fortunately, I’ve cultivated the Iron Sheet Body, and normal people can’t pose any threat to me. And if I cultivated Diamond Tier, I believe that even Spiritual Infant Tier warriors using Exterminating Dragon Star Arrow wouldn’t be able to hurt me!” Ling Han concluded.

  The Exterminating Dragon Star Arrow matched well with a treasure tool like Sunset Bow. With the addition of the Eye of Truth, this would become his greatest killer move, easily taking the lives of anyone thousands of meters out.

  “Too few arrows… I have to forge some more, but seventh-tier rare metal is too precious. Where can I get that much… Hmm?”

  He suddenly felt an abnormal movement. The carriage came under a sudden assault and instantly exploded. The two coachmen were also dealt fatal blows, and as the dust flew about, three masked old men appeared, emitting terrifying presences.

  “Where are they?” an old man said.

  “Could it be a diversion—intentionally departing openly to attract our attention, but in reality, he took another path?” the second old man said.

  “How meticulous!” the third old man said.

  “Although Han Lin might not be Ling Han, with the legacy of the Twelve Palaces and a divine treasure-trove involved, we can’t afford to let him go even if it’s not him!” the first old man said.

  “Yes!” T
he other two old men nodded.

  “Let’s go!” The three leapt and headed backwards.

  Ling Han exited the Black Tower. From those three people’s words, they already saw through his disguise; they just were not completely sure. These three people were truly merciless and vicious; under the circumstance of being uncertain of his identity, they still struck to kill—truly vicious.

  Spiritual Infant Tier?

  He looked at the two coachmen who met violent death, and a chilling glare flashed across his eyes. He unhesitatingly took out the Sunset Bow, mounted an arrow, and activated the Eye of Truth; the three old men who were already far off in the distance were instantly as if before him.

  Brute force exploded as Ling Han drew the bow. The flood dragon vein grew taut, and the muscles bulged on Ling Han’s arm, feeling full of power. He already carried out the Exterminating Dragon Star Arrow, and vein-like patterns instantly intertwined on the arrow forged by seventh-tier rare metal. As the primitive vein-like patterns surfaced, the entire arrow seemed to come alive.

  “Go!” Ling Han shouted lightly and released the five fingers on the right hand. Instantly, the arrow turned into a ray of light; he immediately took out a second arrow, drawing the bow and shooting again.

  He drew the bow three times and fired three arrows consecutively, instantly staggering and turning pale.

  Firing three arrows consecutively in a short amount of time exhausted him greatly.

  Thousands of meters out.

  The three old men halted simultaneously. An intense bad premonition arose abruptly within their hearts, and impelled by instincts, they all condensed Origin Power, forming a shield in front of them.

  Xiu , a ray of light arrived, shooting swiftly at the old man in the middle. The three people almost showed no reaction as the ray of light hit the old man’s left chest area, turning into a sharp arrow, bound all over by divine light and intertwining vein-like patterns.

  Pu , without a doubt, the Origin Power shield couldn’t block it at all. With Exterminating Dragon Star Arrow blessed with vein-like patterns and being seventh-tier rare metal, its destructive power was too terrifying, and it easily pierced through the Origin Power shield.