Alchemy Emperor of the Divine Dao c1-1294

by Flying Alone 孤单地飞

  Zhao Lun almost exploded in fury. ‘You actually f****** think you’re humble?

  ‘You’ve hooked up with the daughter of the Left Minister, and there was also the Ninth King, and you had even snatched my woman. You are already standing out so much, so how else do you want to display how ‘modest’ you are?’

  However, now that Ling Han did not step on his face, he did not dare take the initiative to incite him. Otherwise, it would really be too late for him to regret.

  Ling Han broke out into a grin, removed his shoe, and said, “If I use this to smack you, it would not stand out too much, I guess.”

  Zhao Lun’s whole body erupted in goosebumps, and he broke out in a cold sweat due to his terror. He exclaimed, “You, don’t you take things too far! I am Zhao Lun! Zhao Lun!”

  “Lun your sister!”

  Pa!

  Ling Han simply smacked his shoe right over, landing a solid hit, immediately leaving behind a distinct shoe print on Zhao Lun’s face.

  “Weren’t you so very arrogant?

  “Didn’t you want to make other people into your dogs?

  “Today, I will teach you how to behave!

  “Who do you think you are? Just because you have a little authority, a little status, and some abilities, you can act so arrogant, and fancy that you are the son of a Great General? If you actually became an emperor one day, wouldn’t you float straight up into the sky?”

  Ling Han accompanied each word with a slap, and very soon, Zhao Lun’s face was covered with shoe prints, completely concealing his handsome face.

  Those in the surroundings all inhaled sharply. Their mouths were gaping wide as they watched dumbstruck.

  The one and only son of the Great General Zhao was actually slapped with a shoe in public… What kind of great humiliation was this? What if the Great General Zhao flew into rage? If he really wanted to kill Ling Han, how could it be that the empress would behead the Great General Zhao to be buried next to him?

  … Ling Han was only Ling Han, a native from a small world, so how could he be compared with the Great General Zhao?

  Pa, pa, pa, pa. The sound of slapping rang out endlessly, but after only about 20-odd slaps, with a pa , the shoe in Ling Han’s hand broke in half.

  “Yi, your skin is really quite thick and old; no wonder you dare to act so arrogant and tyrannical!” Ling Han casually tossed down the broken shoe, and removed the other side as well. Then, he drew out a new pair of shoes which he slipped on.

  “Lun your sister, you broke one of my shoes, so how are you going to compensate me for it?” Ling Han lifted the other shoe, looking like he was about to start smacking him again.

  Everyone was stunned. You were obviously the one who had smacked him with the shoe so hard that it broke in half. At this moment, ten thousand curse words had to be streaming through Zhao Lun’s head. ‘You actually make a false countercharge?! I’ve never seen someone as tyrannical as you!’

  But upon further thought, Zhao Lun had been so arrogant previously. It had obviously been a mortal duel between Ling Han and Bai Yuansi, and he actually ignored the Academy regulations, and planned to interfere and cause injury. If it were not for the fact that Ling Han’s physique was tough enough, he would have long since been killed 800 times, and if it were not for the fact that the Ninth King had rushed here just in time, what chance would Ling Han have had in turning the tides?

  Even the mildest person would have a temper!

  “Ling Han, you’ve gone too far!” Zhao Lun exclaimed, his brow twisted and eyes slanted. Though Ling Han’s shoe had indeed broken from the force, his face was not all that better, either.

  “Is it too far?”

  Pa!

  Ling Han once again delivered a smack with his shoe with a grin, and countered, “At which part have I gone too far? Have I gone as far as you?”

  “You just wait, I will definitely tear you into pieces!” Zhao Lun said through gritted teeth. His true abilities could let him suppress Ling Han who knew how many times; unfortunately, the latter had gotten the backing of the Ninth King, and now in a battle at equal level, he was actually being suppressed completely.

  “Silly bird, looks like you still haven’t learnt your lesson.” Ling Han once again began a series of slaps, beating Zhao Lun into submission.

  “Should we step out to stop them?” The several elders of the Academy were again whispering amongst themselves.

  “But the Ninth King hasn’t spoken yet, so how can we speak up first?”

  “Mm-hm!”

  With Zhao Lun suffering such a massive humiliation in the Academy, Great General Zhao would definitely take them to task, but the problem here was that the Ninth King was even higher up in hierarchy, and even she had not spoken yet, so who would be able to stop them? To put it bluntly, even if Great General Zhao stepped out and personally made a bid for mercy, whether the Ninth King agreed or not depended completely on her mood.

  These elders all looked at each other, and only felt that they were trapped between a rock and a hard place.

  If they had known that it would’ve turned out like this, they should have stepped out at the first opportunity to call a halt. But, who asked them to want to make both Ling Han and Zhao Lun suffer a little, and give them a little lesson, hence allowing things to develop to this stage? And the result? Things had progressed to a point that it had completely exceeded their sphere of control.

  Zhao Lun knew that it was useless to beg for mercy, and only glared at Ling Han ferociously. As long as he got free… He just had to get free!

  Ling Han saw this, and asked smilingly, “Are you thinking that the moment you get free, you will spare no expense to kill me?” Without waiting for Zhao Lun’s response, he had already delivered another smack with his shoe. “Lun your sister, dream on!”

  “Ling Han, don’t lower yourself to his level. Come with me to see Big Sister— no, Her Imperial Majesty!” Hu Feiyun finally spoke.

  Great, Zhao Lun had been heavily thrashed, and was actually spoken of as such. He was probably going to throw up blood in his fury.

  “Her Imperial Majesty wants to see me?” Ling Han was stunned for a moment.

  The empress was so busy, so how would she have the leisure to summon him? If he counted that time when he took part in the competition between the three empires, this was the second time.

  In short half a year’s time, he was summoned by the empress again. How heavily did the empress favor him?

  Everyone was wiping off cold sweat, thinking that the Ninth King had obviously come with the duty of announcing an imperial decree, yet actually dragged things out so long before finally speaking of it. If this had been any other person, he would have already been executed 10,000 times.

  But if it was the Ninth King, no one would dare tattle on her.

  What a joke, she and the empress actually addressed each other as sisters, so who would dare try sow dissension between them?

  “Fine then, let’s go.” Ling Han casually threw the shoe away, turned, and smiled at Zhao Lun. “Lun your sister, I’ll thrash you again next time!”

  In front of everyone’s eyes, he and the Ninth King walked off without a second thought.

  “Ah…!!!” Zhao Lun released a roar of fury. In this battle, his great reputation had really been completely torn to pieces, and he was too humiliated to face others.

  He leaped up, and xiu , disappeared without a trace in the blink of an eye.

  Everyone exchanged looks, both excited and curious. This Zhao Lun would definitely not let things go like this, but Ling Han had the Ninth King’s support, and even Zhao Lun would not dare to use the authority of the General’s Residence to harm him.

  How would things develop?

  Yet Ling Han did not take too much notice of this. He followed the Ninth King all the way to the doors of the Imperial Palace, but the Ninth King tugged on him and took a turning. They passed the doors without entering, and directly returned where they came.

  �
�Yi, wasn’t I summoned by Her Imperial Majesty?” Ling Han asked curiously.

  “Hehe, that was just something I blabbed out. I purposely wanted others to know that you are now someone who has the attention of Her Imperial Majesty so others would not dare to harm you.” This was the answer the Ninth King gave to him.

  Ling Han was both touched and amused. The Ninth King actually dared to announce a false imperial decree just to give him a protective talisman; she was probably the only one who would dare do such a thing. However, this girl was a little silly. She herself was actually enough to restrain those minor characters—there was absolutely no need to borrow the great tiger skin of the empress 1 .

  Chapter 993 - Receiving the Gambling Stakes

  Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

  One could say that the Ninth King was courageous, yet she would shriek in fear at the sight of a rat. On the other hand, one could say that the Ninth King was cowardly, yet she even dared to fake an imperial decree.

  In Ling Han’s eyes, however, she was merely a lonely young girl.

  That was right, she was just lonely.

  Although she was the Ninth King, in possession of great power and protected by the empress like a reverse scale, she was in fact very lonely. She didn’t have any companions of the same age, and the other eight kings, as well as the empress of the Chaotic Stars Majestic Empire, were all too busy with cultivation to accompany her. Moreover, the guards by her side were all extremely respectful and obedient, and there was no way that they could become her friends.

  This was also why she had unexpectedly praised Ling Han as a strong character when he didn’t kneel upon seeing her—she had seen far too many people kneel before her. In fact, she desperately craved a friend of the same age, and this was also why Shui Yanyu had become friends with her so quickly.

  With the Ninth King accompanying him, Ling Han was able to tour the entire Imperial Capital. Only when the sun started to set did the Ninth King reluctantly let him leave.

  Ling Han returned to the Academy, only to find that Li Weiwei and Ji Yun’er had already come. Both of them could barely contain their excitement.

  Ling Han smiled, and said, “Judging by your huge grins, it looks like you’ve already collected the winnings.”

  “Hehe, I went to collect our winnings straight away, so how would they dare to cheat me?” Li Weiwei smugly retrieved a black card and tossed it toward Ling Han. “This is a True Origin Stone Card issued by the Majestic Empire, and you can use it to exchange True Origin Stones from the Majestic Empire’s private banks at any time. It’s extremely easy, and you can exchange as much as you want.”

  Ling Han nodded in understanding. Four million True Origin Stones was no small sum, and perhaps even the Majestic Empire’s private banks didn’t store such a great amount of wealth.

  However, he was an emperor himself, so he knew that the existence of such virtual currency would allow the number of liquid assets in circulation to grow manifold, thereby promoting the development of businesses. Anyhow, in terms of cultivation alone, how many True Origin Stones could one spend in a day?

  Most of the time, True Origin Stones were merely a type of currency. With the support of a Majestic Empire, such currency could naturally be made virtual.

  After collecting their winnings, it was no surprise that Li Weiwei and Ji Yun’er were both over the moon with excitement. They had gambled a mere 3000 True Origin Stones each, yet after a multiplication of 10, and then a multiplication of 100, they both had a huge wealth of 3,000,000 True Origin Stone now.

  Truth be told, 3000 True Origin Stones was already a large amount of wealth. Both ladies had been reluctant when placing their bets. Now that their wealth had exploded to a whopping 3,000,000, they were naturally overcome with delight.

  Ling Han was also extremely overjoyed. However, such easy money could only be made once. After learning of his freakish talents, what gambling business would dare to place high odds on him in the future?

  He nodded in his mind. If he wanted to make money in the future, he would need to turn his focus back to alchemy.

  He had enough wealth now, so he could lavishly spend his money on alchemy. If this weren’t the case, he would become dirt poor after refining a mere few cauldrons of pills.

  “That’s right, I heard that one other person bet on you to win.” Li Weiwei laughed, and said, “In addition to our bet, the gambling business almost broke even with what they received and paid out. They didn’t earn a single cent.”

  Ling Han was slightly surprised. ‘There was actually someone else who optimistic about my chances? Who was it?’

  An aloof yet beautiful face instantly appeared in his mind. Perhaps only Shui Yanyu was aware of some of his freakish capabilities. Moreover, it was likely that only she would support him.

  “I obtained an invitation to the auction for you. Don’t miss it, it’s held at night three days from now.” Li Weiwei handed him an invitation.

  Ling Han nodded as he took the invitation, and said, “I’ll definitely be there.”

  Li Weiwei smiled in satisfaction, and then left with Ji Yun’er.

  Now that their wealth had exploded, they naturally didn’t care about the small morsels that they made from selling food ingredients anymore. Li Weiwei and Ji Yun’er simply asked him for some ingredients to use by themselves. These ingredients were like Spiritual Meat, and one would become addicted after tasting them.

  Shui Yanyu arrived not long after the two females left.

  “Wife, you finally remembered to visit your man?” Ling Han said with a chuckle.

  “W-who’s your wife?” Shui Yanyu’s face instantly flushed red with embarrassment as she fiercely rolled her eyes at him.

  “Tsk, so easily embarrassed. However, I like it!” Ling Han walked over, and was only a mere few inches away from her.

  Shui Yanyu could only retreat. However, Ling Han would advance every time she retreated, and her back was quickly pressed against the wall. She had nowhere left to go. Her face became beet red, and she said, “What do you want to do?!”

  “You!” Ling Han said with a nod. His entire body was pressed against Shui Yanyu’s lithe and slender figure, and this caused her to tense up in nervousness.

  In the beginning, Shui Yanyu still didn’t understand the meaning of his reply. After a short moment, however, she finally came to a realization. She rolled her eyes like crazy. ‘Ling Han is normally so serious… Who would’ve thought that he’s actually so cheeky in private?’

  “Have you decided to have kids with me yet?” Ling Han said with a smile.

  “I came here to discuss a serious matter with you,” Shui Yanyu said sternly.

  “I’m also talking about a serious matter with you.” Ling Han’s large hands were already swimming over Shui Yanyu’s slender body. “Hmm? It’s only been half a year, yet it seems to have grown a little larger already.”

  “Pervert!” Shui Yanyu’s breathtakingly beautiful face was glistening with allure.

  Ling Han laughed loudly, and said, “What serious matters did you come for?”

  “Release me, then talk!”

  “No, let’s just talk like this. I’ll talk about my serious matters, and you can talk about your serious matters.” How could Ling Han release her now? He had already conquered her two assets, and he was currently estimating their measurements.

  Shui Yanyu’s body became weak, and she couldn’t even summon the strength to push Ling Han away. She could only roll her eyes fiercely. However, she was stunningly beautiful, so her rolling her eyes was no different from her making eyes. This excited Ling Han even more.

  “I accepted a mission that can be completed by two people, so I came to find you,” Shui Yanyu finally said.

  Ling Han couldn’t help but laugh loudly as he said, “Is it because you miss me? So you’re especially finding a reason to be with me?”

  “Who misses a pervert like you!” Of course Shui Yanyu wouldn’t admit th
is.

  Ling Han tilted her chin, and said, “Girl, if you didn’t miss me, why did you deliver yourself to my doorstep? Hehe, since you’ve already delivered yourself over, it would be rude of me not to consume you!”

  He lifted Shui Yanyu up and started walking toward his room.

  Shui Yanyu was scared out of her wits. What if Ling Han truly did her now? She immediately started to struggle.

  “If you don’t want me to consume you now, that’s also possible.” Ling Han smiled naughtily, and said, “However, you have to agree to a few conditions.”

  Shui Yanyu could only begrudgingly agree to a few of Ling Han’s “humiliating” conditions. This made her beautiful face flush an even deeper shade of red.

  “So, back to your serious matters, what mission did you accept?”

  Shui Yanyu rolled her eyes at him before saying, “A mission to exterminate some pirates.” Her breathing was heavy as she spoke, for two large hands continued to roam around her breasts. This distracted her thoughts, and she rolled her eyes, and said, “Can you stop for a moment?”

  “No!” Ling Han shook his head solemnly, and said, “Did you forget the conditions that you just agreed to?”

  ‘This damn pervert!’ Shui Yanyu mumbled in her mind.

  However, she had to admit that she actually really enjoyed this kind of sensation. Her reservedness as a female made her want to reject this yet accept it at the same time.

  Shui Yanyu forcefully composed herself, and explained, “Students in the Shattering Void Tier Division don’t have to complete any missions. However, starting from the Low Extreme Division, they have to complete a set amount of missions each year. Otherwise, they’ll be expelled from the Academy.”

  Chapter 994 - Great General Zhao's Reaction

  Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

  Students at the Scarlet Heaven Academy had to complete a set number of missions each year.

  Of course, one could also complete a large number of missions in a single year, then complete no mission at all for the following several years. This was because cultivators would cultivate in seclusion for months on end after reaching the Immortal level. In fact, some would even cultivate for a few years.