Unrivaled Medicine God c1-1444

by Feng Yise 风一色

  Listening to the names of the two cultivation techniques that Ye Yuan said shocked Ye Hang greatly. This time around, the shock that he felt was even greater than hearing about the Explosive Yuan Pill.

  “Thousand Augmenting Soul Incantation? Is that a cultivation technique for cultivating soul strength?” A tremor could be heard in Ye Hang’s voice. He was apparently very agitated.

  Ye Hang did not know what the hell the Spirit Bristle Nine Yang Divine Art was. But he immediately connected the name Thousand Augmenting Soul Incantation to a soul cultivation technique.

  It was impossible to use words to describe just how valuable soul cultivation laws were in a place like the State of Qin.

  Even if the lowest rank soul cultivation law came into being, it would set off a blood storm. It simply could not be measured using monetary terms.

  For martial artists, essence energy cultivation techniques were commonplace. It was just differentiated into whether it was good or bad. But something like soul cultivation technique was so rare that it made one’s hair stand on end!

  In comparison to essence energy, the soul was more arcane and veiled in mysteries. Wanting to create a set of soul cultivation laws was even harder than reaching the heavens!

  Since ancient times, only major powers who had reached an exceedingly high realm in terms of soul cultivation and had an incredibly profound understanding towards the soul could create a soul cultivation technique that belongs to them.

  The number of soul cultivation techniques was not even one in one hundred thousand of essence energy cultivation techniques. One could imagine the rarity of it.

  However, the preciousness of soul cultivation techniques did not lie on increasing the strength of martial artists. In fact, how powerful a soul was had a very limited impact on the strength of a martial artist.

  The prestige of soul cultivation techniques laid in that it could mass-produce alchemists! And what did alchemists mean? It meant endless medicinal pills. It meant that a sect could swiftly raise its strength!

  Just imagine, if a sect had a large number of peak level Spirit Condensation Realm martial artists, but these martial artists were unable to break through due to limitations of their talent; at this time, the sect’s alchemists obtained a book on soul cultivation laws, and their strength soared, enabling them to refine medicinal pills capable of allowing Spirit Condensation Realm martial artists to break through.

  Just how terrifying would something like that be?

  Alchemist was an occupation with a very low entry threshold but was extremely difficult to raise further.

  The low entry threshold was because One Star Alchemist, commonly called as Alchemy Apprentice, had very low requirements toward soul strength. One could reach it with just the soul strength of an Essence Qi Realm martial artist.

  However, there was an enormous threshold from Alchemy Apprentice to Alchemy Master. That was because for Tier 2 medicinal pills onwards, there would be a drastic increase in the soul strength required for the alchemist!

  This threshold called soul strength had blocked countless potential alchemists outside its gate.

  Every time a martial artist advanced a major cultivation realm, their soul would receive the nourishment from heaven and earth essence energy and experience a substantial growth from there. However, this sort of growth could not catch up to the increase in soul strength requirement for alchemists.

  Feng Zhirou had been a high-rank Alchemy Apprentice for a long time and also broke through to the Spirit Condensation Realm long ago. Yet, she still could not become an Alchemy Master. The reason for that was insufficient soul strength.

  Now, a set of soul cultivation laws was in front of Ye Hang. How could he not be agitated?

  Ye Hang had remained a low-rank Alchemy Grandmaster for many years and was unable to break through all because his soul strength was lacking.

  With the Thousand Augmenting Soul Incantation, it was only a matter of time for Ye Hang to step into the middle-rank Alchemy Grandmaster!

  Ye Yuan was right. That Explosive Yuan Pill and other matters were insignificant when compared to this Thousand Augmenting Soul Incantation.

  Even if he were beaten by Wan Donghai to the point where he could not retaliate right now, with this set of Thousand Augmenting Soul Incantation, it would be as easy as flipping his hand to overturn the Drunken Star Manor in the future.

  “That’s right. This Thousand Augmenting Soul Incantation is precisely a soul cultivation law technique.” Ye Yuan gave his father an affirmative look.

  ‘That’s excellent! Excellent! Excellent! With this Thousand Augmenting Soul Incantation, Wan Donghai is nothing! Hahaha!”

  One could tell just how excited Ye Hang was to say three ‘Excellent’ consecutively.

  After his exhilaration, Ye Hang suddenly felt that something was not quite right. He asked Ye Yuan, “Yuan-er, these two cultivation laws were imparted by that expert. If in the future, he found out that you secretly leaked out his cultivation techniques by imparting them to me privately, wouldn’t that make things hard for you? I-I better not learn them. You just tell me the pill formula for the Explosive Yuan Pill, and that would do.”

  Ye Hang gritted his teeth and rejected Ye Yuan’s good intentions. But anyone could see the reluctance in those eyes.

  However, Ye Yuan was shaken to his core.

  He knew clearly the temptation a soul cultivation law had among alchemists. If one placed the throne, beautiful women, and a soul cultivation technique together, an alchemist would definitely choose the soul cultivation technique!

  As an alchemist himself, Ye Yuan was all too clear on this point.

  One could say that with a soul cultivation law, fame, status, and beauties would come forth one after another. How could an alchemist be foolish enough to choose the others?

  After all, strength was the foundation for alchemists just like martial artists.

  But Ye Hang would rather forsake the opportunity to become a high-tier alchemist for his sake. How could this not shock him?

  Since reincarnating until now, every little bit that Ye Hang did for him came into his mind, heavily affecting Ye Yuan’s heart. Unknowingly, tears started to fall . . .

  Chapter 56

  Translator: celefoata_ Editor: RegiusProfessor

  In both his past and present life, this was the second time Ye Yuan cried.

  The first time he cried was when his father, Zhengyang Zi, was killed by that traitor while protecting him.

  Even after experiencing life and death samsara, that scene remained equally vivid in his memory.

  The pain which was engraved into his bones and heart also pushed the Ye Yuan today to cultivate diligently in hopes that one day, he could slaughter his way back to the Divine Realm and kill that traitor with his own hands.

  This was the second time Ye Yuan cried. Even though it was not during a matter of life and death, Ye Hang’s selfless fatherly love deeply touched Ye Yuan.

  Ye Yuan had only felt this feeling from Zhenyang Zi before. Regardless of whether Ye Hang was his real father or not, that unconditional love for him was true.

  Qingyun Zi inherited and was influenced by Ye Yuan’s body. So he naturally felt close to Ye Hang.

  In addition, Ye Hang’s impression on the newly reincarnated Ye Yuan was pretty good. Ye Yuan felt guilty in his heart, so he acknowledged this father.

  But deep down inside him, Ye Yuan only treated him like somebody he was close with and did not have that kind of true father-son relationship.

  In Ye Yuan’s heart, his real father was only Zhengyang Zi. Hence, he did not impart these things to Ye Hang previously.

  But now, Ye Yuan approved Ye Hang as his father from the bottom of his heart.

  Two lifetimes and both fathers had fatherly love akin to a mountain. It thawed Ye Yuan’s heart.

  At first, when Ye Yuan took out these two sets of cultivation laws, he was actually still a little hesitant. However, if Ye Hang were ‘eaten up’ by
Wan Donghai, his future cultivation road would become increasingly difficult.

  With Wan Donghai’s personality, he definitely would not let the weakened Ye Hang off. Ye Yuan was currently still weak, and could not defend himself.

  Thinking over and over again, Ye Yuan finally made this decision.

  But now, Ye Yuan was wholly assured.

  Looking at Ye Yuan’s tear-stricken face, Ye Hang was alarmed and quickly asked, “What’s wrong, Yuan-er? Did father say something wrong?”

  Ye Yuan shook his head and said, “I’m fine. I was just feeling touched. I wasn’t sensible in the past and made you worry. In the future, I will definitely become your pride!”

  Hearing this, Ye Hang calmed down and was overcome with emotion. “Haha.Silly son. You even learned to become melodramatic. We are father and son. Aren’t you treating me like a stranger by saying that? However, Yuan-er, do you know what made me relieved was not because you obtained some peerless expert’s inheritance, but because you grew up and became sensible! Men should never look back, but to go forward with indomitable will until they break through this world!”

  Ye Yuan was visibly moved when he heard that speech. It was rarely seen for someone like Ye Hang in a tiny mortal country to harbor such ambition.

  Ye Yuan knew that Ye Hang’s talent was not mediocre. What he lacked were resources.

  As long as there were sufficient resources, Ye Hang’s future accomplishments definitely would not be small.

  Ye Hang was not more than 40 years old this year. He was still considered young on the road of martial arts, so the probability was still relatively huge.

  Ye Yuan gave Ye Hang a bow and said, “This child has learned well. However, Father still has to learn these two sets of cultivation laws. There’s nothing wrong with it. When that expert imparted these things to me, he didn’t say anything about not allowing me to pass it on. So clearly, he left it up to me to decide. Furthermore, I’m not imparting it recklessly. You are my closest kin. I believe that he wouldn’t say much if I pass it on to you.”

  “This . . . is this really alright?” Ye Hang was still a little hesitant.

  “Just think, Father. Would a peerless figure like that possibly make such a low-level mistake? If he didn’t allow me to spread these things, then he would definitely have warned me severely. But he didn’t even mention anything, so he should have left it to my discretion. If he really wanted to find somebody to pass his mantle onto, he most likely wouldn’t cripple me just because of this? At most, I will inform him of this the next time he comes to look for me. If he feels that it’s inappropriate, then let us father and son shoulder it together!”

  Ye Yuan said all that with a heroic spirit that soared, dispelling Ye Hang’s misgivings.

  “Fine. We, father and son, will shoulder it together!” Ye Yuan also said valiantly.

  Although he said this verbally, Ye Hang actually thought otherwise.

  If that expert really comes to look for trouble for Yuan-er, then I will just cripple my martial arts as an apology! I can’t allow Yuan-er to shoulder this matter.

  Of course, Ye Hang was not aware that the so-called expert did not even exist . . .

  . . . . . .

  The following days, both Ye Yuan and Ye Hang were in a closed-door seclusion and did not leave.

  Ye Hang spent all of his time on comprehending the Thousand Augmenting Soul Incantation, while Ye Yuan was consolidating his cultivation realm.

  Before entering a closed-door seclusion, Ye Hang instructed for the Fragrant Medicine Pavilion to continue operating as per usual. Regardless of what the Drunken Star Manor did, they were not to do anything rash. Everything will wait until he exited his closed-door seclusion.

  Now that he had the Explosive Yuan Pill, he was not in a hurry to make his move. He would first let Wan Donghai toss and turn around for a while, and then beat him to death with a single blow!

  With the Fragrant Medicine Pavilion’s foundation, it was impossible to take down the Fragrant Medicine Pavilion in a short period of time even if Wan Donghai had those Essence Gathering Pills.

  Ye Hang wanted to make use of this time to swiftly raise his strength!

  In this world where the strong feasts on the weak, strength was the absolute truth.

  Ye Hang knew that the Explosive Yuan Pill’s medicinal effects were multiple times of the Essence Qi Pill. But once it was exposed, the impact would not just be multiple times!

  Without sufficient strength, this Explosive Yuan Pill would instead become the root of a calamity!

  Ye Hang initially placed all of his attention on the Thousand Augmenting Soul Incantation and lacked interest in the Spirit Bristle Nine Yang Divine Art. However, he only knew the terrifying might of this Spirit Bristle Nine Yang Divine Art after cultivating it.

  In only three days’ time, his cultivation realm that was stuck for a long time started to loosen. This was also the result of him cultivating the Thousand Augmenting Soul Incantation at the same time.

  Borrowing the power of medicinal pills, Ye Hang burst through the hurdle in one move, rising one minor cultivation realm.

  Above the Spirit Condensation Realm was the Crystal Formation Realm. In the Crystal Formation Realm, the difficulty of trying to break through a minor realm did not fall below that of training from the First Level Essence Qi Realm to the Ninth Level Essence Qi Realm!

  Some people might not even be able to break through a minor realm in five years or maybe even ten years! The difficulty could not even be imagined.

  But Ye Hang discovered that ever since he cultivated the Spirit Bristle Nine Yang Divine Art, the essence energy in his Dantian became much thicker. His crystallized essence energy seemed to show signs of liquefying and recondensing!

  As for the Thousand Augmenting Soul Incantation, that was the soul incantation which Ye Yuan cultivated in his previous life. The pricelessness of it was naturally without any question.

  Similarly, within three days, Ye Hang’s soul strength broke through, and he successfully broke through to become a middle-rank Alchemy Grandmaster.

  However, Ye Hang still did not have any intention of exiting his closed-door seclusion. He wanted to continue and concentrate entirely on the Spirit Bristle Nine Yang Divine Art. Only then could he raise his strength.

  That was because Ye Hang was not certain what kind of a stir the Explosive Yuan Pill would cause once it surfaced.

  . . . . . .

  After four days, it was finally the day of the test. Ye Yuan exited seclusion and then headed to the Alchemist Association to gather with everyone.

  When Ye Yuan arrived, the great hall of the Alchemist Association was completely fully packed.

  He had not seen most of the people before, but he recognized a few of them, such as Feng Ruoqing, and her niece, as well as . . . Wan Yuan.

  Wan Yuan indeed came from a family with profound teachings. He was already a middle-rank Alchemy Apprentice long ago. This time around, he should be here to participate in the high-rank Alchemy Apprentice test.

  Furthermore, it was said that Wan Yuan’s soul strength was rather robust. It would not be an issue for him to become an Alchemy Master in the future. And because of that, Wan Yuan received a great deal of attention in the Dan Wu Academy.

  Currently, Wan Yuan was talking to Feng Zhirou about something, while Feng Zhirou was as cold as ice and gave him the cold shoulder.

  Wan Yuan did not feel disgruntled by Feng Zhirou’s action, but instead, had a smile on his face.

  However, at this time, Feng Zhirou caught sight of Ye Yuan and suddenly showed an overjoyed expression. She shook off Wan Yuan and rushed over to Ye Yuan.

  “Ye Yuan, why did you only arrive now? My aunt and I waited so long for you. We thought you were scared that you couldn’t pass and decided to not come!” Feng Zhirou said intimately.

  Ye Yuan knew that Feng Zhirou was doing this to shake off Wan Yuan and could not help looking over at Wan Yuan. As expected, he saw that face which turned t
he color of a pig’s liver, along with a stare which could kill.

  Chapter 57

  Translator: celefoata_ Editor: RegiusProfessor

  Ye Yuan felt speechless as he saw a crafty look flashed across Feng Zhirou’s eyes.

  This lass definitely knew about the horrible relationship between Wan Yuan and me, so she purposely shook aside Wan Yuan to greet me.

  This was drawing agro to Ye Yuan. But he and Wan Yuan were already at the stage where one of them had to die, so a little more did not matter.

  Ye Yuan had a headache. Why was Feng Zhirou’s personality completely different from the sayings? To think that he even used her last time to annoy Liu Ruoshui.

  “What’s the point of coming so early? It hasn’t even begun yet. No need to make a huge fuss over it. It’s just a test.” Ye Yuan grumbled.

  “Humph! I already heard all about you from Aunt. All the way until now, it’s just empty talk. Who knows where you saw a bunch of crap from some records or books, to actually coax my aunt like this.” Feng Zhirou snorted.

  Ye Yuan could not be bothered to explain to her, and he directly walked past her to greet Feng Ruoqing.

  This scene when reflected in Wan Yuan’s eyes looked more like flirting between couples, making him gnash his teeth in hatred.

  Although he liked Liu Ruoshui, Feng Zhirou greatly outclassed her. If he could win the heart of this beauty, would that little Liu Ruoshui even matter?

  Feng Zhirou was the goddess of the male students, and that naturally included Wan Yuan as well. It was just that Feng Zhirou’s status and his was too far apart in the past. So there was no opportunity to make contact with her.

  Presently, Wan Yuan was an Earth Rank student. Moreover, he was a middle-rank Alchemy Apprentice. He had full confidence in passing the high-rank Alchemy Apprentice test this time.

  Wan Yuan believed that before long, he could stand on the same starting line as Feng Zhirou.

  With adequate strength, Wan Yuan naturally started having other thoughts.