Earth RankAdvanced fire-attribute Cultivation Technique "Fen Tian Yi Jue".
The condition for the exchange was to help refine one Eighth Grade Pill, the Fu Ling Qing Dan.
The mere four words "Eighth Grade Pill" were enough to immediately discourage almost everyone present.
Because anyone capable of refining an Eighth Grade Pill was either a young Dou Zun hailed as a heaven-blessed genius, or a veteran Dou Zun expert; they were not lacking in Earth RankAdvancedCultivation Techniques.
As for those coveting this Cultivation Technique, most were Seventh-Rank Alchemists, or hadn't even reached the seventh Rank yet.
The former had no interest, and the latter lacked the ability to complete the transaction.
Under these circumstances, naturally, no one was willing to accept.
Many Alchemists were currently gathered in front of the crystal counter.
"Fu Ling Qing Dan, good grief, why doesn't he just go rob someone? He wants to hire a Grade 8 Alchemist to refine a pill with just an Earth RankAdvancedCultivation Technique. If I had that ability, I would have long since refined a few Eighth Grade Pills and gone to the space auction to trade for a Heaven RankCultivation Technique."
"And he's so stingy too; wanting to ask someone to refine an Eighth Grade Pill with just one Earth RankAdvancedCultivation Technique. Which Seventh-Rank Alchemist who needs this Cultivation Technique could actually refine that?"
"He's probably just making fun of us, showing off on purpose."
"What's there to show off? It's not like I don't have an Earth RankAdvancedCultivation Technique. If someone begged me to refine a Peak Seventh-Rank Pill, I wouldn't even take the job."
"Let's go, let's go! What a waste of excitement."
The crowd came and went quickly; in no time at all, only a few people remained.
"Boss, will a Peak Seventh-RankMedicinal Pill, the Fu Ling Zi Dan, do? I don't even need you to provide the Materials or the Pill Formula; I'll give you the ready-made pill directly, and we can complete the transaction on the spot." Within the crowd, a PeakSeventh-Rank Alchemist who seemed interested in it suggested.
Like the Fu Ling Qing Dan, the Fu Ling Zi Dan could also allow experts whose strength had regressed to return to their Peak, but the former was targeted at Dou Zun-level experts, while the latter was for Dou Zong, so there was simply no comparison.
The boss was a grey-haired old man wearing a brown robe, sitting motionless on a prayer mat behind the counter. Hearing this, he said, "If you are interested in buying, I can throw in a matching Dou Technique."
"Just a matching Dou Technique? That is nowhere near the value of refining an Eighth Grade Pill." The Seventh-Rank Alchemist left while grumbling, and the two people beside him also lost interest and dispersed.
At this moment, Xiao Se walked over with his wife and children.
He did not rashly agree, but instead sized up the old man.
He possessed the cultivation of a One-Star Dou Zun, but his Dou Qi was floating and unstable, showing signs of potentially falling to the Dou Zong level at any moment. It seemed that during a struggle with someone, he had suffered some kind of irreversible injury, which had led to his cultivation being damaged.
"I can refine the Fu Ling Qing Dan," Xiao Se said indifferently to the old man.
The grey-haired old man said in astonishment, "Can you really refine it?"
Xiao Se smiled and said, "This is the Pill Tower, the Holy Land for all Alchemists on the entire continent. Do you think I would spout nonsense here? However, your payment is not enough."
"Then what do you need?" The grey-haired old man nodded, not doubting the truthfulness of Xiao Se's words.
The Alchemist profession valued reputation above all else; if anyone dared to openly break a contract in the Pill Tower, they would surely face the scorn of all Alchemists on the continent.
This was also the reason why Yao Chen and Mu Gu Old Man were viewed so differently—one was revered by the world, while the other was practically reviled by everyone.
Who told Mu Gu Old Man to scam so many people!
Among those who had come into contact with him, aside from the Elder Zun of the Hall of Souls, almost no one hadn't been scammed by him. Everyone hated him to the bone and kept their distance out of fear.
"In addition, a poison-attribute Cultivation Technique that is at least Earth RankAdvanced, one Blood Essence Demon Fruit, one Ten-Thousand-Year Green Spirit Vine, and one Snow Bone Ginseng. Of course, seeds will also do." Xiao Se made an exorbitant demand.
"You really are making an exorbitant demand..." The old man gave a bitter smile. "Not to mention the two Cultivation Techniques, just the three medicinal herbs alone could each be traded for at least one Seventh-RankMedicinal Pill."
"Very well! I do not have the Blood Essence Demon Fruit, Ten-Thousand-Year Green Spirit Vine, or Snow Bone Ginseng, but I do have a poison-attribute Cultivation Technique. If you agree, this poison-attribute Cultivation Technique, along with the fire-attribute Earth RankAdvancedCultivation Technique and the matching Dou Technique on the counter, will be yours."
As he spoke, the old man took out a white scroll from his storage ring and handed it to Xiao Se.
Xiao Se had not expected the other party to offer such a high price; even if it had only been the Earth RankAdvanced fire-attribute Cultivation Technique, he would have agreed to refine it. After all, requesting an Alchemist to refine a Medicinal Pill required not only providing the Pill Formula but also preparing three sets of Materials. With Xiao Se's alchemy skills, one set was enough. The remaining two could be kept for Yao Tianhuo and the Ice Fire Dragon King to use.
Taking the scroll handed over by the old man, he opened it to take a look, and Xiao Se was instantly stunned.
It was actually the Tian You Poison Scripture that appeared in the original story at the space auction, created by the Tian You Poison Saint. It was a genuine Heaven Rank poison-attribute Cultivation Technique, and it also recorded various strange poisons.
"Senior, you..." Xiao Se looked at the grey-haired old man in surprise.
The old man smiled bitterly, "Although this old man's strength has dropped significantly due to my injuries, I still have some discernment. You young friends are so young, yet your cultivation has already reached the Dou Zun level; your future achievements are limitless. Let this Tian You Poison Scripture be a token of goodwill between this old man and you all."
"Since that is the case, this Junior will certainly refine a Medicinal Pill that satisfies you, Senior." Xiao Se did not hesitate; he casually handed the Tian You Poison Scripture to Xiao Yi Xian, the Fen Tian Yi Jue and the matching fire-attribute Dou Technique to Xiao Xue, and then cupped his hands towards the grey-haired old man.
Having accepted the items, he naturally had to fulfill his promise.
Before long, under the guidance of the old man, Xiao Se and his group rented an alchemy tower.
Xiao Se refined the Medicinal Pill inside the tower, with Bibi Dong, Xiao Yi Xian, Xiao Xue, and Qing Lin—four Dou Zuns—guarding him.
The grey-haired old man stood outside the tower waiting.
The myriad beast cauldron...
Refining the medicinal Materials into spiritual liquid...
Forming the pill...
Movements as smooth as flowing water appeared within the alchemy tower.
Then, on the third day, nine-colored thunderclouds filled the sky.
Once the nine-colored Pill Lightning appeared, the thundercloud, with a diameter exceeding nine hundred meters, attracted the attention of almost everyone in Holy Pill City.
Including the Dan Ta Three Giants, everyone came rushing over one after another.
"It's actually nine-colored Pill Lightning. Could it be one of the Dan Ta Three Giants who is refining a Medicinal Pill?"
"It's not the Dan Ta Three Giants; didn't you see that they were also attracted here by the Pill Lightning?"
"This is actually nine-colored Pill Lightning..." Standing outside the tower, the old man gazed at the sky, his turbid old eyes filled with disbelief.
He had originally thought that it would be quite good if Xiao Se could refine a Medicinal Pill with four or five-colored Pill Lightning. He hadn't expected it to be nine-colored Pill Lightning.
One must know that nine-colored Pill Lightning is the limit that an Eighth Grade Pill can reach; it is a perfectly qualified Eighth Grade Pill.
The reason why Yao Chen, who was known as Venerable Yao, was hailed as the number one Alchemist on the continent and was on par with the Dan Ta Three Giants, was because he had refined a perfect Eighth Grade Pill.
"Could it really be him?" Beside the Dan Ta Three Giants, the young girl who had previously traded an Earth RankAdvanced dark-attribute Cultivation Technique with Xiao Se gazed at the nine-colored Pill Lightning atop the tower and murmured.
"Cao Ying, do you know him?" The Dan Ta Three Giants nearby heard this and asked Cao Ying.
"I wouldn't say I know him. It's just that not long ago, he used a Seventh-RankMedicinal Pill and a special Dou Technique capable of condensing a fake Heavenly Flame to trade for an Earth RankAdvanced dark-attribute Cultivation Technique from me." The woman called Cao Ying smoothed the dark hair falling by her shoulder.
Xuan Kongzi nodded, and then heard Xuan Yi, who was also one of the Dan Ta Three Giants, say, "I just checked. The person who rented this alchemy tower is a Seventh-Rank Alchemist named Xiao Se, eighteen years old. Not long ago, he just completed the highest level of Seventh-RankAdvancedAlchemist certification at a Pill Tower under my jurisdiction. He broke the record for the entire Pill Tower's Seventh-RankAdvancedAlchemist certification with the fastest speed of one hour. It is said that he even took the exams level by level, from the first to the seventh Rank."
"Eighteen years old, a Seventh-RankAdvancedAlchemist. He actually became a Seventh-Rank Alchemist two years earlier than that old fellow Xuan Kongzi's precious Disciple, Cao Ying. And looking at this situation, if the person refining the pill inside is indeed that Xiao Se, I'm afraid he has set a precedent as the youngest PeakGrade 8 Alchemist in the history of the Fighting Qi Continent, and one that is unprecedented and will likely never be surpassed." Tian Leizi, the last of the Dan Ta Three Giants, clicked his tongue in wonder.
"Let's put that aside for now. There is another matter; according to the front desk of that Pill Tower, Xiao Se claimed to have received one month of alchemy guidance from Yao Chen." Xuan Yi's brows furrowed slightly, and her expression was somewhat solemn.
"That shouldn't be very likely. I admit that this kid named Xiao Se is very outstanding; in terms of alchemy alone, he is already not inferior to us, the Dan Ta Three Giants. But Yao Chen, he has disappeared for decades. Could this kid be playing tricks?" Xuan Kongzi looked incredulous.
"Whether it is or not, won't we know once that kid named Xiao Se comes out and we ask him?" Xuan Yi said firmly.
She would not let go of any news regarding Yao Chen.
While they were talking, the massive nine-colored thunderclouds above the alchemy tower had gathered together. From within, a giant thunder dragon with a diameter of nearly three hundred meters darted out. The thunder dragon poked out half of its body and looked around. After confirming the location of the Medicinal Pill, the thunder dragon changed direction, darted back into the thunderclouds, and then, carrying the entire nine-colored Pill Lightning, transformed into a stream of light and dove down. Wherever it passed, space shattered, destroying everything in its path...
"This is bad, everyone, quickly move away from the alchemy tower." Seeing that the nine-colored Pill Lightning was about to descend, the Dan Ta Three Giants were greatly alarmed. While working together to set up a spatial barrier, they urged the onlookers to retreat.
"Boom..."
The Pill Lightning lunged down, but a black figure with an aura of about a Dou Zong darted out from within the alchemy tower.
Logically speaking, a Dou Zong would absolutely be unable to touch nine-colored Pill Lightning.
However, after coming into contact with the Pill Lightning, the black figure was not destroyed by the lightning; instead, it was constantly absorbing the energy within it.
"It's an Earth Demon Puppet; it's actually an Earth Demon Puppet... With such a Sharp Weapon to avoid Pill Lightning, no wonder he dared to take the nine-colored Pill Lightning head-on." In the crowd, an old man with white hair and beard exclaimed in a daze.
"Teacher, can this thing called an Earth Demon Puppet really resist Pill Lightning?" Hearing the old man's words, Cao Ying looked curiously at Xuan Kongzi.
Hearing this, Xuan Kongzi first nodded, then shook his head. "No, if it were a Heavenly Demon Puppet, there would be no problem taking the nine-colored Pill Lightning head-on. But an Earth Demon Puppet has limited endurance; it can at most withstand the energy produced by five-colored Pill Lightning. If, in the process of advancing to a Heavenly Demon Puppet, energy overflows, the resulting explosion would be no less than a Dou Zun expert self-destructing, plus the remaining energy of the Pill Lightning—I'm afraid..."
Xuan Kongzi's voice came to an abrupt halt, and he looked at the top of the alchemy tower with disbelief.
There, just as he had expected, the Earth Demon Puppet indeed could no longer absorb energy after absorbing a portion of the nine-colored Pill Lightning. A brief gap appeared, and if it continued to absorb the Pill Lightning energy, it would very likely be blown apart...
But just at this moment, the space above the tower top was suddenly solidified; the entire Void Realm turned into a mirror, and the Pill Lightning was imprisoned in place along with it.
At this time, the black figure, having already Advanced to a Heavenly Demon Puppet, moved freely within the mirror, wantonly absorbing the energy of the Pill Lightning.
...Two-Star Dou Zun, Three-Star Dou Zun, Four-Star Dou Zun, Five-Star Dou Zun.
The terrifying energy contained within the nine-colored Pill Lightning directly caused an Earth Demon Puppet at the Dou Zong level to advance into a Heavenly Demon Puppet with a level reaching Five-Star Dou Zun.
Silence; the entire Holy Pill City instantly fell into a deathly silence.
"Gulp..." Within the crowd, the sound of swallowing saliva could be heard from time to time.
A single Pill Lightning easily created an absolutely loyal Dou Zun-level Heavenly Demon Puppet; there was nothing more enviable than this.
The alchemy tower door slowly opened. Xiao Se stood inside the tower; at this moment, his slender, thin figure appeared exceptionally imposing in the eyes of everyone, as if he were radiating Holy Light, making people unable to help but feel the urge to prostrate themselves in worship.
"Xiao Se/Daddy/Xiao Se/Big Brother, are you alright!" As soon as the alchemy tower door opened, the four women—Bibi Dong, Xiao Xue, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin—rushed up to him.
Xiao Se smiled and nodded to the four beauties one by one, returning a reassuring smile. He then led them to the grey-haired old man who had previously made the trade with him and handed over the Medicinal Pill. "This is the Fu Ling Qing Dan I promised to refine for you."
"Ah... Oh." Hearing Xiao Se's words, the grey-haired old man finally reacted. His withered old hand trembled as he received the Fu Ling Qing Dan, which had reached the pinnacle quality of an Eighth Grade Pill. He swallowed his saliva and said, "You're really giving it to me?"
"Of course, this was our trade." Xiao Se smiled wryly and glanced around, startlingly discovering that many people were revealing covetous gazes. He immediately added, "However, I suggest that while the Dan Ta Three Giants are all here, you should consume this Medicinal Pill now to restore your cultivation. Otherwise, once you leave Holy Pill City, this Medicinal Pill might not necessarily belong to you anymore."
Hearing this, the grey-haired old man looked around. Being old and cunning, he naturally knew the attraction that an Eighth Grade Pill with nine-colored Pill Lightning held for people. He immediately consumed the Fu Ling Qing Dan, darted into the black tower where Xiao Se had previously refined the pill, shut the tower door tightly, and began his secluded cultivation.
At this moment, the Dan Ta Three Giants walked over, bringing Cao Ying with them.
"You are Xiao Se?" Xuan Yi looked at Xiao Se levelly, not putting on the airs of a Senior.
On the Fighting Qi Continent, the capable come first. She was a Dou Zun, and Xiao Se was also a Dou Zun. She was a PeakGrade 8 Alchemist, and Xiao Se was also a PeakGrade 8 Alchemist; the other party was worthy of being treated as an equal.
Moreover, she also wanted to pry information about her old lover, Yao Chen, from Xiao Se.
(End of Chapter)
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