Battle Through the Heavens: The Alchemist Starting from the Ye Family

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"What's the background of the Divine Camel Ancestor?"

After all, he was a person from hundreds of years ago. Even if he was very famous at the time, not many people would remember his name after so much time has passed.

Not to mention a young man like Ye Chen who is only thirty years old...

Of course, even if he didn't know, he still had to meet him. Upon meeting him and discovering that this so-called Divine Camel Ancestor was actually a genuine One-Star Dou Sheng, just like himself, Ye Chen was once again astonished.

A Dou Sheng came to see him, and judging from his tone, it seemed that he wanted to join the Pill Tower's offering group, which made Ye Chen overjoyed.

"It seems that this group of worshippers is finally going to attract a powerful figure..." Ye Chen thought to himself with delight.

As for the other party's request for me to refine a ninth-grade pill, is that a problem? No, that's not a problem!

After all, the other party is a Dou Sheng powerhouse. It's impossible that he would come to him without a purpose, right? Ye Chen felt that he did not have the prestige and domineering aura to make a Dou Sheng bow down.

Chapter 441 Entering Space Town

In the northeastern region of Zhongzhou, there lies a boundless desert.

This place is usually plagued by sandstorms, leaving the surrounding area deserted for thousands of miles. Moreover, the region is barren, so no powerful force would want to come here to make a profit, which is the main reason for its desolation.

However, ordinary people would probably never imagine that this place, which even wild beasts wouldn't dare to set foot in, is actually the venue for the highest-level trade fair in the Central Plains...

"stop!"

Beyond the desert, a whooshing sound suddenly rang out in the clear sky, followed by four figures flashing across the horizon and appearing directly at the edge of the desert in the next instant.

"Is this the place?" Ye Chen looked up at the raging desert in front of him and asked in surprise.

Feeling the scorching heat around me, I realized that the environment of this desert was much harsher than that of the Tagor Desert back then.

Ye Chen glanced at the colorful butterfly beside him and couldn't help but wonder if it missed this familiar scent...

However, Ye Chen was clearly overthinking it.

The snake people were forced to hide in the desert out of desperation, and since they are mostly of a cold and yin nature, they actually dislike this environment very much.

"Has Senior Divine Camel ever been to this trade fair before?" Ye Chen asked with a smile, looking at the elderly man beside him with a hunched back and a cane.

This time, Ye Chen's group of four included the two women, Cai Die and Xiao Yi Xian, and the old man with the divine camel.

He was looking for an important ingredient to refine the pills Ye Chen was asking him to make, so he came here to try his luck.

"Hehe, the Space Trade Fair... I came here once thirty years ago..." The old man with the divine camel nodded with a smile, his gaze slowly sweeping over the surroundings. He chuckled and said, "Although this place looks like a desolate wasteland, if you sense carefully, you'll be able to detect quite a few powerful auras within..."

Upon hearing this, Ye Chen raised an eyebrow, his soul perception spreading out, and a look of understanding quickly appeared on his face.

"As expected, the strength of someone who can successfully host such a space trade fair must be considerable..."

He only glanced at it briefly, yet he discovered no fewer than a hundred auras in the desert.

Among these auras, even the weakest one was at the three-star Dou Zun level, and the strongest one already had a very unique fluctuation.

This kind of fluctuation can only be emitted by a semi-saint level expert at the very least.

The four did not linger outside and soon found the portal to the spatial trading fair deep in the desert...

Since it can be called a space trade fair, it must be held in an independent space. This method is not difficult for those truly top-tier forces.

After passing through the portal, the previously deathly silence suddenly turned into a cacophony.

What appeared before them was a place that looked like an ordinary small town, except that the people coming and going in this town were terrifyingly powerful individuals who were rarely seen even in the Central Continent!

"Huh? There are so many people..." Little Fairy Doctor couldn't help but exclaim, startled by the sudden sight before her.

At first glance, the streets of this small town are lined with stalls, and the stall owners sitting behind them all exude a powerful and lingering aura, clearly not people to be trifled with.

"Earth Demon Leg, a high-level Earth-rank combat skill..."

"Tai Xuan Jue, a high-level Earth-rank cultivation technique..."

"Demon Cloud Pill, a high-grade seventh-rank pill..."

"Ten-thousand-year-old Blood Spirit Ginseng..."

As their eyes darted around, a dazzling array of items caught their attention. Some of the items were so rare that even with their current knowledge, Cai Die and Xiao Yi Xian's beautiful eyes sparkled with wonder.

"Let's go. The things here aren't very valuable to us. If we want to find something good, we'll have to go into the trade fair center." Ye Chen was unmoved by these items, which were considered rare treasures by outsiders, and said with a light laugh to the two women.

In places like this, it's incredibly difficult to find a bargain.

No stall owner is unaware of what they are selling, so to make a transaction, you must offer items of equal value.

Watching the items being traded away, Little Fairy Doctor suddenly grinned at Ye Chen and said, "Young Master, do you think if we put some things out to sell, it would attract many people to sell as well?"

Upon hearing this, Ye Chen couldn't help but roll his eyes at the girl, saying irritably, "If you really want to be a stall owner, I can get you a counter in the central trading hall. Your young master here has a spatial token for this spatial trading fair..."

"Oh!" The little girl stuck out her tongue shyly, made a face behind Ye Chen's back, and then hid next to Cai Die, took the latter's arm, and whispered secrets between girls.

Although Ye Chen wasn't particularly interested in the things sold at roadside stalls, driven by the two women's curiosity, they still wandered around the spatial town and did come across some nice items...

Just like the eight-colored raw stone that the butterfly found was mistaken for a seven-colored raw stone; and Ye Chen encountered a very complete thousand-year-old blood lily, which he plans to take back and transplant into his own medicinal garden.

After finding there was nothing of value outside, Ye Chen led the group deeper into the town.

Ye Chen and the others took out their personal spatial tokens and were led into an ancient pavilion. From the depths of this pavilion, they entered a huge ancient palace.

This is the real location of this space trade fair!

Inside the ancient hall, there were many stone chairs, and many people were already sitting on them. However, like Ye Chen and his group, these people had been given a black cloak to cover their faces when they entered the pavilion, so no one knew their identities, and even their auras could be concealed.

Ignoring the prying eyes of those around them, Ye Chen and his companions arrived at an open space. They took their seats and waited quietly for the trade fair to begin.

Ye Chen's goal was clear: he had come for the fragment of the Demon Flame Map from the Space Trade Fair, so he paid no attention to anything else.

“When we came in just now, quite a few people were spying on us, and I sensed some malicious glances from them…” After taking her seat, Cai Die transmitted her voice to Ye Chen with a solemn expression.

Ye Chen chuckled lightly at this and said, "It's alright, they're just a bunch of greedy bastards. Among them, besides myself and the Divine Camel Elder, only one or two are decent. The rest are nothing to worry about..."

Even the most prestigious spatial trading fair in Central Continent holds very limited appeal for Dou Sheng level experts. If Ye Chen hadn't been just one piece away from completing his collection of the Pure Lotus Demon Flame fragments, he wouldn't have bothered coming here.

As for those with ulterior motives, Ye Chen could easily eliminate them. If any fools dared to approach him, they might even make a small fortune.

Chapter 442 The Fragmented Map and the Ancient Bodhi Tree

With the ringing of a bell, the trade fair officially began.

The person in charge of presiding over the event was Elder Baoshan, the sect leader of Jianbaoshan, one of the three sects, an old monster whose strength had reached the peak of the Nine Revolutions Dou Zun.

However, he is not famous for his own abilities, but for his expertise in appraising antiques!

With him presiding, no one present would have any doubts about the quality of the auction items.

"Now we will begin the auction of the first item in this space trade fair..."

Within the distorted spatial barrier, the old man of Baoshan swept his hand across the void in front of him, and a pair of pale white bone wings appeared in everyone's sight. From within the ancient wings, the faint sounds of wind and thunder could be heard.

"Phoenix Wings?"

Looking at the somewhat familiar bone wings, Ye Chen's expression was rather strange.

It should be known that the Heavenly Phoenix Clan's emphasis on the corpses and bloodlines of its members is widely known throughout the Central Continent. Anyone who dares to take possession of such items will inevitably face a siege by the Heavenly Phoenix Clan once discovered...

"It seems I wasn't the only one plotting against the Heavenly Phoenix Clan..."

He still had three puppets made by an eighth-order Heavenly Demon Phoenix. If he were to sell them, they would be worth at least one Nine-Colored Thunder Pill.

With these thoughts in mind, Ye Chen began to look at the auction stage with great interest, listening to the prices shouted out by the people around him.

Clearly, the Demon Phoenix Wings still have a good market, and the people present didn't seem to take the threat from the Demon Phoenix that day seriously at all.

The first item was sold without any fanfare. Ye Chen and the others didn't bid, but waited silently for the next item to appear.

"Hehe, our second item for auction today..."

Having completed the first transaction, the old man of Baoshan smiled, and another object appeared before him—a pale gold scroll.

"Diamond Glazed Body, a low-level Heaven-rank combat technique. This technique was created by the Glazed Saint a thousand years ago. If one cultivates it to its peak, the body will be like diamond, indestructible and indestructible. One's fists can shatter the sky, and one's feet can crack the earth. It is a powerful combat technique that combines offense and defense..."

Ye Chen's eyes lit up after hearing the old man's introduction.

It wasn't that he was interested in the Vajra Glazed Body; after all, he had already cultivated the Thunder God Body, which was even stronger than the Vajra Glazed Body.

However, although he doesn't need to use Heaven-Rank Battle Techniques, he can use them to enhance the Ye family's foundation.

Although the Ye family's strength has increased more than tenfold since then due to their own efforts, their foundation is still too weak. They have almost no high-level combat techniques. They only managed to obtain a Heaven-rank cultivation technique by racking their brains. If they can find some Heaven-rank cultivation techniques or combat skills at this trade fair, that would be great.

"The owner of this fighting technique wants to exchange it for a low-level Heaven-rank water-based cultivation technique. Of course, it's also feasible to exchange it for pills of matching value..." Old Man Baoshan said with a smile.

This kind of Heavenly Rank Body Refinement Method is quite popular, so after the Treasure Mountain Elder announced the price, someone immediately took out a light blue scroll, flicked it with his finger, and it fell into the Treasure Mountain Elder's hand.

The old man from Baoshan took the scroll, unfolded it, looked at it, and then looked up and around...

Clearly, he's waiting for someone to offer a higher price.

As expected, several more scrolls ended up in the hands of the old man from Baoshan.

Just as the elderly man from Baoshan was about to choose the highest bid, a faint voice rang out.

"A single Grade 8 Eight-Colored Thunder Pill, would that be acceptable?"

The sudden sound not only startled the old man from Baoshan, but also startled those around him who were originally...

The others couldn't help but cast angry glances at him.

It was just a low-level Heaven-rank combat skill, yet it yielded an eight-colored Thunder Pill. This was an overpayment, and such a thing rarely happens at a trade fair of this caliber.

After all, everyone knows the value of the item, so no one wants to be the sucker.

But Ye Chen's appearance broke this tacit understanding...

After regaining his senses, the old man from Baoshan paused for a moment, clearly communicating telepathically with the owner of the auctioned item.

A moment later, he chuckled and said, "I've already discussed it with the owner of the item, and he's agreed to exchange it for an Eight-Colored Thunder Pill. I wonder if anyone else is willing to make a bid?"

Silence reigned below...

Finally, as expected, the Vajra Glazed Body fell into Ye Chen's hands.

Of course, he also received many looks, some malicious and some greedy...

Unfortunately, Ye Chen didn't care about any of this, and in the following auctions, he made two more bids, using two Rank 8 Five-Colored Thunder Pills to help Little Fairy Doctor win a poison manual called "Heavenly Nether Poison Scripture"; he also used one Rank 8 Thunder Pill to exchange for a low-level Heaven-rank fire attribute technique called "Golden Crow Ninefold Flame".

His frequent actions, especially the use of eighth-grade pills, attracted the attention of many people present.

However, apart from a few extremely greedy and mentally unstable individuals, most of them have actually restrained their ulterior motives.

After all, someone who can produce so many high-grade pills without batting an eye is definitely not an ordinary person. Such a person is not someone to be trifled with…

Finally, it was time for the final piece, the Demon Flame Fragment.

The elderly Baoshan man, his face glowing, clenched his fist, and a piece of yellowed, ancient parchment appeared in his hand.

"Hehe, this is just a fragment of a map, and it doesn't contain any special energy. However, after our research, we've concluded that this fragment is related to the legendary Pure Lotus Demon Flame..."

As the old man Baoshan spoke, everyone's eyes in the hall focused on the ancient parchment.

The Pure Lotus Demon Flame is the flame that represents the ultimate destruction among all known strange flames!

Faced with such terrifying flames, even if it's just a fragment of a painting, few can resist its allure.

The bidding began the next moment...

Six-colored Thunder Pills, Seven-colored Thunder Pills, and even Eight-colored Thunder Pills...

The quantity also increased from three or four to five or six...

Ye Chen didn't participate in the frenzied bidding. Only when the price rose higher and higher and the number of bidders dwindled did he slowly speak, saying, "One Nine-Colored Thunder Pill, Grade Eight..."

The moment Ye Chen spoke, the entire hall fell silent. Indeed, his previous extravagant displays of wealth had left a deep impression on everyone, making them aware that he was a man of considerable means, especially when it came to high-grade pills, which seemed to come out of thin air in his hands.

"Hehe, Chairman Ye, we need to be careful from now on. I know those bidders from earlier. They're all old monsters with considerable strength, and they might have some bad intentions..." The old man with the divine camel chuckled beside him.

Ye Chen merely smiled, his face showing indifference. They were just a few half-saints; if they dared to come looking for death, Ye Chen wouldn't mind acquiring a few more saint-level materials…

However, although the fragment of the Pure Lotus Demon Flame Diagram caused quite a stir, what truly shocked everyone present was the news that Elder Baoshan released at the end regarding the birth of the Bodhi Ancient Tree.

This will once again stir up huge waves in the Central Continent, which has been peaceful for a year!

Chapter 443 The Ancient Wilderness

The Wilderness Ancient Domain is an ancient region located on the northeastern border of Zhongzhou, and it is also one of the most notorious dangerous places in Zhongzhou!