Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
âYou should stop boasting.â Huo Kun didnât believe what Jiang Chen had stated at all. Even though the Cliff Mountainâs high-level members were startled by this, one could still see that their faces were filled with doubt.
âJiang Chen, I donât want that kind of answer.â The Cliff Master was still unmoved, and he didnât care about it at all. He said, âIf the Cliff Mountain needed its disciples to provide resources for it to train them, wouldnât it just become a joke?â
âCliff Master!â Huo Kun had a bad feeling when he heard this, and he became anxious. However, when the Cliff Master cast a glance at him, Huo Kun could only swallow his words. The Cliff Master saw through him thoroughly, and he felt like the outer party could read his mind.
âWhat I want to hear is,â the Cliff Master continued, âWhether you will cultivate like this in the future. If thatâs the case, the Cliff Mountain will create a cultivation program up to your standards.â
Jiang Chen was startled by this. He hadnât paid anything when he had joined the Cliff Mountain, and he had received everything free of charge. It was because of this that he took matters slowly and didnât go too overboard.
âCliff Master, my Fire Lore already reached the second level, and that wonât happen again for the time being,â Jiang Chen said.
âOkay!â The Cliff Master adhered to his wish. He said, âAs for what you stated about improving the cultivation grounds, it would be good for us if you could achieve it, but the Cliff Mountain will surely pay for it.â
âPlease donât. Iâm not someone who can just take without giving anything in return,â Jiang Chen said. He really wouldnât accept taking remunerations for this.
âHuo Kun, I was already aware at an earlier time about your dirty tricks, so please restrain yourself. I want Jiang Chen to be safe and sound and participate in the Title Battle,â the Cliff Master warned Huo Kun.
Upon hearing him, Huo Kunâs expression changed several times, while the Fire Venerableâs face became filled with confusion. Even though he was the Fire Departmentâs teacher, he was still unaware of the troubles that Jiang Chen had suffered in the previous days.
âLetâs see how can you improve it.â Huo Kun gritted his teeth. It was obvious from his gaze that he wasnât willing to drop this matter.
Jiang Chen admired the Cliff Masterâs generosity, so he didnât mind at all handling this for him. He landed on the plaza and took a Formation Compass. The eight pillars started revolving after a short while, and many flickering patterns appeared on them. This was also the case for the ground of the plaza.
âOkay. Youâre all dismissed.â
After seeing Jiang Chen begin to reform it, the teachers there drove out the disciples to prevent any accidents from occurring. Even Huo Kun was driven out.
Yang Fan walked beside Yang Fan and asked carefully, âWhat should we do?â
On this day, Jiang Chen hadnât just reached the second level, but he had also suppressed them, which would affect their prestige in the Fire Department. What was more grave was that if Jiang Chen continued growing stronger, he wouldnât only pose a challenge to them; he might even replace them.
âI just came to the Cliff Mountain to cultivate, yet the Cliff Mountain still ordered me around like that?â He snorted. âI still want to kill him regardless of anything else.â Huo Kunâs voice was ice-cold. He was a member of the eight great Spirit Clans, and he always acted as he wished in the Ten Prefectures.
All of a sudden, they heard a disturbance transmitting from behind them before they had even gone far away. When they turned their heads and looked back, they witnessed the plazaâs eight pillars emitting raging flames once again.
âWhatâs going on? Werenât all the lore crystals consumed?â Yang Fan and Huo Kun were puzzled, but they recalled afterward what Jiang Chen had said about altering the plaza. It seemed like he had succeeded.
When the Fire Departmentâs disciples felt the heat of the raging flames in the plaza, they all started cheering.
âThere will only be only of us in the Cliff Mountain, either me or him,â Huo Kun said coldly. When a Fire Spirit like him got angry, their hair seemed like a burning flame.
In the plaza, after Jiang Chen took care of the matter, he clapped and said to himself, Itâs time to start making a Heaven Elixir.
Everything had proceeded according to his plan, and he wasnât far from his goalâthe Celestial Venerable Realm. However, making a Heaven Elixir wasnât an easy matter.
It wasnât like people who became Heaven Alchemists could unceasingly make Heaven Elixirs like one could make fried beans. The production of just a single Heaven Elixir was a complex process that required much time and effort, or else Jiang Chen wouldnât have decided to start it only after his Fire Lore reached the second level.
Just the process of gathering spiritual herbs would consume a large amount of time, however, since Jiang Chen was now a member of the Elixir Association, he had many advantages.
After a short while, Jiang Chen was surprised when he discovered that the Elixir Association came for him just when he had planned to look for them.
When Jiang Chen had just opened the door of his room, he saw the president of Wing Prefectureâs Elixir Association, Yang Jingchi, standing outside. He was startled by his presence there.
âShould I call you Young Master Feng or Jiang Chen?â Yang Jingchi said with a smile.
When they met the last time, Jiang Chen used his identity as Young Master Feng all along, and in the end, he didnât inform him of his true name.
âJiang Chen,â Jiang Chen said with a smile. He wasnât surprised by the fact that the Elixir Association had discovered him.
Recently, he didnât just use the Elixir Associationâs Itinerary Stone, and he had even revealed the Elixir Associationâs Heaven Alchemistâs badge. If the Elixir Association couldnât detect even this matter, it didnât deserve to possess such a great status in the Three Middle Realms.
âIâve come to give you a gift.â After Yang Jingchi was invited by him into the room, he took out a square-shaped box.
Jiang Chenâs expression became solemn because this wooden boxâs materials were quite special. In other words, just this wooden box alone was quite expensive, which meant that the object inside it would be more extraordinary.
âA Heaven Elixir?â Jiang Chen recognized the wooden boxâs materials. They were materials used to store Heaven Elixirs. He took the box and opened it. As he had expected, he found a Heaven Elixir in the middle of the box.
âThis elixir was made personally by the Great Elder for you, and it isnât an ordinary elixir,â Yang Jingchi said.
Jiang Chen nodded. He had also noticed that this was a yellow-grade Heaven Elixir of the highest quality.
Unlike Spirit Elixirs, Heaven Elixirs werenât divided into nine grades, from first to ninth. This was because Heaven Elixirs were quite rare, and they couldnât make such a detailed grading system for them.
The principle behind it was the same as Doctrine Artifacts, which were also graded from the highest grade, heaven, to earth, and mysterious, then the lowest grade, yellow.
This yellow grade Heaven Elixir would save him at the very least two months of time that he would have spent making an elixir.
âThe material benefits provided by the Elixir Association really surpassed my expectations,â Jiang Chen said jokingly. He knew that the Elixir Association wouldnât treat him this well for no reason.
âThis isnât a material benefit that just anyone can get. You also must do something in exchange,â Yang Jingchi said.
âWhatâs that?â Jiang Chen was interested to learn this Heaven Elixirâs price.
âThe Elixir Fire Union proposed an alchemy contest where young alchemists will compete,â Yang Jingchi replied truthfully. âIt just happens that youâre also quite young, and your current appearance isnât known by people, so we want you to go there.â
âThe Elixir Fire Union really doesnât want to give up, but regardless of whether they win or lose, it will still raise their fame and prestige. So why did the Elixir Association accept?â Jiang Chen asked.
The Elixir Fire Union was too insignificant in comparison to the Elixir Association, and the latter could just ignore such a challenge.
âDo you still remember what I said about the ten great fire control techniques? The Elixir Fire Union stated that they will hand one over to us if they lose.
âSince the Elixir Fire Union has already stated this, we canât find a reason to refuse them. Moreover, once we get their fire control technique, they wonât pose a threat to us any longer.â
Upon hearing this, Jiang Chen understood everything. âWhen it will be held?â he asked.
âAfter four months. That period is long enough for you to consume the Heaven Elixir and become a Celestial Venerable.â
âSince thatâs the case, I donât have any reason to refuse.â If Jiang Chen refined the Heaven Elixir by himself, he would need two months, and it could be said that he would gain many advantages in this deal.
Moreover, the Elixir Association didnât ask him to win the contest; it was enough for him just to participate in it.