A person in the heavens, starting with a Chaos Emperor Dao Fruit

"I want to buy some alchemist's inheritance or pill formulas of grade six or above, and also some high-grade medicinal materials."

"Well, pill formulas and medicinal herbs can be sold, but no one sells alchemy master's inheritance, especially high-level alchemy master's inheritance, which is a closely guarded secret."

"Alright then, let's buy the pill formulas and medicinal herbs. I also need some low-grade pill formulas." Yunhua wasn't too disappointed. After all, he had long had his eye on the alchemist's inheritance, and asking around was just a gamble.

Frank took out two booklets and handed them to Yunhua: "This is a catalog of all the prescriptions and medicinal herbs. Just check the box next to the ones you want to select, and someone will bring them over after you're done."

Yunhua opened the booklet of elixir formulas, which were categorized by grade, with each formula including its efficacy and price.

Yunhua didn't care about the price at all; gold coins were just a number to him. So he turned his attention to the booklet.

There are many kinds of first-grade pills, some of which even Yunhua has not collected. Their effects are also very strange, obviously pill formulas that were accidentally made by someone during experimentation.

For example, things that can change hair color, make people gain weight, or reduce strength.

Yunhua found some seemingly useful pill formulas and started sketching them out. Once they reached the second-grade level, the number of formulas decreased, but there were still some strange and unusual pills, such as those that could induce a state of suspended animation or enhance one's battle qi to make them appear stronger.

Next, Yunhua selected all the useful pill formulas from the second, third, and fourth grades. When she got to the fifth grade pill formula page, there were only a few pill formulas left, and only one of them was one that Yunhua did not have.

It is a formula for a pill called Qingxin Dan, which can make people fall into absolute focus and enhance their learning.

It's not bad, but when it comes to sixth-grade pill formulas, there are only three types, and Yunhua doesn't have two of them.

The first type is the Breaking Sect Pill, which, as the name suggests, is used to help a Dou Huang break through to the Dou Zong realm.

The second type is called Qingxuan Life-Protecting Pill, which can make a person immune to one fatal injury. Taking it once can protect them for life, which is not bad.

There is only one type of seventh-tier elixir: the Life-Returning Pill, which can quickly restore injuries.

After checking the box, Yunhua opened the booklet of medicinal herbs, which listed the quantity, price, and eligibility for redemption.

Yunhua checked off everything she could buy, and soon a waiter came over with a storage ring and handed it to Yunhua.

Yunhua picked up the storage ring, gazing at the medicinal herbs and pill formulas placed inside. He then took out a storage ring as well, revealing the gold coins from this transaction.

"President Frank, this matter is settled, Yunhua will take his leave." Yunhua's purpose in coming to Blackrock City has been basically achieved. He plans to rest for one night and then take a flying magical beast to the border of the Empire the next day.

"Goodbye, Master Yunhua." Frank didn't try to stop him.

Yunhua left the study and went to the hall, where she saw Xian'er sitting quietly waiting for her.

"Xian'er, we've kept you waiting. Let's go to the inn and stay there for the night. We'll set off again tomorrow."

Chapter Sixty-Seven Arrival at the Destination

The next day, Yunhua led Xian'er out of the inn. Yunhua looked around and then strode towards the flying transport station located in the center of the city.

After walking through several unfamiliar streets and asking for directions, Yunhua finally saw the air transport company standing in a spacious square a dozen minutes later.

On the vast plaza, a dozen rather large flying birds were perched. These birds were called Thick-winged Birds, and they did not belong to the category of magical beasts, but were genuine flying birds.

They are extremely docile and easily tamed by humans. However, due to their small numbers, only empires generally have the resources to build such air transport fleets.

These thick-winged birds, though not as fast as other magical beast birds, are extremely enduring. Once they have eaten their fill, they can fly at a steady speed for nearly four or five days.

Moreover, this bird has an excellent carrying capacity. An adult, thick-winged bird can easily carry more than five or six times its own weight for long periods of flight.

Looking at the crowds queuing up to board the bird, Yunhua led Xian'er toward the ticket booth, only to find another long queue.

After waiting in line for about an hour, it was finally Yunhua's turn. So he prepared to buy two tickets to the border of the Empire, near the Tagor Desert.

Since Yunhua and Xian'er are alchemists, they were surprised to be able to ride a private jet for free. It seems that the benefits for alchemists are quite good.

Not long after boarding the flying beast, another alchemist boarded. After waiting for a while, Yunhua finally felt the huge flying beast's wings slowly vibrate, and wisps of wind-attribute energy swirled around it, carrying its massive body into the sky.

With a loud screech, the flying magical beast, under the command of its tamer, suddenly soared into the sky and began a rapid flight towards the eastern part of the empire.

Sitting on the windowsill in her room, Yunhua gazed at the wispy clouds drifting by outside. Suddenly, the word "airplane" popped into her mind, a word that seemed somewhat distant.

Blackrock City is quite a distance from the border of the Empire. Even at the speed of these flying magical beasts, it would take at least three or four days to fly there.

Three or four days passed quickly in Yunhua's cultivation. Looking out the window, one could see the endless golden waves in the distance.

The waves are like sand dunes in the desert, and you can even see the edge of the desert, where there is a yellowish-brown city.

Soon, the flying beast landed in the city center square. Yunhua and Xian'er got off the private plane and looked at the city, which was predominantly yellow.

Due to its proximity to the desert, the weather here is quite dry and hot. The scorching sun shines down from the sky, baking the ground beneath our feet and constantly emitting sweltering heat. That heat slowly rises up, even causing a slight distortion and blurring of vision.

Yunhua could sense the rich fire and earth elemental energies in the air, which were very suitable for cultivation based on these two elements. This was probably why, despite the desolation of the place, people still flocked there.

Most of the men on the street were shirtless, their skin dark and wiry, giving them a rather bold and uninhibited appearance.

The women who occasionally passed by, though also with slightly dark skin, had a more sensual bronze hue. Unlike the women inside the empire, these women were not reserved or shy.

A tight-fitting leather outfit barely covered her chest and a little bit below, while her slender waist was boldly exposed, making her look extremely sexy.

The desert region is extremely short of water, but fortunately Yunhua knew they were coming to the desert, so he had prepared two animal hide water jugs in advance. Each jug contained more than ten tons of pure water, enough for Yunhua and Xian'er to use.

Yunhua first went to the map shop of Binghuang Haibodong, looking at the dilapidated "Ancient Map" shop name and the old man with white hair and thin body in the shop.

"Who would have thought that the once-famous Ice Emperor Hai Bodong would fall to this state?"

"Who are you? How do you know I am the Ice Emperor? What is your purpose in seeking me out?" Hai Bodong stopped drawing the map and stared at Yun Hua with a chilling expression.

A cold yet powerful aura erupted, threatening to overwhelm Yunhua.

Yunhua shielded Xian'er behind her, smiling as she looked at the Ice Emperor, completely ignoring his imposing aura.

"I came here for this fragment of the map, and for the information you know about the strange fire." Yunhua took out the fragment of the Pure Lotus Demon Fire map that was hidden on the map stall.

"Is that so? What do you intend to use to sway me? You should know that even if you kill me, you won't get what you want."

"Being sealed must be unpleasant, right? I'm a sixth-grade alchemist. Would you like me to help you refine a pill to break the seal?"

Hai Bodong's expression was extremely unpleasant; it was as if he had no secrets from this young man.

"Sure, as long as you find the Sand Mandala and refine the pill for me, I'll give you the location of the Strange Flame and the incomplete map."

"No, no, no, you may not understand the situation. I don't need the strange fire. I'm just curious because I already have one. As for the fragment, have you ever heard of Soul Searching?" Yun Hua threatened in a sinister tone.

Hai Bodong's expression changed drastically. Where did this living Yama come from? He dared not gamble on whether the young man in front of him could perform a soul search. Once things turned sour, only he himself would suffer.

"Sure, but can you guarantee you'll refine the pills for me?" Hai Bodong's face was cold, yet he seemed helpless.

"You have no choice but to trust me." Yun Hua's malicious smile made him look like a villain.

"Grandpa, please believe Brother Yun, he's a good person." With Xian'er's words, Yun Hua's sinister smile could no longer be maintained, and his lips twitched wildly.

Looking at this innocent and adorable young girl, Hai Bodong smiled. It seemed that he could indeed trust this young man since such an easy girl hadn't been sold.

"Alright then, here are three locations I drew that might contain strange fire, along with the remaining fragments of the map. I hope you won't try to fool an old man like me." Hai Bodong pulled out a treasured map and a fragment of the map and handed them to Yun Hua.

"Very good. It seems that the Ice Emperor is a man of great ambition. Don't worry, I will refine pills for you when I return," Yun Hua said confidently.

What a load of rubbish! He wouldn't have compromised if he weren't outmatched. You know, back in the day, he was a rebellious and handsome young man.

Hai Bodong shook off the strange thoughts in his mind and handed the pill formula to Yunhua so that he could familiarize himself with it in advance to increase the success rate.

"Brother Yun, that old man is so pitiful." Xian'er said blankly when they returned to the inn.

“He’s not pitiful at all. In a fit of rage, he once froze an entire city. He was also a rebellious and unruly man in his youth.” Yunhua knew what kind of person the Ice Emperor was, so naturally she felt no sympathy for him.

"Ah! I see. I thought this old man was a good person."

"Brother Yun, shall we set off for the desert tomorrow to find the strange fire?"

"Yes, that's right. Get some rest. We'll fly there and find it soon."

Chapter Sixty-Eight: Desert Attack

The next day, Yunhua took Xian'er and prepared to fly to Shimo City, where there was a place where a strange fire was suspected to have appeared.

After all, in the original novel, Xiao Yan found the Green Lotus Earth Core Flame there. Moreover, Yun Hua went to Stone Desert City to deliver a message to the Xiao brothers.

Following the map's directions, Yunhua sped along the way. Although the entire route was covered in yellow sand, only the occasional snake-man reminded Moyu that there were still signs of life in this desert.

As darkness fell, Yunhua led Xian'er to a rare rock face, a place where they could shelter from the sandstorm. Yunhua decided to rest there for the night.

Yunhua took out the tent from his storage ring and set it up. He then saw that Xian'er, who was cooking over a fire, had already stewed the monster meat into porridge. Due to limited resources, they could only make do with this simple dish.

At night, Yunhua and Xian'er would cultivate instead of sleeping, since no one knew what dangers they might encounter in the desert at night, so they simply cultivated while remaining vigilant.

However, to be honest, fire and earth elemental energies are extremely active in this desert and can be easily absorbed into the body and converted into battle qi.

Although the temperature was extremely cold at night, Yunhua and Xian'er were not ordinary people, and they could ignore the biting cold by simply circulating their fighting spirit.

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A sudden wolf howl made Mo Yu stop cultivating; he felt that he might be being targeted by a wolf-like magical beast.

Indeed, it was true, because after one wolf howl came a chorus of howls, which sounded rather terrifying in the quiet, empty night.

"Brother Yun, are the wolves coming? I hear so many wolf howls." Xian'er walked out of the tent and came to Yunhua's tent to say.

"Yes, a pack of sand wolves has their eyes on us. They probably smelled the aroma of the meat porridge during dinner."

"Ah, it's all my fault. I should have just eaten some dry rations, but I let the meat porridge attract the sand wolves."

"It's alright. The strongest of these sand wolves is only the wolf king, which is a third-tier magical beast. The other dozen or so sand wolves are only second-tier magical beasts. You've never fought before, so leave the sand wolves to Xian'er this time."

"Ah, I don't know how to fight." Xian'er had only sparred with Yunhua, but had never fought against a ferocious and cunning magical beast, so she seemed a little lacking in confidence.

"Don't be afraid. With the magical dress I gave you, these sand wolves can't hurt you at all. Go ahead and try it," Yunhua encouraged.

Although Xian'er cultivated to the equivalent of the Dou Ling realm in just two years, she had not yet engaged in a true life-or-death struggle, and seemed somewhat unskilled. However, once she adapted, she could even challenge a Dou Huang. This is the advantage of the Golden Core Dao.

Xian'er stood by the fire as if facing a formidable enemy. The crackling sound of the burning firewood did not ease her mind; instead, it made her even more nervous.

Because not far away, pairs of green eyes appeared, reflecting the firelight and looking like lanterns in the darkness.

Each sand wolf is four or five meters long, and they look extremely imposing. The sand wolves surround the area, leaving an opening.

This is a tactic of the sand wolf: surrounding three sides and leaving one gap open, seemingly to give the prey a false sense of security and cause them to panic and escape through the gap.

Inside the tent, Yunhua, with his powerful divine sense, had carefully observed the surrounding area for dozens of miles and had long since discovered the wolf king lying in ambush not far from the breach.

As one of the large wolves, pretending to be the wolf king, howled, the wolf pack began to tighten their encirclement, but still left that gap. An ordinary fighter might not have been able to withstand the pressure and would have turned and fled.

However, Xian'er was different. She had always been extremely bold. When she first met Yunhua, she single-handedly snatched the Blue Eagle cub Xiao Lan from the jaws of a second-tier magical beast, the Green Forest Python, without any cultivation.

Just as Xiao Lan was mentioned, a huge blue eagle swooped down from the sky and instantly snapped the neck of a second-tier sand wolf that was at the back. Then it soared back into the sky, leaving only an eagle's cry and the wolf's head, which was thrown out and crashed heavily onto the sand.

Wolf blood gushed from the body that remained in place, and the wolf fell to the ground, startling the surrounding sand wolves, who quickly jumped away.

Blue Eagle Xiao Lan, thanks to Yun Hua's feeding of pills over the past two years, has now reached the second rank of Blue Eagle and is about to break through to the third rank. Along the way, Blue Eagle has been following in the sky. If Blue Eagle were not too big, Yun Hua would want to be Blue Eagle and be too lazy to fly himself.

The death of one sand wolf did not deter the sand wolves; instead, it fueled their ferocity. They merely kept some attention on the sky, guarding against the next attack from the blue eagles.

"Well done, Xiao Lan, I'll reward you later," Xian'er said, watching the sand wolf slowly approach.

Soon, one of the sand wolves couldn't resist and began to attack. It crouched low, bent back, and suddenly pushed off the ground. As the sand was kicked out, the sand wolf leaped into the air and pounced on Little Fairy Doctor.

Meanwhile, the sand wolves gathered spiral-shaped sand spikes and flew towards Xian'er. Sand wolves pounced in the air, while sand spikes attacked from the ground. These sand wolves were extremely cunning and coordinated perfectly.

Xian'er bent her knees and leaped into the air, dodging the sand spikes. At the same time, she unleashed a pale green palm print, shouting "Ten Thousand Poison Palm." The Ten Thousand Poison Palm struck the wolf's head directly. The sand wolf hit by the Ten Thousand Poison Palm only let out a mournful howl in the air before turning into blood and dying a miserable death.

As Xian'er dealt with the sand wolves in the air, two sand wolves leaped up beneath her falling body, ready to tear her apart as she descended from the sky.

As the wolf's open jaws drew closer to Xian'er's fair legs, just as she was about to be bitten, Xian'er spread her Purple Cloud Wings, turned in mid-air, and her slender legs swept across the heads of the two sand wolves, sending them flying.

Before the two sand wolves could even get up, a swift black shadow flashed through the air and severed the heads of both wolves.

"Ten Thousand Poison Feather Sword!" Xian'er shouted, unleashing a high-level Xuan-rank combat skill created with Yun Hua's assistance.

The fairy in the air had countless feathers made of poisonous gas on her purple cloud wings. The lifelike feathers made the wings twice as long as they used to be.

As the Purple Cloud Wings flapped violently forward, countless poisonous feathers stood up, detached from the wings, and transformed into thousands of divine swords, piercing through all the sand wolves below, turning them into blood and causing them to die.

This decisive move completely isolated the Wolf King, who, terrified, turned to flee for his life but was struck in the back by a poisonous flying sword conjured by Xian'er, resulting in a miserable death.

Xian'er collected all the Sand Wolf's magic cores and said to Yunhua, who had come out of the tent, and Blue Eagle, who had come to the ground, "Brother Yun, Xiao Lan, I'm amazing, right?"

"Yes, yes, Xian'er is the best." This was Yunhua's perfunctory reply.

"Gurgle~" This was Xiao Lan's perfunctory reply.

"Alright, it's almost dawn, let's get ready to set off," Yunhua said, ruffling Xian'er's hair.

The next day at noon, looking at the Stone Desert City that appeared on the horizon in the distance, Yunhua felt a little happy. The two-day flight had been filled with the same yellow sand all the way. Even while flying, it was still somewhat despairing, like sailing alone on a boundless sea.

Chapter Sixty-Nine: Reunion of the Two Brothers