Her body would go weak with excitement whenever she recalled that sight, and it was as if some kind of feeling were about to burst out of her body. This made her want to hug Ling Han tightly and give herself to him.
Yet, for some reason, Ling Han was hell-bent on ruining the atmosphere??
“Wife, your kissing skills aren’t up to scratch. Let me teach you.” Ling Han pulled Shui Yanyu over and leaned in for a deep kiss.
“Mmm…!” Shui Yanyu immediately started to moan, and she placed her hands on Ling Han’s chest in an attempt to push that pervert back. However, her strength became weaker and weaker, and in the end, she started to reply fervently as her arms wrapped around Ling Han’s neck.
This man could easily cause her body to heat up in excitement.
“Damn pervert!” she murmured. “I hate you!”
“Why do you hate me?” Ling Han nibbled her earlobe as he played with her breasts.
“I hate you because you caused someone to enter my heart. I can’t forget them no matter what!” Shui Yanyu aggressively bit Ling Han’s shoulder. However, Ling Han’s skin was too thick, and his flesh was to tough, so there was no way she could break his skin.
A rush of emotions surged through Ling Han’s mind. ‘Is this seductive beauty confessing her love to me?’ He cupped Shui Yanyu’s beautiful face, and said seriously, “I’ll definitely treat you well, for all eternity!”
“Humph! You still have two other lovers!” Shui Yanyu said with jealousy.
“Hehe.” Ling Han chuckled guiltily. Although he had three wives-in-waiting—including Shui Yanyu—he had many more lovers in addition to that.
He was smart enough not to continue with this topic, and said, “Let’s swap the position. We’ll go kill some more pirates as well.”
Shui Yanyu was absolutely stunned. ‘This damn pervert actually said something as vulgar and as unrefined as “position” 1 before me? I’m done for… If I really end up with him, will I also become like this in the future?’
The two of them flew around the Star Sea on their Cloud Piercing Shuttle, exterminating all of the smaller groups of pirates. When they came across Sun Moon Tier pirates, however, they would flee into the distance. They came and went as they pleased, and this caused all the pirates to detest them from the bottom of their hearts.
10 or so days passed, and the number of pirates that had died by their hands had already exceeded 100.
Moreover, Shui Yanyu had finally broken through to the medium extreme!
If news of this traveled back to the Scarlet Heaven Academy, it would definitely cause quite a large stir.
Her cultivation speed was indeed much slower than Ling Han’s. However, she had still managed to advance one minor level in only a dozen or so years. This was still an astonishing feat.
Of course, this was partly because she had obtained several Mountain River Stones which sped up the accumulation of her cultivation. This was in addition to the Heavenly Qi Pills that Ling Han had continuously given her, which allowed her to reach the peak stage of the low extreme in an extremely short amount of time.
In the past few days, she had also fought many intense battles, and her own comprehension ability was also fairly outstanding. Thus, she was finally able to achieve this important breakthrough.
Chapter 1045 - Bad News
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Ling Han decided that they would return after Shui Yanyu successfully endured her heavenly tribulation.
They had already killed enough pirates, and the pirates had all become afraid of their guerilla tactics anyway. Now, all of the pirate ships would have at least one Sun Moon Tier elite guarding them. This deterred Ling Han from attacking them as the gulf in power between those at the Sun Moon Tier and Mountain River Tier was far too great. Just small mistake could get him killed.
Even the Black Tower and Cloud Piercing Shuttle wouldn’t be able to help him much. Moreover, how could he expect fortunate coincidences—like Xi Cheng stabbing his Absolute Beginning Stone—to happen every time?
Shui Yanyu wasn’t Ling Han, and she certainly didn’t possess a freakishly powerful physique like him. Thus, although she passed her heavenly tribulation, it was still fairly difficult, and left many scorches and burns on her body. She looked extremely disheveled and in a very sorry state.
This was already because Ling Han had used the Absolute Beginning Stone to help her. If it weren’t for this, her condition would have been even worse.
However, the benefits that she received far outweighed the difficulties that she suffered.
After reaching the medium extreme of the Mountain River Tier, one would possess a lifespan of 200,000 years. This meant that her appearance wouldn’t age for at least another 50,000 to 60,000 years. In other words, her appearance would remain at the golden age of around 20 years old.
To beautiful women like her, this was one of the most valuable things they got out of cultivation.
Moreover, with her talents, and with the help of Ling Han’s pills, perhaps she would be able to reach the high extreme in another several hundred or several thousand years. If that were the case, her beauty would be maintained for another tens of thousands of years.
The happiness she derived from this fact even exceeded the happiness that she derived from gaining more strength. This made Ling Han sigh with emotion. ‘Men and woman have very different mindsets indeed.’ He couldn’t help but check himself out in a mirror. He found that the person who looked back at him looked even younger than 20.
There was nothing he could do about this. The speed of his cultivation was insanely fast in this life, so his appearance was still far from becoming mature.
Ling Han involuntarily sighed, and said, “Sigh… I look too much like a youth.” He had been over 200 years old in his previous life, and although he had still been far from reaching old age, he at least looked like a mature young adult of around 25 to 26 years old.
It wasn’t like now, where he looked so young that he could barely accept it himself.
Shui Yanyu rolled her eyes at him, and said, “Are you dissatisfied because I’m too old?”
“Hehe, how are you too old, wife? Your skin is so soft and delicate, and I can’t get enough of it even if I gaze at it hundreds of times a day.” Ling Han had finally learnt some flowery words, though the most important skill he possessed was still his kissing skills. He leaned over and kissed Shui Yanyu until her eyes became hazy and her body became limp.
“Damn pervert! So be it if you kiss me normally, but why do you have to suck on my saliva? That’s filthy!” Shui Yanyu continued to scold him, and said, “And your hands as well! Why do you have to grab my breasts?”
“Oh.” Ling Han nodded, and moved his hands down a little, placing them on her firm bottom.
Shui Yanyu was about to go crazy. ‘Are you doing this on purpose?!’
“Damn pervert!” She slapped a label onto Ling Han’s behavior.
“What an unjust accusation! I’ve got to put my hands somewhere when I kiss you, right? It’s only normal that I put them where I like most.” Ling Han immediately acted as if he had been wrongly accused, and said, “This is my favorite, and this is my second favorite place.”
He pointed at Shui Yanyu’s shapely breasts and bottom, respectively.
Shui Yanyu flushed red with embarrassment, yet she felt a slight sense of pride. She was also extremely happy with her development in these two areas. However, it was a shame that they would end up pleasing that damn pervert more!
The two of them set off for the Imperial Capital.
They weren’t in a hurry to return, and Ling Han would also refine a large number of Heavenly Pearl Pills each day. He would sell them when they got back, and then use the money he made to buy more materials so he could start refining the Level Three Divine Pill—the Jade Heaven Pill.
The higher the level of a pill, the more time was needed to refine a cauldron of it. At the same time, the prof
it would also increase dramatically. However, although this seemed simple, there weren’t many people who could actually refine higher level pills. Most alchemists were extremely ordinary, and would only be able to refine Level One or Level Two Divine Pills in their entire life.
Thus, there were far more Level One and Level Two Divine Pills, and their prices were also the lowest. Starting from Level Three Divine Pills onwards, the price of each pill would increase significantly.
Right now, Ling Han was merely earning his school fees.
They took half a month to arrive back at the Imperial Capital, and they entered the city gates using their identity token from the Scarlet Heaven Academy. Shui Yanyu returned to the Shui Clan first, but she still needed to return to the academy later to report that she had advanced to the medium extreme. It was time for her to move to the Medium Extreme Division.
In the meantime, Ling Han returned to the academy by himself.
He tried to stay extremely low-key. However, he was famous throughout the Scarlet Heaven Academy, and was even famous throughout the entire Imperial Capital. So, how could he remain low-key? Numerous people came to visit him the very next day.
For example, the delicate and princess-like Li Weiwei came, and his good friends in Lin You and Ma Xing also came. There were also those who dreamed of becoming famous through one battle, and came to challenge him to a duel.
Ling Han chuckled, and said, “Challenge me to a duel? No problem! I’ll go if they can pay a fight fee of 8000-9000.”
Some of the challengers were unhappy about this, and grumbled, “Wasn’t it only 10 True Origin Stone before? This is absolute bullsh*t. How can the price suddenly inflate by so much?”
“I wasn’t this famous before, so my appearance fee was naturally lower. However, the situation is completely different now. If I weren’t this famous, you guys wouldn’t be lining up to challenge me, either, am I correct? If you can’t afford it, then go away and stop annoying me. Otherwise, prepare 10,000 True Origin Stones and line up to register your challenge.” Ling Han turned to the Asura Demon Emperor, and said, “Little Asura, help me record their details.”
“Woof!” The Asura Demon Emperor was in a puppet wolf’s body right now, so he obediently barked in reply. What was dignity? Could dignity fill one’s belly?
The challengers were all seething with anger. Some people even rushed over and tried to use force, yet they were all easily suppressed by the Asura Demon Emperor. He had a battle prowess at the late stage of the consummate level, so there weren’t many students in the academy who could defeat him in a fight.
“Stupid blockhead, you left for so many days! Do you still remember me, your master?” Li Weiwei was extremely tsunderish. She crossed her arms before her chest, which she was trying very hard to push out.
It was a shame that she was fairly flat-chested. Although she tried very hard to emphasize her chest, there was only a very small effect.
Ling Han laughed loudly, and said, “Congratulations on reaching the Mountain River Tier!”
Li Weiwei instantly became happy upon hearing this, and said, “That’s right, I’ve already refined all of the Mountain River Stones and reached the middle stage of the low extreme!” However, her mood immediately fell again, and she said, “It’s a shame that I still haven’t been able to comprehend the true secrets of the Mountain River Tier yet.”
“Don’t beat yourself over it,” Ling Han consoled. “There’s still quite a while before you reach the peak stage of the low extreme, so you can take your time to comprehend it. Anyhow, you’re already at the Mountain River Tier, so it should be much easier to work back on your comprehensions.”
Li Weiwei shot him a glare, and said, “So what you’re trying to say is that I’m stupid for still not being able to comprehend it?”
Ling Han was rendered speechless. ‘If you truly want to twist my words like that, there’s really nothing more I can say.’
If it were Shui Yanyu, he would still try to coax her a little. However, he had no intention of furthering his relationship with Li Weiwei, so he naturally had to remain a little more distant. He had absolutely no intention of flirting with this princess-like woman.
“That’s right!” Li Weiwei’s expression suddenly became serious, and she said, “I’ve got some bad news for you. Zhao Lun has broken through to the Sun Moon Tier!”
“So fast?!” Ling Han was slightly surprised. Even for a prodigy like Zhao Lun, advancing one minor level still required at least several dozen years of cultivation. As such, it would be even harder to advance one major tier.
‘How did he break through to the Sun Moon Tier so soon?
‘This is extremely abnormal.’
Li Weiwei clicked her tongue, and said, “I heard Father say that Great General Zhao obtained some kind of Supreme Divine Pill after risking his life and entering an ancient ruin. Great General Zhao was severely wounded as a result, and even our great empress was alarmed.”
Ling Han stroked his chin in thought. This was indeed very bad news.
Chapter 1046 - Poor Again
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Ling Han temporarily laid aside his displeasing troubles, and moved to handle a more pressing issue.
He wanted to sell off a large amount of Heavenly Pearl Pills.
He would naturally have to seek out Li Weiwei for this. If he was to take them to be sold, the price would definitely be horribly lowered; who asked him to have neither the right social connections nor the background? But with Li Weiwei on the forefront, who would dare trick the daughter of the Left Minister?
Even if he shared some of the profits with Li Weiwei, it was still profitable for him.
Li Weiwei had already experienced the sweet taste of earning money, and naturally seized this job with pleasure. However, when she saw the number of Heavenly Pearl Pills, she couldn’t help but exclaim in surprise. “What alchemy clan have you robbed?”
There was really too many of them. An ordinary pharmacy might not even have one-hundredth of this amount.
Ling Han chuckled, and asked, “I’ll take 80%, and you will have 20%. All right?”
Li Weiwei nodded happily. She was merely doing an errand, and the price of alchemical pills was far higher than food ingredients’; even if it was a mere 20%, she would be earning an exorbitant amount.
Ling Han met with Lin You, Ma Xing, and the others again. They were still in the Shattering Void Tier Division, and would definitely not attempt to break through to the Immortal level without pushing their battle prowess up to 20 Stars of the Shattering Void Tier. They all felt rueful. They had entered the Scarlet Heaven Academy together, and they were all practically making no headway, whereas Ling Han was already in the medium extreme of Mountain River Tier.
Why was the gap between them so overwhelmingly massive?
Li Weiwei was very efficient. For the sake of money, this young mistress had really worked hard. In a short three days, she had already earned 3,000,000 True Origin Stones for Ling Han. Even if the profits were shared at an 80-20 ratio between them, the wealth that reached Ling Han’s hands was still more than 2,000,000.
He only retained a bit of True Origin Stones for cultivation and maintaining the puppets. He traded the others for raw materials to be used to concoct the Jade Heaven Pill.
A medium extreme cultivator concocting a Level Three Divine Pill was a rather straining task. However, Ling Han had the Black Tower, so there was absolutely no need for him to worry about the heat of the flames. Furthermore, his divine sense was strong, and much sturdier than any ordinary medium extreme cultivator’s. Hence, he was completely capable of concocting a Level Three Divine Pill.
At the beginning, it was naturally a complete failure.
In just over a month’s time, he had already spent about 90% of the materials that had cost over 2,000,000. However, Ling Han finally saw the light of hope, and managed to get some idea of an outline from his many failures.
… Er, after failing for a few hundred to a thousand more times, he should be just about succeeding.
Just look at how he was burning through his cash.
Even Ling Han felt a little heartache because it was absolutely not enough to invest just 2,000,000. He needed another big sum—more or less the same amount.
“I’m lacking money!” Ling Han scratched his head. He had obviously just earned more than 2,000,000 not too long ago, so how had he become a pauper in just an instant?
Was there any spendthrift fool for him to trick?
***
“Young Master!” In front of Zhao Lun, an extremely beautiful woman was kneeling. Upon a closer look, she actually looked quite similar to Shui Yanyu. They were both captivatingly beautiful and similarly graceful. However, there was still a little bit of a gap, and she was lacking just that something.
Zhao Lun was presently looking at the ripples of the lake’s waters, his arms crossed behind him. They danced like thousands of golden snakes. Upon a closer look, his fingers were also moving at a certain rhythm.
He had cultivated a special ancient technique, and had to learn from observing the movement of the water to comprehend the rhythm of the heaven and earth.
“What is it?” he asked calmly, his tone even. From his expression, he seemed to have completely walked out of the shadow of being defeated at Ling Han’s hands.
“Ling Han and Miss Shui have returned,” the beautiful woman said. Her name was Yang Luodan.
That calm expression on Zhao Lun’s face suddenly twisted, his right hand involuntarily clenching into a fist. Losing to Ling Han—even if it was because his cultivation level had been restricted—was still the greatest stain in his entire life.
What more when Ling Han was still walking around with Shui Yanyu everywhere, and this was his reverse scale 1 .
“Those two pieces of trash, they can’t even accomplish such a little matter!!” Zhao Lun humphed. Now, both Ling Han and Shui Yanyu had returned, whereas Zuo Xiao and Fan Yong had disappeared. Obviously, not only had they not succeeded, they had also been killed by Ling Han.
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