Alchemy Emperor of the Divine Dao c1-1294

by Flying Alone 孤单地飞

  “100 strands!” Ling Han made an exorbitant demand.

  “F*ck off! I only have 37 roots in total. There won’t be enough even if I pluck all of them for you!” the old ginseng shouted.

  “Then I’ll settle for 37,” Ling Han said in an understanding voice.

  The old ginseng shook his head, and said, “In your dreams! Two max!”

  They continued to bargain. In the end, they settled on 10 roots.

  “That’s right, what breed are you?” Ling Han asked with a smile.

  “Sh*tty brat, you dare to insult me?” The old ginseng launched a kick at Ling Han.

  Ling Han blocked with his hand. He then nodded, and said, “I can guess even if you don’t tell me. You’re either a perverted ginseng, or you’re an unvirtuous ginseng.”

  “You’re making me so mad!” The old ginseng jumped around in rage, and then said, “Brat, make a dao oath.”

  A dao oath was when someone made an oath to the great dao of heaven and earth. There existed an intangible will of heaven, and if one didn’t keep their dao oath, they would be punished by heaven and earth. Going against a dao oath was a massive taboo—no one dared to do this.

  Ling Han nodded, and then made a dao oath. This was an oath to heaven and earth, so he couldn’t escape his liability even if he disguised his identity.

  The old ginseng finally relaxed upon seeing this. He jumped onto Ling Han’s shoulder, and said, “Brat, you’re fairly lucky. You managed to win the hearts of two beautiful girls.”

  This old ginseng was becoming perverted again.

  Ling Han shook his head. This old ginseng came and went as he pleased, and he had even managed to discover his Black Tower. He had most likely observed him for a long time, and only appeared on the medicinal mountain upon approving his character.

  “Perverted ginseng, when did you achieve dao? Also, why do you want to leave this place?”

  “I engulfed the essence of heaven and earth, and I obtained the vital energy of sun and moon…”

  Ling Han hurriedly interrupted, and said, “Stop, stop, stop! Stop bragging and cut to the chase!”

  The old ginseng was extremely displeased. Why couldn’t he brag for a while? He mumbled for a while before finally telling his tale.

  Several tens of thousands of years ago, he gained a blurry awareness. He had instinctively absorbed the vital energy of heaven and earth, and thus started to cultivate. However, he had only managed to grow arms and legs during the past several million or so years. This allowed him to escape from the ground and travel around the lands.

  However, this mystery realm was relatively small. Moreover, the more Regulations that he mastered, the more that this mystery realm would target him and made him suffer from backlashes. As a result, he urgently wanted to escape.

  However, even though this mystery realm opened twice every 100 years—once for people to enter and once for people to leave—the outside was filled with elites. Thus, he didn’t dare to leave lest he be made into a ginseng stew by the people outside.

  This time, however, he had no choice but to leave. He had a feeling that this was his last chance to leave—even if he could survive the next 100 years, he would be erased and killed by this mystery realm.

  Ling Han slapped his thigh, and said, “If I had known this earlier, I would have been more aggressive in my bargaining!”

  “Haha! You’re still 20,000 years too young to contend with your ginseng grandpa!” There was a smug smile on the old ginseng’s face.

  Ling Han chuckled upon hearing this. Fortunately for the old ginseng, Hu Niu wasn’t here. Otherwise, his smugness would probably lead to him being stuffed into a pot and cooked into a stew.

  The old ginseng shuddered, and said, “Brat, can you wipe that creepy smile off your face? I’m getting goosebumps just looking at you.”

  “How can you get goosebumps?” Hu Feiyun asked curiously.

  The old ginseng shot an annoyed look at her, and said, “Little girl, it’s a figure of speech, understand? You don’t look too young, so why are you still so stupid?”

  Ling Han shook his head, and said, “Your mouth is so toxic; you’re bound to suffer one day!”

  “Pei! Your ginseng grandpa is transcendent above the nine heavens and 10 lands! Once I leave this place, who can still capture me?” The old ginseng was brimming with confidence.

  Ling Han grinned, and said, “I’ll introduce you to someone in the future.”

  He couldn’t wait to see Hu Niu trampling all over this old ginseng. There was no reason for this, but Ling Han instinctively believed that Hu Niu could suppress this old ginseng.

  This old ginseng was extremely lively, and he would brag and fight with Ling Han when there was no one around. He would occasionally tease Shui Yanyu and Hu Feiyun as well, though he would naturally end up being chased around and attacked by Ling Han. Thus, he couldn’t get near Shui Yanyu or Hu Feiyun.

  If there were outsiders around, he would tunnel into the ground. No one here could discover him.

  “Brat, you’re going to that final treasure storage?” The old ginseng became serious upon learning of Ling Han’s target destination, and said, “That’s not a good place to be. I passed that area several times, and I felt apprehensive each time.”

  “Oh, do you know anything about that place?” Although Ling Han possessed the Black Tower and was confident in protecting himself, the Black Tower wasn’t all-powerful. It would be quite troublesome if he were to be trapped in that place.

  The old ginseng shook his head, and said, “How would I know anything? That place is swirling with deathly aura, so I never attempted to near it!”

  Ling Han pondered for a moment, but still decided to go.

  Fist of all, he had already promised the others that he would go. He couldn’t go back on his promise. Second of all, he was extremely curious.

  After leaving the “eagle mountain”, the surrounding environment became desolate. There were scars left by battles everywhere, and the multitude of obliterated mountains revealed just how intense the battles in the past had been.

  That was a mountain range of the Immortal Realm, so just how sturdy were the mountains? However, they were completely crushed now. The person who had obliterated them was definitely supremely powerful.

  There were no Demonic Beasts, and there were no Godly medicines. There was only the Yellow Spring that surged through the sky.

  Chapter 1192 - Opening the Treasure Storage

  Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

  There was almost no one here.

  Everyone knew that this was a desolate land, so who would waste their time coming here?

  A dark and eerie aura rose from the ground, reaching a height of around six meters. It continued to change into all shapes and forms, and it appeared especially uncanny.

  However, this aura wasn’t dangerous. Ling Han had never heard about anyone dying from breathing in this aura.

  “Is this a remnant from the great battle of the past?” Ling Han said in speculation.

  Several more days passed, and a palace appeared before them. This palace was built at the foot of a mountain, and the origin of the Yellow Spring was none other than this mountain. The Yellow Spring flowed down from it and transformed into the river that crashed through the sky.

  “Why don’t you two enter the Black Tower,” Ling Han said. He didn’t want Shui Yanyu and Hu Feiyun to face any danger.

  Shui Yanyu nodded in understanding. From this point on, she couldn’t help Ling Han any longer. Not only that, but she would even be a burden on him. Thus, it was better for her to enter the Black Tower and cultivate earnestly so that she could increase her strength. That way, she could strive to be of more help in the future.

  Meanwhile, Hu Feiyun was a bit reluctant to enter. She was an extremely curious person, and she was thoroughly interested in this place—even though the eerie aura of the surroundings made her hair stand on ends. She didn’t want to miss any of
the excitement.

  After lots of encouragement and lies, they finally managed to convince Hu Feiyun to enter the Black Tower.

  “I want to enter too!” the old ginseng said. His eyes dashed about in excitement.

  Ling Han knew that this ginseng was having perverted thoughts again. He wanted to tease the two women while Ling Han wasn’t present. However… hehehe, that was the Black Tower! And there was even a Saint inside!

  “Sure!” Ling Han nodded, and said, “Stand still and don’t move.”

  He wrapped his divine sense around the old ginseng, and then brought him into the Black Tower. If his divine sense was stronger than his target’s, he wouldn’t need to seek their agreement—he could forcefully drag them into the Black Tower. However, the old ginseng was astonishingly quick, so Ling Han would have no way of wrapping his divine sense around him if he didn’t stand still.

  “F*ck! What is this place?

  “Also, what’s with this tree? Why do I feel like I’ve met my ancient ancestor?

  “F*ck! What’s with this orb of light? It seems terrifying!

  “Wah, hurry up and let me out!”

  The old ginseng was curious at first, but his curiosity quickly became astonishment, and his astonishment quickly became terror. He wailed in fright.

  Ling Han couldn’t care less about him, and he strode toward the palace that rested at the foot of the mountain. This was the final stop of the mystery realm.

  He arrived at the entrance of the palace. The entrance was tightly shut, and there were already five people standing in front of it—apart from Kuang Peishan, the other king tiers had all arrived.

  “Brother Ling!” The five people all nodded at him in greeting. They didn’t seem jealous of him just because he had obtained four drops of Thousand Source True Fluid.

  Perhaps they were, but they had hidden it deep within their hearts. King tier prodigies like them all had a firm conviction that they were invincible. Why would they need to be jealous of others?

  Ling Han nodded, and said, “You’ve all arrived fairly early.”

  “Hehe, we only arrived a short while ago,” Shi Anguo said with a chuckle. A hint of apprehension flashed across his eyes as he looked at Ling Han.

  In terms of battle prowess alone, he had a crushing advantage over Ling Han. However, if they were to battle to the death, Ling Han would definitely emerge victorious. The reason for this was simple. Ling Han’s defense was far too terrifying, and it would be impossible for him to crack it.

  Such opponents frightened him.

  “Junior Sister Kuang still hasn’t arrived yet. She probably came across some great opportunity on her way here,” Wu Wentong said.

  Their king tier strength meant that they were invincible in this mystery realm. Thus, there was no way that Kuang Peishan was late due to facing a powerful enemy.

  They sat down and started discussing dao. There was nothing better for them to do anyway.

  As king tiers, all six of them had reached the pinnacle level of the Mountain River Tier. As such, they were supremely talented in the field of cultivation. They all gained a lot from their discussions.

  After waiting for two days, Kuang Peishan finally arrived.

  “Righto, let’s begin!”

  There were 14 indentations on the large door of the palace, and each one was just large enough to fit a hand. The seven of them stood side by side, and they each placed their hands into two indentations.

  “Push when I count to three,” He Tao said.

  “Mm-hm!” The six other king tiers all nodded in acknowledgement. Right now, they naturally wouldn’t argue about who was issuing the commands.

  “One!

  “Two!

  “Three!”

  The seven king tiers unleashed their full power as they pushed on the door.

  When their power reached seven stars above the peak stage of the consummate level of the Mountain River Tier, the indentations below their hands lit up.

  Two, four, six, eight… When all 14 of the indentations lit up, there was a cracking sound, and the tightly shut door of the palace slowly started to open.

  However, the seven king tiers all stepped back, cautious expressions on their faces.

  Before this potentially astonishing treasure storage, they became even more careful than before. They didn’t let greed cloud their eyes and judgment.

  The palace had been pitch-black before. However, when the door fully opened, the columns inside started to light up one after another. After a short while, the entire palace was brightly illuminated.

  Gasp!

  The seven king tiers all gasped in surprise. This was because a corpse was sprawled 30 or so meters before them.

  This person had to have been extremely tall, and they would have measured at least nine meters in height if they were upright. Their entire body was blue, and they were dressed in a damaged suit of armor. In fact, there were gaping wounds on their body, and even their bones could be seen.

  There were a few lines of words carved next to the corpse.

  “When the seven stars align, ’tis the time my successor appears.

  “Dark demons of the Netherworld, kill them, kill them, kill them!

  “The Heaven is unjust, despicable, detestable, deplorable!”

  He Tao pondered for a moment, and said, “The seven stars are clearly referring to us. We’ve all cultivated to the pinnacle level, and we had to work together to open the door to this palace. Also, my successor appears… Is this saying that one of us will receive his inheritance?”

  Shen Zhu’er took a few steps forward, and her expression suddenly changed drastically. She hurriedly retreated to her original position, and said, “This senior is far too powerful. I’m not able to near him at all! It was as if a murderous aura were about to rip me into shreds!”

  Ling Han had been squatting down before, and he stood up at this moment, and said, “The tiles in this palace are also incredibly sturdy. I used my Divine Sword on it, but I still couldn’t leave a mark.”

  One had to realize that the words on the floor had most likely been engraved by the blue-skinned elite before he had died. Moreover, he had probably done so using his fingers. There were no weapons in his hand, and his index finger was resting on the last character of the message.

  Ling Han hadn’t been able to leave a mark using a Divine Sword, yet the blue-skinned elite had been able to engrave a message using his finger. The massive gulf between them couldn’t be more evident.

  The seven king tiers walked around the corpse. Although this blue-skinned elite had died long ago, remnants of his might still lingered over his corpse. It was simply impossible for them to near him. Even though they were all prodigies who had reached the pinnacle level, they still appeared especially insignificant before such a mighty being.

  “He was definitely an Eternal River Tier elite!

  “Although I can’t fathom the cultivation of Venerable Trinity, this senior gives off a similar feeling to him. He’s definitely far above the Heavenly Body Tier!”

  “Then his inheritance…”

  “Is tremendously valuable!”

  Shen Zhu’er and the others were all were all moved upon realizing this. How incredible would it be if they were to receive the inheritance of an Eternal River Tier elite?

  Although Venerable Trinity had also taken in nine disciples, he would definitely withhold some of his inheritances. He would leave his most important inheritance until the end and only teach it to one of his disciples. His other disciples were destined to receive only part of his inheritance.

  However, the situation right now was different. This blue-skinned elite had died long ago, and thus the inheritance that he left was definitely complete.

  Who wouldn’t be moved?

  Chapter 1193 - A Myriad of Secret Techniques

  Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

  Numerous light orbs hovered around the palace. If one looked closely, they would see t
hat there were countless characters churning within these light orbs. However, these characters were blurry, and it was hard to see them clearly.

  “Those are all… cultivation techniques!”

  “I think I saw the Great Net Mind Refreshing Technique!”

  “Purple Smoke Palm Technique!”

  “Bamboo Heart Sword!”

  The seven king tiers read name after name as they stared at the light orbs in the sky. The characters in some light orbs were easier to decipher than others.

  “What?!” He Tao cried out in surprise. “Virtuous Origin Heart Sutra! I saw an incomplete copy of this technique in an ancient sect once. This is a profound cultivation technique, and even that ancient sect only owned a damaged copy. I heard that if one masters this cultivation technique, their Origin Power will gain the power of lightning. As such, they’ll be able to obliterate their enemy’s defenses with ease.”

  This was an ancient cultivation technique, and it had been passed down for heaven knew how many tens of thousands of years. However, it had become a lost technique already, and only the inheritances of some ancient sects still contained scraps of records about it. Was this Virtuous Origin Heart Sutra the complete version, or was it an incomplete version?

  If it were the complete version, its value would be incalculable.

  At this moment, they understood that this was indeed a treasure storage. Moreover, the value of its contents was far beyond their imagination.

  Xiu!

  Shen Zhu’er was the first to leap up and grab at one of the light orbs. Her speed was incredible, and her hand was just about to clutch around the light orb. However, that light orb suddenly tremored, and it shot away at an even quicker speed. Shen Zhu’er had only been a whisker away from grabbing hold of it.

  Shen Zhu’er landed back on the floor empty-handed.

  The remaining six king tiers were all astonished. Shen Zhu’er wasn’t weaker than any of them. Thus, if she couldn’t grab hold of a light orb, then it was very likely that none of them would be able to, either.

  Trying to obtain these inheritances would be immensely difficult!

  The seven of them stopped speaking. They all locked onto a secret technique that they desired, and then leaped over to grab at it. It was as if the myriad of light orbs had come to life at this moment, and they all weaved around like agile fish. Light flashed through the air, and it was dazzling to the extreme.