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Among the alchemists present, the highest was also just a peak Alchemy King. If Alchemy Sovereigns did not have the need to, they would not come here.
Hence, to these people, the seventh level was virtually a forbidden area-like existence.
Apart from wanting to experience it a little, there was simply no one who dared to challenge the seventh level.
And Ye Yuan drawing ten tags in one go immediately caused a sensation among the crowd.
“Ten seventh level tags, is he crazy? Even Dan Chenzi and City Lord wouldn’t dare to challenge ten seventh level tags in one go too, right?”
“Hehe, also don’t know which wealthy and influential family’s young master is this? This is gambling at high stakes! Ten tags, can he understand?”
“Sigh. This boy is so young. Maybe he doesn’t even know what alchemy skills are at all. Such a pity. How great would it be to let me enrich my knowledge with these ten tags!”
“So what if let you experience it a little? Isn’t it still pointless?”
. . . . . .
For a moment, many people’s gazes all looked towards Ye Yuan. But majority of the people all had disdainful looks.
After all, a wealthy person spending large sums of money lavishly like this was the target for other people’s envy everywhere.
Actually, Ye Yuan was really not a magnate. But since the Cao Family dared to dig the ground on top of his head, he would make the Cao Family pay a corresponding price!
As an overlord of Wu Fang City, Ye Yuan did not believe that the Cao Family did not know that he received the City Lord’s invitation.
Even so, the Cao Family still dared to provoke him. Then he did not have the need to give face to the other party anymore!
“Sir, these are the ten tags that you chose. There is a jade slip in the box stuck to the tag, and the question that the employer raised is inside the jade slip. You just have to inscribe the answer in the blank jade slip inside. Our Exquisite Jade Pavilion has a consultant team made up of three Alchemy Sovereign powerhouses, specialized in being responsible for evaluating the answers. As long as your answer gets a pass from the consultant team, you’ll obtain the reward of essence crystals! We’ve prepared a quiet guest room for you. Sir can go to the guest room to slowly answer the questions,” Ling-er explained with a smile.
Although in Ling-er viewpoint, this sort of explanation wasn’t necessary at all, running into such a sucker, it was still better to provide a corresponding service.
Ye Yuan looked at Ling-er and said with a smile that wasn’t a smile, “That’s to say that even if I answer correctly, this consultation team can say that I’m wrong?”
Ling-er facial expression changed, the smile on her face becoming rather stiff.
Ye Yuan’s words were clearly directed at Skymaple.
In reality, Skymaple had indeed answered the question. But the consultation team still denied his answer. That was why Skymaple would have a dispute with the Exquisite Jade Pavilion in a moment of anger.
“What is Sir saying here? The reputation of our Exquisite Jade Pavilion is well-known in the entire Endless World. Or else, how can there be so many experts who issue rewards at our place? There has never been anybody who dared to question our Exquisite Jade Pavilion’s reputation!” Ling-er’s words already carried some threat.
But Ye Yuan did not care a whit and said with a smile, “Hehe, this is my first time here. I really don’t dare to believe your Exquisite Jade Pavilion’s reputation that much. So, I wish to add one more person to your consultation group.”
When Ling-er heard that, her face could not help darkening, “This Sir, is it possible that you’re here to cause trouble? Our consultation team has three Alchemy Sovereign experts. Who has the qualifications to join them?”
Ling-er voice had yet to fate when an aged voice sounded out, “I wonder if this old man has this qualification?”
[0] As some of you who are more astute, no.126 to no.136 is a total of 11 tags, not 10. Author fail math. I’ll leave it as it is because it affects the other chapters when they go through.
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“It’s Master Wu Xuan. Why is he here?”
“Master Wu Xuan is an Alchemist Association’s elder. Other than being on duty in the association, he rarely makes an appearance. Why did he show up here?”
“Could it be that he’s here for this youth? Who on earth is this youth?”
The arrival was precisely Wu Xuan!
Ye Yuan obviously could not run to the Exquisite Jade Pavilion alone foolish. This was other people’s territory after all. Other people had the final say no matter what.
The Alchemist Association was above worldly considerations. Coming here was all too perfect.
Before coming, Ye Yuan told Xu Zihui to invite Wu Xuan here to back him up.
Even though Ye Yuan’s attitude that day was not very good, looking at Wu Xuan’s thirsting after talent appearance, most likely, he was willing to provide this help.
As expected, Wu Xuan really came.
But this favor, Ye Yuan would remember it. In the future, there would naturally be reciprocation.
“M-Master Wu Xuan, why are you here?” When Ling-er saw Wu Xuan, her expression became somewhat unnatural.
The Alchemist Association meddling in the Exquisite Jade Pavilion’s matters, this was not some good omen.
Furthermore, Wu Xuan’s status was extremely high; he was not what a little lass like her could cope with.
“This old man heard that there was somebody challenging the Thousand Query Wall’s seventh level. Such a grand event naturally cannot be missed,” Wu Xuan said coolly.
“But . . . But . . .” Ling-er did not know what to say.
Right at this moment, a voice sounded out, “Master Wu Xuan gracing us with your grand presence, it really honors the Exquisite Jade Pavilion tremendously! However . . . Master said that you wanted to join the consultation team earlier, isn’t that rather inappropriate?”
The arrival was dressed in black robes, his appearance looking rather young. A badge was pinned on his chest. He was shockingly a middle-rank Quasi-Alchemy King!
Ye Yuan’s eyes narrowed. Barring no accidents, this person was most probably that whatever Third Young Master Cao.
Wu Xuan stroked his beard and said smilingly, “I’m only here to be a witness. Nobody has challenged the seventh level’s questions for very long. This old man is only here to join in the fun today.”
Cao Fang’s face fell slightly. With Wu Xuan holding down the fort here, some things were not nice to be done in a flagrant manner.
He shot Ye Yuan at vicious glare, but then he said to Wu Xuan with a pleasant countenance, “Isn’t Master Wu Xuan stirring too much of a commotion? The seventh level already had no activity for five years. How old is this youth only? Merely here to take a stroll. Could he really stir up anything?”
Wu Xuan gave Ye Yuan a look with a deep meaning and said with a smile, “Although this old man isn’t harboring any hopes either, I’m also looking forward to some pleasant surprise. I’m just here to be a spectator. I believe that the Cao Family won’t forbid it, right?”
Cao Fang hurriedly said, “Dare not, dare not. Master Wu Xuan normally can’t even be invited. How will our Cao Family dare to shut the door in your face? Welcome, welcome to the utmost degree!”
Cao Fang was very depressed. Every Alchemy Sovereign’s status was incredibly extraordinary, even if Wu Xuan was only a low-rank Alchemy Sovereign.
An Alchemy Sovereign expert coming over to be a spectator, Cao Fang seriously could not find any reason to refuse.
Furthermore, he was just Cao Family’s junior and completely did not have the qualifications to refuse either.
But with Wu Xuan here, it was not very good to play tricks.
It was true that the Cao Family’s consultation realm was famed for being impartial. But on this earth, what place were there that could re
ally achieve true fairness?
Within a very small boundary, Cao Fang could still make use of the Cao Family’s prestige to do some things.
But if Wu Xuan was here, Cao Fang would be unable to do that anymore. That would ruin the Cao Family’s reputation.
With reputation, the Cao Family’s Thousand Query Wall would not be able to carry on running too.
This would be a catastrophic blow to the Cao Family.
Of course, Cao Fang did not believe that a puny little Sea Transformation Realm like Ye Yuan could really answer the seventh level’s questions too.
Cao Fang looked at Ye Yuan and said with a playful smile, “This distinguished one is really so courageous, taking on ten tags in one go. Even City Lord and Lord Chairman don’t have such breadth of spirit either!”
Ye Yuan chuckled and said, “Merely just one thousand high-grade essence crystals. Just playing around. Maybe among these ten questions, I’ll happen to know that one or two maybe by chance?”
“You really dare to say that?! The questions on the seventh level, even the one published by Lord Chairman five years ago, nobody has answered them successfully to this date. You, a little Sea Transformation Realm, actually dare to engage in such wild talk!” Cao Fang was very displeased by Ye Yuan’s disparaging attitude.
Hearing these words, Wu Xuan smiled faintly and said, “Honorable Nephew Cao is looking down on Ye Yuan here. He already passed the high-rank Quasi-Alchemy King test at the Alchemist Association yesterday. Now, he’s already officially a high-rank Quasi-Alchemy King! Moreover . . . he defeated Ren Dong yesterday!”
When Wu Xuan’s words came out, everyone was amazed.
A 16 years old high-rank Alchemy King? What kind of concept was this?
Even Cao Fang was stunned too. He only heard his subordinate say that a Tranquil Cloud Sect disciple came, but he was unaware that Ye Yuan actually had such strength in alchemy.
Ren Dong was the rival of his lifetime; he was an opponent that Cao Fang was unable to defeat even when he used all of his might too.
But the target that he had no way of surpassing was actually defeated by this 16 years old youth before his eyes!
This . . . was a little too jarring.
But it was precisely so that he knew why Wu Xuan would make an appearance here today.
“This youth is actually a high-rank Quasi-Alchemy King! My God! How does he train alchemy? Isn’t this too monstrous as well? Furthermore, he even defeated the City Lord Manor’s Ren Dong. This . . . doesn’t this mean that he’s already the current junior generation’s number one person?”
“Indeed, heroes come from youngsters! Looking at these young people, I instantly feel that I’m old!”
“16 years old high-rank Quasi-Alchemy King. In the future, he’s bound to be a peak Alchemy Sovereign existence! Perhaps, he even has the possibility of shattering the void and assaulting the Divine Realm!”
Wu Xuan’s words caused a huge stir among the crowd.
Wu Xuan looked at Ye Yuan with a smile and said, “Ye Yuan, since you’ve already obtained the badge, why aren’t you wearing it?”
After Ye Yuan just registered his badge for a bit, he kept it again.
Hearing Wu Xuan say so now, it was not good to conceal it anymore. He could only take the badge out and wear it.
“Hehe, this kid really doesn’t have the habit of wearing badges. Master Wu Xuan, please don’t take offense,” Ye Yuan said with a flattering smile.
“You this punk! Really left me speechless at what to say! Other people treat it like a treasure when getting the badge, but only you cast it away like a pair of worn out shoes! Sigh . . .” Wu Xuan scolded while smiling.
Ye Yuan slightly lightly and did not explain either, and he said, “Better not waste anymore time. Let me take a look at what kind of questions are inside these ten jade slips.”
As he said, Ye Yuan came right in front of box No.136 and swept over that jade slip with divine sense.
Seeing Ye Yuan’s actions, even Wu Xuan held his breath too.
Tag No.136. It was the contents that Lord Chairman published. As the Alchemist Association’s chairman, Wu Xuan was all too clear about the contents inside the jade slip.
Ye Yuan’s speed of checking the jade slip was very quick. He only used several breaths of time and then placed it back.
“How is it? Any confidence?” Wu Xuan could not resist asking.
Ye Yuan smiled mysteriously and said, “Let me take a look at the others first.”
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When Wu Xuan saw the situation, he could not help laughing in spite of himself and said, “You this punk are even keeping people in suspense. I’m really helpless against you! Forget it, forget it! You take a look first.”
“Tch, don’t know means don’t know; pretending rather well! Even if you’re a high-rank Quasi-Alchemy King, so what? These five years, a total of dozen over Alchemy Sovereign experts had challenged the No.136 question. Among them even included Lord Chairman. But not a single one succeeded. With the likes of you, can you even answer it?” Cao Fang laughed mockingly.
Although Cao Fang’s words were not pleasant to the ears, the alchemists present all secretly approved of it.
Ren Xingchun and Dan Chenzi, the two of them practically represented the Endless World’s Alchemy Path’s highest standards.
Questions that even they could not answer basically meant that it was unsolvable and could belong to the conjecture category.
This kind of conjectures, with the Endless World’s standard, there was simply no way of answering.
Except, they were unaware that Ye Yuan’s alchemy standards surpassed the Endless World’s standards in the first place.
Ye Yuan gave Cao Fang a look, but then he said with a faint smile, “Third Young Master Cao, if I can answer this question No.136, I won’t take a single penny of Lord Chairman’s essence crystal reward. All for your Cao Family, how about that?”
Cao Fang’s eyes narrowed slightly when he heard that and asked, “What terms do you have?”
“Release Elder Skymaple, and you offer an apology to him. How about that?” Ye Yuan said coolly.
Cao Fang had long foreseen that Ye Yuan would say this, and said with a cold smile, “Heh, that old fellow failed the challenge and even slandered my Exquisite Jade Pavilion’s reputation. He naturally can’t be forgiven easily. My Cao Family has stood in Wu Fang City for several thousand years. What we rely on is reputation this word. How can wanting to let him go be so easy? Unless that old fellow is willing to come forward himself and admit that he slandered the Cao Family.”
Cao Fang saw that Ye Yuan looked like he had a well-thought-out plan, but Cao Fang was reluctant to give in, shoving reputation this word over.
He initially thought that Ye Yuan would fly into a great rage. But Ye Yuan just nodded his head lightly and said, “Then that can’t be helped. Third Young Master better hurry and go raise the essence crystals now. I’m afraid that your Cao Family can’t bring out so many essence crystals in a while.”
Ye Yuan’s calm and collected manner was as if everything was under control.
Looking at his manner, this seventh level’s question No.136 was like a pile of crap in his eyes.
Of course, this was not how others saw it.
In reality, these questions were indeed a pile of crap in Ye Yuan’s eyes.
Ye Yuan’s objective was very simple, which was to challenge the Thousand Query Wall; he wanted to challenge them all the way until the Cao Family went bankrupt!
These essence crystal rewards were under the Cao Family’s charge, but they would not lie there untouched. The Cao Family naturally wasn’t willing to do something so silly. Those essence crystals, they would definitely use to do other things.
But these several thousand years, all of the alchemists who answered the questions, the Cao Family would pay out the full sum according to the reward amount. There had never been
a missing sum.
Even if the person who raised the question was already a dead person.
It was also precisely because of this that the Cao Family could ensure it’s powerful reputation.
Ye Yuan had long known that the Cao Family’s reputation was already deeply engraved in people’s hearts along the way. So he did not clash head-on, coming out to question Cao Family’s prestige issue.
That way, other people simply would not believe. He would instead become a vile character who defamed the Cao Family.
Even someone as powerful as Wu Xuan would not come out to question the Cao Family’s prestige either, let alone Ye Yuan whose words carried little weight.
Hence, Ye Yuan found another path. He was going to keep challenging question after question. He was going to make the Cao Family be unable to take out so many available essence crystals!
Ye Yuan did not believe that at the end, the Cao Family still dared to not release people!
Ye Yuan dared to do this entirely because of his incomparably formidable strength in alchemy!
If it were another person, how would they dare to use this kind of extreme method?
When Cao Fang heard Ye Yuan’s words, he just took it for a joke and said indifferently, “If you have the capabilities, then make my Cao Family be unable to take out so many essence crystals! So many alchemists are watching here. Don’t be all talk and no action. Who doesn’t know how to talk big?”
Many people saw Ye Yuan say such arrogant words, and all could not stifle their laughter.
“Haha! Still young and impetuous! Even if he can really answer Lord Dan Chenzi’s question, how can the problems in front be that easy to resolve?”
“That’s right! Being arrogant has to have a limit too, no? These several thousand years, the Thousand Query Wall only accumulated this hundred over questions. If he answered all of them, wouldn’t the alchemy powerhouses in these thousands of year all be unfit to carry shoes for him?”
“Haha! Young people don’t know the immensity of heaven and earth. His attitude can still be understood!”