Alchemy Emperor of the Divine Dao c1-1294

by Flying Alone 孤单地飞

  “Meow!” Right at this moment, a white shadow flashed past, and before the three of them could react, the two pieces of meat on the barbeque grill vanished.

  “That white cat!” Li Weiwei and Ji Yun’er both exclaimed simultaneously. Wasn’t it precisely that famous white cat on the wall of the courtyard they now saw? Its mouth held the two pieces of barbequed meat, and they could actually see the proud look on its face as if it was mocking the three of them.

  … How about it? I still succeeded, didn’t I?

  It devoured the meat ravenously, and in moments, the two pieces of meat were completely eaten. No wonder it was that fat.

  This time, Ling Han had kept his guard up, but he still did not manage to stop it in time. Don’t just look at how this fat cat had such a rounded stomach—its speed was really incredibly fast.

  “Waaah, that was my meat!” Li Weiwei instantly screamed out horribly, and angrily pointing out with a finger, said, “Damn cat, you dared to steal my meat; this is not over!”

  Ling Han could not help but smile, and said, “That was my meat, all right? I know you’re very excited, but you should still distinguish between who’s the host and the guest.”

  Li Weiwei humphed, and declared, “You are my man, so your meat naturally is mine as well!”

  “Yi, this cat… this isn’t a cat; it’s the Divine Beast, White Tiger!” Small Tower suddenly exclaimed. “Yesterday, I had some suspicions, but could not confirm them. But now, I can definitely confirm that this must be a descendant of the White Tiger!”

  Ling Han gave an”‘ah”. This round and fat cat actually wasn’t a cat, but a tiger? This had to be a mistaken reincarnation, right? How could it have possibly developed into this kind of creature? He could not help but ask mentally, “Are you sure?”

  “Hoho, only a descendant of the White Tiger would exude such a noble air; there’s no mistake,” Small Tower answered.

  “Is the White Tiger very strong?” Ling Han asked. He had seen a descendant of the True Dragon before, and even the latter could do nothing but be thrashed by his hand.

  “Tsk, what you encountered could still be considered as a descendant of the True Dragon?” Small Tower scoffed. “At most, there was only a sliver of the bloodline of the True Dragon in him. However, this White Tiger cub is different. Its bloodline is extremely dense, but it seems to have suffered some serious injury, which led to it being unable to completely exhibit the true strength of its bloodline.”

  “Hold on, just how strong is the White Tiger?” Ling Han asked.

  “Do you know about the Genesis Tier?” Small Tower countered with a question of its own.

  Was this not a nonsensical question?

  “Hoho, if it was the White Tiger in prime condition, then a puff of its killing intent would be able to eliminate someone in the Genesis Tier,” Small Tower answered with disdain.

  “Really?” Ling Han did not dare believe it. “Genesis Tier is the strongest ability of this world!”

  “Even if both are on the ninth layer of the Shattering Void Tier, there would still be a world of difference, right? What more when—”

  “What more when what?”

  “Nothing, just concentrate on your cultivation and don’t talk so much nonsense!”

  Ling Han really felt like beating someone up. Wasn’t this topic started by this tsundere Tower? He did bother to argue, and asked, “Then how about the descendant of the White Tiger? Do you have the ability to tame it?”

  “Heh, if I did not, would I speak so much nonsense with you?” Small Tower humphed.

  Fine, it was acting tsundere again.

  However, this time, Ling Han was not planning to bicker again. He asked, “How do we tame it? Wait, it has an owner!”

  “With how proud the White Tiger is, how could it possibly serve trash the likes of the Heavenly Body Tier? Take out some Godly metal. The White Tiger has an elemental alignment of Metal, and can absorb the strength of Godly metal to increase its cultivation,” Small Tower said.

  Ling Han gave an “ah”. Now, the Black Tower would be able to produce a piece of Godly metal every year. If he left it aside without using it, the quality of this piece of Godly metal could be endlessly boosted. But, only a single year had passed at present, so he only had that one piece of Godly metal in his possession.

  “You cannot catch a wolf without being willing to sacrifice your child. This White Tiger is still young. You can establish a good relation with it now, and if you can cure its illness in the future, it would not be difficult for it to acknowledge you as its master. Even if it is… heh, it is still a very strong existence.” Small Tower said[1.The saying is literally translated here, but basically means nothing ventured, nothing gained.].

  Ling Han considered the matter, then took out the Godly metal. In any case, he was still some time away from Immortal level. Moreover, as long as he had a large amount of True Origin Stones in hand, wouldn’t it be a simple matter to bug Godly metal?

  “Yi, this is Godly metal!” Li Weiwei was the princess of the Left Minister’s Residence, after all, so she recognized it for what it was with a single look. She could not help but be surprised. “Blockhead, where did you get the Godly metal from? It can’t be you stole it from somewhere, right?”

  Ling Han ignored her, and merely waved the Godly metal around in front of that fat cat, and asked, “Fat and round cat, do you want this piece of Godly metal?”

  The fat cat instantly puffed up in indignation. It was the descendant of the White Tiger, so how noble was it? ‘This guy really is a mortal indeed, to not know how amazing I am!’ It pretended to be aloof. ‘Do you think that just because you’re waving around a piece of whatever Godly metal, I’ll be hooked? You are really looking down on me!’

  Ling Han thought for a moment, then drew out a ball of wool from within the Black Tower, and tossed it onto the ground.

  “Meow!” the fat cat instantly could not restrain itself, and pounced over. Directly pouncing onto the ball, it finally realized it was much too unreserved, actually being seduced into revealing its true nature by a ball. It hurriedly crouched down, and using its claws, combed through its whiskers, putting on an act of being aloof. However, its eyes kept uncontrollably gliding towards that ball; it really wanted to pounce on the ball again.

  Seeing its actions, Li Weiwei broke out into an abrupt bout of hearty laughter. Ji Yun’er was more reserved, yet still could not help covering her small mouth with a hand as a smile turned up the corners of her lips.

  “Here’s another!” Ling Han threw out another ball of wool.

  “Meow!” The fat cat, unable to restrain itself, pounced.

  Chapter 905 - Bribed with a Single Meal

  Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

  If Small Tower had facial expressions, it would currently definitely be dumbfounded.

  After a moment of speechlessness, it finally said, “This descendant of the White Tiger’s injury most likely is a brain injury!” It really thought of itself as a cat; it was a bit of a retard.

  “Little cat, come over quickly. I also have a ball!” Li Weiwei picked up the ball of wool on the ground, and then gave it a toss.

  The fat cat could not restrain itself and pounced over, but then became so furious it erupted into a loud series of meowing, feeling incredible regret. Why was it that it had completely no resistance against woolen, ball-like objects?

  Ling Han smiled, and said, “Fat cat, let’s be friends. In the future, you can eat as much of the barbequed meat here as you like until you’re full, how about it? Though you can snatch it, I can still choose not to take it out. Furthermore, I could still choose to eat elsewhere as well.”

  If it had been before it had tasted the delicious food inside the Black Tower, the fat cat would have naturally disdained this offer as something beneath its contempt. ‘Are you kidding me? Just giving me some food, and you want to be friends with me? In your dreams!’

  But now, it merely had
to think about the food inside the Black Tower, and it would already be drooling. It had stood guard here early on today; wasn’t it precisely because it wanted to snatch the food?

  It could not help but feel troubled. As the White Tiger, its pride compelled it to be more strong-willed, and not submit for the sake of mere food, but as a glutton, it could not resist such temptation.

  “Isn’t it just a friendship? I’m not seeking any benefits from you,” Ling Han cajoled smilingly.

  “Meow!” The fat cat nodded, and felt that Ling Han’s words were very reasonable. In any case, there was no need for it to sacrifice anything in exchange.

  Li Weiwei and Ji Yun’er were both shocked. One had to know that this cat had been described as incomparably frightening by Zhang Deman, and was an existence that could definitely not be trifled with. But now, it actually agreed to befriend Ling Han; they were practically… dumbfounded!

  Most importantly, it was because this White Tiger was really too young, and would easily be deceived. Otherwise, it if was a cunning guy like Rabbit, just try and see if it would be fooled.

  Ling Han took out more food—not just barbequed meat, but also other kinds of delicious delicacies.

  With thousand-year-old Spirit Herbs as supplementary ingredients, in a small world, this would be considered an incredibly extravagant meal, but in the Immortal Realm, it was more ordinary. That was because the lifespan of Immortals was really too long. Moreover, powerful forces could separate out an area to be used for the cultivation of Spirit Herbs, and after a few thousand years, they similarly could harvest a considerable amount of thousand-year-old Spirit Herbs every year.

  However, in terms of numbers, it could not compare in any way to the production rate of the Black Tower at all. Hence, even Li Weiwei, a daughter of the Left Minister, could not help but gasp in surprise when she saw how extravagant Ling Han was.

  Could it be that a small world was so wealthy?

  Naturally, everyone ate this meat to their hearts’ content. Though the fat cat belonged to the tsundere category, that was a natural temperament induced by the pride deserving of a Divine Beast. But as it feasted, it also relaxed, and lay down lazily on its back, allowing Li Weiwei and Ji Yun’er to rub its tummy, completely at ease.

  It was a majestic descendant of a Divine Beast, yet was actually bought by a meal; how disgraceful!

  Ling Han summoned the Gold-seeking Rat as well, but did not allow Li Weiwei and Ji Yun’er realize it. They only thought that he had brought it out from inside his rooms.

  The moment it saw the rat, the fat cat immediately reacted on instinct. Abruptly, it turned over and got to its paws, intending to do its rightful duty. Meanwhile, the Gold-seeking Rat was completely frozen as it flopped onto the ground with a pa , pretending to be dead.

  It was really scared half to death!

  Ling Han laughed loudly, and said, “This is my pet, so don’t scare it!”

  Only then did the fat cat lick its claws in an aloof manner. Since it had agreed to a friendship, it did have to give Ling Han some face.

  The Gold-seeking Rat scrambled onto Ling Han’s shoulder with a xiu . One of its tiny claws pointed at the fat cat, and it squeaked loudly, trying to say: ‘this big guy wants to eat me; Master, you must give me justice.’

  Li Weiwei and Ji Yun’er clicked their tongues in wonder. It was not uncommon for a Demonic Beast to have intelligence. In truth, the majority of Demonic Beasts that had reached the Shattering Void Tier would even be capable of speech, and those that had advanced into Immortal level could even take human form.

  But, it was really rare to see such a cute baby rat, causing their beautiful eyes to light up as they fought each other over it. This scared the Gold-seeking Rat so badly it began playing dead again as it thought that these two women wanted to eat it.

  In the time it took for this meal, Ling Han had established a business alliance with the two women. The two of them would be in charge of opening the channel of sales, and he would be responsible for supply. The profits would be divided 50-50 between them, wherein Ling Han would earn one half, whereas Li Weiwei and Ji Yun’er would share equally their half of the profits.

  Li Weiwei was in high spirits; this was an important opportunity that could change her image.

  In the eyes of her old father, she was definitely a young mistress that only knew to spend money, but who didn’t have their own pride? Li Weiwei wanted to prove that she was not merely a rich young lady that could only depend on the benefits of having a good father.

  She was filled with fighting spirit, and quickly departed with Ji Yun’er, impatient to go out and do something great.

  Meanwhile, Ling Han strolled to the library of the Northern Institution.

  Since it was a library, it naturally contained innumerable books, which included cultivation techniques, martial arts techniques, alchemical techniques, formation techniques, and so on. But, the Academy would not allow you to obtain them for nothing. You would have to work hard to earn academic credits to exchange for these things.

  Of course, that applied for Immortal level students. Secret techniques meant for the Shattering Void Tier were completely not in the consideration of the Academy, and all students of the Academy could peruse these techniques freely.

  Thus, Ling Han did not have to worry about not having academic credits and not even having the right to enter into the library.

  ‘Academic credits? I would have to begin consider obtaining them in future,’ Ling Han mused. Unless he took some higher-up of the Academy as master, he would have to think of his own ways to obtain Immortal level cultivation techniques.

  They could be auctioned off at an auction house for True Origin Stones, but the cultivation techniques that could be obtained from an auction house would definitely be incredibly exorbitantly priced. Even if he opened the channel of sales for the food inside the Black Tower, he could not possibly compete in wealth with the various rich and powerful people in the Imperial Capital.

  Or at least, before his alchemy prospered, he could only think of means to earn academic credits and exchange them for cultivation techniques from the library.

  He did not want to take anyone as master. After ascending to the position of monarch, his personality had also changed, and he now had the pride as befitting of an emperor.

  In the whole world, who would be capable of becoming master to an emperor?

  He arrived at the entrance to the library, and saw an old man seated at the door. His whole head was covered with white hair, covering him so fully that even his face could barely be seen. His upper body was continuously swaying to and fro ever so little, and he seemed to be sleeping very deeply.

  Ling Han thought for a moment, and then walked around him as he headed in.

  Pa , a walking stick stretched out, blocking his path.

  “Kid, are you planning on stealing a book?” This old man suddenly raised his head.

  “I would not dare. I merely wanted to borrow books to read,” Ling Han explained.

  The old man cast a meaningful look at Ling Han for a while, then said, “Print your palm on that rock, and you would naturally know how many levels you may enter and what kind of secret techniques you can flip through.”

  “Thank you for your guidance, Senior.” Ling Han nodded, and looked at the stone pillar ahead of him. It was about half the height of a man, and there was a jade stone on top. It was only slightly bigger than the size of a palm.

  He stretched out a hand and pressed down. He instantly felt a numbing in his consciousness, which immediately returned to normal. If it was not for the fact that his spirit was incomparably sensitive, he could not have possibly felt it at all.

  Seeing the surprised expression on Ling Han’s face, the old man could not help but give a “yi”, and asked, “You were actually able to sense a bit of your spirit being drawn out?”

  Ling Han’s expression suddenly changed drastically. The spirit was incredibly important, and now, a sliver of his spir
it had actually been drawn out?

  “Don’t worry, it will not have any effect on you,” the old man said, smiling. Then, waving his hand, he said, “Go in!” After seeing Ling Han vanished, he could not help but mumble to himself, “This kid’s spirit is actually so sensitive. This has indeed made me feel like cherishing his talent; he would be worth observing for a while.”

  Chapter 906 - Coming Up With An Idea

  Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

  Ling Han could only wander on the first floor of the library, but the books there were all accessible to him, without any restrictions on reading.

  Obviously, these were techniques and arts below Immortal level.

  Ling Han was also not in a hurry to find the alchemical arts; he slowly flipped through the books as he walked along.

  The Origin Power cultivation technique which he was currently cultivating was by no means a top-notch one. If he wanted to rely on the Extreme Yang Technique to attain the strength of an additional four Stars outside of Origin Power, it would be tough! He might have to stop at the strength of 18 or 19 Stars.

  Therefore, he intended to practice a different cultivation technique.

  Changing to a different cultivation technique would inevitably have a considerable impact on his advancement into higher cultivation levels, but was absolutely necessary in order to charge towards the strength limit of 20 Stars.

  The Scarlet Heaven Academy, or at least the Northern Institution, was very generous. There was a lot of techniques here, all complete with ten levels of cultivation and usable to cultivate up to the peak of the Shattering Void Tier. After reaching this step, one could apply at the Academy to learn the elites’ method of cultivation—such as instructions and technique applications—for charging towards the Mountain River Tier.

  After stepping into the Mountain River Tier, the rest would depend on the individual.

  This was also the unchanging and eternal truth of the martial arts world: practicing cultivation would always be your own personal matter. If you couldn’t understand any obscure theory, then no one would be able to explain it clearly to you. You could only think about it yourself, which might take a few days or a few years before you finally comprehended it. There was also a possibility that you would be stuck at this hurdle for a lifetime.