Ling Han almost burst into laughter. Equating a Heavenly Body Tier elite to a paragon?
Ludicrous!
He shook his head, and said, “Are you done yet?”
“Han Lin, don’t be an ungrateful wretch,” Gai Yongsi said harshly. “You have to realize that Young Master definitely won’t take no for an answer!”
“I’m so scared!” Ling Han said with a smile.
Gai Yongsi was furious. This person actually dared to tease Gao Huang’s name1? He humphed, and said, “If you offend Young Master, it will be difficult for you to take even a single step in the Majestic Heaven Sect! Young Master has only cultivated for 300,000 years, yet he’s already reached the consummate level of the Sun Moon Tier. He can definitely break through to the Heavenly Body Tier within 1,000,000 years!”
This was indeed astonishing.
Although 300,000 years seemed like a long time, those at the consummate level of the Mountain River Tier already had lifespans of 400,000 years. Meanwhile, the maximum lifespan of Sun Moon Tier elites could reach 4,000,000 years. Thus, reaching the peak stage of the Sun Moon Tier in 300,000-odd years was definitely impressive.
However, Ling Han didn’t think much of it. One could indeed be labeled a prodigy if they reached the peak stage of the Sun Moon Tier within 300,000 years. This was quite an astonishing feat, after all. However, in the Majestic Heaven Sect, achieving such a feat wasn’t all that outstanding.
Because this place didn’t lack prodigies.
If Gao Huang’s father hadn’t been a Heavenly Body Tier elite, he wouldn’t necessarily have reached the peak stage of the Sun Moon Tier so quickly. This was similar to Zhao Lun, who was talented, but not the most talented in the world. However, he still managed to reach the Sun Moon Tier within 1,000 years.
Life would be a lot easier if one had a powerful father. However, even though Gao Huang had reached the peak stage of the Sun Moon Tier already, it would be almost impossible for him to break through to the Heavenly Body Tier.
If one wasn’t talented enough, it would be impossible for them to reach the Heavenly Body Tier even if they were trained by Heavenly Body Tier elites.
However, the Majestic Heaven Sect had only been founded tens of thousands of years ago, and Venerable Trinity had spent all of his time battling on the Two Realm Battlefield before that. Thus, it was possible that his nine great disciples had battled alongside him. If that was the case, perhaps Gao Huang had also participated in battle before. As such, it was possible that he was indeed quite talented.
Ling Han waved a hand, and said, “Okay, you’ve said everything that you wanted to say, so you can take your leave now. Go on, see yourself out.”
Gai Yongsi shook in anger. This brat was truly arrogant and supercilious!
“Y-you’re far too arrogant.” he stammered angrily. “You’ll definitely regret this… Just wait and see!”
Ling Han’s expression became cold, and he said, “You dare to threaten me?” He turned to Shui Yanyu, and asked, “Wife, this dumb c*nt came to my house and threatened me, so what do you say I should do?”
“Beat him to a pulp, of course!” Ling Han answered his own question before Shui Yanyu could even reply. He flashed a wicked smile at Gai Yongsi.
“D-don’t act recklessly!” Gai Yongsi felt a cold chill run down his spine.
“No need to be so modest!” Ling Han immediately captured Gai Yongsi. Then, loud thumps started to reverberate around his residence as he beat him to his heart’s content.
Ling Han was genuinely ticked off. This was his residence, yet this person had run over and demanded that he become someone else’s underling. After being rejected, he had even dared to threaten him. Wasn’t he asking for a beating?
“Y-y-you… Don’t forget that I’m a member of the Gao Faction!” Gai Yongsi shrieked through his anguished wails.
“I’ll beat you into submission!” Ling Han laughed loudly as he continued to pummel Gai Yongsi.
Lackeys such as Gai Yongsi naturally didn’t possess much backbone. He started to beg for mercy after a while, and he wailed that he wouldn’t dare threaten Ling Han ever again.
Ling Han finally stopped, and said, “I’ll break your dog legs if you ever dare to set foot inside my residence again, understood?”
Gai Yongsi nodded frantically, and said, “Understood! Understood!” His only wish at this moment was to escape from this “demonic lair”.
“Haha, f*ck off then!” Ling Han tossed him out of his residence.
Gai Yongsi stumbled and rolled as he hurriedly crawled up from the ground. He didn’t dare speak another word, and he only turned around after running for a good 100 or so meters. He had initially wanted to throw down a threat, yet a cold chill gripped at his heart when he saw Ling Han’s face. He swallowed the words that were already at the tip of his tongue before turning around and fleeing as quickly as he could.
“How boring!” Ling Han said with a shake of his head.
Shui Yanyu also shook her head, and said, “Even if you wanted to refuse, couldn’t you have done it in a less offensive manner?”
“I couldn’t contain myself. Just looking at his smug face made me want to beat him,” Ling Han said with a chuckle.
Shui Yanyu sighed. She also knew Ling Han’s temperament. However, it was because of his confidence and pride that he was able to improve in leaps and bounds.
“Be careful,” she said.
Ling Han was already a seed, so the sect definitely had high hopes for him. Thus, they definitely wouldn’t allow others to target him too much. It was just that he had to be extremely careful outside the sect.
However, Ling Han had the Black Tower, so protecting himself couldn’t be any easier.
Shui Yanyu felt much more at ease upon thinking of this.
Ling Han left his palace and headed to the town that sat at the foot of the mountain. He wanted to see if there were any higher-grade pill recipes.
Everything was in place now, and he was only missing high-grade pill recipes that would allow him to refine divine pills and earn boatloads of money.
He arrived at the town, and after walking around for a while, he saw the words “Mo Clan Establishment”.
‘Is it that Mo Clan?’ He had been ambushed by several elites before and ended up drifting through the galaxy. It was thanks to his encounter with a Mo Clan’s starship that he had been able to make it to the Flying Cloud Planet. He walked into the store.
A store attendant walked over, and greeted, “Sir, are you looking for anything in particular? Our store has everything, from God Tools to Divine Pills. Or perhaps you’re looking for tool refining materials or alchemical materials? As long as you request it, there’s nothing that we can’t get you!”
Ling Han smiled faintly, and said, “Are there any pill recipes?”
“Pill recipes?” The store attendant’s expression revealed that he was somewhat troubled.
Due to the special nature of cultivation techniques, pill recipes, and formations, they were rarely ever taken out and sold.
“Are there none?” Ling Han asked with a smile.
“How is that possible!” the store attendant said hurriedly. “However, there’s only an extremely limited amount, and they’re all especially dear.”
“Price isn’t an issue,” Ling Han said. He had sold many pills before he left, so he was genuinely not short on money right now. However, there were a lot of places where he needed to spend money—he had several brothers, disciples, and also a lover. Which of them didn’t need cultivation resources?
Most importantly, he needed an exorbitant amount of Godly metal to raise the level of his Divine Demon Sword. How expensive was Godly metal?
“I can’t decide myself. I need to report it to the manager of the store.” The store attendant didn’t dare to sell the pill recipes himself.
“No problem!” Ling Han said with a nod.
It wasn’t long before an elder at the consummate level of the Mountain River Tier walk
ed out. A smile appeared on his face when he saw Ling Han, and he said, “Oh, it’s Young Master Han!”
Ling Han was slightly puzzled, and he said, “You know who I am?”
“Naturally. Young Master Han is a rising star of the Majestic Heaven Sect,” the elder complimented. “If I’m unaware of such matters, how can I do business? That’s right, you wanted to buy pill recipes?”
“Correct,” Ling Han said with a nod.
There was a glimmer in the elder’s eyes, and he said, “This might be rude, but may I ask if you’re planning to refine pills yourself?”
Chapter 1165 - Good Faith
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Ling Han hesitated for a moment. However, upon recalling how the Mo Clan had helped him, he didn’t hide the truth, and said, “That’s right, I’m going to refine pills myself.”
The elder was astonished, and the smile on his face grew even larger. “Young Master Han, this elder wants to do some business with you… that’s right, my surname is also Han. What a coincidence! My name in just a single word, Huo.”
“Oh, so it’s Manager Han.” Ling Han greeted the elder before saying, “What business does Manager Han want to do with me?”
“I can give you a few pill recipes free of charge. However, when you succeed in refining the alchemical pills, I hope that you can sell them through us.”
Ling Han faltered for a moment before feeling a sense of admiration for Han Huo.
‘As expected of a businessman.’
It looked like Manager Han was being extremely generous, but this wasn’t entirely the case. Pill recipes were indeed a type of resource, though it could be argued that it was a worthless type of resource. After all, it was extremely easy to make copies of pill recipes. Thus, there was actually no loss for the Mo Clan Establishment in it.
Moreover, even if they didn’t make a cent off selling Ling Han’s pills, they could still bring in a huge customer flow.
Pills were essential goods to cultivators. Also, since cultivators came to buy pills, perhaps they would also buy some other items along the way. Even if they bought just one more item, the Mo Clan Establishment would still have made a profit.
In addition, they would become acquainted with Ling Han, a super-genius, just for the price of a few pill recipes—which they wouldn’t lose money off anyway. There was absolutely no loss for the Mo Clan Establishment.
‘No wonder the Mo Clan is able to spread its establishments throughout the galaxy. They’re indeed good at seizing opportunities and acting in good faith.’
However, Han Huo didn’t know just how important his sincere offer was, nor did he know just how much help he would bring the establishment. Ling Han was the Alchemy Emperor!
Ling Han smiled, and said, “No problem! Then I’ll thank Manager Han for the pill recipes first!”
Han Huo was delighted upon hearing Ling Han’s reply. In reality, he hadn’t given this as much thought as Ling Han had—he had merely wanted to become acquainted and be on good terms with Ling Han. After all, this was a profitable agreement, and they could also acquaint themselves with a young king tier on top of that.
As for Ling Han saying that he could refine pills, Manager Han didn’t actually take this to heart. After all, how could someone be so prodigious? If one had such terrifying cultivation ability, they wouldn’t also be a genius in alchemy, right?
Thus, saying that he would sell pills for Ling Han was naturally just a polite way of flattering him.
“What level pill recipe does Young Master Han want?” Han Huo asked.
“Level Five,” Ling Han replied. He could already refine Level Four Divine Pills, and thus his next target was obviously refining Level Five Divine Pills.
Han Huo was taken aback with surprise. ‘Level Five?!
‘If you want to muck around, Level One Divine Pills are already more than enough. What’s the point of playing with Level Five Divine Pills? Even if you’re a seed of the Majestic Heaven Sect, and even if you receive a lot of resources, alchemy will suck your resources dry in no time at all. This is especially the case with high-grade alchemical pills.’
Ling Han smiled widely as he retrieved a pill vial and handed it to Manager Han. “These are Mysterious Azure Pills and Jade Heaven Pills that I’ve refined. If you could please sell them for me, Manager Han.”
Han Huo was a little baffled as he accepted the pill vial. Only after staring at them for a while did he realize that Ling Han wasn’t kidding around.
Mysterious Azure Pill… This was a Level Four Divine Pill!
‘Gasp! Could it be that Han Lin is genuinely an alchemist? And a high-ranked one at that?’
He didn’t dare treat this matter lightly, and he hurriedly opened the vials and carefully appraised the pills.
The Mo Clan Establishment sold everything and anything, so Han Huo naturally knew a lot about alchemy. He immediately determined that these pills were exactly what Ling Han had said they were. They were indeed real.
‘Did Han Lin truly refine these?’
Han Huo chose to believe the affirmative. He was actively trying to acquaint the Mo Clan Establishment with Ling Han anyway, wasn’t he? He nodded, and said, “Please wait for a moment, Young Master Han. I’ll retrieve the pill recipes for you right away. These are fairly valuable pill recipes, so I don’t keep them on me lest I accidentally lose them.”
“No worries. I understand, Manager Han.”
Han Huo returned after a while, and he handed a small booklet to Ling Han.
Ling Han accepted it and glanced at the cover, on which the words “Seven Ultimate Flying Flame Pill” were printed. He roughly skimmed over its contents and found that the booklet was all about the materials needed and the refinement process of the Seven Extreme Flying Flame Pill. In fact, the refinement process took up 90% of the booklet.
The refinement process of high-grade Divine Pills was extremely complex. As such, it wasn’t abnormal for such pill recipes to take up an entire booklet.
‘The Seven Ultimate Flying Flame Pill can elevate the battle prowess of those who practice fire-element cultivation techniques by two stars… Two stars!’ Ling Han was astonished when he read the introduction of the pill. One had to realize that most cultivators were only run-of-the-mill ones—surpassing one star was already impossibly difficult, let alone surpassing two stars.
Although this pill wasn’t helpful to his cultivation, he didn’t require Level Five Divine Pills yet anyway. However, if he succeeded in refining this pill, they would definitely be treated as treasures by those who practiced fire-element cultivation techniques.
Moreover, Sun Moon Tier elites definitely weren’t short on money—they could afford to buy these pills.
“Young Master Han, what do you think about this pill recipe?” Han Huo asked.
“It’s fine!” Ling Han said with a nod.
“Just a word of warning, Young Master Han. This Seven Ultimate Flying Flame Pill is extremely difficult to refine. I’ve heard that even many level six alchemists can’t refine this pill. So, please don’t spend too much time on this pill. After all, Young Master Han is a cultivation prodigy.”
“I understand,” Ling Han said. Manager Han was telling him that out of goodwill, so he naturally wouldn’t become angry. Moreover, his words were indeed true. At the end of the day, cultivation was still the most important.
However, little did Han Huo know that Ling Han actually possessed a Reincarnation Tree. This was a heaven-defying divine tree!
They started to discuss the fine details of their collaboration—of course, all of this was built on the assumption that Ling Han could successfully refine the Seven Ultimate Flying Flame Pill.
Han Huo didn’t have much confidence in Ling Han, and thus he offered him a large cut of the profits—90%, to be exact. He had initially planned to give all of the profits to Ling Han, and it was actually Ling Han who had taken a step back and offered them 10% of the profits.
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p; Han Huo genuinely didn’t believe that Ling Han could succeed. Thus, he naturally didn’t mind giving all of the profits away. It was just thin air, after all.
Ling Han needed an exorbitant amount of True Origin Stones as he needed to purchase Godly metal to raise the level of his Divine Demon Sword. That being the case, he purchased the materials needed for refining the Seven Ultimate Flying Flame Pill, and then returned to the Majestic Heaven Sect.
He immediately entered the Black Tower to comprehend the pill recipe under the Reincarnation Tree.
The steps to pill refinement were actually very easy to grasp. This simply involved the order of placing ingredients, as well as how to control the flames. Even ordinary people could follow these steps. Even if the steps were more difficult, grasping them was still only a matter of time.
However, making the divine patterns of the ingredients intertwine was much more difficult, and was not something that anyone could do. Only those with a powerful divine sense and meticulous control could complete this process.
In fact, this process involved millions upon billions of possible variations. As such, ordinary people wouldn’t be able to grasp this process even if they spent their entire lives studying it. Even level five and level six alchemists would need hundreds of years to fully grasp it.
Thus, it was only understandable that Han Huo doubted Ling Han’s ability to successfully refine this pill in the short term.
Meanwhile, Ling Han was brimming with confidence. He had the Reincarnation Tree!
The leaves of the Reincarnation Tree rustled, and Ling Han entered a state of meditation. He simulated the pill refinement process in his mind again and again, again and again.
One day, two days, three days… Time quietly crept by.
Chapter 1166 - : Stunned Han Huo
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One day under the Reincarnation Tree was equivalent to one year in the outside world!
Seven days passed, and Ling Han made his first attempt to refine the Seven Ultimate Flying Flame Pill. He naturally failed.
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