Yu Huatian was going mad. I’ve hit an iron wall, he thought.
Yu Shiqie walked over and said coldly, "Yu Huatian, you are not welco here. Leave our family."
"Leave Great Xia Country and go back to your own clan."
With that, she ignored him and walked toward Lin Xuan. The elders of the Yu Family also gathered around Lin Xuan, and the group departed swiftly.
On the way back, Yu Shiqie sat beside Lin Xuan, her beautiful eyes never leaving him.
"Young Master Lin," she said, "I must thank you properly when we get back to the family."
Lin Xuan sighed. "Forget the thanks. Just as long as you don’t set up again."
"When have I ever set you up?" Yu Shiqie asked, sounding aggrieved.
Lin Xuan rolled his eyes. "When you gave the Dragon Blood Pill Recipe, you never ntioned how precious the Dragon Blood Vine is. How am I supposed to refine the Dragon Blood Pill now?"
"Oh, so it’s about that," Yu Shiqie chuckled. "Young Master, please calm your anger. For an ancient pill recipe like the Dragon Blood Pill, the required ingredients are bound to be precious!"
"Though the Dragon Blood Vine is rare, it’s not entirely unobtainable. If you search carefully, you still have a chance of finding it."
"Hmph!" Lin Xuan snorted coldly. Indeed, there’s a chance, but it’s far too difficult.
Lin Xuan had only intended to complain a little, but Yu Shiqie’s next words changed everything. "If you truly cannot find it, Young Master, our Yu Family happens to have a Dragon Blood Vine."
What? For real? Lin Xuan was stunned. Ever since finding one in the Dragon Concealnt Mountain Range, he had co across no other leads. He never expected to find another one now. The Yu Family actually had one!
He asked, "Can you give it to ?"
"I can," Yu Shiqie said, "but you’ll need to trade sothing for it."
"What is it? Do you need to perform alchemy for you again?"
"Not at the mont. We need sothing else: Three-leaf Sword Grass."
Lin Xuan was baffled. Three-leaf Sword Grass? What is that? He had never heard of it.
Yu Shiqie explained, "It’s a spirit dicine of the gold attribute, extrely precious and rare."
Lin Xuan gave a wry smile. "And where am I supposed to get sothing like that for you?"
If even the Yu Family can’t find it, how could I? He now understood that the Yu Family was part of the Ten Thousand Treasures Tower. This ant Yu Shiqie could likely leverage its power, just like Bai Qianqian. If this was a treasure that even the Ten Thousand Treasures Tower couldn’t find, Lin Xuan had no confidence he could succeed.
Yu Shiqie smiled and said, "There’s no need for you to search for it, Young Master. The Heavenly Dao Academy has Three-leaf Sword Grass. You only need to exchange for it."
"According to the Heavenly Dao Academy’s rules, Martial Arts inheritances cannot be passed to outsiders, but items like Spiritual Artifacts and Spirit dicines can be taken out and traded. You don’t need to worry about that."
"So if I bring back the Three-leaf Sword Grass, you’ll exchange it for the Dragon Blood Vine? Are you sure?" Lin Xuan asked. If it was available at the Heavenly Dao Academy, he could just go exchange for it. That was exceedingly simple.
"Of course. My word is my bond. I would never deceive you, Young Master."
"Alright! I’ll head back right now."
Thrilled, Lin Xuan decided to skip dinner at the Yu Family’s estate. He went to the outskirts of Celestial Fire City, summoned the Celestial Cloud Sparrow, and departed imdiately.
「The journey was uneventful.」
Lin Xuan returned to the Heavenly Dao Academy and headed straight for the Treasure Hall to inquire about the Three-leaf Sword Grass.
Seeing it was Lin Xuan, the elder in the hall was very courteous. After all, Lin Xuan was a top-tier talent with a limitless future.
"Our Heavenly Dao Academy does indeed have Three-leaf Sword Grass," he said.
"How many points to exchange for it?" Lin Xuan asked excitedly.
"33,000 points," the elder replied.
What? Lin Xuan froze on the spot. 33,000 points! Why so many?
The most points he had ever earned at once was 5,000, and he had thought that was an enormous amount at the ti. Compared to 33,000, it was nothing.
The elder explained, "The Three-leaf Sword Grass is an extrely precious gold-attribute Spirit dicine. Naturally, it’s expensive. Do you wish to exchange for it?"
Lin Xuan was speechless. He shook his head and walked out of the Treasure Hall, dejected.
Once outside, he kicked a stone, sending it flying, and ground his teeth. "I’ve been tricked by that woman again! Three-leaf Sword Grass isn’t so easy to obtain after all. It costs 33,000 points! That’s a staggering number!"
Lin Xuan was furious enough to go crazy.
After so ti, he finally cald down. Although accumulating 33,000 points would be difficult, it was still a much simpler task than searching the entire world for a Dragon Blood Vine. All he had to do was complete more missions. In any case, given enough ti, he was confident he could gather the required 33,000 points.
For the next half a month, Lin Xuan took on missions from the Heavenly Dao Academy. He completed several, but they only netted him a total of 1,000 points.
It was too slow. Far too slow. The only reason he had earned 5,000 points so quickly before was because he had killed a prodigy from the Demon Sect. It seed he would have to target the Demon Sect again to earn a large number of points.
So, Lin Xuan went to the Task Hall and specifically searched for missions related to the Demon Sect. But such tasks were extrely rare. mbers of the Demon Sect typically hid in the shadows and never appeared openly, making them notoriously difficult to find.
Over the next half a month, Lin Xuan continued to search for missions involving the Demon Sect while focusing on his training. He primarily cultivated his Nine Heavens Profound Fire. Although he had grasped the technique, he was not yet proficient with this incredibly powerful fla. After half a month of diligent practice, his control over the Nine Heavens Profound Fire grew more and more adept.
The power of this Anomalous Fire was terrifying. It could be used as a formidable offensive weapon. With his current level of mastery, a four-star Martial General would be unable to withstand the flas and would be killed instantly.
Furthermore, the Anomalous Fire was a great aid to alchemy. Although Lin Xuan was currently a Second-Tier Alchemy Master, with this fla, he could begin attempting to refine Third-Tier Elixirs. Once he succeeded, he would beco a Third-Tier Alchemy Master.
Keep in mind that Third-Tier Alchemy Masters were exceedingly rare. They were typically seasoned veterans with decades of experience. A young Third-Tier Alchemy Master was a rarity on par with a phoenix feather or a unicorn’s horn. At least, Lin Xuan had never heard of any young person who had achieved such a rank.
「Another half a month passed.」
On this day, Lin Xuan went to the Task Hall again. He still found no missions related to the Demon Sect, but another task caught his eye. A crowd of disciples had already gathered around it, their voices buzzing with discussion.
Lin Xuan approached for a closer look and was stunned. An Alchemy Master’s Tournant!
This mission was related to Alchemy Masters. He studied the details carefully. It announced an upcoming Alchemy Master’s Tournant, an event organized by the Xia Country’s Pill Tower Headquarters. Any Alchemy Master under the age of twenty within the borders of Xia Country could participate. Sotis, talented alchemists from other nations would even travel to compete. It was a grand event for the younger generation of geniuses.
A good performance in the tournant could make one famous throughout Xia Country overnight. Moreover, high-ranking participants would receive all sorts of rewards, such as Alchemy Furnaces, Spirit dicines, and Pill Recipes. The grand prize for the champion was especially lavish: an Earth Tier Alchemy Furnace known as the Black Dragon Cauldron!
In addition to the cauldron, the champion would also receive a vast amount of Spirit dicines and various precious Pill Recipes. And these were just the rewards from the Pill Tower. The Heavenly Dao Academy offered its own incentives. Anyone who beca the champion of the Alchemy Master’s Tournant would be awarded 10,000 points and a spot as a Core Disciple.
The status of a Core Disciple was equivalent to that of a common elder, an incredibly prestigious position. And 10,000 points was an astronomical figure in its own right.
After reading the description, Lin Xuan’s heart pounded with excitent. I have to participate in this Alchemy Master’s Tournant!
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