She forcefully suppressed her anger, and said, “Enough with the nonsense! Let’s begin our match! Seeing as you’re a junior, I’ll choose first. I’ll refine… the Spiritual Rain Bone Developing Pill!”
A wave of commotion swept through the audience when they heard this.
Everyone knew that Ling Han had defeated Alchemist Li by successfully refining the Spiritual Rain Bone Developing Pill. He had single-handedly turned the tables on the Treasure Forest Pavilion. However, Han Xinyan was actually choosing to refine the Spiritual Rain Bone Developing Pill now! This was a sign of absolute confidence.
She was going to defeat her opponent at his own game. How domineering!
Ling Han waved his hand, and said, “We’re not refining Level Seven Divine Pills today!”
“Hah? Don’t tell me you want to refine Level Six Divine Pills?” Han Xinyan said with a cold chuckle.
“No, we’re going to refine Level Eight Divine Pills!” Ling Han said.
The surroundings instantly fell silent.
‘You’ve got to be joking, right? You personally said that you were a Level Seven alchemist. It’s only been half a year, yet you’re claiming that you can refine a Level Eight Divine Pill now? Who can improve so quickly?’
Kang Xiu Yuan and Yung Yong Wang were also about to go crazy. ‘If your cauldron explodes the moment you start, won’t you attract the ridicule of everyone?’
Han Xinyan scoffed, and said, “Are you telling me you can refine Level Eight Divine Pills?”
“Why not?” Ling Han retrieved his cauldron, and said, “The pill I’m going to refine today is the Berserk Blood Spirit Pill!”
“What?!” Han Xinyan exclaimed in astonishment.
Berserk Blood Spirit Pill… The recipe for this pill had been lost long, long ago. At least, no one in the Long Light Galaxy could refine this pill. The recipe for this pill was tremendously valuable, and if a genuine Berserk Blood Spirit Pill appeared, it would definitely trigger furious competition between buyers.
Chapter 1231 - Admit I'm Stronger
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
‘Is he bluffing?’
Han Xinyan wasn’t sure. The man before her was far too confident. Either he was truly confident, or he was an absolute madman.
“Fine then, we’ll refine Level Eight Divine Pills!” she said solemnly.
Right now, she was genuinely taking him seriously. She didn’t dare to underestimate Ling Han anymore.
“I’m going to refine… the Nine Emperor Golden Bell Pill.” This was also a Level Eight Divine Pill, but it was inferior to the Berserk Blood Spirit Pill both in terms of medicinal effects and in terms of refinement difficulty. After all, the Berserk Blood Spirit Pill could almost be regarded as a Level Nine Divine Pill. Thus, regardless of what pill she chose, its refinement difficulty definitely couldn’t surpass the Berserk Blood Spirit Pill. That being the case, her choice of pill naturally didn’t matter too much.
As long as Ling Han succeeded in refining the Berserk Blood Spirit Pill, he would be crowned the victor, regardless of the quality of his pill. On the flipside, Ling Han would lose if his cauldron exploded and she succeeded in refining her pills.
“Please!”
Both of them started to prepare their ingredients. When Ling Han retrieved a Red Rain Divine King Fruit, a serious look appeared in Han Xinyan’s beautiful eyes. Now that Ling Han had retrieved this kind of Divine Fruit, it was clear that he wasn’t joking.
Otherwise… the price of his joke would be far too high.
‘Has he really grasped that ancient recipe? Can he truly refine the Berserk Blood Spirit Pill?’
She found this notion absurd. However, for some reason, she had a slight feeling that Ling Han might succeed.
This caused her to become a little discomposed. ‘Our match hasn’t even started yet, so why am I predicting my own defeat?’
The onlookers were all crowded outside the door. Moreover, there was a restriction that stopped their voices from traveling into the palace. This was to prevent them from disturbing the two competitors.
Right now, Yun Yong Wang and Kang Xiu Yuan could only choose to trust Ling Han, even though they were still unable to accept that he had advanced another level in just half a year.
Boom!
Divine flames soared into the air as the two young alchemists began to refine their pills.
Ling Han quickly entered a trance-like state.
Among all the pills he had come across, the Berserk Blood Spirit Pill was the most difficult to refine. Moreover, it was the limit of what he could refine. Thus, even he had to be extremely careful. Otherwise, a small mistake would undo all of his previous efforts.
The refinement of Level Eight Divine Pills would take an entire month. This tested not only one’s patience and determination, but also the strength of one’s Origin Power and divine sense. Refining Level Eight Divine Pills was akin to battling at full power. How many people could battle at full power for an entire month?
Any pause would result in their cauldron exploding.
Thus, the higher the level, the fewer the alchemists.
Ling Han rid his mind of all unnecessary thoughts. This wasn’t merely a match. The Berserk Blood Spirit Pill was a pill that he needed at this moment, and thus him refining it was both to win the match and to benefit himself. Thus, he naturally had to treat it with utmost seriousness.
During this month of refining, the onlookers came and went, went and came. Apart from alchemists, who had the patience to watch from beginning to end? Anyhow, this was a truly a grand feast for alchemists. Witnessing the techniques of two Level Eight alchemists was of immense help to them.
When the final day arrived, almost everyone in the city squeezed over to witness the final results.
“Open!” Ling Han and Han Xinyan slapped their cauldrons at almost exactly the same time.
Peng!
The lids of their cauldrons instantly flew up. This time, Ling Han didn’t hold back anymore. He activated the Three Fire Guide, his most familiar technique.
“Ah!” Yun Yong Wang and Kang Xiu Yuan instantly gasped in shock. Their mouths hung so wide open that even an egg could be stuffed in.
‘Three Fire Guide! That’s definitely the Three Fire Guide!’ they exclaimed in their minds.
However, the Three Fire Guide was clearly the ultimate technique of their master. Moreover, he had only taught it to them two. Meanwhile, they hadn’t gone around teaching it to other people in the Lower Realm. So, where had Ling Han learned it from?
‘Perhaps… he’s master’s intergenerational disciple?’
Xiu!
Bringing with it a brilliant glow, a pill soared from Ling Han’s cauldron. It danced about in the air.
This was the Berserk Blood Spirit Pill.
He had succeeded!
Han Xinyan took a single glance, and sighed in her mind. With her skills, she had known that Ling Han was definitely refining the Berserk Blood Spirit Pill just by seeing that there was a Red Rain Divine King Fruit among his ingredients.
Now that his pill had formed, the result of this match was clear.
She had lost, and Ling Han had won!
“I’ve lost!” she said sincerely.
The onlookers were stunned. Who could believe that Ling Han had actually become a Level Eight alchemist? Moreover, he had defeated Han Xinyan, a prodigy among prodigies!
The members of the Treasure Forest Pavilion were all frozen with shock.
They had spent the past half a year waiting for that Level Eight alchemist who was studying an ancient pill recipe in seclusion. However, he had remained in seclusion the entire time. Coincidentally, Han Xinyan had come to visit Lin Yuqi. Thus, Lin Yuqi asked for her help to challenge the Han Lin Pavilion.
Han Xinyan was a renowned young alchemist, and there were all kinds of titles and feats attributed to her. Simply put, she was a prodigy who was born for alchemy. She was one of the 10 most talented a
lchemists in the Great Crimson Sun Imperial Empire.
Now, however… she had lost to an even younger alchemist!
Unbelievable! This was absolutely unbelievable.
Han Xinyan was indeed a proud individual. However, she wasn’t one to swallow her words. She immediately brought Ling Han a cup of tea, then used her finger like a sword, and carved “I admit you’re stronger” at his feet.
A defeat was a defeat, and she took it on the chin.
Ling Han nodded in his mind. This woman had a good character, and she was also extremely talented in alchemy. He felt an urge to take her as his sixth disciple.
However, their alchemy level was identical at this moment, and they were also representing opposing forces. If he asked to take her as a disciple, perhaps everyone would roll their eyes in reply.
He sipped some tea, and said, “We’ve completed our match, and I’ve also drunk my tea. So, farewell!”
“Wait!” Han Xinyan called. She bit her lip, and said, “I’ll definitely challenge you again!”
“Heh, no problem. However, that’ll have to wait until when I’m free,” Ling Han replied with a smile. He wasn’t trying to avoid her challenge. Rather, his main focus was on cultivation, so he couldn’t concentrate on alchemy all the time.
Ling Han left with Yun Yong Wang and Kang Xiu Yuan.
The onlookers naturally dispersed as well. However, when the three of them arrived back at the Han Lin Pavilion, they immediately discovered that the number of customers had increased fivefold compared to when they had left. Moreover, this was just the beginning.
When they returned to the Han Lin Pavilion, Kang Xiu Yuan couldn’t contain himself anymore, and he asked, “Senior Elder, dare I ask, did you use… the Three Fire Guide just then?”
Ling Han grinned, and said, “Correct!”
Through his observation during the past half a year—in fact, it wasn’t his observation, but Guang Yuan’s and Zhu Wu Jiu’s observation—he determined that these two disciples had no relationship with the Cloud Phoenix Sect. They most likely hadn’t forgotten their roots.
“Senior Elder, w-where did you learn this secret technique?” Yun Yong Wang asked.
“Where?” A look of reminiscence appeared on Ling Han’s face, and he said, “I was the one who invented this technique!”
Teng, teng!
Yun Yong Wang and Kang Xiu Yuan instantly jumped up, expressions of fury on their face.
He actually dared to claim their master’s Three Fire Guide as his own invention? This was far too shameless! Regardless of how much he had helped the Han Lin Pavilion, there were some things that couldn’t be said, and there were some lines that couldn’t be crossed.
That was about their master—he was like a deity, like a true immortal! His name definitely couldn’t be soiled!
“I think it’s time for Senior Elder to leave!” Yun Yong Wang said coldly.
Chapter 1232 - Ling Family“s Widow
Chapter 1232 Ling Family“s Widow
Kang Xiu Yuan’s expression was also cold.
Ling Han had indeed helped the Han Lin Pavilion immensely. However, even if it resulted in the Han Lin Pavilion’s immediate collapse, they definitely couldn’t let someone who had plagiarized their master remain in their store. This would be a sign of great disrespect to their master.
Ling Han laughed loudly. He was extremely satisfied with his disciples’ performance. However, he said, “Are you people trying to drive out your benefactor?”
“We’ll give you the necessary compensation,” Kang Xiu Yuan said coldly.
“Aren’t you afraid that I’ll join the Treasure Forest Pavilion?” Ling Han asked. “You two should know. If I join the Treasure Forest Pavilion, this store definitely won’t last 10 days. It’ll be about time to shut the store and call it a day.”
“Heh, I wonder if you’ve heard of this phrase—it’s better to die with honor than to survive with dishonor!” Yun Yong Wang said resolutely.
Ling Han clapped his hands, and said, “Is there really any need to take things so far? I simply made a claim.”
“Sir, it’s about time you left. We’ll send the compensation to your residence in a few days,” Kang Xiu Yuan said. His words made it clear that Ling Han wasn’t welcome anymore.
Ling Han smiled faintly, and said, “I remember that was a cold winter’s day. I was outside a restaurant, and I discovered a freezing child sitting out the front. I ordered a bowl of noodles for him, and he started to follow me from that moment onward. He would follow me no matter where I went.”
Kang Xiu Yuan involuntarily shuddered. There was a look of disbelief in his eyes as he stared at the man in front of him.
That was how he and his master had met. He had been an orphan, and he had almost frozen to death. After receiving a bowl of noodles from Ling Han, he had started to follow him wherever he went. He had tried everything he could to become Ling Han’s follower.
In the end, Ling Han had been moved by his perseverance, and had finally taken him as a disciple. He hadn’t betrayed Ling Han’s hopes, either, and he had displayed an outstanding talent in alchemy. From that moment on, he began his journey as an alchemist.
He had never told this story to anyone else.
‘Don’t tell me… Don’t tell me…’
Ling Han turned to Yun Yong Wang, and said, “You were the young master of the Yun Clan. However, you were dumped by your fiancée, so you came to acknowledge me as your master. You wanted to learn martial arts so that you could return one day and give that woman two solid slaps. Unexpectedly, however, your alchemy talent far surpassed your cultivation talent. In the end, you didn’t become a cultivation elite, but instead became an alchemy grandmaster.
“Yong Wang, Master still remembers the robe that you once made for me. You made it a size too large, and you ended up being the butt of your three brothers’ jokes for a good half a year.”
“M-Master!” Yun Yong Wang involuntarily exclaimed. However, he immediately noticed that something was off. How could this person be his master?
Ling Han sighed, and said, “Master went to explore an ancient site, yet I ended up being killed. However, my soul managed to survive. 10,000 years later, I was reborn in the body of a youth.”
Yun Yong Wang and Kang Xiu Yuan exchanged a glance. They were extremely delighted, yet they also found this hard to believe.
One had to realize that the Reincarnation Flower was a precious treasure among precious treasures, even in the Immortal Realm. Only one Reincarnation Flower would blossom every 10 billion years! Yet, Ling Han was able to reincarnate in the Lower Realm? If that were true, his fortune was even better than that of a Saint.
‘Should we trust him?’
Ling Han chuckled, and then started to recount the bits and pieces from their hundreds of years together.
Yun Yong Wang and Kang Xiu Yuan became more and more astonished. Although these things weren’t secrets, nor were they secret techniques, they were events that only their master and his four disciples should have known. Now that they heard these events being recounted by Ling Han, they became more and more convinced that he was genuinely their master.
In fact, the most important proof was actually his alchemy skill. Apart from their master, who else could possess such supreme alchemy talent?
If he were genuinely their master, advancing one level in just half a year… wasn’t impossible!
“Master!” Yun Yong Wang and Kang Xiu Yuan both kneeled down, tears streaming down their faces.
Ling Han’s heart also beat in excitement. He raised a hand, and said, “No need for such formalities. It’s been 10,000 years, and Master is pleased to see that you’re both safe and sound. I’m also pleased to see that you’ve both improved in cultivation and alchemy.”
“Master…” Tears continued to stream down Yun Yong Wang’s and Kang Xiu Yuan’s face. They were so emotional that they could barely speak.
“That’s right, where are your two brothers?” Ling H
an asked.
Out of his four disciples, Chen Rui Jing was the eldest, Yun Yong Wang was second eldest, Kang Xiu Yuan was third eldest, and the flamboyant Jiang Yue Feng was the youngest.
Yun Yong Wang’s expression changed slightly, and it was as if he were in two minds about whether he should speak or not.
Ling Han noticed this, and he said, “I know there was some friction between you brothers. I guessed this when I saw the two Cold Spear Associations in the Lower Realm. What on earth happened?”
Yun Yong Wang and Kang Xiu Yuan exchanged a glance. Yun Yong Wang then said, “I’ll explain.”
He paused for a moment to collect his thoughts before saying, “A few hundred years after Master died…” He immediately stopped, and there there was an awkward expression on his face as he glanced at Ling Han.
“Don’t worry about it,” Ling Han said with a smile.
“The Five Sects quickly revealed their true colors. They wanted to sacrifice the entire world. At that time, the elites of the world all gathered together to oppose the despicable plan of the Five Sects. However, even though heaven and earth had changed, allowing more elites to appear, the Five Sects had a far greater amount of resources. Not only that, but they had support from the Immortal Realm. Although we managed to kill a few immortals, we were still emphatically defeated in the end.
“Meanwhile, the daughter of a powerful figure from the Heaven’s Sword Palace had come down to sightsee. However, she actually ended up falling in love with Fourth Brother.”
“Ah!” Ling Han couldn’t help but exclaim in surprise. That flamboyant Jiang Yue Feng had actually captured the heart of a noble beauty from the Immortal Realm? This was truly astonishing.
“Unexpectedly, Fourth Brother also fell in love with that woman. In fact, he even wanted us to follow him to the Immortal Realm. However, we naturally rejected him. It was during that time that… us four brothers fell out with each other,” Yun Yong Wang said.
“We had initially planned to fight to the death in the Lower Realm. However, Master’s wife— no, the Heavenly Phoenix Divine Maiden took us into the Immortal Realm. We didn’t dare to disobey her.”
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