"Impossible, absolutely impossible!!!"

After a fierce battle, the young Xia Yan successfully defeated the Three-Headed Snake, leaving many who knew him in disbelief.

"How could this little brat..." Xia Yan's uncle, the current Patriarch of the Xia Family, turned red-eyed seeing the opponent gain such power in a short time.

"That bastard Xia Jie must have left some hidden inheritance for this little brat, allowing someone at Early-Stage Foundation Establishment to improve to such a degree in a short time. What on earth is this treasure, and how much more of it is there?! Previously, I considered family ties and didn't interfere with this little brat, but he's just a mortal body, a worthless fool who later developed a fire Spirit Body; how could he be deserving of using such treasures?! They should be left for my son!"

He wished to rush up and inquire immediately, but as the Jiegeng Alchemist came out, smiling at Xia Yan, his heart sank, knowing it was too late.

"You seemed not to have reported your name just now."

"Xia Yan. Jiegeng Alchemist, have I passed the test?" Xia Yan looked towards her.

"Yes, you passed. At less than twenty years old, achieving Great Perfection in Foundation Establishment, and possessing such combat power, you are fully qualified to become a disciple of the Heaven-Reaching Tower."

"First, go to the Flying Boat to recuperate."

"Once the test is completely finished, I will inform you about the Heaven-Reaching Tower ———" The Jiegeng Alchemist waved her hand, sending Xia Yan onto the Heaven-Reaching Tower Flying Boat, then under the power of the elixir, the burning Three-Headed Snake healed and stood up again...

......

After a day, only Xia Yan from the Xia Family passed the Heaven-Reaching Tower's test, this result thoroughly stirred Celestial Cyan City. Xia Yan's identity was quite famous in Celestial Cyan City, after all, he was the son of the city's foremost alchemist. Although his talent was somewhat lacking, being a mortal body, having a Pill Venerable father still made him a super second generation.

It's just a pity his Pill Venerable father died somewhat early.

"Congratulations on becoming the only person in this city to pass the Heaven-Reaching Tower test. I heard that you were only at Early-Stage Foundation Establishment not long ago, and your strength wasn't outstanding. How could your strength suddenly advance so rapidly? It's fine if it's inconvenient to say; just consider I didn't ask."

On the Flying Boat of the Heaven-Reaching Tower, the Jiegeng Alchemist slowly approached, looking at the seated Xia Yan.

"To reply to the Jiegeng Master, my father left me many elixirs for enhancing my strength..."

"But I heard that until a month ago, you were only at Early-Stage Foundation Establishment. From my impression, I can't think of what elixir or spiritual object that could allow you to progress near consummation of your Spirit Body in less than a month..."

Xia Yan took a deep breath and said: "Normally, it's indeed difficult. But I managed to strengthen my digestion ability with an elixir called 'Gluttonous Pill,' which allowed me to quickly absorb all the relics my father left behind."

"Jiegeng Alchemist, this is the last one, I give it to you, Master." Xia Yan took out the last Gluttonous Pill and handed it to her.

"This pill…" Upon receiving the Gluttonous Pill, the Jiegeng Alchemist was startled, showing a surprised expression.

"This pill… could it also be refined by your father, Xia Jie Pill Venerable…"

Jiegeng didn't expect such a talented alchemist to exist in a city on the outskirts of Qingzhou.

With this elixir, if the quantity were large, it could allow a cultivator with low talent and cultivation to swiftly enhance their strength through numerous advanced treasures.

Although such enhancement is somewhat wasteful, extravagant, and not cost-effective, it indeed allows ordinary cultivators to achieve a miraculous transformation.

"Damn the Nether Hall…"

The Jiegeng Alchemist's eyes flashed with anger, seemingly unwilling for such an alchemist to die at the hands of a Demon Cultivator.

"No, it's not." Xia Yan said: "I bought this… at shop number ninety-nine on Celestial Cyan City's commercial street, not refined by my father."

Jiegeng Alchemist: ?

"Bought at a commercial street?" She showed a puzzled expression.

"Yes, it's a pill pavilion opened by a Wandering Alchemist…"

Xia Yan quickly explained the matter of the Nameless Pill Pavilion. Then, after pondering for a while, he took out a storage bag and said, "Jiegeng Master, this is the inheritance my father left me, containing many high-grade spiritual objects, please accept it as well…"

Jiegeng was still immersed in thoughts about the mysterious Nameless Pill Pavilion and laughed seeing Xia Yan's actions: "What would I want with your father's inheritance?"

Xia Yan gritted his teeth: "I wish to… follow you, Master, even just as a test subject for potions."

His heart was grieving, upon the day of his breakthrough, he found his father's remaining soul had completely dispersed, leaving only a letter.

If he could pass the Heaven-Reaching Tower test, he would present all remaining relics to the Heaven-Reaching Tower alchemists to seek a brighter future, exchanging for protection.

If he couldn't pass, he would give everything to the Wandering Alchemist of the Nameless Pill Pavilion, preferring to follow alongside him rather than stay with the Xia Family, where few were good people; the Wandering Alchemist had a mysterious background, incredible alchemy skills, surely backed by a great figure, safe with unlimited potential following him.

Now that he passed the test, Xia Yan naturally chose to follow his father's will…

......

Not long after.

Nameless Pill Pavilion.

Lying on a wooden chair while pondering elixir formulas, Lin Jing suddenly opened his eyes.

"Come?"

His heart stirred, watching a female alchemist with Golden Core Cultivation slowly enter the room, looking toward the Gluttonous Pill placed in the center.

"Exchange with exotic fire… exotic fire intelligence exchange…"

"Interesting, Boss, I wonder if the formula for the Gluttonous Pill is within the scope of exchange?"

The Jiegeng Alchemist looked at the lazy Lin Jing, with mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivation…

"Of course."

"But you need to exchange it with a specific exotic fire." Lin Jing slowly spoke, standing up to look at her.

"What exotic fire?" the Jiegeng Alchemist asked.

"The exotic fire that has a property of burning lifespan!" Lin Jing replied.

"Candle-Age Fire?" Jiegeng tentatively asked.

"Candle-Age Fire…?" Lin Jing's eyes flashed, saying: "Candle-Age Fire has the property of burning lifespan?"

He had gone through many books and couldn't find any exotic fire that burns lifespan, also consulting others, who would say...

Any fire will do.

Once the enemy is burned to death, the lifespan ends.

While this reasoning stands, what Lin Jing wanted was not this kind of concept.

"Candle-Age Fire, an exotic fire controlled by the Candle Dragon with Immortal Beast bloodline, possesses the power to burn the years, and can burn others' lifespan." Jiegeng spoke: "However, unfortunately, I don't have this flame, evidently can't exchange with you for the Gluttonous Pill formula, moreover, the value of your Gluttonous Pill's formula also doesn't match the Candle-Age Fire..."

Lin Jing laughed: "Information works too, if you know how to obtain Candle-Age Fire, I can provide you with plenty of Gluttonous Pills, you are an alchemist, right? If you have a large quantity of pills to research, deducing the formula of this pill is not impossible."

Jiegeng Alchemist laughed: "That'll do."

"The Heaven-Reaching Tower has a special secret realm, Celestial Fire Secret Realm, storing over a thousand exotic fires inside; Candle-Age Fire is there."

Lin Jing fell silent and asked: "Do you think I have a chance to take it away?"

"This secret realm is not completely closed to outsiders." Jiegeng Alchemist slowly spoke.

"Do you know about the Pill Conference, the Alchemy Dao grand event that the Heaven-Reaching Tower hosts every ten years?"

"At that time, alchemists from all over Qingzhou can participate, even no restrictions on race; even the demon beast forces proficient in alchemy can attend! It's a pure alchemical event, irrespective of race, focusing solely on the Alchemy Dao."

"Among them, the first place of this Pill Conference, after it ends, Heaven-Reaching Tower will engage in a secret transaction with them…"

"Transaction?"

"This Pill Conference doesn't assess mere alchemy skills… but the accomplishments in the Alchemy Dao."

"Only allowing alchemists to refine new pills; the impact this new pill can bring to the Cultivation Realm determines the alchemist's ranking at the Pill Conference, so theoretically, even a First-Grade Elixir, as long as it can bring great change to the Cultivation Realm upon its appearance, can win the championship."

"The transaction is, if the winning alchemist in the Pill Conference is willing to hand over the winning pill formula to Heaven-Reaching Tower, then Tower will allow them to enter the Celestial Fire Secret Realm to take an exotic fire freely."

The Jiegeng Alchemist looked at the mysterious Wandering Alchemist… an alchemist capable of creating such extraordinary pills shouldn't only reside in such a secluded place…

"Pill Conference, eh?" Lin Jing knew about the Pill Conference but didn't expect first place could have such a transaction with Heaven-Reaching Tower, yet given his situation, such an event seemed hard to attend, his identity would surely be exposed.

The many Pet Beasts connected heart and soul with Lin Jing seemed to notice his concerns…

The Fire Lìn Dragon volunteered… since demon beasts could participate too, why not let it attend directly; after all, Lin Jing's alchemy skills aren't as good as it, and here, no one knows it.

"Indeed, you are truly clever. Even if you accidentally die, I can resurrect you with 'Undying Rebirth'..." Lin Jing quietly pondered; it seemed a good way to hide behind the scenes.

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