Qin Fan paid no attention to the sensation his perfect score had caused. He had spent the last several days secluded in No. 1 Villa, never stepping foot outside, completely focused on consolidating the Cangqiong Refining Body Decision within his body.
"Three months to go from the Qi Refinent Realm to the peak of the initial Foundation Establishnt stage... given my foundation, this speed is simply too slow!" Qin Fan exhaled a breath of stale air, muttering to himself in dissatisfaction.
Normally, advancing from introductory Qi Refinent to the peak of the initial Foundation Establishnt stage in three months would be considered heaven-defying. For Qin Fan, however, it was far from enough. After all, he possessed a five-hundred-year-old foundation. What should have been a smooth breakthrough had beco a stumbling process.
Although he could eliminate a master at the Great Success stage of Dark Energy with a single move, he had never fought a Grandmaster of the Transformation Realm. He had no real asure of their power. From what he knew, the Transformation Realm was above Dark Energy, but what ca after that?
If a master beyond the Transformation Realm really appeared, would my current strength at the peak of the initial Foundation Establishnt stage be enough to handle them?
Qin Fan didn't know. Each major realm was a Heavenly Chasm, a world unto itself. This was the way of the Heavenly Dao. Whether on Earth or the Cangqiong Continent, the principles were the sa. The difference in power between the Transformation Realm and the Dark Energy realm was as vast as heaven and earth. The attitude of those martial artists at the Great Success stage of Dark Energy during the Martial Arts conference made that abundantly clear.
He knew of two Grandmasters so far, and one was a potential sworn enemy.
The man whose son and son-in-law I killed... Will the legendary Grandmaster Lan Xiaosheng really let go? Absolutely not!
Qin Fan could not afford to be disdainful or underestimate such a figure, especially since his own strength at the initial Foundation Establishnt stage was rather precarious.
Under these circumstances, he had to raise his strength to the next level.
Otherwise, falling into Lan Xiaosheng's hands would be a complete joke.
"Since Spiritual Energy resources are a matter of opportunity, it seems I'll have to rely on Alchemy to break through the initial Foundation Establishnt threshold," Qin Fan murmured with a frown, his arms folded. "I have the flood dragon's blood, flesh, tendons, and bones, plus the spiritual dicines the Ye Family acquired in our deal. Everything is ready... except for an Alchemy Furnace!"
Stepping down from the bed, he picked up the mobile phone from the table.
He ignored the dozens of text ssages and 999 WeChat notifications, quickly finding Ye Jizu's number and dialing.
"Master Qin!" Ye Jizu's voice ca through imdiately.
"When does the auction in Chuanshu start?" Qin Fan asked, his voice stern and serious as he got straight to the point.
"Master Qin, I was just about to call you!" Ye Jizu replied in a hurried rush. "The invitation to the auction was delivered yesterday, and I only just saw it. The auction starts tomorrow! Also, Master Qin, after much investigation, I've unexpectedly obtained so information about the items. I've heard there's an Alchemy Furnace being auctioned tomorrow! It's said to have been used by the imperial alchemist who served Emperor Qin Shi Huang to create the Elixir of Immortality!"
An Alchemy Furnace from the Qin Dynasty?
"Was it buried underground?" Qin Fan asked after a slight pause.
"Yes! It was supposedly excavated from a tomb by grave robbers just recently! It wasn't buried directly in the earth, so I imagine the damage shouldn't be too severe," Ye Jizu explained.
Hearing it was unearthed from a tomb, Qin Fan breathed a small sigh of relief.
If it had been dug straight out of the soil, its value would be greatly diminished. All things in the world possess spirituality, but that spirituality must be preserved. If an Alchemy Furnace had been buried in the earth for over two thousand years, its spiritual nature would have completely dissipated, leaving it as a re vessel. While it would still be better than an ordinary Pill Furnace, the elixirs it produced would fall far short of Qin Fan's needs.
"Buy two plane tickets. You're coming with tomorrow," Qin Fan stated decisively.
"Okay, Master Qin, I'll get on it imdiately! The auction is tomorrow afternoon. I'll co to No. 1 Villa to pick you up in the morning!" Ye Jizu said.
"Alright," Qin Fan replied before ending the call.
He once again summoned the spiritual dicines from the storage space within his sea of consciousness, herbs that were considered priceless treasures on Earth.
Feeling their extrely familiar aura, Qin Fan couldn't help but grin and mutter to himself, "Whether or not I can break through from the peak of the initial stage to the middle stage of Foundation Establishnt is all up to you."
With that, he shook his head with a wry smile. He recalled how on the Cangqiong Continent, using elixirs to break through bottlenecks was the most looked-down-upon thod of advancent. In this world so scarce in Spiritual Energy, just having elixirs for a breakthrough was an incredible blessing.
「Huaxia Capital」
Just as Qin Fan was pondering the details of Alchemy, several middle-aged n rushed into an ancient quadrangle courtyard, their faces etched with anxiety.
This courtyard had an impressive na: the Huaxia Guardian Institute.
"What's wrong?" demanded a middle-aged man with an unsmiling, perpetually stern face, frowning at the newcors.
"Master Hua, Lan Xiaosheng has ignored the thirty-year agreent and entered Huaxia!" one of them reported.
Lan Xiaosheng has entered Huaxia?
Hua Xiaotian's eyebrows shot up. "When?" he asked sharply.
"Just now! According to our n on the front lines, he strode across the river alone! Master Hua, what should we do?"
"Let him be," Hua Xiaotian said with a slight shake of his head, his firm decision after a mont's hesitation shocking the other n.
As one of Huaxia's guardians, Hua Xiaotian knew exactly why Lan Xiaosheng was breaking their agreent. After all, he was the one who had personally driven Lan Xiaosheng out of the country twenty-five years ago and established the thirty-year ban.
With his son and son-in-law both dead, how could Lan Xiaosheng, who had long since entered the Transformation Realm, possibly continue to honor that so-called agreent?
However, Hua Xiaotian, who should have personally rushed to the Heilong River to intercept him, chose instead to let him in. He knew Lan Xiaosheng had returned for one reason: revenge.
The target of that revenge was the young Grandmaster who had recently shaken the Martial Arts World.
He, too, wanted to see who would erge superior in this battle. For one, it was a chance to gauge his opponent and understand how much Lan Xiaosheng had advanced in the last twenty-five years. More importantly, he wanted to see just how heaven-defying this young Grandmaster—the one his own master had made a rare exception to et—could truly be.
His thoughts, however, were completely at odds with those of the other n. Upon hearing Hua Xiaotian's directive, they were all shocked. "Master Hua," one of them protested, "it's only been twenty-five years of the thirty-year agreent. You're just going to let him enter Huaxia?"
"Yes! I don't want to say it a third ti. Let him be! You are not to interfere!"
After speaking, the stern-faced Hua Xiaotian gave a dismissive wave of his hand and strode out of the quadrangle courtyard.
Following Hua Xiaotian's departure from the Guardian Institute, the Martial Arts World, still reeling from the news of the young Grandmaster, erupted once more.
News spread from the northern border with Russia: Lan Xiaosheng had unilaterally torn up the thirty-year agreent made twenty-five years ago. He had crossed the river and entered Huaxia, all alone.
「July Fourth」
On this day, a new era, one destined to create terrifying waves throughout the Huaxia Martial Arts World, was forcibly ushered in.
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