The most shameless alchemist in history

On an altar, there was a stone slab.

“Oh, that’s the sealing stone tablet that our Flame Kingdom enshrines. It was the one that our Flame Kingdom kept when the Azure Thunder Empire disintegrated. I stored it in the royal cemetery because it’s the safest place,” Wellington explained.

“A sealing stone tablet? We have a similar one in our Land of Thunder,” Hilbert said after glancing at it.

“Of course, after the Azure Thunder Empire disintegrated, each of the seven countries had a stone slab.” Ferdinand was also aware of this.

"Sealed stone tablet...wait, who's there?"

Du Lei came here specifically for the sealing stone tablet, but after a series of events, he still managed to find it.

Just as he was hesitating about how to ask to take the stone slab, he suddenly sensed an aura nearby.

Although extremely faint, it does exist!

926 Purple Flames

Dure traveled a great distance to the Land of Flames, originally for this sealed stone tablet.

Because back when he was still in the hot spring village, he had seen a strange symbol in the notes of a man named Xia Yi.

At first, he didn't understand what the symbol meant.

He had great respect for Xia Yi and always regarded Xia Yi as his teacher.

When Xia Yi left Hot Spring Village, he repeatedly told him not to leave the village and to stay there for the rest of his life.

But how could Xia Yi possibly stop a young man's yearning and longing for the outside world?

Eventually, he left the hot spring village to explore the vast world.

It was only later that he learned that Xia Yi had placed a curse mark on him, and that curse mark still exists and has not been removed.

This made Du Lei even more confused, and he wanted to see Xia Yi again to find out why he did this.

However, Xia Yi disappeared without a trace, and the only clue that could be found was the notebook.

He investigated for years without any leads, until Lance sent him the stone tablet.

He saw the exact same symbol on the stone slab! He then realized that the symbol was related to the Duke of the Far East who founded the Azure Thunder Empire.

Therefore, he embarked on a journey to collect the stone slabs, because only by collecting all seven slabs could he find the legendary temple.

Dure believed that he would surely find the answer to the question that was troubling him there.

He now possesses the stone tablet of the Swamp Country, which was kept by Lance's grandfather and eventually handed over to him.

The stone slab of the Rain Kingdom was given to King Zeref of the Rain Kingdom by him after he found it in a secret passage of his family's castle.

Besides these two stone slabs, the five countries of Wind Country, Thunder Country, Flame Country, Mountain Country, and Snow Country each have one stone slab.

His plan was to first obtain the stone tablets from the Land of Flame and the Land of Thunder, and then return to the Land of Snow and the Land of Mountains.

Since he had friendly relations with the latter two countries, obtaining the stone slabs shouldn't have been difficult.

Only in the Land of Wind, where his childhood companion Black Wind resides, would it be difficult to obtain the stone tablet.

However, it's not impossible, even though it's difficult. The most urgent task is to obtain the stone tablets from the Land of Flame and the Land of Lightning.

He came to the Land of Flames for this reason and appeared at the royal family's cemetery.

It was quite an arduous journey to achieve this, especially since he was almost killed by a high-ranking demon at the Sealed Gate.

But now that the problem has finally been solved and the stone slab has finally been seen, someone else has their eyes on it.

Once Dure spotted the man, he immediately fired a crossbow bolt in that direction!

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh!" The sharp crossbow bolts made a sharp sound as they pierced the air. Du Lei's sudden movement surprised both Lei Ming and Zi Yan.

But they soon noticed a figure appearing where the crossbow bolts had flown.

This was a very short boy, who looked to be only sixteen or seventeen years old, with a thin and frail build.

He nimbly dodged the crossbow bolts that Dure had fired, and even caught one of them between his fingers.

"Hey, is it really okay to ambush someone like that? I almost got caught." He chuckled.

At the same time, purple flames began to burn between his two fingers, and soon the flames melted the crossbow bolts.

"This is... Purple Flame? Who are you?" Purple Flame, standing beside him, was taken aback. She recognized what the flame on the boy's fingertips was.

"Huh, does someone actually know Zi Yan? Not bad. Who are you?" The boy looked at Zi Yan with surprise.

"That's not right. Only members of the Zi family can control the Purple Flame. I don't remember anyone like you in my family!"

Zi Yan was very surprised, and she repeatedly confirmed that she had not misjudged him.

"A member of the Zi family... It seems you're a junior member of the Zi family. By the way, what is your relationship with Zi Hu?" the boy suddenly asked.

“Zi Hu is my grandfather. How dare you call my grandfather by his name?” Zi Yan was taken aback.

"What? So you're that brat Zi Hu's granddaughter? Alright, I was originally going to kill you all, but since you're a junior member of the Zi family, I'll spare you. I'll take my leave now." The boy chuckled.

He walked toward the stone slab; clearly, his goal from the beginning had been that sealed stone slab!

"Stop! Do you think you can take the stone slab away?" Dure shouted.

He went to great lengths to seal the stone tablet, but now someone wants to take it away right under his nose.

"Kid, do I need your permission to take anything? Besides, this originally belonged to us, it has nothing to do with you."

The boy was much younger than Dure, but he still called Dure "kid" and looked down on him.

"The sealing stone tablet is very important to me, and I cannot let you take it!" Du Lei rushed forward and blocked his way.

"Kid, aren't you afraid of biting off more than you can chew? You think you can stop me... Hmm, you actually have some Void Abyss power on you. Although it's not much, you're still quite capable." He initially didn't take it seriously, but soon he squinted at Du Lei and said with interest.

"Brother... this person is dangerous. He can actually see the power of the Void Abyss, and we just used up all the Void Abyss power that I had painstakingly accumulated. If we fight him, I'm afraid we won't be able to beat him..." Old Hei quickly reminded him at this moment.

“Even so, but…” Dure was well aware of his situation.

If he were at his peak, he would definitely go all out to fight this unknown young man in front of him.

However, having just gone through a fierce battle, his magical energy was already completely depleted.

If he were to face a formidable opponent at this time, he would absolutely not gain the slightest advantage!

"Although I really want to kill you, as I just said, I'll spare your lives for the sake of the younger generation of the Zi family. I always keep my word, so you're very lucky. I hope we can meet again next time, because... then I'll be able to kill you!"

The boy smiled cruelly, and soon he waved his hand forward, and a wall of fire appeared instantly.

The raging wall of fire blocked Dure's vision, and the flames were all purple, forcing him to retreat.

If it were ordinary flames, he could freeze them with ice.

But it was clear that this flame was no ordinary flame, as the ice he controlled was instantly melted.

This wall of fire became an insurmountable chasm for him!

"You bastard... don't even think about escaping!" After being forced back for a moment, Du Lei charged forward and dispelled the flames.

But when the purple flames were reduced to a pile of embers and dead fire, the stone slab on the altar in front of them had disappeared.

The boy, of course, disappeared without a trace.

"Professor Du Lei, are you alright?" Yang Ge quickly came forward and asked with concern.

Du Lei was already in a very weak state, and now he had forced his way through the purple flames, which caused him considerable injury.

"It's nothing, it's just that person..." Du Lei was unwilling to accept this; he had rarely experienced such a setback.

"How is that possible? How could he use Purple Flame?" Zi Yan was still deeply puzzled.

"Purple Flame?" Du Lei turned around and then remembered that the purple flame used by the boy was very similar to the purple flame used by Zi Yan.

However, the latter's purple flames were far more powerful than any of the purple flames!

"The Purple Flame should be the exclusive flame of the Purple Clan, the most prestigious family in our Flame Kingdom, second only to the Royal Family. How could that person have it?"

Ferdinand was also somewhat surprised by this; he found it utterly unbelievable.

"Let's leave here first. Only after we leave can we find out the truth."

Lei Ming tried to persuade him, saying that so many things had happened so far, each and every one of them shrouded in mystery.

Lei Ming felt a vague unease, and moreover, so far only the Land of Flame was experiencing problems; as for the Land of Lightning…

“We should leave the cemetery quickly. His Majesty’s condition is not good; we need to find a doctor immediately,” Gilbert said with concern.

After everyone nodded, they quickly fled the Wang family cemetery through the craftsman's passage...

When they returned to the surface, Wilfel deceived the army of the Land of Flame, telling them that the king had died, and produced a forged edict announcing that he would become the new king of the Land of Flame. At the same time, Wilfel quickly began negotiations with the Land of Thunder.

The negotiations were led by Xerxes, the prime minister of the Land of Lightning. Due to the disappearance of Lei Ming and Hilbert, the Land of Lightning had also fallen into a situation of losing its crown prince. But just as their negotiations were about to be concluded, Ferdinand and Hilbert appeared.

The appearance of these two crown princes dispelled many rumors, especially those of the Flame Kingdom's army, who witnessed Ferdinand's resurrection.

The fact that General Ziyan was right next to him made them extremely excited.

Ferdinand easily gained control of the Flame Kingdom's army, and he originally planned to settle accounts with his uncle, Prince Wilhelm.

But Villefranco sensed something was wrong early on and hurriedly led a portion of his guards to flee back to his territory.

Ferdinand was not going to give Wilfair a chance to recover. He quickly announced Wilfair's various acts of rebellion, issued a decree from Wellington, stripped Wilfair of his princely status, and signed an arrest warrant. Wilfair, however, stood up and accused Ferdinand of being an imposter.

However, with Wellington's intervention, and Ferdinand's subsequent inspection tours of the Land of Flames, meeting with local officials and nobles and receiving a large number of people, Wilfah's accusations became very weak, and even within his own territory, voices of doubt began to emerge.

Villefranco had originally hoped that his loyal army could march south and confront Ferdinand directly by force.

But he soon discovered that he could no longer command the army, and several generals in the army remained inactive and declared neutrality.

Furthermore, two generals declared their allegiance to Prince Ferdinand's orders, which caused Villefranche's power to crumble instantly.

Vellfire was forced to flee and seek refuge in the Land of the Winds.

As for the Land of Lightning, Chancellor Xerxes had been plotting with Vellfire, making a clever plan.

As long as Hilbert and Thunder die in the royal cemetery without anyone knowing, he can take control of the Land of Thunder.

However, after Hilbert and Lei Ming appeared, the army of the Land of Lightning quickly sided with Hilbert.

Especially Lei Ming, who is a highly respected general in the Land of Thunder and an idol in the hearts of countless soldiers.

Xerxes had originally planned to flee in haste, but before he could escape, Hilbert captured him.

Hilbert obtained a large number of letters from Xerxes, and only then did he realize that there were serious problems within the Land of Thunder.