Ancient Sword Emperor: Volume 2

By Ji MoHongLiu

With the Stellar Transposition, his punch shattered the earth, and his gaze turned bright. This was an era of mystical cultivation. There were numerous sects, evil spirits, powerful individuals, and the survival of the fittest. The mysterious young man, Chen Yao, with a three-foot-long blade in his hand, started from a nameless service disciple. He became a genius, abused experts, became a divine beast, hunted delicate girls, broke through all spells with a single sword, and killed his way up to the ninth level of heaven to become an Eternal Sword Emperor. Close]

• Language: English
• Publisher: Funstory
• Release date: May 22, 2020
• ISBN: 9781649209337

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STRENGTH

CHAPTER 101 - REQUEST

Xiaobai, why are you so ignorant? How can you barge into my meeting with the young guild leader so casually? "

Manager Li's face held a trace of anger, but there was also a trace of doubt.

Little White had been his apprentice alchemist for four to five years. This was the first time it had been so reckless. Manager Li could faintly feel that something was wrong.

That Tang Mei waved her hand at Manager Li. Forget it, it's not a big deal. Don't blame him.

Whitey bowed gratefully to TangTang, but didn't dare to look at Tang Mei for fear that it would be beyond redemption if it looked at her.

Tang Mei was too charming. No man could resist her seductive charm.

Manager Li said to Little White, What happened?

Whitey tremblingly gave Chen Yao's prescription to Manager Li. Shopkeeper, someone caused trouble and gave me this prescription. I haven't seen many of the medicinal ingredients listed, but I recognize some of them. Their medicinal properties are mutual, so how could they all enter the pill together? There must be someone who wants to ruin our Ten Thousand Medicinal House's reputation. "

Someone from the Million Treasures Auction House actually dares to cause trouble?

Manager Li muttered as he received the prescription from Little White.

At first, he was a little puzzled. Then, he was surprised and sighed … His expression changed constantly, as if he was possessed.

Hahaha, hahaha.

Suddenly, Manager Li burst into laughter as if he had lost his mind.

There's no mistake. This is the recipe for the Blood Spirit Pill. It's definitely a Blood Spirit Pill.

Manager Li, what happened? Tang Mei rarely saw Manager Li in such an ugly state and felt that something was wrong.

Manager Li looked at Tang Mei with a face full of joy. Young head storekeeper, there's a turning point, there's a turning point.

Tang Mei was puzzled, What do you mean by 'there's a turning point'?

Manager Li said joyfully, Perhaps there is someone in the Sword City who can concoct the Face Preserving Pill now.

Really?

Tang Mei's face was full of joy, as she looked extremely excited.

Manager Li handed the recipe over to Tang Mei. "Young master, please take a look, this is the recipe for the Blood Spirit Pill and someone has come to capture the ingredients needed to refine it. The other party is at least a Tier 3 Pill Refiner and even though they are both Tier 3 pills, the difficulty of refining the Blood Spirit Pill is more than ten times greater than the Face Preserving Pill.

Quick, take me to him.

Tang Mei was the first to step into the room. As a lady, she was the only one in charge of the Sword City and the Thousand Treasures Auction House. It was her first time showing off her skills like this.

Unfortunately, she had a type of aging sickness. As long as she didn't take the Face Preserving Pill on time, she would instantly age. Furthermore, if she wanted to recover in a few years, no woman would be able to accept it.

Manager Li was so excited that he left the room.

One must know that he had been stuck at the level of a second rank apothecary for many years. Because he was currently in the Sword City and could not return to the capital, he could look for someone to give him some pointers. Now that a third rank apothecary had appeared in the Sword City, he did not want to give up this opportunity.

The two of them stopped after having just arrived at the medicinal shop. Their expressions changed from dark.

Both of them looked suspiciously at Chen Yao, who was sitting on a chair bored to death.

It was obvious that the two of them were disappointed. How could such a young man be a Tier 3 apothecary?

What a beautiful woman.

The moment he saw Tang Mei, Chen Yao, who was sitting on a chair, stared blankly at her.

It had to be said that Tang Mei had the best figure out of all the women he had ever met. She had a beautiful waist and butt, a proud chest, and a bone that exuded an attractive and soft feeling.

Tang Mei's looks could only be described as good. She was far from being as breathtaking as Mu Ge, but her figure was …

Cough, cough, cough.

Manager Li looked at the expression in Chen Yao's eyes and coughed dryly.

Only now did Chen Yao recover from his shock.

He also discovered that something was wrong with him. Although he loved beauties, he was definitely not in such a sorry state. The evil Buddha pendant must be causing trouble again.

This won't do, he had to find the remaining parts of the Evil Buddha Pendant as soon as possible, otherwise, it would affect his temperament more than the Evil Buddha Pendant, making people think of him as a prodigal son.

Chen Yao stood up and greeted the two of them with a slight nod of his head. He was neither humble nor haughty, but was actually very polite.

This caused Tang Mei to be slightly surprised. Originally, the way Chen Yao was staring at her had already made her somewhat disgusted. However, this courtesy of Chen Yao had greatly improved the influence Tang Mei had on Chen Yao.

Shopkeeper Li slightly returned the courtesy and sized Chen Yao up before saying, Are you a disciple of the sword faction?

Chen Yao nodded.

Then what do you want these medicinal herbs for? Instead of learning the sword, you chose to forge pills? "

Manager Li placed the formula for the Blood Spirit Pill on the counter.

Chen Yao hesitated for a moment before saying, Shopkeeper, you must be joking. How could the people from the sword faction not train their swords? To tell you the truth, this is a pharmacy given to me by an old senior. Because he's busy, I just ran errands for him.

Even though the identity of an apothecary was very prestigious, he didn't want to show it off so as to avoid trouble. Furthermore, he didn't have the token to enter the Apothecary Guild, so if he wasn't able to prove his identity by then, he would be greatly humiliated.

Manager Li's face changed slightly when he heard Chen Yao's words.

Could it be that your sword sect also has a third-grade alchemist expert? You are his disciple? "

Chen Yao said, This senior isn't from my sword faction, he's just an elder of mine. A few days ago, I suffered some injuries, so he came to the sword faction to treat my injuries. I wanted to take him as my alchemist, but he said that I don't have talent in alchemy, so I could only run errands for him.

Oh.

Manager Li nodded his head in realization. Even if the young man in front of him was an alchemist, he should at most be a first rank alchemist. How could he concoct a third rank Blood Spirit Pill?

"What, can you get me the medicine now? The competition for my sword faction's sword ranking is about to begin. The Blood Spirit Pill is very important to me, and my senior is about to leave the sword faction, so time is of the essence.

Hearing Chen Yao's words, Manager Li came back to his senses. After exchanging some thoughts with Tang Mei, he finally spoke.

I have a presumptuous request, I hope little brother can help.

Chen Yao was stunned for a moment. Obviously, he had no idea that he could help the people from the Myriad Treasures Store.

However, at this moment, Chen Yao could be considered to have a favor to ask of others. Thus, he said, Speak of it, if I am really able to help you all.

Manager Li then said, I wish to meet your senior and ask him to help me refine some Face Preserving Pills.

Face Preserving Pill?

Chen Yao had seen this medicine before in the theory of alchemy. It could maintain a person's appearance and could only be considered as a third-grade medicine, and was not considered very difficult to refine.

But what was Manager Li going to do with it?

Suddenly, Chen Yao's gaze shifted to Tang Mei.

CHAPTER 102 - TRANSACTIONS

Tang Mei felt Chen Yao's gaze and did not move away. After a slight hesitation, she said, The Young Master actually guessed that I wanted to take the Face Preserving Pill. I'll have to trouble you to introduce that Tier 3 Pill Refiner.

Chen Yao pondered for a moment before replying.

This Thousand Medicinal House is also the property of the Thousand Treasures Store. I just realized that when this Manager Li spoke, he always had to ask for your opinion with his eyes. It's clear that your status is even higher than Manager Li's.

Manager Li was an alchemist himself. If I'm not wrong, he should be a Second Rank alchemist. His martial arts cultivation has already reached the Genuine Force.

Logically speaking, you should treat Manager Li as a senior and properly support him. But clearly, Manager Li is very respectful towards you. Your strength being put in front of you, it's very normal. The only reason why he has this kind of respect is because you are a member of the Million Treasures Auction House's Tang family. "

Hearing Chen Yao's words, Manager Li and Tang Mei were stunned. They never thought that Chen Yao would be able to observe them in such a meticulous manner. Moreover, he had already faintly guessed Tang Mei's identity. This plan was truly frightening.

The two of them could not help but look at Chen Yao.

However, Chen Yao's next words were even more specific.

Not to mention this lady with a precious identity, even Manager Li, with the wealth of the Myriad Treasures Store, it would not be difficult to obtain a rank 6 or 7 pill. How could you be so desperate for a rank 3 Face Preserving Pill?

I think the only explanation for this is that this is the personal matter of the young miss. Moreover, not only did the Thousand Treasures Store not support you, they even deliberately disturbed the situation and prevented the alchemist from supplying you with a Grade 3 pill. Otherwise, it would be too easy for you to buy a few Face Preserving Pill from the alchemist with your own money.

Chen Yao stared at Tang Mei as if he could see through her with a single glance.

Chen Yao was completely speechless. Even Tang Mei was suspecting that Chen Yao had been sent by the Tang Clan Headquarters.

However, it was clear that this was not the case. Chen Yao's next words were clearly aimed at the Tang Clan Headquarters.

But that doesn't matter. Take someone's money to help them get rid of their troubles. A Face Preserving Pill costs thirty thousand spirit stones. As long as you provide enough ingredients, I can provide you with enough Face Preserving Pills.

One Face Preserving Pill for thirty thousand spirit stones? Why don't you go steal it! Tang Mei said angrily.

Chen Yao revealed a helpless expression and said, Think about it, I also want to entrust my relative to help me concoct pills, so the intermediary fee must be for sure. Also, the Thousand Treasures Association has already informed the Alchemist Association, who would dare to take up this task of yours? Isn't this courting death? Therefore, this is a matter of life and death. A price of thirty thousand Spirit Stones is already very fair."

Chen Yao had an unscrupulous expression on his face.

Chen Yao could tell from Tang Mei's clothes that she was a rich beauty without a lack of money. Coincidentally, she supported him, since he was already at the peak of the Spirit realm, the amount of spirit stones he needed for future cultivation would be extremely high. Moreover, the fusion elemental energy he had cultivated already required ten times the amount of spirit stones compared to ordinary cultivators.

If others needed one spirit stone to advance one stage in the Physical Martial Realm, then he needed ten. This difference wasn't very obvious, but what about the Royal Realm? Others needed ten million Spirit Stones, but he needed one hundred million. This was a huge difference.

He had to make plans for the future.

Chen Yao was now confident that even if he were to ask for a hundred thousand spiritual stones for a Face Preserving Pill, the woman before him would still agree. Thirty thousand spiritual stones was already cheap enough.

Sure enough, Chen Yao's guess was correct.

The woman only hesitated for a split-second before gritting her teeth and saying to Chen Yao, Good boy, you really know how to do business. A grade three Face Preserving Pill worth ten thousand spiritual stones a piece, has become thirty thousand spiritual stones a Face Preserving Pill? Taking advantage of the chaos to rob others? But I, Tang Mei, have agreed to it. "

After that, Tang Mei turned her head and said to Manager Li, Prepare a hundred batches of the pill's ingredients.

This was because there was a loss in refining pills and no one dared to guarantee that it would succeed. Regardless of whether it was the time difference or the mastery of fire, a little bit more and one would fail.

100 sets of ingredients to be able to concoct 10 Face Preserving Pills was already a good ratio. If he could concoct more than 20 Face Preserving Pills, even the old fellows in the Alchemist Association would be extremely excited.

Chen Yao's eyelids twitched.

Tang Mei, what a charming name, but the other person was really rich. 100 sets of original ingredients for the Face Preserving Pill were all sold for 500,000 spirit stones, yet this woman didn't even bat an eye.

He really tricked the right person this time.

This is … The woman said to Chen Yao. No matter how many Face Preserving Pills you refine, I will accept all of them for thirty thousand spirit stones each. But let me warn you, if you dare to lie to me, or perhaps you need to hurry and reach noon tomorrow to refine not a single one, let alone a Sword Sect disciple, even if you are the Sword Faction's Royal Protector, I will still let you know how powerful I am. "

Once this woman was poisoned, it was extremely frightening.

However, Chen Yao was not afraid because he had enough confidence. If he had the ancient pill recipe and the chaos energy that allowed him to freely change attributes, in addition to the Shen Nong Cauldron, he wouldn't even be able to concoct a Tier 3 Face Preserving Pill.

Sure, I'll do as you say, but my senior has a bad temper. Before noon tomorrow, when I deliver the Face Preserving Pill, I hope that you can give me the spirit stones.

Chen Yao pondered for a moment. A hundred sets of primitive materials and he had so many take-out items. No matter what, he should have made eighty to ninety Face Preserving Pills. Wouldn't that amount to more than two million spirit stones?

Haha, he was going to make a fortune soon.

Chen Yao wanted to laugh, but at the same time, he was also afraid of being laughed at.

Tang Mei disdainfully said, What my Tang family lacks the most is money, but let me remind you again, before noon tomorrow, at least give me a Face Preserving Pill. Otherwise, the consequences will be very serious, and even if you hide in the sword sect, I can still kill you on the mountain? Do you believe me? "

Chen Yao rolled his eyes at Tang Mei and remained silent.

Very well, time is of the essence. My senior is extremely busy. Grab that medicine for me and leave.

Manager Li quickly matched up a hundred sets of Face Preserving Pills and twenty sets of Blood Spirit Pills' raw ingredients and gave them to Chen Yao. He then directly returned to the sword faction to concoct pills.

Young master, should I go and follow him? Check if he really has an alchemist relative in the sword faction? Don't be fooled by him," Manager Li whispered to Tang Mei as he watched Chen Yao's departing figure.

Tang Mei shook her head.

No, outsiders can't even enter the sword sect, so don't even think about stepping into the Mountain Protection Sword Formation easily. In addition, those alchemists all have very strange temperaments, and they don't like to be disturbed. If we follow Chen Yao, even if we find him, it will arouse his displeasure.

That's good. Mobilize the spies we have planted in the sword faction to check out this kid's name in the sword faction.

An agent?

All the sects and powers must have planted their eyes on each other to get information about each other. What was so strange about that?

Manager Li nodded and left the pharmacy.

Tang Mei looked at the clear sky and said with a gloomy expression, Father, do you really want to force me onto a dead end?

CHAPTER 103 - GRADE THREE PILLS

Sky Vanilla Two Coins for Five breaths of time.

Five pieces of the osmanthus petals for a moment.

...

The ancient formula of pill medicine had an extremely detailed description of the method to concoct the Face Preserving Pill.

Even if some ordinary tier 2 alchemist were to try to refine the Face Preserving Pill, he would have a fifty percent chance of success, let alone Chen Yao, who possessed the Divine Nong Cauldron as well as his Brilliant Sword Heart.

Shen Nong Cauldron was originally a treasure used for alchemy. Although it was a genuine godly weapon, even though it was of the auxiliary category, it still had its own unique advantages in the field of alchemy.

As a Brilliant Sword Heart, time would undoubtedly slow down in Chen Yao's eyes. Thus, he was able to grasp the timing of every breath. Thus, Chen Yao was able to accurately grasp the timing of refining the pill.

With so many advantages, Chen Yao firmly believed that concocting the Face Preserving Pill was a simple matter.

It could be seen that Tang Mei really needed the Face Preserving Pill. If he could refine the Face Preserving Pill on time, not only would he get the financial rewards from Tang Mei, but he would also be the leader of the Thousand Treasures Auction House. With Tang Mei's help, it would definitely be beneficial for his future development.

One pill after another was placed into Shen Nong Cauldron by Chen Yao.

Under the influence of Chen Yao's Primordial Fire, the Divine Nong Cauldron emitted a medicinal fragrance in the air.

Time passed bit by bit, and drops of sweat began to drip down from Chen Yao's forehead.

Pill Refining required an extremely high requirement for one to be able to grasp both the quality of the fire and the timing of the pill refining process. They did not dare to be sloppy in the slightest.

Chen Yao did not dare to relax right now.

After all, wasting each set of ingredients for the Face Preserving Pill was equivalent to earning less than 30,000 Spirit Stones. For a rich and powerful girl like Tang Mei, 30,000 Spirit Stones was nothing but a windfall for him.

Bam.

Two hours passed. Just as the pill was about to be formed, Shen Nong's Cauldron suddenly made a loud sound. The Cauldron's lid was lifted, and all sorts of medicinal herbs flew everywhere.

Dammit, I failed.

Chen Yao cursed and felt somewhat disheartened. It was indeed difficult to refine a grade three medicinal pill. The difficulty of refining a grade two medicinal pill was at least ten times more difficult than it was to refine a grade two medicinal pill.

However, Chen Yao did not give up. He continued concocting pills.

He continued using the method recorded in the ancient pill recipe to pour the herbs into Shen Nong Cauldron and activate it with his True Fire …

Now, Chen Yao felt that although he had an exceptional amount of resources in the field of alchemy, there were still two things that were greatly lacking: experience and alchemy flame.

Although he had the guidance of several alchemy masters working hard to concoct pills, the paper was still shallow. Refining pills needed to be done over and over again in order to give him a sense of alchemy. This feeling was also very important.

The alchemy flame was even more precious.

For example, Su Yiyi's Grand Yi Primordial Fire was a very powerful 'Heavenly Flame'. The might of its flames alone were comparable to low-grade Heaven-ranked martial skills.

There was a powerful 'Heavenly Flame'. When refining pills, the pills would become purer and the medicinal strength would become stronger. Refining pills would have twice the results and half the effort.

So Chen Yao had to consider, if he wanted to defeat Nangong Yun in the youth conference in two years, would he have to find a way to subdue a kind of Heavenly Flame?

Nangong Yun was an outstanding disciple of the first family to refine pills, her family must have given her all the resources they had. Although the other side would no longer have a divine tool like the Divine Nong Cauldron, but they would still have saint artifacts. The other side would definitely have a strong Heavenly Flame, so comparing him to refining pills would just be asking to be humiliated.

No, he had to find a way to subdue the 'Heavenly Flame'.

Disregarding all distracting thoughts, an hour later, the Shen Nong Cauldron released an extremely rich fragrance that filled the entire room. Chen Yao hurriedly circulated his spiritual energy, wrapping it around his room to prevent the fragrance from leaking out.

Compared to other pills, the Face Preserving Pill was only weaker in fragrance.

Chen Yao didn't want to reveal the fact that he could already refine a Tier 3 pill just because of the smell. Although becoming a Tier 3 pill refiner was a lifelong dream of many, and once he could refine a Tier 3 pill, especially at Chen Yao's age, he would definitely be highly valued by the Alchemist Association. As a result, the elders of some large sects would have to be respectful to Chen Yao.

His talent in the way of the sword had already surpassed ordinary people. This made countless people envious and wished that they could kill him as soon as possible. If news of him being able to refine a Grade 3 pill spread out, then he would probably die without a burial.

Furthermore, he had yet to reach the step of seeking the assistance of the Apothecary Guild. He didn't need to join the Apothecary Guild, and once he joined the entire organization, he would have to follow the rules of the Apothecary Guild.

A crystal clear pill flew out from Shen Nong's cauldron and landed on Chen Yao's hand. The fragrance was refreshing.

Medium Grade Three.

Chen Yao looked at the color of the Face Preserving Pill in his hand and revealed a joyous expression.

The same pill was also divided into three levels, upper, middle, and lower.

He had just failed once and was able to refine a mid-grade third-grade Face Preserving Pill again. Chen Yao was impressed with himself. He believed that he should be able to refine a top-grade third-grade Face Preserving Pill.

Chen Yao put away the Face Preserving Pill and put another pill into the Shen Nong Cauldron. However, this time, there were two portions.

As a divine tool, the Shen Nong Cauldron naturally had its own unique and unique uses. Within the Shen Nong Cauldron, there were countless similar but different dimensions.

It allowed one to refine a large number of different pills at the same time.

Naturally, divine artifacts were powerful.

However, in order to refine a different pill at the same time, one had to focus on several uses, taking into account the control of the temperature of the pill, and in order to do so, one needed extremely strong spiritual will and extremely deep true essence.

Chen Yao's spiritual will obviously wasn't powerful to such an extent. However, refining the same kind of pill, such as the Face Preserving Pill, was much simpler.

How effective would it be to refine two Tier 3 pills at the same time?

Chen Yao was looking forward to it!

Time slowly passed. Finally, the two elixirs flew out from Shen Nong Cauldron and landed in Chen Yao's hands.

Both of them are medium quality?

Chen Yao frowned. Clearly, he was not very satisfied with his success. In his estimation, it would at least be a mid-tier, high-tier item.

This was also what it meant for Chen Yao to be arrogant.

Could that apothecary have a success rate as high as Chen Yao's? It was rare to see a medium grade, and it was even made from two of them.

Subsequently, Chen Yao placed the ten sets of ingredients for the Face Preserving Pill into the Shen Nong Cauldron and began refining.

Regardless of which aspect it was, Chen Yao's talent was truly too monstrous. He could learn anything he wanted, something that many people would never be able to learn in their entire lives.

He only needed to do it once to become an expert.

Geniuses were still geniuses.

CHAPTER 104 - SCORN

It was already late into the night. Ten pills were already out of the cauldron.

One high-grade one, five mid-grade ones, one low-grade one, two failures.

This result could be said to be astonishing. While Chen Yao was definitely the number one alchemist of several hundred years, he was actually very unhappy.

You have to do the best you can.

I don't believe it.

This time, Chen Yao directly put in twenty portions of the original ingredients needed to concoct the Face Preserving Pill.

As the True Fire activated the Shen Nong Cauldron, the medicinal fragrance gradually wafted out from within the Shen Nong Cauldron and the smell became increasingly stronger.

Now is the time. Release the pills.

With a thought from Chen Yao, the True Fire immediately dispersed and seventeen pills floated in the air.

This time, ten of them were of high quality, five of medium quality, two of low quality, and three of them had failed.

This kind of result could be recorded in the history of pill refining.

Even if the president of the Apothecary Guild were to forge a Face Preserving Pill at the same time, the success rate and quality of this pill wouldn't be as high as Chen Yao's.

I don't believe it.

Another 20 sets of ingredients for the Face Preserving Pill entered the cauldron.

It was already the latter half of the night when the pills came out. Nineteen of them had formed, fifteen of them were of high quality, four of them were of medium quality, and there was no lower quality. There was only one failure.

Chen Yao's expression finally eased up. However, there was still a trace of inadequacy.

He placed another 20 Face Preserving Pill raw materials into the cauldron.

It was already morning when the pill was released.

All of the pills were formed.

Ten of them were of high quality, while ten of them were of medium quality.

The joy on Chen Yao's face deepened. Finally, all the pills had been refined.

Chen Yao did not stop refining pills because he knew that only the Face Preserving Pill would be so valuable today. After today, it would be almost impossible to sell the Face Preserving Pill at such a high price.

...

At noon in the Sword City's Ten Thousand Medicines Store.

Manager Li, that kid hasn't come yet?

In the back hall of the Ten Thousand Medicinal House, Tang Mei wore a mask on her face as she spoke to Manager Li with an anxious and unkind tone.

Tang Mei was very beautiful and seductive. She was willing to show others her glorious side, but right now she was wearing a veil, meaning that something was wrong with her body. Her originally bright and tender face had a wrinkle, this was the sign of aging and sickness, so she used a veil to cover her face.

Manager Li said, "Young master, I checked that youth, he's called Chen Yao, and his reputation in the sword faction is very strong recently. Rumor has it that he received the legacy of the sage from the sword faction, and has the ability to fight those above his rank.

As for alchemy, I seem to have received the guidance of a sixth rank mysterious female alchemist from Chang An City, the capital of the imperial city. However, it is said that his alchemy time was not long ago, and he could only concoct a first or second grade alchemy, so concocting a third grade alchemy is no different from a dream.

But his competitive spirit is strong, I understand. I think he just wants to give it a try himself, which is why he said he has a relative of the Senior Alchemist. I think it's better for Young Master to give him up and lower his head to Chairman Tang.

Hearing Manager Li's words, Tang Mei couldn't help but feel a bit disappointed.

However, he said with a firm tone, Even if I die of old age, I will definitely not make him lower his head. I want to marry into the Imperial Palace. In my dreams.

Alright, I'm going to manage today's auction.

Tang Mei's mood was obviously extremely bad. She shook her sleeves and quickly left the Ten Thousand Medicinal House. She walked towards the auction as if she had eaten explosives.

Manager Li sighed, but he was helpless. He could only organize his medicine.

At that moment, a thin figure suddenly walked in through the door.

Chen Yao?

Manager Li was astonished when he saw Chen Yao in the Ten Thousand Medicinal House. According to his conjecture, if Chen Yao hadn't refined a Tier 3 Face Preserving Pill, he should have been hiding in the sword sect and wouldn't have dared to enter the Sword City again.

Chen Yao was able to concoct a grade-3 pill?

No, absolutely not. Based on our intelligence reports, Chen Yao had only been in contact with the female pharmacist for at most two years. How could he have managed to concoct a grade-3 pill in just two years? Impossible.

If he knew that Chen Yao had concocted the Face Preserving Pill in batches after less than two months, he might have died from shock.

However, Chen Yao frowned.

Among other things, that was because Manager Li had called out his name.

It seemed like they had secretly investigated him. This made Chen Yao a little unhappy, but it was understandable. The Myriad Treasures Store would never engage in a business where one would lose money. It was normal for them to investigate his background.

However, this made Chen Yao somewhat unhappy. They must have found out that he had not been concocting pills for very long, and they felt that he would not be able to concoct the Face Preserving Pill.

Thinking of this, Chen Yao's face darkened. Holding his head, he gloomily said to Manager Li.

Shopkeeper, there's a problem with that senior of mine. What should we do?

Manager Li revealed an expression that was as expected, then he said somewhat angrily, Without the diamond, you don't need to take care of the porcelain. You will be in trouble if you delay my Young Miss's condition.

Chen Yao was very unhappy, but he did not flare up. He pretended to be innocent and said sadly, The lesson of the shopkeeper is, however, I now have a defective product in my possession. I wonder if it will be of help to Miss Tang Mei?

Chen Yao spread open his hands. In them he held a slightly flawed Face Preserving Pill. Although it was a terrible loss, it was still considered to be a success. Its potency was about half that of a normal Face Preserving Pill.

Upon seeing this defective product, Manager Li was slightly surprised. He knew that Chen Yao didn't have any so-called senior who would help him refine pills. They were all refined by Chen Yao.

If Chen Yao had started concocting pills two years ago, he would be able to produce this kind of medicinal herb with some innate ability.

However, he was still full of disdain.

Perhaps Chen Yao was already at the level of a second rank apothecary. With a hundred sets of original ingredients for the Face Preserving Pill, even a blind cat would be able to make a wrong move and create a defective pill.

At first, he wanted to give the Face Preserving Pill to Tang Mei, but Manager Li thought that if the defective pill didn't have any medicinal properties, Tang Mei would go crazy and get scolded by him.

My young lady went to the auction house and came with me. She personally gave her the medicine and I'll also take you to see the world. Today, the auction house has a sword of high-grade earth-step flying sword to auction, so as a sword cultivator, I'll let you broaden your horizons.

How could Chen Yao not know Manager Li's thoughts?

However, she nodded her head in agreement.

However, he was thinking about how he would screw over the Spirit Stones of the Myriad Treasures Store in the future.

CHAPTER 105 - AUCTION

Under Manager Li's lead, Chen Yao entered the heavily guarded Million Treasures Auction House.

The Thousand Treasures Auction House had always been heavily guarded, and the auction house had always been the most heavily guarded place, for no other reason than that there were many priceless treasures that were being auctioned off by other people. If they were stolen, even if the auction house was willing to compensate for the losses, it would be a huge blow to the reputation of the Thousand Treasures Association.

Under Manager Li's lead, Chen Yao entered the interior of the Million Treasures Auction House.

During this period of time, although he was not searched by the guards because he was being led by Manager Li, Chen Yao still felt that at least ten experts above the Emperor Stage had searched him with their divine intents.

The Thousand Treasures Firm was truly rich. It was only a branch in the Sword City, but it was able to hire a King Stage powerhouse. Moreover, it had a dozen or so spots.

At this time, in the center of the auction floor, under the bright lights of the auction hall, there was a masked woman in a tight red dress. She was using a magnetic voice and alluring words to introduce the names and functions of the treasures on the stage.

This girl was Tang Mei, she had always been known for her flirtatious demeanor, and her charming manner made it hard for men to resist her. Most men who came here, other than having rare treasures, would focus their attention on Tang Mei.

Tang Mei's body could be described as fiery hot, especially her dress that revealed her waist and back, making her perfect figure appear before everyone's eyes.

No one knew the reason why Tang Mei was wearing her face scarf, but with her face scarf on, she gave people a hazy sense of beauty.

The entire auction house was extremely noisy.

The reason why this auction house's business was so good was most likely because of Tang Mei herself. Many people had specially come from the outer city to attend the monthly regular auction, which was why they had the chance to get close to Tang Mei.

With the addition of Tang Hong, many people were willing to bid for anything that was auctioned off at a price that was several hundred times higher than the original.

Just like before, a Rank 1 Body Tempering Pill that only cultivators in the physical realm would think highly of was actually forcibly auctioned for thirty thousand Spirit Stones. That caused Chen Yao to be stupefied.

This woman really knew how to do business.

Chen Yao's eyes swept across the auction ground.

He actually found out that there were actually many sword faction disciples here today, and there were even direct disciples here.

Ghost Sword, Li Mo.

Shield Sword Su Zhong.

Chen Yao never thought that the sword faction's top ten most famous disciples, the seventh and tenth, would both appear here.

Since these two were King's Realm cultivators, they did not pay much attention to Tang Mei. Instead, they anxiously waited for something. Could it be because of that high-grade earth-step treasure sword?

Manager Li's words suddenly sounded in Chen Yao's mind.

Even with their statuses, the treasured swords they held were only medium-grade earth-step, and there was only a thin line between medium-grade earth-step and high-grade high-grade earth-step. But in a battle between two people of the same level, if both sides had the same cultivation and martial skills, then the sword would be the deciding factor in victory or defeat, and even in life and death. For a swordsman, having a good treasured sword was equivalent to having an extra life.

Moreover, to be able to alarm these two, they were definitely not ordinary high-grade earth-step swords. It was very likely that there was some special technique or array formation inscribed on it by a rune master.

This won't do, these two were already his top six opponents in the sword ranking competition. If these two were to obtain another treasure sword like this, then he wouldn't be able to continue accepting more.

At this moment, Chen Yao had already made up his mind. No matter what, he must obtain that sword for himself.

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It had to be said that Tang Mei was very good and very appropriate. She took advantage of her own beauty and bewitchment.

It didn't feel like it was vulgar, but it also made people's hearts beat faster.

Furthermore, he didn't allow others to take advantage of him in the slightest.

The atmosphere at the scene was extremely stirred up by her. Every time a customer wanted to bid on something at a high price, she would send a gentle look and a word of praise to the customer when the heartache was not there.

The customer was immediately overjoyed as his mind rippled.

I must be thinking that even if I were to go bankrupt today, as long as I can get a smile on my face, it would all be worth it.

One item after another was auctioned off at a high price. The atmosphere at the scene was extremely heated.

However, Chen Yao quickly discovered that just as the auction house was about to close, experts from the Boundless Demon Sect, Dharma Ancestor, Wu Zong, and a few nearby clans had all entered. All of them were King's Realm experts, and all of them were close to the peak of the King's Realm.

Something wrong?

Chen Yao furrowed his brows. Could it be that the treasure he had obtained today wasn't that high-grade Earth-step flying sword, but something else that was extremely tempting to a King's Realm cultivator?

It seemed that they would need to engage in an intense spirit stone battle. However, if these King's Realm experts were to focus all their attention on the treasure that hadn't appeared yet, then the chances of him obtaining a high-grade earth-step treasure sword would be much higher.

While Chen Yao was pondering his thoughts.

At the center of the auction hall, Tang Mei said to the crowd.

Two more treasures and today's auction will be over.

Two maids brought the items up to the platform.

There were two boxes, one about a meter long, ten centimeters wide and the other about the size of a palm.

Tang Mei first opened the rectangular box.

The box was clearly engraved with some kind of formation to conceal one's presence. The moment the box was opened, the formation touched it.

Rumble … A loud sword hum resounded as a clear stream of sword Qi shot into the sky.

Suddenly, a screen of light appeared in midair and blocked the sword. Otherwise, the roof of the auction house would have been overturned.

This auction house definitely had a defensive formation.

However, when the strong sword energy clashed against the light screen, the remaining might made many cultivators under the Spirit realm unable to resist. Blood flowed out from the corner of their mouths, and the cultivators under the Spirit realm directly staggered and couldn't stand stably.

What a powerful sword.

This was what everyone present was thinking.

The higher the grade of the magical equipment, the greater the difference between each rank.

A hundred medium-grade earth-step treasures were not even worth a single high-grade earth-step treasure sword. But a thousand high-grade earth-step treasures were not even worth a single low-grade heaven-step treasure sword.

For example, that day, Chen Yao had used a single strike of the high-grade earth-step Heaven's Lightning to kill four experts of the Genuine Force, the Everlasting Demon Sect.

Although the Sky Thunder was extremely powerful, it was undeniably a very high level one.

Even if it had attack power, could it kill four warriors of the Genuine Force if it was only a low-rank Earth Realm? Obviously not.

This was the sword city. At the foot of the sword faction, everything within a radius of ten thousand li was within the sword faction's area of influence. Here, most sword cultivators were sword cultivators.

Looking at the heated gazes of the crowd, Tang Mei's eyes were full of smiles as she said coquettishly.

This sword is called Heaven Cleaving, it is a high-grade Earth Realm sword that was accidentally found by an expert in a secret location. The sword has an ancient inscription on it, and it is supported by a special sword qi, so even if it is not imbued with spirit energy, this Heaven Cleaving Sword will automatically activate the fake sword qi.

Listening to Tang Mei's explanation, everyone's gaze became even more fervent.

Brat, regardless of the cost, get this sword.

Suddenly, the sword spirit's slightly joyful voice resounded in Chen Yao's mind.

CHAPTER 106 - SKY-HIGH BIDDING

The Sword Spirit rarely took the initiative to talk to him, so the Sword Spirit was able to remind him to take down the Heaven Severing Sword, which meant that the Sword Spirit must have some kind of secret use. The current situation did not allow Chen Yao and the Sword Spirit to interact much.

Heaven Severing Sword.

The name alone was extremely clear.

Whap.

Suddenly, Tang Mei closed the sword box, and her killing intent disappeared without a trace. It seemed like this box was a pretty good treasure for hiding one's Qi.

Although Zhan Tian's aura had disappeared, the frenzied flames in the eyes of all the sword cultivators had not disappeared at all.

BOOM!

Suddenly, an intense burst of spiritual energy erupted from the high platform. Only with the help of the two Emperors' Realm experts, who were hiding in the surroundings, could this aura be suppressed.

Is that Wang Ji Fruit?

All of the King's Realm experts present grew frenzied. If it weren't for the fact that the Thousand Treasures Auction House had a few Emperor's Realm experts surrounding them, they might have directly snatched them away.

Cultivating was a very mysterious matter. When one reached the peak of the King's Realm, if one wanted to become a King's Realm expert, they could not just rely on absorbing spiritual energy to cultivate, but needed a natural elixir called Wang Ji Guo. They needed to consume this elixir in order to break through the shackles of the King and be promoted to Emperor.

When one reached the King's Realm and wanted to become a semi-sage expert, one had to consume several rare and precious innate medicines that would be combined to create a Grade Eight Spirit Pill, the Holy Transformation Pill.

Originally, precious elixirs were hard to find, not to mention refining it into an eighth-grade Holy Transformation Pill. This was also the reason why semi-sage realm experts were so rare.

If one wanted to become a semi-sage expert, he or she had to become an emperor.