Reaching the pinnacle from Doupo

Chapter 402: The "Guest", Ying Xin (Transitional Chapter, please subscribe if you see fit)

In the familiar hall of Dan Tower, Xuan Kongzi and Lin Yuan sat opposite each other, while Cao Ying sat beside Xuan Kongzi, pouring tea for them quite elegantly.

"Good tea, Ying'er's craftsmanship has improved a lot!"

Smiling and praising his disciple, Xuan Kongzi put down his teacup, tilted his head to look at Lin Yuan, his expression became much more serious, "Lin boy, although we have directly sent away the people from the Sky Demon Phoenix Clan who came to question us this time, you should be careful next time."

"You have the flying fighting skill made from the wings of the Heavenly Demon Phoenix. It seems that you have also used the blood of the Demon Phoenix. This is always an excuse... The Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan will not let this go lightly."

"Although they are afraid of Danta and will not attack you openly, you should be more careful in secret. The strength of that tribe is still quite strong."

During the trip to the Thunder Realm, Lin Yuan exposed the Wings of the Heavenly Phoenix, which eventually had some consequences.

Among the many Zhongzhou sects present at the time, several were on good terms with the Sky Demon Phoenix Clan, so they naturally informed the Sky Demon Phoenix Clan of the affairs of the Thunder Realm.

As expected, the Heavenly Demon Phoenix responded and sent several elders to Danta to seek an explanation.

After all, Lin Yuan is too famous nowadays. He has violated the taboos of the Sky Demon Phoenix Clan so blatantly. If nothing is done about it, the prestige of the Sky Demon Phoenix Clan will surely be greatly damaged.

However, Danta is no pushover either - if he can’t defeat those ancient clans, how can he defeat your Sky Demon Phoenix clan?

In addition, those Heavenly Demon Phoenix elders might have been dominating the Beast Territory for too long and behaved quite arrogantly after coming to Danta. Therefore, the three giants did not disturb Lin Yuan who was in seclusion. After those people said some harsh words, they "invited" them to leave without any hesitation.

"Thank you, three presidents. I now understand the matter!" Lin Yuan nodded slightly, tapped the teacup on the table, and changed the topic to another matter.

"By the way, Master Xuan, is the tower ready for me to make medicine in public?"

"Of course, there will be many guests coming to watch the ceremony tomorrow." Xuan Kongzi smiled and said playfully, "After all, there aren't many masters like you who are willing to let others watch!"

Alchemy is never without risk, and the possibility of failure is quite high.

In order to maintain mystery and style, to keep their own skills secret, and to prevent external interference when refining medicine, most alchemy masters believe in mysticism and rarely refine medicine in public.

Therefore, Xuan Kongzi was quite supportive of Lin Yuan's initiative to organize such an activity similar to the "Alchemist Team Building".

"In order to expand the business territory and expand the trading network... it's okay to do it occasionally!"

Lin Yuan waved his hand, a sly smile flashed in his eyes, and he said frankly: "Since there has been some progress, it is natural for the outside world to know about it. In this way, the illusory potential can be transformed into tangible benefits in advance."

"Is there any progress?" Xuan Kongzi raised his eyebrows, looked at Lin Yuan with interest, and asked: "Lin boy, speaking of which, what kind of elixir are you going to refine this time?"

"Xuanling Fanshi Pill!" Lin Yuan gently picked up the teacup, shook it gently, saw the ripples in it, and answered softly.

"The eighth-grade, seven-color Xuanling Fanshi Pill?"

Although he had expected it, after hearing Lin Yuan's confirmation, Xuan Kongzi couldn't help but sigh: "Given your personality, since you have decided, I think you are 80% sure, right? You have entered the eighth level seven colors so quickly. Your progress is faster than the three of us expected."

There is a huge watershed between the eighth level, six colors and the eighth level, seven colors… The eighth level, seven colors, can not only refine Dan beasts, but also directly join the small Dan Tower.

The three giants originally thought that it would take at least one or two years for Lin Yuan to cross this line of genius.

After all, the three of them were once famous geniuses in Danyu and even Zhongzhou, but it took them nearly ten years to cross the threshold of the eighth grade and seven colors.

Lin Yuan's speed of improvement cannot be explained simply by "talent".

On the other side, after hearing Xuan Kongzi's words, Lin Yuan just shook his head modestly and chuckled, "Master Xuan, you are too kind. I was just lucky enough to have some opportunities!"

As he spoke, he took a sip of the tea in the cup and tilted his head to look at Cao Ying beside him, "The fragrance lingers on your lips and teeth, making you savor it... Ying'er, your tea art is really outstanding!"

Hearing this, Cao Ying raised her lips in a charming arc, saying playfully: "In that case, why don't you teach me how to practice, and I'll be your maid and make tea for you anytime. Haha, compared to little sister Danchen, I'm better at taking care of people!"

When she spoke the latter part, her slightly frivolous tone actually contained a hint of seriousness, and her eyes were full of curiosity.

Cao Ying was really curious about Lin Yuan from the bottom of her heart, and she was becoming more and more curious.

With the "stimulation" of the experience in the Thunder Realm, she has been practicing diligently during this period and has made rapid progress. However, compared with Lin Yuan, she seems to be standing still.

Lin Yuan was like a breeze blowing across Cao Ying's palm. Cao Ying wanted to hold it, but found that she couldn't hold it at all.

The reason is simple: the mountain where Lin Yuan is standing... is too high.

As a well-known enchantress of the Cao family in Danyu, Cao Ying has grown up in endless praise. She has always been proud of her talent, and regards her talent as her greatest confidence.

However, after meeting Lin Yuan, she felt like she had reached a new peak.

Especially during the trip to the Thunder Clan, Cao Ying witnessed Lin Yuan's journey to the top with her own eyes - after the latter stood out among many geniuses and won the top spot in an unrivaled manner, in her eyes, Lin Yuan had become a peak that could not be climbed.

Due to her natural tendency to admire the strong, as well as the gap between herself and Lin Yuan in terms of strength and talent, Cao Ying now finds it difficult to face Lin Yuan as an equal.

This is not intentional, but a natural barrier that is almost bound to arise between the strong and the weak.

At the same time, as a seductive girl who grew up in pride, Cao Ying has a proud and reserved character, which makes it difficult for her to approach Lin Yuan in a weak manner.

In this situation, if Lin Yuan treated Cao Ying more enthusiastically, there would be a chance that the two of them would develop a relationship. However, Lin Yuan, who already has several beauties... doesn't intend to spend too much time on this.

Due to a variety of factors, although Cao Ying had a strong liking for Lin Yuan, the distance between the two was not shortened much.

However, Cao Ying recalled meeting Dan Chen a few days ago - a peer whom she had always regarded as a rival, and her energetic expression when she mentioned Lin Yuan, and she felt a little unwilling.

Is that little girl's life so good?
It was obvious that she, Cao Ying, had set her eyes on Lin Yuan, the "prey" first, but that ignorant little girl came out on top and not only became the latter's disciple, but there was a real chance that she would eat him in the future?

This unwillingness made Cao Ying more "aggressive" towards Lin Yuan.

However, Lin Yuan, who had many important matters to deal with, was destined not to pay attention to these little thoughts for quite some time.

Without taking the verbal hook thrown by Cao Ying, Lin Yuan smiled politely at her and started to discuss alchemy with Xuan Kongzi.

An hour later, Lin Yuan ended the discussion with a feeling of being unsatisfied and left.

Looking at Lin Yuan's slowly leaving back, the smile on Cao Ying's face slowly faded, a hint of sadness flashed in her beautiful eyes, but she quickly cheered up again, a light snort came from the tip of her nose, her jade hands were gently clenched, and a stubborn arc appeared at the corner of her mouth.

“Hmph, Lin Yuan, even if you really are an elusive breeze, I will still catch you in my hand…”
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The next day, Saint Dan City.

It was still dark, but the wide alchemy square was already crowded with people. What was even more surprising was that most of the people who came today were well-known figures in the Alchemy Domain. Among them, the alchemy master wearing the Seven-Star Pagoda badge was not uncommon! As the time was approaching, everyone held their breath, staring intently at the stone platform in the center, quietly waiting for the arrival of the Alchemy Domain legend.

Not long after, when the first ray of morning light poured down from the sky, a figure came from the distant sky, and then, under the gaze of everyone, lightly landed on the stone platform.

"Today I will be refining an eighth-grade elixir. Please try to watch! I hope you can gain something..."

Lin Yuan said calmly as he glanced around the square.

Hearing this, many people couldn't help but be shocked. Although they had heard some news a long time ago, very few people were willing to refine pills of this quality in public.

The seventh-rank alchemists were even more delighted.

For them, observing an eighth-grade master making medicine can help them learn a lot from the details.

Without caring about what everyone thought, Lin Yuan calmed down slightly and sat cross-legged on the stone platform. With a wave of his hand, thousands of beasts floated in the sky in front of him. With a wipe of his palm, hundreds of medicinal herbs flew out and circled around him.

Then, he snapped his fingers and an ice-blue firebird appeared. It flapped its wings lightly and flew gracefully into the Ten Thousand Beasts Cauldron.

The moment it entered the cauldron, dry blue icy flames spread across the prairie, releasing a terrifying high temperature.

And Lin Yuan's round of medicine refining also began...

Nine days later, Lin Yuan, who had closed his eyes lightly, slowly opened them, looked at the fire cauldron in the sky, and smiled slightly.

Outside the Ten Thousand Beasts Cauldron, circles of fierce energy fluctuations rippled out from the Ten Thousand Beasts Cauldron as the center; and inside the Ten Thousand Beasts Cauldron, purple light was diffused, and a round pill the size of a fist was quietly suspended in the center of the cauldron.

Rich spiritual energy surrounded the purple pill in the center, beating like a beating heart, creating ripples on the spiritual mist.

"boom--"

Suddenly, a loud thunder exploded in the sky, awakening everyone who was intoxicated by the fragrance of the elixir.

After coming to their senses, everyone looked up quickly and saw that the sky was suddenly covered with thick dark clouds, and silver snakes of lightning were flying through it.

At this moment, an inexplicable aura rose from the Ten Thousand Beasts Cauldron and immediately rushed straight into the sky.

The thunderclouds in the sky seemed to be pulled, churning violently, and then gradually became gorgeous. In less than two minutes, the black thunderclouds transformed into gorgeous colorful thunderclouds in front of everyone's shocked eyes...

"Seven... Seven-color pill thunder? The one that Medicine Lord refined is an eighth-grade seven-color pill?"

Exclamations rang out one after another in the square.

Looking at the seven-colored thunderclouds in the sky, fanatical expressions appeared on the faces of many alchemists - this kind of pill thunder is what many alchemists have been pursuing all their lives.

Suddenly, a gentle but solemn voice sounded in a corner of the void filled with the fragrance of medicine: "The seven colors are so evenly distributed, it must be a top-quality eight-grade seven-color pill! As expected, in terms of the current alchemy skills, this boy is a little better than Yao Tian..."

The noisy square and other people's thoughts had no effect on Lin Yuan.

He slowly stood up, stretched his muscles a little, then stomped on the ground hard. His body shot into the colorful thundercloud at high speed like an arrow.

Above the sky, thunderclouds rolled violently and thunder rumbled in the sky.

Faintly, everyone could see that the numerous thunders in the colorful thundercloud were madly bombarding a figure among them.

The deafening thunder lasted for more than ten minutes before gradually fading away.

At the same time, a mysterious inspiration poured down from the thundercloud and landed on the purple pill in the Ten Thousand Beasts Cauldron.

A purple light suddenly flashed in the Ten Thousand Beasts Cauldron, and a vast amount of spiritual mist surged out.

"hold head high--"

As a low dragon roar sounded, in the fiery eyes of the crowd, a purple light flew out from the cauldron and shot towards the distant sky.

"Haha, I've spent so much of my time, there's no reason for me to let you run away." A proud voice with a hint of smile came from the thundercloud. The thundercloud then dissipated, revealing a heroic young man in it.

"Dragon Catcher!"

Looking at the purple light and shadow that wanted to escape, Lin Yuan gently waved his sleeves, a burst of fighting spirit shot out, and then a giant blue hand swept the purple light and shadow back.

At this point, most people in the square finally saw the true form of the purple light and shadow - it was actually a small purple dragon about half a meter long.

Suddenly, sounds of people gasping for air rang out in the square.

"Is that... a dragon? What came out of the medicine cauldron shouldn't be a pill... Hiss, damn, that thing is the legendary pill beast?!"

"Dan beast, what is that?"

"Legend has it that elixirs that have experienced seven or more colors of elixir thunder have the ability to transform into beast form..."

"Dan Beast, I didn't expect to see something like this!"

In the sky, Lin Yuan did not entangle with the pill beast. He tapped his finger directly on its forehead. Its body trembled suddenly, then shrank rapidly, and soon changed back to the appearance of a pill.

Falling back onto the stone platform, he casually glanced at the people around him.

After giving Ye Zhong a look that said "I'll leave it to you", he put away the Ten Thousand Beasts Cauldron and left the square.

After Lin Yuan left, Ye Zhong flashed to the stone platform. Facing the puzzled gazes of the crowd, a calm smile appeared on his old face, and he said loudly: "My friends, my name is Ye Zhong, and I am currently the lord of Medicine..."

After obtaining a five-star Dou Zun puppet, Ye Zhong's confidence also increased unconsciously.
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After returning to his residence in Shengdan City, Lin Yuan went straight to the courtyard.

After a moment of hesitation, he slowly walked to the stone table in the yard, flicked his fingers, and two wine glasses and a pot of fine wine flew out of the ring and landed lightly on the stone table.

Afterwards, Lin Yuan casually sat down on the stone bench, picked up the wine jug, filled the two wine glasses, placed one of them opposite to the other, then raised his eyes slightly and looked calmly at the empty void not far away.

“Senior Yao Ying, since you are here, why not show yourself? Miss Yao Ling should have brought the things she promised me…”

(End of this chapter)