Chapter 163
Chapter 163: Li Xingchen Gets Walked-In, Refining A Ninth Grade Honorable Supreme Pill
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Inside a side hall of the Qian Royal Palace.
Li Xingchen sat on the bed with his mood and expression changing from time to time. At times he was seething in anger, at times he was joyous, and at times he was wicked and creepy…
“B*stard, get out of my body!”
Li Xingchen scowled in fury.
At the next second, the look on his face turned sinister again. “My dear student, let me borrow your body!
“Teacher will bring glory to your name. It’ll be known all across the Firmament Star!”
There seemed to be two distinct characters that were interchanging inside his body.
Li Xingchen’s expression changed again. “I don’t want this. So the real reason you asked me to retrieve your heart is not to help me increase my powers but for you to walk-in on me after I refined this demonic heart!”
“Hah, it’s all too late now!
“This is the power of my Great Eternal Soul Transference Technique. As long as my demonic heart exists, I will live on. All I need is for someone to refine this demonic heart, then I will be able to occupy a new vessel and relive through walk-in!!”
“But why me?!” Li Xingchen asked as he gritted on his teeth regretfully.
“Tsk tsk, it’s all just fate. It was you who found me. Besides, you have the Starlight Physique. With an extraordinary talent like yours and your background as the White Jade Hotel’s heir, who else if I don’t choose to walk-in on you?!” Eternal Elder laughed coldly.
“Don’t you worry. I will inherit all that you have. Your parents, your background, I will use them all to the fullest, to aid my conquest of becoming an Emperor!”
“No!” Li Xingchen let out a weak growl, then his head flopped downwards. It looked as though he had lost all of his energy as he sat there silently.
After a while, Li Xingchen lifted his head up and an eerie glimmer flashed across his eyes. “Ah, I’ve finally managed to oppress this fellow’s soul. Now I’ll just need to integrate this body with the demonic heart.”
Once the demonic heart had been fully integrated, he would be reborn as the Eternal Sage King while Li Xingchen would be wiped off from existence forever!
“Li Xingchen, my dear student, rest easy.”
Li Xingchen let out an evil laugh.
…
At this moment, Chu Kuangren was in an alchemy room within the Qian Royal Palace.
He was about to refine a Soul Extension Pill for Old Lady Meng.
This whole time, Old Lady Meng had given a lot of time and effort as his Protector. Chu Kuangren may have never mentioned it explicitly, but he knew very well what she had sacrificed for him, so he felt like he should at least show some form of gratitude.
It was quite convenient as well because refining the Soul Extension Pill was not a difficult task for him. However, due to the lack of herbs, he would not be able to refine the Starlight Grade one like he did last time, which was a kind of Soul Extension Pill with about the same quality as a Sage Grade Supreme Pill.
Nonetheless, refining an Honorable Grade Pill, which was of slightly lesser quality, would still be manageable.
Before long, a huge amount of pill qi billowed skywards from within the alchemy room. An incredibly vibrant life force swept across a good half of the Royal Palace.
Many cultivators inside the Royal Palace could sense this tremendous life force.
“Such immense life force and pill qi. Is it possible that someone is refining an Extension Pill?”
“There are a few grades to an Extension Pill. But with this pill qi, it should be at least an Honorable Grade Life Extension Pill. Only Alchemy Masters are capable of producing these pills!”
“Wait a minute, we don’t have this class of alchemist in the Royal Palace though, so who on earth is this?”
“Quick, go and have a look.”
The prospect of a Soul Extension Pill being refined attracted a large crowd. Even the Eternal Sage King, who had just finished his walk-in had sensed it.
“This is strange. I never thought there would be an Alchemy Master here. I can’t believe I’ll have the chance to meet one in this place. How lucky.”
“Such a person would greatly benefit me. I must take this chance and get to know him. I’m sure that it would be of immense help to my cultivation base in the future.”
Li Xingchen muttered to himself as he approached the source of the pill qi.
Above the alchemy room.
Billows of pill clouds were condensed together. One cloud, two clouds, three…
There were a total of nine pill clouds that radiated with golden brilliance. An incredibly vibrant Life Force Daoist Rhyme emanated the surroundings, shocking all the cultivators.
King Qian, who had just arrived, was bewildered too. He may not have extensive knowledge in alchemy, but he knew what nine clusters of pill clouds signified.
“Nine… Nine Clustered Pill Cloud. Such a scale of pill qi means none other than an Honorable Grade pill. It has to be a Ninth Grade Honorable Supreme Pill!!”
King Qian’s voice tremored.
He had never heard of anyone who could produce Ninth Grade Honorable Supreme Pills; not even an Alchemy Master!
“This is an Alchemy Master. Only an Alchemy Grandmaster in the legends could refine such a Supreme Pill!”
“I wonder who is this inside the alchemy room.”
All the other cultivators who had just arrived at the scene were astonished by what they were witnessing.
Even Li Xingchen showed the same reaction.
“A Ninth Grade Honorable Supreme Pill, and an Alchemy Grandmaster. Who knew that we would be graced by such a legendary figure here. I must seize my chance and build good relations with this person!”
Li Xingchen proclaimed as his eyes glowed with a fiery gaze.
Soon, he noticed that a few people were guarding outside the alchemy room.
“Eh, it’s them.” Li Xingchen was somewhat surprised. Those few people were Lan Yu, who was always by Chu Kaungren’s side, and three other Protectors.
Only Chu Kuangren was nowhere to be found.
He felt rather curious. “There was not a moment where the Protectors would leave Chu Kuangren alone. Why are they here while Chu Kuangren is not?”
Li Xingchen walked up to them and greeted them, “Greetings, my few elders.”
“Junior Li, you’re here too.”
The Seventh Forefather responded with a slight nod.
Li Xingchen felt rather unpleasant at being referred to as a junior. They needed to know that he was now the Eternal Sage King that was reincarnated through a walk-in. Not just his knowledge, but even his cultivation and experience were much superior to that of the Seventh Forefather.
So how could he not feel annoyed at being called a junior?
However, he was able to hide that well as he did not show his annoyance at all. “Who is inside this alchemy room? Oh, and where did Brother Chu go?”
Since he was previously in a Remnant Spirit form, it was a necessity for him to keep away from Chu Kuangren. However, now that he had a walk-in and was reborn, even Sages would not be able to trace back his origins, so he was naturally not afraid that Chu Kuangren would see through him.
“Ah, it’s the Bachelor Sage who’s inside the alchemy room.”
Honorable Qing Lan laughed as she explained.
“Oh, so Brother Chu is an associate of this Alchemy Grandmaster.”
“No, the Bachelor Sage is that alchemist in there.”
Upon hearing that, embezzlement was written all over Li Xingchen’s face. He asked in astonishment, “Dear elders, you’re not kidding me, are you?”
The Seventh Forefather returned him a smile and said, “Yes, I know that this may sound unbelievable, but this is the fact.”
Li Xingchen was completely thrown off guard.
Chu Kuangren was also an Alchemy Grandmaster?!
His talent was unparalleled throughout the ages with his extraordinary battle strength, and yet he was also an Alchemy Grandmaster. What other logic was left in this world?
“Shame. What a shame.”
“If only the body that I have walked-in was this Chu Kuangren, how good would that have been!”
“With his physique and alchemic prowess, complemented with my cultivation and experience as a past Sage Ruler King, it would have made a perfect match for me to escalate through the ranks and catch up to that position as Emperor!”
Deep down, Li Xingchen sighed regretfully.
For his walk-in, it made complete sense to choose a sky-pride with exceptional talent and cultivation. Yet in comparison with Chu Kuangren, every other sky-prides in this world would be as inferior as dust speckles.
“Now that I’ve been reborn with Li Xingchen’s identity, I must strike up a good relationship with this Chu Kuangren. Even though I could never possess his powers, I need to avoid making an enemy with such a person, unless it is the last resort.”
He was clearly aware of his current state. He was fresh out of a walk-in so he would surely not be Chu Kuangren’s match. He still needed some time to expand his potential.
With a loud creak, the door of the alchemy room opened, and out walked Chu Kuangren with his hand holding a small jade bottle. Inside were a few shiny golden Supreme Pills, and they were the Ninth Grade Honorable Supreme Soul Extension Pills.
“Elder Meng, there are a total of twelve Supreme Pills here. Take one of them once every month. By my calculations, they should help extend your lifetime by approximately three millenniums.”
“Many thanks, Your Highness.”
With a heart full of gratitude, Old Lady Meng took the pills with her trembling hands.
