Chapter 7

Then Ling Yun seized the storage rings of Wang Jia Peng and Wang He, and upon inspection found they actually contained eight thousand spirit crystals. As expected of a scion of a great clan. Besides the eight thousand spirit crystals, Ling Feng also found a third-grade longsword.

Seeing the seized spoils, Ling Feng's earlier displeasure vanished instantly. He hummed a little tune and returned to the inn.

Ling Feng returned to the room and his divine sense quickly entered the small tower; he wanted to know what this technique actually was.

Under the small tower's operation, this damaged technique was restored to normal. Ling Feng looked at the technique. It turned out to be the Azure Lotus Sword Technique of the Azure Lotus Sword Emperor, the last human sword emperor from several thousand years ago.

"I struck it rich—I never expected five thousand spirit crystals would net me the Azure Lotus Sword Emperor's technique." Ling Feng's unpromising look drew the small tower's disdain.

"This technique, in my prime I used it just to prop up tables."

"Stop bragging—if you don't speak, no one will think you're mute."

Seeing Ling Feng didn't believe it, the small tower said nothing—after all it hadn't yet recovered to its peak state—so Ling Feng dove into the small tower to begin studying the technique.

The night passed in silence…

The next morning, Ling Ye and Ling Feng rented a third-grade demon beast azure phoenix from the innkeeper. These flying demon beasts are specially trained for cultivators below the Myriad Laws realm, because only upon reaching the Myriad Laws realm can one fly freely.

After two days of flight on the green mandarin duck, the Ling brothers finally reached the capital of the Great Yun Empire, Yun Shui Cheng.

The green mandarin duck dropped them off at the city gate and then left directly.

Ling Feng and Ling Ye each paid a hundred spirit crystals to enter the city.

"As expected of the capital of the Great Yun Empire, it's truly huge." Ling Feng couldn't help but exclaim.

Yun Shui Cheng, the largest capital of the Great Yun Empire, stretches over hundreds of thousands of li. The city is extremely prosperous, home to the two great powers: the Profound Heaven Sect and the Great Yun imperial household.

People came and went on the roads, the street vendors' cries never ceased.

"Let's go, there's only one day left until the Profound Heaven Sect accepts disciples. Let's first find an Yi Zhan to rest and gather some news." Ling Ye said to Ling Feng.

Ling Feng nodded and followed Ling Ye to look for an Yi Zhan.

Ling Ye found an inn called the Central Yi Zhan and they rested there.

"The prices in this capital are really high—one night costs a thousand spirit crystals, isn't that robbery?" Ling Feng said indignantly.

The two brothers together have only fifteen thousand spirit crystals, and that's only because Ling Feng looted the Wang brothers' storage rings; otherwise they'd be even poorer.

Ling Ye pulled Ling Feng to find a restaurant to get a meal.

"Waiter, two bowls of noodles and a pound of beef." Ling Feng said to the waiter.

"Sure thing, sir, please wait, it'll be right up." The waiter responded.

Soon the waiter brought up two bowls of noodles and a plate of beef, and the Ling brothers dug in.

"Have you heard? This session, the Profound Heaven Sect's sect master intends to take on a personal disciple."

"Really? Sect Master Qidao Lin of the Profound Heaven Sect hasn't taken a personal disciple in many years; since he accepted the sect's holy maiden Yue Ning seven years ago, he hasn't taken any disciples."

"You don't know, among the four great clans of the capital this session, the Yang clan has produced a prodigy, Yang Fan. At sixteen he's already at the peak of the Yuan Ling realm. It's said the sect master is preparing to take a personal disciple just for him."

The people around Ling Ye chatted away.

"Big bro, as expected of the capital—a sixteen-year-old at peak Yuan Ling realm—are you interested in giving it a try?" Ling Feng asked Ling Ye with a grin.

"You brat, I'm only at the eighth layer of Condensing Qi; having me challenge a peak Yuan Ling cultivator would be wasting my time." Ling Ye laughed and scolded.

Ling Ye, after enduring a month's life-and-death trial in the Myriad Beasts Forest and receiving that supreme technique from the old man, managed to advance from the Body Refining stage to the eighth layer of Condensing Qi in just one month.

But Ling Ye didn't lose heart; a sharp light shone from his eyes.

Ling Feng knew his older brother Ling Ye was a confident person who liked to challenge things others couldn't achieve.

After the Ling brothers finished their meal, they prepared to head back to the inn to sit and cultivate.

But Ling Feng wanted to go out alone; after seeing how profitable pills were at the last auction, he's been eager to learn alchemy. Although the small tower can provide him techniques, he still needs to buy medicinal ingredients and an alchemy furnace.

So Ling Feng went alone to the Treasure Pavilion, where he bought a third-grade alchemy furnace and some third-grade medicinal herbs, spending a total of five thousand spirit crystals, leaving him with about two thousand.

"Sigh, money goes fast," Ling Feng thought. He needed to quickly refine a batch of pills to sell, so he returned to the inn and dove into the small tower.

"Today I will refine this third-grade Breakthrough Pill. The Breakthrough Pill allows a person to directly break through one cultivation stage, but a person can only use it three times in their lifetime."

Ling Feng began operating according to the Grand Dao Pill Canon technique given by the small tower. He used spirit qi to create flames to control the furnace temperature, and after two hours of alchemy, seeing the nine Breakthrough Pills emerge from the furnace, he wiped his sweat with satisfaction. His effort hadn't been wasted.

Ling Feng lay on the ground, panting heavily. For those two hours he had been fully focused on controlling the flames, fearing any misstep would cause the furnace to explode.

After he came to, he looked at those nine Breakthrough Pills.

"Oh shoot, why does my Breakthrough Pill have nine lines on it?"

Ling Feng said incredulously. Normally, pills with three lines are bestsellers; only five lines appear when high-rank alchemists make low-grade pills.

"Hmph, the Grand Dao Pill Canon I gave you is a supreme technique; refining such a third-grade pill should be a breeze," the small tower said disdainfully.

Ling Feng ignored it, clutching the nine pills as lovingly as if they were a pile of gold.

He grabbed a black robe, draped it over himself, and set off for the Treasure Pavilion,

He still understood the principle that wealth shouldn't be leaked.

Upon reaching the Treasure Pavilion's gate, a servant girl quickly came forward to receive him.

"What does the young master need to buy?"

"I want to sell something." Ling Feng lowered his voice.

Upon hearing Ling Feng wanted to sell something, the servant girl led him to a private room on the second floor.

"Please wait a moment, our manager will be here shortly." The servant girl said and then withdrew.

Not long after, the manager of the Treasure Pavilion arrived before Ling Feng. "Young master, I am Manager Mo Ya of the Treasure Pavilion; what do you wish to sell?" Manager Mo Ya asked directly.

Ling Feng said nothing, pulled out a nine-lined Breakthrough Pill from his bosom and handed it to Mo Ya.

"One, two, three… eight, nine. This… this… nine lines?" Even though Manager Mo Ya had seen many big scenes, this nine-lined Breakthrough Pill shocked her for a long time.

"Young master, please wait a moment; I need to have our Treasure Pavilion's Ye Ye appraise this, after all it's extremely rare."

Ling Ye indicated it was no problem; he knew a nine-lined Breakthrough Pill was extremely rare.

Soon after, Master Ye Ye arrived on the scene; Master Ye Ye is a sixth-rank alchemist.

He stared at the Breakthrough Pill for a moment, then said, "Really, this truly is a nine-lined Breakthrough Pill. May I ask, young master, where did you obtain this pill?" Master Ye Ye asked excitedly, addressing Ling Ye. "It's been years—on the Profound Heaven Continent the highest we've seen is seven-lined pills. No wonder Master Ye Ye is so excited."