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Thunderbolts rained down...
From a distance, Xiong Zhan appeared like Thor, hovering in the sky. Within a ten-foot radius around him, lightning flashed everywhere, creating a terrifying aura that sent chills down one's spine.
After the thunder continued to rage for about ten minutes, the energy fluctuations within the clouds finally began to weaken, and the thick thunderclouds in the sky slowly dispersed.
"it's over……"
Ye Chen withdrew his gaze from the sky and looked at the opened Star Cauldron. A crimson light shot out directly from the cauldron...
Ye Chen, who was prepared, curled his lips into a smile, and then his soul power surged out, forming a giant hand that directly covered the light and shadow.
"Did it work? Did it work?" Xiong Zhan, who had descended from the sky, rushed to Ye Chen's side and asked repeatedly.
Ye Chen chuckled softly, opening the large hand of soul power in mid-air. A small dragon, about half a meter long, flicked its tail and lashed out, striking the soul power finger hard...
Its defiant and lively appearance, just like a real living creature, filled Xiong Zhan with delight.
Chapter 263 Preparations for the Three Thousand Burning Flames
"Hey, Master Ye! Please have mercy! Please, have mercy!"
In the medicinal herb plaza, the tall and burly Xiong Zhan hunched over and pleaded desperately with Ye Chen in front of him.
According to their agreement, after Ye Chen helps Xiong Zhan successfully refine the Dragon Blood Supreme Pill, he can choose any medicinal herbs in the square...
However, seeing Ye Chen's posture as if he was going to empty his pockets, he immediately began to plead with a heavy heart.
Unfortunately, Ye Chen completely ignored him, merely glancing at the guy before calmly saying, "Strictly speaking, all these things belong to my Pill Tower. As a disciple of the Pill Tower, it would be perfectly reasonable for me to take all these medicinal herbs, wouldn't it?"
If Ye Chen hadn't wanted to use Xiong Zhan's pills as practice, he wouldn't have so easily agreed to refine pills for him...
Unfortunately, Xiong Zhan definitely cannot know these things.
"Well... that's true. But those old guys in the Pill Tower put me in charge of the Pill Realm. If you take all these medicinal herbs away, won't the participants have nothing to collect when the Pill Gathering comes? I can't take on such a big responsibility, or they'll definitely skin me alive!"
Ye Chen chuckled inwardly, surprised that this big, clumsy bear was actually quite clever.
The Pill Tower is very familiar with most types of medicinal herbs in the alchemy world; otherwise, they wouldn't have given everyone a list to collect during the alchemy gathering in the original story...
If it's just a reduction of a few dozen species, like the ones lost when Xiong Zhan tried to transplant them, the Pill Tower wouldn't care. But if it's a large-scale reduction, then it will affect the Pill Tower.
Ye Chen naturally understood this, so although he seemed to be collecting everything aimlessly, he actually had a clear goal.
Aside from the ones I'm most likely to use, most of the other herbs are medicinal materials that grow in more than one place in the Pill Realm, so even if I take a lot out, it won't be a problem.
"Alright, stop calling me. I'm leaving now. I hope that when I see you again, you'll have successfully broken through to the eighth rank..."
Ye Chen glanced at Xiong Zhan and said with a light laugh.
If nothing unexpected happens, the next time we meet should be at the Dan Conference five years from now...
Thinking about this, Ye Chen suddenly realized something. Unbeknownst to him, several years had already passed since the beginning of the story. He guessed that Xiao Yan's three-year agreement had probably already passed.
Without the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame, without Queen Medusa and Little Fairy Doctor, who knows how the Xiao family boy's three-year agreement has changed from the original story...
However, Xiao Yan's fate may have changed, but the fate of the Xiao family was already predetermined.
As long as the Xiao family still possesses the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade, they are destined to be targeted by the Soul Palace, or rather, the Soul Clan...
Given the current size of the Xiao family, it's obvious what the consequences would be if the Soul Clan targeted them.
"The Soul Palace, the Soul Clan..."
Ye Chen shook his head slightly. Even being targeted by the Soul Palace was already a headache for him. If the Soul Clan were added to the mix, Ye Chen would practically want to become a live-in son-in-law of an ancient clan…
Without a powerful backer, they really wouldn't dare to oppose the Soul Clan. Ye Chen felt it was better not to know so many secrets; the more he knew, the less daring he became!
Next, he needs to find a way to get his hands on those three thousand Blazing Flames within the star field...
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As the strange fire that best matches his own destiny, Ye Chen had a deep-seated feeling that if he could subdue it, it would likely provide a qualitative boost to both his battle qi cultivation and the enhancement of his star chart.
However, before that, Ye Chen felt that he needed to raise his battle qi cultivation to around the five-star Dou Zong level and his soul realm to at least the mid-stage of the Spirit Realm.
All of this requires him to prepare enough pills for his cultivation in the time to come.
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After leaving the Pill Realm, Ye Chen bid farewell to the Fourth Elder who was guarding the passage, and then reappeared in his teacher Xuan Kongzi's office.
"You're back? You've been in the Pill Realm for so long this time, what happened?" Xuan Kongzi asked with concern upon seeing Ye Chen.
Xuan Kongzi had originally expected that Ye Chen would be able to come out soon this time, since he was only going to collect herbs, and the location of the herbs was marked on the map.
At first, Xuan Kongzi thought his disciple had encountered some problem because he hadn't come out for so long, but now, seeing his overjoyed expression, it was clear that something good had happened...
"Teacher, I have successfully refined an eighth-grade pill!" Ye Chen reported the good news to his teacher with a big smile.
Xuan Kongzi's eyes lit up, and he said with a hint of excitement, "Oh? You've refined an eighth-grade pill in the Pill Realm?"
If one can truly refine eighth-grade pills in an environment like the Pill Realm, then one's disciple's alchemy skills would probably be enough to make him a true eighth-grade alchemy master!
Ye Chen nodded, and then recounted his encounter with Xiong Zhan in the Pill Realm and how he helped him refine pills...
"I see!" Xuan Kongzi nodded after listening to Ye Chen's detailed explanation.
"In that case, that dragon bear is quite fortunate. However, if he can really advance his cultivation through this, then he will owe you a huge favor in the future..."
Xuan Kongzi wouldn't let his disciple suffer a loss, especially since an eighth-grade alchemist had so easily refined a three-colored pill for Xiong Zhan. If the other party didn't pay a sufficient reward, Xuan Kongzi wouldn't let it go easily, even if the Ancient Dragon of the Void came.
“Perfect timing. Isn’t Xiong Zhan clamoring to come out? Then after the Pill Gathering five years from now, just let him stay by your side.” Xuan Kongzi looked at Ye Chen and smiled.
"Just like Venerable Jin Ding, you refine pills for him and have him serve under you for three years. By that calculation, he won't lose out!"
Scratching his nose, Ye Chen really wanted to say that five years from now, he probably wouldn't even need a level eight early-stage magical beast like Xiong Zhan to protect him...
However, thinking that his teacher was right, he didn't refuse.
"Teacher, I wonder how things are on the Grand Elder's side? Has the battle with the Soul Hall ended?"
Although more than a month has passed, it's not uncommon for the battle between the Pill Tower and the Soul Palace to drag on for two or three months without a clear winner...
However, Xuan Kongzi's words reassured Ye Chen quite a bit.
"Don't worry, the Grand Elder already sent word that the battle in the Yin Demon Mountains is over. Although they didn't kill several of the Soul Hall elders as I had hoped, the Soul Hall has still suffered a defeat this time..."
If it weren't for the Blood River Formation set up by the Four Heavenly Venerables of the Soul Palace beforehand, the Soul Palace might have suffered a great deal this time!
Chapter 264 Breakthrough in Cultivation Level
The battle at Yinmo Mountain has ended, and regardless of who won or lost, it is a good thing for the people of the entire Central Plains.
If entities like the Pill Tower and the Soul Palace were to engage in a full-scale war, it's almost certain that the entire Central Continent would be wiped out...
Not everyone wants to increase their strength through death. In fact, many small and medium-sized families or sects in Zhongzhou simply want to cultivate peacefully and live out their lives in peace.
Back in his alchemy room, Ye Chen started refining pills again, preparing for his next cultivation advancement.
The Profound Heart Pill is a mid-grade seventh-rank pill that can raise the cultivation level of a Dou Zong expert by one star. Each person can only take two pills in their lifetime.
This is considered to be a type of pill similar to the Fighting Spirit Pill and the Imperial Extreme Pill. Although it can directly improve cultivation, it has extremely strong drug resistance, so the dosage is greatly limited.
For Ye Chen now, refining two mid-grade seventh-rank pills is effortless. Moreover, there's virtually no possibility of failure…
Of course, it still took a lot of time; it took a full ten days to completely refine the two pills.
Ye Chen, who was focused on improving his strength, wasted no time and immediately began to adjust his state, then entered seclusion to improve his cultivation.
This retreat will last for a month...
During this month, things related to Ye Chen in the outside world also proceeded in an orderly manner.
Just like the spatial passage of the Ye family, it had already been completely repaired by Venerable Jin Ding long before Ye Chen came out of the Pill Realm, and was directly connected to the spatial node of the outer domain of Saint Pill City.
Before Ye Chen went into seclusion, he also talked to his teacher about building a spatial passage between the Misty Valley and the Ye family.
Originally, he intended for Xuan Kongzi to invite several Dou Zun experts, but Ye Chen did not expect that Xuan Kongzi would directly pull in the other two of the three giants, and the three of them worked together to construct an exceptionally sturdy spatial passage from Misty Valley to the Ye family in just one day...
Xuan Kongzi's actions naturally caused Xuan Yi and Tian Leizi to complain inwardly, and also left the Ye family members bewildered and shocked.
Even Ye Zhong never expected that such a small matter would directly mobilize the three giants of the Pill Tower. He wanted to ask, "Don't you have any important matters to deal with?"
During the construction of the spatial passage, Xuan Kongzi also made a special trip to meet Queen Medusa and Little Fairy Doctor. Especially after hearing Ye Chen's mother, Song Chun'er, seemingly treat the two women as Ye Chen's future wives, Xuan Kongzi immediately became enthusiastic and even gave each of them an eighth-grade pill...
Queen Medusa, who had initially been somewhat resistant to what Song Chun'er said, swallowed her words of denial upon seeing this scene. She couldn't even maintain her usual queenly composure and quickly thanked Xuan Kongzi.
There was no way she could refuse; it was an eighth-grade elixir!
In particular, after Xuan Kongzi finished giving his greeting gift, he turned his gaze to his other two old friends. For a moment, even Song Chun'er and the other girls turned to look at him. Their menacing expressions made Xuan Yi and Tian Leizi, the two "elders," speechless.
Tian Lei Zi was one thing, since he was originally a dark-faced god who didn't talk much, so there was no sign of any change in him.
But the beautiful mature woman in black was a different story. Her once bright and cheerful face turned ashen, and she cursed Xuan Kongzi, that old bastard, to the bone in her heart...
Unfortunately, regardless of their inner thoughts...
With so many younger people watching, they couldn't very well not give a penny. Even if it was just for the sake of face, this "greeting gift" was indispensable.
However, both of them had made up their minds that they would definitely make up for today's losses by taking revenge on Xuan Kongzi and Ye Chen, the master and disciple, in the future!
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A sneeze!
Ye Chen, who was in seclusion, suddenly sneezed, which immediately woke him up from his deepest cultivation.
"What's going on? Is someone plotting against me?"
Rubbing his nose, Ye Chen couldn't help but frown.
As an eighth-grade alchemist, how could I possibly be woken up by a sneeze for no reason...?
However, he didn't care too much. As long as his strength increased, any conspiracy or trickery would just be a paper tiger.
As Ye Chen regained his senses, the dense, impenetrable energy mist surrounding him began to swirl rapidly, eventually surging into his body as if drawn by a black hole.
As the energy entered his body, Ye Chen's cultivation level rapidly increased from a two-star Dou Zong to a three-star Dou Zong...
"Phew, I've finally broken through. In that case, two Profound Heart Pills will be enough for me to advance to the Five-Star Dou Zong level..." Ye Chen's face lit up with joy.
His cultivation had already reached the edge of a breakthrough, but in order not to waste the pills, he decided to break through to the three-star Dou Zong level first.
Three days is not a slow time to break through from the peak of the two-star Dou Zong to the three-star Dou Zong.
After all, the cultivation technique Ye Chen practiced was one of the best even in the Pill Tower, so it was not surprising that he could achieve such speed.
Ultimately, it was simply that Ye Chen's own cultivation talent was "insufficient".
Of course, this "shortcoming" is based on comparison with those Dou Di races that have awakened their bloodline power.
"Next, let's continue to break through!"
Ye Chen took out a medicine bottle and gently poured out a blue pill.
In an instant, the entire cultivation room was filled with a rich fragrance of pills, and with each breath, one could feel the battle qi within their body trembling...
After swallowing the pill, Ye Chen instantly felt it transform into a terrifyingly pure medicinal power, which directly invaded his limbs and bones.
Ye Chen closed his eyes, quickly formed hand seals, mobilized his internal fighting energy, and began to circulate it according to the Astrology Technique.
Strands of starlight pierced through numerous barriers and merged into Ye Chen's body, beginning to help him purify the medicinal power and transform his battle qi...
Under this dual effect, the medicinal power of the Profound Heart Pill was not diminished in the slightest; it was completely absorbed and transformed by Ye Chen, and his cultivation level was also rapidly increasing.
A month later, Ye Chen, who had been motionless, was suddenly shaken. A strange wave emanated from him and spread rapidly outwards before being blocked by the wall.
As Ye Chen slowly opened his eyes, he felt all the cells in his body, which allowed him to teleport, awaken at that moment. He could even hear the crackling sounds emanating from his bones...
"what……"
As he gently lowered his arms, feeling the unprecedented surge of battle qi flowing through his meridians, Ye Chen couldn't help but let out a soft groan.
The feeling of exhilaration after advancing is simply wonderful!
Chapter 265 Harmonizing the Earth's Core Soul
Inside the meditation room, soft light streamed down from the walls, bathing the entire room in a glow.