Chapter 665

"But if you enter the sect, behind the scenes, your senior brothers will surely look after you a little."

"Besides, with your current realm, I cannot teach you much either. Staying in Great Qin would only waste your talent. You should go to a broader world to put your gifts to use."

"As for your master, you need not worry. Don't forget, your three junior brothers are still here…"

Nie Wushuang was moved.

He naturally knew his master's past.

So, he cupped his hands and said: "Wushuang understands. Please rest assured, Master. Three months from now, this disciple will stride openly into the Heaven Sword Sect with the sword in his hand!"

There was one more thing in his heart he had not said: that he himself would resolve his master's lingering regret and sever that past grudge!

That was the true reason driving him to go to the Heaven Sword Sect!

The Gongsun clan? My master was secretly wounded at his foundation back then—you lot surely cannot escape involvement!

Thinking of this, a trace of killing intent gradually surfaced in the depths of Nie Wushuang's eyes!

Seven days later.

Moon Radiance Dynasty.

Somewhere within a massive ancient city.

On the streets, the crowd bustled, flowing endlessly.

A man in a black robe, wearing a bamboo hat, a great ruler strapped to his back, threaded his way through the crowd.

He swept a glance at his surroundings, then withdrew his gaze and began to communicate with the remnant soul within his ring.

"Master, once I seize first place in the Alchemy Grand Meeting and obtain the Blue Silver Grass, we'll be one step closer to the goal of remolding your body…"

Jiang Yan was immensely excited.

During these past days, he had broken through once more, reaching the sixth level of the Star Wheel realm.

He had also learned that the Alchemy Grand Meeting, hosted by the Mystic Pill Sect, would open three months from now.

To take part in it, achieve victory, and claim a heaven-grade lower-quality treasure herb called "Blue Silver Grass,"

he had invested tremendous effort. Under Zhou Lao's tutelage, he had now reached the level of a mid-grade Three-Stripe Alchemist, capable of refining mystic-grade superior-quality elixirs!

And all of this was precisely because that Blue Silver Grass was one of the main ingredients for refining the Upper Clarity Pill.

This pill, reaching heaven-grade supreme quality, was one of the three necessary conditions for whether his master could remold his body!

How could he possibly miss such a thing?

However, with his current alchemy level, winning among so many alchemists would be exceedingly difficult!

As far as he knew, there were already three high-grade alchemists participating, each capable of refining earth-grade elixirs!

Such figures, placed within Great Qin, would be honored guests of countless factions—even the Great Qin Dynasty itself would have to adopt a stance of courting them!

Therefore, in the coming days, he needed to redouble his efforts!

Zhou Lao smiled: "Young Master, your alchemy talent is the only one I have seen in my life. Naturally, it is not something these mediocre pill cultivators can compare to!"

"Moreover, with my teaching and training, within these three months, your alchemy skill will surely advance by leaps and bounds! By then, a mere few high-grade alchemists will be utterly insignificant before you!"

"Even when you reach the realm of a high-grade alchemist, I can still pass on to you even more exquisite fire-control techniques and alchemy skills. Once you master these, so long as no Grand Alchemist appears, no one at the grand meeting will be your match!"

"But such a small Alchemy Grand Meeting naturally cannot attract the interest of a Grand Alchemist. By then, only mid-grade and high-grade alchemists will participate. As long as you employ the techniques I have taught, combined with the heaven-grade strange fire given to you by Clan Leader Jiang, then this Blue Silver Grass, for you, Young Master, will be as easy as reaching into a bag to retrieve something!"

Hearing this, Jiang Yan nodded, his heart brimming with confidence.

He had never doubted his master's alchemy arts.

His attainments in the Dao of Pills had long since reached the realm of an Alchemy Grandmaster, capable of refining heaven-grade supreme-quality elixirs!

Such formidable alchemy attainments—across the entire Moon Radiance Dynasty, no one could compare!

With his master's aid, his odds of winning the grand meeting were naturally not small!

Afterward, Jiang Yan passed through the crowd and arrived at an inn.

He found a seat, then called a waiter over.

To his slight surprise, this waiter actually possessed the cultivation base of the Purple Mansion realm!

As for the aura emanating from the inn's owner, it made him understand that the man was undoubtedly a Star Wheel realm cultivator!

Noticing this, Jiang Yan could not help but shake his head.

Since coming to the Moon Radiance Dynasty for training under his master's guidance, he had witnessed far too many unbelievable things along the way.

It made him understand all the more how barren Great Qin was.

Of course, that did not include his own clan.

Jiang Yan mused to himself as he casually ordered a few dishes.

Once the waiter left,

he lowered his head, a thoughtful look in his eyes.

Deep within, a wave of worry for the future welled up unbidden.

His own master had suffered a grievous wound, reduced to a body of mere remnant soul.

To recover, he needed not only the "Flame Art," but also a specially crafted heaven-grade supreme-quality elixir—the Upper Clarity Pill.

And finally, the skeleton of a cultivator!

Only by combining these three conditions could his master remold his body!

And the lower the grade of the cultivator in life, the weaker the cultivation base after his master's revival—and vice versa.

"In other words, if I want Master to return to the Heaven-Human realm cultivation base, I must find a Heaven-Human skeleton—but how difficult is that?"

Jiang Yan sighed.

Although during this period he had obtained the skeleton of a Sun Wheel realm cultivator and stored it within the Cangwu Token,

this was clearly not the best choice. After all, once his master revived, he would only possess Sun Wheel realm cultivation base.

To re-cultivate back to the Heaven-Human realm, one could not know how long it would take.

Only by obtaining a Heavenly Being realm skeleton could he restore his own master's peak cultivation base!

Compared to a Heavenly Being skeleton, the difficulty of the Upper Clarity Pill was practically nothing.

After all, without some special opportunity—happening to stumble upon the inheritance ground of some Heavenly Being realm powerhouse—one could only fight a living Heavenly Being realm powerhouse.

But what sort of extraordinary existence was a Heavenly Being realm great power? How could he possibly provoke one?

Just as Jiang Yan was feeling a touch of despair—

A burst of discussion suddenly drifted over from nearby, swiftly drawing his attention.

"Hey, have you heard? A while back, over at the Tailin Mountain Range, heaven displayed strange omens, drawing countless cultivators to watch!"

"If you were talking about something else, I might not necessarily know, but something this big—how could I not know?"

"Oh? What's the story? Let's hear it."

"They say that in the Tailin Mountain Range, a strange fire appeared in the world!"

"Although a strange fire is precious, surely it's not enough to make you all make such a fuss?"

"Heh, what if I told you that strange fire was a Saint-rank lower-grade sacred fire—what then, my friend?"

"Hiss... Is this true?!"

"Heh, with several Heavenly Beings already battling over it, how could it be fake?"

Hearing this, Jiang Yan's eyes lit up.

His heart, too, grew hot with excitement.

But very quickly, he calmed himself down again.

Although he longed greatly for this sacred fire—

Several days ago, Heavenly Being realm powerhouses had already been fighting over it; surely by now it had fallen into someone else's hands?

How could there be any share left for him?