… Though the truth of the matter was a little different, it was true that these two people had indeed failed and died.
Zhao Lun could not understand. Those two were at the peak stage of the high extreme, their battle prowess could exceed two to three stars, and they had even been given two treasures. And even then, they could not kill Ling Han?
Was it that the ant from the small world had come by opening the sky, really obtaining the instillation of fortune from the heaven and earth, and thus could not be killed?
“Could it be that I have to do it myself?” he uttered ruthlessly. A red sun appeared behind him. Though it was very small, but compared to Mountain River Tier, it was a qualitative change.
That ant from the small world was presently a man of the Ninth King. How many would dare to oppose Ling Han on the surface? Were they not afraid to provoke the anger of the Ninth King? Then, putting aside Zhao Lun, even if Great General Zhao stepped out, it was useless.
“Young Master, why don’t we ask someone from the Dark Night Hall?” Yang Luodan suggested.
Zhao Lun’s expression clenched involuntarily. He humphed, and exclaimed, “How dare you!!”
The Dark Night Hall was the public enemy of the three great Majestic Empires. Zhao Lun himself was the son of the Great General. If it was known that he had any dealings with the Dark Night Hall, wouldn’t he attract the attention of the empress? Then, if she conducted an investigation, there was a possibility that he might even be executed.
If he committed a crime when he well knew the law, his crime would be even heavier!
Yang Luodan hurriedly knelt, and uttered, “Please quell your anger, Young Master!”
At first, Zhao Lun was planning to rebuke her some more, but when he saw Yang Luodan kneeling on the ground, her rounded hips sticking up proudly, he couldn’t help but feel his ***** stir.
Before entering into Sun Moon Tier, the Great General Zhao would not allow him to approach any women, fearing that he would be drunk in sexual pleasures and thus hold up his cultivation. However, this ban had already disappeared by now. Zhao Lun did not favor any ordinary beauties, and had only Shui Yanyu in his heart.
However, Shui Yanyu was showing determination that she would prefer to marry a pig, or a dog, anyone but him. This made him very furious, and that was why he deliberately sought out Yang Luodan to be his follower, inevitably with the purpose to treat her like a substitute for Shui Yanyu.
However, Yang Luodan was still not Shui Yanyu, after all. Moreover, he had had no such interest all this while—right until this moment, when he was provoked by the news about Ling Han. His self-discipline had also fallen to rock bottom.
He suddenly pounced over, and impatiently tore off her clothing.
“Young Master, what are you doing?!” Yang Luodan exclaimed in shock, but there was a hint of pleasure in the depths of her eyes. She was not just satisfied with being Zhao Lun’s follower. Her ambition was greater than that; she wanted to become the young mistress of the General’s Residence!
Sticking out his waist, Zhao Lun had entered into Yang Luodan, and began to madly thrust into her.
Yang Luodan wrapped her arms around Zhao Lun, a hint of a smile around the corners of her lips. The first step of her plan had already succeeded.
“Young Master, what do you think about my idea? We can conceal our identities; in any case, the Dark Night Hall only recognizes money and not people!” she continued while panting. Merely satisfying Zhao Lun’s ****** was useless—he would only treat her like a tool for him to release his frustrations.
How could Zhao Lun have his usual judgement in this kind of situation? He nodded his head absent-mindedly, and replied, “You will be in charge of this matter!” After he said this, he greedily sucked Yang Luodan’s breasts, imagining her to be Shui Yanyu, and couldn’t help but be even more excited than before.
***
Ling Han had already expended all the materials, and was still unable to concoct the Jade Heaven Pill. Now that his pocket was empty, he could only concoct some more Heavenly Pearl Pills to earn money in order to fund alchemy with alchemy.
Time passed very quickly, and in the blink of an eye, five months had passed.
For cultivators, five months was really just a blink of an eye. There was not much difference between five months for cultivators and the passing of a few days for ordinary people.
But for Ling Han, one month’s time was enough for him to experience a massive change.
The Jade Heaven Pill was finally concocted, and he, too, had stepped into the late stage of the medium extreme.
Chapter 1047 - Conspiracy
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Divine Pills were quite expensive.
However, there were much more Level One and Two alchemists than those better ones. Thus, the pills at these two levels were relatively cheaper, but from Level Three Divine Pills onwards, the price was exorbitant enough to crush anyone’s hopes.
If ordinary Mountain River Tier cultivators could still buy a few Level One and Two Divine Pills after saving some money, then a Level Three Divine Pill was definitely not something that could be obtained by just saving money for a while.
The price for cheapest Level Three Divine Pill started at 1,000 True Origin Stones. If it was one of the few types that were more difficult to concoct, it was not rare for the price to start at 2,000.
The Jade Heaven Pill belonged to the category of Level Three Divine Pills that were harder to concoct, and the rate of successful concoction was low. Thus, even Level Three alchemists were not fond of concocting it. Though Level Four alchemists had this ability, what Level Four Divine Pill was not more expensive than this? Then, why would they waste their effort to concoct a Level Three Divine Pill?
Thus, when Ling Han could concoct a large amount of Jade Heaven Pills, he had finally opened up a path to endless wealth for himself.
This caused him to consider opening up his own shop.
When he sold the alchemical pills directly to the pharmacies, it was equivalent to the pharmacy taking a share of his profit even though he could quickly earn back his capital. Furthermore, this was not a small portion, either.
He told Li Weiwei of his idea. However, Li Weiwei was not very keen on opening a shop, because she did not like trouble.
Thus, Ling Han went to discuss this with Shui Yanyu.
In the end, the Shui Clan still did not recognize him. Although Ling Han did not care much for the opinion of the Shui Clan, he knew that Shui Yanyu still very much desired the approval of her clan. Hence, he still had to consider them for her sake.
If he could open a very profitable pharmacy, and offered it as a betrothal gift, the voice of objection from the Shui Clan would definitely become much smaller 1 .
Shui Yanyu was smart, and immediately guessed his motive. She naturally agreed gladly, and even took the initiative to kiss him to express the excitement she felt.
Since Ling Han had decided so, he was going to do it.
The money in his hands would allow him to do things right even in the Imperial Capital, what more when he now had a considerable status? Who did not know that the Ninth King was backing him?
After choosing the right location, the renovation and hiring staff followed.
But at this time, Ling Han encountered a problem.
No one applied for a position!
After expending some effort, he finally found out that the combined order from Zhao Lun and Sha Yuan, these two young masters, banned anyone from going to his shop to work.
These were the descendants of two Great Generals. Who would dare ignore their words?
You, Ling Han, had indeed obtained the “favor” of the Ninth King, but how could the Ninth King step out to interfere just for the sake of a few shop staff members?
Hence, though Ling Han raised the benefits very high, there was still no one who dared come to work.
Ling Han pondered, and decided to simply advertise
in the Academy.
This time, the conditions he laid out were much higher—if anyone worked in his shop, they would be able to get a number of Divine Pills every month.
Level One, 10 pills! Level Two, five pills! Level Three, one pill!
With that, the applicants swarmed.
They were mostly there for that Level Three Divine Pill. Even if there was only one every month, this thing was practically something with great demand but no supply. It had been completely monopolized by the powerful clans. They didn’t even have enough to supply their own members, so how could they possibly take any out to sell off?
It was not that pharmacies did not have this kind of Divine Pills, but there were just a pitifully few of them every month. The moment they were placed on display, they were immediately sold out.
Ling Han was generous, and directly hired 10 people, dividing them into two shifts.
In this way, the pharmacy successfully opened. Although the alchemical pills they sold were limited in variety, as there were only a pitiful three types, in this era, who would be afraid of not being able to sell out the alchemical pills they had in stock?
Especially the Jade Heaven Pill. Even if its price was tagged at 2,000 apiece, it was still fought madly over, causing Ling Han to have no choice but to change the selling method. Every day, there was a limited supply of five, and one person could only buy one.
There was nothing else that could be done. The time to concoct alchemical pills was fixed, and he could only concoct one batch of Jade Heaven Pills in a single day. Every batch would have 10 pills, and that would still be on condition that Ling Han was working at full effort. Practically every two days, he would have to concoct a batch.
However, in the process of pill concoction, Ling Han also obtained some comprehension. He had the Demonic Power Source in his body, so he did not have to worry about accumulating Origin Power. What he lacked was comprehension of the Regulations of the heaven and earth.
Alchemy was a process of comprehension.
Because the raw herbs and materials had absorbed the Spiritual Qi from the heaven and earth to grow, in the process of alchemy, he would interweave the divine patterns in them, which was the embodiment of the Regulations of heaven and earth. The more alchemical pills he concocted, the deeper became Ling Han’s comprehension of the Regulations of the heaven and earth.
“As the saying goes, all the techniques in this world share the same roots. So this is the principle.” Ling Han nodded.
However, alchemy would only raise one’s comprehension of cultivation. As for martial arts techniques or secret techniques, they would be up to him to cultivate on his own.
Thus, aside from alchemy, Ling Han placed his complete focus on cultivating the Fast Technique.
This sword technique was created by the Sword Saint, who had also been known for being Invincible. This was definitely the highest level secret technique in the Immortal Realm. Since he could cultivate it, he would naturally not waste this opportunity.
***
“Big Brother Lun, I found a death warrior.” In the Great General Zhao’s Manor, Yang Luodan was lying in Zhao Lun’s arms. “He was supplied by the Dark Night Hall, with the cultivation level of consummate level of the Mountain River Tier. But, even an elite at the consummate level of the Sun Moon Tier would only think he is in the medium extreme of the Mountain River Tier.
“Furthermore, he has also cultivated a secret technique. The moment he uses it, his battle prowess would spike up to pseudo Sun Moon Tier, but he would only have an hour’s life.
“Let him go and challenge Ling Han. After he has killed Ling Han, he would soon die as well, and would not leak any secrets.”
Yang Luodan revealed a dangerous smile. She intended to become the young mistress of the Great General’s Residence, so she naturally had to remove a thorn like Ling Han. Otherwise, he would not just be a humiliation of Zhao Lun, but hers as well.
Zhao Lun was quiet for a moment, and then said, “Did you leave behind any loose ends?”
“None. I disguised myself three times over to change my appearance and bearing. The people of the Dark Night Hall could not possibly know who I am,” Yang Luodan vowed solemnly.
“Good, then let him go and challenge Ling Han!” Zhao Lun nodded. Otherwise, it was too difficult to kill Ling Han in the Imperial Capital. Even the Dark Night Hall could not find a chance to do it.
“However, the Dark Night Hall asked for a price of 300,000 True Origin Stones,” Yang Luodan said with a little hesitation.
300,000!
Even a rich young master like Zhao Lun almost jumped up in shock, dumbfounded, but he immediately controlled himself, and said, “Agree to their demand! Humph, as long as they can kill that lowly commoner, so what if I have to spend 300,000! Moreover, there will definitely be a betting pool. We will bet on Ling Han dying, and we will still be able to earn back what we spend.”
“Big Brother Lun is really clever!” Yang Luodan flattered as she stretched out her hand to tease Zhao Lun.
Zhao Lun instantly became h***, and pulled Yang Luodan over in a swift movement, quickly turning her around. He pressed down on her and began to indulge in his pleasure. After the novelty had passed, only this kind of position would be able to stir his interest. This woman, after all, was still not Shui Yanyu.
Only from the back would she have a few hints of Shui Yanyu in her. From the front… there was too big a difference.
Meanwhile, Yang Luodan revealed a sinister expression. How could she not know what Zhao Lun was thinking? But what Zhao Lun did not know was that when she went to the Dark Night Hall, she deliberately disguised herself as Shui Yanyu. With how similar the two of them looked, and added with the fact that she had deliberately imitated her mannerisms, the possibility that she would be mistaken for Shui Yanyu was extremely high.
When Ling Han died, if the Dark Night Hall was found out, the crime would only be born by Shui Yanyu—this was killing two birds with one stone.
She did not want to become a mere substitute!
Chapter 1048 - Accepting the Challenge
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
A fierce person had recently appeared in the Imperial Capital.
His name was Wu Ziren, and his cultivation level was only at the medium extreme of the Mountain River Tier. However, he had a winning streak of 19 matches at the Iron Blood Stadium, and this stunned the entire Imperial Capital.
There was nothing special about someone winning a match at the Iron Blood Stadium. However, winning anything above three matches was insanely hard as the Iron Blood Stadium would send elites to battle anyone who reached a winning streak of three or more matches. They would do everything in their ability to end the competitors’ streaks.
No one was exempt from this, not even Zhao Lun or Sha Yuan. Neither of them had received preferential treatment when they had battled at the Iron Blood Stadium.
Moreover, one was fully responsible for their own life and death once they entered the Iron Blood Stadium to battle. It was extremely normal for one to be severely wounded during battle, and it was even possible that one would be killed.
Someone ferocious enough to achieve a 10 match winning streak would only appear every one year or so, and someone brilliant enough to achieve a 15 match winning streak would only appear once every 100 or so years. Meanwhile, someone prodigious enough to achieve a 20 match winning streak would only appear every 1,000 or so years.
Thus, being able to reach a 19 match winning streak, Wu Ziren naturally caused a huge stir in the Imperial Capital.
Moreover, Wu Ziren suddenly surprised everyone by issuing a challenge to Ling Han and inviting him to battle at the Iron Blood Stadium. He wanted to use Ling Han as a stepping stone on his way to a 20 match winning streak.
The residents of the Imperial Capital were instantly filled with fervor and anticipation.
Ling Han had also shot to fame through a single battle, back when he had insta-k
illed Bai Yuansi and crushed Zhao Lun when battling at the same cultivation level. It had seemed as if he was going to surpass Zhao Lun and become the strongest cultivator of the younger generation.
Could Wu Ziren challenge Ling Han’s lofty status?
The battle had yet to begin, yet bets were already being placed.
The gambling businesses had already released the odds for the two of them. As before, these odds weren’t directly related to who would win or lose. Rather, these odds were related to who would win, and in how many exchanges. This was because an elite had claimed that Wu Ziren’s strength was definitely no weaker than that of Ling Han. Thus, the odds for the various betting options were quite attractive.
For example, the payout for Ling Han being able to defeat Wu Ziren in 10 exchanges and Wu Ziren being able to defeat Ling Han in 10 exchanges were three and four, respectively. This rate was extremely high, yet it was still nowhere near the insane payout rate of 100 from before.
After all, Ling Han was no longer an unknown and untested youth. Meanwhile, Wu Ziren had also displayed his overwhelming strength. Neither of them could be considered a pushover.
The Iron Blood Stadium was very proactive, and they voluntarily came forward with an attractive proposition for Ling Han—they would pay him 20,000 True Origin Stones as long as he accepted the challenge. If he were to win, they would reward him with an additional 100,000 True Origin Stones.
Ling Han was swayed by this rich offer.
He made some calculations in his mind. Right now, he only refined one cauldron of Jade Heaven Pills every two days, with cauldron yielding 10 pills and each pill selling for approximately 2,000 True Origin Stones. In other words, he earned around 10,000 True Origin Stones per day. If he accepted the challenge, just his appearance fee alone would be double what he earned per day. Moreover, there was even a chance for him to win an additional 100,000 True Origin Stones.
‘I’ll fight!’
Although it looked like he was robbing money by selling extremely expensive pills every day, he still needed to pay rent for his store, no? This was the Imperial Capital, after all, and each inch of land was worth its weight in gold! In addition, he had opened this store with Shui Yanyu, so he naturally needed to share the profits with her as well. The main reason for this was to show the Shui Clan his capability.
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